My Notoriety Spreads Throughout the World-Chapter 464 - 401: The Cold Embrace (7)

Behind her, there was no one, but Xu Xiaoyou knew, there was a girl standing right in front of her at this moment, staring deeply at her, that intense emotion traversing time and space, breaking through the virtual barriers, crossing all loneliness and coldness.

"Xin?" she blurted out the girl's name. "Where are you...?"

"Are you by my side?"

The lonely journey on the wasteland has no end, the sad traveling ballad waits for the poet to sing it to the end. The distance between the two is like stars in the universe, the light of longing crossing the corona of stars, the spiral arms of the galaxy, flying through the atmosphere and galaxies, from singularity to heat death, no one knows if they can meet, no one knows if they can reflect in each other's eyes.

People missing each other, separated by a thin veil, yet also by the canopy of heaven.

The flying bird lost its way on the journey, the wind caressing the waves of the sea of flowers, the flowers and grasses swaying with the path of the wind guiding the way to the distance, she uses her sight to record the scenery along the way, pursuing her direction with the beacon in her heart.

The wandering little deer bleats, the lonely whale's song long and low, the wheat fields are bright yellow, the forests green, all sadness and unhappiness become tranquil under the blue sky.

Sevia didn't respond; she gently stepped forward, embracing the blonde girl, as if carefully holding back the wind and sand about to be blown away.

Xu Xiaoyou seemed to sense this misaligned temporal embrace, the cold temperature lightly pressed against her chest, trickling into her limbs, the girl's figure slowly becoming clear before her eyes. Thus, she awkwardly and unfamiliarly raised her hand, responding to the girl's softness.

The two embraced each other at different times, across a million worlds apart.

The song of the journey loudly resounds at this moment!

Nose tingling, tears flowed from Sevia's eyes, not knowing whether it was sadness or grievance on her face.

She so wanted this moment to last forever.

She so wished that she could be held in arms and truly get a warm embrace.

So wished the other person could gently hug her, hear her recount the twists and turns of the journey, comfort her, and personally say words of not having to continue the journey.

What she wanted was,

A temperature that can be held in the palm of her hand, not a wind that could be blown away by longing at any time.

"I..." Xu Xiaoyou also had many things she wanted to say to the girl.

But this time, she, usually eloquent, couldn't say anything; the sentences repeatedly reorganized in her heart reached her lips, yet no syllable could leap out no matter what.

"I know you're right here." Sevia sensed Xu Xiaoyou's embarrassment, shook her head, arms embracing upwards, forehead lightly resting on the shoulder of the blonde girl.

"This is enough."

"More words, let's speak of them when we truly reunite." Sevia whispered. "I too have many words I want to confide, and many doubts, why can we see each other in such a situation?"

"Tonight is not long, we can't waste all time on confusion, so don't bring up the doubts in your heart, don't break this moment's peace, let this tranquility last a little longer."

"I like you, that's enough."

Sevia mustered the courage to speak out her feelings, hidden between the words in those countless songs, poems, and letters, to the girl.

Xu Xiaoyou felt somewhat at a loss, facing others' emotions, she's always like this, any emotions entrusted to her, whether familial or profound friendship, become a heavy burden impacting her rational judgment.

She doesn't want, when she places herself at risk, for anyone to act irrationally for her, nor does she wish to be swayed by others' judgments.

This kind of emotion, for a believer in probability, is clearly an invisible poison she increasingly sinks into.

Perhaps, she long realized the girl's intense emotions for her, she is not a block of wood, deeply aware that the girl's possessiveness is strong.

Until today, Tang Xin had never spoken out her feelings prominently, yet in numerous songs and poems written for her, as well as in the creation of operas, there were subtle declarations, often getting angry because she ignores her own feelings, or unhappy when she interacts with others.

"If one day, I completely break my wings on the journey of self-discovery." Sevia asked. "Would you let go of everything from the past and choose me?"

Xu Xiaoyou stayed silent.

She couldn't answer that question.

Finally, she said:

"If one day, because of something, you are forced to make a choice, no matter how deep the weight is on the other end of the scale, would you steadfastly gamble a chance to choose me?"

