VCRMM: Chapter 198

Xu Sili’s eyes were still a bit red when he walked out of the room. Si Sheng looked at him, touched his face with pity, hugged him and patted his back gently.

He asked, “Where is your brother?”

Xu Sili snuggled into his arms, voice a bit nasally as he said, “My mother called him to eat.”

Si Sheng paused. Then he continued to pat the young man and asked, “Then are you hungry? I will go to cook.”

He knew the situation of the braves. Since the dark dragon was really Ah Li’s brother then he should be in a similar situation to Ah Li’s second brother—

They could travel back and forth between the two worlds at will. Only Ah Li…

Si Sheng’s heart ached at the thought that Ah Li had experienced death. His arm tightened involuntarily.

Xu Sili looked up at him.

“Aren’t you even going to ask me what is going on?” He sniffed and wondered.

Si Sheng lowered his head and looked at the other person intently with gray-blue eyes. It was as if the young man was the only one in his heart and eyes.

“I probably guessed a bit.”

He said gently, “If you want to say anything else, just tell me. I am willing to listen at any time.”

Xu Sili looked at him softly while feeling that the tip of his nose was a bit sour. He tiptoed slightly, pecking the man on the lips. Finally, he showed a smile on his face.

“It is nice that I still have you.”

He hugged Si Sheng again, rubbing against his arms. He said, “Actually, I’m still very happy today.”

Not only did they successfully rescue Xenos, but he also had preliminary communication with his eldest brother.

The two of them had just talked a lot about their childhood. He could feel that the balance in his oldest brother’s heart had tilted more and more toward him.

He believed that time would smooth out the last trace of hesitation.

After all, what happened to him was so unbelievable. His oldest brother was such a rigorous and stubborn person.

He had never recognized Snow Roland despite investing in Starry Sky Age in order to realize Xu Sili’s dream. How could something he persisted in for nearly ten years change overnight?

Xu Sili understood him and… he was also no longer as lonely as before.

He now had his second brother, Si Sheng, Joan, Asheng, Xiao Wu, Aunt Val, and Silin, as well as Xenos, who had just returned…

He couldn’t regard them as relatives yet, but the feelings and bonds were undoubtedly deepening as they got along with each other.

Looking back, he was no longer alone like when he first arrived in this world.

Once he realized this, Xu Sili was no longer as sad. He also believed that his oldest brother would let go of his doubts sooner or later.

They were brothers. This was a fact that could never be changed.

Si Sheng listened to the words. He gently rubbed the top of this person’s head and said, “If you can be happy, that is the best situation for me.”

Xu Sili couldn’t help laughing, “You’ve always been good at talking when it comes to love.”

Si Sheng looked at him with lowered eyes and said seriously, “I just speak from the bottom of my heart.”

Xu Sili laughed for a while. Then he held Si Sheng’s face and kissed him hard several times. Then he leaned lazily in Si Sheng’s arms and put his arms around Si Sheng’s waist.

He said, “Xenos is back…”

Si Sheng watched the tight strings of the young man’s body suddenly relax and return to its previous lazy state. He couldn’t help his lips curling up, “Yes.”

Xu Sili didn’t continue talking as if he just mentioned it inadvertently. Then he pinched the tassel on Si Sheng’s military uniform and played with it between his fingers.

“I miss my mother’s noodles,” he muttered suddenly.

Si Sheng listened quietly and carefully, collecting useful information.

“My mother’s specialty is noodles.”

Xu Sili recalled it. “I remember that when I was a child, I woke up hungry in the middle of the night and secretly got up to look for snacks. Then my mother discovered me.”

“She confiscated my snacks and made me a bowl of egg noodles. I still remember the taste.”

Si Sheng didn’t speak. He had no relatives and hadn’t experienced the warmth of a family. But listening to the description of the young man, he felt a bit of yearning in his heart.

Si Sheng said, “She should be a very gentle mother.”

“Yes.” Xu Sili nodded. “I miss her a bit.”

Si Sheng rubbed his chin against the top of the young man’s head, silently comforting him.

