Chapter 261 Hello King
Sheng Shihua stared at the half-dead man in front of her.
That's really lame, she thought.
"Why are you here too?" He stared with eyes full of surprise and sadness.
Sheng Shihua did not answer. She held the axe tightly and stared at the monster's movements.
The monster roared miserably, its twisted claws flickering in the darkness as it pounced towards them.
Sheng Shihua wielded her battle axe and rushed forward, her axe leaving a red trail in the air. The monster dodged her blow quickly, and its sharp claws rushed towards her chest. She quickly twisted her waist, took a step forward, raised her axe high, turned it around in an instant, and hit the monster's head hard.
A roar that could almost rupture the eardrums echoed in the hall.
The monster rolled on the ground holding its head and wailing.
Sheng Shihua looked at it with an axe in hand.
"That's Jingjing." The man said behind her.
I know. I knew it the moment I saw it.
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When Sheng Shihua was a teenager, she would stay at her aunt's house in California whenever she had holidays. Her aunt was a single woman who never wanted to get married. She owned a hotel resort in Santa Monica and lived a carefree life.
She once asked her aunt why she didn't get married, and her aunt smiled and said, "I don't have the confidence to raise a good child." She stroked her face, "Because children should be born out of love. I haven't found that person yet."
During those summer vacations, she often sat alone by the sea, listening to the sound of the waves and reading. The men and women who came to the beach for vacation were always full of laughter, but Sheng Shihua was not infected by their joy at all. Since she was a child, she found that she could not understand other people's words and deeds at certain times. People always seemed to wear masks, and sometimes what they said was often completely different from their true thoughts. She always approached others according to her own thinking loops, and never cared about other people's thoughts. When others smiled on the surface but were actually angry in their hearts, she didn't understand. As she grew older, she realized that she was actually isolated from the crowd. At school, at family gatherings, and in public social occasions, she always felt out of place.
Her mother said she was special, but Sheng Shihua knew that her specialness had other meanings. It was a disease that was different from ordinary people, a disease that could not be found out until she was almost an adult. She didn't know the name of her disease until she was almost an adult. It was Asperger's syndrome, also known as autism spectrum disorder. She was a patient with social disorders and it was incurable.
She suddenly realized why she felt anxious when interacting with others. To her, other people's words, actions and thoughts were separated by a thick barrier. She was a depressed and unintelligent puppy, watching people's mouths opening and closing. She could hear their voices, but could not understand the rules. She barked anxiously a few times, and then was rejected as an alien who spoke at an inappropriate time.
She likes to be alone.
In her own world, she can open her arms and run freely in her fantasy. She is not understood by others, and she does not want to understand others. She was born this way, and she allows her aloofness and self-esteem to swell. She is never sad or lonely when she is alone.
Then he showed up.
That summer, she was sitting under the awning at the beach, reading a book as usual. He was playing beach volleyball with a group of laughing men and women not far away. With a scream, the volleyball flew straight towards her, and she hit it away with a snap.
A young man stood nearby, his skin gleaming from the sun. He apologized to her with a smile, then asked, "Chinese?"
She nodded and said yes.
That was her first encounter with Wei Hongzhuo. Later, she still came here to watch the sea or to daydream during the day, and he also came here every day to play with a group of people. On the fourth day, she received his invitation.
Would you like to walk with me and watch the sunset? he asked.
She replied that she could see it here, why should she go somewhere else.
He was silent.
In fact, she added, we have watched the sunset on Santa Monica Beach together three times.
He smiled and said something that would be extremely cliché today: You are really special.
Later, she graduated from college and returned to her country. Her aunt sold the property there, and she never went to the beach that summer again.
She sometimes met him at gatherings in China. His skin had become much whiter, and he looked clean and energetic.
A few years later, her father, a tycoon in the catering industry, told her that Wei Hongzhuo of the Wei family would propose to her at a party a week later.
This was actually a marriage that the two families had been planning for a while, and it was a decision made by the elders. She glanced at her father, who had a slightly uneasy look on his face. She knew that her father's business had not been doing well in recent years, and he had closed dozens of physical chain restaurants in various places, and the Sheng family's business was shrinking rapidly.
Their marriage was a good thing for both families.
Her father looked at her with shame in his eyes.
She nodded and said yes.
"But you have to tell him about my illness," said Sheng Shihua.
"That's fine," his father whispered. "I won't force you to do anything you don't want to do."
The image of the young man appeared in her mind.
She doesn't hate him.
She didn't feel reluctant, but she felt a little confused and bewildered about the unknown marriage.
Wei Hongzhuo was just a hazy light and shadow in her heart, composed of some slight affection and curiosity.
Not long after their engagement, they got married.
In fact, they knew very little about each other. He didn't know her, and neither did she.
She saw the longing for this marriage in his eyes, and she knew she did too.
Perhaps, this is not just a business marriage.
On the wedding day, the sky seemed to be shining with a rosy light.
Then, the changes began.
She remembered that they had just held their wedding the day before, and when she opened her eyes again, three years had passed.
