From star abyss

"In other words, can the power given to my subordinates by Gaia be able to reach us directly across the star abyss and time and space?"

"We don't know. Your Excellency Shen Shen." The administrator said helplessly: "His Majesty Lian Ding has already gone to the 'planner' for questioning. We can only hope to get some results by then."

"Tsk, people on Earth...can't believe it after all?"

Long Yuqiong clicked his tongue:

"The accident of 98 people is not a small number, not to mention that these people are heroic warriors of the gods. We can't report our condolences yet - the secret of the bastard is how he did it."

"No, it's 99 people," another administrator said.

"What did you say?" Long Yuqiong was stunned: "I only have 98 people here - wait, is it Teacher Xia Yubing? We can't live without her."

"No, it wasn't her. That little girl just couldn't hold back her nausea, so she got offline after the fight."

The administrator calls up the background data:

"This girl should be from your team. Don't you have any impression?"

Long Yuqiong looked at the data displayed to the other party and shook his head:

"I have an impression, but I am not familiar with this person, and she is not a good soldier."

"Really? That's a pity. Even if some gods die, no one will mourn them."

The administrator put away the tablet and removed Yu Tianxiao's online status:

"Implanted a synthetic memory into him, so that the server does not have to be shut down for maintenance, and you can perform tasks with confidence."

"Thank you for your hard work." Long Yuqiong nodded: "It's because we didn't handle the problem well and increased your workload."

The administrator shook his head and disapproved:

"It's not hard work. We slave labor gods are born to do this. Just like cannon fodder gods, we know nothing but fighting. We special-purpose gods are relatively pure."

"...Pure?"

Long Yuqiong put his hands on his hips and looked at the dead body of [Barber]. The poisonous blood of the ether had evaporated completely. The seemingly miserable death had actually caused the biggest loss since the launch of the "Star Abyss" server.

He couldn't help but murmured:

"Is it more important to not forget oneself, or is it more important to be pure and complete one's mission?"

Ding dong——!

Jiao Ziniu stood at the door of the single dormitory, holding barbecue rice in one hand and looking at the word 'offline' on the terminal with the other.

He raised his head, looked at the closed dormitory door, and scratched his head with the terminal.

"It seems that Azi is not at home at the moment."

He said and glanced at the sign on the dormitory door:

Room 6002

Resident: Lin Ranxia

There is a photo of the resident next to it. It is a girl who looks to be eighteen or nineteen years old, with slender eyebrows and short shoulder-length hair.

"Well - Lin Ranxia."

Jiao Ziniu looked at the photo of the other party and his face turned slightly red. He sat down against the door, smiled and said:

"Azi...your real name is quite nice."

Azi on the terminal still remains offline.

Jiao Ziniu was not in a hurry and was just waiting here.

"But I really didn't expect that you would look so pure in person. You are almost mine - well, not that much. Yes, I haven't reached that point yet, but you are indeed so cute and beautiful... ahem."

The old habit of talking to myself started to happen again, even though it was fine when I played games with cumin powder.

"Now that I think about it, Aziz really helped me a lot when I was able to enter the professional game. Apart from Li Ozi, in real life, Aziz helped me the most and cared about me the most. But in the end, I Never helped.”

He turned his head and complained to himself:

"I'm sorry, Azi, I didn't help you get revenge - I'm really angry. I was killed by the game's forced plot. I was about to kill all those secret council members. All of us have an advantage. The real general also became A big monster, Brother Silverston is also very good at fighting it, and Yueyue has been serving as the fire captain..."

In order to pass the time, Jiao Ziniu started chatting with himself, and gradually started chatting with the cumin powder in his fantasy.

"Azi, the people you picked for our team are really good, but without you, this team will be really difficult to play. I have been thinking that if you are here, the team will not be short of damage. , as long as it is cumin powder, we can rest assured, because you are the best ranger in the world, and those idiots in [Qiongyu] are simply blind..."

He paused, lowered his head, and said:

"Also, you are the first person to praise me. Let's play games together later, shall we? I will also open a small account and start over with you, or I have become stronger now, and I can lead you to cut easily. It’s crazy.”

"I think that without you, the game would be much less fun. This version needs output very much. Without you, I will definitely be in jail. But with a cellmate, I feel like I am willing to go to jail even if I have you." Sit down."

"I seem to have become a little habitual of relying on you, Azi."

He hugged his knees and waited quietly.

As the meteors streaked across the night sky, he said:

"Is the barbecue rice cold? If you don't come back, I'll eat it."

