Chapter 119: Brother and Younger Brother
"The plot seems to have gone astray."
In the dim room, Vivian was swinging her legs up and down, looking a little irritated.
In front of her was a huge light screen. The entire screen was black, with only the light screen itself emitting a slight fluorescent light, which could slightly illuminate the room and reflect the furnishings in the room.
Apart from this light curtain that appeared out of nowhere, the only thing left in the empty room was a small double sofa in the middle.
Vivian leaned on the small sofa, one hand on the armrest, scratching her rounded nails a few times, and then she moved to the side and touched the feet of Jiang Xuchen who was sitting next to her with her foot.
Shoes hit each other, making a clanging sound. In the quiet room, the sound was loud enough and noticeable.
"Why don't you speak?" she asked.
Jiang Xuchen did not respond to her.
She waited patiently for a while, but he didn't turn his head or say anything, so she leaned back on the sofa and fell silent.
They didn't speak, but there were still sounds in the room.
It wasn't Vivian or Jiang Xuchen whispering, but rather a faint whisper coming from the seemingly dark light curtain.
The sound was sometimes soft and sometimes loud. Sometimes it seemed like an illusion when you listened carefully, but sometimes it rang right next to your ears, making it impossible to avoid it.
Why.
The voice kept repeating the same three words over and over again.
Vivian heard it clearly.
The ravings performed in the form of copies are not real, but they can also make people sink into it.
She could hear the sound no matter how loud it was. In order to resist this constant pull, she needed to keep her spirits up, so her mood was not very high.
She didn't like the copy that Lin Han entered this time, but Lin Han happened to draw her experience card.
If she were to be honest, her abilities were quite useful in this copy. As long as Lin Han could find the key, it would not be a problem to pass it step by step. But there was a prerequisite, which was that this copy still followed its original route.
At this moment, it underwent an unexpected change, and the direction of the plot deviated after Alfred made a simple styling.
They know it, but it's uncontrollable.
They sit here, not knowing how things will change next.
A-level copies are called A-level copies because they all carry relatively unfriendly emotions.
The question we are facing now is one of them.
According to the original plan, Lin Han should not have entered the A-level copy so early. He needed to slowly hone his skills in other copies until he was able to cope with more difficult copies. Only then would the higher-level copies be open to him.
Lin Han had just entered the new world and this was his fifth copy. He should have made more preparations before setting foot in the A-level copy where he had already failed.
But he was also a very curious person. Although some questions were not actually asked, they all knew what he was curious about.
Ever since Jiang Xuchen sent him into the first dungeon, he had already keenly sensed his position.
After leaving the [Factory] copy, he forgot this location, but as he stayed in the new world for longer and longer and became more familiar with them in the academy, he always found something wrong.
Little by little, Lin Han will come to his own conclusion.
Instead of letting him guess blindly, it is better to tell him the secret through the copy.
He is very smart, so as long as he sees it, he will definitely connect everything.
This copy is actually very suitable for Lin Han to find the truth, but... the accident happened so quickly.
The emotions that were originally hidden suddenly appeared in the copy and were actually revealed. Lin Han would be affected, and every step required to pass the copy normally might change.
He may not be able to pass the level, and even if he can, he may not be able to pass it so easily.
Vivian leaned her head against the wall, but couldn't help but turn her head to look at Jiang Xuchen next to her.
She opened her mouth but didn't speak immediately. After a while, her expression froze slightly, and she asked very slowly, word by word, "You don't want to go in by yourself, do you?"
These words seemed to have hit Jiang Xuchen's little thoughts. He turned his head immediately, and there was only a faint light in his eyes in the darkness, although he had no reaction at all.
"Can't I go in?"
Vivian: “…”
Anyone can go in, except Jiang Xuchen.
People like her, Alfred, and everyone else can play a role, whether light or heavy, in the dungeon in the new world. The dungeon itself will not exclude them in any way. As long as they complete their "jobs" within the scope allowed by the plot, the moment the dungeon ends, regardless of whether the players in it pass the level successfully or fail, they can leave safely.
But Jiang Xuchen is different.
Once he enters the copy, all the rules originally set for the copy will no longer exist. The negative emotions trapped in the copy will no longer beautify and restrict themselves, and will indiscriminately attack any existence remaining in the copy, including Jiang Xuchen.
Everything else is just incidental. Its target is one and only one, Jiang Xuchen.
Because it was him, the question "Why" was also directed at him.
Vivian knew that Jiang Xuchen was innocent, but it didn't matter whether he was innocent or not. He was just being treated with hostility and was entangled in deep hatred.
He can turn every copy in the new world into purgatory.
From the day the new world was created, it hoped to use the feelings of countless people over and over again to disintegrate the pain that existed in it, so that they could recycle the core of the copy - fragments cut into countless pieces of souls entangled with pain and unwillingness.
They put in a lot of effort and paid a lot of price for this.
In the new world, every copy is like a progress bar, more or less, some have been achieved, some are still zero, and they are all in progress.
Anyone can enter, except Jiang Xuchen. He can directly pull the 99% progress bar to 0%, and it can never be opened again.
