freenovelworld #311 - The ending of the love game moved the whole network, and the game became a huge hit! (2 in 1
#311 - The ending of the love game moved the whole network, and the game became a huge hit! (2 in 1
Before taking action, Wang Fanqie pulled Tao Xueran aside to say goodbye to the neighbors.
The neighbors asked, "Little Wang, where are you and Xiao Tao going?"
Wang Fanqie: "I'm taking Xiao Tao on a trip to a very far place, and it might be a long time before we come back..."
After that, he took the girl and said goodbye to his friends and company colleagues.
And solemnly introduced her to them: "This is my girlfriend."
The colleagues were envious:
"Damn, I'm so jealous!"
"Good heavens, when I saw you two rolling around in the company park's bushes, I knew there was something going on between you two."
Wang Fanqie also said to Chu Xiong, "Brother Xiong, remember me."
Chu Xiong was stunned: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I forget you?"
When he bid farewell to President Lu, President Lu left him with a profound back view:
"We'll keep your workstation at the company for you. Remember to come back soon."
Afterward, Wang Fanqie pulled Tao Xueran to meet more people, even revisiting old places, going to see the old grandma at the grilled sausage stand, and the beggars at the subway station.
Tao Xueran tilted her head: "Why... why are you taking me to meet these people?"
"I hope that in this era, more people can remember you.
As long as you can be preserved in the memories of these people, you will have truly existed here.
This is one of the bargaining chips against the grandfather paradox!"
...
A day later, the two arrived at Mount Wuyin, where the time machine crashed.
In the forest at the mountainside, there was a huge crack that extended all the way to the foot of the mountain, forming a deep pit. The edges of the pit were collapsing with earth and rocks, trees were torn apart, and there were still traces of falling objects.
Because nothing had been dug up for a long time, the excavators had withdrawn from the mountain.
Wang Fanqie exclaimed, "Wow, you buried the time machine pretty deep. No wonder those people didn't find anything after digging for so many days."
Tao Xueran said proudly, "Don't underestimate 24th-century technology."
She snapped her fingers, and the mechanical octopus "Deep Sea Hunter" made its appearance again, frantically digging the earth.
In less than half a day, it had dug out a small hill.
Wang Fanqie saw the time machine at the bottom of the pit.
The machine was oval-shaped, and the surface of the metal shell had become quite uneven, like a canvas twisted by extreme gravity.
The faint blue light inside the machine indicated that the power unit was still running.
Inside the cockpit with the protective shield, the buttons and screens were almost destroyed, the bearings were broken, and the mechanical parts, like internal organs, were pulled out randomly.
The comments section said: "This time machine is a bit like the one Amane Suzuha drove in 'Steins;Gate'."
Tao Xueran carefully checked the machine and clapped her hands:
"Fortunately, the main transmission components are not damaged."
Wang Fanqie squatted down and pointed to a monitor that kept flashing static: "What's this thing?"
"The engine starter. This is the most important part of the time machine. Hopefully, it still works."
Tao Xueran walked over and clicked the buttons a few times, her face turning pale: "Oh no, it's broken. I really don't know how to fix this thing."
"Isn't it simple? Have you forgotten how I taught you to repair home appliances?"
The girl pouted after hearing this and slapped the machine hard, and it actually worked!
The comments section was amused: "666, even future technology can't withstand the ancestral repair technique."
...
The two of them worked around the time machine for a long time and finally repaired it to a state where it could be started.
Tao Xueran: "Are you ready? We... may never be able to return."
Wang Fanqie: "It would be quite romantic to drift with you in the river of time forever."
The girl blushed: "You're so glib."
She pressed the start button.
The machine emitted a faint vibration, and the surrounding space began to distort, forming a blue-green space-time crack.
She held Wang Fanqie's hand tightly, both of their palms were slightly wet with nervousness as they faced the unknown fate.
The space-time crack wrapped the machine like a liquid, and the surrounding scenery began to become blurred and ethereal.
Just then, suddenly—
Boom!
The left engine of the machine exploded with a loud noise!
Sparks flew everywhere, and the machine shook violently!
Tao Xueran exclaimed in horror: "As expected, it was too much to force a start?"
Wang Fanqie tried to stay calm: "Are you okay? If one engine of an airplane explodes, the other engines can still function normally, right?"
