I felt like I was going crazy after nearly a thousand restarts of the simulated world and nearly a thousand memory corrections.
My subconscious already knew that this world was created by Xiao Yin to trap me. The class leader, Gong CaiCai, and Zhuang Ni were also created based on their true personalities, but I still didn't have a way to break through.
Once I had any suicidal thoughts, I would be stopped by an unstoppable force. In order to prevent me from stabbing a tactical knife into my chest, the world didn't care if it created an avalanche or a volcano eruption, or even a reboot.
In order to keep me here, the personalities of the class leader and the others in the virtual world became more and more similar to reality. Especially the class leader, she already reached a level where she could pass off as real. I told her my troubles more than once to relieve my loneliness, and I also faced the crisis with her more than once and enjoyed the fruits of victory.
In Faust, Goethe once expressed this point of view: "Only after a day of hard work, can one enjoy the happiness of leisure."
Actually, Chinese people have already concluded the same wisdom: "Anything tastes good when you're hungry."
In the doomsday survival environment, because of the harsh conditions and all kinds of dangers, happiness came relatively easily. While sharing the joy, the class leader and I also closed the gap in our hearts — — even if my subconscious already knew she was a virtual entity.
"The ground is shaking, something big is happening."
On a windy and snowy night, the class leader and I stood alone at the back of the bunker, next to the cross used to pay respects to Shu Zhe.
I looked in the direction of the voice and saw countless AM spider-like robots charging toward the bunker on the hillside in the distance with their searchlights on.
The scene was terrifying, but I didn't feel afraid, instead, I felt a sense of familiarity.
The AM robots were always trying to steal our survival kits and destroy the bunker we relied on to survive. They tried again and again to finish us off. This time's attack was clearly the most violent in history.
Not only that, Fish Sla's gigantic shadow was also moving towards the bunker from the opposite direction. Every step it took caused the ground to shake.
"Fish … Fish …"
I couldn't help but laugh as I touched my pocket. I had developed the habit of carrying a can of sardines with me. I wondered if I would have the chance to feed Fish Sla this time.
The sparkling and translucent snowflakes that refracted the moonlight landed on the class leader's worried face. Her eyelashes were covered in frost. She looked exceptionally beautiful and heartbreaking.
"Ye Lin, you're not panicking at all. Do you still think our world is unreal?"
"Yes." I nodded. "I've been recalling more and more things in the real world. I even remembered the skinny man who reminded me to find my real name in my dream. His name was Fang Xin. He was the one who created Xiao Yin, and Xiao Yin created the entire illusion."
Tens of thousands of arachnid robots and the towering Yuslar were approaching. The bunker that we had been living in had obviously been destroyed. However, there wasn't the slightest movement inside. Xiao Yin, Gong CaiCai and Zhuang Ni were silent.
"That doesn't make sense, right?" The class leader said bitterly as she stood up in front of Shu Zhe's cenotaph, "No matter how scared they are, the people in the bunker should have some reaction … Why is it so quiet? Why isn't anyone coming out to help us? "
I couldn't answer the class leader's question, but my subconscious told me that the entire illusion was already out of control. My sealed memories were launching a large-scale counterattack. While Xiao Yin was dealing with the counterattack, she was no longer able to ensure that every detail in the illusion was in line with common sense.
Xiao Yin's efforts were not in vain. Under her interference, the AM robots that surged over like a tide actually bypassed the bunker and started fighting with Yuslar. They climbed onto Yuslar's translucent gray body and used self-destruction techniques to force Yuslar to retreat step by step.
"Fish … Fish!"
Yuslar continued to roar unclear words. It waved its giant fists and smashed the AM robots that swarmed over. However, the opponents were endless and carried out self-destruction attacks without any regard for the cost.
Every explosion caused Yuslar's body to shrink slightly. It shrunk from a tall mountain to a tall building, then from a tall building to a short building. When the last AM robot was flattened, it had already shrunk to the size of a grizzly bear.
"Fish … Fish!" Yuslar acted as if it couldn't see me. It looked around blankly in the midst of the robot wreckage and called out its favorite delicacies with a voice that made one's heart palpitate.
I picked up the shell fragments of the AM robot that had fallen onto the snow after the explosion. I didn't know why but I felt a sense of pity for it, as if "AM" was the abbreviation for something or someone I was familiar with.
"How long have we lived together?" The class leader suddenly said from behind me. "My memory is also starting to blur. Is it ten days, ten months, or ten years?"
I took out the can of fish and stopped walking towards Yuslar.
