HBWnovel Chapter 474 474: Return to Reality
Chapter 474 474: Return to Reality
Reality, late at night.
Tap, tap, tap...
Under the dim light, the clock ticked away the time, second by second.
The computer desktop, illuminated by the desk lamp, was the only bright spot in the room.
But when that unique light source shone upon that head of black hair, the light seemed to be swallowed by the darkness.
Ten slender fingertips danced across the keyboard, typing letter after letter.
Long strings of code flowed across the screen, the pure white English letters reflected in her pupils.
Beneath her eyes, the red and swollen bags seemed to still hold traces of unshed tears.
Midway through typing, the maiden seemed to recall that sentence Alain spoke in the Game World:
"I'm sorry, we—"
The moment she heard those words, Wanhua left the Game World without hesitation.
Staying a second longer would have been torture for her.
"Liar..." The maiden temporarily stopped typing, turning her gaze to look at the only other figure in the room besides herself.
The person lying paralyzed on the bed, whom she missed day and night.
Now was a particularly solemn moment. It made Wanhua want to keep Alain by her side so she could feel at ease. Thus, she had moved "Alain's" body from the other room into her own boudoir.
Perhaps, the fact that she hadn't lived in the same room with Alain before was also a reason for him leaving her...
"No, he didn't leave me."
As Wanhua thought of this, raging flames of anger ignited in her eyes.
"It's all... those liars!" She bit her silver teeth lightly, indigo-blue silhouettes flashing through her mind one after another.
Indeed... they are 2D characters.
True... their emotions appear more "normal," more acceptable to the secular world.
But, isn't there an element of pretense in that?
"They definitely tricked Alain!"
Alain loved her so much. Even if he looked at her with eyes full of resentment... "Hate" isn't something that can't be turned into love.
It must be the instigation of those dolls that caused a qualitative change in Alain's "hate." That was what led him to almost say that sentence.
"You can deceive for a moment, but you cannot deceive for a lifetime." Wanhua smiled faintly.
Those dolls thought they could use Alain to achieve their goals...
...
They even found a new world for this purpose, wanting to get rid of her and live happily with her Alain?
Impossible. This is absolutely—impossible.
Wanhua furrowed her brows in anger, then, thinking of something, her brow smoothed out after a while.
"Indeed, your plan is quite good, but in the end, it cannot defeat my love for Alain."
She smiled contemptuously. She casually closed the window.
Wanhua had noticed long ago that Monika was tripping her up from behind, but AI was simply too useful.
Plus, just the data fed to Monika had burned out several of her graphics cards. The costs had already been sunk. And the harvest, naturally, had to be reaped from Monika.
Bearing the brunt of this was the so-called "Security Guard."
The Security Guard was a handy tool for Alain... Was it not the same for her, Yang Wanhua?
Long before, after learning of Monika's petty rebellious heart, she had raised her guard and monitored her.
Finally, she found the loophole in the Security Guard, thereby planting a port internally.
As Monika was a digital lifeform, Wanhua did not know if she had arranged a backup plan.
But as long as she was alive, alive and full of hope... the future Monika would see the following scene:
Alain, whom Monika thought could become a helper, would be pulled out of the Game World by Wanhua.
As for that so-called new world, Wanhua believed it could not be kept either.
She would follow the Security Guard's trajectory, go straight to the new world, and then dispatch viruses again...
To catch all the Mitas there, including Monika, in one fell swoop.
"And then, there's Alain." Looking at the dense code before her, Wanhua felt that everything she did was for her lover.
But Alain, that idiot, had truly shattered her worldview once again.
Casually, with just a few words, he was coaxed by the Mitas...
It was simply too ridiculous!
As expected, was putting Alain into the Game World the wrong choice?
"No, that's not it." Wanhua felt that she was still too soft-hearted.
She shouldn't have given him the right to move on his own, letting him coexist with the Mitas safe and sound...
From the very beginning, this was a massive mistake.
When she typed the last line of code, the maiden hesitated slightly.
"Where exactly is Alain's place to return to?"
Should she place him by her side, or throw him into a digital world again?
If he was by her side... Wanhua admitted to herself, she had been wanting it a bit recently.
With Alain's nourishment, it could also comfort her wounded soul.
But this wouldn't last long.
She wanted Alain to exist forever, forever in the palm of her hand.
And the real world had too many unstable factors.
Then, there was the second option: Throw him into a new digital world again.
"This point..." Pondering.
What world... was another question worth considering.
But this time, she would absolutely not place Alain inside a bishoujo game.
She originally thought those codes would be a bit more behaved. Who knew they would actually commit such transgressive acts: deceiving Alain.
