"Why?"
After hearing Xing Ye's order, Guan Ling rushed forward crying, and used his tattered body to tear Randy's wooden body apart, took out the core from his chest, and found a dagger from somewhere, and stabbed it into Randy's core.
They are not Randy, who can use special props to kill real players. Even if he is defeated now, Randy will only lose a perfect ending in the world.
However, Guan Ling's actions would make Randy very painful, extremely painful.
Just connecting the arms felt like his soul was being burned by an iron. Xing Ye couldn't imagine how much damage Randy's spirit had suffered after his core line was poked so hard by Guan Ling.
But he did not sympathize with Randy and let Guan Ling vent his anger.
After stabbing frantically for a while, Guan Ling dropped the dagger helplessly and cried loudly: "He's dead. I received 1,000 points. He's dead, but what should I do? What should I do..."
His voice sounded like crying, but no tears came out, because there was no water in the puppet's body.
Cao Qian limped towards the swan crystal and pocket watch. The pocket watch disappeared with Randy's death, but the swan crystal was still there. Cao Qian's boxing gloves were outdated, and most of the iron sheet on her body had fallen off due to verbal abuse. She picked up the swan crystal that symbolized Linda with her dry matchstick fingers.
They won this battle, but it was a hard-earned and sad victory.
Guan Ling yelled, "After I become a high-level player, I can invite others. The invited ones will become my masters. Besides the people I trust the most—my wife, children, and parents—who else can I trust? Who can I dare to invite? But...the people I trust are the ones I love and care about the most. This is such a dangerous game, a game where you could lose your life at any time. Do I really want them to join? I've cheated my wife and children away, and my parents sold their old house to help me pay off my debts. I can't drag them down any longer!"
Why gamble, why?
He picked up a stone from the river and hit his right hand with it as if he didn't feel any pain, muttering, "I'll cut my hand off. I won't gamble anymore, I won't gamble anymore..."
Xing Ye was originally still standing, but after hearing Guan Ling's words, he could no longer stand, and the little puppet fell to the ground.
What Guan Ling said was also what his younger brother Xing Shuo said.
Xing Ye now completely understood why Xing Shuo called him with his cell phone on the day before he went abroad, and why he didn't say anything.
What Xing Shuo didn't say at that time was: Brother, save me.
But he didn't want to implicate his closest people. After discovering the system's ill will towards players who obeyed his fate, when he wanted to invite Xing Ye to join the game, Xing Shuo hesitated. He put down his phone, smiled and said to his brother, "It's okay, let's talk about it when you come back from your business trip."
This farewell is forever.
A tall figure reflecting the moonlight appeared in front of Xing Ye. Xing Ye knew it was a mirror without looking up. The mirror opened its arms and hugged Xing Ye.
It is obvious that Mirror is the one who suffers the most. Guan Ling has not yet become a prop. Cao Qian and Xing Ye are players who defy fate, and Mirror has already become a prop. His life is in the hands of Xing Ye, and his consciousness may be wiped out at any time.
However, among the four people present, only Mirror was not hurt by the "sharp thorns of words". His body was the most intact among the four, and he held the small broken-hand puppet tightly in his arms.
Xing Ye was once again comforted by the mirror that served as a prop.
He did not cry loudly like Guan Ling. Even when his parents died, Xing Ye just shed tears silently in a place where no one was around. He would not show his weakness in front of others.
But the mirror could see through him, whether it was joy or sadness, every time.
Jingzi held Xing Ye for a while, and when she felt that he felt better, she put him down and walked towards Guanling. After leaving Jingzi's arms, Xing Ye felt a little lonely for a moment.
Mirror stood in front of Guan Ling and said to him, "Look up at me."
Guan Ling saw his tattered self in the bronze mirror.
The mirror said softly, "I'm just a prop now, but I believe Xing Ye won't give up on me. I also believe in my own judgment. He's not that kind of person."
"That's because you met such a good person like the boss." Guan Ling covered his face and didn't dare to look at himself in the mirror.
"Ugly, huh?" the mirror said bluntly. "You look awful right now. Normally, I wouldn't let your faces appear in my mirror, but now, you'd better take a look at yourself. The world hasn't even ended yet, and you're already dying. If you don't like the way you look, use your initial skill. Can't you use it three times in 24 hours? There's only one day left until the wall is repaired, and there are exactly three people here, so you can save them three times."
"I..." Guan Ling opened his mouth, feeling like the sky was falling. Why should he still care about such a small matter?
The mirror said sternly, "You can yell at Xing Ye and cry in front of Cao Qian because you think you're worse off than them; but according to your theory, you don't have the right to do so in front of me because I'm worse off than you. You're just going to be a prop, but with your points and ability to pass levels, it's unknown how long it will take you to reach the final level. And how long your future will last is unknown."
What he said made so much sense that Guan Ling was speechless for a moment.
Mirror looked at the three people's miserable appearance, stood up, pinched his waist and said, "Ask yourselves, who could be more miserable than me? I've been a prop for three worlds, my body has been a vegetable for a month, and I could be killed by the heartless Xing Ye at any time. I didn't cry, why are you crying?"
Looking at his energetic appearance, Xing Ye actually felt less sad.
