Audience: “…………”
Wait, what happened?!
From the loosening of the rock and soil, the two people hanging in the air, to falling off the cliff, the whole process was so fast that it was difficult for the retina to grasp it. Countless people stood up from their seats in astonishment.
That doesn't look like the picture that should be in game modeling.
A deep, rosy light streamed down from the sky, like the last glimmer of sunset. The deep, cold, blue pond was like a mirror. The young man's eyelashes fluttered, as if some unknown life were being born at his lips. The person falling from the sky was like dust, an ant, yet far more eternal and timeless.
It was like they were kissing each other, or like the continuation of a silent war.
And then... bang!
The splash of water was extremely huge, and the two people sank into the deep pool underground. The camera screen went black for a short time and then quickly followed.
“…”
Wen Xingze felt that this kiss should have happened a long time ago.
Perhaps it was as early as that truly desolate planet, during the many life-and-death battles, when Wen Xingze was dying, carried step by step forward by the monarch with his eyes covered with black silk on his back; when the long and bitter battle ended, the officer sheathed his sword, and was reluctant to say goodbye... Or even earlier, on the day when the blind officer recovered, he sat in the afternoon sunlight, smiling at him in an awkward but forced way.
He was not good at speaking, and Wen Xingze didn't understand so many words that were equivalent to confessions.
And Chi Yan fell in love with him earlier and more than Wen Xingze imagined.
During the few moments of floating in the cold pool of water without oxygen, Wen Xingze suddenly recalled the past for no apparent reason.
It clearly happened in the game, but it felt like a real experience, and every detail was particularly unforgettable.
On the day the special mission was finally concluded, the desolate planet remained still, windless and moonless. In the cave, the two men finally slew the leader of the Snow-Eyed Crocodiles, though their condition was also dire.
Wen Xingze was covered in blood and had no strength to move, while the blind officer sat beside him, bandaging his wounds without a word, first Wen Xingze's, then his own.
When everything was over, the citizens of the Muse Empire had been waiting anxiously outside the barrier of the desolate planet.
Few people use bandages these days, and the blind officer was bandaging the wound very slowly, as if he wanted to spend his entire life on it.
Wen Xingze was so sleepy that he hung on the officer. He felt him stiffen for a moment, and after a long moment, he heard a vague and cautious question: "Can I...?"
Wen Xingze: "What?"
The other party was silent for a while, and then his tone became even lower, as if he was worried about being rejected, and he repeated: "Can I hug you?"
Wen Xingze said, "No."
The officer was stunned for a moment, but the next moment Wen Xingze opened his arms with a smile, and the officer knew that he had been teased by him again. Wen Xingze liked to tease serious people.
To make sure it wasn't a dream, he stood there and thought for a while before reaching out and hugging Wen Xingze.
One, two, three, three seconds total.
When the time was up, he immediately withdrew his hand and quickly retreated to a polite distance.
"Thanks."
Wen Xingze sometimes felt that they were already very familiar with each other, but sometimes he felt as if they had never seen each other day and night, and had never become closer than strangers. In the future, when the young monarch of Utopia got married, he might not be willing to send him an invitation.
Wen Xingze thought this person was really strange.
The officer handed a small bag to Wen Xingze, then stopped talking to him, carried him to the border of the desolate planet, and personally handed him over to Muse's parents who were waiting outside the barrier and were extremely anxious because they couldn't get in.
Later, Wen Xingze sat on the starship and rummaged through the last bag Chi Yan gave him. Inside were the last supplies they had left over from the past few months: two energy bars, a bullet, nutrient solution, a strangely shaped shell picked up on the desolate planet, and... a ring.
It was like - he wanted to give a heart to Wen Xingze, but was worried that it was too cheap, so he could only mix it with other things and give it to him carefully as a worthless gift.
This friendship lasted for many, many years.
Wen Xingze naturally thought that the ring was left behind by the other party by mistake. After issuing lost and found notices many times without success, he could only keep the ring temporarily.
He had never tried it on, so of course he had no idea that the ring was the perfect size for his ring finger.
