Quadruple split.

Chapter 2464 Interlude: Wang Tu

Rarely, Mo made a misjudgment.

Although Mo Tan had failed to defend against Gu Xiaole's zero-frame, highly targeted rhetoric and had his true identity revealed without him noticing, he had actually noticed that Yaya's situation was different.

However, although he noticed Yaya's abnormality, Mo Tan never said anything at the time, and even after everything was settled, he did not ask any more questions.

All of this, of course, was not because Mo Tan revealed his scumbag nature after he had Ji Xiaoge, his online girlfriend, and he abandoned the girl who had obviously met him earlier, but because he knew very well that even if he cared about Yaya's situation at the first time, that stubborn girl who liked to show off would not show weakness even for a second, and it was a foregone conclusion that she would be evaded by the silly and barking.

In other words, if Mo Tan showed his uneasiness about Ya Ya's physical and mental condition, the latter would most likely act tough on purpose in order not to make him worry, which would in turn hide some difficult problems.

To be honest, compared to Lujiang, Ji Xiaoge and other young boys and girls of the same age, Yaya does not behave maturely in most cases, especially in terms of mind. Cute quirks are one thing, but whether it is the way of thinking or the logic of her behavior style, this dog girl who is cute, beautiful, cool, energetic and crazy is indeed more "simple".

Of course, "pure" does not mean "stupid". In Mo Tan's opinion, there is no problem with Yaya's "intelligence". Even if we put aside her clear thinking and sharp tongue when she is frenzied, she is still a very smart person. It's just that in many cases, this intelligence will be covered up by a kind of laziness.

The laziness here is not the kind of laziness that is very fashionable, with squinting eyes, holding a pipe and toilet paper, and knowing one-third of the world before leaving the toilet, but a kind of laziness that is only aimed at "thinking".

To put it simply, this girl often gets too lazy to think.

Being too lazy to think and not wanting to use your brain is human nature. It is a "common nature" that every normal person will always have from childhood to adulthood, from academic studies, to making money, to the various intrigues in love, to the various right and wrongs in marriage relationships. In short, young people have their own troubles, and old people have their own sorrows, and when these things accumulate to a certain extent, we will involuntarily empty ourselves and give up thinking.

However, as one of the first people Mo Tan met in the [Realm of Innocence], Yaya is really a bit... lazy to the extreme in this regard. Assuming that a normal person is too lazy to think 10% of the time during the waking hours every day, and puts it into practice 5% of the time, then Yaya is too lazy to think about 50% of the time every day, and puts it into practice 50% of the time.

Although she thought like a normal person, this was still not enough to reassure Mo Tan and others who were with her day and night and had a growing relationship with her.

At first, Mo Tan and Ji Xiaoge both thought that Yaya's situation was a natural cuteness, just like her somewhat difficult to decipher but very cute habit of speaking. However, after Jadka accidentally raised his concerns, the two realized that Yaya's situation was not normal even in the 'NPC' worldview.

In the days that followed, as Mo Tan became more and more "knowledgeable" and gained a deeper understanding of the various races in the Realm of Innocence, even surpassing many locals to a certain extent, he became more deeply aware of what was "wrong" with Yaya.

Reality is not a bardic tale. Even if it is a bardic tale, it must be logical. Even if some realities are less logical than most bardic tales, most realities must still be logical.

Mo Tan has long since failed to understand why many species have a lot of unreasonable, illogical things that the author has never given any explanation for, but the people in the story don't think there is anything wrong.

Let’s take the simplest, most clichéd, and most heartless example – there are Japanese high school students in the same class in anime who have more than ten different hair colors.

Even Gu Xiaole had to admit that as of 2049, when she was still a high school student, more than 95% of the students in the school had black hair, and more than 99.9% of the students did not have super powers.

Of course, we can say that it is just artistic processing, and it is just a technique that makes it easier for readers or viewers to distinguish between different characters. After all, if all the characters in an animation work have black hair and black eyes, then there is a certain probability that it will become a masterpiece, but there is also a great probability that it will become a disaster.