"No, it's not the same as a passenger plane. If there's not enough power, we're likely to be completely crushed by the space-time turbulence before we even enter subspace."
Tao Xueran nervously adjusted the balance of the machine, but she could feel that the shaking of the fuselage was becoming more violent, like an injured beast struggling in despair.
Seeing that the fuselage was about to be completely torn apart, the two showed despair.
...
At this critical moment, a little loli with pigtails suddenly rushed over!
The two exclaimed, "Xiao Wu?!"
Xiao Wu's eyes flickered with light, and her body emitted a faint hum in the hot air.
Her arms deformed and extended, connecting to the energy input device on the back of the machine, and her body emitted a dazzling blue light, continuously transmitting energy to the time machine.
Tao Xueran was shocked and shouted:
"Xiao Wu, stop! If you use up all your energy, you won't be able to escape the space-time storm."
Xiao Wu shook her head with a smile: "No, since Melissa-sama is wrong, I have an obligation to correct the consequences she caused."
Her pigtails swayed wildly behind her head,
The air was like a sharp blade, cutting through her skin, but she still gritted her teeth and persisted.
After a while, the engine of the time machine finally regained its vitality.
At this time, Xiao Wu's skin had gradually turned pale.
Wang Fanqie shouted: "The rift is about to close, Xiao Wu, retreat!"
"It's... too late."
She injected the last of her energy into the engine and completely collapsed, falling into the storm vortex behind her.
In her mind, she recalled the life she had lived in human society during this time,
Compared to her previous days in Peach Blossom Spring, she felt that she had gained something more.
Before disappearing completely, Xiao Wu smiled with tears in her eyes:
"Thank you to you and people like Grandpa Hua for giving me the opportunity... to obtain a true 'soul'. I love... you all..."
After that, she completely disappeared into the ripples of the space-time storm.
The comments section was full of reluctance:
"Xiao Wu sister!!!!!!!! QAQ"
"Damn Peach Blossom Spring, why did you stab me!"
"Ah, my heart hurts so much~ 555555"
The time machine successfully entered subspace, but the cockpit fell into a sad silence.
After a long time.
Tao Xueran suddenly noticed that at the porthole on one side of the time machine, a nail-sized chip was slowly floating.
"Huh, what's this?"
Tao Xueran caught the chip with her bare hand.
"Looks like a storage chip left by Xiao Wu."
She silently put the chip in her pocket.
...
The machine continued to drift in the river of time, the surrounding space filled with stars, interwoven into strange patterns, sometimes like time elves dancing, sometimes like constellations in the night sky, containing the secrets of the universe.
Wang Fanqie stared at it for a while, and suddenly his mind sparked!
Hiss... these star charts, where have I seen them before?!
He pulled Tao Xueran's arm and checked her bracelet, and sure enough, he found that Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' on the bracelet's wallpaper was very similar to the star chart arrangement outside!
He began to constantly adjust the position of the star chart on the wallpaper according to the external arrangement rules.
Gradually, Wang Fanqie discovered the rhythm in the star orbit, which seemed to be a kind of encoding.
"Someone has encrypted a program on your bracelet's wallpaper. I'm trying to figure out how to unlock it."
Wang Fanqie said as he cracked the code. After a lot of effort, he finally rearranged the star orbit.
The wallpaper glowed and turned into a new video file in the folder.
After opening the video, a heroic female special forces soldier appeared on the screen.
Seeing this person, Tao Xueran was shocked:
"Senior Ling Shuang?!"
Ling Shuang in the picture stared at the camera with a weak expression.
Explosions kept coming from behind her, and fragments from the ceiling kept falling.
"Sorry, Xueran sister, I lied to you.
In fact, I have never betrayed the rebel army. The reason why I turned to Melissa was to infiltrate the interior of the Peach Blossom Spring Company and steal the key technical documents of the time machine.
I know I can't escape this ruins operation mission,
So, while I'm still conscious, I recorded this encrypted video and sent it to this terminal, hoping you can see it one day.
All along, no one except the commander-in-chief knew about my infiltration plan.
So, being suspected and scrutinized by everyone with the eyes of a traitor was quite painful for me, especially you...
But fortunately, everything was worth it.
The password for this video is the star orbit formed by the river of time, which I accidentally glimpsed during the development of the time machine.
If you can find this video, it means you have also successfully traveled through the river of time. Presumably, you should have been to the era you once yearned for—the 21st century, right?
