For a moment, the air suddenly became quiet.
The two looked at each other.
After Gardenia was stunned for a full minute, she asked tentatively, "NPC, is this the NPC I understand?"
The so-called NPC refers to a character in a computer game who is set by the system and will only perform a few default actions and cycle through a few default lines to connect the plot, or issue tasks and rewards to players.
"That's the NPC you understand."
Li Chenguang nodded heavily.
After Gardenia paused for a while, she wondered, "How do you know."
"That's a long story."
Li Chenguang decided to sit down on the grass and talk slowly.
"I'm from 2998, no, I was originally from 2023, but I died suddenly at work in 2033, ten years later. That evil 996 blessing meant that I couldn't rest for several years, and I had no salary or girlfriend. My girlfriend doesn’t have it, but she is suffering from various illnesses.”
That's too far.
"To summarize briefly, I died in 2023 and lived again in 2998. Then I encountered a powerful enemy. In order to avoid the enemy, I touched the dragon ball and entered the current dream dungeon. You are in the dungeon. NPC, now that my Dragon Ball is gone, I roughly guess that you are the NPC in the dungeon and will guide me on the way out."
Gardenia is still a little hard to understand.
She just sat on the green grass next to Li Chenguang, hugging her legs, and thought for a long time.
"You died in 2023, no, 2033, and then traveled to a thousand years later, and then returned to our year of 2023 because you were hunted down?"
"Almost, but our current 2023 is just a dream dungeon. Did you know that the dungeon is used to train the protagonist to improve his strength and ability, obtain treasures, and then go out to kill the enemy after the improvement?"
"Just like Sun Wukong, who couldn't defeat the monster, first went to heaven to ask for help and a magic weapon."
"...Well, you can understand it that way."
Gardenia was puzzled and blinked her big eyes, "Then how do you know it's a copy of Dreamland?"
"Because I have already experienced 2023, I can even tell you some of the major events this year, such as the disintegration of the North, the ascension of XXX, the end of the XX war, etc., because I have experienced all of these, even the false alarm in the morning, I know it all."
"...You are so awesome."
"But in my past experience, you did not exist. You should exist in the era with me thousands of years later, you know?"
"A thousand years later?"
"At that time, your name was Li Shuang, and you were my classmate."
As the saying goes, there must be a monster when something goes wrong.
Only then did Li Chenguang dare to conclude that Gardenia, who looked exactly like Li Shuang, had a lot to do with him leaving this secret realm.
Usually, there will always be some hints.
"Li Shuang?"
Gardenia murmured the name in a low voice, and then looked at Li Chenguang with some curiosity, "Does he look the same as me?"
Li Chenguang nodded heavily, "Exactly the same."
Gardenia was lost in thought, lowered her gaze, and stared blankly at the grass. It took her a while to come back to her senses, "Ah, so that's it. So, I'm just her NPC."
"That's how it should be."
This sudden appearance of Gardenia should be the key figure who gave me a hint to get out of the dungeon.
Otherwise, why would a character from a thousand years later appear here?
What a coincidence, he was rescued by himself.
Fortunately, I felt uneasy and ran to save him. Otherwise, this copy would have failed.
Gardenia looked at Li Chenguang curiously, "Then what kind of person am I originally?"
"this."
Li Chenguang thought about it, "He is a simple, kind, kind-hearted, gentle and lovely person who makes people feel like he has been cured."
After saying that, he thought of Li Shuang's situation before the competition.
He corrected, "That's true most of the time, but when the human race was fighting with the dragon race, she seemed to have changed and become very strong... She also said she hated me for no reason before, so I planned to wait. Ask her after the battle if something happened that I don’t know about.”
It's a pity that he was exhausted after the war, and I don't know how Li Shuang is doing now.
I was so seriously injured at that time, was it cured by a healer?
Gardenia became interested and sat down next to Li Chenguang, "She seems to be a bit similar to me. Can you tell me more about her?"
"It's okay, but I don't get along with her very much."
But in order to make Gardenia believe in him, Li Chenguang still told everything that happened to Li Shuang in school.
He even repeated the story about Li Shuang being a reassuring and warm little angel more than ten times.
