Chapter 71- Game Over
He Ruge and the medicine-seeking mouse squeezed together warmly, with the cuddly little one sitting on top of his head drinking milk tea.
This was the hiding place that the medicine-seeking mouse built near the Star Ocean Orphanage over the past seven years. However, for some reason, it was discovered directly by Xi Guican. Under the medicine-seeking mouse’s puzzled gaze, Xi Guican placed He Ruge and the plasma cannon there, and solemnly instructed He Ruge that this plasma cannon could be used to blast the medicine-seeking mouse.
“You’d better come down from my head. I won’t really hit you,” He Ruge said somewhat helplessly.
After finishing the last sip of milk tea, the medicine-seeking mouse jumped onto He Ruge’s shoulder and sighed softly, “Actually, I’m old now. I shouldn’t be drinking sweet stuff, it’s bad for my health.”
“But life is already so bitter, drinking something sweet is much happier. Plus, I don’t have to live too long anyway. It’s cost-effective to be a little happier before I die,” said the medicine-seeking mouse, talking about drinking milk tea as if it were a good deal.
Seeing the medicine-seeking mouse, He Ruge thought of the unfinished side quest. The game seemed to be nearing its conclusion, and if the side quest wasn’t completed now, there would be no opportunity later. Thinking of this, He Ruge couldn’t help but furrow his brow.
However, the medicine-seeking mouse interpreted He Ruge’s frowning expression as worrying about Xi Guican. He stretched out his small paw and touched the head of one of the little ones in He Ruge’s arms, then tried to touch He Ruge’s face, “You don’t have to worry about the danger to No. 20 either. The Federal’s Annihilator is right behind us. As long as No. 20 holds on until the Annihilator arrives, he’ll be safe.”
He Ruge, whose face was being touched, was stunned. He looked at the medicine-seeking mouse, whose beard was all white, and couldn’t help but speak his true thoughts, “I’m not worried about him, I’m thinking about you.”
“Me?”
The medicine-seeking mouse smiled, “I’m an old fart who’s about to kick the bucket. What’s there to think about me?”
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“Why did you come here?”
He Ruge finally asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time. In the previous exchange of information, the medicine-seeking mouse told him that he was a spy, but he wasn’t a spy at first, he became one later.
So why did the original the medicine-seeking mouse come to the Star Ocean Orphanage?
He Ruge thought the medicine-seeking mouse wouldn’t answer, but he stroked his beard and said, “Because of selfishness.”
“I wanted to exchange someone else’s life for my grandson’s life.”
“Later, I turned from darkness to light, but that didn’t change the fact that I’m not worthy of being a human.”
The medicine-seeking mouse wanted to take another sip of milk tea, but the cup was empty. He put down the cup regretfully, his expression calm, as if he were telling someone else’s story.
“I should have been in that blaze. But I still have unfinished wishes, and precious yet dirty research materials. I can’t trust anyone with these materials. I have to hand them over myself.”
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His voice grew lower and lower, He said, “I’m not worthy of being a doctor, not worthy of being a human.”
【Side quest “The Mysterious Infirmary” completed, completion rate 100%, reward obtained “Magic Mirror”】
【Name】: Magic Mirror
【Quality】: Rare
【Description】: Magic mirror, magic mirror, tell me, where is my beloved?
【Instructions】: Hold the magic mirror and say the name of the person you want to see, and you’ll be able to see them in the mirror.
【Restrictions】: Only you can see the person in the magic mirror. To others, it’s just an ordinary mirror.
He Ruge held the magic mirror and, under the medicine-seeking mouse’s amused gaze, somewhat bashfully uttered Xi Guican’s name.
Ripples appeared on the surface of the mirror, and indeed, Xi Guican’s figure emerged in the mirror. Behind him were experimental subjects resembling flesh and blood machinery, and in front of him were ready-to-fight members of the star pirates, with the scene resembling a meat grinder thoughtfully blurred out.
A surging momentum emanated from Xi Guican’s body as he plunged into the crowd. The continuous attacks could not be captured by the naked eye. All the assaults swept through the mechas like a hurricane, and cracks like spider webs appeared on the sturdy mecha surface.
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The enormous silver-white insect wings, accompanied by a powerful airflow, struck down, sending the battered mechas flying to the sides. With the sound of mournful screams, blood spread from the cracks in the mechas in all directions.
Xi Guican, however, didn’t spare a glance for the defeated soldiers around him. His icy blue eyes, filled with overwhelming sharpness, pierced sharply towards a middle-aged man with sparse hair.
The man also gazed back at Xi Guican.
He Ruge held the magic mirror and looked at the middle-aged man facing Xi Guican in the mirror, unable to resist asking the medicine-seeking mouse, “What does the Vulture look like?”