The only person who could talk to him quietly face to face was the one in the [Haunted House] copy, and he had asked for that person after crying and making a wish.
But that was just that one time.
If he went in now, the person waiting for him would not be the one who could listen to him quietly.
So for so long, Jiang Xuchen never thought of entering the copy again.
Today, why?
Because you want to answer that question?
Or was he also troubled by that sentence and was wondering why?
Jiang Xuchen stared at the light screen intently, as if he wanted to see a vague figure from the darkness.
That sentence was also affecting him.
Knowing that he heard it, it became clearer and clearer in his ears, as if every question spoken was accompanied by a cold breath.
Why is he the one who stays?
Why was he the one who survived?
He has done nothing wrong, so why shouldn't you love him?
......
He wanted to ask too.
But no one could answer him.
Neither can mom.
Mom said he was deeply loved.
Stay because you are loved, survive because you are loved.
The reason why I stopped loving someone later was because I was loved.
As the person involved, he knew everything. He knew it was futile to ask his mother. If she could solve it, he would be a deeply loved child all his life and would have no worries.
What new world, what messy copy, will never appear in this life, in his life which is so long that it has almost no end.
But everything won't be so beautiful.
Jiang Xuchen bit his hand and stared fiercely at the darkness in front of him.
Why?
Why hadn't he been told anything in the first place? Why had he made the decision himself? Why had he, clearly the one being made the decision, been kept in the dark until the very end, when everyone knew?
Why!
If you hate him, just say it to his face!
Why why why why!
The voice echoed in his ears, almost as if Jiang Xuchen was reading it out loud.
He bit his palm, trying hard to suppress the sound in his mouth, but his lips moved as if he wanted to ask those three words out loud.
He bit so hard that blood almost came out from under the deep teeth marks.
Jiang Xuchen's expression was dazed for a moment until Vivian slapped him off the sofa and he fell to the ground.
Vivian jumped on him, grabbed his head and shook it hard: "Wake up!"
"If you go in, Lin Han will die! All his previous efforts to die will be in vain! You are already an adult, can't you understand things a little? Know what to do and what not to do! What's wrong with you? Why are you so easily swayed? Tell me! Are you a fake Chenchen?"
All the resentment in his heart was shaken away. Vivian hit him hard and even slammed his head to the ground several times. Jiang Xuchen saw stars and almost vomited.
"Stop, stop, stop! I'm fine! I'm fine! I'm real!" Jiang Xuchen begged for mercy.
Vivian looked at him suspiciously, shook him a few more times before letting him go half-heartedly: "Are you really okay?"
It’s true, she didn’t know whether Jiang Xuchen was okay or not, but her mood was indeed much better.
Jiang Xuchen got up from the ground and looked at the unstoppable smile on Weiwei's face. He knew that she was trying to seduce him. "Are you holding a grudge against me for eating an extra piece of meat?"
Vivian blinked and asked, "What kind of meat?"
Jiang Xuchen: "...If you had told me you wanted to eat it earlier, I would have given it to you."
Vivian continued blinking and shaking her legs happily: "Vivian has no idea what Chenchen is talking about."
How could cute kids quarrel over a piece of meat?
Jiang Xuchen: “…”
Jiang Xuchen: "When Alfred comes out, I will make him cook for you until you vomit!"
Vivian looked up at the sky, pouting like a chicken, almost laughing out loud.
Jiang Xuchen crawled back to his position without any intention of cleaning himself up.
He leaned back on the sofa and sighed deeply, listening to the questioning silence still echoing in his ears.
He could actually go in again.
But that was his precious birthday wish. It was enough to waste it once, and the only one left could not be wasted again.
Thinking of this, he looked lonely for a moment.
Even he himself felt that it was a waste to simply make a wish, to wish that they could sit down and have a good talk face to face.
He understood it all, but he was still led by the question "Why?"
Brother, his brother, in what kind of painful situation did he forget his love for him and ask that question "Why"?
The shoe stretched out from the side touched his shoes again. Vivian's fluffy head came closer and reached out to touch his cheek gently: "Don't be sad, it will be fine."
"Lin Han did a great job, he will help you."
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Waking up from the darkness, Lin Han sat up suddenly, took two deep breaths, and his breathing was trembling.
It’s still a familiar room.
Alfred was sitting on the side of the bed, looking at him with concern.
Lin Han realized that when he was trapped in the darkness and unable to breathe or think, he must have heard Alfred's call, and then he slowly found the exit of consciousness and finally opened his eyes.
He looked at his hands, which were not the hands of a young child at the beginning of each day.
On this day, he grew up unknowingly in his sleep, and perhaps half of the day had already passed.
If Alfred hadn't woken him up, he might have stayed in bed until he died of old age, falling back into the empty consciousness of death.
How can he wake up like that?
Being stuck in the unconscious cycle of life and death for a long time could be considered a failure in completing the dungeon.
But he didn't have time to look at Alfred any more, nor did he want to think about whether Alfred's presence meant that today's styling was about to begin again.
He was just recalling what he had heard.
After "Why", there was a very light "brother".
He was sure he had heard correctly.
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