“My oldest brother said that it might not be long before my parents can come into the game to see me,” Xu Sili said casually. “I don’t know how they will react when they see you.”

Si Sheng couldn’t help freezing. Then he heard the young man say, “But don’t worry. I will insist even if they object.”

“You are the person I want to spend my life with. That won’t change because of anyone.”

Hearing his sincere words, Si Sheng was moved in his heart. He was inevitably uneasy and apprehensive.

Would Ah Li’s parents oppose them or even… hate him?

He knew that family was important to Ah Li. If they couldn’t accept him, Ah Li wouldn’t be happy even if Ah Li insisted on being with him.

Si Sheng couldn’t help feeling worried, but he didn’t show it. He just lowered his head and kissed the young man’s forehead in a careful manner.

Xu Sili smiled again. He wanted to continue being gentle with him, but the communicator he wore on his wrist rang at an inappropriate time.

He had to raise his hand to open the message.

Xiao Wu: [Brother…]

There was a sense of caution just looking at the words of the little artificial intelligence.

There must be nothing on this spaceship that could be hidden from Xiao Wu. He might not know what Xu Sili talked about with his older brother, but he must know that Xu Sili cried.

Xu Sili was a bit embarrassed, but he felt warmth in his heart when feeling the little guy’s thoughtfulness.

Xiao Wu might not know who he really was, but he hadn’t been in contact with Snow. In Xiao Wu’s cognition, he was him.

Speaking of which, in this world, Xiao Wu could be said to be the closest person to him besides Si Sheng, right?

“What’s wrong?” Xu Sili replied.

Xiao Wu: [Chamo is back with Asheng in his arms. He wants to find you.]

Xu Sili raised an eyebrow. Chamo was back? Only then did he think about the Tree of Life.

He didn’t know what was going on with the forest elves now. According to the stories he had heard before, the Tree of Life was an extremely important existence for the elves.

The elves would face a catastrophe once something happened to the Tree of Life.

The moment he wanted to tell Xiao Wu to let Chamo come over to see him, he saw Xiao Wu’s message pop up again.

Xiao Wu: [Brother, in addition… I seem to have discovered the conspiracy of the lizardmen…]

Xu Sili paused. Why did he use the word ‘seem’?

He felt that Xiao Wu was really becoming more and more like a human. He could even say such ambiguous words.

He thought for a moment before replying, “Have him come to my room. By the way, how is it going with Xenos?”

Xiao Wu: [Okay.]

Xiao Wu: [Big Brother is in a stable condition and everything is going smoothly. According to the repair progress, it will take around a week for him to be completely restored to his original state.]

“Good. You did a great job. Xiao Wu is awesome!” Xu Sili praised him without hesitation.

The little guy laughed before starting to make arrangements.

Xu Sili turned off the communicator. Then he looked up at Si Sheng and said, “Ah Sheng, let’s go back to the room.”

He took Si Sheng’s hand and pulled him into the room.

In fact, it was the room that was next door to Xenos’ room.

He hadn’t told Silin about Xenos yet. Therefore, Xu Sili decided to wait until the matter of Chamo and Asheng was settled. Then he would let her pick them up in person and surprise her.

They waited in the room for a while before Chamo knocked on the door.

He was holding little Asheng in his arms. The little girl had her eyes closed tightly and was holding a fist-sized seed. She didn’t seem to be in a very good state.

Xu Sili became nervous. “What is wrong with Asheng?”

He used the Insight technique on her after speaking.

[Asheng]

[Identity: Special talent NPC, elf queen.

Bloodline: Forest Elf

Personal level: Lv 10.

Health: 5,800/105,000

Magic: 129/9,000

Elemental Affinity: Wood

Special talents: elemental attraction (No matter where you are, the elemental concentration within 10 meters is 100% while the wood element concentration is +150%).

Special state: symbiosis (shares life with the Tree of Life. Can actively remove this state).]

Xu Sili was stunned. Asheng’s attributes had undoubtedly changed dramatically compared to when they first met.

Unexpectedly, Asheng turned out to be the elf queen. How old was she?

In addition, she shared life with the Tree of Life!