But in reality, except for common filters such as "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" and "uncooked mushrooms", artistic processing is not valid in most cases.

If there is a result, there must be a cause. If a person's biological parents both have black hair and black eyes, but he has red hair and purple eyes, there must be an explanation. This explanation can be far-fetched, outrageous, and may involve quantum mechanics, but it must not be accepted by the vast majority of people without any reason.

This outrageous situation might be possible in other games, but it is absolutely impossible to happen in the [Realm of Innocence] that Mo Tan knows!

Normal people don’t have the problem of being too lazy to think 50% of the time.

Normal dog-orcs wouldn't have a habit of speaking that required deciphering.

Therefore, Yaya must have some problems that are very likely to involve pathological aspects, especially after her body "collapsed" once in Tianzhu Mountain. Although everyone did not leave her in Tianzhu Mountain to take care of the girl's feelings, Yaya's physical condition is still like a sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's head.

Fortunately, those external-level beings in Tianzhu Mountain did not find more problems during the inspection.

Unfortunately, even the "three-party consultation" of Lu Wei, Noyce and Long could not find out the problem of Yaya at the essential level. Although they provided two treatment plans and handed in an almost perfect answer as much as possible, but as the analyst said, Tianzhu Mountain has never been omnipotent. Therefore, even the three people with high-level observer authority can only sort out and summarize Yaya's current condition, treatment plans, risks faced, and the medium of disease, but cannot determine the cause of the disease.

"Without knowing the cause of the disease, even the instructors can't prescribe the right medicine..."

Ji Xiaoge put down the welding gadget in her hand, tilted her head and leaned on Mo Tan's arm, muttering in a low voice: "If she doesn't want to be trapped in Tianzhu Mountain forever, Yaya must break through to the Legendary level to completely eliminate the problem. However, the stronger she is, the more likely she is to remember the 'key memory'. Once she remembers it, it will be a double collapse of her mind and body."

Mo Tan sighed silently and said softly, "I have been investigating through my own channels. It goes without saying that Lao Jia must have contacted Mr. Darien about Yaya's matter. As a result..."

"I asked Femi for help as well, but even a dragon as well-informed as him has never seen anything like Fang's situation."

Ji Xiaoge pursed her lips and said softly, "Do you know how many times I've had nightmares about Yaya getting into trouble?"

“That’s certainly not a pleasant number.”

Mo Tan smiled bitterly, and while helping Ji Xiaoge to flatten the curled edges on the iron plate in front of them, he gently reminded her, "But don't forget what you said before. If you keep immersing yourself in sadness and worry, you won't be able to do anything."

Ji Xiaoge burst out laughing upon hearing this, and said happily: "I clearly said at the time that my dad told me that mourning culture is the stupidest of countless subcultures... that or something, how come it becomes so interesting after your interpretation?"

"Maybe it's because I'm still in the 'artistic youth' stage~"

Mo Tan made a rare joke and said with a smile: "It's because you still have a long way to go before you can reach your uncle's state of returning to nature."

Ji Xiaoge wrinkled her nose and tapped Mo Tan's head gently: "Then you have to walk slowly, at least before I become a good woman with a good character like my mother, don't enter the stage my father is in now!"

It took less than half a second to recall the whole process of his interactions with 'Old Man Ji', and Mo Tan immediately answered confidently and without hesitation: "Don't worry, I'm sure."

"Hey~"

The winged beauty smiled, and showed a warm, sugary smile to the man in front of her who she was dating online. She rubbed Mo Tan's cheek with the tip of her wing a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I've been thinking too much these past two days, and I have to trouble you to comfort me."

Mo Tan, who was almost pierced by the other party's smile, pursed his lips, tried to move his eyes away from Ji Xiaoge, and said truthfully: "I don't think it's troublesome."

"Ah! Are you blushing?"

"No...any?"

"Yes!" "Okay, then yes."

"Hey hey hey!"

"You're a little too happy."

"I am happy to do so!"

