Chapter 85: Go With the Flow
I think modern young people definitely haven’t experienced what it’s like to be completely isolated from the world.
As someone who’s experiencing it now, I can tell you, it’s incredibly boring.
Right now, I’m sitting on a tree stump by the lake, wearing a straw hat and fishing with a rod I made this morning. The bait is a fat earthworm I dug up from the nearby soil, a testament to how fertile it is here.
What’s truly terrifying is that I actually caught a bunch of fish with this makeshift fishing rod. I only meant to pass the time, but it turned out to be incredibly efficient. I barely cast the line ten seconds before a fish bit.
Then I tried fishing without bait, and the number of fish I caught barely decreased.
Does this busted fishing rod only catch Magikarp? Is this lake full of them?
Another possibility is that the fish in this lake have never been caught before. They’re a bunch of ignorant fish who have never seen a fishing rod, which is why they’re so easy to hook.
This means this is a place no one has ever been before, and I feel completely disconnected from society. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say I’ve time-traveled back to ancient times.
Although I had a vague feeling after walking around the cabin yesterday, it feels like an uninhabited island in the ocean, a part of the continent that no one visits.
So why am I lazily fishing right now? Because there’s absolutely nothing to do. Yes, I’m bored to death.
Never mind not having a computer, I don’t even have a phone. But even if I had one, it probably wouldn’t work. In this godforsaken place, forget about Wi-Fi, I doubt there’s even a signal.
The chandelier I saw yesterday is solar-powered, with a solar panel on the roof. But besides the chandelier, there are no other electrical appliances in the house. The kitchen uses a stove, not a gas range. You have to add firewood to cook. Speaking of which, the firewood I used for lunch today was chopped by me. This very tree stump I’m sitting on was cut down by me.
There’s no shortage of food, and there are some provisions left. Seasonings are also available, though I have no idea how Xinran prepared them.
The room is actually very clean, and the furniture and tools are all here. There are even clothes to change into. This makes me feel even more confused.
I don’t know how long it took for Xinran to “fly” me here yesterday. My senses were completely sealed, and I lost my sense of time, but it couldn’t have been more than twenty-four hours.
And in that time, Xinran not only got me to this place but also set up a house in this uninhabited area, with all the necessary living supplies.
How did Xinran do it? Did she awaken the ability to teleport objects freely, like Miss Shirley? No, that wouldn’t explain why it took so long to fly here. Whatever the case, it’s an unsolved mystery. I asked Xinran, but she answered my questions evasively.
Anyway, I can surprisingly live here.
Apart from the lack of electricity, there aren’t any major inconveniences. Although there’s no faucet or running water in the cabin, there’s a natural spring nearby.
I used water from there for lunch today.
Speaking of rare things like a natural spring, this place is actually quite habitable, which creates a contradictory feeling that makes me feel a bit uneasy.
A place with no people but suitable for living, what the hell?
In short, I can only stay here for now.
I’ve tried using “Calamity from the Mouth” to command Xinran a few times, but they all failed. She doesn’t obey my commands at all.
More accurately, the ability didn’t even activate. I didn’t feel any reduction in Destiny Power. I also don’t know why the ability failed, perhaps only God knows.
So, using mere Spiritual Power alone, I can’t suppress Xinran or order her around. With her current state, I can’t do anything to her. Maybe coercion would work. No, no matter what I do to Xinran, she’ll accept it. But she definitely won’t agree to take me out of here.
So where is Xinran now, after all I’ve said?
She’s sitting right behind me, back to back.
Yes, when she’s not within my line of sight, she’s always in physical contact with me.
It was the same last night when I slept. She slept next to me, holding my arm, and she wouldn’t sleep before I did.
According to her words: “It’s okay, don’t worry. I won’t leave your side, whether you’re awake or asleep, I’ll be with you.”
It seems she’s really going to fulfill her earlier promise of “We can be together forever.” She always takes things seriously.
So, there are only two situations when Xinran is by my side:
1. I can see her, and she’s always within reach.
2. I can’t see her, but I can feel a part of her body.
It’s basically constant surveillance.
