Chapter 085: Blue Moonlight (14)
Chen Yunli's body fell into a deep sleep, but his consciousness was trapped inside the body, like a prisoner.
Fortunately, he had something to do and was not bored.
After breaking free from the shackles of the mission world in the previous stage, Chen Yunli finally woke up. The confused feeling of time jumping in the later period, where the last second was in the present and the next second jumped to several years later, was not his illusion, but a real existence.
The reality is that time is indeed sped up, and at the same speed as his perception.
Combined with the "special settings" mentioned in the system prompts, you can easily guess that the world is not the real world, it is either an illusion or a formation.
In fact, as long as Chen Yunli steps outside the boundaries, he can discover many details that are wrong.
For example, the only space for him and Chen Wenjian to move around is a small mountain, and there is no human world at the foot of the mountain, so Chen Wenjian cannot take him to the legendary Muyu Town.
For example, there are almost no outsiders on the mountain. The only one is a traveling doctor who only shows up when Su Lanshan is injured. After that, no one mentions her and no one has seen her, just like the teachers and students who live in the academy for a long time will never get sick.
Don't think that Chen Yunli and Chen Wenjian spent a total of five years together before the illusion (let's just treat it as an illusion) ended. In fact, it was only half a year at most. After the origins of "Chen Yunli" were found out, time began to accelerate. In the blink of an eye, it jumped to two years later, and in the blink of an eye, five years had passed. All the memories in between were illusions made up for him by the illusion on demand, making the originally flesh-and-blood Chen Wenjian seem unreal.
System, you always come up with new tricks for me!
Chen Yunli sighed, and the system's prompt about the second stage emerged in his mind - to find (create) memories related to history.
If nothing unexpected happens, the second stage will be to go back more than a thousand years and relive the life of "Chen Yunli", while ensuring that the outline of his life found in the first stage is not deviated from, and ensuring that the two sides can correspond perfectly.
In that era, there was Luo Qifang and the ancestors of the Su family, but there was no Chen Wenjian - regardless of whether the person in the illusion was a real person in this world.
Alas, Chen Wenjian will no longer accompany him on missions in the future. Chen Yunli felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of this.
Wait! Going back in time to create memories? To match the historical records of "Chen Yunli"?
Chen Yunli suddenly thought of a question.
Is he... going to have a relationship with Luo Qifang?
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What's so good about being a human? He already misses the days of being a butterfly.
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"Yuanchen, why hasn't he woken up yet? Didn't you say he was just hit by the aftermath and wouldn't be in danger?"
"Xun Gui, don't worry. His cultivation is far inferior to yours. That strike of yours was powerful enough to split mountains and seas. Even the aftermath left him severely injured, and he needs time to recover."
"That……"
"Almost there, almost there."
Chen Yunli was half asleep and half awake when two unfamiliar voices came into his ears, one clear and magnificent, the other slow and drawn out. It seemed as if there was a layer of fog between them and he could not hear clearly.
Suddenly, the fog was parted, and along with the sound of the wind came the crisp sound of the bead curtains being lifted and falling.
The morning light was like water, splashing onto the windowsill accompanied by the chirping of birds, and then pouring along the wall. Chen Yunli opened his eyes in this dreamlike light and shadow, his vision blurred for a moment, until someone approached, and then it gradually became clear under his gaze.
Chen Yunli found it difficult to describe the face he saw in words. In terms of outstandingness, it was not inferior to Chen Wenjian, but Chen Wenjian had an ethereal temperament. No matter which world he was in or what his identity was, he always had an inhuman feeling.
But the person in front of him looked very real, worthy of being called a work of Nuwa showing off her skills, or in other words... a work in which Nuwa had skills to show off.
Chen Yunli was thinking blankly when his head suddenly started to hurt, intermittently, like a row of dense needles pricking him rhythmically.
He gasped, covered his forehead and closed his eyes in pain, startling the people who came in to check on him.
