Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Vegetative State
Everything was dark in front of his eyes, and his consciousness seemed to sink into an endless deep ocean. Even though the person next to him was tucking in the quilt for him gently and sadly, the touch he could feel seemed to be separated by a chaotic wall of water. He had an indescribable feeling of trance.
"Yuanyuan." Even this call that seemed to be filled with complex emotions seemed to come from the horizon, making Su Yuan feel dizzy for no reason.
However, Su Yuan is not unfamiliar with his current situation.
He has been in this half-asleep, half-awake vegetative state for a long time.
Ever since he traveled through time and space into this fictional world with cards as the background, he has been lying unconscious on a hospital bed. The only time he was conscious occasionally seemed to be infinitely stretched and infinitely shortened. Su Yuan roughly judged from the time he could hear that today was exactly the tenth year since he traveled through time and space.
"If you don't wake up--" The person who spoke was his mother in this body, Su Pinxue.
Su Pinxue paused with a worried voice, frowning slightly and not saying the second half of the sentence that made her a little anxious. Instead, she changed the subject and said with some complaints and dissatisfaction, "It's all your father's fault. If he hadn't offended that person before, how could you be in such a bad situation where there is no healing card master willing to come forward to treat you!"
Thinking about the thing that person holds and its fatal attraction to healing card players, the always dignified mother Su could no longer maintain her elegance and stood up and paced back and forth several times.
Cards have extremely magical powers. Su Yuan’s problem cannot be cured by ordinary hospitals, but card masters who specialize in treatment have hope of helping him recover.
Unfortunately, Su's father once offended a person who held a very high position in the treatment department, and that person threatened not to provide any treatment to the Su family.
The healing card masters who followed and admired him consciously kept their distance from the Su family. This situation reached its peak after that person obtained something that might affect the direction and future of the healing card game.
In fact, it’s not that there are no healing card players who come to see Su Yuan’s condition. There will always be people who will bow down for money, and there will always be places where someone’s appeal cannot reach. It’s just that Su Yuan’s problem is too tricky, and currently no one can come up with a practical treatment plan.
Su Pinxue's beautiful brows were tightly furrowed. Her identity as a card master made her look very young even though she had Su Yuan, an adult child. She didn't know what she was thinking about, and some struggle and hesitation appeared on her face.
The white-toned ward fell silent again.
Under such circumstances, Su Yuan lost all perception of the outside world. The drowsy feeling as if he was drowned by the sea came over him again. In order to prevent himself from falling asleep again while his mother was still around, Su Yuan activated his brain a little and recalled what he knew about the world.
The emergence of the cards originated from a large-scale exploration of the universe.
When the population was about to reach the red line again and people were searching for new habitable planets in the universe as usual, explorers discovered a new substance on a planet now named "Old Day".
It is a kind of existence that has never been discovered in the world so far, and is defined as 'S'.
Although he is the fuse of everything, S is a mysterious existence that has not released any information to the public. It is said that this is due to some kind of protection.
Everyone only knows that S exists, but knows nothing about its specific content. All they know is that the explorer was bewitched and touched S uncontrollably after seeing it.
It was like a Pandora's Box filled with disasters was opened, and also like the signal of human evolution was released. From that moment on, the world entered an unprecedented era of chaos, and various "copies" filled with monsters continued to descend on human residences.
Copy is the world's current definition of this magical state, because the situation in each copy is different, the alienated monsters in it are all-encompassing, there is no way to find common features, and it can only be defined in general terms.
The mental power of some humans continues to grow under this special situation, and cards representing various magical abilities are born.
As long as they have bound cards, humans can use their mental power to materialize the corresponding card effects.
In the era that Su Yuan lives in, humans are apparently already able to fully cope with dungeons, and card masters have become the most respected profession.
Unlike the initial ignorance, humans studied cards in great detail after the chaos subsided. Card masters also showed different sub-branches and became more and more specialized. The healing card master that Su's mother just mentioned is a major branch based on effects.
The healing department, combat department, and auxiliary department are listed side by side, and cross-divided with them is a classification based on the card master's training method.
One is a wearable card master. The cards act on the card master himself, directly improving the card master's combat effectiveness, such as some props (bows and arrows, staffs) and skills (shooting proficiency, spell overview) that can improve the card master's stats.
