Chapter 519: Searching for the World
This was a meeting Su Xia had been looking forward to for a long time.
He had a lot of doubts in his mind, and probably all of them could be resolved in this meeting.
The Lord of Dragon City has left the underground of the academy. The meeting place is not in the academy, but in a very mysterious area.
"Beifeng, the location of this meeting is quite special. It is a secret space under the central building." The old dean found Su Xia and told Su Xia some things that needed attention.
So far, only the Lord of Dragon City has entered that secret space.
Apart from them, no one else had ever entered, not even the old dean.
No one knows what's in there.
The old dean doesn't know either.
"You must take this meeting seriously." The old dean warned seriously, "The city lord may want to train you as his successor. After all, your current strength, qualifications, and reputation are basically enough. You are younger than us old guys, and your future is bright."
"I understand." Su Xia nodded repeatedly.
"Don't underestimate the city lord just because you are a level six creature. He has far more knowledge and insights than you can imagine." The old dean warned again.
"I understand."
"Alas... it's a pity that the city lord has no children. If he had a child and could teach him personally, he would definitely be able to train a suitable successor..."
The old dean sighed and thought of Hu Li, whom he had trained.
He was completely disappointed with Hu Li.
Inside Longcheng, the other outstanding young people are not much better, most of them are flowers in a greenhouse.
Looking at the entire Longcheng, among the young people, only Su Xia, an outsider, is more suitable to be the successor to the city lord.
The two talked as they walked, and soon they arrived at the basement of the central building and walked to an elevator.
"Beifeng, I can only take you here." The old dean stopped and said to Su Xia, "The elevator will take you to an underground arsenal. After you get out of the elevator, keep walking inside for about 500 meters. There is a door behind which is the secret space."
"Okay, I understand."
Su Xia nodded and entered the elevator.
This scene gave him a sense of déjà vu. When his clone was in the Forgotten Land, he also took the elevator to see Ross in this way.
The only difference is that the elevators go in different directions, one goes up and the other goes down.
The elevator slowly descended with Su Xia.
Not long after, the elevator stopped steadily. With a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened, and a huge underground arsenal appeared in front of Su Xia.
The shelves were filled with all kinds of weapons, which were dazzling and countless.
He didn't stop and walked straight forward.
According to the old dean, after he walked about 500 meters, he saw a dark gate.
Before he could step forward and knock on the door, the voice of the Lord of Dragon City came from inside the door: "Come in."
"good."
Su Xia nodded slightly and then pushed the door open and walked in.
The area behind the door is the mysterious space mentioned by the old courtyard.
It wasn't quite what he imagined.
This area, which is said to be the most mysterious in the entire Dragon City, felt very empty to him.
It was dark all around , with nothing in sight, except for a dim white light in the middle, illuminating the central area.
The Lord of Dragon City stood in that beam of light, with his hands behind his back, his eyes calm and steady, looking at Su Xia quietly.
Next to him, there was a strange-looking mechanical device.
After Su Xia came in, the door behind her slowly closed, separating this area from the outside world.
He didn't say anything, just looked at the Lord of Dragon City.
The Lord of Dragon City also looked at him, his gaze lingering on him for a long time.
Both of them were silent.
After a while, the Lord of Dragon City sighed softly, a look of regret appeared on his face, and said to Su Xia: "Has the real Bei Feng passed away?"
"yes."
Su Xia did not deny it and admitted it on the spot.
He was not surprised. After all, although he had the memories of Commander Bei Feng, he was not the same person he once was.
Whether in his behavior style or his language style, he could not be consistent with the former Bei Feng.
It is not so easy to pretend to be someone.
Moreover, his strength increased too quickly, abnormally fast, as if he was cheating.
There must be information about the former Commander Beifeng in Longcheng. As long as you read the information carefully and compare it with Su Xia's behavior, you can see some clues.
Others might not think of it, but the Lord of Dragon City is different.
He probably isn't from this world either.
"Are you a member of the undead?" The Lord of Dragon City asked again in a steady voice.
"Yes." Su Xia nodded.
"really……"
The Lord of Dragon City sighed again, probably lamenting the fall of the genius commander.
After a while, he said to Su Xia, "Do you have any questions for me?"
Su Xia replied: "Yes."
"you say."
"Do you have a kid?"
"Yes, there is one."
The Lord of Dragon City nodded slowly and replied in a deep voice: "I have a daughter named 'Su Xiaoxia'. If she grows up smoothly, she should be about the same age as you ... Coincidentally, the name you registered in Dragon City is the same as my daughter's."
"daughter?"
