"Ah Xun?!"
Awakened by the broadcast announcing the start of the war, Yin Chen did not see the familiar figure who should have been beside him.
The panicked golden-tailed mermaid, pale-faced, scrambled off the bed, almost forgetting how to swim, and rushed out of the room. Milk Tea, who had been drooling and asleep on a coral branch, was startled awake by the clattering noise. Opening her eyes, she saw Yin Chen's pale and contorted face as he rushed towards the door.
Long Xun was a god, and the smell in the room suddenly dissipated, causing the panic that Yin Chen had been holding in to erupt.
It's always like this... It's always like this... Every time, they leave suddenly without saying a word!
Imperial Advisor, please don't leave so suddenly. At least, at least tell me!
What is a national advisor?
Wait, Ah Xun just agreed to be my partner, he can't just leave like this, he definitely won't...
My head hurts so much...
The golden-tailed mermaid covered his forehead, veins bulging on his temples, but he ignored them, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain, trying to rush out and find Long Xun's figure.
Milk Tea was stunned by his frantic behavior. It wasn't until Yin Chen touched the doorknob that Milk Tea reacted, and her soft, childish voice immediately rang out: "Brother Chen! Brother Chen! Wait, look here!"
Yin Chen heard a somewhat familiar voice, his frantic expression calmed down, and he turned around in a daze.
For some reason, his head was throbbing. Something kept burrowing out from the depths of his mind, and there were many strange things in the fragmented pieces, which even messed up his original memories. If it weren't for the fact that the voice seemed to be related to Ah Xun, he would never have stopped.
On the coral branch by the bedside, a small, pale yellow hamster, no bigger than his palm, was standing on its two hind legs, its two short front paws raised and waving frantically.
...With its tiny size, even if the milk tea flew into the sky, it would hardly attract any attention.
Fortunately, the fact that Nai Cha Na Long Xun was a pet reminded Yin Chen, who was on the verge of a fit of madness from the headache. He turned around and rushed over, his red eyes with black irises making him look like a monster, with bulging veins on his forehead and temples, and sharp teeth that involuntarily sharpened due to pain...
Such a terrifying and eerie face was magnified and presented in front of Milk Tea, making Milk Tea take a few steps back in fright, shrinking back a little.
"You are...? I remember you! Where's Ah Xun? You're the one Ah Xun left behind, right? Where did Ah Xun go? Did he leave again? Leaving me, a fish, all alone?!"
Milk Tea was nearly thrown off by his roar, her soft fur fluttering wildly. She stammered, "N-no... M-Master discovered something unusual. He said... he said you mermaids are fighting, and he... he wanted to help you... so he went to investigate... He told me to protect you, and he'll be back once it's over..."
Yin Chen's distorted expression froze, then slowly calmed down.
"So... he didn't leave..."
"Yes, yes... Master doesn't want to wake you... He asked me to stay and tell you..."
Yin Chen closed his eyes slightly and let out a soft breath.
As long as they haven't left, that's fine.
It's not enough that they left.
He slowly swam back to bed, relaxed his body, and let himself sink into the soft mattress, lying flat on his back, silently enduring the waves of piercing pain in his mind.
The fragments of memory that kept emerging were becoming fewer and fewer, and the pain was gradually lessening. The scattered content was still blurry and incomplete, and Yin Chen was completely unable to make sense of it.
A gigantic two-headed golden python, two-legged creatures called "humans" like Ah Xun, and zombies that "humans" turn into after being poisoned...
Humans who can manipulate various natural forces, a wondrous place where, despite the vast ocean, they are confined to a tiny space...
A woman adorned with silver ornaments and dressed in purple, a woman in black with a cold expression, and myself? They sat together on the toes of the dragon's claw, discussing something…
A silver-haired, golden-eyed man dressed in a golden brocade robe lowered his gaze slightly, his warm palm gently stroking his head...
A silver-haired, golden-eyed man sat cross-legged, holding a controller in his hand, staring intently at what appeared to be a mirage, playing a game with great concentration.
The excruciating pain of a shattered heart, the suffocating feeling of impending death, the despair of limbs growing cold—yet he said, "Go. I'll take you to get revenge."
The withered, decaying body lay alone and desperate in the large courtyard, unable to endure the torment of living any longer, and so it closed its eyes...
In the darkness where he could see nothing, he vaguely heard his promise to meet again in the next life, and his indifferent reply: "Okay."
It even seems to extend back to something much earlier.
As the handsome immortal gradually sank into darkness, a helpless yet relieved smile appeared on his face as he slowly closed his eyes.
I'm sorry... Your Majesty... I couldn't tell you... everything... sooner...
If... there is a next life... let me follow... follow in your footsteps...
Let me...love you...life...life...life...without...regret...
...
"Ah—! It hurts so much... Ah Xun... It hurts so much..."
It hurts so much.
It hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much.
A sudden, excruciating pain, as if it were tearing his brains apart, swept over him. Yin Chen, who was trying his best to endure it, suddenly arched his back as if he had been punched, clutching his head and howling as he rolled around. His golden fish tail did not control its strength well, and with a gentle tap, the hard coral bed beneath it shattered into pieces.
Yin Chen's sudden scream terrified Milk Tea. The usually timid hamster burst into tears, and in an instant, it broke through its potential, unleashing a lightning-fast speed that it only possessed on land. It swam above Yin Chen, frantically circling around helplessly: "Brother Chen! What's wrong? How could this happen... I... I have to tell Master!"
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