The moment Wen Xingze fell into the cold pond, he fainted briefly, probably due to lack of oxygen, and recalled things that happened a long time ago.
He was awakened by the damp and slightly cool air at the tip of his nose.
——The Abyssal Cold Pond is very deep, and it is connected to the entire ocean of this abandoned planet.
Thousands of years ago, this place was once a human city, recording the rise and fall, honor and disgrace of an ancient ethnic group. The thousand-year-old ruins have undergone vicissitudes of life and finally collapsed into the myriad things in the pool.
The immense force of the impact upon landing in the water left Wen Xingze completely stunned. He felt as if he were in a coma, dreaming of scenes he had long since forgotten.
When he opened his eyes again, Wen Xingze suddenly had a confusing feeling as if time had turned a corner and overlapped again - Chi Yan was carrying him on his back, walking slowly forward along a deep underwater corridor.
Chi Yan's body temperature has always been very low, but it makes people feel at ease. I really want to continue sleeping leaning against him.
"Awake?" Chi Yan asked.
Wen Xingze always felt that something was strange: "...Hmm."
He looked to the side.
A transparent film wrapped around the abandoned city, and outside was the deep sea. Not to mention fish, there was not even any sign of biological activity.
Bubbles are sweeping across the vast blue ocean.
At this depth, the water pressure is immense, and the light is very dim. Unlike Atlantis, where the mermaids live, illuminated by lantern fish and shark pearls, this is a nearly dead sea.
He and Chi Yan had never been to the bottom of this deep pool when they were on a mission, but they knew from the detection equipment that it was connected to the ocean and that a former city was sleeping here.
"Still in the uncrowned tournament?" Wen Xingze thought carefully, "Is this also game modeling?"
If the modeling of a mere game competition is to be this realistic, the cost would be too high!
Utopia is so rich?!
Wen Xingze thought bitterly, it's not that Muse couldn't do the same, it's just that they disdain it, and they're a country known for advocating peace...
But Chi Yan's answer was shocking: "No."
"This is the deserted frontier planet E15," he said. "The modeling of the Killing Show itself is based on the projection of space jumps, and there is an interface with the real world."
Simply put, every scene of the Killing Show is connected to a real location in reality, which is a more advanced projection technology.
However, the entry requirements for this "interface" are extremely stringent, and the probability of risk is extremely low. This is also the result of a joint agreement between the players and the official, because only in this way can the most realistic combat experience be achieved. Utopia is a country that advocates the use of force and is more or less crazy. This statement is absolutely true.
This is the only accident that has occurred in all the years of the Killing Show.
But perhaps because both of them had extremely strong mental powers, coupled with the great impact on the simulation modeling when falling into the water, and certain other factors... this interface was opened by accident, and the jump program was activated.
Just like that, we traveled from the bustling center of the utopian planet Caryl to an uninhabited abandoned planet on the border, deep under the sea.
As for the Killing Show’s miniature follow-up camera, I don’t know if it followed. Wen Xingze personally feels that it didn’t.
"I turned on the only intact oxygen device in this city," Chi Yan calmly stated the facts. "There's not much oxygen left. Only 0.05%."
This abandoned planet once gave birth to a prosperous and splendid civilization. The people living in the city, perhaps taking into account the possible situation when the end of the world comes, have oxygen and pressure-balancing devices in the city - similar to covering the city with a completely transparent cover.
After all, after so many years, it’s good enough that there is still some oxygen left.
0.05% oxygen is enough for two adults to live for half an hour.
Wen Xingze: “…”
Isn't this the end?
Chi Yan: “Ask.”
Wen Xingze's little head was filled with big question marks, and a thousand thoughts flooded his mind. Finally, he picked the one he cared about most and asked: "Will I be the champion of the uncrowned tournament?" Can he get the exclusive limited edition SpongeBob SquarePants peripherals?
Chi Yan: “…”
A smile actually appeared in Chi Yan's eyes.
"Of course it's you."
He said.
