Chapter 339: Massive Online Games (4)
The city of machinery.
A city of wonders that soars into the sky.
From a distance, the whole city looks like a huge metallic organism. Countless skyscrapers sparkle with metallic luster in the sun. They are connected to each other, forming a huge and complex system.
Various types of aircraft shuttled between the buildings, leaving long and thin traces of light, like the pulse of the city.
Every inch of space in the city has been carefully designed and utilized. Vertical gardens spread out from the surface of high-rise buildings, adding a touch of vitality to the steel jungle.
A transparent pipe system runs throughout the city like blood vessels, transporting energy and resources.
On the ground, autonomous vehicles travel on the road in an orderly manner, without any congestion or chaos.
In a high-rise building in the southern area of the Mechanical City, there is a pure white room.
Different from the metallic texture of the city, this room appears unusually soft. Almost all furniture and decorations are white, with only a few delicate silver patterns dotted in between, making it look modern and artistic.
The walls of the room are actually a special kind of display screen.
On the screen, a soft scene of sea of clouds was playing at this moment, making the entire space seem to be floating in the clouds.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the panoramic view of the mechanical capital is in sight, with countless buildings sparkling in the sun.
High technology and elegance are perfectly integrated in this space, and every piece of furniture is exquisitely designed to be both beautiful and practical.
The air was filled with a faint floral scent, coming from the artificial flower blooming in the corner of the room.
Its petals change color as the light changes, and now appear a light white.
And in a room like this.
The bud slowly opened its eyes.
She sat up carefully, looking around at the strange yet exquisite environment, and her brows frowned involuntarily.
"This is where?"
The flower bud whispered to itself, and the sound was particularly clear in this quiet space.
She remembered that she was resting in a room in the tower with two naughty fairies.
Why did I suddenly come to such a strange place?
Hua Lei slowly got up from the bed and wanted to go out to check the situation.
But when she passed a floor-to-ceiling mirror, the scene in the mirror made her stop suddenly.
The figure in the mirror made Hualei hold her breath.
She was a girl who was almost completely snow-white, with long hair that fell to her waist like the purest snowflakes, and even her eyebrows were white.
Her skin was so white and transparent that you could almost see the tiny blood vessels underneath.
She was wearing an exquisite white long skirt with silver patterns on the hem, like frost flowers in winter.
The most eye-catching thing is her eyes, a pair of light green eyes like the tender leaves of early spring, which look particularly moving against the white snow.
There is a small flower mark in the center of the forehead, which looks like the symbol of the flower of life.
"so beautiful……"
The bud couldn't help but exclaim in admiration and reached out to touch the image in the mirror, as if it couldn't believe that it was itself.
She leaned closer to the mirror and carefully observed every detail of the person in the mirror, her heart filled with confusion and curiosity.
"Have I traveled through time again? Or am I dreaming?"
Hualei murmured to herself, her eyes full of doubts:
"Who is this young lady? Why does she look familiar?"
"Wait, why does she look so much like Xiao Hei?"
The figure in the mirror is different except for the color.
The rest of the appearance is exactly the same as the flower bud.
Just when Hua Lei was feeling extremely confused about the current situation, the door was suddenly pushed open.
A girl in a black dress, with the same delicate face but a completely different temperament, walked in.
The girl had long jet-black hair and deep purple eyes, her skin was as pale as snow, and there was also a flower mark on her forehead.
Her expression was cold and arrogant, but the moment she saw the flower buds, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
"noob!"
The Death Fairy walked over quickly, with obvious joy in her voice.
However, the moment she got closer, her steps suddenly stopped.
She frowned, her eyes became alert and sharp, and the expression on her face gradually turned cold.
"No, you are not Xiaobai..."
The Death Fairy's voice became icy cold, and there was obvious hostility in her eyes:
"Who are you? Why are you here? Why did you become Xiaobai?"
A cloud of black mist appeared in her hand.
Clearly ready to attack, her alert posture suggests she sees the person in front of her as a potential threat.
Hualei was startled by this sudden change and took a step back involuntarily.
She looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar Xiao Hei in front of her, and after a slight hesitation, she spoke:
"Xiao Hei, don't you remember me? It's me, Xiao Lei..."
"Xiaolei?"
This statement came out.
The Death Fairy Xiao Hei was stunned.
……
After a few minutes of conversation, the atmosphere finally eased.
Xiao Hei retracted the strength in his hands, and his expression changed from vigilance to deep loss.
She looked at the being in front of her who had the appearance of Xiao Bai but whose soul was obviously that of a flower bud, and her tone was full of obvious disappointment:
"So... you're Xiaolei? You were also pulled into this dream?"
"Dream?"
Hualei's eyes widened, "Is this really a dream?"
