I loaded the dream game

"Why does Ailu want to be seen as an adult so much?" he asked.

"I don't think so."

Ai Lu Ke kicked another pebble into the river, lowered his head and said, "I just... don't want you to treat me like a child."

It doesn't matter what other people think, she thought to herself.

"What's wrong with kids?"

Xia Zhi looked at the ripples on the water and said softly, "When you are in a bad mood, someone will understand you. When you make a mistake, someone will tolerate you. When you fall, someone will comfort you. Even if you mess up several times, there will be someone who will tell you that it's okay and that you can just start over. You will always have the opportunity to make mistakes, and this world will show you its most tolerant side."

"Many children always want to grow up and become adults quickly, but they don't know how many adults dream of returning to their carefree childhood days."

"..."

Ai Lu had never experienced this, so she didn't quite understand the meaning of these words, but she caught some words in Xia Zhi's words that made her care.

"Really, will anything I do be understood?" she asked curiously, looking up.

Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment. Was this what he had just said?

But never mind, I feel like the meaning is pretty much the same.

Thinking of this, he nodded hesitantly.

"What about the sleeping quarters?"

"Except this one!" Xia Zhi replied quickly.

His head was full of black lines at the moment.

Teacher Mafuyu, what exactly did you teach her?

"Because it's something only adults can do?" Ailuko continued to look at him curiously and asked.

"Anyway, it's not something Ailu can do." Xia Zhi replied.

The girl pouted unhappily and kicked the pebbles under her feet, feeling dissatisfied with being treated differently.

The stone drew an arc in the air and fell into the water with a "plop", splashing white waves on the calm river surface and rippling out in circles.

Ai Luke was a little angry.

But after a while, as if she thought of something, she laughed softly again.

Xia Zhi was a little confused: "What are you laughing at?"

Ailuko did not answer, but just looked at the boy holding his hand, then raised his head to look into the boy's eyes, and then smiled softly again.

　907 "It just suddenly occurred to me that if it was the summer solstice, I would be able to understand and tolerate whatever happened."

After being happy, the girl held his hand tightly, raised her head and looked at him and said, "Then according to what Xia Zhi said just now, does that mean that Xia Zhi is actually a child to me?"

"..."

I think you may have confused the concepts of inclusion and equality, Xia Zhi thought.

However, seeing that the girl seemed to be in a good mood, he still didn't say it out loud.

"Actually, there's something I want to tell you."

When the ripples on the water gradually subsided, Xia Zhi hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

"What's the matter?" Ailu looked up in confusion.

"I may have to go back after a while." Xia Zhi said.

"……Eh?"

"So, you want to come with me?"

“Eh!!??”.

Chapter 69 There are still people to meet

But Ailu knew that Xia Zhi was not a human being from this world.

Maybe she didn't understand it clearly before, but after she actually saw it, she knew it.

Although they look the same, there are huge differences inside. This difference cannot be ignored. It is much greater than the difference between unsigned species, or even signed species and humans.

Xia Zhi is an existence that came here from another world far away, just like the Star God, and just like... himself.

Originally, Ailu thought so, so he naturally thought that the boy would settle down in this world like the star gods.

But now it seems that there are some differences after all.

The star gods can no longer return to their hometown, but Xia Zhi still has a place to return to.

So, when he suddenly heard the young man say that he might be going back, besides being stunned, Eluke also felt an indescribable fear and panic.

"Can you please not leave?"

She subconsciously wanted to ask this, but in the end she held back and didn't say it out loud.

Ailuko is no longer the girl who knew nothing at the beginning. During the time she spent with Xia Zhi, she gradually learned a lot and understood many things.

She knew that she couldn't stop him, nor should she stop him.

and so……

"Will you come with me?"

When the boy's sudden words reached her ears, the disbelief in her heart made her subconsciously exclaim in surprise.

Then a huge surprise came over me.

"Really, is it really possible?" she asked expectantly.

"Not yet." Xia Zhi thought for a moment and replied.

To bring the star god Ailuko into the real world is equivalent to creating a god out of thin air in the real world. The dream points required are too much for Xia Zhi to afford even after completing all the main tasks.

As for other tricks, I can only wait until I return to the real world and try to see if they succeed.

The only question is whether this world will continue to exist after the copy is closed. If this world disappears due to the closure of the copy, will Ailu, who is in this world, also disappear?

Xia Zhi is not too worried about this. In his setting, the "eternal connection" can transcend all tangible and intangible, conceptual and non-conceptual barriers, which of course also includes "life and death", "existence and non-existence", "dreams and reality", "past and present", and other possible or impossible obstacles.

As long as this connection is maintained, he will always have a way to find the girl.

not to mention……

Xia Zhi suddenly remembered that in his previous settings, the boundary between reality and dreams had been blurred. From then on, reality would no longer be the end of dreams. Does that mean that dreams can be regarded as an extension of reality to some extent?

If this is really the case...

"Xiazhi, bullying..."

