Si Sheng actually had this doubt a long time ago.
From the very beginning, the braves would say some very strange words. Later on, the words became unclear as if they were restricted by something.
However, such restrictions didn’t bother him.
He could hear the strange conversations among the braves as long as he wanted to listen.
The word ‘game’ often appeared in the mouths of these braves. He was confused, but for some reason, he never thought about it in detail.
It was like being bound by some rules.
Then once he heard Ah Li’s mother mention it, such doubts came to his mind again and he suddenly couldn’t ignore it.
Maybe… It was because he was stronger than before and could break free from those rules.
He stared at Xu Sili, who was being protected by him.
The two of them were preparing to return to Imperial City. At this time, they were floating high in the sky, with the vast land of the Roland Empire beneath their feet.
Si Sheng looked at the young man, wanting to get an answer from him.
Once Xu Sili came back to his senses, he lowered his gaze and couldn’t help avoiding Si Sheng’s eyes.
He didn’t quite know how to answer him.
Did he really have to tell Si Sheng that they were in a game world and he was just an NPC who was created?
He wasn’t sure if Si Sheng could accept it.
“Ah Li, I want to know the truth.”
Si Sheng whispered, not giving Xu Sili a chance to escape.
Xu Sili couldn’t help sighing.
In the end, he couldn’t lie to Si Sheng. He once told Si Sheng not to keep everything to himself. Now that Si Sheng had fulfilled his promise, Xu Sili couldn’t hide it from him any longer.
What’s more, Si Sheng was too perceptive and could easily tell whether he was lying or not.
Finally, he said softly, “Just as you heard, our world is a game for the braves.”
Xu Sili looked down at the scenery below his feet and organized his words.
“In fact, they aren’t braves who responded to the call and came to save Roland like the legend. Instead, they are a group of fearless players.”
Having said that, he looked up at SI Sheng again.
“Do you still remember the virtual game in the game cabin of the former emperor?”
“This game is similar to that, but the genre is different. The main mission of the players coming to this world is to help the Roland Empire resolve the current crisis.”
As for what happened later, he didn’t know what would happen after his intervention.
He thought for a moment before saying, “In fact, it isn’t a bad idea to regard them as braves who saved Roland.”
Si Sheng listened quietly, his face calm. However, there seemed to be a storm brewing in his eyes.
Xu Sili waited for him to digest this information. Then he heard Si Sheng say with some difficulty, “So, in this game, we are…”
“NPCs?”
Xu Sili paused for a moment before nodding. “Yes, after I died, I came to this world for some reason and became an NPC.”
“Ah Sheng, this is actually nothing, right?”
He reached out and grabbed Si Sheng’s wrist, pretending to be relaxed. “We are the same now… I also don’t think this is a game. Everything is so real…”
Si Sheng didn’t answer. He just stared at Xu Sili and instead asked, “If this is a game world, who created it?”
Xu Sili couldn’t answer.
However, Si Sheng had already made guesses on his own.
“Is it a brave as well? Or a player? Or game developers?”
Finally, Si Sheng expressed the question that he cared about the most. “So, I am also a game character designed by someone, right?”
The man’s brow was deeply furrowed, and his expression had become ugly.
He seemed to be in some type of confusion, as if he had thought of something. His words subconsciously became sharp and aggressive.
“In other words, the command that appeared in my mind when I woke up in this world didn’t come from you but… an implanted program?”
“What command?” Xu Sili was also stunned.
“Protect Roland.”
Si Sheng clenched his fists, feeling mixed emotions. For a moment, he couldn’t accept this fact.
So what was he?
An intelligent life like Xiao Wu? Or… just a set of data?
This thought was obviously unacceptable for a strong person like SI Sheng, especially since he had already started to master the laws of this world.
Now he was being told that this world was fake?
He suddenly thought of something, stared at Xu Sili and asked, “Ah Li, are you the creator of this game?”
Xu Sili subconsciously shook his head.
“I”m not. It is just… this game was created in large part due to me and my family…”
Si Sheng pursed his lips. He thought of something again. After a long time, he said with some difficulty, “So, the place where I was born… that destroyed world, is it also a game/”
Xu Sili was stunned again.
The situation he was most worried about finally happened.
Yes, Si Sheng was so smart. He just had to be given a clue and he could quickly deduce the truth of the whole matter.
“So back then… all your training and pampering of me… It was just a game for you to pass the time, right?”
There was a hint of hurt in Si Sheng’s eyes.
He knew that Ah Li, who was a ‘god’ at that time, couldn’t have given much thought to a humble believer like him, but he hadn’t expected the truth to be so embarrassing.
Xu Sili stared at Si Sheng blankly, not knowing how to explain.