Su Xia was startled and asked hurriedly: "Just a daughter? No son?"
This answer was different from what he had been expecting...very different.
He thought he would get another answer.
That was the answer he had been waiting for.
"Why do you ask that? What kind of answer do you want?" The Lord of Dragon City looked at him, as if he had guessed something. A hint of tenderness appeared in his eyes, and he slowly said, "The time that has passed cannot be recovered, and the same goes for the people who have passed away."
"Irretrievable?" Su Xia's body trembled, and she murmured in a low voice, "Irretrievable..."
"If I'm not mistaken, in your world, I should be your father?" The Lord of Dragon City asked him gently.
"yes."
"Then, your name may be Su Xia. I have discussed with my lover before. If it is a boy, we should call him this name."
The voice of the Lord of Dragon City became increasingly calm, not as majestic as before.
He looked at Su Xia and said softly, "I also hope that you are my child, but we are just two wandering souls in different worlds after all. My child died of illness more than ten years ago. I can see that your father has also been dead for a long time."
"I……"
Su Xia opened her mouth and suddenly fell silent.
He looked at the familiar face, with many words in his heart, but he couldn't say them.
He had prepared those words for a long time to say to his father.
But the man in front of him was not his father.
As for his father, perhaps as the Lord of Dragon City said, what is gone is lost and cannot be retrieved.
He withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and stopped talking, then slowly sat down by the door, with his back against the cold door. He was silent for a long time, feeling as if something was tearing at his heart and making him feel uncomfortable.
Many of the things he did in this world were for this meeting today.
But now, those things seem meaningless.
"You probably still have some questions in your mind, and I can't answer those questions either." The Lord of Dragon City suddenly spoke, "Walk forward and touch the machine next to me, maybe you can get some answers."
Hearing this, Su Xia slowly raised her head.
When he entered the door just now, he noticed the machine next to the Lord of Dragon City.
The machine was very strange, about half a person's height, and looked like a metal cylinder, except that there were many indicator lights of different colors on its surface.
Su Xia looked for a long time but did not get any prompts from the system.
That's also what's strange.
In the past, if you looked at anything for a long time, the system would give you a prompt.
"Its name is 'Xunjie', perhaps you have heard of it." The Lord of Dragon City spoke slowly.
"Searching for the world?"
Su Xia murmured in a low voice . He had indeed heard this name before.
Back then, when he got the star map left by the Golden Holy Tower Organization in the underwater pyramid, he heard a message.
At the end of that message, the words "seeking the world" were mentioned.
Could the "Xunjie" mentioned in the message be this strange machine?
But the Golden Holy Temple organization came to this planet ten thousand years ago. Could it be that this machine has existed on this planet for tens of thousands of years?
"What is the function of this machine?" Su Xia stood up slowly. He did have many doubts in his mind.
"You will know after you come into contact with it." The Lord of Dragon City did not answer.
"good."
Su Xia did not hesitate. It was useless to hesitate about this matter. It was better to keep trying.
With a focused gaze, he slowly walked forward into the beam of light in the center of the area, approaching the strange machine step by step.
Finally, under the gaze of the Lord of Dragon City, Su Xia took a deep breath and slowly placed his hand on the machine.
“Buzz——”
The machine shook slightly, and the various colored indicator lights on its surface lit up one after another.
The next moment, a feeling like an electric shock came from Su Xia's palm. He was very familiar with this feeling. It was the same every time he activated the bracelet, but this time it was stronger.
His eyes went dark and he fell straight down.
But the ground behind him was not solid. He seemed to have fallen into a cold lake. His whole body was wrapped in the water and continued to sink into the endless darkness.
Falling...
Keep falling...
The darkness seemed to have no boundaries, and the falling seemed to never stop.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Xia finally regained consciousness.
"hiss……"
Su Xia covered her forehead, feeling a sharp pain in her head, as if her brain was torn apart.
He frowned, slowly opened his eyes, and found himself back in the dormitory, with the familiar dormitory bed curtains in front of him.
He was covered with the familiar school bedding, and his nose was filled with the familiar smell of laundry detergent.
"Why was it sent back? Could it be that the machine has the same function as the bracelet?"
Su Xia subconsciously raised her hand and wanted to take a look at the bracelet.
But the next moment, he was surprised to find that the black bracelet was gone.
There was nothing on his arms!
"What's going on?"
Su Xia's eyes froze. Is it impossible to return to the game world through that bracelet?
He hurriedly got up, ignoring the headache, and turned on the computer, intending to log into the game through the computer to see if his character was still there.
