Hope in the Real World (2)

Once inside, Zheng Zha gently placed Loli on the sofa. The little girl's face had already turned red in the square, and the moment they entered, she immediately shut her eyes tightly. Having only just given her virginity to Zheng Zha, she naturally began thinking of certain things, especially when he laid her on the sofa. Her face was filled with indescribable shyness.

"Don't, don't do it here... Let's go into the inner room," Loli whispered, her voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

But Zheng Zha did not make any strange move. Instead, he lay down and rested his head on her thighs. He simply lay there silently without moving. Loli was startled at first, but after a moment, she silently placed both hands on Zheng Zha's hair.

Loli said softly, "...I was so worried about you. Seeing how you looked then... I was terrified."

"Mm..."

"Zha, I'm so scared. Sister said that after staying here for a day, you'll come back, but perhaps either she or I might suddenly disappear, just like that other sister. Or maybe both of us will disappear together... I'm so afraid I'll never see you again. Even if I really have to die, I still want to see you one last time..."

Loli paused here, then continued softly, "Today, I kept thinking, Zha, if I hadn't died back then, you wouldn't have been so disappointed in reality, and you wouldn't have seen the choice between 'YES' and 'NO'... You wouldn't have been so badly injured either. Sob, I was really scared then. Seeing you covered in blood, seeing not a single part of your body left uninjured... Zha, I was so afraid of losing you then, sob..." Loli could not continue. She could only hug Zheng Zha's head and cry softly.

Zheng Zha only felt exhausted. Beyond the weariness in his body was an indescribable exhaustion of the soul. He was truly tired. Struggling and wandering through that place of despair and death, he had to consider every step carefully and stake his life on every obstacle, until that final, desperate struggle. He had truly spent every last bit of strength he possessed. Once he was safe, he did not even have the desire to move. He only wanted to lie silently on Loli's thighs and rest.

"We won't die... Li'er, we won't die! Neither of us will die! I promised you that I would take you back to the real world alive. We'll see the aurora at the poles, then take an ocean liner across the Pacific Ocean, lie on the deck at night and count the stars. Then we'll go to Easter Island to see the giant stone statues, imagining together the unknown secrets of humanity. We'll go to the Scottish plains to hear the melodious bagpipes and feel as if we're drifting among the clouds. We'll go beneath the broken walls of Greece and mourn the glorious civilizations of antiquity that have passed away. Finally, we'll return to the Great Wall and walk hand in hand to Badaling... No matter what, I have to live! I haven't fulfilled a single one of the promises I made to you yet... No matter what, we have to survive!"

Nothing happened that night. Zheng Zha was simply too exhausted. He only held Loli and slept peacefully through the night. It was past ten the next morning when he slowly opened his eyes. Loli's childlike face, as beautiful as flawless jade, was right before him. The little girl was still sleeping quietly with her eyes closed, but as if their hearts were connected, not long after he opened his eyes, Loli blinked awake as well.

"Good morning."

Loli wrinkled her little nose and gave a soft yawn.

Zheng Zha absolutely loved seeing her like this. In his memories, when they were eleven or twelve, they had occasionally slept together too. Whenever she woke up then, she had worn this same lazy, kitten-like expression. To use a popular term these days, she was simply adorable. Before he knew it, Zheng Zha, lost in watching her, had already kissed her.

Loli immediately began making muffled noises, but a moment later, she went completely limp in Zheng Zha's arms. By the time he left her red lips, the little girl was already breathing heavily.

After taking several deep breaths, she coquettishly complained, "So dirty! Doing this first thing in the morning, you big pervert! We haven't even rinsed our mouths yet! Move over already, you crushed me all night..."

"Then... it wouldn't hurt to stay on top of you a little longer..."

"No, you big perv..."

Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. The room was full of *, which need not be described to outsiders.

In any case, by the time the two emerged from the room, it was already close to noon. Loli's face was flushed with an unusual, enchanting red, and even more unusually, she was wearing a high-collared coat that nearly concealed her entire neck. Both her hands kept pinching the flesh on Zheng Zha's back.

Zheng Zha had long since grown thick-skinned enough not to fear it. He was not even afraid of the Alien Queen's tail and claws, so would he fear the fingers of a little woman? Though both were female creatures, the Alien Queen was far more terrifying by comparison. Zheng Zha wore a broad smile as he thought this to himself.

