"V, you don't want to die...... Belica doesn't dislike you as a reincarnation. ”

"Please, don't die......"

This is a crisp and bright female voice, which sounds like she is only in her teens, and she is crying at this time.

Bai Ye felt that he had never heard this voice before, but it was inexplicably familiar, like a friend who had known him for a while.

In the haze, the warm and soft touch approached Bai Ye's body, followed by dripping drops of wet liquid, soaking his cheeks.

Bai Ye was stunned, and it took several seconds for a name to come to mind.

It was a girl he hadn't seen before, but was already very familiar.

"Belleka?"

Why did I run into Berica?

Where am I?

Didn't I sleep in Mang Village? How do you hear Belica's voice?

Wait a minute...... Isn't Belica a character in the Night City games?

How could she show up and still call me by my code name?

What the hell is going on?

Bai Ye tried to open his eyes, but he couldn't do anything, and his whole body was paralyzed like death, and he couldn't move at all.

At the same time, Bai Ye heard another voice in his ears—

"Nam no Amitabha-"

"Nam no Amitabha-"

"Nam no Amitabha-"

It was actually the sound of the village chief chanting, as if it came from a distant horizon, but when it was close, it was constantly amplified, layered, and deafening!

In the huge concussion sound of the Buddha's horn, Bai Ye felt a sharp pain penetrate into his skull, like a magic sound piercing the brain, and the entire head was almost penetrated!

"Uh-" With a roar of pain, Bai Ye suddenly sat up from the bed and woke up.

At this moment, he was sweating profusely and completely soaked, and the headache still did not dissipate, making the corners of Bai Ye's mouth twitch.

"Guest, you're in trouble." The village chief's voice came from his ears.

Bai Ye raised his eyes and saw that around the bed, there were many villagers standing, including the village chief, the little boy's mother, and the brown-skinned girl who asked for WeChat before, all of them with worried faces, watching Bai Ye's situation.

The brown-skinned girl was wiping her forehead with a dry towel in her hand at this time.

"How are you? Drinking and drinking problems? On the other side of the room, Xu Changqing poked his head out and cast his gaze in this direction.

Xu Changqing was blocked by the "human wall" composed of villagers and separated from Bai Ye, which was deliberately done by the villagers, as if there was some evil spirit on Bai Ye's body, and he could not be allowed to pollute Xu Changqing.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye's heart suddenly gave birth to a chill.

Evil spirit, there really is an evil spirit in him, named Johnny Silverhand.

"Doom...... What's in the doom? Bai Ye took a breath, and everything in front of him was blackening and becoming dark.

The brain was groggy and dizzy, and the consciousness sank again.

Looking at the situation in the white night, the village chief's expression gradually became solemn, and he continued to recite the Buddha's name.

"Nam no Amitabha-"

"Nam no Amitabha-"

Layers of sound enveloped the white night, like a gentle ship, carrying the consciousness of the white night, sinking into the boundless abyss.

By the time the white night woke up again, it was already dawn.

The villagers in the guest room had already left, towels and washbasins were placed on the stools next to the bed, and on the table were two peeled apples.

"You're awake." Opposite the bed, Xu Changqing's voice came.

"What is this disease of you? So scary? ”

"Nothing." Bai Ye didn't explain much, and he couldn't explain it.

What White Night has experienced is a fantasy for ordinary people who are "not players".

Instead of bothering to explain, it is better to let Xu Changqing go to Jiuhua Temple to feel it by himself.

"Anyway, take care." Xu Changqing seemed to understand Bai Ye's meaning and did not continue to ask.

"It's still raining outside, and the village chief says it's dangerous to go up the mountain, there may be mudslides, and it's best to wait a day before setting off."

"Okay." Looking out the window at the white night, the pouring rain formed a heavy rain wall, the mountain wind was howling, and the weather was indeed treacherous.

In this kind of weather, there is indeed the possibility of mudslides, and the danger of climbing is extremely high.

After thinking about it, Bai Ye decided to go to the village chief first and ask what happened last night.

In the guest room, the village chief left an umbrella for Bai Ye and Xu Changqing, and Bai Ye held it up, passed through the wind and rain, and came to the village chief's house opposite.

"Knock-"

"Please come in."

