Vivian looked up at Hao Ren. This time, she no longer looked like she was looking at a stranger.
Hao Ren knew that his guess was right. The key to awakening Vivian was none other than the key to the house.
It was the only place where she could live in peace and shelter for thousands of years.
The key meant so much to her that even when she was trapped in the memory vortex and space-time disorder, she kept the key with her. The weathering marks on the key were probably the result of the space-time distortion. From this, Hao Ren could tell that Vivian was not completely unresponsive before she fell into the memory vortex. She probably had a very short time to react, leaving behind a key that could wake her up. In that only chance, she chose to hold on to the key to the house.
"You fell asleep." Hao Ren looked into Vivian's eyes. Although they had only been separated for less than two days, he felt as if they had not seen each other for years. "All your Malevolences resonated, and the resonance caused the historical information in your soul to overflow and contaminate the real world."
The howling wind and snow outside the hunter's hut gradually stopped. The storm that threatened to engulf the world finally died down. It was as if the owner of this dimension had awakened, and some kind of turbulent, twisting force had followed suit and disappeared into the deep darkness. In the quiet cabin, Hao Ren told Vivian everything that had happened in the outside world and the truth he knew.
There were many things that were not easy for Vivian to accept, but Hao Ren had to tell her everything because only then could Vivian fully recover and leave the dream as soon as possible. Only then could he continue his journey of backtracking.
He looked at Vivian and knew that she had not really "woken up". Although she seemed to have recovered her memory and was quite awake, she was still sitting here. This was enough to show that she had not escaped from this space-time, and he needed to work harder.
"My slumber caused the entire Earth to fall into a distorted space-time?" Vivian listened quietly to Hao Ren's story. Her expression changed from surprise to disbelief, and then to calmness. She knew that Hao Ren would not lie to her, so she chose to believe the unbelievable truth. "And … I am the Malevolence? Even the biggest Malevolence … "
"I understand that it sounds a little hard to accept," Hao Ren said, choosing his words carefully. "But the Malevolence is not necessarily bad. Some of them are harmless. Look at Noobie, isn't she cute? You are safer than her. After all, you are just poor."
Vivian let out a long sigh. "You know you don't know how to comfort people. Can't you just hold it in?"
Hao Ren: "…"
"You don't have to comfort me." Vivian looked at Hao Ren's confused face and suddenly smiled. "I am not as fragile as you think. In fact, I have vaguely guessed what happened to me long before this."
Hao Ren's eyes widened. "You mean … you have already felt that you are a …"
Vivian nodded gently. "Well, I had a hunch before, and after coming back from the ancient city of Ertos, I was more certain of this speculation. In fact, from the beginning, I felt that it was very strange that I kept splitting into Malevolence. I had split so many 'clones' with negative factors, and this phenomenon has never shown any signs of ending. How could I be completely 'pure'? The pollution is in me, and I am even the source of the pollution. I have been mentally prepared for this. "
"Then you …"
"I will not be defeated by this difficulty, and I have no intention of compromising with the 'pollution' in my body. Whether it comes from the Mad Lord or a third party behind the scenes, my will is my own, and no one can interfere with it," Vivian said faintly. "This memory vortex has trapped me here? On the contrary, I have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. I want the shadow hiding in my soul to know that it is not me who is trapped around it, but it is me! "
As Vivian's voice trailed off, the outside of the hunter's hut finally became completely silent. It was even quieter than before, as if the whole hut was floating in the empty universe. Hao Ren looked around and found that everything in the hut was fading and still. The crackling bonfire in the fire pit had turned into a still gray block of color, and the dried meat hanging on the wooden wall had turned into a black silhouette. Lily, who was stirring the cauldron next to the fire pit, had also stopped as if someone had pressed the pause button.
Vivian's figure gradually became illusory, and Hao Ren could almost see the wooden wall behind her. She was waking up and leaving the dream.
