The boss's request needed to be met immediately, so despite his busy schedule, Zhang Zitao still found time to upgrade the communication space, adding voice and video capabilities. Fortunately, this mature technology was simple for him to use. He hadn't done it before simply because it wasn't necessary. Once he decided to do it, he acted quickly.
He even planned to modify their personal terminals and add projection equipment, but unfortunately Yang Jia was not there, so he could not operate it and had to give up.
Zhang Zitao was so preoccupied with the new technology that he didn't question why the two needed voice and video functionality. He spent half a day upgrading and testing all the features.
When Yang Jia and Li Bai logged in again, they were able to see each other's images on the screen.
When the person they'd been thinking about appeared on the screen, neither of them spoke immediately. Instead, they stared at each other silently for a long time, as if trying to imprint every detail of the other person into their minds. Just looking at each other like this, it felt like a place in their hearts was filled again, no longer missing.
The in-game character is formed by scanning the body at the time of the first login. Logically, it shouldn't change unless there are data anomalies. Furthermore, it will definitely not be affected by real-life body data. But Yang Jia looked at Li Bai and felt that she seemed a little thinner.
Although he knew that this was just his own psychological effect, Yang Jia still felt a little distressed.
She herself saw what space was like in those memory fragments, and knew how bad the living conditions there were. Li Bai was going to the war, so life was naturally even more difficult.
"Where are you?" Li Bai was the first to ask.
Because Yang Jia is obviously in the wild, she naturally has to be concerned.
Yang Jia smiled and turned the screen, facing the desert sand as the background. "I'm outside Ostrich City. Have you ever seen an environment like this?"
Li Bai shook his head. The environment on Earth had been completely destroyed, and humans could only live in man-made cities. As for the wilderness, there was only a wasteland shrouded in gray exhaust fumes. He had never seen such a place before.
"I haven't seen it either. It's quite interesting," Yang Jia said. "This desert looks scary, but it's actually home to a lot of plants and animals." She took out some of the plants she had picked earlier and showed them to Li Bai. "I finally understand why the old saying goes, 'Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles.' Some things feel different when you experience them in person. It's a pity you can't come now."
"I see the same thing with you," Li Bai said.
Yang Jia thought about it and smiled, "That's right. Then I'll give you a live broadcast of the desert survival."
As she spoke, she walked forward with her personal terminal in her hand, introducing things to Li Bai as she walked. If she saw something she needed, she would go forward and pick it.
While traveling alone is fun, there are always times when you feel lonely. Especially when you see beautiful scenery or encounter unique things but have no one to share them with, you can't help but feel melancholy. But now that Li Bai is with him, Yang Jia immediately becomes more excited. Even the most ordinary things can be seen as interesting.
Unfortunately, the time was too short. Before Yang Jia could collect all the atlases in Ostrich City, Li Bai had to leave.
The two said goodbye in the video, and Li Bai promised Yang Jia that if he had time in the future, he would try to rush to the Moon Base to log in to the game and meet her. Unfortunately, it was too far from Hope Star, and most of his time was spent on the journey back and forth, so he could not come back often.
But it is already very rare for the two of them.
It wasn't until they finished saying goodbye and Li Bai was about to log off that he suddenly heard Yang Jia ask, "You're hiding something from me, right?"
Li Bai was slightly stunned and stared at Yang Jia on the screen, not knowing how to start.
Although there were reasons for this, she still felt a little panicked when Yang Jia pointed it out to her face. But before she could say anything, Yang Jia said, "But it's okay. I believe you have your reasons. Please speak to me when you feel you can."
"I'll tell you when I find out." Li Bai said immediately.
Yang Jia nodded and smiled at her, "Okay."
In fact, Li Bai had concealed it very well, but she didn't have many emotions to begin with, and they were as transparent as a mirror in Yang Jia's eyes. When they met again after separation, she focused most of her attention on Li Bai, so it was hard not to notice.
In fact, there are only two things that Li Bai wants to hide: one is related to Yang Jia, or the other is related to herself.
Considering she was in reality and had no connection to the NPC Yang Jia, that was Li Bai's own problem. And all the problems Li Bai had to face probably came from her father, who was in a high position and in charge of everything.
Because they had guessed the wrong direction from the beginning, Yang Jia's conclusion was completely different. Perhaps Li Bai just didn't want her to worry. After all, she was in the game, so even if something really happened, she couldn't help.