Ji Xiaoge stuck out her tongue, then flapped her wings and flew up. She lightly went behind Mo Tan and hugged him. She buried her head in his broad shoulders and whispered, "I miss Brother Largo and Sister Pei Xi."

"I miss them too."

Mo Tan rubbed the head on his shoulder and said softly: "Even if I don't think about it all the time, I will never forget it anyway."

"Ok!"

The girl nodded vigorously. After trying to do something to Mo Tan's neck but being forcibly stopped by the system, she pouted and asked curiously: "So what is our plan next? Originally, we were going to go back to Tianzhu Mountain to see Lao Jia as soon as we finished dealing with things here, but the teacher asked Cordova to tell me that it would be a waste of time to go there these days, you see..."

"I have to go back for sure."

While Mo Tan was trying to stay conscious in the faint fragrance emitted by the girl, he murmured, "But what Master Lu Wei said makes sense. At least before Lao Jia regains consciousness, it will be useless for us to go back. By the way, your second place reward mission..."

"There's no hurry about that."

Ji Xiaoge smiled and said cheerfully, "The instructor said that he would find the exact location for me when he has time, so I don't have to go through the normal puzzle-solving process to find the quest location. I can just ask him after we return to Tianzhu Mountain."

Mo Tan nodded slightly, and then said, "Xinglong sent me a message before, saying that he wanted to invite a few of us to go to the Elf Forest, because..."

Ji Xiaoge blinked and answered quickly, "Because of that highly discussed super-large, unique, limited-time secret realm?"

"Ah."

Mo Tan responded in a seemingly calm tone, and then added, worried that he might appear a little cold, "It's the one you mentioned."

"Hey, I have a friend here who happens to be one of the representatives of the Elf King's Court, so I may know more about the situation there than those professional players!"

Ji Xiaoge said this cheerfully, and then immediately added loudly: "Although my friend is a man, we are just ordinary friends! He doesn't have any improper thoughts about me!"

[Yes, ever since last year’s New Year’s Eve dinner, Kang Lan really has no feelings for you anymore…]

Mo Tan echoed this in his heart, and then chuckled and said, "I know."

"You know a lot!"

Ji Xiaoge gently poked Mo Tan's forehead and muttered, "Although I'm glad that you trust me, I'll feel a little hurt if you don't get jealous! Really, it's better to pretend a little!"

Mo Tan spread his hands innocently: "I can't lie."

Ji Xiaoge: "So annoying, I'm going to bite you to death!"

Mo Tan: "..."

"Well, stop making trouble."

The girl, who originally wanted to tease her lover who was always too calm, ended up becoming increasingly shy. She loosened her hands and flew back to the chair next to Mo Tan. She sat on the back of the chair and looked down at Mo Tan, who was half a head shorter than her. "So? After handing over to the people from the Archaeologists Association headquarters tonight, where are you going next? Back to the mountain? Go to the Elf Forest to find the Red Constellation to take over the commission? Or do you have any other plans?"

"I have to go back to Tianzhu Mountain to check on Lao Jia's condition before I can feel at ease. But before that..."

Mo Tan, who had already made up his mind, took a deep breath and said softly, "I want to accompany Birger to the headquarters of the [Destruction King Mercenary Group] first."

"Eh?"

"Although he seems to be fine, Brother Largo is his uncle after all. He is not only the most respected elder, but also the closest family member, so..."

"I agree!"

"Oh?"

"Now that you mention it, I just remembered that although Brother Bilger looks very mature, he is actually only a middle school student! With such a big change, he must be feeling very uncomfortable now!"

"Yes, and there are also the mercenaries. Although they are all from the same tribe as Loya, before Brother Largo got into trouble, Bilger was the only 'one of his own' by his side, so..."

"Are we going to support little Birger?"

"It's not that serious, but let's tell Brother Largo's companions what he did during his last time."

"Okay! I listen to you!"

"Great! I'll go too!"

"Sister Xiaole, when did you come?!"

Chapter 2455: The End