Absolute Death Game-Chapter 483 - 51 Endless Desert_3
After recalling the python back to the Sealed Space, Xiao Buli had no energy left to move forward, and the current situation was anything but optimistic. Without any mood or fighting spirit left, he found a shady spot and sprawled out on the ground.
Dehydration caused a dull pain to start throbbing in his head.
"Why put yourself through this torment?" The Heart Demon, silent for a long time since Xiao Buli planned on befriending it last time, finally spoke up again. Perhaps it was the heat, but upon hearing its voice, Xiao Buli felt an inexplicable sense of joy.
"For my brothers." Thankfully, talking to the Heart Demon didn't require speaking out loud, just thinking was enough.
"Really? Aren't you just trying to ease your own conscience? You feel guilty for dragging them into this, so you're just trying to alleviate your own remorse." The Heart Demon's words were extremely sharp, touching upon the very issue Xiao Buli least wanted to confront.
"Why do you always speak English?" Xiao Buli started to talk nonsense.
"I am you, I know what you're thinking, but don't think you can divert the topic. If you had a glimmer of hope before of helping them drive away their Heart Demons, you now know this task is impossible to complete. It's not just you; even Xuan Zhenzi, who sent you to the Temple, must be facing the same problem. All people who enter this game will eventually develop a Heart Demon. That's an undeniable fact."
"What exactly are you? What created you?" Xiao Buli knew it was telling the truth. He had pondered this question before, but he didn't want to believe it. He would rather believe that Xuan Zhenzi ultimately managed to get rid of his Heart Demon; otherwise, his thirty years of effort would've been all for nothing. Xiao Buli disliked such an outcome. He preferred to believe that the current Heart Demon was the result of some trick played by the original demon that had left his body.
"I don't know. I just appeared, synchronized with your memories and inherited a part of your personality. You ask me why I like to speak English? I don't know that either, it just comes out sometimes. Maybe because you liked to say it before, perhaps because you passed Level 6 in English? That's about it. I come from you, I am you, and you are me." The voice of the Heart Demon actually seemed somewhat sorrowful, as if it were also resigned to its fate.
"Heh, is that the line you all use? 'I am you, you are me.' That's how you slowly erode our thoughts, until you replace us." Xiao Buli closed his eyes wearily. He didn't actually need to voice these words out loud. Perhaps due to a feverish mind or just a human habit, Xiao Buli mumbled to himself.
"Hey, isn't this our Elder Xiao?" An unfamiliar voice suddenly rang out above Xiao Buli's head. He opened his eyes in a flash, the shadow blocking the scorching sunlight from above.
Almost reflexively, Xiao Buli kicked off with his feet, sliding backwards across the sandy ground, then leaping up in one motion. With his left hand on the Lava Barrier and the Glowing Light Sword in his right, he took a defensive stance before he could see clearly the situation in front of him. He saw a group of about a dozen people, four of whom were carrying a palanquin-like sedan in front. On the sedan sat a humanoid creature wrapped in thick white cloth, looking rather bizarre, like a freshly unearthed mummy with only two black holes for eyes and a small section of pale skin visible below.
On closer inspection, the four carrying the sedan and the ten or so followers matched the mummy perfectly. Each wore tattered clothes, their faces withered, large and hollow darkness filling their eye sockets. They were zombies resembling dried-up corpses.
He cast a Mind Revelation spell towards the mummy showing a red name above his head, Bai Yunfei: (Silver—Leader) Undead.
"Bai... Old Bai??!" Xiao Buli exclaimed in shock upon recognizing the name.
"Haha, I didn't expect to actually find a living person. Elder Xiao, how did you get in here? Did you enter the game too?" Bai Yunfei seemed extremely excited to see Xiao Buli, although his body didn't move much, which suggested his movements weren't very convenient. Looking at him, Xiao Buli was suddenly reminded of Empty Sage from 'Journey to the West', and thought if Bai Yunfei hadn't wrapped those white cloths around himself but wore them instead, he would look even more similar.
"Old Bai, what's with the get-up? And why are you in red? Are you an NPC or something now?" The choice to avoid using the word 'monster' was because Xiao Buli really didn't want to spoil the joy of their reunion.
"You mean monster?" Bai Yunfei wasn't too fussed by the term. "Yeah, I'm dead, now an Undead Monster. This look is granted by the system. Pretty cool, huh?" Although joking, Xiao Buli could hear the helplessness in his voice. Bai Yunfei hadn't anticipated such a day when he entered the game with Zhang Yaoyang, but it seemed his condition was more heartening than that of Zhang Yaoyang and the others.
"You still have your own will? How did you manage that?" Xiao Buli couldn't help asking.
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"Let's find a cooler place to talk. Even though I can no longer feel anything, I bet you're not having a good time, right?" As Bai Yunfei's voice fell, the zombies began to move, quite energetically compared to before when they stood motionless, resembling dry branches, now they were quick as rabbits.
Xiao Buli was startled, but when he saw that the zombies were just carrying Bai Yunfei forward, he let down his guard.
"Don't worry, they obey my commands. Come with me." Bai Yunfei called out without looking back, and Xiao Buli hurriedly followed. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian ). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
