"Look, Auntie~! Mom is collecting faith and Radiance in your place, isn't she? She can do what you were unwilling to do even better, and your capacity is still growing, right? Even if this world is fictional, real emotions can still be born! Everyone can become better... Isn't that perfect?"
Mi Xue snapped her fingers as she spoke.
The computer screen in the cage turned into a seventy-two-inch flat-screen color television.
The screen showed an excavation site in Lunar City. Numerous construction vehicles were working at the bottom of a lunar crater in the background, while "the other me," dressed in a Taibai combat uniform she had no idea where to get, stood before the camera and continued her travel livestream.
Mi Xue then climbed onto the bed.
"So, you'll stay here for now. You'll be able to see everything we do, and Aunt Ceruno will keep you company too. If there's anything you're unhappy with, I'll do my best to..."
"No. If I stay here, I won't be able to see what you're doing behind the scenes."
I shook my head, rejecting her proposal.
"Unless you tell me how to open that door."
Mi Xue's little face immediately fell.
"Auntie, can't you just settle down? Reality is only a host machine. This world is the real thing! It's an incredibly realistic virtual world where everyone can gain power. Could it really be worse than that awful reality?"
It sounded wonderful, but what was the price?
"I'm not going to give up that easily. If you want me to settle down, tell me everything."
I didn't have many desires, but I was rather persistent.
If I didn't grasp the full situation, I felt uneasy. I didn't want to leave behind any regrets or remorse afterward...
Mi Xue lay beside Ceruno