Chapter 601: Moths do not fly into the flame
I forgot how many times this was a disappointment... In my memory, there have been many times when I had a sudden impulse like this and my heartbeat accelerated, although they were all disappointing results.
After 'suicide', the character automatically returns to the resurrection point in the city. As for the loss caused by such a death, it is meaningless to her.
She chose to go offline as is.
She stared blankly at the screen for a while, then lay down on the table... For a while, she still lay down, but reached out and opened the drawer.
Her arms and palms were shaking slowly, and there were items inside that could allow her to escape from this loss and pain in a short period of time.
That is a delicate knife.
She held the knife in her right hand, then gradually opened the rest on her left arm, and pressed the cold blade against the skin of her arm - this was almost flawless skin. If those long and thin scars can be erased.
It's always like this... Ever since that person left, one night, she found that this cutting pain could relieve her a little.
Her eyes gradually began to lose focus, and the sharp blade began to make a small cut diagonally on the pale skin, and blood suddenly began to spread along the edge of the blade to both sides.
But she couldn't continue, and the pleasure brought by this behavior disappeared in an instant because of the sudden knock on the door outside the room. She heard the voice of another man—the man she hated but couldn't leave.
"Xiaorou, the servant said, you haven't eaten again, right? Xiaorou! Did you hear me? Answer me!"
She looked at the door of the room silently and walked to the door subconsciously.
"Xiao Rou? Speak!"
"Do you really not want to see me? Don't you know the door is unlocked?" She... Xiaorou covered the wound on her arm, and then quickly pulled down her sleeve.
"I'll ask the servant to heat you some food. Remember to eat." The man was silent for a while before he said calmly.
But just as the man was about to turn around and leave, the door to the room was suddenly opened, and Xiaorou behind him shouted angrily at him: "Lan Kai! Are you so unwilling to see me?"
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Her voice almost resounded throughout the entire floor. The servant who was cleaning downstairs heard it and ran away quickly. He quickly opened the glass window door of the living room and walked into the garden outside.
Lan Kai stopped here, then slowly turned around, his pupils shrinking slightly.
Xiaorou sneered, and then she pushed her hair away bit by bit. On the left side of her face, a scar stretched from the corner of her eye to her chin like a ferocious centipede, crawling on her otherwise delicate face. "Do you dare to watch it again?"
Lan Kai took a deep breath, then let out a deep breath, looked sideways, and said calmly: "If you are willing, these injuries can be repaired at any time. Today's plastic surgery technology is very good, and soon it will be the same as before. No different.”
Xiaorou looked at Lan Kai, sneered, shook her head, and retreated back into the room, like a ghost, with a pale expression embellished with scars on her face, this smile was extremely cold.
She bit her tongue and said: "I won't let it disappear. I want you to always remember how you treated me...forever, forever!"
It wasn't until the door to the room was closed that Lan Kai seemed to have exhausted all his strength. He held his forehead with one hand, gasped for air, and leaned against the wall.
After a long time, Lan Kai seemed to have regained some strength and walked down the stairs slowly. The servant outside the yard peeked quietly at this moment, and quickly opened the window and walked in, "Sir..."
The servant hesitated to speak.
Lan Kai shook his head and waved his hand, "Get some food and send it over. It doesn't matter whether you want to eat or not."
"I know." The servant sighed and walked to the kitchen silently.
Lan Kai took a bottle of red wine and went to the study by himself... Sometimes, he really didn't want to come back to this cold place.
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Qian Xiu looked at Xiaobao silently for a while. The resurrection point flashed several times. Some people left in a hurry, while others went offline.
Just when Qianxiu was about to say something, Xiaobao suddenly said: "Forget it, I won't say it if I don't want to say it. Boss, are you still going to complete the task? If not, I will be offline! I have been online for several days. I haven’t gone home yet. I want to go back tonight.”
Qian Xiu nodded silently, and then said softly: "Okay."
Before going offline, Xiaobao said again, "It's better not to see each other, but what if we can't forget?"
Qianxiu was stunned, Xiaobao had disappeared.
He raised his head and glanced at the sky, which was more real than reality. The world was a quiet orange-red under the setting sun, and he finally understood why he wanted to come here.
Because I can't forget, but I can't see each other... I can't see each other.
After escaping into this world, you don't have to suppress this crazy longing that can't go away - because if you are separated by two different worlds, you know that there is no possibility of meeting each other again.
If you want to find something to do, the more trivial and troublesome things are, the best. When you are too busy to think about it...
