"Thousands of years...... An untrue number. ”

Another long silence took over the air around the makeshift camp, and for a moment only the crackling bonfire echoed in the incomparably quiet night, and the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, which gradually approached the gray-robed magician, finally let out a long sigh and replied in a low but heavy tone, "I can't imagine it on me." ”

"It's okay, it's just a repeat experience for me." Looking up at the bright starry sky directly above, Duan Qing's confused expression seemed to begin to become more and more obvious on his face: "Playing Sims games non-stop as someone else, day after day, year after year...... When I wake up, the experience of these games is like a dream after waking up, and I gradually forget about it. ”

"In other words, if we want to extract the information we want from these 'untrue memories' of yours, we still need to take advantage of your impressions?" said this half-jokingly, but Xue Lingphantom Bing, who was leaning on the side, still remained indifferent: "That's really difficult for you." ”

"Who knows, maybe it's just the after-effects of the system playing with me again." The action of looking up did not change in the slightest, and Duan Qing curled the corners of his mouth meaninglessly: "What happened in the free world, and how was this history recorded—isn't it still the light brain that has the final say?" I'm not sure there's anything false in this. ”

“…… When will you be able to get out of this world? ”

"It's okay, it's good to stay here."

Answering the other party's questions one after another, Duan Qing's looking up gaze shifted slightly in the direction of the woman beside him: "At least solve the problem of rest, you need to use offline methods to relieve the mental pressure caused by the virtual reality simulation device, and I don't have to worry about this problem in the slightest, do I?" ”

"But I want to see you." Without hesitation, he said these words, and the head of Xue Ling Phantom Bing nestled on Duan Qing's shoulder became much more obvious: "It's not the current you, but the real you." ”

“……”

"Of course, I didn't mean to persecute you."

It seemed that from the other party's silent reaction, some kind of indescribable atmosphere was felt, and the woman's long white hair scattered on Duan Qing's side trembled slightly: "But I always feel a little scared, afraid that I won't be able to see you in the real world anymore." ”

"From what happened in the imperial capital to everything that happened today, I always have a feeling that you are leaving me."

Her voice became trembling, and her cold hand vaguely grabbed Duan Qing's clothes, which also looked a little tattered: "You, you won't really become a virtual character, right?" I, I ......"

"No wonder you suddenly talked about the Sky Breaker today, it turned out that it was just to stabilize me."

Pursing his mouth, Duan Qing scratched his head as if he was an afterthought: "Don't worry, it's just a few thousand years, I won't really become a vegetative person because of this little thing." ”

"Really? How I don't think so. Xue Lingphantom Ice suddenly raised her head: "You didn't recognize me in that illusion, and you still regarded me as a character of various identities." ”

"Is that also the setting of the system? The system has to change you to look like those guys, how can I possibly notice it? If it weren't for—"

Duan Qing didn't continue to say the last half of the sentence, but the white-haired woman with opposite eyes seemed to have guessed what the other party wanted to say, and faintly showed her smug smile: "So the tacit understanding between the two of us is not bad, right?" ”

"Well, I'll just admit it." So Duan Qing glanced at the night sky on the side: "You broke my dream, and by the way, let us get out of that illusion from the best time, and the credit for this time is all on your head." ”

"I don't dare to accept this credit, after all, the previous confrontation with the Magic Council and the initiation of the Present Ritual are the results of your efforts." Regained her composure, and Xue Ling's voice regained its indifference as she leaned on Duan Qing's shoulder: "And that incomparable Violet Great Enchantment...... That's Violet's handiwork, right? ”

"That's right, it was she who dominated the situation on the battlefield at that time." Nodding his head, Duan Qing's voice also became low: "It's really embarrassing for her, the magic level and level of my body are very low, and she actually used the inferior energy of my body to fight to such an extent......"

"Where's she?"

“……”

Fell silent again, and Duan Qing, who had hesitated for a long time, replied helplessly: "I don't know, since I fell into that illusion, the connection between me and her has been completely severed. ”

"This is also something that can't be helped, after all, only when the law of that enchantment is maintained, can we have the possibility of shifting the 'boundary line' to this side." He looked at Xue Ling's silent appearance, and his pretended calm expression was also revealed on his face: "Such a powerful Violet Lord shouldn't have died in vain because of me like this." ”

"But according to you, Rhona she-"

"Otherwise, we'll give it a try."

Interrupting Xue Ling's worried words, Duan Qing, who coughed his throat, then put on an expression of looking at death as if he were at home: "If that woman is still alive and has been by our side all the time—hey, purple-haired old woman." ”

"You should be able to hear it—poof."

He rolled his eyes, and the words he shouted casually into the sky were also choked in the middle of the way because of the sudden spurt of blood, and Xue Lingphantom Bing, who sat up, then hurriedly put away the vigilance and panic that flashed in his eyes for a moment, and instead patted Duan Qing's back, which was still coughing, with a worried face: "Hey, how can you prove it like this?" Are you simply doing death and wood? ”

"Ahem, ahem...... If you don't say that, how do you know she's still alive? Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Duan Qing's voice then carried a little wry smile: "It's okay, anyway, my body has already been overdrawn by her, and it is nothing to be abused by her once." ”

"Difficult, have you lost the initiative of your body?" As a result, Xue Ling's worried color instantly changed to an angry face: "How can this work? In case she doesn't work against you—"

