Chapter 12 Nightmare City



The white exit button on the light screen flickered slightly, but the person who pressed the button did not change at all and still sat in the same place.

The restaurant business was very booming and the sounds of people chatting and laughing could be heard everywhere.

Only the table where Zhou Zhou was sitting seemed to be shrouded in silence. No expression could be seen on Zhou Zhou's face, except that the corners of his mouth, which had been slightly upturned when he was with the Keli brothers and sisters, were straightened into a straight line.

He pressed the exit button a few more times, but nothing happened.

He did not disappear like Keli and the others.

Zhou Zhou knows what home is. Home is where one belongs and where his family is.

Sitting there thinking, the noisy laughter around me seemed to be separated by a layer of transparent film, and sounded like the words from another world.

He blinked slowly and looked a little dazed. When he was alone, his movements and thoughts would become slow.

Yes, he has no home.

He has nothing.

After coming to such a conclusion, Zhou Zhou was not very sad. After all, sad was just a word to him and he was unable to understand and experience this emotion.

Zhou Zhou sat there for a long time, picking at the corner of his clothes unconsciously with his fingers before getting up and leaving.

After leaving the restaurant, he stood on the roadside and watched the green trees swaying non-stop. This time, without the two people stopping him, he watched for more than an hour before he started walking somewhere else again.

The novice village in the Nightmare City is bustling with people. This city is very large. After all, in the virtual world, space can extend infinitely.

Everywhere there are people who have made plans to play here with friends, or players who are hurriedly preparing for the dungeon.

Zhou Zhou was strolling slowly on the street, and whenever he saw something strange, he would stop to look at it. He looked at it very seriously and carefully, with a focused expression as if he was studying some century-old problem.

It wasn't until he saw a poster that his attitude changed.

It was a dynamic poster, a promotional poster for the largest amusement park in Nightmare City, with a Ferris wheel occupying the largest space in the center.

The upward angle makes the Ferris wheel look extremely huge. The background is a gradient pink, and various entertainment facilities are attached below the Ferris wheel as embellishments. The whole picture looks very romantic.

A minute later, the background of the rotating Ferris wheel turned into a deep blue starry sky, and the Ferris wheel was flashing a silver-white halo.

A silver light was reflected in Zhou Zhou's eyes. This was the first time he saw a real Ferris wheel.

He told many people that he wanted to ride the Ferris wheel together, but he had never seen a Ferris wheel and didn't know why he said that to everyone.

Ferris wheels and backgrounds of different colors kept changing on the poster. Zhou Zhou looked up for a long time. When the image of the Ferris wheel changed into other scenery, he lowered his gaze to the address marked below.

If you want to go somewhere here, various teleportation methods are very convenient, of course each one requires points.

I asked other people on the road, and many people recommended taking the bus, after all, it is the cheapest.

So Zhou Zhou followed the advice of passers-by and took the bus. Because many settings of Nightmare City refer to the culture thousands of years ago, the appearance of the bus is similar to that of thousands of years ago.

There weren't many people on the bus, but they were all standing near the exit, with no one sitting in the seats. Zhou Zhou sat in the middle window seat. After the car started, the surrounding scenery quickly receded and he could only see streaks of light and shadows of different colors flashing by.

He had arrived at the gate of the amusement park before he even sat down.

The amusement park covers a very large area, which is almost as large as a large city in reality.

Zhou Zhou bought a ticket and took a sightseeing bus to the entrance of the Ferris wheel.

Many couples lined up to ride the Ferris wheel.

Real amusement parks have different entertainment equipment depending on the characteristics of different planets, and each planet has different characteristics.

Ferris wheels have only been popular among people for a few thousand years. People in the interstellar age are not interested in such devices that go around in circles slowly. It would be better for them to fly a spacecraft and rotate in the sky by themselves.

Therefore, the marketing of the Ferris wheel naturally carries its meaning from thousands of years ago and becomes a seat exclusively for couples.

The marketing effect was surprisingly good. Many couples came here to queue, so Zhou Zhou, who was queuing alone, became conspicuous.

Qian Le stood at the front, handing out tickets to couples with a smile on his face, but in his heart he was silently complaining about this crappy amusement park. In this day and age, tickets still had to be sold manually, and he even had to say a blessing to each couple.

He is single! Feeding him tons of dog food every day, do you know how much of a blow this has caused to his fragile heart?

If he hadn't been given so many points, he would have resigned long ago.

No matter what he was thinking, his smile never changed as he smiled and handed two beautiful tickets to the couple in front of him. After the couple got on the Ferris wheel, a young boy stood in front of him.

Qian Le opened his mouth to say his blessing as usual, and found that there was only one person standing in front of him. He tilted his head to look behind Zhou Zhou, and there were couples behind him.