Qian Xiu remembered his original plan to build a new weapon.
It's just that last time, because I broke the relationship that other humans came to this game besides myself, there were only a few materials left to collect, so I came back in a hurry.
Since then, he has been in a depressed state - because he was afraid of killing a living person, and also because of a fear.
Later, I met Xiaobao accidentally and spent this time getting along with him, so I stopped making weapons.
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On the way to the materials collection place in Xinshou Village, Qianxiu always felt as if something was missing around him... missing a guy who was chattering endlessly, but who could always make him not hate him.
But the materials left to make weapons were not much left last time. This time it came again, and it only took more than an hour for the collection to be completed successfully.
Qianxiu suddenly felt a little tired of this kind of life of charging at monsters every day... This kind of high-intensity killing life, although it always makes people in a state of excitement, once it stops, there is an unprecedented tiredness. , which can quickly make people extremely tired.
At this moment, he didn't want to do anything. He just wanted to lie down. It would be better if he could fall asleep - but it was obviously impossible in such a wild place.
He has already died once, and if he dies twice more, it means that Qian Xiu will also disappear from this world.
He once asked himself why he was still alive. Maybe ending it directly was the best choice.
He had done something like this before, but in the end he was unable to overcome the fear of death. It was as if he suddenly woke up from a nightmare, his whole body was cold, he was gasping for air, his heart was beating fast, and his whole body was shaking... After all, he never took that last step. courage.
"Mr. Knight over there, can you step away for a moment? You may have stepped on the place where the golden earthworms I want to catch are hidden."
Qian Xiu was stunned and turned his head to look at the guy who was speaking to him... a very low level, level 4, a mage who was no match for the weakest.
He is still wearing the most basic whiteboard mage robe of a novice account... It has been so long since the server was launched, and there is still such a low-level account?
If you are a newcomer, you will usually choose a new server. Why would you deliberately come to a service area with limited hours... Is it a small account opened by someone else?
LQ...the ID of this mage.
This LQ mage is indeed squatting on the ground at this moment, holding a small shovel in his hand and a basket next to him. He is squatting on the wet soil like this, and it doesn't seem dirty... indeed They are digging for earthworms.
Qian Xiu subconsciously looked at his surroundings... He had unknowingly reached the edge of the lake. He just planned to find a deserted place to stay.
This quiet environment feels good.
Maybe because this trumpet is only level 4, to Qianxiu, it is like a little monster with one or two. Even if he is allowed to attack dozens of times, it is impossible to break his own equipment defense, Qianxiu. Suddenly asked: "What are you doing catching earthworms?"
LQ said: "Fishing, fishing naturally requires bait, right?"
Qianxiu was stunned, such an answer was normal, but he suddenly felt like asking a very unnecessary question, "Are you planning to practice your career?"
LQ stood up and said, "I don't have any plans for the moment. I just want to complete a task. I heard that this kind of golden earthworm is needed. I don't play for a long time, so I haven't completed a single task. Moreover, this game I’m not sure how long I can play.”
Qian Xiu frowned and said, "You are not going to catch the Golden Carp King, are you?"
"Yeah, any questions?"
Qianxiu said helplessly: "What a lucky guy. No matter how many people want to do this mission, they can't find it. Instead, you, a person who doesn't play much, met you." The official announcement of the Golden Carp King mission said However, only one will appear randomly among all the service areas, and the rewards obtained will be unique and limited, and will not appear in the prize pool in the future... Do you think you are lucky? ”
LQ said: "I see, that's why it's so difficult to do. It seems like it was a waste if I touched it."
Qian Xiu shook his head and said: "It's not just a waste, it's a waste of natural resources."
System: Player LQ has proposed to you to form a temporary team and share the task "Golden Carp King". Do you accept it?
Qianxiu said in surprise: "What are you doing?"
LQ said: "I said, I may not be playing for a long time. Since such a mission comes to me, it is naturally wasted. You said that many players want to encounter it, including yourself, right? I am simply Enjoy the fun of doing tasks to pass the time. Rewards are useless to me... How about you help me catch earthworms and complete it together, and the rewards will be yours?”
Qianxiu has an instinctive resistance to this kind of kindness... He doesn't believe that such a pie will fall.
He shook his head and said: "No, the mission is yours, and the reward is naturally yours, I won't take it away."
LQ didn't force it, he just nodded and canceled the temporary invitation... He followed the good advice so quickly that Qian Xiu felt a strange feeling.
