Chapter 2452: Mourning for the past (twenty-seven)
"What are you doing?!" the cat boy exclaimed: "You don't even know if there is real water in it, so you jump in like this. What if you get melted by the acid?!"
"This one is warm and has no irritating feeling. It shouldn't be acidic." Mitch had just touched the water in the pool with his hands. Of course, he started soaking after trying it. He seemed to be very comfortable soaking in the liquid crystal pool.
Feeling comfortable, I let out a long sigh of relief: "There are no piercing spikes at the bottom of the pool. It's slippery, not bad. Maybe it's even more comfortable than the crystal cave we stayed in before."
"You guy..." The cat-man boy was a little helpless. He believed that he was immortal in the crystal world, how dare this guy Mitch act like this.
"Why don't you take a bath, brother Mutt?" said Mitch, and even picked up some "water" to wash his face at this time.
Those wonderful liquid crystals flowed over his face and then fell down. To be honest, it didn't seem to have any cleaning effect, but it didn't seem to corrode or stain Mitch's face. The crystal boundary was originally part of the abyss, and it was formed by this
A special space created by the master of the world according to his own preferences. There were originally many incomprehensible things here, but because there were so many, Mutt even gave up exploring them.
"Probably...it doesn't hurt to give it a try." Mutt sighed. Now that he entered the crystal world by mistake, he couldn't think of any good way to leave for a while, and even if he left, he would just go back to Lviv.
What's the point of being in a cold stone refuge? It's better to take a bath here and relax a little.
He took off his clothes and jumped into the water. The wonderful liquid crystal pool was about the same depth as he imagined. When he sat down, it just submerged into the chest of the cat boy, as if it was designed for people to soak in it. The bottom of the pool and the pool
The crystal on the edge should be as sharp as the crystals elsewhere in the crystal world, but it has been mysteriously softened by some kind of power. Sitting on it feels like sitting on a soft sofa. Mutt even suspected that this pool was originally made of hard crystal.
, was suddenly liquefied by some force, and the crystals in a complete circle centered on the pool became the water in the pool, while the crystals that were not completely liquefied became the soft, as if
It's a gel-like substance. And although the color of the pool water is a bit strange, it really feels warm. Being wrapped in this stuff makes your whole body feel like you're in a hot spring. It's so comfortable.
"Why don't you take off your clothes?" the cat boy said to the other party.
"It doesn't seem to be wet." In fact, Mitch was only wearing a pair of underpants. His ragged clothes had long been taken off. He was afraid that the clothes would be cut into pieces by the crystal, so he didn't wear them at all when traveling.
Mutt did feel a slight dryness, which was not like the feeling of moistening when the whole body was soaked in real water. So this was indeed not real water, and it would not stick to the body or hair and cause the cat boy's body to become wet.
The fur is wet. This liquid crystal is even repellent to the human body. It is more like oil than water. Although it feels strange, it is indeed not harmful to the human body.
.
"What's bothering you, Brother Mutt?" Mitch suddenly asked, as if he had read through the cat-man boy's mind.
"Forehead?"
"I can see it at a glance. You don't look good, and you're out of your mind." The rat boy asked: "It's been two cycles since you last appeared. You shouldn't have stepped into the crystal world again.
But you're still here. I know very well that you didn't come here for me, but it doesn't seem like you were forced into the crystal world involuntarily. So you... um, escaped?"
This statement is not completely unreasonable. Mutt frowned, feeling ashamed of his evasive behavior.
"I'm sorry. You obviously couldn't escape from here, but I went back and forth to the crystal boundary as if to show off. Now I even ran in to escape reality..." He sighed: "I am a very good person."
Despicable people..."
"No, Brother Mutt is not wrong." Mitch replied in a low voice: "It's just because the real world is too painful that you escaped, right? Since you have the courage to take the risk of never getting out again,
, escaped into the crystal world, how can you say that you are a despicable person?"
Mutt felt as if he had been stabbed in a fatal spot, and his eyes began to moisten. Of course, he turned his head away and pretended to look at the scenery so that Mitch could not see his face.
"Although it's a bit selfish to say this, I'm actually very happy to see Brother Mutt again." The rat boy said again: "I'm also worried that you will never come back after you leave, and the entire crystal world will change again.
It became just me, day after day, year after year, until I went completely crazy."
Mutt remained silent. He had so many things to worry about and felt helpless. When he heard Mitch complaining, he couldn't help but feel that he was actually very happy. He was a hundred times happier than Mitch.
At least he has a place to go and friends to rely on. If he ends up in a situation like Mitch, trapped in this deserted world for the rest of his life, unable to survive or die, then that would be the real hell.
