Xia Nuo recalled it carefully, and found their original conversation with difficulty from his own memory: “The tree heart of the holy object?”
Shi Xue Li nodded: “The heart of the tree must have a special meaning to the sacred tree, and I’m afraid it’s not so easy to get.”
“……”
After hearing this, Xia Nuo didn’t know what to say. He now knew that a man was a holy tree, but Shi Xue Li didn’t know anything about it.
And he knows that if he asks, the man will definitely give him the tree heart, but…
One is that losing the heart of the tree does not know if there is any harm to the man, and the other is…
——He was afraid that the man would propose any ‘quid pro quo’ that would make his scalp tingle.
Thinking about it now, when the holy tree asked him for the right to pardon, it was already very suspicious. Until now, the man has no intention of bringing it up, making Xia Nuo wonder if he is holding back some big moves.
The distance between the two is not far, Xia Nuo can clearly feel the man’s gaze is following him firmly, if the gaze has any substance, it seems that it can penetrate his clothes,
Lingering on his naked skin made him fidget.
Since the relationship was established, Xia Nuo couldn’t stand the man’s ‘normal behaviours between lovers’ that he declared.
When Xia Nuo was still in the novice stage, the man seemed to have mastered the correct skills of falling in love without a teacher, and he wanted to guide him, an underachiever, as a top student.
For Xia Nuo, the most intuitive feeling is that the man has started to become ‘obsessive’.
Yes, he did not use the wrong adjective, this word is very appropriate to describe the current state of the man.
He has to stick to him like the Siamese twins all the time, ask him for a kiss in the middle of the conversation, and keep him in his sight at all times, even when holding hands, it also turned into a possessive gesture like interlocking fingers.
Xia Nuo didn’t reject such an approach. It was undeniable that when a man made those intimate gestures, he would also feel an indescribable sweetness in his heart.
But at the same time, he also sincerely felt a feeling of being firmly bound. The man wrapped his arms around him, uttered words full of love, and the gaze focused on him, they all turned into chains wrapped around him, which made him feel a subtle sense of uneasiness.
And the men seem to be unaware of this as if they are afraid that others will not know, and they are still sparing no effort to show their ‘love’ to everyone.
Of course, Kui Ke’s words can be used to describe the man’s current state very well, that is: “I feel that you are exuding a sour smell of love.”
The two of them were sitting on the same bench. Since seeing the man and Chang An coming hand in hand, Kui Ke has become much closer to the man.
His thoughts are relatively pure, and he doesn’t think there is anything to blame for players falling in love with NPCs. Although some extreme moralists have always expressed strong opposition to this, he has never been swayed by other people’s ideas.
Coupled with the fact that he was only able to move freely with great difficulty, he couldn’t control himself as soon as the chatterbox opened.
“Are you with Chang An?”
“Well, congratulations.”
“Actually, from the first day I saw you, I thought you were a perfect match.”
“Are you going to get married? Will I have the honour of being at your wedding?”
At first, Xia Nuo pushed him away—the boy said he wanted to talk to Shi Xue Li alone—although there was only such a short distance in between, it didn’t prevent him from staring at the boy’s cute expression, the man still felt a little uncomfortable, not to mention that the person beside him was so noisy.
But after hearing what he said clearly, Kui Ke became a little more pleasing to the man’s eyes.
“A wedding?” A man has always been insensitive to this kind of non-binding ceremony between humans, but to be able to declare his ownership of the boy to the world…then the existence of the wedding is still necessary.
The man fell into deep thought, without the harassment from his eyes, Xia Nuo was finally able to concentrate on listening to Shi Xue Li.
“It would be great if we could communicate with the holy tree.” Shi Xue Li said regretfully, “Then we can ask it directly, whether it’s negotiating conditions or being rejected, there will always be a definite answer.”
“This… I can probably do it.” Xia Nuo said hesitantly.
It is the easiest for him to communicate with the holy tree.
