Chapter 7: Fire
Fire!
The red flame with a slight blue tinge, jumping gently, delicate and beautiful. The flickering firelight blended into the light, reflecting Wu Qi's slightly stiff figure.
This ······ This ······
Absurd and incredible thoughts rose from Wu Qi's mind, and under his sluggish expression was a turbulent wave.
What he has seen, heard, experienced, and learned in the past 20 years has all profoundly influenced Wu Qi, making him know that science, science, science!
No matter how much he indulges in video games and the Internet, mixed in Western magic, or the games and worlds of Eastern Xianxia, and substitutes himself as a person, he may occasionally be fascinated by the magical world, but deep down he always knows that those ideas are absurd and unrealistic.
I will still be afraid of running a kilometer like ordinary people, feel bumpy about the return journey home after four or five hours of driving, and will not try unrealistic guilds such as jumping off buildings and blocking cars······
However, the slight sound wave generated by the flame jumping and shaking the air in front of him, and the violent energy contained in his hand and feeling it inside, all reminded Wu Qi clearly and profoundly.
It's true! The flame in the palm of your hand is real, not illusory!
Wu Qi suddenly understood why the scorching sensation in the air was somewhat familiar, wasn't this the feeling of chanting magic and perceiving the fire elements around him in the game? It's just not as warm and intense!
Knock··· Knock··· Knock···
The dull knock on the door sounded in the silence of the night, and it was clear and permeable.
"Flat! Flat! Zhou Yuanhui's voice came from outside the door, she leaned against the door, felt a little "abnormal" in the room, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?" ”
"Huh?" The voice disrupted Wu Qi's chaotic, chaotic, and complicated thoughts, and made him wake up from his state of being dazed and overwhelmed. Wu Qi hurriedly shook his wrist, as in a game, and relaxed his control over the "scorching factor" in the air, and the flame lost some kind of support and slowly dissipated into the air.
When the flames dissipated, Wu Qi stood up, walked to the door, stretched out his hand and twisted the handle, poked his head out, and barely squeezed out a smile, "Mom, what's the matter?" ”
During this stage, Wu Qi adjusted his mentality, hiding his confusion, dazedness, and panic in his heart, and tried to change his expression to a relaxed look, and in all unknown circumstances, he didn't want his family to know about the abnormality.
Zhou Yuanhui looked at Wu Qi, Wu Qi's body blocked the light, covering a few shadows, which just covered his face, making it difficult for Zhou Yuanhui to see the stiffness and deliberateness in Wu Qi's smile for a while.
Zhou Yuanhui glanced at Wu Qi, looking at Wu Qi's room from the half-open door, the quilt that was kicked open, the game helmet thrown at the head of the bed, and the notebook that was still lit up when the screen was opened······
Nothing out of the ordinary······
"It's nothing, it's just that I woke up in the middle of the night and saw the lights in your room on, so I came over to have a look." Zhou Yuanhui explained, and at the same time withdrew her gaze and fell on Wu Qi.
Her brows furrowed instantly, "Why do you wear so thin clothes on a big night?" I can't freeze you! Hurry up and put on the down jacket I bought for you, or you'll see what you do if you catch a cold! ”
The instant change of tone and the rebuke that covered his face made Wu Qi feel like he had returned to reality from an illusory state.
Sure enough, it's my own mother······ The corners of Wu Qi's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly pushed Zhou Yuanhui out the door, "I'm going to sleep, I'm going to sleep, good night!" ”
While speaking, Wu Qi closed the door, and when there was only a gap left in the door, Wu Qi suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly opened the door, and reminded in a slightly raised voice, "Yes, Mom!" I don't eat breakfast, don't call me! ”
After speaking, Wu Qi closed the door cleanly, isolating the outside space.
"This kid doesn't eat breakfast······" Zhou Yuanhui complained dissatisfiedly, but in Wu Qi's room, there was a snap, the light was turned off, and it fell into darkness. Zhou Yuanhui, who thought that her son had gone to bed, had to hold back her dissatisfaction and knock on the door and nag, and turned to leave.
Listening to the sound of footsteps outside the door getting farther and farther away, Wu Qi let out a long sigh of relief. In the darkness without lights, through the hazy starlight, Wu Qi "saw" the notebook that had just been turned off and had not yet closed the lid, the wooden table and the high-backed chair, and the game helmet discarded on the bed······
In his perspective, the darkness was like a veil that hazy the world, not as before, like a thick curtain covering the world.
After experiencing some disturbance from his mother, Wu Qi did not continue to immerse himself in the confusion and hesitation of the shattered worldview, he barely stabilized his mind, examined himself, and tried to accept reality.
Closing his eyes, he vaguely "saw" the "scorching factors" floating in the air, jumping happily and floating around, sparsely and vastly distributed in the endless space, not isolated by walls and closed spaces.
In Wu Qi's perception, his spiritual power was intangible but like substance, and as soon as his heart moved, his spiritual power poured out like flowing water, and the "scorching factor" suddenly cheered, jumping and gathering around the spiritual power.
Fire!
Wu Qi gently spit out a syllable, and with a pop, a flame rose from in front of Wu Qi, bright and delicate, shining on Wu Qi's uncertain face.
Sure enough·····
Wu Qi, who was unwilling to accept the reality, sighed in his heart, waved his hand to disperse the condensed flames, his face was cloudy, and he seriously thought about his own situation.
There was no anomaly before entering the game, and after exiting the game, he was able to master the flames, coupled with the "lessons from the past" of the strange growth of his physical fitness, and he knew with his toes that this kind of transformation must be related to the game.
Wu Qi's mind suddenly popped up a long time ago, not long after the game was launched, and the news network did not mention in detail that "playing games can strengthen the body". Although this topic caused quite a stir in the society at the time, after many game masters confirmed that there was no such thing, the popularity slowly decreased, and everyone no longer took this sentence seriously, thinking that maybe the game helmet and game warehouse could play a similar role in the massage, to achieve the effect of "strengthening the body" that is better than nothing, which is of little significance.
But Wu Qi, who had experienced the "absurd" facts in front of him, looked back again and suddenly found that the country seemed to have "expected" this situation a long time ago! The "physical fitness" proposed by the state is not only to strengthen the body, but also to break through the sky!
Wu Qi suddenly stood up in the dark, his gaze slowly firmed, since the matter had happened and there was no way to disobey, he had to clearly recognize himself and understand how far he could go.