When she woke up, she heard a voice in a daze: [I finally cleared the dungeon, system, next one! ]
When she regained consciousness, a child appeared beside her, a very cute little girl named Wei Jingjing.
The little girl is her child with Wei Hongzhuo.
After realizing this, Sheng Shihua almost fainted.
She had no memory of giving birth, no, she had no memory of being pregnant, and she had no memory of being married. Why did a little girl who called her mom suddenly appear beside her? Why did the people around her take it for granted that they had been married for three years?
Then she was horrified to find that the blank three years had been replaced by another "Sheng Shihua". During these three years, "Sheng Shihua" had always existed and lived a very strong presence.
After that, she began to trace the footsteps of "Sheng Shihua" in the past three years. After some investigation, she confirmed a fact.
During these three years, she did not lose her memory, but was controlled by something else. That thing occupied her body, suppressed her consciousness, and then lived under the name of "Sheng Shihua".
In her parents' words, she suddenly became smooth and powerful in the past three years. She also made trouble for the entire Wei family and drove away her mother-in-law. Several unfamiliar guests in the past became her friends. They all said that she was simply a smart person and very likable in the past three years.
No, that's not me, that's not me at all. Sheng Shihua screamed in her heart.
Wei Hongzhuo appeared in front of her, "Shihua..."
No, don't call me that. The wife you married in the past three years is not me at all.
When Jingjing saw that she was not there, she would cry and shout: "Mom..."
No, don't call me that. I'm not a mother at all.
I have never experienced pregnancy and I have no memory of giving birth to a child. This child was born from someone else's possession of my body and I have no idea who she is.
Whenever her friends talked to her, whenever Wei Hongzhuo appeared, whenever Jingjing tried to get close to her, whenever her parents praised her, she would always scream in her heart, who are you looking for? Is it the "Sheng Shihua" who took over my body, or the real me?
Whenever she thought of this, she would have a splitting headache and tremble all over.
She lay in bed, spending the night in fear. Perhaps when she woke up the next day, she would lose herself again, being controlled by something unknown.
Shihua. Wei Hongzhuo shouted.
"Mom," Wei Jingjing shouted.
No, I am not your Shihua.
No, I'm not your mother.
Night after night, the ceiling stretched infinitely in the darkness, and she was lost in it, as if she could never find the end. Sometimes she would fall into a short sleep due to fatigue, and wake up from the dream a moment later, hugging her body and trembling.
Her relatives and friends said she had changed. Her temper had become weirder, her emotional intelligence had dropped, she was no longer as smooth and aggressive. Whenever they said "you have changed", she felt as if she was being pushed into an endless cliff and suffocated.
In pain, she once tried to talk to a psychiatrist, but the doctor tactfully said that this might be a memory disorder caused by depression and advised her to take medication on time.
She was diagnosed with severe depression. She had to take medicine every day, but her condition did not improve at all. She still suffered from insomnia every night.
Wei Hongzhuo often tried to communicate with her at first, but she could no longer stand his approach. Even his caring greetings would make her feel extremely painful. This marriage had been stolen by someone else, and all the longings and sweetness had vanished into thin air.
She became that anxious puppy again, not knowing how to communicate her feelings to others.
They didn't know each other well before marriage. She knew rationally that it was not Wei Hongzhuo's fault, but her mind was resisting this marriage that could not be restored. In the first few years, whenever Wei Hongzhuo approached her, she would have difficulty breathing and even emotional breakdown. After that, their relationship became more and more distant, and then they separated.
For the sake of the family, they could not divorce.
In addition, they also have a Jing Jing.
When deciding to separate, Sheng Shihua felt a strange sense of relief.
But Jingjing said, "I want to be with my mother."
This was beyond her expectations, and she didn't know how to deal with Jing Jing who suddenly appeared.
Looking at Jingjing's pair of dark and bright eyes, she found that she was completely unable to say the words "you are still with dad".
They lived together. But Jingjing was a thorn in her side. Every time she saw her, she was reminded of the past when someone else took over her body and stole her life. She was always in the shadow of her life being taken over again. Because of fear, she didn't dare to face her. Because of pain, she couldn't treat her as her daughter. She gave Jingjing all the material needs that could be met, but she could no longer give her the love she wanted from her mother.
She can't do it.
She is her real nightmare.
She was a responsibility she could not escape.
She is my daughter, she is of my flesh and blood.
She is not my daughter, she is the product of someone else's will.
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The monster roared angrily on the ground, then it climbed up and opened its bloody mouth towards them.
How strange.
Jingjing has obviously become like this, but she can still feel that this is Jingjing at first sight.
Is this the blood-related relationship between mother and daughter?
Mother and daughter... She couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Just then, Wei Hongzhuo behind her shouted "Be careful!!"
The monster pounced.
Sheng Shihua raised her battle axe and chopped it sideways . But this time the monster twisted away in an incredible way and struck out with its claws. She felt a sharp pain on her shoulder. She was scratched. The monster attacked again. This time she turned and dodged. The battle axe drew a bright flame and hit its body directly. It howled in anger or pain and jumped back.