Guan Ling was scolded by Jingzi and slowly got up. He first treated himself and then cured Cao Qian and Xing Ye.
The three intact puppets sat by the river, finally looking less miserable.
Cao Qian regained her soldering iron form, holding the swan crystal in her hand. She said, "Linda didn't disappear with Randy, but the pocket watch disappeared. This means Linda doesn't belong to Randy. Randy said she's not dead yet. I want to take the swan crystal with me. Do you think she can return to the system space with me?"
Xing Ye thought for a moment and said, "The mirror is a game item I encountered in the Novice World. After I got a perfect ending in the Novice World, the system allowed me to choose an item from the world, and I chose the mirror. If we can get a perfect ending in Puppet City, Linda might appear as a reward item."
"I originally thought, it's just a game, if I lose, I lose. But now... can we get a perfect ending?" Cao Qian asked.
The swan crystal trembled in her palm.
Xing Ye said, "I'm not sure. After all, the key QR code has already been used. And even if you save her in the game, her real-world body will become a vegetable. Without someone to take care of her, her body will wither away quickly. Jingzi's parents take good care of him, but is there anyone taking care of Linda?"
Swan Crystal shook again, as if in denial.
"Why can't she speak?" Cao Qian asked, "Can't the mirror speak?"
"In the world where I met the mirror, it couldn't speak, it could only write. It could only speak after it became my prop." Xing Ye replied.
When the mirror was transformed into a magic mirror by the system, it could speak, but that wasn't his voice, so it didn't count. However, after following Xing Ye, it became able to speak and now can even change bodies. Randy explained that after the Fate-Defying Person obtained the Fate-Supporting Item, the QR code drawn at each world end would only be a QR code that helped upgrade the Fate-Supporting Item, and the Fate-Supporting Item's abilities would only grow stronger. However, the Fate-Defying Person only had the initial skills, and now even the chances of obtaining QR codes have dwindled.
This game seems to be pursuing a balance in extreme imbalance. Why is that?
After hearing Xing Ye's description of the vegetative state, Cao Qian said, "When she can speak again, if she's willing to tell me where her body is, I can hire someone to take care of her. I don't have any money right now, but once I become a high-level player, every point I earn can be converted into cash. That should be enough to take care of her."
Xing Ye looked at Cao Qian in surprise. He didn't expect Cao Qian to be so selfless.
"It's not selflessness, it's just that I don't want to stand by and watch someone die," Cao Qian said. "When I saw that pocket watch, I felt so sorry for him. Not only was his consciousness wiped out, but he was also forced to kill. If he were alive, he probably wouldn't want to do this. I don't want to be as despicable as Randy."
A tear fell from the corner of Swan Crystal's eye, fell to the ground in the form of crystal and shattered.
Guan Ling picked up the crystal fragments and was stunned for a moment, then suddenly hugged Cao Qian's thighs: "Sister Qianqian, please raise me too!"
Cao Qian: "…"
Guan Ling looked in the mirror again, and after hugging Cao Qian, he went to hug Xing Ye: "Boss, you should also support me. My favorability towards me is definitely greater than 100. I am capable and useful, so use me!"
Xing Ye's original sadness was extinguished by Guan Ling's anger. He tore Guan Ling off himself and said impatiently, "How many points do you have now?"
Guan Ling wiped the dirt off his nose and said, "9,300 points, 6,000 of which were earned in this world, 1,000 points for killing Randy, and 5,000 points for the side quests you gave me, Boss."
Xing Ye: "... Only players who work hard and obey their fate will become props at the final stage. Why are you worried about your few points? How long do you think it will take you to reach the final stage on your own?"
Guan Ling thought for a moment, "Ten years... twenty years? If there weren't any big guys in the melee world, I'd probably only fight for three to five years. The advanced world must be even harder. I certainly wouldn't dare to slack off. But even with my IQ, I can't get a perfect ending. Besides, every time I lose, I lose half my points..."
"Then why are you crying?" The mirror glared at him. "Maybe you can live in this game forever."
"Yes, that's right..." Guan Ling dared to play the victim in front of others, but he didn't dare to do so in front of Jingzi, because Jingzi was even more miserable than him.
Xing Ye ignored Guan Ling and said to Cao Qian, "Linda is lucky to have met you. I hope she can cherish it and stop being passive and lazy in the future. At least help Cao Qian pass the test as soon as possible."
Xing Ye cheered up again and said, "If we want the Swan Crystal to become Cao Qian's prop, we must achieve a perfect ending. Now that the key QR code has been used, this battle will be difficult for us to fight, and we need to plan carefully."
Guan Ling wiped away his nonexistent tears, patted his chest and said, "For Linda, and to accumulate virtue for my future self, I will fight to the death."
Cao Qian also clenched her fists, her fighting spirit stronger than ever before.
The mirror looked at the three people and laughed.
Xing Ye naturally held the mirror's hand. He had no other thoughts, he just simply wanted to touch the mirror.
The three of them were so desperate just now, but in just a few minutes, their hope was rekindled.
Lu Mingze is such an amazing person. It's great to meet him again. Xing Ye stared at his ugly and dirty bronze face in the mirror, unable to look away for a long time.