"You know it's me?" Ren Yifei asked stiffly, forcibly mimicking a human voice with the tone of an evil being.
Saman stretched out a hand, and a small golden ball flew out, cautiously approaching Ren Yifei, then shrank back in fright, its little feathers trembling and whimpering.
The little brat from the Cosmic Library.
Ren Yifei then noticed that Saman was covered in a faint starlight, which was the light of wisdom scattered from the little golden ball.
"So that's how it is. It protected Saman's sanity, which is why he wasn't too affected by me," he thought.
Samantha had already noticed the various differences in Ren Yifei, but he still held him tightly, afraid that Afei would fly away in the blink of an eye: "When it was copied, it still retained the special connection with the original. I didn't know that before, I only found out after I was rescued, and then I started looking for you."
Therefore, it was never just Ren Yifei who was working hard; Saman had also been doing everything he could to get closer to him.
"Of course," Samantha emphasized again, "the most important thing is that I love you, so there is a telepathic connection between lovers."
Ren Yifei: "..."
I didn't sense any telepathy, but the sheer thickness of her skin certainly surprised me.
He felt disgusted, but a blush of rosy light appeared on his snow-white cheeks, making him seem more human.
Ren Yifei had been searching for people until he was about to explode, but now he was being reserved, acting indifferent as if he was just looking around. He was thinking to himself: With him being so proactive, it seems that the imagined scenarios of breaking legs and being locked in a dark room, as well as devouring, are not going to happen.
For some reason, I feel a little disappointed. I wonder if Saman's soul is also a dessert when it's devoured.
"Ahem." The desolate corner disturbed them at an inopportune time.
"You've seen it yourself. Saman is completely dead, his soul is registered. Even if you take him away, he can only be a ghost."
The desolate corner hadn't completely given up and still wanted to persuade Ren Yifei to be rational, to let this one go, because there would be another. What were they, a long-lived race, afraid of?
Ren Yifei could naturally see that Saman was now truly in the state of a ghost. If it weren't for the little golden ball protecting him, his soul would have shattered if the wind had blown it away. In his current state, it seemed impossible for him to return to the desolate corner.
But are we just going to let them go like that?
"Kanzuki, would you be willing to become my kin?"
Ren Yifei had absorbed the Great Villain System for many years, but he had never considered developing any illegal sects or establishing clans within it. Therefore, this was the first time he had extended an invitation to someone.
However, Saman is also a person who loves freedom. If one becomes his servant, it would be equivalent to being bound to him. I wonder if he has any thoughts on this.
If you don't want to, then break your legs and lock you up.
"Family members?" Saman Guang noticed these two words.
"眷属" means family members or relatives, and sometimes it can also mean husband and wife.
Husband, wife?!
His face flushed red, he coughed, and after fumbling around for a while without finding the ring, he presented the small golden ball as a gesture of goodwill, kneeling on one knee and saying, "I do."
Ren Yifei: "..."
Little Golden Ball: "..."
The desolate corner: "...No wonder you can."
Ren Yifei felt a pang of regret; this time, he might be the one who was bound by the contract.
However, a man's word is his bond, and he had to finish the path he had chosen, even if he had to cry. So he still made a promise: "I chose you, and you chose me. From now on, we will be each other's one and only."
His black robes fluttered without wind, and his face was deathly pale, except for his eyes, which were so red they seemed to be burning.
Samantha looked up and saw a swirling vortex-like thing, then he lost consciousness.
When I opened my eyes again, I was in a long and fantastical passage, composed of countless fragments of life. These fragments spun into a corridor with no end in sight.
Samantha stood inside, memories of the past, his experiences in the desolate corner—in that instant, it was as if he were reliving his past. He felt a little dizzy, unable to remember where he was or what he was doing.
"Are you willing?" A voice rang in his ears amidst the chaos of the world.
Saman's chaotic mind cleared instantly. He turned around and saw Afei wearing a bone mask: "Become my servant, become an immortal monster like me. All that happened before has nothing to do with you anymore."
"I have never had any attachment to the past." Samantha walked over with a smile, and wherever he went, fragments of life shattered, revealing a bare and deep darkness.
Saman had his choice before him, but behind him lay endless darkness, yet he wore a joyful smile.
"My previous proposal wasn't sincere enough." He said, then solemnly knelt on one knee, gently lifted Ren Yifei's fingertips, and placed one hand on his chest. "My name is Lin Guanyue. I'm a businesswoman with no bad habits. I'm good at all housework and I'm learning to cook. Do you know if I have the honor of becoming your future family member and spending my life with you?"
His eyes held starlight, and his lips were sweet with honey, as refreshing as spring water just emerging from the deep mountains.
"Okay." Ren Yifei took his fingers in his hand.
Black characters emerged from his red eyes, scattering like starlight around the two of them.
The corridor of memories had vanished completely, leaving only the boundless starry universe. The light of the stars was drawn, casting beams of light upon the two of them.
