"What if I said yes?"

Faced with Xiaobai's direct question, Luo Lei's face was as usual.

Xiao Bai's face suddenly turned cold, turned his head slightly to look at him, and then turned his head away.

"Do you know, originally my parents and I lived in Dongyuan City, and we have been living a peaceful life! Until December 28, 2035...... On the day of what you call the 'Spiritual Tribulation', the entire city was destroyed by those sub-humans who suddenly appeared out of thin air, and almost everyone I knew perished in the catastrophe! ”

Like telling a story, Xiaobai's voice is flat and slow.

"I was a young boy at the time, and if it weren't for a soldier uncle who fought with his life to protect me, I wouldn't have escaped to the village alone...... But since I settled in the village, I haven't had the opportunity to contact the outside world for five years, and I have completely lost contact with my parents. ”

"Now, I don't even know if they're alive or dead!"

Xiaobai's fists clenched involuntarily, and she didn't even notice it.

"Do you understand how it feels?"

Her gaze was mixed with deep condemnation and questioning, accompanied by some moist eyes, which swept over Luo Lei's face.

After hearing this, Luo Lei nodded slightly, but shook his head again and said, "No, I don't understand." ”

Hearing his words, the young girl's eyes suddenly turned red, and her delicate body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Yet her lips were pursed, her fist-clenched fingers were almost embedded in her flesh, and her frown seemed to continually proclaim her patience.

After a while, she said in a trembling voice that tried her best to restrain it: "So...... I beg you to tell me if it's your ......."

The unspeakable emotions made him look sideways.

Looking at the painful and complicated expression on Xiaobai's face, he seemed to feel his heart like fog and snow outside the window, and suddenly touched it fiercely!

Originally, in response to such a question, he wanted to say...... "Yes, I did it." ”

Since he escaped from the Northland Laboratory......

Since choosing to carry this heavy secret;

This sentence should be the only answer to give back to the world.

Since you have embarked on this path, you should not be afraid of crusades from all over the world, let alone hesitate!

But for some reason,

Facing the gaze of the girl in front of him......

He hesitated......

Even, flinched!

So much so that his intellect was telling him to "speak up, say that all this is self-inflicted......"

However, a more powerful emotion in my heart constantly impinges on this somewhat absurd reason......

Heaven and man are at war!

This made Luo Lei want to speak the truth several times, but finally swallowed the words back;

As a last resort, I had to answer Xiaobai's question in that evasive way......

"I don't know."

When this answer blurts out;

What he ushered in was a heavy slap from Xiaobai!

"Smack!"

Luo Lei only heard a crisp sound scraping past his ears, and then he felt a hot pain on his face;

After a moment's pause, he visibly felt half of his face swell.

Looking at the glasses that were dropped to the ground by the little white fan, Luo Lei was silent, and there was no resentment in his heart;

The pain at the moment made him feel a little lighter.

Oh, yes......

If you can rely on the attack, you can alleviate the pain caused by the "spiritual calamity" to the world;

He is willing to bear it with all his might, and there will be no return!

But this can't be;

Because at a time when this edifice is about to collapse and human civilization is dying, there are still many things waiting for him to do!

This is his identity, his choice, and his responsibility!

Back then, he couldn't stop this apocalyptic catastrophe from the metaverse;

Now, he's determined to gamble everything he has to save the world!

It also has to be the word "Luo Lei......

Justify!

......

Luo Lei slowly bent down, picked up his glasses and put them back on.

Sighing slightly, he looked at Xiao Bai and said, "I understand that this answer does sound very irresponsible, but I can only say ...... I didn't lie to you. ”

"You didn't lie to me, it's because you're hiding it!"

Xiaobai tried his best to suppress his crying.

Luo Lei laughed at himself: "Do you know? In fact, every time I answer someone else's question like this, I want to ask the other person a rhetorical question - do you believe me...... But I know I don't have the qualifications. ”

He leaned back on the couch, ready to reach for his cigarette, but after thinking about it, he withdrew his hand.

"You probably heard it all last night! Oh, yes...... The director and chief technical consultant of Lei Li Technology Co., Ltd., and the main person in charge of the 'Spirit Realm' project, when asked what the 'Spirit Tribulation' is all about, told you that he didn't know? Who would accept such an answer? And who can understand? ”

Xiaobai's reddish eyes stared at him silently.

But that's just the way it is! I really don't know why a simple pilot operation has such serious consequences...... I really can't explain this to you, to you, to anyone! ”

Luo Lei lowered his head, closed his eyes and said softly: "I'm sorry." ”

This meaningless apology was like an insignificant breeze;

And Xiaobai's heart at the moment is like a lake with rolling waves.

A light breeze blowing across the lake was not enough to make any difference;

Amazingly, the tidal waters of the lake began to slowly subside and stop.

For the next few minutes, the two sat silent.

Suddenly, the girl's voice was as flat as water: "Since you don't know anything, why are you sorry to say sorry to me?" Have you done anything to be sorry for me? ”

Luo Lei closed his eyes and did not answer.

