Chapter 44: Juncheng and Escaping
“Uh, I mean, no need to waste your energy flailing around anymore. No matter what, we can’t get out of here by ourselves.”
How long has it been since Lou Ling appeared here… Uh, how long has it been?
It’s hard to keep track of time in this place because there’s no watch.
Even though there’s a game console, the clock on it is broken… It’s because time itself doesn’t exist in this place.
We can’t accurately record time, nor can we perceive it correctly.
The reason for this is that this is the place of beginnings and endings.
It is the starting point of all things.
And the focal point of all things.
The head and tail are connected.
This is also the most crucial reason why I’ve never been able to find ‘her’.
I never expected it to be… the most old-fashioned and most helpless “I was born before you were born”…
Uh, let’s put those things aside for now. Anyway, there’s infinite time to waste in this place.
Since there’s nothing else to do, and I left a bunch of game items when I was playing with her, let’s play games.
However, Lou Ling clearly hasn’t gotten used to this place yet.
She keeps clamoring to get out and flails around, and it’s tiring just watching her.
Although I’ve explained it to her many times, she just doesn’t listen.
I suppose so.
Those who can’t understand what kind of place this is won’t give up the idea of getting out.
If I didn’t know, I think I would also try to find a way out like Lou Ling.
Unfortunately, there’s no way out of here, because this place itself isn’t a ‘dark room’ designed to trap people.
This place is like this itself; if there’s no entrance, how can there be an exit?
Speaking of which, I’m confused again…
Then how did Lou Ling get in?
I’m curious… Is it because she’s the world?
Lou Ling sat dejectedly on the edge of the bed, clearly already doubting the world.
Oh, alright, she’s starting to doubt herself. f
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It feels depressing, doesn’t it… Is it really that serious?
This eerie atmosphere is even more unbearable than being alone. Seeing her hug her legs with her head buried, I really couldn’t stand it.
So, I couldn’t help but try to comfort her.
Putting down the game controller and turning off the game console, the space fell back into silence.
“I’m not asking you to give up, but sometimes ‘waiting’ is also a way to solve problems.”
No reaction. Is my pep talk not potent enough?
It seems I need to say something more moving to get a reaction.
Uh, let me recall the inspirational stories from the magazines I’ve read. I remember feeling quite moved when I read them back then.
Right, inspirational stories usually need to be accompanied by some real stories to be touching.
So, I should tell Lou Ling a story, immerse her in it, and then she’ll be moved by me, gain inspiration from the story I tell, and then cheer up, embarking on a brand new life!
… If only it were that simple… Ahahaha.
Uh, anyway, there are only two of us here. If she doesn’t play games with me, I’m terribly bored.
So, let’s set a small goal: first, get Lou Ling to play games with me.
Cough…
I walked over and sat next to Lou Ling, coughed twice, and said to her in a heavy tone.
“Well, let me tell you a story from the past. A long, long time ago…”
I began to tell the story in an extremely old-fashioned way… I suddenly realized my wording was inappropriate and quickly corrected myself.
“Uh, it’s not exactly a story from the past, since it’s not something I ‘personally experienced’.”
“It’s just a story from very far away, so ancient that no one has ever recorded it, not even considered a legend. It’s an unknown story… a story of pursuit…”
It’s about her.
Who she once was, what her name was, it doesn’t matter anymore.
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Anyway, she’s no longer her.
And who I once was, what my name was, it doesn’t matter anymore.
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I won’t reveal too much personal information here. How should I put it? Just like Miss Lily said, I feel like if I told everything now, it would be very boring, right?
It’s fine if I get bored, but I don’t want others to be bored too.
I’m not pursuing her because I love her, that kind of touching reason.
Although ten cycles of samsara must be related to ‘love’.
But in reality, I’m really not pursuing her because I deeply love her.
My feelings for her are already something else, special, and indescribable.
Love is only a part of it.
… That still sounds a bit vague.
It would be better to explain with an analogy. My pursuit of her is like an insect chasing light, or Kuafu chasing the sun. It’s simply a pursuit.
The feelings involved are already indescribable.
But one thing is certain: just like the ending of Kuafu chasing the sun, ‘I’ will never catch up to ‘her’.
Lou Ling, who was sitting beside me, suddenly stood up, startling me.
I looked at Lou Ling curiously because I had only just begun my story, hadn’t even finished the setup, let alone the climax.
But she suddenly stood up. Was my story too good? Was she captivated by just the beginning?
I… I’m a freaking genius!
It seems I have a talent for writing novels. If I were to write web novels, I’d definitely become the most popular bestseller online!
Yes, if I can get out, I’ll write down my experiences as an autobiography, and I can even weave in the subjective feelings of Lianbing and the others to make the story more vivid and interesting!
It’s settled, I’m going to be a top-tier web novelist from now on!
However, just as I was daydreaming, Lou Ling had already run off.
I looked around and quickly found Lou Ling. And in the direction she was running, there was something that seemed to be glowing.
My dream as a writer ended just like that. or 牡小玩
Alright, so she just found something new and rushed over to check it out…
“Sigh… Is my story that uninteresting?”
I sighed and stood up, walking towards where Lou Ling had run.
I told you there was no way out. What’s the point of getting so excited? Anyway, that must be light similar to the halo phenomenon above.
Thinking so, I looked up.
It was gone.
The light above was gone.
Ahhhh?!
Then I immediately looked forward. By this time, Lou Ling had already run to the glowing spot.
Only then did I notice that the light was strange; it was linear.
It felt like ‘light leaking from somewhere’.
I instantly thought of a possibility, and I assumed Lou Ling thought the same way.
… How is this possible?
“Hey! Come here quickly!”
Lou Ling was calling me, sounding very anxious.
I already knew what she wanted to do, so I sped up and ran over.
“Crouch down quickly!”
“Huh? What are you doing?”
“I’ll explain later! Just do as I say!”
I crouched down as she said, and then Lou Ling climbed onto me.
Uh, it sounds so suggestive, I’m sorry, I meant she climbed onto my neck, like a little girl riding on an adult.
So, she wanted to use my height.
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Since that’s the case, I’ll stand up…
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“Whoa! Be careful!”
Lou Ling squeezed her legs to stabilize herself.
Feeling the soft thighs pressing against my face and the warmth on the back of my neck as she held on tight, I felt a little…
Maybe I haven’t “acted out” in too long, and I got hard…
It’s all their fault; my body has become so demanding! Damn it!
But now is not the time to be horny; there are important things to do.
Using my height, Lou Ling reached the light source and forcefully ‘pushed something open’.
The glowing area became… No, it was illuminated.
And then, I saw her ‘climb out’.
And then, she reached out to me from ‘outside’.
At this point, I had stopped thinking and reflexively grabbed her outstretched hand.
She pulled me up with all her might.
I cooperated by grabbing the ‘edge’ and struggled to climb up…
I climbed out.
From a ‘drawer’.
It was like Doraemon’s first appearance – crawling out of a drawer. In front of me was a Japanese-style room, estimated to be about four and a half tatami mats.
“Ah?! Ahhh?!”
I was stunned. How is this possible?
How can there be such a room here?!
Where is this place… Is this not within the primordial particle…
I’m getting confused myself.
What the hell kind of place is this!
