Barbara forced a smile and shook her head, saying, "It doesn't matter. Now I think the most urgent thing is to find a way to survive here, find our companions, and find out what happened to the people in the settlement, as well as my mother..."
Fern nodded gently, then sighed and said softly, "I really envy your mother for having such a filial son like you. You will definitely be a good husband one day..."
Having said this, I felt like I had said something inappropriate and that this statement could easily be misunderstood, and my cheeks turned slightly red.
Barbara didn't think too much about it and asked, "As soon as I finished speaking, I said my own thing. What about you? You promised to tell me a lot of things but you never told me, right?"
Fern looked at him carefully and said, "You should have expected it. We were wrong before. Deng Dongchen is not going to build a world, but to devour a world."
Barbara shuddered and asked, "What?"
He really hasn't thought about this problem yet.
Vern said, "Think about it carefully. If he wanted to create a world, he has already done it. Moreover, the vast majority of players in the virtual world worship him as a god. His goal has been achieved. Why does he still want to plunder the players' spiritual power? Why does he have to make this world so illusory? Even after death, the virtual world is still constantly releasing new content. As far as I know, all of them are updates made by the virtual world itself. Why are we here? Is it because his previous spiritual power is not enough, and he has to start plundering the flesh again?"
Barbara's eyes gradually widened. If what she speculated was true, then what was Deng Dongchen's real purpose? Didn't he want to be a god? He had already done it in the virtual world he created? Why would he still do these things? How could a dead person do this?
"So, what about you? Why do you know all this, and why do you want to fight against the virtual world?"
Barbara felt a slight shiver in her voice and an involuntary chill in her body.
Could it be that Fern in front of him had also experienced some major setbacks in the real world? Otherwise, why would such a beautiful girl transform into a female warrior?
Fern stretched out his left wrist with a very calm expression, as if he was telling another person's story: "Fifteen years ago, my family brought me to join the virtual world. My parents were gifted and soon became top figures in the virtual world, and then..."
Barbara glanced at her fair, delicate and round wrist joint. In the moonlight, she vaguely saw a thin scar. Although the scar was very thin and faint, it was frightening to Barbara.
"The people from the 'civilized world' took action, and my family was cordially invited to join the Utopia community. I had my first steak in my life, and it was really delicious. Then, every day someone came to urge me to enter the virtual world. This lasted for two years, until one day I suddenly realized that I hadn't seen my parents and brother for a long time."
Fern finished his story softly, but his face was calm and expressionless.
The more Barbara listened, the colder she felt. She couldn't help but ask, "What on earth is going on?"
Fern has always given him the impression of being a very calm, smart and capable girl. She looks extremely fresh, but one cannot associate her with a warrior just by looking at her appearance.
Fern smiled calmly, touched his hair, and suddenly said, "I cried and said I wanted to see my parents and brother, but none of them paid any attention to me. They just smiled and told me to enter the virtual world. If I didn't enter, that hypocritical smile would instantly turn into a demon and force me to enter the virtual world."
A trace of sarcastic and cold smile appeared on his cheek: "Until one day, I really couldn't stand it anymore, so I used a piece of A4 paper to cut the blood vessels on my wrist. The whole Utopia was anxious, and they sent me to a warehouse for emergency treatment. In a daze, I saw my parents. They were soaked in a petri dish, motionless, like the living dead!"
Barbara was stunned and said, "This is what you said about using people as spiritual nourishment? Turning them into vegetables? Is the 'civilized world' really doing this? How on earth do they do it?!"
Fern said, "I don't know either. I only know that they are also Deng Dongchen's pawns, but they don't know it. After rescuing them, I began to explore the virtual world frantically, and finally found a way to gain power. Then I rescued my brother, but my parents could not be saved. They are already vegetative. Is there any way for us to escape with them? For their dignity, I can only do it myself..."
As he finished speaking, tears suddenly welled up in his eyes and he buried his face in his knees.
Although there was no sound, her shoulders were constantly trembling slightly.
Fern was crying.
Barbara glanced at Fern, who had her head buried between her legs, and felt a vague pain in her heart. She wanted to comfort her, but didn't know what to say. She just sat with her quietly and looked at her delicate shoulders trembling slightly. Her heart ached and she felt a surge of sympathy.
"Turquoise..."
Suddenly, Feifan turned over in his sleep and murmured something in his sleep. Is it possible that this honest and loyal uncle also dreamed about his lover? Even he has such delicate emotions.
Barbara turned around and looked at him, feeling a sour feeling in her nose.
Everyone has a story of their own.
What happened to the seductive young woman Bai Lan, and the cute and lively Jella who is like a little white rabbit, that brought them into this world?