Ai Luke's unhappy voice came from his ear, disrupting his thoughts.

"Didn't you just say that you would understand and tolerate anything I do?" Xia Zhi asked, touching the girl's head.

"Except for this one!"

Ailuko shook her head and acted as if she wanted to shake off his hand, but when Xia Zhi really took his hand away, she looked even more unhappy.

"Don't worry, we won't be separated because of this." Xia Zhi squatted down and helped the girl tidy up her messed up hair.

His fingers gently stroked the girl's dreamy and beautiful crimson hair, straightening them out bit by bit. He seemed to feel very comfortable. The girl couldn't help but narrow her eyes and raised her head slightly.

"."Do you remember what I said then?" After straightening the girl's hair, Xia Zhi nodded with satisfaction and asked.

"At that time?" He withdrew his gaze with some reluctance, and at Xia Zhi's signal, Ailu looked at the starlight ring on his finger.

Soon, she realized what time the boy was talking about.

but……

"...It's too long, I didn't write it all down." Ai Luke glanced at Xia Zhi secretly and said with a guilty conscience: "I only wrote down a little bit."

"It doesn't matter, I didn't remember it all myself." Xia Zhi rubbed the girl's head and messed up her hair again (No. Zhao).

"All you need to know is that our connection will not be cut off no matter where we go," he said.

"really?"

"Can I still lie to you?"

“…Oh.”

Even though he had been deceived more than once, Ailuko still nodded and chose to believe Xia Zhi.

The girl was very happy to get the answer.

Although I am very happy, I still have one thing to ask.

"Then...when will you leave?"

"Let's wait for two more days." Xia Zhi thought for a moment and said, "After all, there is still someone I need to say goodbye to."

"According to the time, she should be here soon."

Chapter 70 "Long time no see, Lilia"

The death of the Herrscher girl did not bring the world back to its former peace, because not long after, the second Herrscher came again.

The girl who holds the power of space and possesses the ability to distort light and time, and calls herself "The Herrscher of the Sky", destroyed the most prosperous coastal area of ​​the Holy Empire as soon as she was born, turning it into a dead zone that no one dared to approach.

Faced with this force that transcends fate, the empire had no room for resistance and performed even worse than last time, losing nearly a quarter of its territory in less than six days.

Although in the end, the Herrscher girl was killed by an unknown strong man, humans still suffered heavy losses in this disaster.

At the same time, the famine, fear and anxiety brought about by the disaster also gave birth to new religions. Many people began to believe in and worship the "God" mentioned by the two Herrscher girls, praying that He could forgive their sins and redeem their souls.

As time went on, more and more people believed in this new religion, which gradually began to threaten the status of the Zan Guang Church in these 907 worlds.

Worse still, with the weakening of the Holy Empire representing humanity, conflicts between some formerly oppressed races and societies began to stir.

Religious conflicts, ethnic conflicts, internal conflicts, external crises, and unknown threats...

The world situation began to become turbulent, and mankind's position as the absolute overlord of the world gradually became precarious.

The culprit who caused all this was now standing in front of the mountain-like corpse of a red copper dragon with a look of distress, looking as if he was troubled by something.

[Side Quest: Defeat a Copper Dragon (Completed)]

[Reward: 370 Dream Points]

Such subtitles appeared before his eyes, but he had no mind to pay attention to them.

After obtaining the power of the Star God from Ailuko, Xia Zhi can now use the Six Swords effortlessly even without using dream points to increase his strength.

The maximum-level kendo skills that had been previously limited by the body can finally be fully utilized.

He could feel that he had become much stronger, but he didn't know to what extent, so he decided to find something to test it.

Just at this moment, Xia Zhi saw a black shadow flying across the distant sky. Based on its spread wings and huge body, he judged that it should be a specialty of this world called "dragon".

Xia Zhi thought about it and said: Since we are so destined to be together, then I will just choose you.

So he followed the route that the copper dragon flew, and followed it all the way to the cave where it lived. When it was about to go into the lake to take a bath, he chopped off its head with a sword, and completed the side quest issued by the dream game.

It has to be said that the Fifth Sword has a unique advantage in sneak attacks.

However, Xia Zhi reacted quickly afterwards:

That’s not right. Am I not here to practice?

But it is obvious that it is too late to realize this at this time. After all, the dragon that was used as a training object is already dead. You can't spend points to pull it up and whip its corpse again just for such a small thing, right?

So Xia Zhi quickly changed his mind and decided to use this rare ingredient to hone his cooking skills.

It's all about practicing anyway, so what's the harm in practicing?

However, he soon encountered another problem:

The dragon was so huge that even if he ate half of it and released the other half, there would still be too much meat left. He could not finish it all by himself, and it was not possible for him to carry it all the way back home.

After hesitating for a long time, Xia Zhi finally decided to cut off only a part of the meat and take it back, and temporarily freeze the rest in the lake, waiting to see if there would be a chance to come back to visit it in the future.