Volume 1: The Beginner's First Cry Chapter 39: Frankness
After finishing the meal, I was about to get up to clean up the dishes when Afeng suddenly said, "Oh, by the way, Adai, I almost forgot to tell you, are you still in the 'Dead Space'?"
Seeing me nod, Afeng continued, "Xue Wuxia was unable to contact you, so she asked me to tell you that when you are resurrected, we will meet at Nanjing Restaurant to discuss something."
"What's the matter? Have you received another difficult task?" I asked while packing.
"You'll know when you get there. I can't explain it in a few words. I need to rest. Don't disturb me anymore." Afeng turned and walked away, leaving me in suspense. Based on my intuition, I felt that things would not be simple. Perhaps it would be another big trouble. However, I had to consider the face of Buddha. I couldn't afford to offend the person who might become Afeng's future wife. This woman was already powerful enough, and now her lifelong happiness was involved. I had to forge ahead no matter what I had to go through!
After resurrection, I greeted Xue Wuxia and started to rush to Nanjing. They had calculated the time and were waiting for me in Nanjing Restaurant in advance. This also showed that this meeting was more important, which made my already uneasy heart even more nervous.
When they arrived at Nanjing Restaurant, all ten people were present, not one was missing, even Little Lajiao who was busy with her studies. After a round of greetings, they soon got down to business.
"A-Dai, you should have known about the official announcement, right?" Xue Wuxia went straight to the point and mentioned the topic I least wanted to talk about.
"You are talking about the 'World Heroes Conference'. So many people are talking about it, how could I not know about it?" The facts were there, and I could not give a negative answer.
"We have discussed it and decided to participate in the team competition and strive to get a good ranking and get the winner's rewards. I wonder what you think." Xue Wuxia is so aggressive from the beginning and used the collective will to suppress me.
My original premonition became reality. I felt extremely conflicted. I almost didn't dare to face Xue Wuxia's eyes and subconsciously turned my face to the side. "Since you have already discussed it, I will naturally firmly support you. Don't worry, I will definitely be there to cheer for you. I believe that led by Sister Xue, who is wise, beautiful and intelligent, we will be invincible and achieve excellent results." I decided to do my best to defend my right to freedom.
Xue Wuxia smiled faintly, unmoved, and pressed forward step by step, "If we need you to participate to help us win, would you agree?"
"This..." I didn't dare to refuse, but I was unwilling to agree. I looked at other people for help. Afeng, who understood my mood best, didn't even look at me. He was chatting with Yun Wuying. Xiao Lajiao looked at me eagerly, but judging by her personality and the expression on her face, she was definitely encouraging me to agree. The two people who were close to me were like this, not to mention the others. My hope of finding external help was completely shattered. Come to think of it, they must have discussed it and formed a united front to deal with me. Afeng had already betrayed me. Could I stand it alone?
"In fact, I also want to fight with you, but my identity is a necromancer. Once exposed to the sun, no one can predict what the consequences will be. In the future, when I face the Church of Light, it is likely to implicate you. I don't want to bring regrets in the future for the sake of momentary pleasure." I had no choice but to speak out my heart. Afeng's target is the "playboy", which is the accumulated resentment. Even if he really likes Xue Wuxia, this decision will not change. If he is hostile to the Church of Light because of me, it will bring great trouble to his revenge. This is not my original intention, and it is not what I want to see.
"What is your purpose in playing games?" Unexpectedly, Xue Wuxia did not continue the previous topic and try her best to convince me, but instead asked such a philosophical question.
I was a little confused. According to my inference, Xue Wuxia was not someone who would give up easily. She would definitely find a way to make me agree to her. But what was the point of asking this question? I was about to answer and opened my mouth, but suddenly I paused. I clearly had the answer, but I didn't know how to start.
The most basic purpose is to make a living, trying to make money from the game to support my family as Afeng described, but I don't have confidence in it. With my shallow level, can I really do it? With Afeng as a precedent, I don't think I can be better than Afeng. I still have doubts about this new lifestyle. I feel guilty about using this as an answer to the question, and I am afraid that I will be ridiculed.
Another main purpose was to help A Feng take revenge on "Playboy", but this involved personal privacy, so he could only work on it in private and could not tell Xue Wuxia openly. Putting aside these two factors, he could not find a suitable answer for a while, and sweat broke out on his forehead, and he fell into an awkward situation.
Xue Wuxia spoke up at the right time to help me out. "Different people play games for different purposes. Some play for entertainment, some for interest, some as a career, and some for love and hatred... All these make up the huge group of game players." When she talked about love and hatred, I saw that she seemed to stare at Afeng, and there seemed to be something else in her eyes. Did she know something? This is impossible. Afeng would never tell others about his past. I can't do that, let alone Xue Wuxia, who I have only known for a short time. It might be a momentary illusion. This is the only way I can explain to myself.
Xue Wuxia didn't show any abnormality and continued her speech, "Everyone has their own dreams in their hearts. Reality is too cruel. It has shattered the hopes of many people and left them with endless regrets. No matter what purpose you have in coming to this virtual world, the essence is to start over and show a more wonderful life. The poor want to become richer, the rich want to be more prosperous, the weak want to become stronger, and the strong want to climb higher mountains, because we are unwilling to accept what we have or what we have. We are powerless to resist reality and can only choose to challenge everything in the illusion. At least, we will not lose everything and will have more opportunities for success."
These words may be a bit cruel, but I have no words to refute. She spoke to my heart and revealed my true intentions. Yes, whether it is to make a living or to take revenge, it is to satisfy our hopes that we cannot do in reality. The relationships in reality are too complicated, and many things involve various aspects of the problem. It is too difficult for some people to accomplish one thing. Virtual reality games become a good choice - although we are dissatisfied with reality, we are not mentally ill, and we will not do things that violate the law.
Xue Wuxia's eyes became brighter and brighter, as if they were glittering with a layer of crystal. I had an illusion that she was not trying to persuade me, but was expressing her own beliefs and revealing her own thoughts. "If that's the case, why should we be so timid? What is coming will eventually come. As long as we have tried our best, whether we succeed or fail, there is nothing to regret. What is important is a spirit, a spirit of unyielding, unyielding, and unwillingness. Without it, what is the meaning of life, and how can we be happy?"
The whispers around had stopped, and everyone was thinking about Xue Wuxia's words, and they were speechless for a long time. As the person involved, I seemed to have received a wake-up call, and my long-silent heart was awakened. The unsatisfactory life had worn away my once heroic spirit, and I became less and less confident, doubting everything, fearing everything, and not having a clear understanding of many problems. I let out a long breath, feeling the gradually boiling blood, and my heart was full of passion. Instead of living like this, it is better to do something vigorous, live as a hero, and die as a ghost hero. The heroic words that I once sang with passion can no longer be achieved in reality. If I can show my ambitions in a virtual game, it can be regarded as a disguised compensation.
I turned my head and looked at A Feng, who was looking straight at Xue Wu Xia, with a strange look in his eyes, and his admiration for her seemed to have deepened. In this situation, what else can I say, "Sister Xue, thank you, I understand, I will join you and challenge the 'World Heroes Conference' to let them see, if we are not heroes, who are the heroes?"