Even when Lan locked me up before, she wasn’t with me twenty-four hours a day. This is too terrifying. I feel like I’ve been possessed by Xinran, with no possibility of escape.
Xinran, aren’t you bored just watching me?
“You can find something to do yourself…”
“The only thing I need to do is to help you when you need it.”
Not a single word has changed. The same questions and answers have been repeated many times. I ask them tirelessly, and Xinran patiently answers.
Anyway, this is the situation. Sigh.
What else can I do? I’m desperate too.
Accept your fate. Since I can’t resist, I’ll just go with the flow, like when Lan imprisoned me. I’ll just wait for someone to rescue me.
There’s no need to panic. This is what a Buddhist prisoner acts like.
I’m probably the most popular type among yanderes. After all, I have no intention of escaping on my own. I clearly recognize my current situation and don’t do meaningless, self-destructive actions. Isn’t this the ideal type yanderes are looking for? Hahahaha, oh dear, perhaps it’s precisely because of this personality that I’ve been imprisoned multiple times.
orz, I suddenly started hating myself again. Sigh, never mind, let’s think about what to eat for dinner.
“I’ve suddenly been disconnected from modern society, but I’ve adapted so quickly. My adaptability might be stronger than I thought…”
“Because, Juncheng, you’ve always been alone.”
This time, she’s actually conversing properly with me?
This is the first time I’ve had a normal conversation with Xinran since coming here.
This is a good opportunity! Even if I can’t convince her, I must get some useful information!
With this thought, I perked up and continued the conversation after carefully choosing my words.
“How have I always been alone?”
“I don’t have many friends around me, and I don’t get too close to anyone. It’s the same at home. I’ve built a mental barrier around myself.”
“Then…”
The former me.
To be precise, the me before being hit by the Yata no Kagami. Before everything happened, I was indeed like that.
No friends, a loner, and my relationship with my younger sisters was also distant.
At this moment, I suddenly thought that perhaps in this world, even if affected by the Yata no Kagami, I might have remained the same.
Because in this world, I didn’t become Lianbing’s boyfriend, nor did I form deep bonds with other girls.
Perhaps due to slight deviations, coincidences, and accumulated chances, because I didn’t experience death, similar events, even if they happened, didn’t result in this outcome for me.
I remained the same, alone.
You could also say I was reclusive.
Thinking back now, I was a shut-in before.
But I’m not like that now. yet here I am, locked up again…
It makes sense now.
I suddenly understood.
Xinran wants me to revert to being reclusive. Cough, no, she wants to turn me back into my original self. More specifically, she wants me to become “the me she’s familiar with.”
Aaaah, it all makes sense now.
No wonder she brought me to this uninhabited wilderness. If she just wanted to possess me, she could have just locked me up anywhere. There was no need to come to such a place. This is because Xinran has restored the environment of “no contact with people” for me.
Unlike Lan, who locked me up because she wanted to possess me, Xinran’s reason for imprisoning me is simply to “turn everything back the way it was.”
“Hahaha…”
I couldn’t help but laugh when I thought about this.
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“What’s wrong?”
“Haha, nothing, I just suddenly feel relieved.”
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It feels like, ultimately, we’re still siblings. Whether we’re siblings isn’t judged solely by blood ties.
We’ve been family together since childhood, influencing each other so much that even our thought patterns are similar.
I’m also acting with the desire to return the world to its original state.
Hoping everything goes back to normal, we actually have a common wish.
However, looking at Xinran’s actions now, I can’t help but ask myself, is this really the right thing to do?
Forcing everything back to normal with external power, but will things really turn out as wished?
Perhaps this experience will provide the answer.
“….Mhm!”
I let out a breath and stood up. Xinran reacted quickly, standing up and moving to my front left immediately.
I turned to Xinran and smiled, saying.
“Hey, Xinran, let’s make fish soup tonight.”
“Yes, leave it to me.”
“No, I’ll do it. It should have been me all along.”
I’ve always been the one cooking at home.
If I don’t understand the answer, I’ll just try it out.
Xinran hopes for me to return to my original self, so I’ll just go with the flow.
And then let’s see – if we can really go back to how we were.
What will happen?
Will we become harmonious siblings again? Or will we…
Heh, God knows.