"Your other... one hasn't arrived yet?"

Zhou Zhou shook his head: "I'm alone."

Qian Le was surprised and said, "How can one person... uh, one person can sit."

Seeing couples every day, he almost forgot that there was no rule that only couples could ride on the Ferris wheel.

"Okay, here's your ticket." After tearing off half of the two tickets that were originally inlaid together and handing them to the other party, Qian Le looked at his delicate features and outstanding temperament and asked, "Why did you think of riding this alone?"

"We once promised to ride the Ferris wheel together, but now I'm alone." He had promised many girls to ride the Ferris wheel together, but now he didn't know where they were. They must have gone home.

The hand that was extended paused, Qian Le looked at the other party and said these words calmly, hiss~ he couldn't stand this the most.

I'm fed up with seeing couples being affectionate every day, and then someone comes along who's hurt by love.

The innocent-looking boy was burdened with emotional trauma. He once made an appointment with his lover to ride the Ferris wheel together and promised to be together forever. However, he was betrayed by his lover. After failing to keep her, he could only cry secretly. Thinking of the promise they made, he begged her to fulfill it and ride the Ferris wheel with him. However, after waiting for a whole day, he was still alone.

"You, you can take two wheels, but everyone else can only take one."

Not knowing why the other person's eyes suddenly turned red and tears flashed, Zhou Zhou said thank you in confusion.

The way he thanked her was very cute, Qian Le almost cried: "Don't be too sad, the next person who accompanies you on the Ferris wheel must be your soulmate, and he will treat you very well."

sad? Why be sad?

Zhou Zhou blinked, he felt that the other person looked even sadder.

After taking the ticket and walking a few steps forward, Zhou Zhou sat on the Ferris wheel and turned to Qian Le and said, "I'm not sad, and you shouldn't be sad either."

Just these words of comfort made Qian Le's tears flow down: "Wait a moment."

He took out a light yellow stuffed bear from the cabinet below, ran a few steps and stuffed it into Zhou Zhou's pocket: "This is for you, so you won't be alone anymore."

The size of the stuffed bear was just right for holding in one’s arms. Zhou Zhou looked at the other person in surprise, then looked at the bear in his arms, and finally smiled: “Thank you, I like it very much.”

The Ferris wheel slowly rose up, and standing below was a ticket seller who was tortured by his own imagination. He handed the tickets to the next couple while crying.

"Wow, I wish you all the best. I wish you all, please don't break up~" Qian Le was very dedicated. Even when he was crying very loudly, he did not forget to say his blessings.

Couple: ...

Not knowing that Qian Le below had cried like a spray bottle, Zhou Zhou was leaning against the window holding the yellow bear and looking out.

The amusement park is within sight. As the altitude rises, the people below become smaller and smaller. There are countless tiny ants-like people, moving around constantly and looking very busy.

Is this the Ferris wheel?

The surroundings were very quiet, but this kind of quietness did not make Zhou Zhou feel empty inside like when he was alone in school. Instead, it made him calm down.

When it reached its highest point, a firework suddenly lit up in the sky, and its bright and beautiful light was very eye-catching even during the day.

Zhou Zhou's entire vision was occupied by the sudden appearance of firework. It was the first time he saw such a scene, and it was very touching.

Until the fireworks disappeared, he lowered his head and touched the little bear's head, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. Although the smile was faint, it was very real.

Although he had nothing, no home and no family, it would be impossible for him to see such a scene if he stayed in school.

Although this place is unfamiliar, he can build his own home here, have many friends, and fall in love with many people.

It was the first time that Zhou Zhou thought about so many things. By the time he had thought it through, the Ferris wheel had already turned twice and returned to the bottom. It was time to get out.

"I just set off a firework for you, woooo, did you see it?" Qian Le said crying.

"Thank you, I saw it." It turned out that the fireworks were set off for him. Zhou Zhou looked at the person crying miserably and asked, "Can you add my contact information?"

"Huh? Why?" Qian Le didn't react for a moment.

"Thank you for your little bear and the fireworks, and thank you for everything you have done for me. I want to be friends with you, can I?" Zhou Zhou smiled, and his outstanding facial features looked unusually gentle under the silver halo of the Ferris wheel next to him.

Qian Le seemed to be bewitched. His heart beat rapidly. He forgot that he was still crying. He looked at Zhou Zhou dazedly: "Of course you can."

While they were exchanging contact information, two people were standing in an inconspicuous place in the distance. Both of them had A+ mental power and could see anything in the distance clearly.

They glanced at Zhou Zhou who was far away, then looked away and asked as if they were talking, "Is that him?"

The author has something to say:

Alvia: What does it mean to have many relationships with many people?

Zhou Zhou: It means exactly what it says. I’m about to take action. Bye.

Alvia:! ! !

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