Chapter 36 Radio
"So we're going to find him here now?" I asked.
It sounds like what follows is a great adventure over mountains and across rivers, and in the end, after going through untold hardships, he saves the world. It's a standard adventure movie plot.
Maybe I can come back in time for the end of the semester.
My mother rolled her eyes and said, "No, Mom, I'm a pampered young lady."
…Does anyone really say that about themselves, Mom?
"That……"
"You don't have to go. The fact that he left this box means he is ready." My mother interrupted me and looked at the wooden box on the coffee table.
"That's not a place that ordinary people can go. My ex-husband spent at least five years searching for a way to get in."
She took the metal piece in her hand, and then golden runes appeared on her hand. The metal piece melted into a liquid in her hand, and then she poured it on the wooden box. The metal liquid flowed into the lines on the wooden box, filling it up along the lines.
"I didn't even know where he hid this, and you guys actually found it."
"This is a gift I gave him." Ji Jin said with a smile, "It's my only handmade work. I originally planned to make a bracelet, but then I ran out of materials, so it became a keychain of some unknown kind."
Veraer and I listened to our mother's chatter with subtle expressions.
The mother is not shy about these things at all, and it is not difficult to see that they really loved each other in the past, and were even a little love-brained.
So, were you just pretending when you called your dad a scumbag in front of me before?!
You are acting even in front of your own son!
"The material is Dream Silver, which Lin Tao smuggled out from the Dream Realm."
...Mom, don’t you think there’s something wrong with the fact that he provided the raw materials for the handmade product you gave to your dad?
And it's obviously something of great commemorative significance, how can it be melted just like that?
What is your relationship like?
It sounds like they love each other, but they are not in a hurry even if the person is missing, and they don't even plan to look for him/her.
She cursed him for being a scumbag, but she still contacted him secretly behind her eldest son's back.
...What an elusive feeling.
I don't understand, I really don't.
[Host, you can also try dating. As long as you don't quit your job, we encourage free love! ]
No need.
I rejected it quickly. Want me to fall in love? Don't even think about it.
After the grain of the wooden box was filled and solidified, there was a slight "click" sound and the wooden box opened, revealing an old-fashioned radio inside.
"Time?" Villar looked at me with an indescribable expression, obviously he still remembered my initial inference.
I looked at my biological mother. In my eighteen years of life in this world, I started to feel that my biological mother was reliable and trustworthy ten minutes ago.
Then I watched my mother clapped her hands together, and then the radio box emitted a rough, stuttering sound, as if it was about to die.
Then Ji Jin patted again.
The radio finally fell silent.
I even thought I saw a little smoke coming out of it.
...Wait, am I not supposed to trust her at all?! This looks broken?
She paused.
Just when the three of us were silent, the radio in front of us finally started to make a sound -
"Zizizi—Jinjin, when you hear this, I've probably already gone to another world."
"I'm not dead, I'm in another world, the legendary city of Shambhala. I've left a backup here, which can be considered my time archive. So don't even think about getting a new boyfriend, or I'll really cry in front of you."
"If this recording starts playing, it means I'm trapped in that world. Don't come."
"I added a little something to this. I don't know if my other son is listening. If you're interested, this should be of some help."
Both Veraer and Ji Jin looked at me. I raised my eyebrows and looked at the radio.
"Your brother should be very useful, right? Although he doesn't look like a human being, I hope you don't despise him. You are all children that Jinjin and I have high hopes for."
...Why are all the people in this family so weird? I looked at Villar and he didn't think there was anything wrong with what his father said. He even smiled at me.
Okay, it’s none of my business, go have fun.
"There's also a paragraph of my last words at the end... If it doesn't continue playing, it means the worst hasn't happened yet. You should receive a scheduled delivery from me in a week. If it continues playing, dispose of this box immediately after listening to it... zizizizi."
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…………
After three minutes of silence and confirming that there was no follow-up, the three of us breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Listen, Dad, there is still hope.
I looked at the radio and saw a small sticker on the back with a picture of six stick figures of body parts... heart, left eye, right eye, mouth, legs, and hands.
Then there's what a baby looks like below.
Sometimes I hate that my brain works too fast——
These are the body parts of the evil gods that make up Veral and me, which also means that Veral and I can be provided with the descent of the gods of these six parts.
