Darkness, endless darkness.

An Jie has become very familiar with this darkness, she has been here for a long time before she was born, and she has suffered another sin here when she is strengthened, and she will come here when she is basically unconscious.

She thought she would stay alone until she woke up, but the figure in front of her shattered her thoughts.

It was a very beautiful girl, and An Jie didn't know why, but the adjective beauty could only come to mind. Obviously, her face is blurred, and she can only see white hair and a princess dress-like outfit, but she just thinks she is "beautiful".

She floated in the void like that, and her whole person seemed to be a white lotus out of the mud and unstained, and like an elf who did not belong to this world.

An Jie is the first time to see a girl with such a good temperament.

"That...... Who are you, please? ”

"My system! Old iron! ”

ended, as soon as he opened his mouth, his temperament was completely destroyed.

"System?!! You're a woman?! ”

"Ah, that's what you say."

"System" looked like she suddenly realized, and the white-haired woman also smashed her left hand into a fist on her right hand. said: "This is the image of my former master, she died hundreds of years ago, don't care." ”

"No, I care too much about ............"

"Then I'll change it."

The figure of the system distorted for a while, and changed its image, but this time her face was clearly visible, but it was ............

"Why did you become me?!"

The blonde and blue-eyed system said: "Because you are my current master, don't care so much about such a trivial matter as image." ”

"Okay."

An Jie spoke a little weakly, "Forget about the image or something, I said the old ...... Xiao Department, how is the situation outside now? And why do I always feel pain in my legs? Actually, it's not just my legs, I'm all over my body right now, especially my heart is beating non-stop. ”

The system's expression darkened, and she replied, "The matter outside is over, and in the end I took care of everything." The big guy is dead, Snake Girl...... It should be dead too. ”

"Really? That's good. ”

An Jie had a relieved expression. "That...... It's a small department. ”

"Huh?"

"I'm sorry, this time. I...... It's really a little inflated. ”

System: Surprise!

"What the hell?! Don't look at me like that! I'll leave it at that...... You will also admit mistakes. ”

An Jie's voice became smaller and quieter as she spoke, and she scratched her face with an embarrassed expression.

"So...... That'...... right."

"I'm the one who should say I'm sorry, Anjie."

The system hung her head, long bangs covering her eyes.

"I'm sorry I hurt you because of my carelessness."

"Hurt?"

An Jie smiled indifferently: "It's okay! Isn't it just a small injury? When did I not go back with my wounds? I'm used to getting hurt or something! ”

"But this time it's different......"

"Nothing different! I said, Xiaoxiao, your current mental state is very wrong! Honestly, is there anything you want to say to me? ”

Anjie stared into the system's eyes, trying to see something out of it.

"Anjie...... Yes, I do have something to say to you. Let's start with the enhancement - congratulations, the second enhancement has been completed. ”

"Oh! Good news indeed! Is there anything else going on? ”

"Yes, the second thing is - I'm going to sleep."

An Jie was stunned: "Sleeping? What do you mean? ”

"Hibernation, hibernation, standby, you name it, in short, I'm going to say goodbye to you for a long time."

"How long, exactly?"

"At least...... Ten years. ”

"So long?!"

In the face of An Jie's consternation, the system could only smile bitterly. What could she say? Because of the mental imbalance that caused the portal to collapse, she basically exhausted her last strength by protecting An Jie and teleporting to the territory of the empire in the chaotic time and space.

The recovery period, which was originally intended to be recovered after three or five years of sleep, was directly extended to at least ten years.

If you take into account the level of hygiene of the empire and the casualty rate of war......

"Isn't this the equivalent of saying goodbye?!"

That's right, farewell.

(After all these years, my quest has once again been abandoned halfway............ ）

An Jie didn't know how desperate the system was, but seeing the bitterness on that expressionless face, she felt that she should say something.

"Uh, that...... Don't worry! It's only ten years! Won't I live to be twenty years old? ”

"I don't think you'll survive."

"No road race."

An Jie didn't know that the system was not joking.

(I'm sorry, Anjie.) Really, you really ...... I probably won't live to be twenty years old. ）

"You must be thinking in your heart by now that I'm probably not going to live to be twenty years old, right?"

The system's face froze, "Seen through?" ”

"Well, the pity in your eyes is glaring."

Misstep, the system thought. An Jie is a person who attaches great importance to dignity, and she unconsciously looks at her with pity and is obviously noticed by her.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, her condition was not much better, and what qualifications did she have to look at others with pity at this moment.