The medicine-seeking mouse pondered for a moment and said, “Due to their beast-like nature, the vulture tribe, regardless of gender, is naturally bald. Many vulture beastmen wear wigs, but the leader of the Vultures doesn’t like wigs, so…”
He chose a more tactful expression, “The one with the thinnest hair in the crowd is the vulture.”
He Ruge looked back at the mirror, which now exuded a villainous aura, confirming the identity of the middle-aged man by his baldness. Whether it was his gloomy appearance or his extraordinary bald head, coupled with the villain’s law of last appearance, it was evident that the Vulture was caught.
But He Ruge didn’t know why, perhaps intuition or a mysterious sixth sense, he used the “Who is the culprit” item.
Is the Vulture the real mastermind?
【No】
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Xi Guican seized the Vulture’s mecha like a fierce tiger pouncing, resisting the Vulture’s attack with sheer force, swallowing the blood surging up his throat. Then, his fingers firmly gripped the mecha, and a surging force erupted from his arms!
With a turn of his silver-white insect wings, Xi Guican agilely spun in mid-air, aiming the Vulture’s mecha straight up towards the sky inside the starship and threw it forward—
The sturdy metal wall trembled violently, and a shockwave spread out. With the point where the Vulture’s mecha touched the metal wall as the center, the entire upper part of the starship collapsed and disintegrated in an instant!
The Vulture’s body collided wildly inside the mecha, the sound of bones shattering incessantly, blood flowing from his eye sockets, his complexion turning from pale to ashen.
Xi Guican descended like the Grim Reaper, effortlessly lifting the heavy mecha upwards. When it rose to a certain height, he suddenly turned, the huge insect wings embracing the mecha like an iron block, and Xi Guican and the Vulture’s mecha plummeted like a falling meteor.
Boom—
A mouthful of blood spurted from the Vulture’s mouth, followed by small pieces of internal organs. Blood gushed from the wound, dyeing the metal floor crimson.
The suspended starship was forcibly smashed down. At the moment of the starship’s descent, Xi Guican grabbed the Vulture’s throat with one hand and covered the mecha with the other. That slender hand pierced through the cracked mecha, penetrated layer after layer of ribs, and grabbed the beating heart.
Just like grasping onto past humiliation and resentment.
The vulture’s eyes were filled with desire and sorrow, and a broken lament escaped his throat.
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Xi Guican’s blue eyes were filled with endless indifference and hatred as he looked down upon this ugly face. His thin lips formed a straight line as his hand slowly exerted force, crushing the heart into pulp.
How did he do it back then? Transforming into a beast form, smashing the hard mecha shell, dragging out the blood-soaked scum inside, first biting off the opponent’s limbs, then crushing the skull.
Gurgle.
Like smashing a watermelon, the head on the ground was crushed into shapeless mush.
The method used in the game was not as brutal as it was initially. Perhaps because he had killed the vulture once before, so the pent-up anger and resentment had been vented, and he wasn’t as crazy as he was at the beginning.
He withdrew his hand, looking down at the blood dripping from his fingertips. A hint of confusion suddenly appeared in his eyes, which were originally filled with hatred.
“Is it… all over now?”
Xi Guican looked around somewhat bewildered.
The person who issued the experimental task had been personally killed by Xi Guican, and there was no one else who could trap him, let alone give orders to harm He Ruge.
Yes! He Ruge!
Xi Guican seemed to find his purpose in an instant. He needed to find He Ruge. But everything within his sight was shrouded in red light, the blood from the corpses forming one red heart after another… countless small hearts formed four large characters in the air—
Game Over!
A cold mechanical voice sounded in his mind, “This game was developed by the Three Thousand Worlds’ Bureau of Eternal Love Management. Dear players, during this brief yet romantic journey in the game, you and your exclusive lover, He Ruge, have created many beautiful memories.”
“Different attitudes towards your lover will lead to different endings. Your sincere love for your lover has reached the highest requirement. Congratulations, player, for successfully unlocking the ending ‘Lover Descends from Heaven’!”
“The mysterious surprise gift package will be delivered in ten days. Please be sure to check it out~”
Xi Guican didn’t want to hear any of this nonsense; he just wanted to find He Ruge. However, the moment the mechanical voice ended, Xi Guican was forcibly logged out of the game.
At the same time, a familiar mechanical voice rang in He Ruge’s mind.
“Dear player, after six experiments, 20’s affection for you far exceeds 90. Congratulations on achieving the ending ‘Lover Descends from Heaven’! You will receive the reward ‘Military Uniform PLAY’ in ten days!”
