At this point, the expression on Entity 303's face instantly grew much heavier. Just recalling how he felt that night was already enough to make it hard for him to breathe.
He took a deep breath, slowly calming himself for a moment before finally continuing, "That night, after I received the computer my king gave me, I went back to my room after training and started playing on it."
"The games my king made on that computer... there were actually quite a few I had never played before. Even though they were all pretty simple, they were still quite fun, and perfectly fine for passing the time."
"Like that, after playing for a little over two hours, for some reason… I suddenly stopped."
"In that instant, I felt dazed… I felt like I had returned to my old world."
"Back then, after getting off work, I would also stay at home playing games until I got tired and went to bed."
"No one would rush me, no one would contact me. At that time, I actually really enjoyed that feeling… that kind of loneliness where it felt like the world had forgotten me…"
"But that day, after I suddenly stopped, I felt suffocated… that loneliness I used to enjoy suddenly made me feel afraid at that moment…"
"I don't know why it was like that… but I knew very clearly that I couldn't stay in that room any longer."
At this point, Entity 303 seemed as if he were reliving the moment. His breathing even became hurried.
"I ran out of that room like I was escaping for my life and came to the shallows…"
"Listening to the sound of the waves hitting the shore, smelling the sea… it didn't calm me down at all…"
After saying that, Entity 303 suddenly reached out and gently patted the Little Bug lying on him. His expression softened noticeably before he continued, "Until a shadow suddenly pounced at me…"
Hearing this, the Little Bug, who had been getting sleepy, suddenly perked up like he had been injected with energy.
His tail, which had been drooping, instantly went back into "propeller mode." "Let me tell it! Let me tell it!!! I'll tell the rest!!"
Seeing this, Entity 303 nodded with a doting smile. "Alright, alright, you tell it."
"That shadow back then was me! Hehe! Didn't expect that, did you!", Little Bug said proudly.
Seeing how cute he looked, Noob couldn't bear to let his words fall flat and immediately took on the role of playing along, "So you came out in the middle of the night because you were hungry and looking for food?"
Little Bug shook his head, denying Noob's guess. "At first, after that house was built, both Big Dummy and I really liked it!"
"On the first night, we slept so well on that soft bed!"
"But on the second day… I couldn't really fall asleep anymore. Big Dummy coaxed me for a long time before I finally fell asleep."
"By the third day, I couldn't sleep at all!"
"Even though the house was so beautiful and the bed was super comfortable, I just didn't want to stay inside anymore!"
"I felt like I was being locked up!"
"Before, even though I slept on the beach, sometimes annoying sand would get into my nose, and sometimes Longlong's loud breathing would wake me up…"
"But I could sleep wherever I wanted! I could play with Longlong for a long, long time and then fall asleep on her when I got tired. I could even sneak off with Stinky Bones' little leg while he was asleep and hold it in my mouth while I slept!"
"Whenever I woke up in the middle of the night, I could see everyone at a glance. They were all right there beside me…"
Little Bug tried hard to recall as he continued, "And also, also!"
"Before, after training, even though everyone would split off to do their own things, everyone was still… gathered together… I don't really know how to explain it clearly…"
"Anyway, no matter what happened, everyone would know about it right away…"
At this point, Little Bug scratched his head as if thinking about something. Then his eyes suddenly lit up and he continued, "Right!! Living apart! That's the word!"
"It suddenly felt like everyone had a fight and then started living apart!!"
The moment the words "living apart" came out, Entity 303 almost choked on his own saliva. He quickly patted Little Bug's head and said with a helpless smile, "Hey… that's not how you use that phrase…"
"Ahem… I'll continue from here…"
With that, Entity 303 took over again. "That night, Little Bug really couldn't hold it in anymore. After discussing it with 007, they quietly came out. They didn't expect to run into me."
"After meeting me, 007 was probably afraid I'd overthink things, so he immediately took the lead and told me they came out because Little Bug was hungry and he was going to get him some fish…"
"I chatted with him there for a while, and not long after, we saw the Ender Queen quietly walking out too."
"When she noticed us, she also looked a bit embarrassed… just as she was about to explain why she came out so late…"
"The Wither King, the Dreadlord, the Dragon Prophet, the Last Dancer… they all came out one after another…"
At this point, Entity 303 gave a helpless, bitter smile. "It wasn't until everyone appeared on the shore that I suddenly understood."
"Why couldn't I stand staying in that room anymore? Why couldn't I stand loneliness anymore?" As Entity 303 asked himself, he looked at everyone.
The happiness in his eyes was almost overflowing. "Because I once again felt what it was like to be surrounded by love."
"That room used to be my safe haven, the place I relied on most before I came to this world…"
"But that day, I realized I didn't need it anymore…"
"In that short span of less than ten days, it had already been replaced by all of you…"
"My safe haven is no longer that small room, but you all…"
At this point, Entity 303's emotions clearly grew more intense. "Just like Little Bug said, even though we always wake up with sand in our mouths, even though some people talk in their sleep and some grind their teeth!"
"At the very least, every day when we open our eyes, we can see everyone!"
"There are no secrets between us. Whatever happens, we share it right away!"
"Even though we always complain about each other out loud, we still carefully remember everyone's preferences."
At this point, Entity 303 let out a long breath. He smiled as he looked at everyone. "From that night on, I realized I no longer needed my phone or computer."
"And it was also from that day that I finally understood what my king said to me at the very beginning."
"Only when you stop seeing yourself as an outsider will you understand what you truly want."
"I want to be with them forever."