But soon, his heart sank and he stared at the computer desktop.
There was no game icon for Looking Up at the Stars on his computer desktop!
Something is wrong!
Su Xia clearly remembered that he downloaded the game with several roommates on the day the game was launched, and he and several roommates entered the game at the same time that night.
However, he later used the wristband to play games and used the computer less and less. After all, the computer cannot bring that immersive feeling.
During this period, he never deleted the game.
This situation would not have happened unless several other people in the dormitory had touched his computer while he went downstairs to eat.
But now Su Xia is the core of the Bikini Bottom team, and the other guys in the dormitory will definitely not do this as long as they are not mentally ill.
"Something's wrong. Is this an illusion world?"
Su Xia rubbed his brows and murmured softly.
At this moment, Li Defu's voice suddenly came from the bed: "Hey, Lao Su, you got up? Is your head still hurting?"
Hearing the voice, Su Xia's eyes lit up and she immediately opened the bed curtains.
The person who got out of bed when he did was the familiar Li Defu.
Several other roommates were also there.
The director Yuwen Shuxue, and the two brothers He Lie and He Ju were sitting together, playing LOL, their fingers moving quickly on the keyboard.
Another roommate, Li Sihua, was playing a shooting game, staring at the screen with a very focused look.
"Everyone is here." Su Xia said.
"Of course I am here. Today is Sunday, so we don't have to go to class. We are both single, so no one wants to go out with us. We can only stay together and play games."
Li Defu shrugged, feeling that Su Xia was asking nonsense. They used to spend every weekend like this.
He looked up at Su Xia and asked, "Old Su, how is your head? Is it okay?"
"What's wrong with my head?" Su Xia's head did hurt, but he thought it was caused by the world-seeking machine.
"Have you forgotten?"
Li Defu's eyes widened, he jumped up quickly, touched Su Xia's forehead, and said, "Oh no, could it be that he lost his memory after being hit?"
"What do you mean by amnesia?" Su Xia was a little surprised.
"You fell while playing basketball yesterday and hit your head. You kept complaining of a headache, so we sent you to the hospital for a check-up. The doctor said you had a mild concussion and there was no need to be hospitalized. You just needed to come back and rest for a few days. Have you forgotten all this?" Li Defu asked Su Xia.
"Me? Playing basketball?"
Su Xia was stunned. His basketball skills were not very good, his height was barely enough, and he hadn't played for a long time.
Li Defu looked at him with a strange look and said, "Lao Su, you are the captain of the school basketball team, the president of the basketball club, and the only one in the dormitory who doesn't like to play games. You won't forget these, right?"
"Yes, Lao Su, why don't we go to the hospital for another check-up?" Director Yu Wen Shuxue also raised his head and asked Su Xia.
"What basketball club president? You guys are not going to team up..."
As he was speaking, Su Xia was suddenly startled.
He noticed that his roommates did not call him "Brother Su" but "Old Su".
wrong!
Something is wrong!
He glanced at the games his roommates were playing and asked tentatively, "Aren't you guys going to play Stargazing?"
"Looking up at the stars? What is this?" Li Defu asked in a daze.
"It seems to be a kind of dark cuisine from Ying Country." Li Sihua added.
"Yeah, I've heard of it too." He Lie nodded in agreement and searched for pictures of the Stargazing Sect on his phone.
"Old Su, you did mention the words 'look up at the stars' in your sleep this morning," said the head of the department, Yu Wenshuxue.
"Talking in your sleep?" Su Xia looked at Yu Wen Shuxue.
"Yes, I remember now."
Li Defu also said: "Lao Su, you talked a lot in your sleep this morning, such as 'Bikki Bottom', 'North Wind', 'Looking up at the stars' and so on. We were all waiting for you to tell us your bank card password, but you never told us."
"Old Su, are you dreaming and confused?" Li Sihua asked.
"It's possible. I heard that some people dream for too long and can't distinguish between dreams and reality after waking up." Li Defu touched Su Xia's forehead again, looking concerned.
Listening to what his roommates said, Su Xia's frown deepened.
He clearly remembered his experience in the game and was sure he was not dreaming.
Those experiences must be real!
Then he asked, "Are you still making money from the game studio?"
"Yes." Li Defu replied.
"What game do you mainly play now?" Su Xia asked again.
"Of course it's this one!"
Li Defu held up his cell phone and showed it to Su Xia.
On the desktop of the phone he was pointing at, there was a game icon. The icon was a white-haired character with a playful expression, one eye closed, and cute gestures.
Li Defu tapped lightly on the icon.
"Original God, start!"