But in fact, excluding the "Him" in the circle, "Him" is the heart.
Let’s exclude the [right eye] in the dreamland.
Only the left eye, mouth, leg and hand are left.
Theoretically, as long as the remaining four come to me, my brother will be fine, and the other evil gods will probably have no means of escape.
My dad knows that I have a solution, but maybe he doesn’t know that my solution is so simple and crude.
As long as they are suppressed within my body, they will never come out, and the world will become safe.
But where are the remaining four?
I always feel like my dad would deliver food.
"So, kid, what do you think?" My biological mother looked at me. They probably didn't expect that I could see the information on the sticker at a glance, and I couldn't tell them the real solution.
After all, this method is equivalent to sacrificing myself to save the world.
"This should be the evil god factor in me and my brother. This means that there are six that can descend upon him. Excluding the circle and the other one I locked up in the dreamland, there are only four left."
I explained it to them briefly.
"...By the way, Xiaoyu, that eye in the dreamland—" My brother seemed to remember something and looked at my eye that was still covered with the patch.
"You should have seen my magic book. The eye is locked in it." I lied without blinking and tore off the patch on my eye. "It's just that there are some sequelae. My eyes don't look like a human now."
"I can be locked in my book from now on, but I might become less and less human..." I said uncertainly, "After all, they are the ones who are locked up, but fortunately, it won't affect me in any other way."
Lies may be detected, but a mixture of truth and lies is not so easy to distinguish.
Let the Book of Omniscience take the blame, since it can’t speak anyway.
My biological mother is not as easy to fool as my biological brother.
She looked into my eyes for a long moment, then placed her palm on my forehead, and the golden rune reappeared.
"..." She was silent for a long time and then put her palm down, "There is no sign of contamination."
I breathed a sigh of relief quietly. My mother's expression was so serious just now, as if she was ready to kill me for the sake of justice.
But I've already opened the box, so why isn't my mission completed yet?
[…From my perspective, the mission is only 80% complete.]
I'll check if there's any bug.
Not long after, the system came back.
[This is a mission released by the world. I went to communicate and there are no problems. The progress is indeed only 80%]
That's strange.
Is it because... this save file hasn't been triggered? Or is it because the so-called last words of the biological father haven't been played yet?
"Alright, you two kids, don't get involved in what's going on. Leave it to us adults." The mother, in a rare moment of seriousness, said, "Just study hard and wait for your father's package to arrive in a week."
Then Ms. Ji picked up her bag and suitcase. "I'm leaving first. You two have left more of a mess than I thought—" She looked at my red right eye and said, "Dabao, teach your brother how to cover his eyes."
Before leaving, she looked at me and said, "Son, if I find out you're hiding something from me, you better pray that you're strong enough so your mother can't fight off the cultists with her bare hands."
I:……
No, aren’t you a silly naiveté?
Shouldn't your doubts disappear in the face of your dear son's honesty?
I don't mean to hurt anyone, I just give myself a beautiful, strong and tragic script!!!
Then the door nearly hit me in the face.
I looked at Villar silently. He probably hadn't realized how much had happened - after all, this weekend was a little too exciting.
I didn't expect that the original family reunion would turn out like this.
"Let me teach you how to hide your eyes," he said to me.
Then half an hour later I regretted it.
"...So what the hell is that about hmm first, then yaa ...
As mentioned earlier, Verar learned how to hide his eyes in the Dreamland.
As a result, he had no idea how to hand it to me, and all he described to me were some strange feelings.
Unfortunately, there weren't many accurate words in his empty brain, so the process became even more bizarre.
Villar felt a little aggrieved. He had switched between starry eyes and normal eyes many times, but he really didn't know how to describe it.
I called out the Book of Omniscience and asked it what to do. I don't know if it was my illusion, but its hands looked even bigger.
Then the pages of the book turned, and a note flew out from inside, with the words "See with your eyes" written on it.
…
Oh, I get it. I focused all my attention on my right eye and asked Villar to demonstrate it again.
This time, his right eye captured all the energy fluctuations when his eyes changed.
I also discovered that his transformation didn't just cover his eyes, it also covered all the inhuman energies within him.
I imitated mobilizing the energy fluctuations in my body.
…
"…It's changed back!" Villar said excitedly.
I was a little silent, and it really felt like hmm, ahhh, oh my god.
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