“Countdown: 240 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds”
Chapter 71- Game Over
He Ruge and the medicine-seeking mouse squeezed together warmly, with the cuddly little one sitting on top of his head drinking milk tea.
This was the hiding place that the medicine-seeking mouse built near the Star Ocean Orphanage over the past seven years. However, for some reason, it was discovered directly by Xi Guican. Under the medicine-seeking mouse’s puzzled gaze, Xi Guican placed He Ruge and the plasma cannon there, and solemnly instructed He Ruge that this plasma cannon could be used to blast the medicine-seeking mouse.
“You’d better come down from my head. I won’t really hit you,” He Ruge said somewhat helplessly.
After finishing the last sip of milk tea, the medicine-seeking mouse jumped onto He Ruge’s shoulder and sighed softly, “Actually, I’m old now. I shouldn’t be drinking sweet stuff, it’s bad for my health.”
“But life is already so bitter, drinking something sweet is much happier. Plus, I don’t have to live too long anyway. It’s cost-effective to be a little happier before I die,” said the medicine-seeking mouse, talking about drinking milk tea as if it were a good deal.
Seeing the medicine-seeking mouse, He Ruge thought of the unfinished side quest. The game seemed to be nearing its conclusion, and if the side quest wasn’t completed now, there would be no opportunity later. Thinking of this, He Ruge couldn’t help but furrow his brow.
However, the medicine-seeking mouse interpreted He Ruge’s frowning expression as worrying about Xi Guican. He stretched out his small paw and touched the head of one of the little ones in He Ruge’s arms, then tried to touch He Ruge’s face, “You don’t have to worry about the danger to No. 20 either. The Federal’s Annihilator is right behind us. As long as No. 20 holds on until the Annihilator arrives, he’ll be safe.”
He Ruge, whose face was being touched, was stunned. He looked at the medicine-seeking mouse, whose beard was all white, and couldn’t help but speak his true thoughts, “I’m not worried about him, I’m thinking about you.”
“Me?”
The medicine-seeking mouse smiled, “I’m an old fart who’s about to kick the bucket. What’s there to think about me?”
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“Why did you come here?”
He Ruge finally asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time. In the previous exchange of information, the medicine-seeking mouse told him that he was a spy, but he wasn’t a spy at first, he became one later.
So why did the original the medicine-seeking mouse come to the Star Ocean Orphanage?
He Ruge thought the medicine-seeking mouse wouldn’t answer, but he stroked his beard and said, “Because of selfishness.”
“I wanted to exchange someone else’s life for my grandson’s life.”
“Later, I turned from darkness to light, but that didn’t change the fact that I’m not worthy of being a human.”
The medicine-seeking mouse wanted to take another sip of milk tea, but the cup was empty. He put down the cup regretfully, his expression calm, as if he were telling someone else’s story.
“I should have been in that blaze. But I still have unfinished wishes, and precious yet dirty research materials. I can’t trust anyone with these materials. I have to hand them over myself.”
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His voice grew lower and lower, He said, “I’m not worthy of being a doctor, not worthy of being a human.”
【Side quest “The Mysterious Infirmary” completed, completion rate 100%, reward obtained “Magic Mirror”】
【Name】: Magic Mirror
【Quality】: Rare
【Description】: Magic mirror, magic mirror, tell me, where is my beloved?
【Instructions】: Hold the magic mirror and say the name of the person you want to see, and you’ll be able to see them in the mirror.
【Restrictions】: Only you can see the person in the magic mirror. To others, it’s just an ordinary mirror.
He Ruge held the magic mirror and, under the medicine-seeking mouse’s amused gaze, somewhat bashfully uttered Xi Guican’s name.
Ripples appeared on the surface of the mirror, and indeed, Xi Guican’s figure emerged in the mirror. Behind him were experimental subjects resembling flesh and blood machinery, and in front of him were ready-to-fight members of the star pirates, with the scene resembling a meat grinder thoughtfully blurred out.
A surging momentum emanated from Xi Guican’s body as he plunged into the crowd. The continuous attacks could not be captured by the naked eye. All the assaults swept through the mechas like a hurricane, and cracks like spider webs appeared on the sturdy mecha surface.
Advertisement
The enormous silver-white insect wings, accompanied by a powerful airflow, struck down, sending the battered mechas flying to the sides. With the sound of mournful screams, blood spread from the cracks in the mechas in all directions.
Xi Guican, however, didn’t spare a glance for the defeated soldiers around him. His icy blue eyes, filled with overwhelming sharpness, pierced sharply towards a middle-aged man with sparse hair.
The man also gazed back at Xi Guican.
He Ruge held the magic mirror and looked at the middle-aged man facing Xi Guican in the mirror, unable to resist asking the medicine-seeking mouse, “What does the Vulture look like?”