Gentle, kind, and powerful, this is how Gardenia felt about Li Shuang after hearing this.
"I didn't expect that I would be so powerful."
The innocent Gardenia firmly believed in Li Chenguang's words.
"Then how can I help you as an NPC?"
"Generally speaking, you release some tasks, and then I help you do something, and then I get the reward, and then I go out."
"That's it. Then, if you go out, what will happen to our world?"
"How about it? You should keep repeating the monotonous cycle of set tasks, waiting for the next person to come in. It feels like this is a copy of the Dragon Ball setting."
"It keeps repeating itself in a monotonous cycle?"
Gardenia frowned slightly and thought for a moment, "Doesn't that mean he will never die?"
"Yes, until the next person comes in, everything will start over again."
"That's... pretty good."
So the first task now is to help Li Chenguang get rewards to improve his strength, and go out to kill the beast An Zhiguo who tortured Li Chenguang.
Everything is indeed explained clearly.
But Gardenia didn't have any tasks to release, no rewards to give, and she didn't know how to send Li Chenguang out.
"That's right. It's impossible to say that you can clear the level in one go. You always have to explore slowly."
Li Chenguang felt that he was still too impatient, "Is there really no task? Is there nothing you need others to do for you? Or is there anything you want to do?"
"What do you want to do?"
“It’s just something you’ve always wanted to do but didn’t dare to do, and you need help from others.”
That's it, that's how I accept the mission. You have to give me a hint on how to go back.
Gardenia tilted her little head and thought about it, then she thought of it, her eyes lit up and she said, "It really does."
Li Chenguang said excitedly, "Quick, tell me what's going on?"
"I want to eat ice cream, but I have always been reluctant to eat it, but after you just said it, I suddenly dared to eat it."
"No problem, just leave it to me."
That's it, let's put the task ahead.
Do a small task first to increase the NPC's favorability, and then you can let her trust you with the big task.
Yes, the reason why the return mission was not triggered is indeed because of insufficient favorability.
"Wait for me here for a while."
There is a small supermarket next to the teaching building.
Li Chenguang ran over quickly, rushed into the store, picked up the four uneaten ice cream sticks at the top, and walked quickly to the counter, "Boss, pay."
The 40-year-old boss casually took the ice cream and scanned the code while chatting on his mobile phone, "The total is 250 yuan."
Li Chenguang took out his mobile phone and was about to scan the QR code when he paused, "How much? Boss, please add an extra 0."
"250, yes 250."
The boss answered with a local accent.
Li Chenguang stared at him expressionlessly, "Do you think I look like 250? These are four ice creams. Did I get 4 roast ducks?"
"Zhongxue Gaola, do you understand Zhongxue Gaola?" The boss put the ice cream in front of Li Chenguang and pointed at the brand above, "Internationally imported, big brand, large capacity, big and delicious Zhongxue Gao La, this is already a big loss-making sale, you have made a lot of money."
"..."
Li Chenguang felt like he was being ripped off, but he had no proof.
These four ice creams took away half of his living expenses.
But if it can make Gardenia happy, it seems to be enough. It's all a dream anyway.
Li Chenguang ran back to the grass with the ice cream bag, where Gardenia was sitting quietly on the grass waiting for him.
I don't know why, but Gardenia, who was sitting quietly and looking at him with a smile, always gave Li Chenguang the illusion that even if he came over again at night, she would sit here and wait for him for six hours.
"bought."
Although it's a bit painful, it's too simple.
Li Chenguang sat down on the grass, opened the bag, and handed a piece of ice cream to Gardenia.
"May I?"
"sure."
Gardenia is still a little embarrassed.
"How much, I'll give you the money."
"Ah, no, no, no, this is all for the mission and part of the plan."
Plan to go back.
"I see."
Gardenia smiled sweetly, and that smile glowed with a pleasing and gentle brilliance in the sunshine, like the spring breeze in March passing through the sea of hearts, like the warm tide in June kissing the calf, giving people the illusion of comfort all over.
She carefully opened the ice cream bag.
He stuck out his little tongue and licked it a few times like a kitten, "It's so cold."
