Chapter 187: The Same Direction
Lin Xi's voice was very calm, without any ripples, just like the same tone she used when she said "my condolences" to Shen Sangning's parents. She said - since Shen Sangning couldn't come back, she would stay by Shen Sangning's side, in that dark world.
Cai Hua sighed, but Li Lana laughed out loud.
"I knew you would say that."
There was a hint of doubt in Lin Xi's eyes. She really didn't expect that Li Lana could still laugh and even say such a thing.
Cai Hua raised his head after sighing and looked into her eyes again: "In fact, we also guessed that you would say that. Whether it is Shen Sangning's love for you or your love for Shen Sangning, it is obvious to all. Humans are very strange creatures. If they lose something and then catch it again, they will hold it tightly in their hands and will never let go."
Cai Hua looked at Lin Xi. Li Lana also stood up and stood next to her teacher. She looked at Lin Xi and said, "Lin Xi, please believe us. We will definitely help you."
Li Lana nodded and added: "Of course it's not for you, but for all of us humans."
"Everyone knows very well from what Brother Sun Ke said himself that these ghosts can live for a very long time. Sun Ke may live for more than two hundred years. It is not surprising to see a thousand-year-old monster appear." Li Lana started to narrate, and Cai Hua stood aside. They were all very tired. Cai Hua had already consumed a lot of energy after explaining so much just now. She needed a break now.
Li Lanna then took over from Cai Hua and continued, "Human lifespans are limited. Their biggest obstacle right now is you, Lin Xi. Chen Sangning's resistance isn't as significant to them. After all, you are her rule. If you die, she might simply perish naturally and commit suicide for love."
"Of course, they don't seem to be able to deal with you right now. After all, the dungeons they created haven't reached their maximum strength. We speculate that there are limitations in the dungeons they create, so they can't use their full strength. Brother Sun Ke might be the strongest boss they can find, and this boss has been weakened due to his own reasons."
"If the copy can't handle you, then we can only change our target and think of other tricks. For example, we can first go to other worlds to cause trouble for you, and then come back to cause trouble for our world after we have dragged you to death and there are no more obstacles."
Li Lana was right. Sun Ke could live for 200 years. As long as she didn't commit suicide, she could borrow another 500 years from heaven. However, human life span was very short. Lin Xi could live to be 100 years old, which was considered a long life. Even if she had a breakthrough and lived to be 150 years old, the world of rules and ghost stories could wait for her.
Without Lin Xi, what would the real world have to fight against the world of rule-based weird stories? She and Shen Sang Ning were just coincidences, and no one could guarantee that there would be another coincidence decades later.
"We can't guarantee how many more instances there are left, or whether we can find a way to get Shen Sangning back to the real world; nor can we guarantee that we can help you stay in the Rule Weird Stories World, but we will do our best to help you."
Lin Xi's throat suddenly went dry as she listened to Li Lanna's words. She thought back to the time immediately following Shen Sangning's death, when she was trapped in a dark vortex, like a walking corpse, in constant fear. She'd felt the same way when Cai Hua informed her.
But now, Lin Xi suddenly felt something bright in front of his eyes.
Li Lana and Cai Hua, they didn't feel ridiculous, unbelievable, or crazy when they heard her say she wanted to stay in the world of rule stories. They even guessed that she would say that and were ready to fight alongside her.
She was not fighting alone, but had many comrades alongside her.
She said from the bottom of her heart: "Thank you."
Li Lana and Cai Hua looked at each other, and Cai Hua said, "No, we are the ones who should say thank you. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to protect the humans in the real world for countless years to come."
The following days were just like usual, with training and study, but Master Caihua and his apprentice became even busier. Sometimes you could hear staff making phone calls: "Did you find Mei? Is the person who said he saw a ghost real? Are you looking for ghosts?"
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They said the same thing as themselves. Although their general direction was to hope that Lin Xi would stay in the world of rule-based weird stories and be assimilated into a ghost, they were still looking for evidence that the ghosts from the world of rule-based weird stories had traveled through time and space to the real world and continued to live there.
The staff at the base did not miss any direction.
The learning tasks gradually became more and more numerous. The teacher even asked Lin Xi to memorize the working methods and then bring them to Shen Sang Ning. Lin Xi and the others couldn't be relied upon. She had some cleverness, but she was really not good when it came to professional knowledge and engineering.
I can only ask her to take it over and let Shen Sangning see if she can assemble some things in that world.
For example - a small quantum collider.
No, is this kind of thing really necessary? And they even gave it to me and asked me to bring the relevant production methods over. Isn't that too much of a compliment to myself?