Have you been to the TV tower where we took a group photo? What kind of beautiful JK uniforms do the girls of that era wear?
Unfortunately, I can't know.
So, you have to take my place to witness the beauty of that era and live on..."
A deafening explosion came from the video, and then the playback ended.
"Senior Ling Shuang!!!!!!!!"
Tao Xueran's hands trembled, and she was already crying.
It turned out that during that ruins operation, Senior did not betray everyone, but sacrificed herself to stop the enemy.
Senior never really betrayed her!
Senior is still her idol!
Tao Xueran reached out, wanting to touch the illusory image, but grabbed nothing.
Her lips trembled slightly, as if countless words were stirring in her heart, but could not pass through her throat.
Wang Fanqie wanted to comfort her, but didn't know what to say, so he could only silently pull the girl into his arms.
The comments section also burst into tears:
"Senior Ling Shuang!!!!!!!!"
"Game developers, you are so cruel, you actually sent a double kill!"
"Woo woo woo, I'm crying like a madman, even my dog is scared."
...
The time machine continued to drift for an unknown amount of time,
Wang Fanqie looked at the porthole and then stared at the instrument panel for a moment, encouraging her:
"Miss Tao, hold on. Two parallel world lines are collapsing. We have successfully escaped the law of causality!"
The audience in the live broadcast room also breathed a sigh of relief.
However, at this moment, an anomaly occurred!
Two parallel world lines that were in contact with each other suddenly set off huge turbulence.
With a loud bang, the gate on one side of the time machine was blown open.
The two were instantly thrown out of the gate's opening!
In the space-time turbulence, Wang Fanqie and Tao Xueran were like being thrown by a huge force, their bodies swaying in subspace.
The light in the surrounding turbulence intertwined, forming countless dazzling light and shadows, sometimes flashing stars, sometimes bursting sparks, making Wang Fanqie's eyes almost unable to open.
Then, the two were swept by the turbulence in different directions.
"Mr. Wang Fanqie, have we... failed?"
"Hold on!"
Wang Fanqie shouted: "As long as we get back to the time machine, we can go back to our original world."
Tao Xueran's body gradually weakened, and she felt herself floating in the boundless void, struggling more and more weakly.
"But, I'm running out of strength." Her voice was getting smaller and smaller.
Wang Fanqie shouted: "Don't fall asleep, Miss Tao! We have already produced cause and effect and bonds between us. Think about our memories of each other, this will connect us to each other!"
Tao Xueran listened to his words and began to try hard to recall the bits and pieces between the two.
These beautiful memories in recent days are like beams of light, gradually entwining the two people's bodies and pulling them together.
Wang Fanqie grabbed hard and pulled Tao Xueran.
Tao Xueran suddenly remembered that the last time she fell into the river, Mr. Wang Fanqie grabbed her like this.
Before falling into a coma, the last thing that rang in her mind was Wang Fanqie's voice: "Now, let's go home together!"
...
Since Wang Fanqie and Tao Xueran disappeared from the 21st century, nearly a year has passed.
Christmas 2013.
Jianghai City is full of festive atmosphere.
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The music of 'Jingle Bells' resounded through the streets and alleys, and Santa Claus was handing out candy to children at the entrances of many shopping malls.
In this romantic festival, the employees of Peach Blossom Spring Company decorated the Christmas tree while talking about the company's anecdotes.
For girls, receiving a confession on Christmas Eve is also something to look forward to.
One of the girls said:
"Hey, have you heard the story of a senior in the company named Wang Fanqie and his girlfriend Tao Xueran?"
"What, what? Is there gossip?" Other new female employees surrounded her.
"How should I put it, things started after the two rolled around in the bushes.
At that time, I was on the first floor of the company, and Tao Xueran instantly grabbed Senior Wang Fanqie's hand and said: You have to take responsibility for me!"
The girls' eyes widened when they heard this: "Continue, continue quickly!"
In the president's office, Ms. Li from the human resources department said, "President Lu, should we remove Wang Fanqie from the employee list?"
President Lu watched the news on TV:
"After a year, another meteorite fall occurred in the Mist Hidden Mountain in the suburbs of Jianghai City!"
He was silent for a moment.
"Let's wait a bit longer, maybe Wang Fanqie will be back from his trip soon."