It was unimaginable that the cute Jella would have suffered such a tragedy and ended up here. Barbara didn't dare to think about it anymore.
In the middle of the night, Feifan and Bailan took over the shift. Barbara and Fern took off their costumes and went to sleep.
Barbara slept very soundly that night and even dreamed of Song Meilin. In the pure white light, she dreamed that her mother was very healthy and peaceful, and watched her enter into marriage with another woman. However, she could not see clearly who that woman was.
Just as Barbara was about to hug the woman, suddenly, the pure white light turned into darkness, and then in the darkness, a huge metallic face formed in the air.
Deng Dongchen! He grinned at Barbara, and his forehead suddenly split open. Blood mixed with white brain fluid flowed down his face. This big metal face became as scary as a ghost, and he laughed wildly: "You can't run away! You can't run away! All of them are mine! Want to survive? Bastards like you don't have the qualifications! Hahaha..."
The darkness around them immediately turned blood red, a dazzling blood red.
"ah……"
Barbara suddenly screamed and sat up, only to realize it was a nightmare.
"Hehe, Big Brother, did you have a perverted dream? Your cheeks are all sweaty!"
Next to him, Jella sat upright, staring at him with her beautiful big eyes wide open with great curiosity.
Barbara felt a layer of cold sweat on her body. She wiped her face, took out her glasses from her bosom and put them on. She laughed dryly and said, "Nothing."
But the smile seemed a little forced.
The forest was filled with a light mist and a refreshing air. It turned out that the sky had already brightened.
Bai Lan and Fei Fan were just chatting and laughing on the other side, and Fern had apparently just woken up. When he saw Barbara looking at him, he also smiled at her. After last night's exchange, the distance between the two seemed to have been shortened a lot.
Barbara kept thinking about last night's dream, especially the sentence "You can't run away!" which kept echoing in her mind.
After thinking for a while, Barbara walked to Fern's side and whispered, "Can you tell me what happened on the last day before you escaped from the 'civilized world' in reality?"
Barbara asked in a very regretful tone, actually she was asking when she committed suicide last time.
Fern felt a little strange, but he still thought about it and replied.
When Barbara heard this, her face suddenly turned a little pale.
My guess was wrong.
"Everyone, have you packed up? It's time to move on. I don't know how many days we have to walk through this damn forest. I really want to take a refreshing shower, eat a delicious meal, and drink some good wine. Oh!"
The one who said this was none other than the big sister Bai Lan. She put the huge double-edged sword on her shoulder, looked at Barbara and Fern with a wicked smile, and said, "Have you finished your sweet talk? If not, just keep talking halfway and continue. Hey, you two are really an enviable pair of mandarin ducks."
Barbara said hurriedly: "Sister Bai, you think too much, we are not!"
Explain quickly.
Fern's cheeks flushed slightly, and she quickly moved her hands to the things on her head, pretending not to hear.
Bai Lan snorted and glared at him, "Are our beautiful Meng not a good match for you? Look at how you are trying to explain yourself with a red face and thick neck. When I see a man like this, I get angry immediately. Humph~"
Barbara was speechless. She groaned for a while, scratched her hair anxiously, and said quickly, "That's not what I meant. I didn't say we are not worthy. We are worthy..." After talking for a long time, the doubts were solved. The more she explained, the more problems there were. Fern couldn't help but roll her eyes at him and said with a red face, "It's time to leave."
Barbara let out a long sigh and said, "Yes, yes, let's go!"
Bai Lan had already laughed so hard that the rope bent, and he was laughing loudly without any image.
Jie La rolled her eyes a few times, and suddenly said: "Xue Ling understands, Big Brother and Sister Meng like each other very much, they just want to express their feelings."
Barbara and Fern looked at each other and forced a smile. This little girl is really a smart girl.
Reaching out her hand and touching Jella's head, Barbara said very seriously: "Little girl, stop guessing. I want to tell you, your sister Meng and I are several years apart in age. Do you understand? If you make such a wild guess next time, your sister Meng will be unhappy."
Jiela agreed, looked at the two people, and asked curiously: "Big brother, I see that Sister Meng is much younger than you? Apart from Sister Meng, only Xueling and Aunt Bai are girls here. No, could it be that you like Aunt Bai? Xueling understood. From what others said, boys of your age and level all like beautiful women who are older than themselves. Aunt Bai is just the right girl!"
His face was full of excitement, and he was obviously proud of his own estimation.
Barbara's jaw almost dropped to the ground out of fright. Fern on the other side bit her lips tightly, trying hard not to laugh out loud.
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