There is also a summoning card master. Summoning cards are creatures independent of the card master. The card master can summon these creatures to assist him in battle, or indirectly borrow some of their abilities based on his intimacy with them.
However, although there is a clear division of card masters, the cards in everyone's hands are quite confusing.
Su Yuan's consciousness fluctuated slowly.
Apart from these basic common sense, Su Yuan knew very little.
His identity as a book traveler brought him very little benefit. He could not remember the specific plot of the novel, but only some names and identities in it.
Su Yuan couldn't explain the cause of this condition. It might be that the condition of his body was too bad, and his chaotic consciousness over the years had blurred his memory. Or it might be due to the special settings of this world.
The knowledge and information in this world have thresholds.
Only when mental strength reaches the corresponding stage can one accept the corresponding knowledge and information.
It is said that in order to prevent everyone from accessing information beyond their capabilities in advance, corresponding precautions and shielding measures have been taken.
Su Yuan, who couldn't even become a card master, obviously had very low mental strength.
"Is it really true that we can only let you, Yuanyuan, marry into the Xie family and see if we can use the Xie family's special means to rescue you?" After a long silence, Su Pinxue finally spoke again.
Although she said so, and the content inside seemed to be a plan, Su Pinxue's tone was not very good. The worry between her eyebrows not only did not fade away, but instead added a bit of fear.
"Alas, although we have established contact with the Xie family, their methods seem to be very secretive, and only members of their family can be subjected to such methods." Su Pinxue was very helpless about this. They had talked to the Xie family many times, but the Xie family had no intention of giving in. "Looking at their attitude, they will only be willing to save you after you become a member of the Xie family, Yuanyuan."
The confusion on Su Pinxue's face became more and more intense.
Although she really wanted Su Yuan to wake up, if Su Yuan really married into the Xie family, given the way the Xie family behaved, Su Yuan's entire life would be ruined.
The Su family's current behavior can be considered as climbing up the social ladder.
If Su Yuan wants to leave the Xie family in the future, their Su family may not have the capital to bring Su Yuan back.
Not to mention——
"The only eligible person in the Xie family right now is Xie Yuan. He gives me the feeling that—"
Su Pinxue was still talking, but Su Yuan couldn't hear what she said next.
Xie Yuan!
It was as if a piece of rotten wood suddenly fell from the boundless ocean, and Su Yuan's consciousness, which had been a little hazy, suddenly became clear. He seemed to have caught hold of the rotten wood, and finally had the power to float upwards while continuing to fall.
But Su Yuan didn't feel any better. The rotten and cold touch flowed through his skin, making Su Yuan a little unbearable.
Even though he was covered with a warm quilt and the temperature in the ward was just right, Su Yuan still felt sticky.
For some reason he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
The dampness came with a biting chill, and if Su Yuan hadn't been unable to move, he would probably have shivered subconsciously.
Su Yuan felt that his current state was probably related to the plot he had forgotten.
Although he didn't remember what role Xie Yuan played in the plot, Su Yuan recalled that Xie Yuan was the one most considered to be the final BOSS in the comment section.
The reason why it is the most considered is that this novel is not finished. Before the final BOSS appeared, the author stopped updating.
The author's sudden discontinuation of updates also sparked discussions in the comment section.
Some people said that this might be because there was another candidate for BOSS, who was different from Xie Yuan whom they guessed. The author was thinking about how to make up for it without causing outrage in the comment section.
Some people also said that if things continued to develop and Xie Yuan really became the final boss -
The protagonist can't win.
Su Yuan's heartbeat subconsciously quickened, perhaps because of Xie Yuan who reminded him of something, or perhaps he sensed the message behind it.
The chaotic heartbeat of thumping soon attracted the attention of the card master.
Su Pinxue looked at Su Yuan in a daze. After thinking seriously for a while, she said, "Yuanyuan, your heartbeat quickened after hearing about Xie Yuan. So, are you actually willing to marry Xie Yuan in your heart?"
Su Yuan's thoughts were suddenly interrupted. If he could move at this moment, he would subconsciously tilt his head and look at Su Pinxue blankly: "?"
"Since you are willing, then there is no problem." Su Pinxue said gently after thinking about something.