The light combined to form a special contract, and this unreadable contract was sealed in Ren Yifei's left eye, along with a part of Saman's soul.
As the contract was completed, Saman, whose soul was slightly translucent, regained his physical form once again. He also felt a special and very strange connection between himself and Afei.
I don't know how to describe it, but it feels like I'm closer to him now.
He reached out and carefully touched his left eye: "It's amazing."
"It can be even more amazing; you can live inside," Ren Yifei said earnestly. His left eye is a small space; not only can a person move in, but an entire city could be moved inside. However, there is no sun inside, so plants cannot grow normally, which is a bit of a problem.
"Move in?" Saman repeated, "Inside the eyes."
Ren Yifei nodded.
Others describe their lover as "living in their eyes," but for Ren Yifei, his lover truly lived in his eyes.
Seeing Ren Yifei's serious expression, Saman suddenly felt the reality of her 'lover being a big shot'. So, she was... his little wife?
He shuddered at the sudden thought. The next second, he wondered what a magical experience it would be to live in his lover's eyes. He even felt a little eager to try it out.
With the contract completed, Ren Yifei no longer needed to worry about the Desolate Corner causing trouble. He generously brought Saman back to the instance world, and calmly said to the Desolate Corner with his chin raised, "Oh, sorry, I accidentally erased your Desolate Corner mark."
The desolate corner wasn't interested in this dog food; it changed the subject, asking, "Are you planning to stay like this?"
"What's wrong?"
"You also entered as a human. Once you enter as a human, the only way to leave is through the final test. Any other way of leaving is considered unauthorized escape. Of course, your status means you don't have to worry about these things, but it's still a problem."
The Wasteland also wished to get rid of this plague god, but rules are rules. Either Ren Yifei dies in the Wasteland as a human, or he walks out of the Wasteland with dignity as a human.
As for Saman... well, let's just turn a blind eye and let it be a buy-one-get-one-free deal.
The desolate corner sighed inwardly. If it had known this would be the outcome, it would have been a fool to do so much. All its scheming had resulted in losing everything.
Fortunately, enough people died in this round; four out of ten died in a row, and the high-level player elimination plan was successfully completed.
Ren Yifei understood what it meant, thought about it and thought it was fine. He could perform it again to his heart's content, so why not?
He shone with light, and when he reappeared, he looked like 'Zhang Zhengyuan', with two red ropes firmly and stubbornly connected to his wrists.
As for Saman, since he was already a registered 'deceased person,' he couldn't appear as the vice president, so he revealed his true form.
Ren Yifei looked at the bright moon in the sky, and then looked around.
He couldn't worry about the people in the distance, but he could still save the innocent NPCs who had become pawns. He reached out and adjusted the time on the chessboard until all the NPCs returned to their original positions.
"Go back, everyone." Although they are NPCs in the instance, when they stand here, they are real humans with family and friends.
That guy named Qiming even claims to be human, but he's less than human.
Ren Yifei adjusted the time, and the black and white NPCs that had been abducted disappeared silently, just as they had come.
At the hospital.
"?!" Yu Yan had a nightmare and woke up with a start. She saw Zhao Rui sleeping soundly next door and her uneasy heart slowly calmed down.
"Really... I had too many things going on during the day, so I must be dreaming about them at night."
She closed her eyes again and fell asleep peacefully.
At this time, the players in the peripheral areas also noticed that the evil spirit's aura had disappeared. With the mentality of seeking fortune in danger, they were rushing towards the dormitory area.
Ren Yifei also sensed them approaching.
"I'll end all of this."
He took a few steps, then suddenly remembered something, and looked up in the direction of Zhang Zhengyuan's dormitory.
On the balcony, his roommate was looking this way, and he had been watching for who knows how long. When Ren Yifei looked over, he simply nodded, as if to say hello.
Ren Yifei nodded and said, "Goodbye."
He quickly found the distraught 'ghost'. Just as he had guessed, it was Yu Huijun.
Yu Huijun sat on the ground, still immersed in the shock of what had just happened. Ren Yifei had directly identified her, leaving no chance for anyone else.
Yu Huijun was devastated and extremely resentful. She felt that the whole world was against her and wouldn't even let her dreams come true.
"Your wish is to become a priest?" Ren Yifei asked.
Yu Huijun was stunned, her expression somewhat blank: "No, I want to... become a girl."
This was her original wish, but she suddenly couldn't remember it.
"Then your wish has already come true, hasn't it?" Although it was only for seven days, he lived entirely as a girl during those seven days.
"But I want more, and I can get more." A wider world was before her, and she even gave up her lover, but in the end, she gained nothing.
Ren Yifei turned the tormented Yu Huijun into a card, and looked at Saman beside him: "Shall we go back? I want to eat Dongpo pork, with a good balance of lean and fat, braised in a wine jar that has been brewing Shaoxing wine."
Samantha raised the corners of his mouth: "Okay, let's go eat Dongpo pork."
"Black Rabbit, and...Saman?" Just then, the main force of players arrived.