Pain.

Endless pain.

Torture.

Endless torture.

The cacophony of voices continued to come from my ears, accompanied by the feeling of weightlessness as my body fell from a height, and the intense light caused by the collision of energies then fell around the blue sky directly above along with the sunlight that pierced through the clouds. Tears reflecting the light slowly filled the ink-coated vision, accompanied by a slender arm that grabbed the blue, and the flames that blurred the vision then burned the arm that stretched out upwards along with the darkness of the world.

The vague external voice then echoed in the chaotic consciousness, and the intermittent voice began to become clearer and clearer: "...... She! ”

“…… Hold her, catch ...... She! ”

"Don't be afraid, she, she won't dare to do it again!"

"Now is the best chance to quit the game while she hasn't quit yet...... She, she's awake! Hurry, hurry! ”

"No matter how powerful she is, she is still a servant of the Duan family, and if she makes such a big mistake, she will definitely be punished as she deserves-"

Airplanes.

The raging fire, the red and black glare of light, the terrifying shouts and screams, and the strange laughter that constantly echoed in the sky—mixed with all kinds of malicious black mud-like thoughts then smashed the fragments of the previous memories into shards, and at the same time caused a woman lying on the bed to suddenly open her eyes, and her instinctive reaction then made her quickly make a struggle movement, covering the red figure standing on the side of the bed with a white sheet: "No, no, don't-"

“——”

The flying sheets fell slowly, and even the woman's face regained its original composure from panic, and her swaying gaze gradually regained complete consciousness, and fell back to the ground in front of her with the short black hair on her head: "...... That's right. ”

"Like...... I was arrested by the Duan family. ”

Muttered these words, the corners of her mouth immediately pulled out a bitter smile, and the hands full of scars that were clutching her chest gradually twisted the sheets blocking her chest, shaking violently with an increasingly strong tremor: "I was caught by the people of the Duan family, and then ...... Interrogated, tortured, and then, then ......"

Her eyes suddenly became frightened, and she grabbed her head vigorously despite being naked, and her eyes, which were originally like glass, kept rolling like boiling water droplets, as if she remembered something more difficult to accept than the picture that flashed back in her mind just now: "I, I ......"

"You shouldn't have a problem."

The indifferent voice then came from the direction of the door of this room, accompanied by the fluttering wave that represented Lou Yu's death at the end of the field of vision, and the mature woman who seemed to have just arrived then also lowered the hands that were holding her chest, and at the same time slowly calmed down her breathing, which seemed a little unsteady because of running: "Compared to when we first received you, you have obviously become more like a person now, Miss Ning Lan." ”

"Welcome to wake up." She walked into the room, and at the same time met the terrifying gaze that appeared between the slender body that had let go of the head: "He was supposed to be here to greet you, and it can be regarded as a corresponding reward for what you have done and persistence during this time, but unfortunately-"

"Miss Yuyan!"

She shouted out this sentence excitedly, and Ning Lan, who interrupted the other party's voice, stood up from the ground with an excited face: "You, why are you here?" Are you here to save Ning Lan? Where is the owner now? The host—"

“…… So I've said that, please calm down a little. ”

Forcefully calming down the excited woman in front of him, Lou Yuyan replied softly: "This is my home, Tianfeng entrusted you to me, he rescued you from the Duan family's family meeting with me, and also caused some small troubles to the Duan family by the way." ”

"Rest assured, you're safe now." She let go of the hand on the other person's head, and at the same time took two steps back: "Rest well, take care of your spirits, your master is still waiting for you to appear in front of him vividly." ”

“…… No, no. What answered her was the slender woman's increasingly trembling movements: "Ning Lan can't ...... Ning Lan can't get close to you now, Ning Lan was injected with a mind control agent by that group of people, and they ...... They must have done something to Ning Lan......"

"They must want to take away the will of their master from Ning Lan." The trembling figure gradually crouched on the ground, and her voice carried endless fear and sadness: "I...... Ning Lan didn't know if they had succeeded, they, they had been instilling some ...... in Ning Lan's brain Things, whether Ning Lan is still Ning Lan or not, Ning Lan herself is-"

"You don't have to worry about that."

A cold gaze flashed from his eyes, and Lou Yuyan, who was patting this body, then let out a helpless sigh: "I have asked my medical team to specifically examine your brain, there should not be any major problems, the only possible problem is probably the physical disorder that may occur after the brainwashing device forcibly cuts off the nerve center......"

"But judging from your current performance, your body shouldn't be in any serious trouble." Speaking of this, she then exhaled with a smile: "If you can still remember everything that the Duan family has done to you, it means that your memory is still intact to a certain extent - it is worthy of being a personal maid that the Duan family has been training since ancient times, both the will and the spirit are admirable." ”

"As for the escape after that...... Speaking of which, you should be grateful to Tianfeng, it was he who took over the device that controlled your body and escaped from Duan's house. ”

“…… Control, control? ”

"That's right, this is a stunt that Tianfeng just learned, the kind that even I can't imagine."

Squatting in front of the other party with a smile, Lou Yuyan, who glanced at Ning Lan, then pointed to his head, and his cunning eyes were followed by a touch of sorrow, as if he remembered a series of things that happened later: "But probably because of this, he will have excessive mental exhaustion, when he put forward that series of signal layout requirements, I didn't expect him to use this kind of rescue plan with great mental consumption......"

"Ah, don't worry, at least he's in pretty good shape right now."