"Yuanchen! Yuanchen! He's awake, but seems to be in great pain. Come and have a look!"
The man hurried out shouting his friend's name, and the voice gradually faded away, leaving only the crisp sound of the bead curtains colliding and swaying in the room.
Chen Yunli fell into a conscious coma again, and the memories and settings fabricated by the system came slowly and appeared before his eyes like a movie.
Yunli of the Chen clan, also known by the courtesy name Zhuji, was an orphan from Biechou Island. She was extremely beautiful, yet unswerving in her pursuits of the Way, often yearning for the mundane world rather than the ideal of immortality.
Biechou Island is located in the East China Sea. It was once a paradise. Later, some evil cultivators coveted the unique veins on the island and brutally slaughtered all the islanders. Only Chen Yunli was buried underground by the corpses of his parents and relatives, and the earth escaped the disaster.
In his childhood, he diligently practiced the secrets of Biechou Island, determined to kill the evil cultivator and avenge the islanders. However, time waited for no man. Due to his numerous evil deeds, the evil cultivator could not pass the heart-refining tribulation during the heavenly tribulation, and his soul was shattered under the suppression of the heaven.
Since then, Chen Yunli has seen through the essence of cultivation and no longer has the desire to pursue the path to immortality.
He was alone, neglected his cultivation, and was obsessed with the mundane world.
Two days ago, Chen Yunli returned from the memorial service on Biechou Island. When the boat was about to dock, he suddenly encountered two sword cultivators fighting on the sea.
Their strength is far above Chen Yunli's. They have reached the level where they can control the power of heaven and earth. When they exert their full strength, they can roll up vast waves, which is no different from turning the world upside down.
Chen Yunli, the unlucky passerby, was caught in the wind and waves, was implicated, and was also affected by the attack of one of the sword cultivators, and almost died on the spot.
The memory playback stopped at the moment Chen Yunli fainted. The last scene he saw before he lost consciousness was the white-robed swordsman splitting the huge waves in front of him with one blow and holding him in his arms.
In this regard, Chen Yunli's evaluation is -
"The plot is neither good nor bad, and the editing is good, but it's not worth buying a membership on a video website."
The system was helpless: "Is this all the auditor thought of?"
"What else?" Chen Yunli looked forward, and the image that froze in his memory was the face of the white-robed swordsman, the same person he saw when he was briefly awake.
He suddenly realized: "You think I would be attracted by this face?"
"He's handsome, just as handsome as the character the auditor is attracted to," the system said. "In reality, people's love for tangible virtual characters first sprouts from their appearance, and they don't love only one person. Auditor, aren't you the same?"
Chen Yunli was happy: "Teacher, I remember discussing this topic with you before. My attitude is very clear, and it won't change now. In my heart, Chen Wenjian is no longer a fictional character. In the realm of 'love', no one can replace him for the time being... and it will be difficult for anyone to replace him in the future."
"But," the system paused, "the second stage of the auditor's task includes falling in love with him."
"It's just an act of love." Chen Yunli corrected without hesitation, "As long as he, his friends, and the people who write his history think that he and I are in love, it's enough. I don't have to really fall in love with him."
The system said: "But he really loves you. Isn't this unfair to him?"
Chen Yunli rolled his eyes: "I didn't see you hold back when you were talking to Cricket Chen Wenjian, but now you're thinking of asking for human rights for virtual characters."
"Perhaps it's because I don't like Chen Wenjian's settings." The system's tone was unexpectedly tinged with a mischievous smile. "He's too paranoid, and I'm a rational machine, so I can't stand it. This one, on the other hand, is almost the perfect template for a human being, a beloved existence. I don't believe you wouldn't feel a little moved when you were with him."
"Believe it or not, just wait and see." After Chen Yunli finished speaking, he suddenly sensed something strange.
Why was the system acting so strangely today? It inexplicably compared Chen Wenjian to the white-robed swordsman, its words hinting at and mocking Chen Wenjian—had it ever been so dissatisfied with Chen Wenjian before?