He couldn’t say that he, as a player, really fell in love with Si Sheng, a virtual character…
Liking was definitely there, but love…
Then he heard Si Sheng muttered, “If everything about me is predetermined, then… is my love for you also predetermined?”
Xu Sili was shocked. Were Si Sheng’s feelings for him predetermined? Of course not. His soul entered Starry Sky Age by accident.
Si Sheng didn’t love Snow Roland, did he? But…
The basis of his affection for Xu Sili came from Game of the Gods, where he mistook Xu Sili for a god…
From beginning to end, he was just an ordinary person who didn’t have many days to live. Even if he gained strength now, he was still far from the god in Si Sheng’s heart.
“There are indeed some set-up parts, but you were out of control from the start.”
Xu Sili lowered his eyes and said softly.
“According to the setting, you should’ve assisted Snow Roland and made him the number one emperor in the universe. Then what happened?”
“He had only been on the throne for a month when you killed him!”
Si Sheng, who was immersed in his thoughts, suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly denied it. “No, I didn’t kill him…”
“If my soul hadn’t come through, he would’ve been killed by you! That is what is written on my forum where I can see the future!”
Xu Sili raised his head and glared at him coldly.
Si Sheng had never seen him look like this and he felt a great panic. “Ah Li, I…”
“I trained and pampered you for entertainment… Indeed, you were just a game character to me at this time.”
Si Sheng’s face turned pale and his hand that he extended to Xu Sili fell abruptly.
However, Xu Sili continued despite Si Sheng’s pale face.
“But I trained you from a little slave with a bad temper to a grand marshal with full levels, full attributes, and all branch skills lit up. I also collected various rare skills and achievement titles for you…”
“Is that an easy thing to do for a person who is terminally ill and only has a few years to live?”
A terminal illness….
Si Sheng’s face turned pale again.
“Ah Li…” He reached out, but was avoided by Xu Sili.
“Before I died, I asked the doctor to copy your data to this world. Why would I do that if it wasn’t because I loved you?”
“I don’t know what happened to you, or why you awakened in the previous game world, but… do you know why you were asked to protect Roland?”
Xu Sili’s lips curled up. He didn’t know about this command, but he could understand the intentions of the game developers.
“It is because Snow is a character created based on me. I hope that after I die of illness, I can still live in this world in another form, even if it is as an NPC.”
“I hoped that my family could still see me, and I also hoped to see you in this world and fight alongside you.”
“I didn’t expect that before I died of illness, I would die in an accident, come to this world and become Snow Roland.”
“Then I was almost killed by you. You should know everything that happened after that.”
“That is the whole truth.”
Ah Li had a terminal illness before his accidental death? Si Sheng digested everything Xu Sili said.
Coming to this world wasn’t due to Ah Li’s will… This message should’ve made him happy, but it didn’t bring him joyful emotions.
“As for whether your love for me is fake?”
The young man looked at Si Sheng and smiled mockingly, but deep in his eyes were the hurt and grievances that he tried his best to hide.
“Who knows?”
He continued, “Maybe your program has gone wrong again? After all, this game and the original game both don’t have this setting.”
After Xu Sili said all of this, he controlled the fly saucer under his feet, turned around and prepared to fly away.
He was so angry that he didn’t want to stay here any longer.
At this time, Si Sheng finally didn’t drop the ball again. He hurriedly reached out and hugged Xu Sili with an unprecedented look of panic on his face.
“Ah Li, I was wrong! Don’t go!”
Xu Sili struggled, but knew he couldn’t break free of Si Sheng’s arms with his own strength. He had to stop and snort coldly.
“You are so smart. How can you be wrong?”
“I’m not a god. I am just an ordinary person who was dying from illness. I am indeed unworthy of your love. If you think this is a game setting, then that is how it should be.”
Cold sweat dripped down Si Sheng’s forehead. Every word from the young man was like a knife in his heart. His mind broke free from the chaos just now and became clearer than ever.
“No, it isn’t like that!”
Si Sheng hugged him tightly and said in a low voice, “It doesn’t matter if you are a god or an ordinary person. You are my beloved. That is a fact that can’t be changed.”
“I just said the wrong thing.”
He said very seriously, “This world might be a game for the braves, but it is real for us.”
He had already broken free from the shackles and even came into contact with the mysteries of the rules of this world. He didn’t believe that there was anything in this world that could manipulate his emotions, not even a true god!
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have questioned this, let alone our feelings. Ah Li, I know I was wrong… Can you forgive me?”
“Do you want me to forgive you?” Xu Sili asked.
Si Sheng nodded frantically, but he heard the young man say, “Then let me go.”
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