The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!-Chapter 385 I Will Become Her White Moonlight
"Damn it!"
In the quiet room, Li Muyang opened his eyes, his chest still throbbing with phantom pain.
"Wasn't this supposed to be just an illusion? Why are there attacks on the actual body?"
If it were merely an illusion, Li Muyang would not have been afraid at all.
All the enticing voices, persuasive talks, and various terrifying illusionary scenes he encountered along the way couldn't confuse Li Muyang.
As a game player, he possessed a god's view; no matter how immersive, it was still just a game.
Li Muyang wasn't afraid of dying — if worst came to worst, he could just reload from a saved file.
So even though the illusions appeared real and terrifying, Li Muyang did not hesitate to continue forward.
In reality, standing beside a seemingly bottomless abyss could provoke fear in a person.
But in the game, seeing a bottomless abyss only made one want to jump and test how high the cliff really was.
So using Jiang Xiaoyu's relatives and friends' voices to mislead and confuse Li Muyang was ineffective.
Sneak attacks were employed when trickery failed.
Annoyed, Li Muyang rubbed his chest and reloaded the game.
This time, Grandmother Valley's illusion appeared again.
However, Li Muyang ignored Grandmother Valley and coldly looked down at the ground instead.
As he had expected, the instant Grandmother Valley's illusion appeared, at the edge of the dim green light of the oil lamp, a white shadow slithered towards him like a snake.
The white shadow moved so fast that in the blink of an eye, it had climbed onto his right foot.
[You have died, game over]
"Damn it! Again!"
Undeterred, Li Muyang rubbed his chest and restarted the game, loading the save file!
The monsters truly had unforeseeable and bizarre methods, but Li Muyang was protected by his Save-File Divine Skill.
The more varied and disgusting their attacks, the more they spurred on Li Muyang's competitive spirit.
I can die once, ten times, it's all the same.
But if you give me just one chance, I'll scatter your ashes!
Driven by extreme frustration, Li Muyang kept losing more as he became more courageous, and vice versa.
Luckily, this was a single-player game. With the help of save files, he could constantly start over and bit by bit make progress.
If it had been a multiplayer game, Li Muyang would likely have gone berserk.
He struggled in the game for two whole days and nights, failing countless times.
But eventually, Li Muyang, bearing the disturbing and obstructive voices and illusions, successfully reached the end of this dark world—a plain covered in fresh flowers.
In the night sky, a dark red crescent moon hung.
The land was rich with water and grass, and scattered among the flora were statue-like shadows, completely motionless.
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As Li Muyang set foot onto the grassland holding the oil lamp, the surrounding darkness completely receded, and all the disturbing voices vanished.
Even the chilly and malevolent aura from the Ancient Well of Resentment had disappeared here.
Holding the oil lamp on this land, Li Muyang felt uncertain, almost suspecting another illusion.
But the system's notification was unmistakable and clear.
[You have arrived at the Ancestral Spirit Grove]
This place was indeed where the souls of ancestors from the ancient evil lineage rested.
The silent figures amidst the flora, once bearers of the ancient evil lineage, had their physical forms destroyed and lifespans ended, yet their souls slept here in a very special manner.
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The air was filled with a clean and pure essence, as if a tremendous power lingered beneath the lush land.
The scope of the Flower Plain wasn't vast, but it was the sleeping souls on this plain that sealed numerous Ancient Evil Gods beneath the ancestral temple, preventing them from entering the world to wreak havoc.
However, as Li Muyang approached this land holding the oil lamp, he frowned slightly.
The seemingly vibrant Ancestral Spirit Grove, beneath its lush water grass and flower coverage, exhibited slivers of cracks on the ground.
These cracks spread throughout the grove and extended into the distance beyond its edges.
"...Has the seal here loosened?"
Li Muyang felt a chill in his heart, sensing something ominous.
Could the darkness and turmoil truly be caused by the breaking of the seals beneath the ancestral temple, allowing the Evil Gods to invade the human world?
The land's deformity made Li Muyang uneasy.
Just then, the hoarse voice that had guided him before sounded again.
"Rather than worrying about the looseness of the seal, you might want to take care of yourself first,"
A gust of wind blew by, and a figure seemed to appear before Li Muyang.
But this shadowy figure was incredibly transparent, its distinct silhouette visible in the air, yet its form was indistinguishable.