The door was hidden, and Bai Ye knocked on the door several times, and after getting a response, he pushed the door in.

As soon as I entered the house, Bai Ye saw that the furnishings in the house were similar to those of the guest rooms, and they were all relatively simple furniture and structures.

In the dim light, the old man sat on a stool, plucking the rosary and chanting the sutra in his mouth.

Seeing Bai Ye enter the house, the village chief's chanting voice slowly stopped, and he looked at Bai Ye with a smile:

"How do you feel? Does your head still hurt? ”

"A little," Bai Ye frowned and asked straight to the point, "What's going on?" Why do I feel like I've traveled to Night City? ”

"I don't know." The village chief shook his head, "We villagers are different from the masters in the temple, and I don't know what you call Night City. ”

"And how did you help me last night?" Bai Ye asked in surprise, he obviously saw the village chief chanting last night, which helped him relieve his headache and pulled him back from the "Night City".

The old man's gaze was calm: "I just listened to the revelation of Sanskrit, and Sanskrit asked me to chant and pray to you, and I don't understand the specific details." ”

"Your Sanskrit sounds are interested in me? Your Buddha is interested in me? What is a Buddha? Bai Ye was puzzled, but he saw that the old man fell silent, smiled at him and spread his hands, indicating that he didn't know either.

"Either the Sanskrit sound won't let you say it, or you don't know it." Bai Ye suddenly understood what the old man meant.

"Yes, please go to Jiuhua Temple by yourself to know the answer."

"Okay." The other party's attitude was obvious, and there was nothing more to say, so Bai Ye got up and stepped into the wind and rain.

......

In the pouring rain, the white night walked alone.

Instead of going straight back to his room, he chose to walk outside by himself first, thinking about what happened last night.

White Night can be sure that at that time, his consciousness fell into another dimension, and he met with Berica in Night City.

"What the hell is going on? How did my consciousness travel into Night City? ”

"Isn't Night City a play space? How did my consciousness come down there? ”

White Night suddenly remembered the huge Night City Phantom he had seen over Marina City on the first day.

Could it be ...... The erosion between the two worlds has deepened again?

If the two worlds continue to erode, they, the "players", will be affected the most.

Thinking of this, a chill surged in Bai Ye's heart.

Last night, if the village chief didn't chant to him, would Bai Ye's consciousness still come back?

What if one day, White Night's consciousness is completely trapped in Night City and can't come back?

"You must go to Jiuhua Temple as soon as possible and ask these things clearly."

The light in Bai Ye's eyes flickered, and after thinking clearly, he returned to his room.

......

In the guest room, Bai Ye noticed Xu Changqing sitting on the edge of the bed, fiddling with his mobile phone in a daze, and he didn't even notice that he was back.

"What are you looking at?"

Bai Ye's voice surprised Xu Changqing, he looked up and saw Bai Ye coming back, his face suddenly became a little weird, he locked the phone screen, and the screen went out.

"It's nothing, it's just looking at the weather forecast, which says that the rain will be lighter tomorrow."

"Alright, let's leave tomorrow." Bai Ye noticed Xu Changqing's abnormality, did not make a sound, his expression was as usual, sitting on his bed, and looking at the weather forecast.

As Xu Changqing said, the weather forecast shows that it will be sunny tomorrow.

"What is Xu Changqing hiding? He also received Sanskrit? Then why avoid me? ”

Bai Ye thought about it inwardly and silently opened the data perspective:

"Torrent."

In the vast field of vision, the overwhelming flood of data swept in all directions.

Since within the confines of Mangcun, there is a golden Buddha light everywhere, which is the receiver of the information of the "Sanskrit sound", its eyes.

Bai Ye quietly raised his eyes and looked at Xu Changqing's mobile phone.

In the data perspective, White Night can view the information data in other people's electronic devices at will.

At this time, Xu Changqing's mobile phone was shining with white light, and layers of arc-shaped halos enveloped his mobile phone, constituting a decipherable information data stream.

The outermost data is basic, unencrypted software information, such as text messages, music, videos, photo albums......

In the album, Bai Ye looks at many photos of the same girl, her face is haggard, her black hair reflects her thin cheeks, and she is as fragile as a paper figure.

Presumably this is Xu Changqing's sister.