As if he noticed the worry that the other party showed later, Lou Yuyan's tone immediately became much more relaxed: "We have gone to the free world to confirm his state, he should be able to continue to live vigorously now, although I heard that that person is now thinking of retreating again, and his spirit does not seem to have recovered to the extent that he can wake up smoothly...... Yes. ”

"Doesn't it sound confusing?" Noticing the confused eyes of the woman next to him, Lou Yuyan, who put on a relaxed look, immediately brushed his long wavy hair: "It's okay, it's been too long since you lost consciousness, and it will naturally take some time to figure out the current situation." ”

"What happened? How long has Ning Lan been in a coma? Holding her arm with a lost face, Ning Lan, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, asked in a low voice, "Master, what's wrong with him?" Can Ning Lan still see her master? ”

"It's not so much that you can see it, but that I need you to see it."

With his usual charming smile on his face again, Lou Yuyan said in a low voice: "I need to be busy with a lot of things in the future, and I may not be able to continue to protect him in the game world, considering the skills and respective roles of those other people...... I'm still a little uneasy about completely handing him over to them. ”

"I'll leave this matter to you." She tilted her head, and her thoughtful gaze flashed in Ning Lan's gaze: "I will send someone to explain the specific situation to you, and we will also provide you with a safe place to log in to the game, as for your physical condition...... I will also continue to keep track of my medical team to make sure that there are no problems as you might think. ”

"The rest of the problems can only be faced by yourself." She stood up, and her voice dragged to the door of the room: "Although it seems that it can still maintain a normal state of communication and maintain a level above the standard, under the influence of the virtual world, it is still unknown whether this stability can be maintained......

"Do you still have the ability? Overcome those potential obstacles, re-enter that virtual system, and become a free-world player again? ”

"Ning Lan can do it."

The confused eyes quickly became firm, and the slender woman who was sitting on the edge of the bed turned her head to look at the back of Lou Yuyan who walked to the door: "As long as Ning Lan can overcome these, Ning Lan will be able to see her master, right?" ”

"That's right, though only in the game world." Lou Yuyan, who walked to the door, slowly stopped his steps: "The imperial capital of the Frey Empire, Redkar - he just turned that place upside down, and now he's cleaning up the mess." ”

“…… What does Miss Yu Yan need Ning Lan to do? ”

"Of course I watched him well."

Waving his hand, Lou Yuyan then walked out of Ning Lan's line of sight: "Since you are not suitable to come forward now, then you can support each other in the game world, I hope you can recover yourself as soon as possible and continue to perform the duties of the Duan family's personal maid." ”

"Try to keep him safe while all eyes are on him, cover my plans...... Oh yes. ”

As if remembering something, Lou Yuyan, who was about to leave this room, suddenly stretched his head back with an inexplicable smile: "By the way, keep an eye on other women for me." ”

"Don't let them take advantage of the situation and play any more vixen-like tricks."

The sound of footsteps began to move away from Ning Lan's keen hearing, accompanied by the chaotic footsteps that gradually became clear and the whispered reports of the black-clothed guards, and the slowly closing door then cut off these chaotic sounds to the other end of the space, returning the restored silence to the slender woman's side. Slowly letting go of the hand that had been clutching her chest, the woman named Ning Lan then revealed her distracted gaze along with the body covered by the white sheets, and the light in the room then reflected the moving brilliance on the slender body that was as white as jade, and at the same time, the torture marks on this body were particularly shocking: "I...... Ning Lan ......"

"No, Ning Lan must be able to."

After taking a few deep breaths vigorously, Ning Lan, who closed her eyes, kept calming her expression, belonging to the calm and smile unique to Ning Lan in the code language, and then accompanied her mood over and over again, and gradually recovered to her face: "I thought this life was over, but I didn't expect that God still gave Ning Lan a new chance, this must be the master who has always supported Ning Lan as a spiritual pillar, and finally gave Ning Lan a reward." ”

"You wait, Ning Lan will be here soon."

Putting a spare set of dresses that had been prepared on the side into her eyes, she nodded her head with a look of relief, and then successfully blended the figure of a certain maid who was neatly dressed after a while into the crowd in the hall of a villa area in Hualan City. The figure named Secret Whisper Ning Lan then gradually sketched in a certain space in the free world, vaguely formed in a ruin mixed with ruins and bricks and rubble, and after a long time to adapt to this world, she slowly opened her eyes, and looked at her hands that were gradually closing and loosening with a gaze full of surprise: "It seems to ...... It worked. ”

Her brow furrowed, as if she sensed a hint of mental fluctuations that were not in her normal condition, and her always keen perception and strong control then drove her to force down the anomaly, and at the same time prompted her to look in a certain direction next to the ruins: "Who? ”

"Sorry to disturb you, young lady."

The heads of the group then appeared at the end of the direction she was looking, accompanied by a leading player who made a friendly smile: "We were just venturing in Area E and accidentally passed by here......"

"It's Ning Lan who should apologize."

With her usual smile, Ning Lan, who had her hands folded in front of her, bowed slightly in the direction where several players were: "But...... Can you tell Ning Lan about the situation here? What do you mean by Zone E? ”

"You don't know?"

With great concentration, he pulled his eyeballs out of the heavenly maid in front of him, and the player said with a look of surprise: "You, aren't you a player in this place?" Don't you ......?"

"Ning Lan has been offline for a long time, and she just had time to return recently."

Gradually straightened her body, and whispered Ning Lan once again showed a moving smile like a spring breeze: "It's really unlucky to be reborn in such an unknown place as soon as you go online." ”

"No, it's okay, we'll show you the way, beautiful young lady."

Another player pounced forward and squeezed aside the sluggish figure of the player who had just taken the lead in speaking: "This is Area E of Sky City, which is also a relatively advanced unexplored area, we are all masters, and it is definitely not a problem to escort you out!" ”

"Thank you so much." His hands were folded together in front of his chest, and Ning Lan's eyes smiled into a crooked crescent: "Then-"

"Redkar, the imperial capital of the Frey Empire - if you can tell Ning Lan its location by the way, Ning Lan will definitely be even more grateful to you."