Qianxiu felt that this guy was very far away from him... even further away than the distance between the screen and the world.
LQ was walking towards Qianxiu at this time.
Except for Xiaobao, Qianxiu would subconsciously reject this kind of active approach from other guys. He quickly took two steps back, always keeping a certain distance from the other party.
But the fishing mage's trumpet didn't say anything. He just squatted down where Qian Xiu was standing and continued to dig the dirt on the ground with his shovel. He seemed very happy.
"Well, there is indeed one here."
An earthworm emitting a faint golden light emerged from the dug soil and was then sent into the basket. LQ shook the basket with both hands and walked directly towards the small wooden bridge extending out by the lake.
He took out his fishing rod, reached out and grabbed the golden earthworm from the basket, pinned it on the fishhook, threw it out, and sat quietly at the end of the bridge.
It was only then that Qianxiu discovered something was wrong...
Many of the movements of this mage trumpet look very natural, as if there are no unnecessary restrictions.
Even though he didn't have many expressions, he at least had some subtle body movements - someone like Xiaobao would not have such subtle and expressive body movements in front of him.
Could it be that this fourth-level trumpet mage is also...
Qian Xiu subconsciously put his hand on the hilt of his sword and tightened it, but soon relaxed it again.
Last time, it was because that guy's behavior completely crossed his moral bottom line and made me furious that I couldn't help but take action... But this one was just fishing and didn't do anything at all.
He has absolutely no position to attack the other party, even if the other party is the same as himself.
Besides - no PK is allowed in this place, this is a completely safe zone.
——I may not play this game for too long
Recalling what the other party said, Qian Xiu secretly thought: It is probably because there is a certain death limit, and after it is exceeded, it will disappear, right?
So, if I have this kind of consideration, has this guy also considered the same problem in his mind... After all, if he is really the same type as me, he should have noticed his body movements.
Qian Xiu frowned. In fact, except for the guy who was killed last time, he had never encountered anyone like him again. Of course, this had a lot to do with him trying to avoid and hide himself.
Qianxiu walked to the small bridge and came to the side of the little mage. He stood and looked at the small lake. It seemed that he could suddenly calm down here. The water vapor gathered in the center of the small lake, making it look hazy. Qianxiu exhaled a breath of turbid air subconsciously, took out a bottle of wine, and sat down.
The fish mark on the lake sank and rippled in circles. The little mage pulled up the fishing rod and saw that the bait on the hook had disappeared. There was also a fish that wouldn't let go, but it was obviously not the golden carp that needed to be caught.
Qian Xiu just looked at it and found that the little mage simply smiled without any hint of disappointment. He loaded the bait again and threw it out again.
Qian Xiu said bluntly: "When Jiang Taigong fishes, those who wish to take the bait will take the bait. When I come here, am I the one who takes the bait?"
LQ turned around and said, "I don't catch people, I catch fish."
Qianxiu shook his head and said: "You can't catch anything this way. It's not voluntary and you won't take the bait."
LQ said: "Didn't you say that Carp King likes to eat this kind of earthworms? Since he likes it, he will naturally take the bait."
Qian Xiu still shook his head and said: "But it is also quite smart. If it knows there is danger, it is cautious enough to suppress the urge to eat. Besides, it still has too many choices under the lake. There is absolutely no need to put yourself at risk for temptation.”
LQ smiled and continued to look at the motionless lake, "You have to try it, after all, this is the latest information I have found so far."
Qian Xiu took a sip, lay down and looked at the sky, "No one will fly into a flame."
LQ said: "Then where does this idiom come from?"
Qianxiu turned around, rested his arm on his pillow, closed his eyes, and said calmly: "Who knows...or maybe no one has actually tried it, so I just thought of it myself."
LQ said: "Hmm... But I still want to give it a try, otherwise the effort of catching earthworms will be in vain."
Qian Xiu said calmly: "It's up to you. Anyway, it's only you who is disappointed, and it has nothing to do with me."
Quietly, quietly, Qianxiu felt a little tired and seemed to have forgotten everything.
Master LQ also used up the last bait, but still didn't catch the golden carp, so he smiled and said, "Come back tomorrow."
After glancing at Qianxiu, he must have fallen asleep.
The little mage picked up the basket and left slowly.
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It might be a little cool, but Qian Xiu instinctively wrapped his body even when he fell asleep.
He had a dream, in which he transformed into a moth, flying around the fire without fluttering. (End of chapter)