The moment Lian Xiangyu joined Su Bai and the others and began disrupting the script with them, Ning Yi and Shen Dong'er also began to be moved by his words as time passed. Their bodies trembled slightly, and the red moon power within them began to fluctuate as well, spreading outward in concentric ripples like those stirred on a lake, trying to break free of the script's restraints.
Meanwhile, Su Bai stood a short distance away and noticed something unusual too. Around Blood Moon Lake Villa, which had been as peaceful as the Real World, surges of power appeared that would have terrified ordinary Nightmare World players. Clearly, the director hidden behind the scenes had also been moved by Lian Xiangyu and the others' performance.
Su Bai smiled faintly. He knew this game should be nearing completion. Although his "gardener" had said little in the "script," he had at least sacrificed the "gardener's" innocence to disrupt it. That should count as more than coasting along without contributing.
Lian Xiangyu took a deep breath and slowly approached Ning Yi and Shen Dong'er, a trace of resolve in his eyes. His voice was low and steady, carrying a reassuring strength. "Come on, let's sit back down on the sofa for a while."
He gently pointed toward the sofa and looked at Shen Dong'er and Ning Yi. "Let's sit together and have a proper talk."
During their conversation, Lian Xiangyu deliberately recalled the things he and Shen Dong'er had experienced together, recounting them with a mixture of truth and fiction and presenting them as memories he had previously lost. Shen Dong'er listened in a daze, her gaze wavering as though she were trying to grasp that long-lost sense of familiarity. Her emotions fluctuated, as if she already stood on the boundary between falsehood