Xia Che was a little nervous.
Even though he had done enough groundwork, this was the first time he had mentioned the comic book world he lived in in front of a comic book character.
How will the other party react?
Will it trigger their warning mechanism like NPCs?
Like a pre-programmed robot, once someone realizes that this world is fake, that person will be eliminated.
or……
Will the system that arranged for my soul to transmigrate into me directly eliminate me?
For example, the voice I heard when I first transmigrated into this world, telling me how to return to the real world.
Xia Che pricked up his ears and looked around warily, but something seemed amiss.
The system voice only appeared once at the beginning and never appeared again. Even when I said the words "comic world", the other party did not react.
That's strange...
"That's an interesting question."
Su Miaorou touched her chin, her expression suddenly realizing something.
She finally understood why Xia Che's state of mind was in such turmoil.
"How so?"
Xia Che was also surprised. His master's behavior didn't seem strange at all, and he didn't kill him for revealing the secret.
I had just prepared to run away at any moment.
This discovery made Xia Che feel uneasy.
Are the people in comic book worlds real, and not fictional?
It wasn't the robot I had imagined before?
This discovery left Xia Che somewhat incredulous, but for some reason, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body relaxed because of it.
As long as they are real people... that's good.
According to ancient records, during the Jin Dynasty, there was a woodcutter who, one day while chopping wood on the mountain, saw an old man and a child playing chess on the mountaintop. The woodcutter was intrigued, so he put his axe aside and stood watching. After watching for a while, the child told him, "You should go home." Only then did the woodcutter realize that it was getting late. When he got up to pick up his axe, he saw that the handle was rotten and decayed, and the once sharp axe head was rusted and uneven, as if countless years had passed.
"When he returned home, his once youthful and beautiful wife had become a frail old woman, and even his baby, who was only a month old before he left, was now older than the woodcutter."
"Some people have turned this story into an idiom called 'Watching Chess and Rotten Axe Handle'."
Su Miaorou didn't explain directly to Xia Che, but instead told him a short story. Then, under Xia Che's questioning gaze, she continued, "The same thing has happened many times, such as the dream of wealth and glory, the dream of a hundred lifetimes, and Zhuangzi's dream of being a butterfly..."
“These people are all like you, who suddenly spent a considerable amount of time in a dream or somewhere, so much so that when they returned to the present world or woke up, they found themselves out of place.”
"Whether this phenomenon is real or just absurd remains a mystery, but in my opinion, the reason these people encounter these things is because they have inner demons."
"And what about you? What are your inner demons?"
Su Miaorou smiled gently, "Do you think the world in your dreams is real, or do you think the world now is real? But what's the point of all these things for you?"
"You are you. The people and things you come into contact with, the world you live in—all of these are real to you. What's the point of considering whether they are real or not?"
"Are all the people you've met and the relationships you've experienced fake? If you really think that way, then I can only say... you've gone too far."
Su Miaorou reached out and stroked Xia Che's face, her eyes flashing: "I originally thought that letting you go down the mountain and come into contact with the secular world would be a good thing for you, but now it seems that your progress is too fast. You have acquired power that is inconsistent with your state of mind too early, which is why you have these wild thoughts."
"Sit down, look here, and calm down."
This waterfall is perfect for Su Miaorou to calm her mind. When she sits cross-legged on the mountaintop and looks at the waterfall rushing down, even the most chaotic mind will gradually return to peace.
Su Miaorou had already figured out the real purpose of this brat's visit.
Unexpectedly, she had fallen into the trap of inner demons at such a young age... This made Su Miaorou both laugh and cry, but she was also quite surprised.
She was astonished by Xia Che's outstanding talent. She had tried her best to elevate Xia Che's talent in her mind, but she still didn't expect to be so surprised.
This brat...he has a bright future ahead of him.
"oh."
Xia Che obediently sat down cross-legged, facing the waterfall, and slowly closed his eyes.
He's been doing this routine since he was a child, and over the years, it's become muscle memory, ingrained in his very being.
Su Miaorou turned around and found a place not too far from Xia Che. She sat down cross-legged, appearing aloof as if nothing in the world could attract her attention. In reality, she was the type who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside. She cared about Xia Che very much and silently protected him.
As for Xing Zhicheng who came to visit, Su Miaorou also saw him, but she knew what these worldly people were thinking without even thinking about it, so she naturally didn't bother to pay attention to him.
Let it air dry for a while before we talk about it.
If you're not leaving, it wouldn't hurt to see each other again.
Time passed slowly, and it gradually came to afternoon. Around three or four o'clock, Su Miaorou slowly opened her eyes.
"That's about it."
She murmured softly.
As if a synchronization button had been pressed, Xia Che opened his eyes at the same time and let out a long breath.
"Yes... Master is right. Even if only I know the truth, and I know that the world I am in is a comic book world that my soul has transmigrated into, so what?"
"Whether it's Ning Zheyuan, Cao Ying, or others, these people who are actually around me, who have been silently caring for me... they are all living, breathing people. They are not fake. Or rather, I was the one with the problem who thought they were all fake."
"Where I am, there is reality."
Xia Che's eyes brightened slightly. At this moment, everything became clear, and the problem that had troubled him for so long was solved. It was like cutting a tightly wrapped rope, and at this moment, he felt only relief.
Feeling refreshed and invigorated.
At this moment, Xia Che no longer wavered.
Before this, he always thought that the world of comics was fictional, so his interactions with the female protagonist were just like completing a game.
But now, he has changed his mind.
We truly treated them as living, breathing people, as individuals living in reality.
"Phew... Thank you."
Xia Che turned around and met Su Miaorou's gaze, feeling a surge of gratitude in his heart.
I know I made the right decision to come here.
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