If the SLP game console symbolizes Alice's recognition of her "player" identity, then it has now been completely broken, leaving only 216 silver cubes of the same size scattered on the ground, silently mocking her innocence and innocence.
Powerless. Alice ignored their ridicule, but silently picked up the cubes one by one, applied glue on the back, and then glued them back together to piece together a complete cube.
Her brows were furrowed, her lips were slightly pursed, her expression was as serious as a professor or scholar at the Royal Academy of Sciences who was performing an important experiment, and her movements were as cautious as if what she was holding in her palm was not some metal cubes, but a piece of fragile glass.
, a piece of flammable tissue paper, or
The author said that a heart is easy to fall. Once it relaxes a little, it will suddenly fall downwards, falling in the invisible darkness until it reaches the bottom, causing all illusions and longings to shatter——
She had experienced that feeling before and was determined not to do it a second time.
But reality does not change due to human will.
When Alice finally put the 216 silver cubes together and let the silver-white cube reappear in the palm of her hand, she was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at this beautiful figure, and saw in it what she had always dreamed of.
, and thought that they would always be by their side, but where did they go? With that
Did the girl leave without saying goodbye and disappear into a place far, far away that Alice could never reach in her lifetime? She looked at it so carefully that she even seemed to want to see every delicate texture on it, every ray of refracted light, and that
It is composed of a variety of geometric shapes, and the interlocking game command company LOGO is engraved deep in his eyes.
Finally, she took a deep breath and slowly removed her other hand that was holding the game console.
A moment.
Blah blah blah.
Just like the collapse of a skyscraper, or the pouring of a building block fortress, the silver-white cube disintegrated instantly, and the metal cubes rushed out of Alice's palm, as if they couldn't wait to escape from a prison that made them feel sad and unhappy.
The scene was quite spectacular,
There is a shocking feeling like a dam releasing water. However, when the metal cubes fall on the floor, there will be no echo of the waves, just like this failure did not stir up any waves in Alice's heart. They are all hard.
Things are tempered into iron through suffering again and again.
"The ninety-eighth time."
Alice muttered in a voice that only she could hear. This was the number of times she had tried and the number of times she had failed.
She reached for the tool next to her and prepared to try for the ninety-ninth time. This spirit of not giving up may be valuable in normal times, but in Lin Ge's eyes now, it is just meaningless and unconscious.
.
There is no meaning in trying, and there is no meaning in failure, but Alice is also unaware of these meaningless things. She still firmly believes that all problems in the world can be solved with her own hands. Every GameOver is preparing for the next time.
Passing levels and accumulating strength, but the actual actions are just like a puppet, like a machine, like an assembly line, repetitive and numbing work.
"Alice."
Lin Ge, who had been silent for a long time, finally found a break and said, "That's enough. Let's take a rest first. Have a meal or take a nap? Xiaoxia and the others are all worried about you, you——"
The young man hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "You've made them worry for a long time, so don't worry about them anymore, okay?"
Alice stared blankly at the silver cubes scattered on the floor. It took her a moment to react, and she slowly turned her head. The thick black circles around her eyes were even worse than Olvera's, and she replied in a hoarse voice:
"No...need. You tell them that I don't need to rest and I don't want to eat. Let's wait until I repair the game console...it will be fine soon..."
After saying that, she turned her head back, as if she just wanted to focus on her own affairs and ignored the reactions from the outside world.
"It's not like they will be relieved if I tell you this."
Ringer said helplessly: "If you keep refusing to go downstairs, everyone will keep worrying. This depends on your attitude, not anyone else's, Alice."
Alice didn't say a word, but just picked up a silver cube from the floor, put it in front of her eyes and looked at it silently, as if thinking about where to start to make the possibility of repairing the game console higher.
Ringer saw her reaction in his eyes, and suddenly felt a little frustrated. He knew that he should say something more practical to stimulate or encourage Alice to come out of the haze, instead of some empty words. Even Xino knew this.
, so before he came to see Alice, he confessed his thoughts to him, and told the young man that you have to become stronger. Only if you become stronger, Alice... and everyone, will regain their
confidence.
Everyone is watching his back, but he cannot relax at all. He must do everything as always.
Just like before, whether it was Olvera who didn't want to face the darkness, or Ieta who didn't want to step out of the windmill tower; whether it was Lorena who was torn between dreams and family love, or who was naturally withdrawn and didn't trust anyone except her grandma.
Anyone's Leticia, he can keenly capture their subtle changes in emotion, and then
It bluntly reveals the true thoughts hidden deep in their hearts. It is difficult to say whether young people are born this way or whether they have gradually developed this character in the process of serving as a pastor, but it does play a big role in making the lost people
The girlish monarchy of memory is able to unite together based on trust and dependence on young people.
But at some point, the young man found that he had lost the ability to keenly perceive the emotions of others and calmly point out his inner thoughts. He became more and more dull, or, as Xino and Gloria said
In that way, he became weaker and weaker. He obviously knew enough about his companions, their respective personalities, preferences and experiences, but suddenly he felt like he was embarking on a journey for the first time and getting to know them for the first time.
, knowing nothing about it and at a loss as to what to do.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! For the road ahead, he did his best to still maintain that calm and calm image in front of his companions, but occasionally he would ask himself: What on earth is this?
Changed yourself?
Or has he never changed?
…
"I have no intention of letting you give up, Alice."
