Chapter 83: Surrender
Lu Xiaoyao seemed to particularly like the starry night sky in the game. He used Qinggong to fly under the starry sky for a long time, and then brought his young apprentice to Luofeng City.
They sat down on the highest attic in Fallen Maple City.
"I'm telling you..."
Lu Xiaoyao kept to himself and continued:
"The NPC setting in the Sword Talking Game is very humane: Aunt Wang on the street corner and Grandma Li next door are bitter enemies because her peach tree reaches over the wall to Grandma Li's house and is picked by her grandson. Several Dongshi Ding. Don't go to the shopkeeper's antique shop. They are full of fakes and are meant to fool outsiders. The largest ancient tree in the city is very spiritual. If you have any concerns, just write a sign and hang it up. Maybe there will be a surprise... ”
Lu Xiaoyao said a lot, so much that it was incredible.
He is like an explorer who never tires, keen to discover the hidden Easter eggs in the world.
"Hahaha, you really care about small details like this that no one cares about." Lin Changan said: "Do you like this small setting in the game?"
"Of course." Lu Xiaoyao sat on the roof, crossing his legs and resting his head on his arms, looking very cool.
"Don't you think that the smoke and fire in the world can most comfort people's hearts?"
Maybe he has never shared these Easter eggs that only he discovered with others, so when he said this, he felt extremely comfortable.
Lin Changan was lying next to him in the same posture. After hearing his words, the swordsman just smiled and said nothing.
After that, the regular version update that followed Said Sword was unanimously considered by players to be the most useless update in history, but it seemed to be somewhat useful.
In which game does the waiter at an NPC shop still work shifts? The NPC activity trajectories in whose game are irregular? In whose game does the little NPC girl wear braids in different ways? In whose game does the NPC's mood change? In which game does the old NPC really know how to send mail when he gets older...
If you have time to optimize these interactions, you might as well fix a few more bugs!
But Lu Xiaoyao didn't think so. He spent more time looking at the scenery and shopping every day.
It was Lu Xiaoyao's performance that made Lin Yan more determined to beat Zi Ge to death to clear Lu Xiaoyao's name.
After Lu Xiaoyao deleted his account, she contacted him for the last time.
Lin Yan asked him why he deleted his account and why he gave up something he cherished so easily.
"Why are you so stubborn! Yes, the rule of life and death duel is that the loser will be banned for three months."
"It's only been three months, you can come back again! Don't you want to kill again and get your title of number one assassin back?"
"Lu Xiaoyao, where has your anger gone?"
Lu Xiaoyao sent her a head-touching expression.
"Don't you always say that I'm escaping from reality? It's just right now that I've deleted my account according to the bet. I'm going to return to reality!"
"I have decided not to run away anymore. Brother disciple, shouldn't you praise my great awareness and unparalleled courage?"
Lin Yan fell silent at that moment.
What a joke.
It's obviously not like this...
Lin Changan: "You are confusing cause and effect."
“It’s not that you decided to return to reality because you deleted your account, but you decided to delete your account because you decided to return to reality.”
Lu Xiaoyao: "Is there any difference between the two [pinch lips.jpg]?"
Lin Changan: "The difference is that the former is a helpless compromise after fighting, while the latter is a voluntary sinking in a sober state."
She couldn't speak anymore.
I should have thought of this... she thought.
No one can really escape in the virtual world for a lifetime, and the extreme pull between reality and virtuality will always reach a critical point.
She doesn’t know what happened to Lu Xiaoyao in reality during the time she was not in the game, but at least one thing is certain:
His breaking point was reached.
He worked hard, he fought, he suffered, he compromised, and he was relieved.
The Sword of Damocles would fall one day, and he knew this fact more clearly than anyone else, so when that day came, he accepted everything happily. Father Lu knew that he felt very uncomfortable, but they had no choice.
Lin Changan: "I understand you. Just deleting your game account is not enough to make you give up the things you pursue in the game. It must be something happening in the real world."
Lu Xiaoyao was silent.
Lin Changan: "You decided to face reality, so suddenly, you no longer care about everything in the game. It is the first time that the sword world has become so boring in your eyes. So you have no choice in the duel. Play hard, and deleting your account after losing is just a step you have taken for yourself.”
"You accept others' cynicism calmly, and you don't intend to explain the unwarranted insults, because your heart is dead, and right or wrong is no longer important to you."
After saying this, the other party fell silent.
After a long time, Lu Xiaoyao returned her a hahaha expression.
He said:
"I knew it."
"Xiao Chang'an, you really understand me best."
"..."
Lin Yan was stunned for a second or two.
Yes, I understand you best, but I can't save you.
No, maybe, you refused me to save you.
Sure enough, his next sentence was:
"But since you understand me, you should understand that you can't persuade me to come back."
This time Lin Yan remained silent.
She understands the truth, but the account Lu Xiaoyao obviously means more to you than just an ordinary game character...
"Besides, there is one thing you said wrong."
Lu Xiaoyao continued: "I didn't lose to Zi Ge on purpose in the duel. I really fought hard. Haha, I fought hard. Maybe God is helping me make the choice."
"Brother, you don't have to be too persistent sometimes. Persistence will only increase the pain, but you will be very happy after you let it go."
"Then, that's it."
She wanted to say something more, but everything she said next came with a red exclamation mark: Lu Xiaoyao deleted her and blocked her.
Lin Yan realized that this time it was really goodbye.
Maybe Suye was right. He didn't care about right or wrong anymore, so why was he so persistent?
However, even if he really made the decision, Lu Xiaoyao's exit in the game should be dignified and peaceful.
Instead of deleting your account and being scolded for meddling, or being criticized for data fraud.
So she hates Zi Ge.
I hate that all the bright and beautiful meteors disappear in a hurry.
It was really not just a game account, it was half of him, a person's life... He left all of his truest self there, and he was forced to let go of this part of himself.
There has to be someone to remember everything for him.
Otherwise, Lu Xiaoyao would really be dead.
I don’t think what I wrote is very clear about Lu Xiaoyao’s mood when he deleted his account. You can compare it to an episode in The Seven Heroes of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit, when Hong Cat thought that Blue Rabbit was dead.
Hongmao was in a state where nothing mattered at that time:
"Now that Blue Rabbit is dead, I have no intention of explaining right and wrong!"
That’s why Lu Xiaoyao deleted his account so easily.
Because nothing matters anymore.
(End of chapter)