"Can I take that as." Sevia released the embrace, smiling at her.

"You're not refusing?"

For some reason, the girl's direct gaze suddenly gave Xu Xiaoyou a chill, as if an "artist" was crawling all over her body.

What is this feeling that answering 'no' would be fatal?

"Don't answer a question with a question..." Xu Xiaoyou said.

"You're the one who answered my question with a question first," Sevia blinked.

Seeing the girl not respond, Sevia shook her head, took a few steps back, and her smile was radiant.

"Don't let me wander alone toward the journey's end for too long."

"I hope that before the journey's end, you can also come rushing to me."

The brief encounter was hurriedly ending even before the promises could be exchanged.

Just as creators always like to leave a story on a cliffhanger at its most beautiful point, only to take a sharp turn, and by the time readers pick up the anticipated continuation, it has long changed beyond recognition.

Sevia walked gently into that fine night, like a wilted Blue Iris, her figure slowly turning transparent in the air, disappearing...

At last, a response came from the blonde girl behind.

"No matter what happens, place the chance of choice on me, definitely," Xu Xiaoyou said seriously.

"Yes, definitely." Sevia smiled with her lips and teeth, blown away into the air by the wind.

The exchange of promises brought a sense of relief to Xu Xiaoyou's heart; she didn't know whether her heart felt lighter or more burdened.

"Also, Youzi, your acting last time was really bad; everything was written all over your face."

She stood by the window in the command room, as the girl's words at parting echoed in her ears, she didn't understand the meaning of the other party's words. Until her gaze fell beside the window, where a still warm Blue Iris was lying quietly. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

It turned out the other party had recognized her back at the Iris Foster Home.

Even so, did Tang Xin still rush unhesitatingly toward the final stage?

Perhaps, for the girl, the weight of ideals in her heart surpassed everything.

So, she harbored a selfish hope,

that the other would steadfastly choose her among ideals and other options.

If only it happened once.

In the corner, a dark red-haired girl witnessed all this, she turned around, her eyes slightly moving, lips tightly pursed, face uneasy as she quickly left.

Xu Xiaoyou gazed into the distance, and a confusion in her heart was finally resolved tonight.

Undoubtedly, the girl she just met was the real Tang Xin.

Whereas the unknown visitor 'Sevia?' who sent her letters in the Oasis was an NPC inferred by the Oasis based on the real Tang Xin, the two individuals acted separately with different motivations.

This could eliminate the possibility of Oasis conducting real-time simulations of reality scenes.

The real Tang Xin had not left the city of Pangard and was with her in the prison within the barriers, and not long ago left carvings, which also appeared on the virtual corresponding wall.

All this was an indication.

Perhaps the miracle of the city of Pangard in reality did not truly erupt but was on the brink of a miracle outbreak; that's why Tang Xin was moving around here, hoping to save this kingdom.

And 'Sevia?', was an electronic ghost guiding her after a disaster erupted to stop something imminent, which was very likely related to Tang Xin.

Recalling the content of the letters and all that had happened before, the other party guided her to meet Tang Xin in this prison, hoping she could give the other a cold embrace.

It was still unclear what 'Sevia?' hoped to prevent from happening.

But Xu Xiaoyou could draw a conclusion on one thing.

That is, everyone guessed wrong.

The Oasis was not recreating great world events based on disasters that already happened in reality.

Instead, it was simulating possible future disasters based on everything happening in reality!

Pangard destroyed by the "Parasite Miracle" in the Oasis was a projection of the future of the real Pangard.

EVA's computational power is extremely strong, everything happening escapes her eye, and she connects them through countless threads in reality to collectively simulate and construct the most probable future scenarios.

This was all aimed at finding possible solutions to the disaster, attempting to save a civilization on the brink of destruction.

This world is too vast, and everything that happened tonight would have a near-zero probability for any ordinary person. If not for her and Tang Xin being guided by fate to overcome layers of temporal and spatial obstacles and reunite here, no one could have uncovered the truth of the matter.

Perhaps, one day, when a disaster capable of destroying all contemporary civilizations is about to arrive.

AI like EVA, these mighty mourners, will also calculate the only possible way out for civilization in this manner.