Ringer said softly: "I just hope you can calm down and think about what you should do. Regarding that incident, everyone on Yunjing Kong Island felt sad, but it was because of sadness that they had to cheer up again.
.Now, everyone is doing what they can, whether it is for revenge against the Witch Association or for the next road, we must do something. Alice, this battle is still far away.
It’s not time to give up…”
"What to do?" Alice suddenly asked, her tone as calm as if she had no emotion at all.
Lin Ge was slightly startled and did not react for a moment, nor did he notice that her shoulders were shaking imperceptibly.
"What do you want me to do? What do you think I should do? Do you think I haven't actually done anything? But I have been thinking about this question! I have been asking myself: What should I do to serve my children?
Revenge of Themis of Heaven!? What on earth must be done to defeat the Witch Association!? What must be done to make you satisfied!? However, I have thought about it for so long and so much, and no one has ever told me what the answer is.
is correct. So in the end, it wasn’t until the end that I discovered——"
She raised her head suddenly, her eyes were red, as if she was about to cry: "This is the only thing I can do!"
The girl's slightly choked cry echoed in the empty room, as if it brought a whimpering sound from afar. The curtains were blown by the wind, and a shrill crow suddenly came from the night outside the window. The ancient ocean flooded
The tide rises and the light is gradually submerged.
Ringer stayed where he was, looking at Alice's red and swollen eyes, at a loss.
"Why, why do you always think I can't do anything, Ringer? Aren't I already doing it!?"
She stubbornly stretched out her hand towards the young man and showed him the silver cube in her palm. The scattered fragments of the game console were like scattered moonlight, reflecting every thin line on her palm, and
He asked unwillingly: "But apart from repairing the game console, is there anything else I can do!? I rely on the game console.
I only got here with my strength, so if I don’t have a game console, wouldn’t I be able to do anything!? I can’t avenge Themis in the heaven, I can’t fight against the witch association, I can’t even help everyone! But like that
It's not possible, absolutely not? I want revenge, I want to fight, I want to help everyone, so I, so I..."
She slowly clenched her palms, letting the edges of the silver squares touch her palms, sending out bursts of tingling sensations. She put her hands on her chest and covered them with her other hand, as if she was afraid of the dark.
The little child curled up like that, as if this was the only way he could feel the heartbeat and warmth of life. Even his voice gradually lowered his voice, and he murmured in a tone as weak as talking to himself in a dream: "
We can only fix it..."
It must be fixed too.
Because, without the game console, the genius player named Alice would be useless and would be unable to do anything.
Ringer finally understood what Alice was afraid of.
He couldn't help but pursed his lips, as if he had swallowed a sour fruit into his throat, and it turned into a bitter voice. The young man shook his head gently, his movements stiffer than a string puppet in a puppet show: "It's useless."
He looked at the girl in front of him sadly: "You can't fix it."
Alice's body trembled suddenly, and she clutched the fragment of the game console in her palm tighter. Then she raised her head and stared directly at Ringer. Her expression seemed a bit superficial if it was said to be stubborn, but it seemed to be filled with hatred.
It was too serious. At this moment, Ringer suddenly remembered a person who had disappeared from his memory for a long time, Rochelle, a traveler from the Fertile Earth Sect. Perhaps his complicated eyes before his death had a certain relationship with Alice's expression at this moment.
Such a subtle resonance that Ringer was in a trance
I actually saw many different shadows going upstream from the same river, traveling through time and returning to the present, looking at me with the same sad and resentful eyes. They were more than just Alice, more than just Luo
Xie Er is not even the person in the young man's memory, but he understands that their emotions are not directed at him. They are emotions that have nowhere to be placed, a secret contract with fate, and unforeseen consequences.
future hatred and jealousy.
It's called a mortal tragedy.
He felt palpitated by this and did not even dare to look at Alice.
"You always say that, Ringer." Alice sniffed deeply. The sour feeling on the tip of her nose made her want to cry. She tried hard to make her tone calm, but there was still a trace of vibrato that could not be concealed.
: "Xiao Xia is like this, and so is the boss lady. Every time you come to see me, you always tell me to do what you should do. It seems that you have been doing it from the beginning.
I decided that I couldn't repair this game console. However, Olvera planted the violet seeds that Mrs. Tree left for her in the small garden. Although they didn't bloom for two years, they never gave up. You encouraged her to persevere.
; Rorona conducted hundreds of experiments in her alchemy workshop to completely purify the pollution in the ocean, although there was no successful case.
But you encourage her to persevere; Ieta has been trapped in the windmill tower for seven hundred years, and still has longing and hope for the outside world. Although she has never been able to completely come out, you encourage her to persevere.
Hold on. But I don’t understand, Ringer, I really don’t understand why you always try to persuade me to give up when I want to hold on.
?Am I a person who is not worthy of your trust? Everyone else’s persistence is meaningful, but my persistence is meaningless? Or, you didn’t have much expectations for me in the first place, and you even hated me for a time.
? Just like Xino said, I am too weak. If it were not for my weakness, there would be no need for Themis in Heaven to die. Do you all think so?"
"But obviously, I don't want that...I never wanted that result...I didn't mean it...really...not..."
The wind blew far away, bringing with it a sad tidal wave. Under the umbrella-like canopy, human emotions were surging uncontrollably, causing those memories that had nowhere to put them to gradually move towards an unknown place.
The young man slowly knelt down, stretched out his hand, and gently wiped away the tears from the girl's eyes.