Silver-white starlight shone down the quiet village, and fell on a cat and a slime on the rooftop, quietly looking up at the starry sky.

"Rustle."

The quiet and peaceful village is filled with only the faint grinding of foliage and the faint chirping of insects.

"Xiaoming, I really can't understand you. In the forest, you mess around all day long, make me angry, and you look heartless. But I feel very comfortable and happy with you. Here you have a different face, but it makes me a little uneasy. You don't see the danger of the goblins on the surface, but you actually play them between applause. Which one are you true and which one is false? ”

Lucy's question caused Zheng Ming to fall silent. It looked up at the crescent moon in the sky, which was sandwiched in the center and shone faintly, compared to the bright moon that shone the sky and earth a few days ago, it seemed to be in a trough and besieged by the stars.

The moon is cloudy and sunny, just like the ups and downs of life. It let out a long sigh and looked at Lucy.

"You know what? Like you, I arrived here when I was dying. But the slight difference is that you die of normal old age, and I was stabbed to death. ”

Seeing Lucy, who was puzzled by the sudden jump topic, Zheng Ming continued: "To be honest, there is something wrong with me who just experienced death and entered this world. What did I say at that time? Caught in a state of self that borders on hysteria, staying true only to one's heart, wanting only to satisfy one's desires and not wanting to wronged oneself. This is often referred to as the pleasure principle. ”

Lucy: "So ......"

Zheng Ming: "Yes, it can be said that I was the most real me at that time. ”

Lucy: "And how did you get ...... these days?"

Hearing Lucy's words, Zheng Ming smiled bitterly.

"Remember that fight with the White Snake? It's really risky to say. We almost both died that time. And the reason for this is because of my willfulness, I don't want to wronged myself, so I forced myself to provoke that battle of life and death. ”

"No, you're obviously for me."

"Did you put you in danger? At that time, even I didn't realize that I was just in urgent need of an excuse to vent because of my inflated heart and unwillingness to compromise. ”

“。。。 You're being too yourself. I don't blame you for that, and we survived because of you. ”

Zheng Ming did not respond to Lucy's comfort, and continued the previous topic: "After that time, I understood a truth. No matter what world you are in, if you want to live a nourishing life without being wronged, you must have strong strength. If you want to live, either you have strong enough strength, or you have the heart to bear everything. Therefore, as a matter of course, I turned into a self-assessment stage based on external circumstances. This is also known as the principle of reality. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Ming glanced at Lucy, who was thoughtful, and continued: "I'm not strong enough now, so when I encounter a crisis, I must actively think about countermeasures, and know how to be false and wronged." People will always encounter difficulties in the world, and they must always wear masks. I just picked up the mask I was used to wearing in my previous life. ”

Lucy turned her head to look at Zheng Ming at this time, she also had a lifespan of more than twenty years, what kind of experience made the man in front of her have two completely different faces?

Lucy: "I still prefer you in the forest." If you wear the mask for a long time, you won't be able to take it off. ”

Zheng Ming: "Yes." Who's to say it isn't? But it's part of me! So whether it's me now or in the forest, I'm the real me, and I haven't deceived you. ”

There was a brief silence on the rooftop, and the cat and the slime stared at each other silently for a while.

Lucy: "To be honest, your quiet act of lying scared me, and made me wonder if you were the same when you were with me. But now I'm much more relieved. Can you promise me that you won't lie to me in the future? ”

Zheng Ming knows what Lucy wants to promise, but who can guarantee that he can expose everything to another person without reservation?

So Zheng Ming pondered for a while and then said, "I can't promise to tell you everything, I can only do it without deceiving you." If you ask a question that I can't answer, I'll be silent, and if I have something I don't want others to know, I'll hide it. ”

With that, it looked at Lucy with apprehension, like a sinner waiting to be sentenced. Rather than blame it for its reserved promise, Lucy smiled.

Lucy: "That's enough. Hehe, this hay is so hard, it's uncomfortable to lie on your stomach. ”

Lucy's complaint came, and Zheng Ming couldn't help but roll his eyes, but the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose slightly.

Zheng Ming: "Then what are you waiting for?" Why don't you come over yet? ”

So a cat and a slime hugged each other again, feeling each other's body temperature, and looking at the bright starry sky.

Lucy: "It's beautiful. Xiao Ming, what do you say are those shining stars? Is it a gemstone? ”

Zheng Ming: "If it was a previous life, these stars were a bigger planet than the earth we lived on. It is a celestial body in the universe that is visible to the naked eye. I don't know if this world is the same as the previous life. ”

Lucy: "Earth? Heavenly body? Celestial body? ”

Looking at Lucy, who was full of doubts, Zheng Ming didn't know how to explain, so he tried his best to say in words that the other party understood: "That is to say, the stars in the sky are all worlds." However, some are deserted, and some are burning all year round. ”

Lucy: "Oh, is it all that bad?" ”

As a person who firmly believes in the existence of aliens, Zheng Ming opened his mouth and sighed: "No, there must be a world with pleasant scenery and suitable for survival, and there must be other intelligent beings quietly developing somewhere in the universe. ”

Lucy: "Can we go to the stars?" ”

Thinking of the technology that had been developed to explore the universe in his previous life, Zheng Ming said in a slightly trance: "Yes." No matter what form of civilization it is, one day it will develop out of the sky and enjoy the scenery in the universe. After all, curiosity about the starry sky is the imprint left by countless ancestors in the depths of their genes. ”

【Ding.】 The passage through the projection of the heavens and all worlds opens. You will be randomly entered into the world of the Celestial Projection, so be prepared. 】

Suddenly, the system's prompt sounded again, and a black vortex as black as ink quietly revealed in the night sky, and before Zheng Ming could react, he sucked it in.

The black vortex gradually shrank silently after inhaling Zheng Ming.

"Bang."

Seeing Zheng Ming being sucked in, Lucy anxiously jumped into the black whirlpool, but made a dull sound as if she had hit an unusually solid transparent wall.

It just so happened that a walking goblin patrol took in all of this, only to see him howl at the top of his throat.

"Oh no. Lord Slime is gone. Alert~, alert! ”

In the quiet and peaceful village, there was a sudden burst of chickens and dogs, and clusters of firelight lit up one after another.