After leaving the room, he discovered that several people were already standing in the square. From afar, Chu Xuan, Zero Point, Zhang Jie, and the others seemed gathered together, apparently discussing something. Zheng Zha had personally witnessed Chu Xuan's extraordinary reasoning ability, so he immediately thought that Chu Xuan might have discovered something. He quickly grabbed Loli's hand and ran over.

Chu Xuan had changed into a new pair of glasses and was dressed in a black casual outfit. The style looked ordinary enough, but no matter how Zheng Zha looked at him, he felt that this guy resembled the Gestapo from old films. His cold, indifferent expression was simply too much alike.

Zero Point and Zhang Jie had not changed much. They had merely put on new clothes. When they saw Zheng Zha and Loli arrive, they both nodded at him. Zhang Jie also gave him a heavy pat on the shoulder. Chu Xuan, however, was the first to speak. "Everyone except you is here. Once Zhan Lan returns, I'll tell everyone about several things I've analyzed."

Before Zheng Zha could speak, Loli's face reddened first. She called out loudly, "Big Brother Zhang Jie, where's Sister? Is she in the room?"

Zhang Jie said cheerfully, "Your sister and Zhan Lan are making some kind of cream fruit platter. Little Li'er, your sister has been talking about you since this morning."

Loli gave an "Mm," then secretly gave Zheng Zha a hard pinch. After that, she skipped toward Zhang Jie's room. A moment later, Zhan Lan came out of the room with a grin.

Seeing that all five had arrived, Chu Xuan said calmly, "I discovered three issues. The first concerns created people... Based on the conditions provided by the Main God, it seems that even gods can be created, since there are no limits on race, age, sex, or abilities. Anything you can imagine seems capable of being created. I tested it yesterday, and there are actually hidden restrictions... Arno!"

Chu Xuan called out. More than ten seconds later, a huge man over two meters forty tall bent down and emerged from Chu Xuan's room. He stood silently beside Chu Xuan without moving, his expression as cold and indifferent as Chu Xuan's own.

"At first, I chose Aliens and Lickers, but the Main God gave no response. It seems nonhuman creatures cannot be selected... So I chose a human. A height of roughly two meters forty appears to be the limit. I did not test sex, since it does not affect combat ability, so I chose male. As for age, I kept it at twenty-two, when combat ability would be at its peak. As for abilities, I initially imagined an omnipotent god, but the Main God did not create the lifeform. So I gradually reduced its strength. I even tested the genes and bloodlines available for exchange from the Main God, but those did not work either. Those things cannot be created, so I made an assumption: abilities can only be based on humans."

"Then I pushed his abilities as close to the limit as possible, gradually lowering them from the strongest limit. When they reached roughly twice the physical capabilities of an ordinary person, this lifeform could be created. At the same time, I gave him the experience and personality of a special forces soldier. That is basically it. Since he looked exceptionally strong, I named him Arno..."

Zheng Zha and Zhang Jie both secretly laughed. They had not expected that Chu Xuan, who seemed so cold and detached, possessed this level of prankish spirit inside.

"This is not the key point!"

Chu Xuan said calmly, "He can be enhanced as well! I tested it by having the Main God enhance his Intelligence a little. I did not expect the Main God to actually enhance him. Do you know what that means? It means that the lifeforms you create can definitely enter the Horror Movie reincarnations! Five hundred Reward Points can create a special forces soldier twice as strong as an ordinary person. The Reward Points from one Horror Movie can get you two such bodyguards. All your initial ideas were wrong! The free creation slot given by the Main God at the beginning was not for you to create women to fool around with. It was meant to let you survive, to give you the chance to create bodyguards!"

"Why do so many people die in these Horror Movie reincarnations? And why are weaker people more likely to die in them? I think it is because many people directly spend a thousand Reward Points to enhance themselves at the beginning, then use the free slot to create women. But what can a thousand points really enhance? Can it double all your attributes? Wouldn't it be better to create two loyal bodyguards instead? The Main God had already given us a hint: how to survive when your physical abilities are weak. The answer is to create bodyguards! This is the wisdom of mortals... Humanity's inferior nature truly is utterly lowly..."