"Do you have a lot to hide from me? Or ......"

Xiaobai's eyes rolled: "You think it's not time to tell me yet?" ”

Luo Lei suddenly opened his eyes and said softly: "If you still refer to the problem just now...... I really don't have the answer you're looking for here? ”

"Then I'll ask a different way!"

Xiao Bai suddenly sat up straight, cheered up and said seriously: "What is the purpose of your journey from the north to the south?" ”

Luo Lei wanted to speak and stopped.

Xiao Bai frowned slightly, and said in a condensed voice: "You just said that you wanted to ask me if I believe you, so do you believe me?" ”

This question made Luo Lei suddenly a little stunned.

After a moment, he nodded slightly, then took a deep breath, his expression relieved.

"I'm going to the supreme capital of all of Kyushu, Skyrim City!"

Hearing the name of the city, Xiao Bai opened his mouth slightly, a little surprised, but immediately made up his mind.

This answer is unexpected, but it also makes sense.

Bowing slightly, Xiao Bai raised his eyebrows and said: "Skyline City is the center of the entire territory of Kyushu, the purpose of your going there is related to this catastrophe?" ”

"Of course, the root of everything is there."

Luo Lei's voice was light and light, and he didn't want to tell an extremely serious matter: "Skyline City is the center of the entire territory of Kyushu, the hub of the intersection of the human world, and at the same time, ...... It is also the location of the headquarters of Lei Li Technology! Only by going there can we find the truth of the 'spiritual catastrophe', and only there can we save this catastrophe of the metaverse! ”

His words moved Xiaobai and made her fall into endless thinking.

Luo Lei's identity and his purpose have an almost incomprehensible contradiction between each other!

A person who may be the culprit of the "spiritual catastrophe" actually wants to stop this catastrophe, and even wants to return to his company to find the truth of everything?

It doesn't get much more incredible than that!

I don't know why......

Deep down in his heart, Xiaobai trusts every word and word Luo Lei says!

Even his knowledge and ability, as well as his attitude of trying to hide everything...... All this ubiquitous evidence accuses him of being the sinner who plunged the world into disaster!

She still wants to believe it.

Thousands of emotions floated in my heart, and finally turned into a bland sentence.

"I'm with you."

Looking at Luo Lei, Xiaobai's face was full of firmness that he had never felt before!

......

"Nope."

“......”

"What?" Little White Road.

"You hear me." Luo Lei said.

"I didn't hear clearly, you say it again?"

Luo Lei let out a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "I said you can't go with me......"

"Ahhh!!h

Before he finished speaking, he grabbed his waist and jumped up!

Xiaobai on the side made a pistol shape with one hand, blew his fingertips arrogantly, rubbed two fingers, and then said viciously to Luo Lei: "You owe me an answer, and you still want to leave me?" Let me tell you, wherever you go next, I will be watching you on behalf of all mankind! ”

"You ......"

Luo Lei supported his waist with one hand, painful and angry.

"Don't you just want me to take you to Winter Source City and inquire about the whereabouts of your parents?"

Xiao Bai dragged his chin with one palm, and said with a slight surprise: "Huh? You know this, when did you see it? ”

He hurriedly rubbed the flesh that was pinched red by Xiao Bai for a while, so that the pain in the heart was relieved, and then he gritted his teeth and said: "Since you braved the wind and snow to track me that day, I knew that you must have ulterior motives for me...... But it's true that I've just learned what you really think. ”

"Can you stop saying it so ugly...... Whoever has ulterior motives for you is an old pervert! ”

Xiaobai grimaced at Luo Lei and said: "My own parents can go find it by themselves, if you want to help, you can help, if you don't help, you will pull it down!" I don't want to owe you anything more......"

Luo Lei smiled but did not speak.

"Come less, don't put on such a chicken thief face! You just fooled me and haven't settled it with you! ”

Seeing Luo Lei hurriedly retract that cheap expression, Xiaobai looked disgusted.

But she said seriously: "No matter what, I have a responsibility to stop this catastrophe!" At the very least, we must find out the real reason behind the 'Spirit Tribulation'! ”

"That's what you said...... There is no savior! Do you think we all have to wait for you to save us? Stick less gold on your face! ”

Xiaobai's words are vibrant;

Every sentence actually made Luo Lei feel deafening!

Similarly, it also shocked Ma Xingkong, who had been standing at the corner of the stairs and quietly listening to the conversation between the two.

And when Xiaobai finished speaking, the owner of this manor slowly went downstairs and conveyed his arrival to the two people in the living room with regular footsteps.

"It's at least more than 300 kilometers away from Dongyuan City."

Under the gaze of the two of them, he slowly walked to the open kitchen in the living room and opened the refrigerator......

"Not only is it a long way, but there are also a dozen waves of people standing in your way along the way! If you want to step into Wintersource City, or even further into Skyrim City, there is only one way......"

I saw him turn his face slightly sideways and smiled gently......

"Northland Train!"