Chapter 789

Just as Fatso was about to turn his head with difficulty to look behind him, as though he had seen a ghost, Su Bai reached out and patted Fatso's chubby face. "I'm just trying to scare you this time."

"..." Fatty.

...

Half a century ago, humans had already left their footprints on the moon. However, in reality, humans hadn't been able to completely explore the planet beneath their feet. For example, the ocean.

The ocean symbolized vastness, but at the same time, it also symbolized a kind of loneliness, especially in the depths of the ocean. If everything went according to plan, this kind of loneliness was basically equivalent to a disguised form of eternity.

In a cave in the sea near Qinhuangdao, Jie Lun slumped on a round table. His suit had long been disheveled, and he looked like a pitiful man in prison. His sentence was an indefinite one.

Apart from the mottled loneliness, the only thing accompanying him was the other person in his body. Although Jie Lun had tried every means possible to take back his body and expel the other person from his body, at this moment, it seemed that only the other person's existence could prevent his sentence from being completely uneventful.

There wasn't the slightest bit of sympathy. The concept of the body's initiative surpassed everything else. Jie Lun didn't know how many times he had tried to expel the other person from his body, nor did he know how many times he had failed. He no longer had extravagant hopes of regaining his freedom after expelling the other person, but he still had to do something.

Su Yuhang's words "please sleep for another two thousand years" had completely sealed off this place. The man, the woman, and the influence of their identities were enough to turn this seemingly joking remark into a golden rule.

Jie Lun didn't spend time thinking about why his boss gave him the ring. Why didn't he give it to Su Bai, Fatso, or even Chengdu listener Chenguang?

He didn't want to think about this question. After all, he had to preserve a slightly better imagination and memories for himself. At the very least, he didn't want to turn himself into another version of Xianglin Sao.

The cigarette was long gone, but a cigarette appeared beside Jie Lun. He skillfully pulled one out, bit it between his lips, lit it, and took a puff. The familiar smell of tobacco, the familiar ring of smoke, and the familiar habit...

Jie Ling knew that this was just an illusion that he had created for himself. As long as he could simulate the feeling of smoking a cigarette, then he would feel like he was really smoking.

This was a form of self-deception, and also a form of "painting a cake to satisfy one's hunger". In reality, he didn't need to eat. At the Advanced Listener level, he could basically abstain from eating. As long as there was some residual energy around for him to absorb and convert, he could continue to live. Of course, it was impossible to be isolated like the train and other areas.

Fortunately, he was at the bottom of the sea. Fortunately, there was enough spirit energy here, so he didn't have to worry about turning into a human.

Jie Lun had to say. Therefore, his daily was very simple, but he had to do a lot.

The first thing he did when he woke, was, and failed.

To Jie, he had time.

Jie Ling could make himself enter the illusion of having breakfast. There was milk, fried eggs, and even caviar from the paddlefish. As long as it was something that he had eaten and felt, he could perfectly experience it again in the illusion.

After that, he would read newspapers and listen to music. There would be karaoke, noise-canceling headphones, and everything else he needed. Then, it would be a rich lunch. Western food, Chinese food, and all kinds of other cuisines would come in turns.

Sometimes, he would even choose to eat barbecued meat for dinner. As long as he could calculate the thickness of cumin and salt, as well as the changes in the heat of the meat, he could roast meat skewers that were tender, light, and heavy.

It seemed that this kind of life in a cage was not bad.

However, Jie Lun felt more and more bored. He knew that all of this was fake. Everything he did was nothing more than psychological comfort and hints. However, the painful thing was that he had to maintain the last bit of clarity at all times. Once he completely sank into it, it would be equivalent to tying a plastic bag around himself and suffocating himself to death.

Just like the first time Su Bai was forced to stay in the Land of Dao Verification by Mr. Rich, he had oppressed himself and taken the initiative to walk into the Yellow Springs to seek relief. Jie Lun was now facing a similar choice.

He could immerse himself in the illusion he had created, but the price was that he would never wake up.

He was still weighing the pros and cons.

At least, he would wait.

He would wait and see.

What if there were any changes.

Of course, Jie Ling no longer held any hope that he would return to the story world. Unless he could completely banish Fu Su or control Fu Su and turn him into his "totem" or "Companion Soul" that he could control, the broadcast wouldn't be able to pull him back into the story world. This was because Su Yuhang had personally sealed him here. Su Yuhang represented the will of that existence, so there was no need for them to take off their pants and fart. After sealing him, they would release him by entering and exiting the story world.