Xiao Hei nodded slightly. Although he was still a little disappointed, he quickly adjusted his mood.
She walked to the window, looking at the magnificent view of the Mechanical City outside, with a hint of complexity in her voice:
"I don't know exactly what happened. But we may have been pulled into the same dream for some reason."
She turned around and looked directly at the buds.
"And the timeline of this dream should be the period when Xiaobai and I lived in the Mechanical City."
"When you two twins were still together?"
Hualei asked curiously, beginning to become interested in this dream.
Xiao Hei nodded, his expression becoming more complicated:
"Yes, we were all awake at that time and not in deep sleep."
Her voice dropped, and she obviously didn't want to talk about this topic any more.
Hua Lei stood in front of the mirror, looking at the strange yet beautiful figure in the mirror, frowning slightly, with thoughts surging in her mind.
She spoke with a slight hesitation:
"So, in this extremely real dream, I have become the fairy of life, Xiaobai?"
There was disbelief and surprise in her voice, and her fingers gently touched the delicate flower mark on her forehead.
The Death Fairy Xiao Hei leaned against the wall, crossed his arms, with complicated emotions in his eyes.
She nodded slowly, her voice steady and low:
"It is indeed the case at the moment. You now look exactly like Xiaobai, even your aura and demonic power fluctuations are almost exactly the same."
Xiao Hei looked at Hualei carefully:
"If Xiaobai and I didn't have such a deep connection, I'm afraid even I would have a hard time telling that you're not the real Xiaobai."
Hua Lei heard a hint of loss in Xiao Hei's words and suddenly felt embarrassed and uneasy.
She lowered her head involuntarily and twisted her fingers together.
"Um... I'm so sorry, Xiao Hei."
Hualei apologized sincerely, with obvious regret in her voice.
"I didn't mean to replace your Xiaobai. I didn't know it would turn out like this... If there's a way, I'd love to get it back."
When Xiao Hei looked at Hua Lei's appearance, his originally tense expression relaxed a little.
She shook her head, a barely perceptible smile forming at the corner of her mouth.
"It's okay, it's not your fault."
Xiao Hei's voice became much calmer. "It's just a dream anyway. Everything will return to normal when you wake up."
Hua Lei heard the reluctance in Xiao Hei's tone and knew that although the other party said so, he did not mean it in his heart.
She hesitated for a moment, but decided to speak directly about her concerns.
"Even though it's just a dream..."
Hualei organized her words carefully, "But Xiaohei, such a realistic dream should be obviously abnormal, right?"
"And it's a dream that can be connected online. How strange it is, isn't it?"
Hualei used to be a loyal player of the game "Fairy Journey" and was familiar with all the settings and plots in the game.
There have been similar plot designs in games.
"The Flower Language of the Old Days" and "Spiritual Realm of Sand Sea".
In both of these special copies, the protagonists enter a place similar to a "dream".
The former "The Language of Flowers of the Past" is an exclusive copy of the game's protagonist Feiying, while the latter "Spiritual Realm Sand Sea" is a common copy for the entire group of the three protagonists.
Based on these gaming experiences, Hualei has every reason to suspect that the current situation is likely to be some kind of special "copy" experience.
This is definitely not a simple dream, it must be caused by some special power or existence.
After all, how can a normal person’s dream be both real and online?
"Well, I wouldn't rule out the possibility."
Xiao Hei nodded thoughtfully, and a sharp light flashed in his purple eyes:
"Among all the known fairies, there are indeed some who are good at manipulating dreams."
Her voice was calm and analytical, and she spoke slowly and calmly:
"But no matter what the situation is, it doesn't really matter. There are corresponding solutions to these kinds of dreams anyway."
"And if there really is something behind the scenes causing us to fall into dreams, then..."
Xiao Hei's eyes became fierce, and a ball of black energy condensed in his hand again:
"We just need to find her out and kill her, and she will wake up naturally."
When Hua Lei heard this, she was speechless.
This is Xiao Hei's usual style—direct, violent, and straightforward.
When she encounters a problem, she thinks of fighting and killing. It seems that in her world, violence is always the most effective solution.
"Why is there always fighting and killing..."
Hua Lei complained secretly in her heart but didn't say it out loud.
Instead, she decided to steer the conversation in a more practical direction.
Since we are already in this dream world, we might as well understand the current situation and possible events.
That way, no matter what happens next, they can remain unchanged.
"Speaking of which, Blackie."
Hualei changed to a more relaxed tone.
"Since this is a dream of the past, and we are in the mechanical city, what are you and Xiaobai doing during this period? Is there anything special you want to do?"
She paused and added:
"Or...what important thing will happen next?"
No matter how this dream was formed, now that it had come to this point, she had to figure out more details in order to understand the meaning and purpose of this dream.