Su Yuan couldn't respond to Su Pinxue, he could only listen to Su Pinxue continue.
"Don't worry, we will definitely push forward your marriage with Xie Yuan as soon as possible." Along with Su Pinxue's voice, there was also the sound of Su Pinxue's footsteps gradually fading away, "You must wake up too, otherwise--"
Su Pinxue didn't finish the rest of her words as the sound of the door opening covered up her voice.
Su Yuan, who found out that the marriage was finalized, said: "."
Su Yuan did not have too many emotional ups and downs because of this. He knew in his heart that no matter how Su Pinxue pushed the matter forward, the other party involved, Xie Yuan, would never agree.
Su Yuan listened quietly to the sound of the door closing gently again, and his consciousness fell into emptiness again.
*
The ward door was opened briefly, allowing a nurse who happened to pass by to get a glimpse of the scene inside.
It was clearly just a casual glance, but the young female nurse froze in place for a moment.
The sound of Su Pinxue's hurried footsteps as she left seemed to coincide with her heartbeat, which suddenly accelerated. The female nurse looked at the door that had completely closed, and inexplicably felt a sense of loss.
Looking at the patient information written next to it, the female nurse was surprised and understood.
It turns out that he is the legendary young master of the Su family.
He was born into a card family, but he was the only one in the family who was determined not to have the talent of a card player.
The inequality in strength fostered a sense of class, and conflicts inevitably arose between card masters and civilians, which was particularly evident in card families.
In order to ensure that their descendants are all excellent card players and that the card talent can be passed on, people from card families almost never marry commoners. This development has also caused people from card families to have more or less a sense of superiority and arrogance.
It is precisely because of this that Su Yuan’s lack of talent becomes particularly conspicuous. The aristocratic families think that Su Yuan is an alternative disgrace, and the common people regard Su Yuan as a tool to attack the aristocratic families.
Su Yuan made the Su family a laughing stock among the aristocratic family circle.
In a sense, Su Yuan is like a stain, and anyone can criticize him with disdain and sarcasm.
After Su Yuan suddenly became a vegetable at the age of 8, almost everyone thought that Su Yuan should disappear. Even when Su Yuan was briefly diagnosed as brain dead, everyone made malicious speculations and believed that this was the result of the Su family's deliberate actions.
However, Su Yuan was rescued and kept in the hospital by the Su family.
At first, the Su family had been laissez-faire towards Su Yuan, which was understandable. They had done the most they could by allowing Su Yuan to receive treatment in the hospital.
The Su family only came to check on Su Yuan's condition occasionally.
However, gradually, the Su family's attitude towards Su Yuan changed, which surprised and concerned everyone. Even though they knew that Su Yuan would not be able to make any contribution to the Su family after waking up, they still began to look for ways to save Su Yuan.
No one in the entire galaxy understands the Su family's actions, and doesn't understand why they suddenly care so much about Su Yuan, a useless person.
The female nurse standing in front of the ward door slowly exhaled a long breath.
She had been confused like everyone else before. Su Yuan had long been worthless. But this doubt ended after she saw that glance just now.
In the pure white ward, the young boy lying on the bed was closing his eyes fragilely and peacefully. The soft bed was pressed into a slight arc, and on the white quilt was a face that was so white that it seemed transparent. When the sunlight gently sprinkled in through the glass, the light on his face made him look like snow that would melt away at any time.
He had a face that was so beautiful that it was beyond description. The faintly visible dark blue veins seemed to be delicately outlined. But contradictory, his almost bloodless face made his face, which should have been richly colored, appear sickly pale. Even his drooping dark eyelashes had a weak arc that was frightening.
The extremely monotonous ward seemed to have turned into a pure white dreamy ice coffin, and he became a princess in a fairy tale waiting to be awakened by a kiss.
Waiting is not torture, but a sweet pleasure.
The sudden call in her ear failed to wake up the female nurse whose thoughts were wandering.
She thought, if it were her, she would also be willing to take care of the other person all the time.
It is never the princess who passively waits for the prince's rescue, but the princess who always takes the initiative.
Even though she was just sleeping, the princess had deeply bewitched the prince. The person who most hoped that he would wake up was not the princess herself, but someone who saw the princess.
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