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Chapter 1175: One Thousand One Hundred and Seventy-Three · "TE·Seal with Me (12)"

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At the very beginning and the very beginning.

In the most remote and ancient times.

In the vast universe, there is a small planet floating.

This planet is of moderate size, rich in texture, and thick in atmosphere. Its nascent land forms the embryo of civilization. As the planet's annual rings gradually grow, it will also enter the twilight of life.

After thousands of years of development, humans learned that the civilization they had built was heading towards its twilight.

Messianists have exhausted all metaphysics, religion, and theology, and have been exploring the secrets of the Maya and the pyramids day and night; environmentalists have denounced human waste and pollution, and called on everyone to face the future naked; escapists have built huge airships, and called on people to board them to escape the planet; pessimists have built a modern Noah's Ark in the Arctic - a cold storage containing seeds and knowledge.

Amid people's prayers and despair, the first World Game arrived without warning.

That year, a 19-year-old youth stood out and became the No. player. He made a wish and barely saved the civilization.

A hundred years later, General Qin was born. He was born in a poor family and became a government official when he grew up. Later, he came into contact with the upper class and became friends with the savior.

But one day, the savior disappeared.

Although civilization is no longer in a dangerous state, General Qin knows that the first world game has left hidden dangers. If the savior is not there, civilization will still have problems.

In order to find the savior, General Qin entered the Arctic cold storage and took out the savior's bionic body.

Cold air rushed out, the cabin door opened, and the young man with black hair and black eyes slowly opened his eyes and looked at General Qin outside the cold storage.

"General Qin, I'm back." The young man smiled.

"No. You are not the real him, you are just his bionic body. I hope you can have your own name and personality. You don't have to imitate him." General Qin shook his head.

The young man showed a bewildered expression. He had the same face and body as the savior. If he didn't imitate the savior, who else could he become?

"Give yourself a name. Even if you are a bionic body, you should have your own name," said General Qin.

"The savior's name is Su Mingan." The young man said dejectedly, "But I don't know what my name should be."

"Let's drink and sing, what is life like." General Qin smiled and said, "'Chang Ge', how about that? A free and happy name."

The young man thought for a while and nodded slowly. He held General Qin's hand. His palm was cold because it had been frozen for too long, but General Qin's palm was warm.

This is the first day in Changge’s life.

Those who respected him opened the door of the cryostat for him, so that he did not have to be the shadow of his predecessors and gave him an independent name.

Changge will always remember this person and this day.

Although his emotional perception ability was still immature, at this moment, his heart was as happy as fireworks.

……

Changge doesn't have much to do every day. He just records his own voice and sends it into the universe.

【Savior, please come back. 】

[Savior, can you hear my voice? Please come back. ]

He didn't have to worry about his voice attracting enemies, because only the savior who had a life similar to his could hear his voice in the vast universe. This was why General Qin awakened his bionic body.

"So, the savior is floating in the universe?" Changge asked.

"He disappeared." General Qin looked up at the starry sky: "A reliable guess is... he has ascended to a higher dimension."

Changge showed a surprised expression: "Since he has abandoned his homeland and chosen to ascend to a higher dimension, why should we call him back?"

"He won't abandon us. Even if he chooses to upgrade, it's definitely not out of self-interest." General Qin frowned, "He hasn't come back for so long, probably because he can't find the location of our civilization. So, we keep shouting, keep shouting... He will definitely come back."

That sounds really silly.

Changge thought that General Qin's words were full of blind trust. Instead of believing in the old people's hometown feelings, it is better to believe in interests.

until one day--

Changge picked up a necklace in the room.

"Whose necklace is this? How did it appear in my room..." He stroked the necklace.

But a voice came from the necklace: "Hello."

Changge was so scared that she threw the necklace away and trembled while hugging her pillow:

"You...what are you!?"

"Haven't you been calling me into the universe? I am Su Mingan." The necklace laughed.

Changge was silent.

Raise your hands, straighten your waist, and exert your strength——

"Snapped."

He threw the necklace into the pool.

"You claim to be the savior, and I claim to be Edward." Changge sneered.

“Gurgle gurgle…” The necklace slowly floated up, and the voice was somewhat helpless: “I can report any information about the savior to prove that I am the savior.”

Changge heard this and asked a few questions, and the necklace answered all of them. Gradually, Changge discovered that this necklace might really be the savior.

"Didn't you upgrade your dimension? How come you came back as a necklace?" Under the setting sun, Changge walked back holding the necklace.

"Something bad happened... ahem, anyway, I'm back. Next, I will help you save civilization." said the necklace.

……

"Changge, have you ever tried playing games?" Necklace said.

"No. Every day I have to accompany General Qin to various meetings. I just need to show my face." Changge said.

"Then he is using you to bully others and use the name of the savior to command everyone."

"So, I haven't decided yet whether to tell him about your existence. What if he has any ulterior motives? You are just a necklace now and you can't resist him." Changge lowered his eyelids.

"I didn't expect you care about me so much." Necklace sighed.

"..." Changge was silent. How could he not care! This necklace is the legendary savior!

"Want to play games?" Necklace asked.

"I won't."

"It's okay, I can teach you."

"... (A sharp explosion from Changge)"

"Not good." An hour later, the necklace commented: "It's obviously my bionic body, but it's so bad."

……

On this day, Changge returned to the room in a heroic and high-spirited manner, took the necklace out of his arms and placed it on the game controller.