“That’s great.” A smile appeared on Shi Xue Li’s face. She probably thought that Xia Nuo had contacted it through the ‘Blessing of the Holy Tree’, “If it proposes any conditions, if they are not excessive, you can first agree to them. Everything depends on clearing the game. .”
“…Okay.” Xia Nuo also raised the corners of his lips, but that smile was a bit awkward no matter how you looked at it.
Conditions, this is really a rather ‘scary’ word for him today.
“If everything goes well, we will probably be able to obtain the tree heart tomorrow, and then clear the game.” Shi Xue Li imagined this, and then turned to Xia Nuo, “But you probably want to choose to stay in the game for a while, right?”
There is no time limit in this game, players can decide whether they want to stay longer.
“…” Xia Nuo was stunned for a moment, then nodded. After listening to Shi Xue Li’s words, he suddenly realised that the time for parting was coming.
“By the way.” He changed the subject nonchalantly, “Did you also get attacked by a python last night? Are you not injured?”
In fact, the man also told him that the main targets of the pythons were concentrated on them, and there were only a few sporadic ones attacking other people, which did not constitute any threat.
And seeing that Shi Xue Li and the others are in pretty good condition, they know that there is nothing serious about them.
“No injuries…” Shi Xue Li looked a little complicated, “It was Luo Yin who helped us.”
Although the sand-spotted pythons were vulnerable to men, it was still difficult for Shi Xue Li to deal with them. At this time, Luo Yin, who was a monster hunter, helped a lot.
“Luo Yin?” Xia Nuo was a little surprised, but he was relieved immediately, “In fact, I have always thought that he is not a bad person, but just cold-faced and warm-hearted. It is not surprising that he would do such a thing.”
“Yes.” Shi Xue Li lowered her head, making it hard to see her expression.
“And one more thing.”
Xia Nuo was a little hesitant, but this question had been lingering in his mind for a long time without an answer, and after spending so many days together, he felt that Shi Xue Li was a trustworthy person, so he finally revealed this question: “After my novice world ended, the system took away my memory…”
He repeated the reason given by the system, and when he saw Shi Xue Li raise her head, her expression was a bit serious: “…This should be abnormal, right?”
“Of course.” Shi Xue Li replied without hesitation, she frowned, “For game players, experience is the most important thing, even more important than props. How could it be possible to take away the player’s memory for a ridiculous reason like ‘fear of leaving a psychological shadow on the player’?!”
“Do you know your system number?” Shirley looked at the boy in front of her with some worry and saw him shaking his head as expected.
Her heart skipped a beat, she was afraid her guess had come true.
In fact, she had heard a lot of secrets from Ka’er before.
Although the relationship between the system and the players has always been mutually beneficial, some systems do take the risk of being destroyed to tamper with the precious players. They do this in order to pursue a higher level until they finally get the chance to become a human being.
——What’s even more frightening is that sometimes they can even get the help of supervisors.
The reason Shi Xue Li asked this was because the first article in the ‘Player Rules’ clearly stated: ‘The system has the obligation to unconditionally inform the player of its own number.’
This is a rule jointly formulated by the supervisors in order to protect the rights and interests of the players. Once the system infringes on the rights and interests of the players, the players can file a complaint through its number.
And once the complaint is substantiated, the system will be punished severely.
But as soon as the boy shook his head, Shi Xue Li knew that not only did he not know the system number, but he didn’t even get a copy of the ‘Player Manual’.
Shi Xue Li would not believe that such a serious violation of the rules could be done without the backing of the supervisors in the system.
However, in this way, the boy fell into the most difficult situation. Because he has neither the ability to resist the system nor can he ask his superiors for help.
Shi Xue Li pursed her lips, wondering if there was any solution.
“Is this serious?” Xia Nuo asked cautiously, seeing the solemn expression on Shi Xue Li’s face, his heart also rose.
“Very serious.” Shi Xue Li said. Unless the boy never leaves the game, then the ending waiting for him will not be so happy.
