"Are you calm now? If you are, let's continue our conversation." Wen Xingyao looked at Tang Ying, whose expression suddenly turned ferocious, with some amusement.
The other person's expression was not good. He was crying and laughing at the same time, but he couldn't cry or laugh out loud. He stopped at a very strange middle point.
Tang Ying rubbed his eyes vigorously and nodded heavily: "I'm calm now, Xingyao, can you tell me what's going on now?"
He no longer called Wen Xingyao "Admiral" nor did he call him by his in-game name. Instead, he expressed his concern for him as an older brother who had grown up with him.
Wen Xingyao's eyes softened unconsciously, and he gave a brief explanation of his situation.
After hearing his words, Tang Ying took a breath and said, "So, your body is now in its infancy, but you have no memory of your infancy, while your human consciousness can freely enter and exit the star network and is not affected by the gene collapse disease?"
"And you said that you were most likely adopted by Li Bai, or Bai Li in real life, when you were young, so you both logged in and out of the game at almost the same time. Is this guess reliable? If it's true, I'll try to find out where Bai Li lives now and bring you back as soon as possible?"
The information provided by Wen Xingyao successfully turned Tang Ying's originally clear brain into a mess. His mind was now in a mess and it was difficult for him to think effectively.
As we all know, once the orcs' gene collapse disease reaches the late stage and regresses to the infancy of the original body, it is almost impossible to be cured. It is true that the orcs who return to the infancy will no longer feel the pain of the whole body being out of control and the skin, flesh and meridians being torn inch by inch, but what is the difference between them and ordinary small animals after losing their human consciousness?
No, an orc who can never transform back into a human is no longer an orc in the full sense of the word.
It's not that no one has ever had the crazy idea of trying to make those beastmen who have regressed to their infancy lie in the game cabin, log in to the star network through external force, and thus awaken their human consciousness. However, until Wen Xingyao told Tang Ying about his experience, this idea had never been realized even once...
After lying in the game cabin during the early childhood, all they did was sleep, and they had no idea how anxiously their family members and researchers outside were waiting.
Tang Ying's mood was very complicated at this time. He was worried that Wen Xingyao had regressed to childhood, but he was also surprised that he could log in to the Star Network normally and play games so well. The latter emotion occupied a larger proportion. He wanted to know how Wen Xingyao did it!
"Yes." Wen Xingyao nodded and acknowledged Tang Ying's statement, but stopped him from coming. "I plan to find an opportunity to explain this matter to Li Bai myself. I am safe with him now, so you don't have to come to pick me up for the time being. If possible, help me look up previous research materials. It would be even better if you can find a way to restore normal state from childhood."
It can be said that there is no such method. After all, if there was, "Hope Star" would not be named "Hope Star".
However, there is always a chance of something happening. How do you know if you don’t try?
Tang Ying also knew that this matter was extremely important to Wen Xingyao. Since it was not convenient for him to look for relevant research himself, it was reasonable for him, the adjutant, to do it. He agreed to this matter very straightforwardly, and then put forward his own views to Wen Xingyao.
"Li Bai said that your juvenile has grown a lot recently. Does that mean that your true form is actually recovering? After all, we have never heard that the juveniles of the orcs who went to Hope Star would slowly grow up again. Is it possible that when your juvenile grows to a certain size, it will naturally recover? Xingyao, do you remember that it took you several years to transform from a juvenile into a human when you were a child?"
Every interstellar person has a beastman gene in their body. If the gene awakens, they will temporarily turn into a young beastman. Only when the body is supplemented with enough nutrition will it regain its human form. Generally speaking, the more talented the child, the younger they are when they turn into a beastman, the longer they stay in the beastman state, and when they regain their human form, they will have greater power.
At that time, Wen Xingyao, who was less than a year old, had transformed into a little lion, and his appearance was completely different from that of other members of his family. He almost scared the rest of the Wen family. After several months of observation and research, they determined that Wen Xingyao was the only evolved form of their family in the past hundred years, from a "fire-winged lion" to a "silver-flame gold-winged lion". Not only was there a huge difference in appearance, his innate power soared, and even the flame on the tip of his tail changed from fiery red to silver-white.
At that time, Tang Ying was still in the state of a human cub. He only vaguely remembered that the white ball of milk next door suddenly turned into a "little kitten" one day. Then they lived together day and night for several years. He watched with his own eyes that the little kitten grew bigger and bigger, a thick circle of hair grew on its neck, and its appearance became more and more majestic and strong. Sometimes even Tang Ying couldn't help but be frightened when he saw it.
After hearing Tang Ying's question, Wen Xingyao fell silent. He opened his mouth several times to say something, and finally, under Tang Ying's expectant gaze, he slowly uttered two words: "Seven years..."