"Well, eat slowly."
Li Chengguang also opened an ice cream casually and took a bite of one piece. He felt that there was no difference between the 60 yuan one and the 3 yuan one. Is it really a big international imported brand? You won't lie to me.
Gardenia took a few licks and showed a bit of exaggerated happiness. She whispered softly, "It's unbelievable. I didn't even eat lunch. I was eating ice-cold ice cream here. In the past, I couldn't even dream about it. I dare not even think about it.”
"What's this?"
Isn't it normal to skip lunch and eat ice cream?
I used to skip lunch and just eat spicy noodles.
Suddenly, I felt that the girl in front of me was incredible.
She looks small and soft, with short and medium-length hair draped over her shoulders, fine black hair, flawless white cheeks as small and smooth as jade, beautiful big jewel-like eyes, clear and kind, that slightly slanted The posture of sitting upright with legs crossed gives people a demure and elegant feeling.
The little hands are soft and slender, shining like pearls in the sun. The movement of gently grabbing the ice cream stick is as cute as a kitten, making people want to hold it in the palm of their hands and play with it.
Maybe she was too hungry, but Gardenia actually ate all the one.
Li Chenguang had already eaten it all in several mouthfuls, just like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit. He quickly handed another one over and opened it for her.
Gardenia's little hand stretched out was hesitant, but remembering what Li Chenguang had just said, she took it anyway.
"It doesn't matter if you indulge a little bit. Everything will come back anyway, and the real me exists outside."
Gardenia took the ice cream, licked it gently, and showed a smile as bright as the sun to Li Chenguang, "Thank you, you have solved the knot that I have been feeling for a long time. I want to indulge myself greatly."
Gardenia said and clenched her little fists cutely to cheer herself up.
Li Chenguang thought, just eating an ice cream is already indulgent. Girls are still too conservative.
If it were him, it would be different. Not only would he eat ice cream, but he would also have to drink a bottle of Coke.
Gardenia didn't finish these two ice creams.
After eating a third of it, her expression froze.
He covered his chest with one hand, leaned forward slightly, and curled up into a ball.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"No, it's okay... I just feel like I can't eat anymore."
Gardenia raised her little face slightly, a pale color appeared on her face, and a little sweat appeared on her forehead.
"Sorry for wasting your kindness."
"It doesn't matter. Are you really okay? Judging from the bad look on your face, is it because of what happened in the morning? Do you want to see the doctor again?"
"Well, no need, I'm just too full and can't eat this."
"Are you full with just one? You are too easy to feed, so leave this to me."
Li Chenguang reached out and took it. This one costs more than 60 yuan, so it can't be wasted.
Gardenia put a hand on her chest and looked at Li Chenguang eating, unconsciously showing a reassuring smile, "I don't know why, but looking at you makes me feel very reassuring."
"It's normal. Several girls have told me before that I am such a reassuring and good person. I don't have to worry at all even if I sleep in the same room at night."
"Not that reassuring."
But Gardenia couldn't explain what kind of peace of mind she felt.
As he spoke, the school bell rang.
Gardenia hesitated, "It's time to go back and get the textbooks to prepare for class. It's actually so late."
It's time to eat.
"It's really time to go to class."
But Li Chenguang didn't want to waste time in class, so he asked tentatively, "Why don't you go to class today?"
"Don't go to class? The teacher will scold you, right?"
For a well-behaved student like Gardenia, not attending class is too much.
She couldn't even think about it.
"It's okay. It doesn't matter if you miss half a day of class. Maybe you have taken the same class a hundred and eight thousand times."
Infinite reincarnation in the secret realm.
"Yeah, it's also possible."
Gardenia blinked and agreed, "How about I indulge myself again and try not to go to class? I'll listen to you."
"Haha, you are too talkative."
Li Chenguang felt that if this happened in the real world, she would be kidnapped after just three words.
Gardenia answered calmly, "I believe you."
She saw the calmness and sincerity in Li Chenguang, and since he had saved her, she should repay him.
"Isn't there anything else you want to do instead of going to class?"
"When you put it that way, it seems like there are a lot of them."
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