Until a touch of fish belly white appeared in the east, Jiao Ziniu glanced down at the terminal with red eyes:

Cumin Powder – Offline

The last message was from a day ago, when she introduced her two teammates, Silverston and Lanane.

Discussions began on the forum about how boring the plot was. The monsters were too repetitive. Some people were bragging about their wisdom in leaving ahead of time with Li Ozi. Now they are having friendly exchanges with pirates in the universe, and they are having fun every day.

It was rare for Jiao Ziniu to not browse his favorite game forum for a day, nor was he in a hurry to get back online.

A few hours later, he couldn't bear it anymore and wolfed down all the cold barbecue rice. When he went to the east end of the corridor to throw away the garbage, Jiao Ziniu almost turned back every three steps, for fear that he would miss the news of the other party's return.

Until the sun set low again, Jiao Ziniu's legs were already numb. He looked at the gray profile picture on his phone and fell into silence for a long time.

"Really? It seems that Azi went on a trip to relax. He will be back after a while."

Jiao Ziniu stood up, found a reason to comfort himself, and turned to leave.

"Azi definitely doesn't want me to be affected. I have to continue fighting and avenge her account as soon as possible - let's go, let's go, "Xingyuan" is suitable for me - Yuan Shen! Activate."

He put his phone into his pocket, and the screen suddenly woke up and a message popped up:

"Obituary: Lin Ranxia (ID: Cumin powder), a former professional player of the [XXG] team, passed away at 3:22 pm yesterday in the coma due to a sudden heart attack. Rescue efforts failed."

"Lin Ranxia, ​​19 years old, is a first-level e-sports athlete in Yanxia. She once won the runner-up in the World FPS (First Person Shooting Competition) Ability Competition and the champion in the shooting range competition."

"May you be able to raise your beloved gun again in another world and hit your favorite target again."

"Tip: The battery of this machine is low and spam text messages and background data are being cleared..."

"Shutting down."

Jiao Ziniu put his hands in his pockets and may not have any understanding of what was going on on the terminal.

He just hummed a little song to encourage himself to cheer up and walked all the way back to his home.

"VT, bring me three big bowls of fried rice!"

"Welcome home, Mr. Jiao Ziniu - you seem to be in a bad mood. Is it because the date didn't go well?"

"Hahaha, I was let go."

Jiao Ziniu waved his hand, grinned and said:

"I find that women are not trustworthy at all. It's better to...play games."

The android looked at him, his eyes flickering, as if analyzing the problem.

"Hurry up and cook. I still have to play games. There are a lot of game contents in the new version of Star Abyss that I haven't experienced yet."

Jiao Ziniu sat in front of the dining table as if there was no one around, shouting:

"I'm going to starve to death. What are we going to eat today? Shall we have beef curry? Or make porridge."

"Mr. Jiao Ziniu, you just ordered fried rice."

"Oh? Did I say that? Oops, I must be so hungry that I forgot. Anyway, anything is fine, just serve it quickly, I can't wait, haha..."

The android butler lowered his head. He slowly walked to Jiao Ziniu and put his hands on his shoulders:

"Jiao Ziniu, I'm sorry. I'm just an android who takes care of life, and I don't know how to comfort humans - but I watched a TV series that said: If you feel aggrieved and sad, it would be better to speak out."

"I am fine."

Jiao Ziniu's eyes were red, and he grinned with a bright smile:

"I'm just anxious to get back to playing games - eager to level up quickly, want to become stronger, want to have the ability to protect others - that's all, aren't all Internet-addicted teenagers like this? Haha Haha...hahahaha..."

His laughter was very hearty, but his expression was almost uncontrollable. His facial muscles were tense like a zombie, his eyes were staring straight ahead, and at the same time he clenched his fists, causing the table to tremble violently.

VT's eyes flickered, it lowered its body and gently soothed the other person's back from behind.

After a long silence, Jiao Ziniu suddenly became extremely calm.

"...I think I understand who the real enemy is."

"I have always been led by others. Because I have a good relationship with Li Ozi, I feel that he will help me unconditionally. However, Li Ozi also has his own world view and experience, but I say that he is a butcher."

"Azi helped me and brought me into the professional arena, but she didn't get a chance to stand out. I thought days like this would last forever, but I was wrong. No one would accompany me forever."

“I’ve always relied on others, but never thought about what I would do without them.”

There was a faint green glow in his eyes. Jiao Ziniu was not agitated at all. His tone was as calm as ever and he said calmly:

"From now on, I will never let those around me fall again."