So what she was holding was the seed of the Tree of Life? It depended on the situation. Did she do it voluntarily?

Xu Sili frowned. He had long regarded Asheng as a little sister. His mood couldn’t help being tense when he saw her health drop so seriously.

He quickly took out health medicine. He asked Chamo to feed it to her and then asked Si Sheng to treat her.

Si Sheng performed the light healing technique on her.

“What’s wrong with Asheng?”

Xu Sili looked at Chamo feeding her the health medicine and asked, “Didn’t it just purify her blood? How did she become the elf queen?”

Chamo was relieved to see that Asheng’s condition had stabilized. Once he heard this question, he replied, “It is because Asheng is the only one remaining of the royal family of the forest elves.”

Halfway through, Chamo changed his words.

Now that Escher completely belonged to the Roland Empire, ancient tribes like them could no longer claim to be emperors under Roland’s rule.

Then he talked about the relationship between the elf royal family and the Tree of Life.

Forest elves were born from the Tree of Life. The elf royal family was the first generation of elves and were the elves closest to the Tree of Life.

The second, third and subsequent generations of elves were all bred from the first generation of elves. Their bloodline was still pure but they could no longer be called the royal family.

Originally, Asheng was a half-elf with a mixed bloodline. Then after being purified by the Tree of Life, she once again had a pure elf royal bloodline and strength.

After all this, she also needed to shoulder her responsibilities.

“So one of Asheng’s parents was probably a first-generation elf?” Xu Sili frowned.

The first generation of elves… weren’t they thousands of years old?

Chamo probably guessed his thoughts and explained, “The Tree of Life gives birth to new life every once in a while. The age of the first-generation elves isn’t necessarily very old.”

Xu Sili understood and didn’t continue with this topic. After all, Asheng’s parents were likely to have died in the beast wave.

He looked at the little girl again. “Then why hasn’t Asheng woken up yet?”

It was clear that her health was almost full.

Chamo said, “She is connected to the Tree of Life. She can only wake up after the seed of the Tree of Life takes root and germinates.”

“This is also something I want to discuss with Your Majesty but…”

He thought for a while before saying, “I think that Xiao Wu’s words might be more urgent.”

Xu Sili blinked and looked at the light screen on the wall. Xiao Wu was already on the light screen. Once he was called, he quickly said, “Uh, yes, Brother.”

“You said you discovered the lizardman’s conspiracy. What is it exactly?” Xu Sili didn’t worry about it and asked directly.

“The lizardmen installed many devices on Escher Star.” On the light screen, Xiao Wu’s image disappeared and turned into a map of Escher Star.

Flashing red dots appeared on the map. It was basically concentrated on the eastern part of the continent where the Roland Empire was located.

Xu Sili couldn’t help becoming nervous. This made him feel tense.

He listened to Xiao Wu continue, “Lizardmen have special abilities. They stored their own blood in these devices. Once they die, the blood will also react.”

“Once all the lizardmen die, these devices turn on automatically.”

Once Si Sheng heard this, he couldn’t help thinking of the lizardman who committed suicide. Before he died, he said that Roland would pay the price…

“I haven’t analyzed the effects of these devices yet…” Xiao Wu became hesitant. “Therefore, I don’t know the specific conspiracy of the lizardmen. I need a bit more time.”

However, Xu Sili looked at this map full of red dots and already had an idea in his heart. This thought made him feel creepy.

It was a beast wave!

The beast wave four years ago was probably caused by the lizardmen. So.. the beast wave that was supposed to happen half a year after the open beta started was brought forward because of this incident!

Xu Sili was shocked by this speculation. Meanwhile, on the Starry Sky, Lan Xiaoyin controlled the camera to watch everywhere and happened to film a terrifying scene.

A dark line suddenly appeared on the distant horizon. That black line continued endlessly, almost filling the entire horizon.

Moreover, the black line was approaching rapidly. The ground could be felt trembling from a distance.

Lan Xiaoyin kept pushing the camera further and further away. He saw that in the midst of the noise and the dust flying in the sky, unnamed interstellar beasts were advancing madly with an indomitable momentum. Everything they passed was razed to the ground!

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