At the same time, in the meteorite crater of Mist Hidden Mountain, Wang Fanqie and Tao Xueran's hands slowly emerged from the ruins...
...
As the sun gradually set, the atmosphere of Christmas Eve grew stronger.
In the residential area where Wang Fanqie lived, neighbors sat at their doors, watching the vendors selling Christmas apples on the street, making a fortune.
Aunt Li muttered while picking vegetables:
"What's so good about these foreign festivals? Our country has plenty of its own myths and legends."
Grandpa Sun next to her tapped his tobacco pipe:
"Exactly! Speaking of myths and legends, I'm reminded of how Little Tao is like a vixen."
Some new neighbors in the community instantly became curious and eagerly asked for more details.
Aunt Li perked up at this:
"This neighborhood used to be so lively!
See that big locust tree over there? We had a girl named Tao Xueran in our community who was especially good at climbing trees!
Oh my, she climbed so fast, she'd be up and down in the blink of an eye, just like a monkey returning to Mount Huaguo!
Later, I saw her doing chin-ups in the small park, and wow, it was like watching an acrobat, doing handstands and spinning around, faster than a top!"
The grandpa next to her laughed, "Keep exaggerating, do you think I've never seen a monkey or played with a top?"
Grandpa Sun: "Hmm? Why does this conversation sound familiar?"
Aunt Li: "It's a pity that the young couple disappeared, and this neighborhood has become much quieter recently."
The neighbors fell silent, preparing to take their small stools and return to their homes, when they saw—
Wang Fanqie and Tao Xueran, charred black and disheveled, appeared at the entrance of the community.
A faint smile appeared on his blackened face, revealing his white teeth:
"This jackal from the Central Plains is back with his vixen."
...
After that day, Wang Fanqie and Tao Xueran continued their daily lives as if nothing had happened.
They never told their neighbors about their travel adventures.
The couple's behavior was already quite eccentric, so everyone was used to it.
Soon after, as the New Year approached, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower held a "Time Capsule" event for the distant future.
Tao Xueran also signed up for the event and buried the capsule she had prepared deep underground at the base of the tower.
Inside that time capsule was the memory chip left by Hua Xiaowu.
Wang Fanqie was very curious: "Why did you do this?"
Tao Xueran:
"This TV tower will still exist in the 24th century.
I put this memory chip and Hua Xiaowu's design blueprints in the time capsule.
Then, people in the future may be able to reproduce Xiaowu based on the blueprints, and this memory chip carries all her memories of this era.
Plus, according to the level of human technological development, time machines may still be made in the 24th century.
At that time, Xiaowu might be able to come back..."
...
March, spring is in full bloom.
This day, Wang Fanqie started eating mutton hot pot at home.
Tao Xueran, wearing an apron, was preparing ingredients in the dining room. As their love progressed, her figure became more curvaceous, showing the charm of a wife.
"The mutton is cut."
Tao Xueran's beautiful legs in stockings walked with an pigeon-toed gait, swaying slightly.
Because the future where Melissa wreaked havoc was changed, the curse of reversed "love" and "killing intent" also disappeared, and the two of them did what couples should do.
She looked at the redness on her knees and glared at Wang Fanqie playfully.
She tossed and turned all night last night, and almost couldn't get out of bed today.
However, although she walked unsteadily, judging from Tao Xueran's satisfied and sweet expression, Wang Fanqie's combat power was indeed good.
On the table next to her was a photo frame, which contained a picture of the two of them shopping with Xiaowu.
Above it were gilded characters:
"Beloved Daughter Hua Xiaowu"
Tao Xueran: "Why have you been eating mutton hot pot every day lately? Aren't you tired of it?"
Wang Fanqie smiled: "Isn't it just hoping that the mutton's smell will attract a little glutton."
Tao Xueran knew what Wang Fanqie meant and murmured while looking out the window:
"Will that time capsule really be useful...?"
But she didn't finish her sentence.
Wang Fanqie also fell silent and said softly, "Eat."
Glug glug glug, the hot pot bubbled.
The two of them raised their chopsticks in mid-air, but fell silent at the same time.
This went on for who knows how long...
Suddenly!
A little girl with pigtails poked her head out from the window:
"Eat it while it's hot, otherwise it's a waste! Is there enough mutton hot pot? Mom and Dad."