"Class leader, thank you for listening to my nagging. Otherwise, I might not have been able to persevere. We work as well together here as we do in the real world. We're a pretty good pair of partners. Although I'm trapped here, the parts that are related to you, I might feel true happiness … "
The class leader's voice trembled. "But, I'm not real, right? I'm just an illusory existence created by a supercomputer? "
I immediately understood that Xiao Yin had already admitted defeat. She admitted her true identity through the class leader's mouth. The causal calculation program created by Fang Xin relied on a unique algorithm and a huge database of information to simulate the people around me vividly.
However, the girl in the military uniform in front of me still maintained the appearance of the class leader. Moreover, the corner of her mouth raised into a bitter smile.
"So, we really went to school together in 28 Middle?" The class leader's gaze gradually lowered. "The things you said to me in your sleep were the things that really happened, and this world and me are just a dream of yours?"
She tried her best to suppress her tone of voice, but it still revealed a great deal of sadness. It almost made me unable to take another step. I could only turn around and look at her face.
As soon as our eyes met, two lines of tears flowed down the class leader's cheeks. However, she quickly wiped the tears away with her sleeves and asked:
"The Xiao Zhe in the real world really didn't die, right?"
I nodded wordlessly.
"Human civilization also didn't perish, and our parents are still alive and well, right?"
I nodded again.
The class leader looked up at the dark and gloomy sky with a disappointed and disappointed expression.
"I really envy that world, I really envy myself in that world …"
"You should go." In the end, she said softly with a sigh. Her words sounded especially clear in the raging snowstorm.
Before I could reply, she had already turned around. Without much hesitation, she walked away from the bunker and into the depths of the snowstorm.
"— — Where are you going?" I couldn't help but shout at the class leader's back even though I actually knew her final destination.
"I've never been more than 5 kilometers away from the bunker." The class leader replied with as much determination as she could muster, "Now I want to know how far I can go and if I can see the end of this world."
In that instant, I felt like my heart was being torn apart. I even had the thought of staying in this illusory world and living with the virtual class leader.
"Don't chase me." The class leader said to me as she walked further and further away, "It's meaningless. I can already see the mountains in the distance starting to collapse. I'm afraid this world will soon completely collapse. I just want to see how far I can go … Don't chase me."
But she stopped in her tracks. She turned her head slightly and didn't let me see the expression on her face.
"Will you help me take care of Xiao Zhe after you return to the real world?"
Although he had countless shortcomings that needed to be corrected, at this moment, I couldn't refuse the class leader's request.
"I will! I will also take good care of you! "
"Is that so …" She responded as if her tears turned into a smile, then she didn't say anything else. The figure of the girl carrying the steel spear disappeared into the collapsing world of ice and snow.
The only thing that connected us was the promise in my chest.
Heaven and earth were mourning, as if they were mourning the destruction of this world ahead of time.
I walked in front of Yuslar and looked at its translucent gray body. Its size was only equivalent to an ordinary grizzly bear, even the outline was somewhat similar.
"Fish … Fish …"
Yuslar ignored me as I walked in front of it. I shook my head, opened the metal lid of the can of sardines, and placed the can that emitted a strong smell in front of it.
The strange thing was that Yuslar, who kept calling out "fish", didn't have any intention of eating. Canned fish seemed to be invisible to it, just like me.
Eh? What's the difference? Yuslar was the most serious part of my memory that was sealed by Xiao Yin. Logically speaking, as long as I fed it fish, it should show its true appearance and let me remember everything! Could it be that canned fish doesn't taste good, and it would only be satisfied with fresh fish?
Hey! Class leader, don't go, come back and help me catch a live fish first! I need your wilderness survival skills! Who would have thought that Yuslar would look down on canned fish! Could it be that this great counterattack is going to be for naught, and I'm going to have to restart again?
Unwilling to give up, I got closer and tried to communicate with Yuslar, but no matter what I said, it would only reply with one sentence: "Fish … Fish … Fish …"
However, after trying to block the interference of the wind as much as possible, I heard some clues.
Yuslar didn't seem to be calling a fish, but a faster "Wild Donkey … Wild Donkey …".
Fang Xin my ass! Didn't you say that I could leave the illusion as long as I found my real name! So my real name isn't Ye Lin, but Wild Donkey!
But no matter what, I still remembered everything.
The Little Tyrant who gave me the nickname "Wild Donkey" since I was 6 years old, and her real name "Ren XiaoQin" all returned to my mind.
With a loud yet soundless tremble, the virtual world instantly turned into white light and disappeared. I finally opened my eyes for real.
At first glance, I saw Xiao Qin, who was hugging my arm tightly and crying tears of joy.
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