Half a Glass of Water (Finale)

Three days later--

Xiao Yu sat in front of his television, watching the news with a bored expression.

Excellence Technology was subjected to a comprehensive investigation due to previous events, which is why the War of the Gods was also shut down.

Forrest has already been sent to prison, and none of his powerful backers have come forward to risk their lives at this critical moment.

The Moha Religion was unusually quiet. After such a major event, they dared not act rashly. This time, the Moha Religion suffered a heavy blow, but it certainly wouldn't be wiped out.

Who knows, they might continue their God-Creation Plan in the future, but Xiao Yu doesn't care anymore. In his opinion, such plans are simply impossible to succeed, and he himself is proof of that.

He now felt that Shen Yuan's choice was more correct; being able to become a god in the virtual world was at least better than achieving nothing.

However, all of these things were overshadowed by the enormous impact of Earth Online's complete isolation.

The Earth Online incident severely impacted the entire online gaming industry, with many fearing that the game would become the next Earth Online. Consequently, games were investigated, and players left the gaming platform en masse.

Xiao Yu was one of them. He was now terrified of games. Being trapped in the virtual world and unable to distinguish between reality and fiction, being isolated from reality in the game, damn it, playing games these days is too dangerous.

Just as I was idly flipping through channels, the doorbell rang. When I opened the door, I saw Old Li, Chenghong Moli, and a leader from the National Network Bureau of China walk in.

"Hey, what brings you here? Did you resolve the Earth Online issue?"

"That game is beyond saving. Players are trapped inside it, and some who lack a survival system have already died."

It's estimated that within a few months, most of the 13 million players will die. Of course, only their bodies will die; their minds will remain trapped in the game.

We can't directly enter Earth Online yet, but we've found a way. We plan to send the players' minds into Earth Online via electromagnetic waves, trying to establish contact with the Earth Online world and see if we can rescue some particularly important players. If that doesn't work, we'll at least establish contact with Shen Yuan and his group, and set up Diplomacy relations."

"Establish Diplomacy relations?"

"That's right," Old Li sighed. "Although I'm reluctant to admit it, we and Earth Online are now two different worlds."

Xiao Yu nodded. "What does this have to do with me?"

"We hope you can be the leader of this mission."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu immediately shook his head vigorously, "Forget it, I'd rather die than get involved in these things again."

"Can you really bear to see millions of players forever trapped in Earth Online?"

"Hehe, what's there to be reluctant about? In Earth Online, they have plenty to eat and drink, and they can even gain powerful abilities. They might even be living better than we do in reality."

"But that's just a game."

Xiao Yu shrugged. "You don't need to say anything more. I absolutely will not go."

"Alright." Old Li sighed, as if he had already anticipated this situation.

"However, the Moha Religion has not been completely eradicated, so your danger is probably not over yet. Moli will stay with you for the time being to protect your safety. We'll take our leave now."

After watching Old Li and the others leave, Xiao Yu returned to his room with Chenghong Moli.

"What, not playing games?" Chenghong Moli asked jokingly.

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "What would you like to drink?" He took an empty glass from the shelf as he spoke.

"Water will do."

"Water, right?" Xiao Yu said, heading to pour some water, when he suddenly remembered the experiment he'd done after climbing out of the game pod that day. Almost instinctively—

"Water, please!" he murmured to himself, looking at the cup, but the cup remained empty.

(Okay, I guess I was overthinking it.) Xiao Yu shook his head with a laugh. It seems he needs to get his chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) treated.

"What are you doing?" Chenghong Moli asked, looking at him with a strange expression as she saw him holding the cup.

"Uh, it's nothing, I--" Xiao Yu was about to make up an excuse when suddenly the phone rang, and the excuse came to him immediately.

"I'm going to take this call, you can do as you please." With that, she handed the cup to Chenghong Moli.

He turned around and answered the phone.

"Hello, who is it?"

"It's me, boss!" came the Big Water Cunt voice from the other end of the phone. "I've been bored lately and wanted to play games with you."

"Still playing games? I've had enough."

"No, I recently discovered a new game that's played on the computer screen, so there's no risk of problems. Want to try it?"

"Okay, then we can give it a try."

Chenghong Moli shook her head speechlessly at Xiao Yu, whose tone had changed in the blink of an eye. It would be a miracle if this guy could quit gaming.

She was about to pour herself some water when she suddenly froze. The glass in her hand, which had been empty, was now half full of water, shimmering with an unusual luster under the light.

(The End)