Wang Fanqie and Tao Xueran were stunned for a moment, then smiled at each other:
"Welcome home~"
[The End]
...
When the game livestream reached this point, the popularity of the livestream room exceeded 18 million, topping the popularity charts of all sections on D Station!
The barrage frantically spammed, crashing D Station's barrage server:
"Holy crap? Holy crap! This plot is amazing!"
"Wuwuwu, Xiaowu and Ling Shuang..."
"Twist after twist after twist, I was so nervous that I didn't even eat dinner!"
"It made me so excited, excited, and touched. Sigh, I'm at a loss for words."
"Indeed, the scene where Wang Fanqie and Tao Xueran held hands in the river of time was so romantic!"
"It can be called the strongest plot in romance games in recent years!"
Everyone was enthusiastically discussing the plot, but Wang Fanqie turned off the game.
"Sorry, brothers, I want to take a break..."
Wang Fanqie took off the VR headset, rubbed his face, and looked lost.
"I've played a lot of romance simulation games and GALGAMEs since I was a child, but none of them have been as shocking, touching, and reluctant as this time!"
As Wang Fanqie spoke, his eyes became completely wet.
"Sorry, brothers, I lost my composure."
The barrage was full of comforting messages.
Fans tipped various admirals and captains,
And two viewers who had been watching since the beginning of the livestream directly tipped governors!
Wang Fanqie paused and said:
"Actually, when I was playing this game, I was subconsciously telling myself:
This is all fake, the girl Tao Xueran doesn't exist in reality.
But when I put on the VR device and put on the haptic suit.
I would instantly forget all of this, I would be very immersed in that world, as if there really was a girl named Tao Xueran who descended from the sky and appeared in my life.
Coupled with such a great story, it's even easier to get completely trapped in it.
So, when I took off the VR headset, a complex emotion of loss and disappointment surged over me like a landslide."
The barrage was full of people saying:
"Understood, understood."
"Pat pat the streamer."
Wang Fanqie rubbed his face and cheered up:
"What I'm saying is not to criticize Peach Garden, on the contrary, it's the greatest praise for Peach Garden! As a player, I'm happy to be able to play such a game."
The barrage was full of messages:
"Peach Garden is awesome!"
"Peach Garden is awesome!"
"Peach Garden is awesome!"
...
After the livestream that day, Wang Fanqie didn't livestream for several days in a row, and didn't post any updates.
The love story between him and Tao Xueran was edited by various fan-made UP masters and paired with various music, and then began to spread wildly on major video websites.
A few days later, Wang Fanqie posted a long article on D Station, along with some game screenshots, recalling the bits and pieces with the girl:
"We met for the first time on the subway, and looked at each other in the crowd"
"We rolled in the grass together in the company's park, and struggled together in the river"
"You, who came from the future, were so overwhelmed in the 21st century"
"I started to teach you little by little, we met a lot of people"
"We went shopping with Xiaowu, just like a family of three"
"Finally, until we drifted in the river of time, leaving love in the cracks of the universe..."
"I dedicate this casually typed text to commemorate my first love, Tao Xueran"
Many players sighed with emotion:
"In fact, after clearing the game, you can still log in to the game and be lovey-dovey with the girl, but I understand why Wang Fanqie avoids logging in to the game after clearing it—
It's not because the game is not fun, but because it's too fun!
Teacher Fanqie is about to not be able to distinguish between virtuality and reality, he is using this method to force himself to stay awake and rational."
"Indeed, with such a beautiful wife in the game, going back to reality, the feeling of loss will inevitably bring a huge impact."
In addition, many people in the comment area are discussing and arguing about a question—
Does dating a cyber wife count as first love?!
Some say yes, because the two are a true meeting of souls.
Some say no, because Tao Xueran does not exist in a real sense of body, and cannot be defined as an object that can be loved.
This made the discussion heat on the entire network rise again!
Various related entries began to top the hot searches:
#Wang Fanqie posted a long article recalling the story with his cyber wife#
#\u003cMy Wife is a Savior\u003e fan-made content goes viral, sparking a nationwide discussion#
#In the game, do you also have your own unique love story?#
Many players who were attracted by these discussions and hot searches searched for Wang Fanqie's livestream clips out of curiosity, and then were instantly attracted to the game!
A large number of new players began to frantically buy game bundled sets!
And the intensity of this crazy shopping even shocked the entire Chinese game industry!