"Wait until I get Alain back, then I'll kill them right in front of Alain's eyes, how about that?"
Wanhua reached a conclusion.
First, transmit Alain's consciousness back to his physical body in reality, letting him watch helplessly as the Mitas are slaughtered.
Then, transmit Alain into a new Game World.
As for the game genre...
"Since he can't die anyway, let's go with 'Resident Evil'."
Alain would definitely thank her!
Boys, after all, don't they just like fighting and killing? They also like guns.
Alain would definitely like a zombie-type game!
Thinking of this, the maiden's glimmering smile rested on that final symbol...
With a clack, she pressed a crisp Enter.
Wanhua stood up, walked to the side of the "comatose" Alain, and waited quietly.
"Just wait a little longer... Alain." She caressed Alain's face in his sleep.
"I will definitely make you stay by my side forever."
Confirming that the anesthetic drugs were all prepared, she sat by the bed, stroking Alain's hand.
Tap, tap, tap...
The clock on the wall pointed to "11:45". The swaying pendulum swung second by second, like the oars of the river of time.
Bzzzt—
A sound of electric current faintly drifted into Wanhua's ears.
She frowned, glancing at her computer.
The code bar on the computer hadn't changed, but a progress bar had appeared at the very bottom.
The progress bar was rising steadily, indicating that the process had not undergone any changes...
No problems.
Her gaze returned to Alain. "When I see you again, I will definitely let you know just how much I love you... Alain."
Bzzt-rumble—
Beside the computer desk—the only light source: the desk lamp suddenly turned off, plunging the room into darkness.
Confused, Wanhua stood up. Just as she wanted to question, "Power outage?", she saw the computer screen was still glowing.
"The desk lamp... broke?"
As soon as her words came out, the desk lamp lit up again. The light returned, as if nothing had happened.
"..."
Wanhua looked around in silence for a moment.
The partially drawn curtains revealed the wind from outside, full of natural fragrance.
The warmth of summer blew into the room with the wind, yet it brought her a trace of chilliness.
But after a while, still, nothing happened.
She relaxed her brows. "Illusion?"
Sitting beside Alain again, stroking his hand.
"You, really, are so willful. Just to welcome you back, you gave me quite a scare."
"So, consider this a little punishment for you."
Wanhua smiled faintly. "I will kill all those Mitas right in front of you..."
"You can definitely understand, right? You definitely can, right? Alain, this is all for your own good."
"You will definitely be very angry, angry to the point of obsession. But... in order to make you wake up from the lies, this is a step I have to take."
"So, Alain..."
She lowered her head gently, her gaze fixed straight on Alain's lips. Getting closer and closer.
Wanhua had changed her mind a little.
Keep Alain in reality first, keep him for... a week.
In this one week's time, at least let her enjoy herself thoroughly, releasing everything... that had accumulated before.
"Alain, you will definitely understand me—"
Bzzzt—
The annoying sound of electric current again.
Wanhua's lips stopped at a position less than a centimeter from Alain, and the lights suddenly lit up.
It was definitely not the light of the desk lamp, but the incandescent lamp located in the center of the ceiling.
The bright light dispelled all the darkness, making even Wanhua's black hair shine with a jet-black glint.
The maiden stood up, looking around the room where darkness had nowhere to hide.
Only after her eyes adapted to the brightness did she open them, carefully scanning every corner of the room.
Bzzzt—
Sound of electric current.
The incandescent lamp abruptly turned off. Darkness returned.
When her eyes adapted to the darkness, Wanhua glanced at the only light switch in the room.
There, there was not a single human figure.
Tap, tap, tap...
Deathly silence enveloped her and "Alain," with only the clock still transmitting the sound of oars paddling in the river of time.
The clock reached 11:50.
Wanhua stood still for a moment, then walked straight toward the main breaker at the door.
"If you don't come out..."
She smiled gently. "I'll pull the breaker, you know."
Sure enough, as soon as her voice fell, a faint "rumbling" sound finally rang out in the quiet room.
The incandescent lamp turned on again, casting a gentle white light.
And following the light and the sound... Wanhua looked toward the corner at the Projection Unit that should have only been used by Monika.
"Heh."
She smiled coldly. The prey that was at her lips had returned.
"Monika, I don't know what you are thinking."
The Projection Unit condensed a human shape.
"You escaped once, and now you want to come back and surrender?"
The human shape constructed its colors.
"But don't think I will forgive you so easily."
Just as her voice fell, Wanhua's eyes widened slightly.
That was definitely not Monika's colors and structure.
Angular shoulders, the height of a male.
By his hand, a greatsword was being forged...
A greatsword composed of blue blocks.
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