However, its voice was hoarse and aged, resembling that of a kind old grandmother.
"Young trickster, I have observed you all along the way. You're quite the strange one,"
"Why does your great-grandmother always feel that you do not seem like our descendant? Yet, within your bloodline, there indeed exists our power..."
The hoarse voice, full of confusion and puzzlement.
But the next second, she shook her head, said, "Never mind, since you've passed the test and reached this place, according to the rules of the Evil lineage, you shall be granted an opportunity to make a wish."
"Within the bounds of the rules, your wish will be granted... Young trickster, why have you come to us?"
In Li Muyang's view, a system dialogue box popped up.
[Immediately ask her to save me from my disease!]
[To fulfill one wish? Could I ask them to help Little Wild Grass become an immortal? Little Wild Grass has been stuck at this level for too long, the previous immortal senior mentioned her obsessions are not clear, perhaps she may never become an immortal in this life... My disease, even if cured, will only let me live a few more decades, but if Little Wild Grass could become immortal...]
The two choices made Li Muyang briefly startled.
There are such options?
Logically, he had come here to cure his disease, so emotionally and rationally he should choose the first option to pass.
But the second option popped up at this moment, and the content of the text was so long... It seemed to carry a deeper meaning.
Most importantly, beneath these two options, there was a system prompt marked in red.
[Note: Once this choice is confirmed, the current stage of the game will be evaluated for rewards, and the subsequent fifth-stage plot will also change according to this choice. Please choose carefully!]
The system's red-highlighted warning made Li Muyang pause.
This choice can't be saved anymore?
Once chosen, the rewards would be settled immediately and move to the fifth stage?
Damn... This seemed rather significant.
Choosing the first option was clearly about self-preservation, saving his own life first.
Whereas the second option was about sacrificing Jiang Xiaoyu's only chance of survival to allow Little Wild Grass to become an immortal.
The content of the game's fifth stage would vary depending on whether Little Wild Grass became immortal or not.
To be honest, Li Muyang was not the type who sacrifices himself for others.
If it were reality, he probably wouldn't give up his own chance of survival, even though his life was already halfway gone.
But this wasn't reality, it was just a damn game!
Option one, Jiang Xiaoyu lives, Little Wild Grass loses her chance to become immortal.
Option two, Jiang Xiaoyu loses his chance of healing, but Little Wild Grass could become immortal... So, why hesitate over which to choose?
Of course, he would help Little Wild Grass become an immortal!
Li Muyang didn't hesitate to choose the second option, addressed the transparent figure ahead, "Great-grandmother, a friend of mine has been poised to ascend to immortality for over a decade, but she has been unable to take that final step until now."
"Some immortals said, if she cannot resolve the knots in her heart, she might never achieve immortality in this life."
"I don't quite understand her heart's obsessions, but I want to help her. Great-grandmother, can you help my friend become an immortal?"
Li Muyang was filled with sincerity.
However, hearing his words, the transparent figure was slightly surprised.
"Your friend... become immortal?"
The transparent figure looked at Li Muyang in astonishment, said, "You sly trickster, weren't you here to seek a cure? You're nearly gravely ill, with not many years left to live, yet you would give your hard-earned, sole wish to someone else, to help them become immortal?"
The transparent figure shook her head, said, "You sly trickster, you must like that girl outside, right?"
Li Muyang just chuckled and offered no defense.
The transparent figure continued, "It's possible, indeed possible. The wish-granting power of the Evil lineage can fulfill your wish, forcibly pushing her beyond that boundary, ascending her to immortality."
"But you must think it over carefully. If you give the chance to her, then no one in this world will be able to save you!"
"Make sure you won't regret it!"
The transparent figure warned Li Muyang.
However, Li Muyang just chuckled, said, "It's alright, great-grandmother. Please help my friend become immortal."
After all, Jiang Xiaoyu's account was that of a dead person from ten thousand years ago, it didn't matter if he died.
But if Little Wild Grass could become an immortal... That was the main female character of the game he had nurtured for over a year!
Like raising a daughter, from childhood to adulthood.
The very essence of this nurturing game was to help Little Wild Grass become an immortal.
This Li Muyang certainly hadn't forgotten.
He chuckled and said, "As long as Little Wild Grass becomes immortal, it doesn't matter if I, Jiang Xiaoyu, die."