"No, don't, that's my current mentor." Hurriedly raised his hand to stop the other party's speech, Duan Qing pressed the other party's voice back with a panicked expression: "What's wrong with a magic apprentice lending his body to a mentor for a purpose, not to mention that the other party is still a great magician who has studied for hundreds of years-uh." ”

His face turned blue again, and the gray-robed magician hurriedly stopped the words he had just blurted out again: "I, let's change the subject, change the topic, hahahaha...... By the way, your weapon looks like you've changed again. ”

"That's right, it's a one-handed sword and shield." The flickering gaze gradually sank with the wryly expression of the man in front of him, and Xue Lingphantom Ice gradually changed into a serious face: "Although I don't know what the principle is, the quality of this shield seems to be good, and the hardness is good enough." ”

"I always feel that once I get involved with bony weapons such as dragon bones, some unexpected new things will happen." Looking at the round shield engraved with a cross-shaped pattern hanging behind the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice with his chin, Duan Qing's voice also became much more interested: "But-"

"This change shouldn't have anything to do with the furnace or anything like that, it should have something to do with you."

His gaze took his eyes off the shield's body and instead fell on Xue Ling's somewhat embarrassed face: "Your heart sword seems to have improved again." ”

"I, I didn't know that something like the Heart Sword could have such an effect." Suppressing the feeling of jumping like a deer in his heart, Xue Lingphantom Ice said calmly: "And isn't it that it will cause me more trouble, such as always switching weapons during battle." ”

"The premise is that you have fully mastered the use of the Heart Sword and the key to controlling the changes in weapons." Shaking his head, Duan Qing's gaze at Xue Ling Phantom Ice also had a bit of a joking look in his eyes: "And this is also good, because the spear is not suitable for you." ”

"Why? I think the gun skills I practiced before were pretty good......"

"Because the luck of the spearmen is low."

Looking at the other party's face with pierced eyes, Duan Qing said with a strange smile: "If you continue to play with the spear, you may encounter something unfortunate one day." ”

"Where did you hear all this nonsense?" Looking at the other party's face with the corners of his lips, Xue Lingphantom Bing hugged his arms angrily: "It's this set of weapons that I changed before because of the change in my state of mind—if it weren't for the sword and shield practice in my previous career, the final battle might have become a burden." ”

"How is that possible? The ultimate realm of the heart sword is that all plants, trees, branches and leaves can be used as swords, and the shape of the weapon that changes in response to your state of mind is not in line with your usual way? Patting the other party's hair, Duan Qing's voice then became much more relaxed: "Even if you look down on this little fighting shield, don't underestimate this way of fighting." ”

“…… Hey, I'm going to practice again. ”

Pursing his mouth, Xue Lingphantom Bing, who let out a cold snort, sat up straight again: "You have to continue to practice with me!" Let's talk about that first! ”

"Okay, okay, I'll continue to guide you. I think I was also the top three in the Sword and Shield Fighting Competition, and I almost won the championship of the previous year......"

"Oh? So what game or world are you talking about? ”

"Well, you haven't heard of it, kids have only been through a few generations of games, and what are you doing so much - ouch ouch! Don't screw people's soft meat! ”

A moment of slapstick then played out between the campfires in this small camp, and the wind that blew seemed to become warm with the sparks that the campfires gradually spread upward, and the two who had been chatting casually for a while finally lowered each other's voices in a tired feeling, and finally gradually fell asleep with the night breeze and the moonlight. In the scene accompanied by the sound of the door of the game pod opening and countless electronic sounds, the woman in a small and dim room above the apartment building in District D of Hualan City in the real world then came out with a tired face, she pushed open the window of this room, which was also in the dark, and her gaze did not move for a long time when she looked at the dark night sky: "......"

"No, I still don't think it's right."

Her voice then appeared next to the game pod, seemingly talking to a communication that had just been connected to the game pod: "Do you really think there won't be a problem?" ”

“……”

"Please answer my question."

The voice on the other end of the conversation was indistinct inside and outside the virtual pod, but the inaudible woman seemed to be turning her response into a serious tone: "I need you to be honest: what kind of side effects will eventually occur if the player's spirit stays in the virtual world for too long?" ”

“……”

"What is a virtual ingredient? What happens if there is too much of this ingredient? ”

Only the woman's voice echoed in the small room, and the voice became more and more rapid as the communication continued: "Could it be that a player has too many virtual components?" Will he lose himself forever in the virtual world? Do you think I'm going to continue to believe your perfunctory nonsense? ”

“……”

“…… What the? ”

The hurried voice finally froze at a certain moment, and the woman listening to the voice on the other end finally froze in place: "...... Those accidents from three years ago...... So, then does he know the consequences? ”

Of course, he knew that he was one of the actual participants, but his biggest guinea pig didn't die by luck, and the others didn't...... Hey, hey, hey? Are you still listening? ”

As if she had lost her soul, the woman who did not continue to listen to these voices sat next to the game cabin in a daze, and her eyes, which were half-closed due to exhaustion, gradually widened because of the appearance of some kind of information, and the communication that still did not hang up kept lingering in her ears. The question for an answer continued for some more time, and the voice on the other end of the communication seemed to lose its meaning to continue, and the unspeakable silence then lasted for a long time between the photon screen and the woman outside the door, and finally ended with a deep sigh: "I know this is a bit difficult to accept, but what we have investigated may be a little different from what actually happened." ”

"If you want to know the truth—or if you want to find a way to save him, find a way to get it out of his mouth."