I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1222 Somewhat Familiar
In the exhibition hall's rest area, a strange young man with a square head was sitting there in a daze.

The children, who had already finished visiting the exhibition hall, ran around with gifts and snacks, exaggeratingly discussing the novel things they had just seen while eating with their mouths full. The middle-aged teacher accompanying the group was sweating profusely, wiping the mouths of one child and helping another who had fallen down.

Only one little girl stood obediently in place. Looking at the chaotic scene around her, she suddenly spotted the young man with the square on his head. Her eyes lit up and she ran to him.

"Uncle, is that the Cube of Salvation on your head?"

The young man was startled by the soft, sweet voice. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the little girl had widened her eyes and moved closer to him, seemingly very interested in his square head.

"Call me brother." He put on a serious expression and corrected him sternly.

“But you’re about the same age as Mom, so according to age, I should call you uncle. If you were about the same age as me, I would call you brother. That’s what my teacher taught me. Isn’t that right?”

The little girl tilted her head and asked in confusion.

Children speak without thinking, and there was really no other way, so the square-haired young man had to compromise: "Then call me whatever you want, Uncle is fine."

"Uncle, is that the Cube of Salvation on your head?" the little girl asked again.

"How did you recognize it?"

"That's how it's drawn in the sketchbook." The little girl said, pointing to the watch on her wrist with her chubby little hand. The watch projected a 3D sketchbook, and the little girl flipped through a few pages. It showed a savior cube.

It is indeed exactly the same as the one on the young man's head.

"Look, they're all the same." The little girl moved the projection over the young man's head, and the three-dimensional projection overlapped perfectly with the cube.

"You're so smart, you figured it out. That's the Savior Cube above my head. In fact, I am the Savior Cube itself. I saved the world, and now I want to see what this world looks like, and whether my sacrifice was worth it..."

The young man leaned back and said confidently.

This shameless act really fooled the little girl.

"Are you really the Cube of Salvation? How did you become human?"

"I can save the world, so becoming human is a piece of cake, right? Use your little brain and think about it carefully."

The little girl nodded, believing the young man's explanation.

"I really like the Savior Cube, could you sign it for me?"

"What did you say? You like the Savior Cube? Why?"

"Because the cube is amazing! Our teacher also said that the savior cube is great, and that we should learn from the cube, to have a spirit of sacrifice, to sacrifice our small selves to achieve our medium selves, to sacrifice our medium selves to achieve our greater selves, and to sacrifice our greater selves to achieve our ultimate selves..."

"Where did you get so many 'me's' from...?"

"Don't drinks also come in medium, large, and extra-large sizes?"

"Fine, interpret it however you like..." the young man said with a hint of helplessness.

"I also bought cube toys," the little girl said, as she opened her monster-shaped handbag and took out several tiny metal cubes.

She placed the blocks one by one on the small table next to her, and stood on tiptoe to build them into the shape of a small castle.

"This is all the height I can build. I only have these. Mom promised to buy me one more if I do chores every time I do them and sleep well every night. Once I collect enough cube blocks, I can build a bigger castle..."

“I didn’t want to eat yesterday, and my mom took away a few of them. She said she would only give them back if I behaved well with the teacher today, so I can’t misbehave today… I really don’t want to eat; the vegetables are too bitter.”

"Once I have enough cube blocks, I can build a Dawn Tower. And once I have even more blocks, I'll build the entire Abyss, and then I'll personally seal it off. I'll be a hero who saves the world, hehe."

The little girl fiddled with the block castle on the table, then thought it wasn't pretty enough. With a quick flick of her wrist, she built a bridge. Unfortunately, there weren't enough blocks, so the bridge looked a bit short. Still not satisfied, she dismantled the bridge and built a small house instead...

Watching the little girl's movements, the blocky-haired youth seemed stunned. He remained in the same position, as if petrified, completely immersed in the ever-changing blocks.

"Uncle? What's wrong?"

"Uncle?" The little girl reached out and waved her hand in front of the blocky head a few times.

After hesitating for a moment, the little girl changed her address again.

"Brother? Are you alright? Are you asleep? Are you going to save the world again?"

"The Abyss has attacked again?"

"Should I run too...?"

The little girl's face grew increasingly panicked. She quickly gathered up her precious building blocks and stuffed them into her monster-shaped satchel. But just as she was about to tell her teacher that the Abyss was about to invade again, the young man in front of her stirred again.

"It's alright, little one."

"Uncle, you scared me."

"I'm sorry, I was distracted just now."

"Oh." The little girl nodded and asked with concern, "Are you all better now?"

"All right."

"Could you give me your autograph?"

"Okay, where do I sign it?"

"it's here."

……

The little girl jumped up and down excitedly with the autograph on it. It read "Savior Cube" in big characters. The characters were a little crooked, but you could tell that it was done with care.

"Thank you, Uncle Cube."

"You're welcome."

"Uncle, have you found the answer?"

"what is the answer?"

"It's about whether this world is worth saving."

The little girl tilted her head and asked earnestly.

Faced with this question, the young man hesitated. He seemed to find it difficult to answer, even though he didn't have to take any responsibility for his answer, and even though he was facing a naive little girl.

"I haven't found the answer yet... There are still many things I don't understand, and I can only give a definite answer after I understand them."

After careful consideration, the young man gave a very conservative answer.

"Good luck, Uncle."

"And you, as a fan of the cube, do you think the cube's sacrifice was worthwhile?"

"Of course it's worth it! Everything the cube did was right!"

As expected of a die-hard cube fan, the little girl gave her answer without hesitation.

The young man felt relieved and patted the little girl's head.

At this moment, the middle-aged teacher rushed over, grabbed the little girl's hand, and sincerely apologized to the young man: "I'm sorry to have troubled you."

"It's okay, she didn't cause me any trouble, she was very well-behaved."

"That's good." The teacher said, pulling the little girl back.

……

"Xiao Luo, why are you bothering them like that? It's impolite, you know?"

"Teacher, will you tell my mom?" the little girl asked, sounding a bit aggrieved.

"Of course not, everyone says you're very well-behaved."

"I've always been a good student."

"Then why are you bothering others?"

"I was wrong, teacher. Please don't tell on me, or my mom will confiscate my building blocks."

"Don't worry, I won't tell on you..."

The teacher's and the little girl's voices faded into the distance, while the young man, after hearing that somewhat familiar name, fell into deep thought once more.

(End of this chapter)