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Lu Ze was taken aback when he heard Bonya say that she wanted to reopen the Gate of Truth.

The Gate of Truth—a name he hadn't heard in five or six years—was like a long-forgotten pebble suddenly thrown into the calm lake of his heart, stirring up ripples.

"Why bring this up all of a sudden?"

Lu Ze sat down on the edge of the bed, put his arm around Bangya's shoulder, and asked gently.

I don't know why she brought this up again. Could it be... pregnancy syndrome?

I've heard that women's emotions are particularly unstable during pregnancy.

Lu Ze thought that Bangya was probably in a similar situation.

Bonya did not answer immediately.

She looked down at her daughter in her arms, reached out her finger, and gently touched her rosy cheek.

The little girl was probably uncomfortable because of what her mother was doing. She reached out her little hand, grabbed her mother's finger, and then instinctively put it in her mouth.

Bonya let her hold her fingers, feeling the delicate and real touch, but a wave of sadness rose in her heart.

Her daughter.

She is Lu Ze's daughter.

This small, warm, and real life.

In a sense, it is just an electrical signal.

Data that is stored in a database.

This thought was like a tiny needle, pricking the softest spot in her heart, causing a dull ache.

"Aze," Bonya said.

Although her voice was weak and feeble, Lu Ze could hear the suppressed turmoil beneath her calm tone.

"Look, this is our daughter. She's so young and so adorable. She deserves a future of her own."

Bonya's tone was filled with deep sorrow.

"A realistic future. She shouldn't be trapped in a database."

Bonya possesses fragments of Silver Wolf's memories.

She knew how vast the world she used to live in was.

There are starry skies, a universe, countless real worlds, and infinite possibilities.

This place, though warm and peaceful, is ultimately just a cage woven from data.

She didn't want her daughter to be trapped in this cage for the rest of her life.

She hopes her daughter can have a better future.

A real, expansive, and potentially limitless future.

She will spare no effort to achieve this goal.

Lu Ze listened quietly to Bangya's story without saying a word.

He knew how difficult it was for Bonya to make this decision.

When she initially proposed suspending travel, she wanted to stay in this ordinary world and live out her life peacefully by herself.

Now, for her daughter's sake, she has taken the initiative to confront the things she once wanted to escape.

For Bonya, this was an incredibly difficult decision.

As her husband, Lu Ze wanted to show her through his actions that no matter what decision she made, he would stand firmly by her side.

"I'll do whatever you say," Lu Ze said gently.

"But Yaoyao is still young. We can spend a few more years with her, and then decide what to do when she's older."

Bonya nodded and gave a soft "hmm".

She rested her head on Lu Ze's shoulder, her gaze falling on the little one in her arms who was sucking on his finger, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

She was truly grateful that Lu Ze had always tolerated her willfulness.

Whether it was her insistence on pausing the game back then, or her proposal to restart the game now.

He never blamed her, never questioned her, but simply stood silently by her side, supporting her and protecting her.

The setting sun shone through the gaps in the curtains into the ward, casting a warm golden glow on the three people.

The family of three nestled together quietly, as if the whole world had become gentle and peaceful at that moment.