"Again!" he said, blushing.

"Oh? Feeling confident today?" Necklace responded lazily.

"I've read a lot of game guides, and I'm going to beat you today! I don't believe that you can beat me without even a necklace or hands." Changge held his head high.

"haha okay."

An hour later, Changge uninstalled the game neither heroically nor proudly.

……

"Listen, this is... "Für Alice"."

Changge sat on the piano bench. Lianhua taught him to play the piano.

The music is like flowing moonlight.

Changge tried to write many songs, hoping to give them to the necklace after it turned into a human form.

"Although I am just your bionic body, your substitute." Changge held the music sheet and murmured to himself: "But I also have creativity that is not inferior to yours. I am... the free Changge."

I am your equal friend, Su Mingan - I am extremely fortunate that my name does not come from you, it has made me independent and autonomous.

I am glad to be good friends with you.

……

Changge has been with the necklace for a long time.

At first, Changge felt a little inferior, after all, he was just the bionic body of the savior. But Necklace rarely mentioned this and regarded him as an equal friend.

Playing games, playing the piano, playing script-killing games...

He was just a replica, but gradually became complete and alive. Completing General Qin's mission was no longer his only goal. He began to look towards his distant dream - the sea, the beach, the grassland...

"After a period of recovery, I will be able to appear in front of you in human form." said the necklace.

Changge is looking forward to it.

If General Qin is his guide in life, the necklace is his best friend.

When the necklace takes human form, even if they look and sound the same, they will definitely become good friends.

……

On this day, Changge walked into the signal transmission room and found that a reply appeared on the screen!
——Has a reply finally come from the depths of the distant universe?
He immediately looked over and found a line of words: [I am Su Mingan, I heard your voice calling me. Soon, I will come to help you. ]

Changge looked at the necklace.

The necklace said innocently: "It's not me. Who is this?"

Changge was at a loss.

For a moment, he felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, and his whole body was freezing cold.

The sound he sent into the universe would only be heard by the savior.

——If this wasn’t a reply from the savior, then who could it be?
"I really am the savior. The person who replied to you is not." said the necklace.

"Well, I believe you." Changge nodded.

……

Then, World War II happened.

Everyone wants the savior to come back and prevent the third world game from happening.

Changge thought that she could no longer hide the matter of the necklace.

He took the necklace and went to the conference room, where a girl with black hair and green eyes was sitting.

"Hello, I'm looking for General Qin." Changge said gently.

"He'll be here soon (chew chew chew)." The girl chewed a lemon candy.

Changge was not selected to participate in this world game. He curiously asked the girl: "Who is the number one player in this world game? Can this number one player take over the responsibility of the savior?"

He was thinking, since this world game has also produced a number one player, there is actually no need for Necklace Brother.

"This time's No. 1 player (chew chew chew)." The blue-eyed girl pointed behind Changge: "She's right behind you."

Changge turned around in surprise.

A girl with short black hair stood quietly behind him.

At this time, General Qin walked in and introduced the girl: "This is the savior who disappeared a hundred years ago. Several decades ago, I picked up a necklace, and later the necklace turned into a human form, which was her. She also participated in this world game."

Changge's sweat dripped down his face little by little - it turned out that General Qin also picked up a necklace! ?

He thought he was unique, but it turned out that General Qin had experienced the same thing as him - he picked up a necklace from someone who claimed to be the savior and kept it a secret.

"But General Qin, the savior is a man." Changge pointed at the girl: "This is a girl."

The necklace also made a sharp explosion sound: "Yes, I am a man! No matter what the situation is, it will not change. There is no possibility at all!"

General Qin said: "Gao Wei's gender is not important."

……wrong.

Changge just felt something was wrong.

He felt as if a huge net had spread out behind him.

——Whose necklace is this, his own?

——Whose necklace did General Qin pick up?
——Whose voice is responding in the universe?
"No, you're a fake! You're definitely not the savior! My Necklace Brother is!" Changge couldn't believe that the Necklace Brother, with whom he had known for many years, would lie to him. He thought the girl must be wearing a human skin mask, so he rushed over and said, "Let me see what's on your face underneath!"

"Shh!"

A few puppet strings instantly hung him up.

The black-haired girl looked at him indifferently, controlling the puppet strings to tie him up in the air.

"Clap."

The necklace slipped out of Changge's arms and fell to the ground.

……

Later, Changge was locked up.

——The reason is to offend the savior.

——After all, he is just a replica. What qualifications does he have to confront the real savior?
The necklace was not taken away, maybe the black-haired girl didn't care about the necklace at all.

In the dark confinement room, Changge stared at the ice-white ceiling. In his mind, he recalled over and over again the smiling faces of those senior executives who had shown him.

"When General Qin took me to various occasions, everyone treated me as a true savior, loved me, gave me gifts, sang for me... Those were really wonderful times." Changge murmured to herself: "General Qin always looked at me with gentle eyes, as if I was indispensable. Every time before attending a public occasion, I was like Cinderella wearing crystal shoes, walking into a dream of being loved by everyone."

The necklace was silent.

"As a result, once the real savior came, they no longer needed me." Changge looked at the wound on his arm caused by the silk thread and suddenly smiled: "Fortunately, fortunately, this dream is over... I almost thought that they really loved me."

He almost... fell into it.

Falling into a dream that did not belong to him.

When midnight comes, the replica should leave and the things that do not belong to him should be stripped away.

(End of this chapter)