The medicine-seeking mouse pondered for a moment and said, “Due to their beast-like nature, the vulture tribe, regardless of gender, is naturally bald. Many vulture beastmen wear wigs, but the leader of the Vultures doesn’t like wigs, so…”
He chose a more tactful expression, “The one with the thinnest hair in the crowd is the vulture.”
He Ruge looked back at the mirror, which now exuded a villainous aura, confirming the identity of the middle-aged man by his baldness. Whether it was his gloomy appearance or his extraordinary bald head, coupled with the villain’s law of last appearance, it was evident that the Vulture was caught.
But He Ruge didn’t know why, perhaps intuition or a mysterious sixth sense, he used the “Who is the culprit” item.
Is the Vulture the real mastermind?
【No】
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Xi Guican seized the Vulture’s mecha like a fierce tiger pouncing, resisting the Vulture’s attack with sheer force, swallowing the blood surging up his throat. Then, his fingers firmly gripped the mecha, and a surging force erupted from his arms!
With a turn of his silver-white insect wings, Xi Guican agilely spun in mid-air, aiming the Vulture’s mecha straight up towards the sky inside the starship and threw it forward—
The sturdy metal wall trembled violently, and a shockwave spread out. With the point where the Vulture’s mecha touched the metal wall as the center, the entire upper part of the starship collapsed and disintegrated in an instant!
The Vulture’s body collided wildly inside the mecha, the sound of bones shattering incessantly, blood flowing from his eye sockets, his complexion turning from pale to ashen.
Xi Guican descended like the Grim Reaper, effortlessly lifting the heavy mecha upwards. When it rose to a certain height, he suddenly turned, the huge insect wings embracing the mecha like an iron block, and Xi Guican and the Vulture’s mecha plummeted like a falling meteor.
Boom—
A mouthful of blood spurted from the Vulture’s mouth, followed by small pieces of internal organs. Blood gushed from the wound, dyeing the metal floor crimson.
The suspended starship was forcibly smashed down. At the moment of the starship’s descent, Xi Guican grabbed the Vulture’s throat with one hand and covered the mecha with the other. That slender hand pierced through the cracked mecha, penetrated layer after layer of ribs, and grabbed the beating heart.
Just like grasping onto past humiliation and resentment.
The vulture’s eyes were filled with desire and sorrow, and a broken lament escaped his throat.
Advertisement
Xi Guican’s blue eyes were filled with endless indifference and hatred as he looked down upon this ugly face. His thin lips formed a straight line as his hand slowly exerted force, crushing the heart into pulp.
How did he do it back then? Transforming into a beast form, smashing the hard mecha shell, dragging out the blood-soaked scum inside, first biting off the opponent’s limbs, then crushing the skull.
Gurgle.
Like smashing a watermelon, the head on the ground was crushed into shapeless mush.
The method used in the game was not as brutal as it was initially. Perhaps because he had killed the vulture once before, so the pent-up anger and resentment had been vented, and he wasn’t as crazy as he was at the beginning.
He withdrew his hand, looking down at the blood dripping from his fingertips. A hint of confusion suddenly appeared in his eyes, which were originally filled with hatred.
“Is it… all over now?”
Xi Guican looked around somewhat bewildered.
The person who issued the experimental task had been personally killed by Xi Guican, and there was no one else who could trap him, let alone give orders to harm He Ruge.
Yes! He Ruge!
Xi Guican seemed to find his purpose in an instant. He needed to find He Ruge. But everything within his sight was shrouded in red light, the blood from the corpses forming one red heart after another… countless small hearts formed four large characters in the air—
Game Over!
A cold mechanical voice sounded in his mind, “This game was developed by the Three Thousand Worlds’ Bureau of Eternal Love Management. Dear players, during this brief yet romantic journey in the game, you and your exclusive lover, He Ruge, have created many beautiful memories.”
“Different attitudes towards your lover will lead to different endings. Your sincere love for your lover has reached the highest requirement. Congratulations, player, for successfully unlocking the ending ‘Lover Descends from Heaven’!”
“The mysterious surprise gift package will be delivered in ten days. Please be sure to check it out~”
Xi Guican didn’t want to hear any of this nonsense; he just wanted to find He Ruge. However, the moment the mechanical voice ended, Xi Guican was forcibly logged out of the game.
At the same time, a familiar mechanical voice rang in He Ruge’s mind.
“Dear player, after six experiments, 20’s affection for you far exceeds 90. Congratulations on achieving the ending ‘Lover Descends from Heaven’! You will receive the reward ‘Military Uniform PLAY’ in ten days!”
“Countdown: 240 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds”
