Yin Xiu withdrew his gaze and glanced at Li Mo standing beside him. If he could see the tentacles now, he would see countless tentacles swaying excitedly around him, and the invisible tension and pressure had never disappeared for a moment.
It's likely that Zhong Mu noticed this, which is why he advised Yin Xiu to take care of his health, especially since Li Mo had an expression that looked like he could eat someone at any moment.
"It's getting dark. Take the coffin out and go to sleep." Yin Xiu turned his head away indifferently, ignoring Li Mo's enthusiastic gaze.
They still had to go to the City of Immortality, and they hadn't found the god yet. Everything was still unsettled, so he didn't have time to respond to Li Mo's actions that he wanted to put into practice. But their future was still long, and there was no rush.
Before she knew it, Li Mo had quietly taken out the coffin and placed it neatly in front of Yin Xiu. "Boyfriend, let's sleep."
He was happy just being with the person he liked, regardless of what Yin Xiu was thinking. Being together was enough to make him happy, and the uncontrollable excitement was something he had to slowly process.
Yin Xiu lay down in the coffin to sleep, and Li Mo followed suit and climbed in. Before going to sleep, Yin Xiu took out his communicator with Ye Tianxuan, intending to contact him before going to Changsheng City.
But after a long connection period, Ye Tianxuan's hurried voice came through the communicator, "We agreed not to disturb the god, it'll be done soon! If anything happens, go find Yin Xiu!"
Then the communication was abruptly cut off.
Yin Xiu stared silently at the communicator. It seemed that by the time he arrived in Changsheng City, it would already be at peace.
"Never mind, let's go to sleep." Yin Xiu put away the communicator and lay down.
The two lay quietly in the coffin, their eyes closed, silently awaiting the end of the Forgotten City the next day so they could continue their search for a way to kill the god.
The forest was silent at night, and the pitch-black coffin almost completely blocked out all outside sounds, creating an environment perfectly suited for sleeping.
Yin Xiu quietly closed his eyes and lay down for a moment, when suddenly Li Mo's soft voice came from beside him, "Why isn't my boyfriend asleep yet?"
As soon as he opened his eyes, he could see Li Mo staring straight at him from the darkness, full of concern. "Are you uncomfortable here? I can move the coffin to another place."
Yin Xiu shook his head, turned to the side and rested his forehead against Li Mo's chest, listening to the strange sounds coming from beneath his skin, and murmured, "I'm thinking about some things."
Is it something that bothers you?
"I'm thinking about you."
Li Mo didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy for a moment.
I'm happy because my boyfriend is thinking about me. I'm unhappy because my boyfriend can't sleep because of him.
"Is there something I'm doing that's keeping you awake?" Li Mo quietly reached out and pulled Yin Xiu closer to him. He didn't want to see this person troubled at all. In the past, Yin Xiu had difficulty falling asleep due to many factors, but he could always fall asleep when he was next to him.
But when he became the reason Yin Xiu couldn't sleep, he was even more troubled than Yin Xiu.
"To be precise, I'm thinking about the two of us." Yin Xiu raised his finger and poked Li Mo's chest, clearly feeling the strange outlines floating beneath the surface of this type of person's skin. "I'm thinking about the relationships we have with other people."
Li Mo remained silent, waiting for Yin Xiu to continue.
"The dungeon was created because of you. Everything within the dungeon, including the monsters, is your power. They are your followers and they are all connected to you. In a sense, the players who undergo changes within the dungeon are also bound to you."
Yin Xiu raised his eyes to look at Li Mo, his gaze deep and distant. "On the day I die, you will be with me, and with you will be many others connected to you: monsters, mutated players, and dungeons."
Li Mo nodded silently and continued listening.
"Mu He, do you know? That monster is your follower, and his life is tied to yours. When you die, he will definitely disappear with you. All monsters are like that."
"It was only when I heard Zhong Mu say that we were going to the City of Destiny that I suddenly realized that it's not just us who value each other, but others also have people they value. Maybe when you want to die with me, Mu He doesn't want to die yet."
Li Mo pursed her lips, curled up, and shielded Yin Xiu in her arms, her voice light and airy, "Then what should I do? I haven't thought of a way to deal with this yet."
"I haven't thought about it yet either." Yin Xiu reached out and touched Li Mo's back, saying gently, "The monsters may not think that much for the sake of the big picture, but when I see Zhong Mu, it's hard not to think about these things."
"In addition, Ye Tianxuan is also a player who was resurrected a second time because of the item. His life was given by the item, and the item itself is part of the dungeon. In a sense, it is also connected to you. All of these are your power."
"And the moment you disappear, all of this will disappear. Do you know what that means?"
Li Mo nodded.
Yin Xiu died, and he went to his death with him. At the same time, all the monsters and players connected to him would also die the moment he disappeared. It would be the grandest funeral ever.
If it were the old Yin Xiu, he would be indifferent; what did the life and death of others have to do with him?
But things are different now. Among those who will perish together, there will be people he cares about, and there will also be people his companions care about.
No one has a choice; they will all disappear along with Li Mo.
But their own thoughts may not necessarily be that they truly wanted to disappear at that time.
Li Mo remained silent, and the coffin was also silent. Yin Xiu silently pressed his palm against Li Mo's back, close to him, "I just suddenly thought of these things. Maybe sometimes it's not an easy thing for you to just die with me so decisively."
His voice grew softer and softer, almost disappearing as he nestled in Li Mo's arms, "If only we could find a better way here. I really wish the monster were me, so I could live longer and I could be the one left behind."
He knew that Li Mo had a long life ahead of him but chose to disappear with him, because he would have made the same choice if he were in Li Mo's shoes.
When the only light in your life disappears, leaving only a long darkness waiting for you, it's better to go to the grave with your loved one.
Li Mo had no worries because the light in his life was almost exclusively Yin Xiu, so he didn't need to consider others as much. If Yin Xiu were the one who survived, he would have more concerns than Li Mo. He could endure long periods of loneliness and live longer for the sake of his companions.
But for Li Mo, such a thing only brought him pain.
"Then your boyfriend has to live longer for me." Li Mo shook her head, not wanting to think about such distant things for the time being, but just holding the person in front of her tightly, "Longer until your companions die before you, and in the end only I am with you."
"That's difficult. I can't compete with Ye Tianxuan in terms of lifespan now." Yin Xiu narrowed his eyes, already making other plans in his mind.
He disliked the third option proposed by Lady Night from the beginning, and now he dislikes it even more.
Now that we've come to the world where God was born, we have to work hard and explore to find more options.
A happy ending can only be achieved through one's own efforts, and Yin Xiu has already understood this principle.
He reached out and hooked the tentacles his boyfriend was wrapped around his side, then grabbed the tips of the tentacles, closed his eyes, and decided to go to sleep first to conserve his energy.