Lin Xi still had many questions about this: "Don't all the related parts need to be produced by machine tools? You can't make this thing by rubbing it yourself, right?" Lin Xi's doubts were very reasonable. Although she was a science novice and had only a vague understanding of related manufacturing, she still knew the basics. Most parts needed to be produced by high-density machine tools, and relying on hand rubbing... Don't even mention whether Shen Sang Ning had the technology, even if she did, she wouldn't be able to do it.
"There's an Aoki Psychiatric Hospital, right? We researched it during our live broadcast. They have a lot of equipment there, including ventilators and monitors. That means hospital ghost stories can definitely produce some equipment. We don't need high precision, we just want to see if the energy field can affect ghosts or something. This can be very useful for testing whether you can become a ghost! We also get our materials from Aoki Hospital, so you can rest assured, there's about a 30% chance of making it."
It sounds reasonable. Isn't it normal for hospitals to produce some small instruments? It's also normal to disassemble and assemble new things.
It's just that the success rate is a bit low, comrade.
"But if we really rub it out like this, wouldn't it be equivalent to leaking the information? Is it okay?"
The staff member nodded. "Don't worry, it's actually not that easy to make. After all, ordinary people can't get the equipment in the hospital. Besides, even if it really is developed... there's nothing we can do. We can't do nothing just to keep the technology secret. If leaking this kind of technology can allow you to smoothly continue to live in the Rules of Strange Tales, I believe that no matter how much technology is leaked, the country will not hesitate to disclose it."
Lin Xi scratched his head and was speechless for a moment.
Lin Xi wasn't the only one memorizing the text; other streamers had also been pulled into the effort. There was no guarantee they wouldn't encounter a joint dungeon again, but if they did, Lin Xi could communicate with the other streamers to ensure the knowledge he'd memorized wouldn't be compromised.
Because of this, He Sitong also knew that Lin Xi might stay in the Rule Monster World. She came over the very day she heard the news, ran up to Lin Xi, and looked at her with tears in her eyes. She wanted to hug Lin Xi and cry, but she remembered that Lin Xi was a good wife, and if she did, Sister Ningning would get jealous. So she just stood a step away from Lin Xi and cried while hugging Li Lan.
"Ah Xi, how can you be so depressed at such a young age?! Don't stay in the world of rule-based ghost stories!"
Lin Xi heard He Sitong crying
, his face turned green: "I'm not dead yet!"
He Sitong cried like she was dead and a ghost in a strange story. She froze for a moment, sniffing through her mouth. Seeing her crying so hard, Lin Xi swallowed the curses she was about to utter: "I'm going to be with Ningning after all."
Li Lana handed He Sitong a napkin. He Sitong took it and wiped her nose vigorously: "Then, you must live happily with Sister Ningning in that world."
"Well, maybe I can even take care of your daughter in her old age."
At this point, He Sitong couldn't help but burst out laughing: "If I get married and have a daughter in the future, I don't want her to go to the world of rules and ghost stories. I still hope that children can grow up well in a place full of hope and sunshine."
That's a good point. Lin Xi nodded: "That's right."
She thought of the sunless, perpetually cloudy world of "Rules and Ghost Stories," and then she thought of Ningning. She wished she could get some sun, too. Lin Xi loved going out with Shen Sangning when the weather was nice, hiking, visiting parks and lakes, and occasionally boating on the lake...
In the world of Rule Weird Stories, it would be hard to live like this. Judging by the days of overcast skies, it didn't look like we could happily hike up the mountain to enjoy the flowers. There were flowers, and before, during a school dungeon, Lin Xi and Shen Sang Ning had sat on the flowerbed, and Shen Sang Ning had even plucked a few of the small blossoms.
There are flowers, but the lighting isn't great. While the scene with Chen Mang Ning is beautiful, and I remember it in Lin Xi's heart, it has a built-in filter and soft lighting, but it would have been much better if it had natural light. So how do you create the sun in the world of "Rules of Weirdness"?
Lin Xi felt she had a new problem. Unable to think of a solution, she ran to the staff and asked, "Can you make an artificial sun? The kind that can hang in the sky? I can't accept living in darkness with my wife from now on!"
This made the staff angry: "If all else fails, you can hang up the bald ghost you encountered earlier. Maybe it can reflect the light source like the sun."
Lin Xi's first reaction to this suggestion was: "That won't work! Ning Ning and I were hiking and admiring flowers, and there was a bald head hanging in the sky. Do you think that's appropriate?"
The staff member didn't expect Lin Xi to actually consider this. His lips trembled with anger. He stared at Lin Xi for a long moment, and finally blurted out something reminiscent of Sun Ke's words: "Nerve!"
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