However, all players are very clear that it is impossible for players to stay in the game forever.
Shi Xue Li looked at the still vivid young man in front of her as if she had seen his life countdown.
“But have you ever heard of an hourglass?” Shi Xue Li changed the subject and brought up a prop, “It can store memories and go back in time, you can even use it to construct a false memory… The only downside is that you have to set a unique one for it, a password that you will never forget no matter what. After this password is activated, your lost memory and hidden time will all come back. “
But once you lose your memory, how can you guarantee that you will remember the password? Because of this, this powerful item is only a B rank.
However, now Xia Nuo can only rely on this prop.
“May I go back and organise my packages, and then I’ll give you the hourglass?” Shi Xue Li said.
“Thank you.” The boy’s clear eyes were full of gratitude.
At the beginning, Xia Nuo just asked with an attitude of trying, but he didn’t expect the problem to be solved this way. He promised earnestly: “I… I don’t know what to say. If you need help with anything, please let me know, and I will do my best to help you.”
Of course, Xia Nuo would not take Shi Xue Li’s props in vain, he is now thinking whether to pay Shi Xue Li’s points or exchange them with other props?
“No need.” Shi Xue Li smiled, and said something that made Xia Nuo puzzled, “You have helped me a lot, and I should be the one to say thank you.”
“I’m really glad to have met you, thank you.” She glanced past Xia Nuo and looked at Kui Ke, who was still chattering not far away, torturing the man’s ears, and laughed silently.
……
In the courtyard in the afternoon, Shi Xue Li and Luo Yin met on a narrow path.
“This is the ‘hourglass’ you wanted.” Luo Yin’s expression was mostly covered by beard and messy hair, only his eyes could vaguely see a gentle look, “Tomorrow will have fine weather, I promise you that.”
These two sentences were completely irrelevant, but Shi Xue Li was not surprised at all. She took the hourglass, brushed past Luo Yin, and said in a barely perceptible voice, “Thank you, brother.”
Xia Nuo recalled it carefully, and found their original conversation with difficulty from his own memory: “The tree heart of the holy object?”
Shi Xue Li nodded: “The heart of the tree must have a special meaning to the sacred tree, and I’m afraid it’s not so easy to get.”
“……”
After hearing this, Xia Nuo didn’t know what to say. He now knew that a man was a holy tree, but Shi Xue Li didn’t know anything about it.
And he knows that if he asks, the man will definitely give him the tree heart, but…
One is that losing the heart of the tree does not know if there is any harm to the man, and the other is…
——He was afraid that the man would propose any ‘quid pro quo’ that would make his scalp tingle.
Thinking about it now, when the holy tree asked him for the right to pardon, it was already very suspicious. Until now, the man has no intention of bringing it up, making Xia Nuo wonder if he is holding back some big moves.
The distance between the two is not far, Xia Nuo can clearly feel the man’s gaze is following him firmly, if the gaze has any substance, it seems that it can penetrate his clothes,
Lingering on his naked skin made him fidget.
Since the relationship was established, Xia Nuo couldn’t stand the man’s ‘normal behaviours between lovers’ that he declared.
When Xia Nuo was still in the novice stage, the man seemed to have mastered the correct skills of falling in love without a teacher, and he wanted to guide him, an underachiever, as a top student.
For Xia Nuo, the most intuitive feeling is that the man has started to become ‘obsessive’.
Yes, he did not use the wrong adjective, this word is very appropriate to describe the current state of the man.
He has to stick to him like the Siamese twins all the time, ask him for a kiss in the middle of the conversation, and keep him in his sight at all times, even when holding hands, it also turned into a possessive gesture like interlocking fingers.
Xia Nuo didn’t reject such an approach. It was undeniable that when a man made those intimate gestures, he would also feel an indescribable sweetness in his heart.
But at the same time, he also sincerely felt a feeling of being firmly bound. The man wrapped his arms around him, uttered words full of love, and the gaze focused on him, they all turned into chains wrapped around him, which made him feel a subtle sense of uneasiness.