So after Li Bai left, Yang Jia immediately contacted Bai Ting and asked her if there had been any unusual movements recently, especially those related to Li Bai.
Unfortunately, Bai Ting seemed unaware of the situation and just said that everything was normal.
Yang Jia continued her journey, worried about Li Bai. Completing her mission and returning to Phoenix City as quickly as possible was the only thing she could do. She could only put aside other considerations for the time being.
Perhaps it was because he thought about it during the day that he dreamed about it at night. That night, Yang Jia dreamed of Li Bai for the first time ever.
This was the second time Yang Jia had seen Li Bai in her dreams since they'd met. The first time was shortly after they'd met, before the Phoenix City tournament, when she dreamt she and Li Bai were standing in the ring, about to face off. This time, the situation was even more critical.
They seemed to have offended someone... The moment Yang Jia realized this, his thoughts in the dream suddenly became clear: they had offended Li Bai's father, Li Fang, and he had sent people to hunt them down. The two of them tried every possible way to avoid this pursuit.
This dream was very chaotic. The two people were shuttling between the game and reality. The scenes changed very quickly, making the atmosphere of the entire dream tense.
Each time, they managed to survive the pursuit, barely escaping death. At one point, they became separated, dodging the pursuit while searching for each other. Yang Jia was completely lost, lost and lost, unable to find his way, and could only run forward, forward. Finally, as he turned a corner, he saw Li Bai standing not far away.
The two of them weaved in and out of the traffic, and finally held each other's hands tightly.
Then the scene suddenly changed, the person who was chasing them disappeared, and the two appeared in an unfamiliar place.
It's very cold here, and everything around is covered with ice and snow, making it impossible to find the direction.
The two of them trudged forward in the snow, one foot deep, one foot shallow, and soon they came upon a tent. Seeing it, Yang Jia suddenly remembered that they were outside Cuckoo City! They immediately entered the tent, finally recovering from the feeling of being frozen stiff.
But it's still cold.
At first, they huddled in separate corners of the tent. Then, perhaps unable to bear the cold any longer, they huddled together, trying to keep warm. Even so, the chill still seeped into their bodies.
Finally, Li Bai held Yang Jia's hand.
The two of them stared at each other in the darkness. Normally, they wouldn't be able to see each other in this environment. But at this moment, they could clearly see each other.
No one spoke, and the two of them moved closer together, their slightly cold lips touching.
The moment their lips touched, a chemical reaction seemed to occur, as if a scorching flame burned on their lips. Li Bai pressed Yang Jia's shoulders, and Yang Jia hugged her neck. The two kissed passionately, and the burning flame gradually spread through their bodies, completely igniting them.
At this moment, they forgot where they were, and also forgot the ice, snow and coldness around them. They only remembered the person in front of them, and only remembered the requests and demands.
During the passionate kiss, they took off their clothes one by one, until their skin was pressed against each other and they fell on the mat made of clothes and sleeping bags. While hugging and kissing, they measured each other's body with their fingers, guiding the burning flame to flow in each other's bodies, and then gradually overwhelmed each other.
Yang Jia only felt that the fire was burning fiercely in her body, making her feel hot all over and her mouth dry. Only by getting closer to the person on her body could she get relief.
She could feel Li Bai's hand moving down along her neck, around her heaving chest and flat belly, gradually approaching the center of the burning flames.
At this critical moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting, "Look at the aurora!"
Then, as if by some invisible force, the tent they were in opened. Looking up, they saw a brilliant light swirling across the sky, as if drawing them into a world of ethereal beauty. In that instant, all sense and feeling seemed to vanish, and the world was filled only with that graceful and moving light.
Overwhelming.
Yang Jia was shocked and suddenly opened his eyes.
…
It was a dream.
Yang Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense body relaxed. Then she realized something was wrong with her body.
She sat up, pulled a bottle of water from her bag, unscrewed it, and drank most of it before she felt the heat in her body gradually subside. Yang Jia wrapped herself tightly in the quilt and lay there in a daze.
Perhaps it was because the dream was so vivid and the content was so... that I was so alert at the moment that it was impossible for me to fall asleep again anytime soon. And in such a quiet, dark night, my thoughts always became more active than usual, with all kinds of thoughts arising and disappearing in my mind and colliding with each other.
But although these thoughts are chaotic, they always revolve in the same direction.
I actually had such a dream.
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