Tang Ying also fell silent.
Seven years, more than two thousand five hundred days. If Wen Xingyao really has to wait another seven years for his recovery, wouldn’t it be too late?
The two looked at each other silently for a long time.
In the end, it was Wen Xingyao who took the initiative to break the silence and comforted Tang Ying, whose heart was still pounding from fear: "It may not really take seven years, and what you said may not be correct. At present, this is just a guess, and we can't take it seriously. The only thing I can be sure of now is that my childhood is in good condition, and I can play the game normally, and that's enough."
Tang Ying didn't think that was enough, and he asked another question that made Wen Xingyao suffocate.
"Play games? You are a young child now, how did you take the initiative to open the game cabin and log in? If I am guessing correctly, Li Bai must be worried about you, a lion, staying outside the game cabin, so he brought you in with him, right?"
It's not a lion, it's a cat.
Wen Xingyao subconsciously corrected the mistake in Tang Ying's words in his heart, but he was too embarrassed to say it out loud. If Tang Ying knew that he was being raised like a kitten in real life, I'm afraid that the tragic atmosphere that he had worked so hard to create today would disappear directly...
When Wen Xingyao understood what Tang Ying meant, he froze. He, the general of the empire, the ceiling of combat power, a majestic lion, after turning back to his childhood, not only had to help people farm in exchange for food, but was also carried around "without dignity". Wherever Li Bai told him to go, he had to go. At this moment, maybe his childhood was still lying in the same game cabin with Li Bai, tightly nestled in each other's arms?
Wen Xingyao felt sick as he imagined himself in human form, curled up in Li Bai's arms like a little bird.
The red color spread rapidly and violently from the base of his neck, first dyeing his two ears red, and then even his face was not spared. In front of Tang Ying, it was burned into the shape of a red tomato.
Seeing his reaction, Tang Ying knew that he was right.
For a moment, he didn't know whether to make fun of the other person or to sympathize with him.
However, it was a fact that the sky had been chatted to death. Wen Xingyao's eyes, which were still moving, showed a strong intention to drive him away. Since they had talked about almost everything, Tang Ying decisively proposed to leave and left quickly.
In less than a minute, Wen Xingyao was the only one left in the hut.
He stood there in a daze for a long time, struggling to digest this speculation that was very likely true and was happening. He walked to the table with stiff limbs, picked up the teacup on the table and gulped down a large cup of cold tea.
Damn it! No matter how expensive the tea was, it couldn't quench the sudden turmoil and shame in his heart!
A few minutes later, the familiar feeling of detachment appeared, and Wen Xingyao knew that it was time for him to log off again.
Bai Li looked at the little cat that jumped away from him the moment it opened its eyes. He tilted his head in confusion, looked at the tip of Supreme's tail that was emitting harmless silver-white flames, and called his name tentatively: "Supreme?"
"Meow?" The cat's golden eyes blinked in confusion, as if it came to its senses and found itself so far away from the human. It jumped into the human's arms and rubbed his hands stickyly.
Maybe it’s because I just woke up and my mind is not clear?
Bai Li touched the soft fur under his hand, pinched a slightly hard hair, and thought so.
And at his neighbor's house two doors away, Song Xinran was facing a difficult choice.
He logged off after finishing the live broadcast in the evening, and had a tasteless nutrient solution meal with his family members who had come to see him specially. At that time, the whole family must have been thinking about the various delicious foods in the game.
After dinner, Mother Song took her youngest son’s hand and informed them of the decision they had made during the day.
Song Xinran scratched his hair in annoyance when he recalled that his family said they were going to buy him a house on Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs Star and let him move into the new house so that he wouldn't be cramped in this small rental house. He felt that he lived well here. Although the house was small, it had everything he needed. He was not someone who had high demands for material life. Now he had a game cabin and could live and play games happily.
He didn't want to move away from here at all.
I don’t want to be separated from my master.
However, he didn't have the heart to refuse his family's kindness. He tried to say that he didn't want to move out, but got the answer "The house has been bought, you can move in tomorrow, and your parents will come with your brothers and sisters to help you." This made his brain freeze and he forgot all the words to refuse.
I was completely confused throughout the whole process, but it was confirmed that we would move in the next day.
The third and fourth sisters of Song even comforted Song Xinran: "Brother, are you reluctant to leave Bai Li? The house we bought is quite big, you can invite him to move in with you, and there will be enough space for ten more people to live in, so you can still get along with each other like before."
Song Xinran wanted to burst into tears on the spot. It would be fine if his master was an easy-going person, but the key point was that although his master looked very kind, he did not give up on anything he insisted on. He dared to guarantee that his master would absolutely not agree to this proposal!
Woohoo, he is so difficult!
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