Chen Yunli asked, "System, something's wrong with you. You don't seem like a rational machine today, but more like a gossipy villain."
"..." The system smiled, "I'll turn off the microphone."
Without the system's maintenance, the memory space began to shatter, and Chen Yunli was about to wake up.
He sighed and said, "What a mistake. I should have taken acting as an elective in college. But who could have predicted that there would be a demand for acting even as a clerk?"
Before he finished speaking, the still picture shattered. Chen Yunli closed his eyes in the rain of fragments, and then opened them again in the real light of the sky.
This time the awakening was real. After a brief trance, Chen Yunli's body senses also recovered.
Unexpectedly, he did not feel severe pain or discomfort, and the headache that caused him to fall into a coma for the second time last time had almost subsided, leaving only a slight dull pain like a saw.
What is more obvious is the comfort and security brought by the environment -
Soft bed, cotton pillows of moderate height, and warm quilts.
The fragrance rises from the incense burner behind the screen, and the breeze blows the pearl curtain with clear sound.
The afternoon sun shines in through the open window, a few sparrows squat on the windowsill grooming each other, and the chirping of cicadas echoes from the lush shade of the trees outside the window.
Together, these elements create an elegant house and a slightly scenic courtyard corner.
Chen Yunli's chaotic mind suddenly calmed down. He closed his eyes again and enjoyed this moment of peace.
After an unknown amount of time, the sunlight on the window frame shifted half an angle, and someone lifted the curtain and approached, reaching out to feel his wrist pulse.
Then he said slowly, "Since you are awake, why are you pretending to be asleep?"
"I'm not pretending to sleep. I'm just resting my eyes."
Chen Yunli lazily opened his eyelids, and the person who came into view was not the person he had seen before. Judging from the voice, it should be the "Yuanchen" that person mentioned.
He wore his long hair loose, except for two locks on his temples, which he braided at the back of his head and wrapped with a tasseled chain. The ends of his hair flowed softly over his blue shirt, half covering his waist and making him look particularly thin.
"You are..." Chen Yunli vaguely guessed his identity, but only asked: "Are you the one who saved me?"
"Not exactly, I can only be considered half." He smiled faintly, "My name is Su Chenyu, my courtesy name is Yuanchen, and I'm a friend of the other half of the person who saved you."
His surname is Su, it turned out to be him.
The Su family's backup appeared in the "illusion" of the first stage and provided important information to Chen Yunli. It is not surprising that the Su family's ancestor related to him would appear in the second stage.
Now that he thinks about it, Chen Wenjian is actually a "tool" to help him complete the task. Once the task is completed, the "tool" will lose its value and will be ruthlessly abandoned by the system.
Never mind, it's always like this.
Chen Yunli sat up on the bed with his elbows, and Su Chenyu stepped forward to support him and helped him raise his pillow.
"Thank you very much." Chen Yunli thanked him and looked around. "By the way, where is my other savior? I want to thank him in person."
Hearing this, Su Chenyue looked embarrassed: "Uh... although he saved you, your injury was also caused by him, so... he went to find you some 'tonic'."
Chen Yunli: “?”
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The sky above the East China Sea was dark, and huge waves hit the rocks, splashing white water.
Luo Qifang stood on the top of the highest reef, holding the sword across his palm and wiping it with his sleeve. At his feet lay a male mermaid covered in blood, who had looted a passing fishing boat. He had a human body and a fish tail, and was handsome. He was glaring at him fiercely.
"It's rumored that sirens are similar to mermaids, and their tears turn into pearls, which can be used as medicine and are very tonic."
The sea breeze blew across the blade, and the long sword hummed incessantly, clanging and rhythmic, with murderous intent pouring out like a waterfall.
Luo Qifang slowly pointed the tip of the knife at the mermaid's pale face and moved it up to the center of her eyebrows.
"Would you like to do it yourself, or should I do it?"
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