Of course, they had to follow the rules of the broadcast. This was because the broadcast could determine that the current report was not the real report, so they could not transmit him into the story world.

Jie Lun did not know how long he could hold on. Perhaps he had not been detained for long, but this was not confinement. This was because he could not see any hope at all. When a person was in complete despair, time really did not have any meaning.

The cigarette butt flickered. Jie Lun held the cigarette butt in his hand and felt the temperature and heat of the cigarette butt. It had to be said that in the past half a month, what made Jie Lun the most was that his realm had risen to the peak of the intermediate stage of the Advanced Listener Stage.

He did not know if this was because of Fu Su in his body, or because he had tried to deceive himself out of boredom, resulting in a qualitative change in his illusions.

However, this at least gave Jie Lun some comfort. Or rather, it gave him another path.

Either he would forever be immersed in loneliness until one day he was completely lost in the illusion, or he would muddleheadedly prove his Dao in that way.

If he succeeded in proving his Dao, there should be a chance of survival, right?

At the very least, at that time, he should be able to expel Fu Su, right?

Every day, it was these miscellaneous thoughts and cigarettes. Jie Lun thought about how Su Bai had endured in the Land of Proving his Dao for half a year.

"Crack..."

The sound of footsteps came from afar. It should be the sound of leather shoes stepping on a puddle. Jie Lun raised his head slightly, and a rare glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes, which had lost most of their luster.

The person walked very slowly, as if he was hesitating, but also as if he was overcoming it.

In fact, those who could walk into this place were not ordinary people.

Therefore, Jie Lun could guess who it was that might be looking for him at this time and really came here to see him.

He did not lean against the edge and shout, nor did he cry hysterically and ask why. He did not pretend to be pitiful, even though he knew that his current appearance was indeed pitiful enough.

Jie Lun knew that that person should understand what kind of torture it was to make him wear a dirty suit.

A figure appeared in front of him. That person walked very slowly and carefully. This posture seemed to be his entire life.

Carefully,

Trembling with fear,

As if he was walking on thin ice.

This could be said to be a kind of persistence, a persistence to his own way of life and philosophy, but it could also be said to be a kind of cowardice. It seemed that he could only live in the rules and regulations that he was used to in his early days, not daring to take even half a step out of the minefield.

He was once his idol. Before he became a listener, he was a famous backbone in the game industry. Later, he followed him to start a business, and the two of them became listeners one after another.

In the beginning, he passed the lonely and fearful days under his care. He began to become stronger and stronger, but he still maintained his original heart. At first, he thought that this was his calmness, but slowly, he began to not be satisfied with his calmness.

Especially when the aura of the broadcast arrived that day, he actually saw him hiding in the corner of the desk in fear, shivering and crying.

Dreams were beautiful, but they could also be broken.

At that moment, his dream was shattered.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to force his idol to continue moving forward with his dream. The pursuit that was unreachable to others seemed to be within his reach.

Everything was so natural and smooth.

He felt that he understood him very well, but slowly, he realized that he still could not really understand him. Sometimes, he also felt that he was hiding something, but as time passed, it did not seem to matter whether he was hiding something or not.

Just like how Zhang Xueliang, who would become an old man in the future, answered the reporters in an interview why he chose not to resist and give up the northeast back then, it had already lost its meaning. History had already been sealed, and no matter what he said, it still could not completely restore his image.

He was here,

The black shadow began to gradually become clear,

Revealing his appearance.

Dressed in a burgundy suit and an exquisite tie, he was still so meticulous. He had always felt that he was a successful person and had always lived according to the standards of a successful person. This was something that Jie Ling was very clear about.

The jie saw him, his boss,

This scene..,

Should have been a little awkward,

Because his boss seemed to be the instigator of this matter,

And now, it looked like the boss had come to visit him in prison.

However, the awkwardness that should have appeared did not appear. The two of them had lived together for a very long time, especially during the period after they became each other's listeners. They shared each other's fears and realizations, and this kind of communication was even closer to each other than physical intimacy. After all, even a couple who truly loved each other might not have this kind of opportunity.

"You're here..." the jie said.

"I'm here," Boss Liang replied. "I brought you some oranges."