And the men seem to be unaware of this as if they are afraid that others will not know, and they are still sparing no effort to show their ‘love’ to everyone.
Of course, Kui Ke’s words can be used to describe the man’s current state very well, that is: “I feel that you are exuding a sour smell of love.”
The two of them were sitting on the same bench. Since seeing the man and Chang An coming hand in hand, Kui Ke has become much closer to the man.
His thoughts are relatively pure, and he doesn’t think there is anything to blame for players falling in love with NPCs. Although some extreme moralists have always expressed strong opposition to this, he has never been swayed by other people’s ideas.
Coupled with the fact that he was only able to move freely with great difficulty, he couldn’t control himself as soon as the chatterbox opened.
“Are you with Chang An?”
“Well, congratulations.”
“Actually, from the first day I saw you, I thought you were a perfect match.”
“Are you going to get married? Will I have the honour of being at your wedding?”
At first, Xia Nuo pushed him away—the boy said he wanted to talk to Shi Xue Li alone—although there was only such a short distance in between, it didn’t prevent him from staring at the boy’s cute expression, the man still felt a little uncomfortable, not to mention that the person beside him was so noisy.
But after hearing what he said clearly, Kui Ke became a little more pleasing to the man’s eyes.
“A wedding?” A man has always been insensitive to this kind of non-binding ceremony between humans, but to be able to declare his ownership of the boy to the world…then the existence of the wedding is still necessary.
The man fell into deep thought, without the harassment from his eyes, Xia Nuo was finally able to concentrate on listening to Shi Xue Li.
“It would be great if we could communicate with the holy tree.” Shi Xue Li said regretfully, “Then we can ask it directly, whether it’s negotiating conditions or being rejected, there will always be a definite answer.”
“This… I can probably do it.” Xia Nuo said hesitantly.
It is the easiest for him to communicate with the holy tree.
“That’s great.” A smile appeared on Shi Xue Li’s face. She probably thought that Xia Nuo had contacted it through the ‘Blessing of the Holy Tree’, “If it proposes any conditions, if they are not excessive, you can first agree to them. Everything depends on clearing the game. .”
“…Okay.” Xia Nuo also raised the corners of his lips, but that smile was a bit awkward no matter how you looked at it.
Conditions, this is really a rather ‘scary’ word for him today.
“If everything goes well, we will probably be able to obtain the tree heart tomorrow, and then clear the game.” Shi Xue Li imagined this, and then turned to Xia Nuo, “But you probably want to choose to stay in the game for a while, right?”
There is no time limit in this game, players can decide whether they want to stay longer.
“…” Xia Nuo was stunned for a moment, then nodded. After listening to Shi Xue Li’s words, he suddenly realised that the time for parting was coming.
“By the way.” He changed the subject nonchalantly, “Did you also get attacked by a python last night? Are you not injured?”
In fact, the man also told him that the main targets of the pythons were concentrated on them, and there were only a few sporadic ones attacking other people, which did not constitute any threat.
And seeing that Shi Xue Li and the others are in pretty good condition, they know that there is nothing serious about them.
“No injuries…” Shi Xue Li looked a little complicated, “It was Luo Yin who helped us.”
Although the sand-spotted pythons were vulnerable to men, it was still difficult for Shi Xue Li to deal with them. At this time, Luo Yin, who was a monster hunter, helped a lot.
“Luo Yin?” Xia Nuo was a little surprised, but he was relieved immediately, “In fact, I have always thought that he is not a bad person, but just cold-faced and warm-hearted. It is not surprising that he would do such a thing.”
“Yes.” Shi Xue Li lowered her head, making it hard to see her expression.
“And one more thing.”