"Hey..." the rat boy asked in a low voice: "Are you really a real person? Have you really existed, existed, and are you right in front of me? You really are not. I am too lonely,
Crazy, an illusion created by my mind?"
"I'm real...just like you are real." Mutt replied.
"...Can I hug you?" the rat boy asked again.
"Hey..." Mutt was a little embarrassed considering that he was naked and taking a bath.
"I won't do anything extreme, just...a hug." Mitch blushed and whispered, "I know it may be weird to say this. But I want to feel your body temperature. I
I want to hear your heartbeat. I want to know who you are as a real person."
"Does this have to be the case to make you feel at ease?"
"Can't you...?" The little white mouse hummed, "Just think of it as a little reward for bringing you here, can't you?"
Mutt didn't answer.
"Can't you let me... be willful once in a while?" Mitch asked.
"...Okay." Mutt's attitude gradually softened. If it's just a hug...it shouldn't matter.
He is actually very lonely. The person he has always admired is no longer there. The person he likes does not like him.
No matter how hard he tries to please the world, the world is so indifferent and ungrateful to him. What can he do besides despair and escape?
Mitch hugged Mutt from one side and even put his head on the cat boy's chest.
There was a very warm feeling, like hugging his own brother. Other than that, Mutt didn't feel anything wrong--until Mitch hugged him closer and closer, wrapping his arms around Mutt.
The breasts made him a little breathless.
"Hey... I'm suffocating." The cat boy complained in a low voice.
"Sorry. Just a little more..." Mitch buried his face and head in Mutt's furry chest and whispered. He seemed to be crying.
"As expected...it's true." He said, "I'm not crazy...right?"
"Yeah." Mutt didn't know how to answer. God knows. Maybe he is really an illusion, maybe Mitch is his illusion, maybe life is an illusion, half dreaming, half awake, and the whole life passes in a haze. What?
What is considered a dream and what is considered reality are gradually becoming unclear.
"You will leave in the end, right?" Mitch asked in a low voice: "The crystal world is just a place for you to escape temporarily. Do you still want to go back to the world that belongs to you?"
"Yeah." Mutt hummed again, although it seemed a bit sorry for Mitch to say this.
"It seems that the master of the crystal world won't let me leave, so I won't ask you to take me away." Mitch sighed: "But can't you stay here for a little longer? Even if you stay here for one more cycle. I will be good.
Yes. I will treat you well. I will satisfy you whatever you want, as long as you stay here..."
"Don't be willful..."
"So, you have a better reason to get back to reality?" Mitch asked sharply.
No, otherwise he wouldn't have escaped to the crystal world. In reality, there is no one who loves Mut, and there is no one he can love again, so he is so empty.
"But it really doesn't work, right?" Seeing the hesitation on Mutt's face, the rat boy sighed, "There is nothing in this desolate world, except crystals. Even if I am with you, there will be nothing."
It’s so different from the real world. You can live well in that world, even if you have only one person. No matter how painful or lonely you are, you can still live well. What’s more, you are not alone, and you still have concerns.”
Mutt didn't answer. He remembered that there was a dark American football game to be played tomorrow, and the opponent was that powerful team from a major European country that was almost cheating and almost never lost.
"You should really go back. Escape to the crystal world won't change anything. Escape is just escape." Mitch said.
Even though Father Sphinx is no longer around and can’t see them win the Super Bowl trophy, he still wants to win the trophy with the team. Even if the people who care about him and the people he cares about are gone or have changed,
Life must go on.
Escape indefinitely in an empty place will not bring about any change; only by continuing to trek with fatigue and bitterness in a chaotic world can change be possible. In reality, countless people struggling in despair are not all ordinary people.
Doing the same thing day after day, trying to find the meaning of existence from a rotten and boring life?
Everything that Mutt is experiencing now, even though it is bizarre, is actually not much different from the lives of ordinary people. No matter how bad it is, it is actually not that bad.
"I understand. I will accompany you for a while...and then I will find a way to go back." The cat boy also hugged the other person tightly and sighed in a low voice: "But I will come back again. I also...
..It’s very lonely.”
"It would be better if you don't come back." Mitch cried and said. Although he said this for Mutt's sake, when he said it, the words were so hurtful. So Mutt also
Cried softly.
At this moment, a thunderbolt passed in front of them, and a figure appeared in front of the cat boy.
Albert's clone stared blankly at Mutt and Mitch who were hugging each other while soaking in the pool, and asked in confusion: "What are you doing, meow?"