"Great." Wen Xingze breathed a sigh of relief, then thought about it carefully and asked the second most concerned question, "That ring before, was it given to me? ...Mr. fiancé?"
Chi Yan didn't say anything.
Wen Xingze: “?”
Wen Xingze was puzzled for a moment, and reached out to touch Chi Yan's ear, which was very close to him - the temperature actually rose a little, and Wen Xingze couldn't help but lean over and kissed it - so now it started to get hot.
This is such a strange person, Wen Xingze thought again. He was so decisive and at ease when he let go in front of the cliff, but he would feel embarrassed easily.
"--arrive."
Chi Yan suddenly stopped.
At the end of this underwater corridor is actually a... cemetery.
Wen Xingze looked at the scene in front of him and suddenly became speechless.
There wasn't a single light source from the outside world, only fireflies, attracted by blood and corpses, dotting the deep soil. And from their feet to the far end of their sight, stood tens of thousands of tombstones, high and low.
Unknown monument.
The emptiness, the depth of silence, the loneliness can be suffocating.
“…”
I don’t know how many years these nameless monuments have stood here, but it seems that someone has been here. There is a bouquet of snow-white flowers in front of each monument - because of their age, some have rotted, and some have not.
Wen Xingze suddenly realized something.
"Can I go and take a look?" Wen Xingze asked Chi Yan. After getting a positive answer, he hurried down and started looking from the nearest tombstone.
He gently brushed away the dust on the stele. There was no name or surname on it, only a simple string of pure black numbers: "2120123." Then came "2120124," "2120125..."
Wen Xingze spent ten minutes looking at all the tombstones in the row in front of him. Finally, he came to Chi Yan in order and unconsciously pulled up Chi Yan's clothes to see his well-defined lower back.
Chi Yan: “…”
Wen Xingze: “…………”
Chi Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, half-lidded his eyelids, and looked at him nonchalantly.
Wen Xingze quickly lowered his shirt, thought for half a second, and then opened it again. "Can't I see it? There's no one else here. At worst, he can just let Chi Yan see it!"
"4131225".
Sure enough, there was a string of numbers printed there.
Wen Xingze remembered that he had seen it before, but he did not ask at that time. But now, looking at these rows of tombstones, a guess suddenly emerged in his mind.
Chi Yan's lips flattened, and just before he opened his mouth to speak, Wen Xingze said first:
"Wait a minute, let me speak first."
"My name is Wen Xingze, and I'm 24 years old." Wen Xingze took a step back and looked at Chi Yan, his amber eyes soft. He introduced himself for the first time, speaking seriously, as if reciting a lesson. "I was born in Zhejiang Province, China."
"My parents divorced very early, and I've lived with my mother ever since. Because I had bad luck since I was a child and felt it would bring trouble to my family, I was sent to boarding school from elementary school. After I turned fifteen, I had no contact with any of my relatives."
To put it more bluntly, he was abandoned by his family. Of course, this was something Wen Xingze only realized later.
For the better part of his life, family affection was a blank, unnecessary luxury. While his peers struggled with schoolwork, puberty, and parental discipline, Wen Xingze's biggest worry was always earning enough for tuition and living expenses.
To this day, his only relatives are the parents of the Muse Empire. Of course, they are the best family in the world, and he doesn't need more.
Wen Xingze spoke at a moderate pace, without any personal emotion, and spoke seriously to Chi Yan, so Chi Yan listened attentively. Wen Xingze's life was probably really simple; in just ten minutes, he had told the whole story from beginning to end.
Chi Yan: “Yeah.”
"Thank you," he whispered.
Wen Xingze just wanted to tell him and didn't intend to get any comments, and Chi Yan would not make any comments either.
In the cemetery that is silent all year round, the fireflies clinging to the bones are like some kind of long ballad, flowing through the little remaining thin oxygen, isolating themselves from time.
Chi Yan looked at Wen Xingze.
"I'll tell you."
As he spoke, he walked to a tombstone and bent down to pick up the rotten flower.
——"I will never hide my selfishness, madness, flaws, and dishonor."
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