Chapter 36 [Scene 20] If They Won’t Die Again…
Who would have thought that the next second this guy would set his clothes on fire! ?
"Burn it for them to wear." The cloaked man's face was covered by the wide cloak, but he still looked listless.
"Are you stupid? Save it for us to make clothes for ourselves. Are you still thinking of buying clothes from a clothing store in this situation?"
"Besides, people burn paper clothes, so what are yours?" The mother-in-law glared at him, snatched the clothes and stuffed them back into his arms.
"That's right, you're so stupid." He Yuezhe squinted at the cloaked man, "The clothing stores must be closed."
"Okay, that's it. You go sew, and then you go stand guard outside. I'll stay here and watch for a while."
The mother-in-law arranged everything one by one, and then pushed the two people who had just entered the door out again.
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"Don't be sad." He Yuezhe smiled, his hands behind his back. "If you really can't let them go, I have a way to let you see them again."
"Really?!" The cloaked man tightened the cloth in his arms upon hearing this.
"Yeah, really."
"Host! You can't tell anyone about the salvation!!"
He Yuezhe stretched out her finger and drew a flower in the air, exactly the same as the one her mother-in-law had used but was interrupted.
This is because her memory has improved recently, so she can barely remember the general idea.
"Although I've only been here a few days, but as for feelings..."
"Most of the time, it's like human nature: it has premises and limitations...good and evil are mixed."
"One second I can like her because she gave me a gift, and the next second I can hate her because she gave one to everyone."
"But you're different."
"I can feel that you love these children very much, no matter what they do."
"But, why!?"
"They're clearly just [victims] in the [game settings]. No matter what you do, they're likely to die!"
"...And in fact, you really didn't do anything. You just gave them warmth, then obeyed the plot and left it alone."
He Yuezhe smiled and took out a piece of cloth from his arms and gently placed the flower on it.
"Do you regret it?"
"If you had done something, perhaps you would still be holding those children in your arms now."
As He Yuezhe spoke, he completed the salvation of the soul that was placed on the piece of cloth.
"Look."
A short girl with freckles on her face appeared in front of the two of them.
"Twenty...?" the cloaked man murmured.
The girl seemed not to hear. She pointed at the cloaked man and raised her thumb. Then she pointed at him again and spread her hands upwards...
The movements behind were so fast that He Yuezhe could hardly see them clearly.
The girl pointed at herself and then flattened her hand and moved it across her face.
Then cross your fingers and point two fingers upwards, use your thumb and index finger to form a C in front of your mouth, then form an L shape downwards, then make a fist with one hand and raise your thumb.
Finally, he put his hands together, touched them together like a thumbs-up gesture, and then separated them.
She seemed to have heard something again and tilted her head to think about it.
Then make a fist with one hand and move the other hand over it in a wave-like manner. Then put both hands together and spread them apart with the backs of the hands facing upwards.
"This is what she most wanted to say to you before she died, and it is also her unfulfilled wish." He Yuezhe reminded.
The cloaked man standing beside him had turned away. He was no longer sobbing, but his body was trembling slightly.
"You've already guessed the ending of the story."
"No matter which kingdom is victorious, these lowest-class, once-contaminated [children] will have absolutely no chance of survival. Even if they survive, they can only live on the run."
He Yuezhe put away the flowers.
"However, I have a way to help them. It depends on whether you are willing to do me a small favor."
"What method?!" The cloaked man turned around.
He Yuezhe saw that the pile of cloth in his arms was surprisingly clean, without a trace of dust on it.
"Of course, we should open up a third path that will not harm NPCs and players." He Yuezhe said.
"But this path requires the cooperation of many people. Otherwise, if we fail, the consequences will be serious."
"I understand." The cloaked man nodded. "I, for them... Anyway, I can help you."
"So, happy cooperation?"
"It's been a pleasure working with you... So what should I do now?"
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"First, we must convince all outsiders in the camp to stop following orders from their superiors. To succeed, we cannot allow any wavering individuals to emerge."
"Second, try to interact with the person who has gone berserk as much as possible under safe circumstances to understand the cause and progress of the berserk state."
"Third, suppress the berserkers and prevent them from harming those who are still rational. Similarly, protect those who are still rational and do not allow them to be driven berserk again or to actively harm the berserkers."
"That's unrealistic." Grandma interrupted He Yuezhe, "We have no other way to suppress the Berserkers except by force. Also, not everyone is willing to refrain from harming them."
"How do you know if you haven't tried it yet?" He Yuezhe keenly felt that something was wrong with her mother-in-law's condition, so she immediately asked back.
In fact, ever since she started describing how to act, her mother-in-law's condition became very strange.
First, he held several pieces of grass in his mouth at the same time, then he drank several bottles of medicine, and finally he ruffled his hair and began to refute her with a serious face.
"Are you players?" asked the mother-in-law, putting her arms on both sides of the chair and pushing away the hair that was covering her eyes.
"Host, host! Her energy fluctuations have reached a new peak! Please be careful—"
“Uh…”
"Yes." Seeing that the cloaked man was hesitant and didn't say anything, He Yuezhe had to continue.
"Then you shouldn't care about these... NPCs? That's right." Grandma frowned in confusion. "All you have to do is complete the mission and get the rewards, right?"
"Mother-in-law! How could you say that! We've lived together for so long, how could I not care about them?"
The cloaked man stood up angrily, walked up to the mother-in-law, and roared: "Are you really like they said, that you don't care about their lives at all?!"
“Hahahaha…”
The mother-in-law stood up with her messy hair, and she looked down at his blind eyes from a height much taller than the man in the cloak.
"Yeah, they'll come back to life, but I don't like the replicas at all."
"replica?!"