Xia Nuo was a little hesitant, but this question had been lingering in his mind for a long time without an answer, and after spending so many days together, he felt that Shi Xue Li was a trustworthy person, so he finally revealed this question: “After my novice world ended, the system took away my memory…”
He repeated the reason given by the system, and when he saw Shi Xue Li raise her head, her expression was a bit serious: “…This should be abnormal, right?”
“Of course.” Shi Xue Li replied without hesitation, she frowned, “For game players, experience is the most important thing, even more important than props. How could it be possible to take away the player’s memory for a ridiculous reason like ‘fear of leaving a psychological shadow on the player’?!”
“Do you know your system number?” Shirley looked at the boy in front of her with some worry and saw him shaking his head as expected.
Her heart skipped a beat, she was afraid her guess had come true.
In fact, she had heard a lot of secrets from Ka’er before.
Although the relationship between the system and the players has always been mutually beneficial, some systems do take the risk of being destroyed to tamper with the precious players. They do this in order to pursue a higher level until they finally get the chance to become a human being.
——What’s even more frightening is that sometimes they can even get the help of supervisors.
The reason Shi Xue Li asked this was because the first article in the ‘Player Rules’ clearly stated: ‘The system has the obligation to unconditionally inform the player of its own number.’
This is a rule jointly formulated by the supervisors in order to protect the rights and interests of the players. Once the system infringes on the rights and interests of the players, the players can file a complaint through its number.
And once the complaint is substantiated, the system will be punished severely.
But as soon as the boy shook his head, Shi Xue Li knew that not only did he not know the system number, but he didn’t even get a copy of the ‘Player Manual’.
Shi Xue Li would not believe that such a serious violation of the rules could be done without the backing of the supervisors in the system.
However, in this way, the boy fell into the most difficult situation. Because he has neither the ability to resist the system nor can he ask his superiors for help.
Shi Xue Li pursed her lips, wondering if there was any solution.
“Is this serious?” Xia Nuo asked cautiously, seeing the solemn expression on Shi Xue Li’s face, his heart also rose.
“Very serious.” Shi Xue Li said. Unless the boy never leaves the game, then the ending waiting for him will not be so happy.
However, all players are very clear that it is impossible for players to stay in the game forever.
Shi Xue Li looked at the still vivid young man in front of her as if she had seen his life countdown.
“But have you ever heard of an hourglass?” Shi Xue Li changed the subject and brought up a prop, “It can store memories and go back in time, you can even use it to construct a false memory… The only downside is that you have to set a unique one for it, a password that you will never forget no matter what. After this password is activated, your lost memory and hidden time will all come back. “
But once you lose your memory, how can you guarantee that you will remember the password? Because of this, this powerful item is only a B rank.
However, now Xia Nuo can only rely on this prop.
“May I go back and organise my packages, and then I’ll give you the hourglass?” Shi Xue Li said.
“Thank you.” The boy’s clear eyes were full of gratitude.
At the beginning, Xia Nuo just asked with an attitude of trying, but he didn’t expect the problem to be solved this way. He promised earnestly: “I… I don’t know what to say. If you need help with anything, please let me know, and I will do my best to help you.”
Of course, Xia Nuo would not take Shi Xue Li’s props in vain, he is now thinking whether to pay Shi Xue Li’s points or exchange them with other props?
“No need.” Shi Xue Li smiled, and said something that made Xia Nuo puzzled, “You have helped me a lot, and I should be the one to say thank you.”
“I’m really glad to have met you, thank you.” She glanced past Xia Nuo and looked at Kui Ke, who was still chattering not far away, torturing the man’s ears, and laughed silently.
……
In the courtyard in the afternoon, Shi Xue Li and Luo Yin met on a narrow path.
“This is the ‘hourglass’ you wanted.” Luo Yin’s expression was mostly covered by beard and messy hair, only his eyes could vaguely see a gentle look, “Tomorrow will have fine weather, I promise you that.”
These two sentences were completely irrelevant, but Shi Xue Li was not surprised at all. She took the hourglass, brushed past Luo Yin, and said in a barely perceptible voice, “Thank you, brother.”
