Chapter 764: I Miss You (1/2)
Rustle rustle…
Luo River God of the Capital walked up to me and put a hand on my shoulder armor. She whispered, ”I know you’re feeling very sad and guilty right now, but that was the path Lin Yixin chose to walk. Everyone’s giving it their all to do the right thing, so Lin Yixin sacrificed herself not just for you, but for Dawn City as well…”
I shook my head with a bitter smile on my face. ”Thank you, Sister Wang Luo…”
The Life Barrier had vanished before I knew it. The NPC palace mages must have canceled it after realizing that the crisis was over.
Countless corpses littered the entire Dawn Valley. The Northern Alliance was nearly a hundred million players strong when they first entered the valley, but not one person had managed to walk away unscathed. Lin Yixin especially had one-shot twenty million people in one go with God’s Tear! To call this feat a world-shocking achievement would be an understatement!
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Luo River God of the Capital sat down on the snowy ground and hugged her knees. She asked, ”Lu Chen, you and your comrades have shown me the dedication and perseverance of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. I must say that I am deeply ashamed of my own inferiority…”
I said quietly, ”Sister Wang Luo, please. The cost is just… just…”
Luo River God of the Capital smiled. ”Are you going to stay depressed just because you dropped to Level 70?”
”No. I’ll grind back to my original level for sure!”
”Exactly. In the same vein, Gui Guzi, He Yi, Beiming Xue and everyone else only lost 30 levels, and it wouldn’t take them much effort to grind them back. With their current equipment and stats, it won’t take too much time at all.”
”It’s not that. I just…”
”I know. Lin Yixin, right?”
”Mn.”
Wang Luo let out a chuckle as she leaned against the icy cold wall. ”Permanent account deletion is quite the problem, and restarting a character from scratch also means resetting your skills, pets, equipment; everything. Even with help, it’ll be very hard for someone to catch up to the top players.”
Wang Luo’s tone abruptly changed to a positive one. ”However, absolutes do not exist in this world. Whoever said that it’s absolutely impossible to recover an account that had been permanently deleted? Heavenblessed is ultimately a game made and controlled by Eternal Moon Corporation, so as long as you could find the right higher-up to speak to, it won’t be impossible to recover Lin Yixin’s account!”
My eyes lit up. ”Is that true?”
”Of course it is!”
I jumped to my feet as if I had been given new life. I grabbed the Cyan Netherworld Sword and walked to the front.
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”Lu Chen!” Warsky spurred his mount and rode up to me, but he frowned when he saw my current Level. ”What… what happened to you?”
I replied indifferently, ”I was killed repeatedly by the enemy, that’s all. It wasn’t like you guys were around to take turns.”
Warsky apologized, ”I’m sorry. We were completely stuck at the east side until Wind Fantasy killed everyone with God’s Tear. The good news is that we managed to rally almost twenty thousand new troops from Sky City, so Dawn City should be safe now.”
I gazed at the ruins that were Dawn City for a moment before replying, ”Yeah, I think you’re right. I’ll leave the rest to you guys then.”
Warsky nodded before clenching his fists suddenly. ”That Candlelight Shadow is a fucking animal! He claimed that he rallied twenty million people to protect Dawn City, only to run off on his own to attack Burning City! Pooh! The Avengers my ass, both them and Candlelight Shadow are the lowest of the low!”
”Lu Chen, where are you going?”
Luo River God of the Capital caught up to me when she noticed that I was leaving.
I turned around and gave her a weak smile. ”Nothing. I’m logging off to sleep, that’s all.”
”Ah?” Luo River God of the Capital stared at me for a moment before asking, ”When are you coming back online then?”
”I don’t know…” I shook my head before replying, ”Maybe... after I’ve recovered Lin Yixin’s account…”
October Rain chimed in. ”Wind Fantasy sacrificed herself in service of the entire China server, so it’s only right that we reciprocate in kind! Don’t worry, we’ll petition Eternal Moon Corporation for the recovery of Wind Fantasy’s account until it succeeds!”
”Mn, thank you!”
I took out a tent and logged out immediately. At this point, I couldn’t care less about the battle anymore, not to mention that Warsky’s new army should be able to defend Dawn City until the end considering that all enemy players in Dawn Valley had been killed. Moreover, there were many players from the Avengers who were rushing over to reinforce the city through Windy Trail. Although a large majority of them had fallen under the sway of Thunder, Wings of Awakening and Silver Soul, the remaining few did sincerely want to reinforce Dawn City. They just couldn’t make it in because the Northern Alliance had been keeping them at bay.
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Swhoosh!
My vision turned dark after I logged out of the game and pulled off the helmet. This was one of the worst I had ever felt in my life.
I walked to the living room and found everyone there. He Yi, Beiming Xue and Murong Mingyue all looked at me until He Yi spoke up, ”We’ve heard about Lin Yixin…”
I nodded.
Beiming Xue spoke next, ”Don’t be too sad, big bro. All problems can be solved one way or another!”
I nodded again and looked to Murong Mingyue. ”D-do you still have Qin Yun’s number? The vice president of Eternal Moon Corporation’s Shanghai Branch?”
”Yeah. I’ll send it to you right now.”
”Thanks.”
I called Qin Yun’s number immediately after I received it. A couple of dial tones later, the call was accepted—