The cloaked man was so angry that he wanted to grab the mother-in-law by the collar and question her, but he withdrew his hand: "But they are all flesh and blood people!!!"
The mother-in-law's eyes were full of teasing. She glanced at He Yuezhe who was holding up her face with a smile, and finally raised her hand.
“Snap——”!!!!!!!!!
The slap landed neatly on the cloaked man's face!
"Only an idiot like you who knows nothing would say that."
The mother-in-law grabbed the cloaked man's cloak, and a huge pressure emanated from him.
"I've seen so many people go on a killing spree here just because the game mission requires it, but I've never seen anyone as stupid as you!"
"If this plan was really feasible, I wouldn't have been waiting here for decades!!!!"
My mother-in-law is very strong.
She tore the cloaked man's cloak to pieces!
A round bear face was revealed, with traces of tears and panic changing on his face.
"...It's ridiculous that I would tell you this."
My mother-in-law was silent for a moment, then the strength in her hands loosened and she slumped dejectedly in the chair.
[Story progress reminder: Mother-in-law has revealed her true feelings to you.]
[How painful and sad she is. No one in this world can truly understand her, and no one will ever come to save her.]
[The mother-in-law fell into despair.]
"Host, if this continues, perhaps we can complete the salvation soon!"
"You just need to stimulate her a little more, and she'll immediately receive a huge amount of energy!"
"Even my transformation is just part of the game." Grandma sighed, "...How could this happen? How could it become like this..."
"Mother-in-law, can you teach me how to make fried rice with egg?" He Yuezhe finally asked.
This "girl" who does not belong to the player camp and is different from other NPCs, what is her identity and has allowed her to survive here for so long?
Or even to the point where you've been in the cycle for so long that you've lost all trust in other people?
"...Okay." Grandma chuckled, stood up from her chair and walked over. "You're so brave to ask."
"I'm just taking a gamble. If you refuse to agree, I'll be at my wit's end."
He Yuezhe took out two eggs from the ice box and handed them to her.
"If it were anyone else, they would persist in achieving their goal. How can you carry out your plan well if you give up so easily?" The mother-in-law handed the egg back to her.
"Then doesn't that mean we need someone like you who has vision, ability and patience to join us?" He Yuezhe answered sweetly.
"...Ahem, the rice is over there, take a bowl for yourself." The mother-in-law instructed.
"Okay." After He Yuezhe beat the eggs into the bowl, she followed her mother-in-law's instructions and served a bowl of rice that had been cooked long ago and placed it aside.
"Um, Grandma, can you tell me, us, your story?"
"Oh, you're still here?" Grandma seemed to have just noticed the boy who hadn't left. "'Happy Future Bear', is that your name?"
"Yeah!" "Happy Future Bear" nodded suddenly.
"...Are you two crazy??"
The mother-in-law thought her angry expression would scare off the two ungrateful players, but who knew they would actually want to know more?!
"What? Am I crazy? Do I look like a lunatic?" The bear-headed boy, whose cloak had fallen off, began to touch his body all over with a look of horror.
The mother-in-law stroked her forehead and looked at the girl on the other side who was smiling and humming a song that she was very familiar with while making fried rice.
“…”
"Well, it must be because my bear head is too scary. Well, wait until I finish listening to the story. Well, I should go get plastic surgery. Well, no..."
"Grandma, why don't you tell me?"
As soon as the girl finished speaking, the mother-in-law felt that there was an endless energy pressing against her neck!
A fool who thinks he is crazy, and a crazy man pretending to be a fool...
Oh my God, why am I so unlucky this time?? ! ! ! !
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It was a summer evening.
The mother-in-law and her lover were walking in the park.
At that time, technology was not yet developed, and the two people who had just started working fell in love with holographic games uncontrollably as soon as they came into contact with them.
They agreed to go downstairs for a walk every day, although occasionally someone would be absent.
But my mother-in-law felt that the sweltering time was always as lovely as ever.
"Hello, hello. We are about to start testing the new game we developed. Are you interested in participating?" A young man in loose clothes stopped the two people on the side of the road.
The game named "City of War" on the flyer deeply attracted them.
"Hey, wait, are you the one from the same studio as Xiao Dai?!" Her lover seemed to know the boy in front of her.
Xiao Dai is her lover's student. Because they live close to her family and are very poor, the two of them take good care of her family.
Over time, Xiao Dai also developed an interest in holographic games, so her lover and Xiao Dai naturally became master and apprentice.
"It's you! Xiaodai always tells us about it, and a large part of the concept of this game was completed independently by Xiaodai. So you must be very good, right?"
There were stars in the boy's eyes.
Upon hearing that the game was produced by her husband's students, my mother-in-law and her husband immediately decided to play the game together and participate in its internal testing.
On the day of the internal test, a lot of people came. After my mother-in-law arrived, her husband was unable to come because he was hospitalized due to illness.
After entering the game alone, my mother-in-law also met many like-minded friends.
It is just a world without an interface or a game assistant, just like traveling through time. It makes these players almost forget their identity as players in a short time.
But then, the cycle began.
As one of the few people who can retain her memory and enter the cycle, my mother-in-law felt a little bit of pain besides joy.
What makes her happy is that she can exploit bugs and experience more different ways of playing, but what makes her sad is that she becomes a loner.
A long time passed like this, and players called "Newcomers" entered.
My mother-in-law followed them through the cycle again and again, and realized how "desperate" these people could be in order to complete their tasks.
My mother-in-law fell into despair.
But soon her hope was rekindled.
Because she does not have a special identity for the player, her appearance changes over time, sometimes she is a young girl, sometimes she is an old woman.
She saved countless people with her own hands.
It was these countless people who gave her the faith to live.
If they don't die anymore.
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