"I should leave," Vivian looked at Hao Ren. "I can feel that this time and space are rejecting me, who is getting more and more awake. If I'm not mistaken, after I awaken in this period, I'll head deeper into the space-time distortion ahead of you. There, there will be a battle that has lasted for 10,000 years. Two parts of my soul have been fighting there until now, waiting for the moment of the final battle. Hao Ren, every time I sleep, I leave a part of my power in a historical fragment. You have to go back in time and help me send these powers to the deepest battlefield. "
Vivian's figure faded faster and faster until only a vague outline remained in the air. She spoke faster, trying to make things clear before she completely disappeared. "Be careful of the Malevolences. I am in this time and space, and so will they. There is almost a 50% chance that you will meet them when you find my place of hibernation. The barbaric era is full of danger, and there are many things that you can't handle. You may meet the old Hessiana. She is not a bad person. If possible, you must win her trust. She likes new human creations, strawberries and honey."
Vivian's figure finally disappeared into the air. Only her faint voice came from nowhere.
"Hao Ren, take care of yourself. I will wait for you in the next era."
That was the end of the brief reunion.
Hao Ren got to his feet and silently tidied up his wrinkled clothes. The snowflakes on his collar and shoulders had already melted. The slight dampness and coldness made him sober and calmer.
It was a brief reunion, but he did not feel depressed because he had successfully awakened Vivian once. This meant that he was on the right path. Everything was difficult at the beginning, but if the beginning was smooth, the whole thing would be more or less smooth.
Next, he just needed to keep awakening Vivian in each era until the beginning and the end of 10,000 years.
Hao Ren looked at the gray and still hunter's hut. After Vivian had completely left the dream, the hunter's hut had not collapsed and dissipated. But there was a faint light outside the hut, which gave Hao Ren a rough idea of what he should do next. But he did not leave the place immediately. Instead, he sorted out the brief information he had just gotten from Vivian.
As the creator of this distorted space and time, Vivian obviously knew more about this world.
She mentioned that there was a battle going on in the deeper part of her consciousness, and that the battle was still going on.
She mentioned that she was scattered in this distorted space and time structure, and each segment of the space and time structure had lost a portion of power.
Hao Ren had to awaken Vivian in each historical period in the process of backtracking. Each awakening was equivalent to sending a portion of power into the deepest part of the battlefield to help Vivian.
In the end, these returned powers would determine the winner of the entire battle. It would also determine whether the one returning from hibernation would be a divine avatar or an unprecedentedly powerful Malevolence.
These were all things that Raven 12345 did not expect when she was outside. Hao Ren felt lucky to be able to grasp such important information in the first place.
After sorting out the information, Hao Ren perked up and walked toward the wooden door of the hunter's hut.
Suddenly, Lily's voice came from behind. "Ah! Why am I here, Mr. Landlord? "
The husky's voice scared Hao Ren out of his wretched state of mind. He almost jumped to his feet. When he turned his head, he heard a loud crack in his neck.
Lily was standing not far behind him. She was still wearing her tattered leather coat in Siberia and holding the long-handled spoon that she used to stir the cauldron. She looked exactly like an old version of Lily.
However, from the way she called him "Mr. Landlord," Hao Ren was sure that the one standing in front of him was not an old version of Lily.
"Lily?" Hao Ren looked at the husky maiden from head to toe as if he had seen a ghost. "You are … the Lily of the 21st century?" he asked skeptically.
"What are you talking about, Mr. Landlord? Of course, I am Lily!" Lily looked down at the spoon in her hand and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah — this spoon... isn't this the one I used back then... and this outfit is also from back then... Wasn't I playing mahjong outside? Why am I here all of a sudden? "
Hao Ren was stunned. "Playing mahjong? What mahjong? "
Although Lily was a little silly, she was not slow. She quickly tried to salvage the situation. "Ahem, I mean, I was waiting for you outside. Why did I suddenly come here?"
However, Hao Ren had already guessed what was happening outside. "I am here to save the world, and you are playing mahjong outside?"
"No … The Nangong siblings and Y 'zaks are playing Landlord."
Hao Ren was speechless.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