For this unimportant information, the white night quickly skimmes through it, and the data perspective explores the deeper parts.

Subsequently, Bai Ye discovered that there was a specially encapsulated program in the data stream, and the record showed that it had just been closed by Xu Changqing.

The app's page is black, Sanskrit-like, with only a text box and the top caption reads: "Lost Love".

Seeing these words, Bai Ye suddenly frowned, "Lost love", for Xu Changqing, doesn't it refer to his sister?

Subsequently, Bai Ye saw a long list of audio messages.

Browsing by, Bai Ye was stunned.

This is a phone call log.

......

Xu Changqing's voice sounded: "Who are you and why are you calling me?" ”

On the other end of the phone, there was a soft female voice: "Brother." ”

It can be heard from the tone that after Xu Changqing heard the voice, he immediately exploded: "What?!" ”

"Guan?!"

"You...... Why are you going to call me?! How is this possible?! ”

"Aren't you dead yet?"

"Brother, I'm dead." The girl's last note suddenly choked up.

On the other end of the line, after an unbearable silence, she said:

"Now I am just an illusory artificial intelligence, generated by your memory, brother."

"The real one is dead."

"Guan...... You, you ......" Xu Changqing suddenly burst into tears.

Bai Ye knew how sensitive Xu Changqing was, and when he received this call and heard a familiar voice, his heart must have been cut like a knife.

"I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you—"

Hearing that Xu Changqing's emotions were out of control, Bai Ye silently turned off the audio and stopped listening.

After turning off the data perspective, Bai Ye looked at Xu Changqing, and sure enough, from his cheeks and clothes, he saw some traces of tears.

At this time, Bai Ye's heart was a little complicated again.

I really didn't expect that in addition to "Sanskrit", the villagers of Mangcun also had such a "service" and could talk to the dead.

What's the use of that, it's all fake.

Hakuya is not interested in this, cherishing the people who are alive in front of him is the most important thing.

Although he does miss his parents, even if he gives him the software, Bai Ye will not choose to listen, because Bai Ye still has a living, real sister to raise.

At the same time, Bai Ye also felt a little wary of Xu Changqing's experience.

If this "Lost Love" software can extract memories and simulate a dead person, can it also simulate a living person, or even oneself?

If it were to extract the memories, would this software be able to create another "White Night", or even a hundred "White Nights"?

This may sound fantastical, but White Night has fully seen the magic of Night City's technology, and anything is possible.

However, although Bai Ye thought a lot, he did not plan to tell Xu Changqing about these discoveries.

The meaning of the same thing is naturally different for different people.

Bai Ye himself doesn't like this kind of false feelings, but he also doesn't infringe on the rights of others and prevent others from using software to find comfort.

As for where Xu Changqing will eventually go, it is also his choice.

"However, the more important thing now is to dispose of the electronic virus of Johnny Silverhand, and put everything else aside."

"I can't continue to climb the mountain today, so I just spent time exploring in Night City to improve my combat power."

Bai Ye wasn't sure what level the monks of Jiuhua Temple were, but judging from the level of "Sanskrit" packaging, the other party was by no means weak.

Encountering such an organization of players is fraught with danger, and White Night doesn't trust them.

Although the attitude of "Jiuhua Temple" is very friendly at present, using "Sanskrit sound" to benefit the villagers, providing "lost love" to help people relieve pain, and also helping Bai Ye twice.

But Bai Ye always felt that this "Jiuhua Temple" had a strange temperament, which was hard to believe.

In any case, improving one's own strength is the best means of self-protection.

After thinking about it, White Night pressed the "V" mark and began to continue exploring Night City.

The last time he entered Night City, he was killed by a "mercenary wolf" with a military-grade prosthetic, who seemed to have taken Aveline with him.

Aveline is an important clue that White Night knows so far, and it is through her that she can learn more about the Rebirth Chip.

After thinking about it for a while, Bai Ye decided to attack immediately and find a way to rob and kill the blue wolf!

[Passionate dreamers, you have come to this sin city again]

[The pain of reincarnation is like torture, you wake up from your bed, and your anger fills your chest]

[You think of yesterday's past, the mercenary codenamed "Blue Wolf" beheaded you, and the cold pain of death in your neck has not dissipated]

[You choose revenge]