Xu Yuan's words never directly mentioned his love for MC, yet every sentence was filled with it.
Especially that last line, "This game is my childhood. My purest happiness was left here. Maybe I should leave it here forever…"
In the world of MC, Xu Yuan spent countless carefree days.
Back then, he had no worries, no pressure, only pure happiness.
Every time he explored unknown places, every time he built a world of his own, every adventure with his friends, all of it became the most precious memories of his childhood.
But as he grew older, Xu Yuan entered society, and the pressure of life gradually became too much for him to bear.
Maybe he never realized what MC truly meant to him before, but after going through all kinds of things in reality, he finally understood that what MC carried was not just the joy of a game, but also a period of his life that could never return.
Precisely because he knew that time was gone forever, his love for MC became deeper, and he treasured it even more.
He did not want this beautiful thing to be worn away by the trivial parts of reality, so he chose to seal it away like the most precious treasure.
The current Xu Yuan was already exhausted in both body and mind. Even if he occasionally found some free time, he no longer had the desire to log in.
What was there to do after logging in? Build houses? Make redstone?
The things that once brought him happiness could no longer spark his interest. Or rather, he could not allow himself to become interested in them again.
Because he knew very clearly that he did not have the time to devote to his interests.
His state of mind was already completely different from before. Even if he logged in, it would be hard to recover the happiness and innocence he once had.
Since the happiness could not continue, then he would seal it away forever.
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After hearing Xu Yuan speak from the heart, the real HIM finally understood why Xu Yuan loved this game so much yet never logged in.
The real HIM did not really understand how the real world Xu Yuan lived in operated, so he could not fully understand where Xu Yuan's pressure came from.
After all, in the real HIM's view, getting rewards through hard work was the most natural thing in the world.
He truly could not understand why Xu Yuan worked such long hours every day yet still worried about making a living.
Although he could not truly relate to Xu Yuan's suffering, he could understand him.
He actually wanted to help Xu Yuan solve his problems, but he did not know what he should do, or rather, he did not know what he was capable of doing.
While the real HIM was thinking, Xu Yuan suddenly seemed to sense something and abruptly looked behind him.
The moment he saw Xu Yuan turn around, the real HIM's heart skipped a beat. Before he even had time to think, he ran toward a man-made mine tunnel behind him to the right.
The reason the real HIM instinctively chose to avoid Xu Yuan was mainly because his mind was currently in complete chaos.
The reason he came to this game world was entirely because he firmly believed he could find important clues and truths here. But after truly entering this world, he discovered things were far more complicated than he had imagined.
In this game world, the only person he had come into contact with was Xu Yuan.
That meant Xu Yuan was very likely the key to solving the mystery, the so-called "entry point."
But that was exactly what confused the real HIM.
The real HIM clearly knew that Xu Yuan's login this time was actually a final farewell. After logging out this time, he probably would not log in again easily.
Even if he did log in again, it would probably be measured in years.
So the real HIM understood very well that he had to seize this rare opportunity.
Although he understood this clearly, he had no idea what he should actually do.
Should he directly try to persuade Xu Yuan not to leave? But what reason could he possibly use? And in what identity could he persuade him?
Or should he tell Xu Yuan everything about the crisis in his world and ask Xu Yuan to help solve it?
But Xu Yuan was already struggling to endure the pressure in his own life, so how could he possibly have the extra energy to worry about a completely unrelated world?
The real HIM had not even sorted these thoughts out himself, so naturally he would not rashly meet Xu Yuan.
As the real HIM walked deeper into the mine tunnel, he continued thinking about how to handle the current situation.
At that moment, hurried and heavy footsteps suddenly came from behind him.
"Not good! He followed me!" The real HIM's heart tightened. The footsteps behind him clearly belonged to Xu Yuan. Even though the real HIM had been extremely careful, Xu Yuan still discovered him.
However, just as the real HIM was panicking and at a loss over what to do, a strange force suddenly surged through his body.
He only felt that his body was being controlled by a powerful external force, completely losing the ability to move on its own.
At that moment, the real HIM's consciousness gradually became blurry, and the world before his eyes became more and more indistinct.
He tried to struggle and regain control of his body, but everything was futile.
After an unknown amount of time, when the real HIM regained consciousness again, he was shocked to discover that he had already left Xu Yuan's game world and returned to that place filled with lines and light. Beside him, there was now an unstable mass of aura.
At first, the real HIM did not know what that aura was, but the instant he touched it, his entire body froze like he had been struck by lightning.
"Xu… Xu Yuan?!!" The real HIM widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief. His lips trembled slightly as he muttered, "Th… what is going on?!!"
The aura before him was Xu Yuan's soul. The real HIM had no idea why it had appeared here.
He also did not know why his body had lost control, nor what exactly he had done afterward.
But clearly, these two things had to be connected.
While trying to organize the information he had obtained, the real HIM muttered to himself, "Could it be that the way to find the truth of the world is to bring Xu Yuan to this world?!!"
After reaching this conclusion, the real HIM became dazed for a moment. A short while later, he suddenly looked toward the void and roared like a madman.
"Why bring him here?!!!" His voice echoed through the void, filled with endless anger and unwillingness.
"Is it because he's the key to solving the problem?!" He continued roaring, "But he has his own life too! Even if he's dissatisfied with his life, he should be the one to decide for himself!"
The real HIM felt like his emotions were about to spiral out of control. Although he wanted to save his world, he could not accept this kind of interference in someone else's life.
"Why?!" he roared. "What gives you the right to interfere in someone else's life?!"
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