"Small series...... It's always awkward to call it like that, so I'll call you Xiaoxi. Xiaoxi, don't you have anything else to say? ”

"Something else...... Let's talk about how to use the system after I am asleep. ”

"Can it still be used?"

"Yes, it's just that the item shop is closing. Everything else is business as usual, and all subsystems are open to you. ”

"What, then you should go to bed."

"You're ruthless!"

"It's not the first day you've known me, and now I'm still shocked."

An Jie complained, and then said: "All in all, the next time we meet again will be in ten years, right?" ”

"Hmm."

"There's no way to wake up early?"

"Yes, and a lot. But I don't think you can do it. ”

"Why?"

“…………”

(Because you can't fight anymore............ ）

"Because I can't fight anymore, can I?"

Xiaoxi: Surprise!

"I'm sorry, that's how easy you guess." An Jie smiled. "Xiaoxi, do you remember what you had to explain to me before?"

"Explain what?"

"Wish, wish! It's my wish! Didn't you say that the reason why I turned into steel when my magic was initiated was because I was influenced by the wishes of my heart? Tell me, 'What is my desire?' ”

Here it is again, inexplicable question. The system has never been able to understand An Jie's train of thought, and it is the same now, obviously she is about to disappear, but An Jie is asking this kind of thing that seems to have nothing to do with her own future............

………… But she still replied: "It's steel, I don't know the specifics, I don't dare to go deep into your spiritual realm, so I only know that it's steel, complicated steel." ”

"Really?" An Jie smiled. "You don't know, but after staying here for a while, I basically figured out what my wish was."

"What is it?"

Xiao Xi couldn't help but ask.

"Steel is its image. But within it, is the will. My desire, my essence, is to be as strong as steel. ”

An Jie lowered her head and looked at her legs.

Her mental body was a good reflection of her physical condition, and at this time, the place where she was supposed to be her right calf was empty.

"Xiaoxi, I really don't blame you, really. If it were me, I wouldn't have done better than you in that situation and become disabled...... There's no way around it. ”

"If it was me in the past, I would have been desperate to kill myself when I encountered such a situation. But now I find that I am much calmer than I thought I would be. ”

"Maybe that's what I want, that's what I want. I wish I could be as strong as steel, and you have made my wish a reality with your magic. It was a desperate situation that made people want to commit suicide, but I could face it with a smile. I really feel it now—I'm like the steel billet, and I've done a forging. I have been, stronger, stronger, stronger enough to laugh out loud in the face of despair. ”

She raised her head and smiled at the system: "And it's all because of your magic, I have nothing but gratitude to you in my heart, really." ”

"So you see, even if I haven't given up, you can't despair. If I lose a leg and get a prosthetic leg, I will never give up the "fight" like Paul Kochagin, although I can't compare with that great man at all, but just in terms of the spirit of never giving up, I will not lose. ”

"So Xiaoxi, if you're sleepy, go to sleep. Ten years from now, I'll wake you up on time! ”

"Even if you're lazy and don't want to get up, it's useless! You have to prepare me! ”

Faced with An Jie's wake-up declaration, Xiaoxi was silent for a moment and laughed out loud.

"I'm afraid you won't live that day! After all, it's not just your broken leg that you're hurting, so be mentally prepared for persecution of paranoia! I don't want to go up and not see you the day I get up. ”

She took a step forward and held out her little thumb.

"I'll tell you all the knowledge you use, so pull the hook, Anjie. It was agreed that we would see you in ten years. ”

"Hmm."

An Jie also stretched out her little thumb and the little Sheila hook.

"The hook is hanging for a hundred years."

“………… It's really naïve. ”

"It's okay, you're only nine anyway."

"Correction! Yesterday was the day before yesterday, I was already ten years old! ”

"It's right, it's the right age for childishness."

"Bastard, you'd better go to sleep!"

…………

After a long time, Xiaoxi's figure gradually disappeared. In the end, she didn't say anything touching, because everything that had to be said had already been said.

(Thanks or something, it's me who should be thanked.) Anjie, although your persecution paranoia is very serious, you are the best host............ No, it's the best friend. ）

Seeing her figure disappear, An Jie also put away her smile.

"Xiaoxi~~~Sleep~~Is it~?"

After shouting four or five times in a row and no one responded, she silently hugged her right leg and left tears.

"Sorry, I lied. Over here............ It's really super painful. ”