At this time, she saw her wounds slowly healing with the blue light. Wei Hongzhuo behind her was treating her.
It’s so bad, it only added this little blood.
The monster pounded the ground angrily. Then, a strange phenomenon occurred.
Some black smoke gathered around the monster and soon wrapped the monster in it. Then the black smoke became more and more and condensed into irregular shapes.
"Go!" a voice came from the sky.
A small octopus suddenly jumped onto Sheng Shihua's body. "We have confirmed that this is Jing Jing. We can't defeat it now, so retreat first!!"
"Can it turn back into Jingjing?" Sheng Shihua asked anxiously.
"Maybe! The goal of this trip has been achieved. Let's retreat now!!" The little octopus waved its tentacles, and an octagonal magic circle flashed in front of it. In the dazzling light, Sheng Shihua, the little octopus, and Wei Hongzhuo disappeared.
After a gust of wind, Sheng Shihua and others fell to the ground.
They were on the main road in front of the palace.
The little octopus lay on Sheng Shihua's shoulder and said to Wei Hongzhuo: "Uncle Wei, thank you for saving Cui Mingzhi."
Wei Hongzhuo looked at the little octopus and asked, "Excuse me, who are you?"
"You can call me Little Octopus here." Little Octopus said to Sheng Shihua, "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Blood Axe."
Wei Hongzhuo was stunned: "Master Blood Axe?"
Captain Madara was surprised and asked, "Are you saying that Sheng Shihua is a victim of the immersive game played by those interstellar nobles?"
"Yes. This kind of game has been banned for a long time, but the law can never prevent evil from happening." Mr. Cat said, "The implant in Wei Jingjing's body came from her mother Sheng Shihua. This implant is essentially a powerful signal receiver. Once driven by a key, the player can completely infiltrate the victim's body and drive the body with his own personality consciousness. Although it has been banned by law, it is still a very popular underground popular game. It is said that it can bring excitement that the virtual world cannot bring. There are always some interstellar rich people who spend a lot of money to experience this so-called time-travel journey of different times and civilizations. Oh, by the way, these underground game administrators will also specially select objects on planets of different civilizations and times according to the requirements of the interstellar rich people, and write background scripts for people to choose. Generally speaking, it is also equipped with a guidance system to prompt players to do so-called tasks."
"...Did Sheng Shihua's three years of life just get stolen like this?"
"She's lucky. Some players can take away decades of their target's life if they become addicted."
"How tragic." Captain Madara sighed sincerely. Taking over bodies is not unfamiliar to the Heart Eaters, but a long time ago, the Heart Eaters rarely inhabited intelligent creatures. Xiao Zhen's accidental entry into a brain-dead body and being unable to leave is a rare exception. Respecting intelligent life is the default rule for the Heart Eaters to survive safely in this galaxy. Seeing this case now, Captain Madara couldn't help but sigh a few times.
"And what surprised me was that Sheng Shihua was not the only victim, her husband Wei Hongzhuo was also one." Mr. Cat said, "It was probably an immersive time travel package for two couples. Sheng Shihua and Wei Hongzhuo were married to a wealthy family and were newlyweds. Wow, they were exactly the characters that people liked the most in time travel scripts."
"..." Captain Madara shouted, "So this couple had their three years of time stolen, and when they woke up they found that they suddenly had a daughter. No wonder they treated Wei Jingjing so strangely!!"
"That's it."
"Then Wei Jingjing is now..."
"She is an ordinary human. Her body was broken down into a solution and then reassembled. The same was true for the implant in her body. I suspect that a subtle change occurred during the reassembly, which caused her mind to actively invade the game console at some point and construct this game world with her dreams. But she herself is an absolute invader to the game system. Now her consciousness can no longer withstand the operation and rejection of the game. I'm afraid her rationality has been completely lost. She is now just a monster alienated by the game world."
"Can they rescue Wei Jingjing?"
"You should ask the others if they can get out safely," Mr. Cat said. "They don't have much time."
When Choi Ming-chi woke up, he found himself surrounded by a group of royal servants.
Seeing him wake up, the servants immediately invited him to meet the king.
The palace is worthy of being called a palace. Choi Myeong-ji walked in the magnificent palace. The floor of the palace is all pure white marble, and on both sides of the palace stand sculptures of gods symbolizing the protection of the country.
When he walked into the main hall, he was shocked by the magnificent hall in front of him. There were sixteen pillars in the hall, each with exquisite and complex patterns painted on it. Climbing up a row of twelve marble steps was the magnificent throne.
When seeing this lofty throne at that time, almost everyone would immediately feel respect.
Cui Mingzhi's eyes widened.
Sitting on the throne was Liu Xingquan.
Liu Xingquan said: "Hello, Cui Mingzhi."
Cui Mingzhi shouted, "Liu, Liu Xingquan?? No, I'm here to see the king!! Where is the king?"
Liu Xingquan said: "The king was just overthrown by us. Now I am the king."
Cui Mingzhi: “…”
