This Text Adventure Game is Totally Poisonous

"Three days..."

Looking at Lin Xue's determined eyes, Mu You hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

"Okay, but this time you must be in my sight all the time." Lin Xue's current state may disappear silently at any time, and he must be by her side at all times to feel at ease.

"Okay. I promise."

...

For the next three days, Lin Xue still stayed in bed to recuperate, and Mu You accompanied her as usual, but this time he did not speak to disturb her and let her adjust herself.

In three days, Lin Xue was basically in a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness. Sometimes her brows would suddenly frown, and sometimes she would smile inexplicably, and her state was uncertain.

Until three days later, Lin Xue opened her eyes again, and her complexion was indeed much better, and she could get out of bed and walk normally.

At first, Mu You was worried whether she was holding on, but after observing for a long time, he did not see any abnormality, and it seemed that she had really adjusted back to normal.

"Is it really okay?" Mu You was still a little worried.

Lin Xue smiled, but didn't answer. She just put her arms around his neck, stood on tiptoe and pecked his lips, then looked at him with seductive eyes, and the meaning was very clear: no matter how much I say, it's pale, you can feel it yourself.

Mu You was also aroused by her sudden action, and hugged her by the waist.

...

After a night of lovemaking, Lin Xue lay in Mu You's arms, circled his chest with her fingers, and looked at him with a smile: "Do you believe it now?"

"Well..."

Mu You can be sure that Lin Xue has really recovered, from the inside to the outside, and has returned to her previous healthy state. The smile now is no longer the same as before, it is the kind of smile that hides the heart, but it is really untied, and it is relieved after a heavy burden.

"How did you adjust?" Mu You asked.

You have to know that psychological problems are much more difficult to deal with than real actual illnesses. A heart disease that almost made her mentally collapsed a few days ago was actually adjusted by her in just three days. Mu You was very curious about how she did it.

Lin Xue's answer was just one sentence: "Because, I figured it out."

"What did you figure out?"

"In the past few days, I have been asking myself a question over and over again: If one day, we encounter some unsolvable dilemma, and I have to choose between you and the child in order to let one of you survive, what will I choose then?" Lin Xue said.

"For three days, I have been thinking about this question non-stop, throwing away all the shackles of hypocrisy and self-concealment, thinking about the real result hidden in my heart... and finally, I got the answer..."

Lin Xue looked at Mu You: "It's you."

"Between you and the child, I chose you, you are the one more important to me."

"And because of this, we don't need to worry about our child anymore, because the power of the god of death will only take away the person I care about most. I am very sure that person is you, so our child will not be in trouble."

Mu You looked at Lin Xue with some heartache.

The weight of a child to a mother is self-evident. It is the flesh and blood that really fell from her body, and she was forced to make such a cruel choice as a mother, and finally chose him...Mu You didn't know how to repay her deep affection.

…

The ordinary days continued, Lin Xue no longer mentioned the child, and the two returned to their previous lives. Time passed quickly as the date numbers in the notebook continued to accumulate.

One year…

Two years…

Ten years…

One hundred years…

…

One thousand years…

…

In a blink of an eye, it was already the 1784th year since the two entered the time cage.

The setback a thousand years ago almost interrupted their journey, but fortunately they survived, and the setback was not completely useless. The relationship between the two seemed to have been tempered in that crisis, resulting in a relatively smooth journey for the next thousand years.

The daily life of the two was like a clear spring, full of tranquility.

Sometimes Mu You even felt that he and Lin Xue had actually skipped the relationship between husband and wife and entered a new stage.

Lin Xue lay in Mu You's arms, listening quietly to his heartbeat, and suddenly asked: "Mu You, do you love me?"

"I don't know..." Mu You shook his head.

If it was a thousand years ago, he could nod and say love without hesitation, but now, he felt that the weight of this word was too shallow to describe their current relationship.

"The only thing that is certain is that I can no longer live without you in my life."

"Me too..."

...

This thousand years is an extremely ordinary thousand years, but it is also a thousand years in which the relationship between the two people is truly sublimated.

When the passion fades and the lead is washed away, the love between the two people gradually becomes restrained and implicit under the precipitation of the long river of time, but it is more pure, just like aged wine, the more you taste it, the more mellow it becomes.

However, no matter how good the time is, it will eventually come to an end.

This thousand years is like a certain node. When the passion dissipates, emptiness and dullness will follow.

In the past thousand years, the two have tried everything they can think of to keep the freshness as much as possible. Now it is difficult to find new things to stimulate their tired souls.

The time cage also began to really exert its power at this time.

The two finally experienced Vivian's original feeling, the kind of boring feeling that is worse than death. The key is that this boredom is not rising steadily, but exponentially increasing with the passage of years.

The frequency of the two living together naturally became more frequent, from once a month, to once a week, to once every three days, once every two days, once a day...

There is no way, at this stage, apart from love, there is nothing else that can interest them. Many things that used to help them kill a lot of time have now reached the point where they will feel nauseated if they touch it even once. It will be counterproductive.

Even Mu You began to feel visibly uncomfortable, but he never showed it because he knew that Lin Xue was in a worse state than him.

Before Mu You entered this place, he had already adapted to the days passing by countless times back in time. Those experiences were not in vain, silently forging his mind as tough as iron.

But Lin Xue didn't have such an opportunity. This was the first time she had experienced such a long period of time. Mu You admired her for being able to persist to this point.

Since there was really nothing to do, the two of them often fell into a state of trance, relying on each other, sitting on a park bench in a daze, and their minds wandered to the sky for most of the day at a time.

Needless to say, both of them knew that this was a sign that their mental state was on the verge of reaching its limit.

But even so, neither of them gave up easily, and continued to try their best to stay in this realm, sinking, falling, and drifting into nothingness...

I do not know how long it has been.

Gradually, even the feeling of love began to disappear.

An indescribable feeling of emptiness grew in the hearts of both of them.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect that I was the one holding back... Maybe it would have been better to let Xiaoya come in with you..." In front of the window of the study, Lin Xue leaned in front of Mu You a little sickly, with her ear close to hers. Touching his chest and listening to the powerful heartbeat, only in this way can she feel that she is still alive.

Mu You shook his head and said with relief: "What are you talking about? The time we have persisted here has been a length that has never been reached by anyone in history. No one can do it better than you."

Lin Xue smiled, moved closer, put her entire weight on him, and said feebly: "How many years has it been now?"

A long time ago, Lin Xue had already entered a stage of suffering where days seemed like years. In this state, frequent attention time would only increase her mental burden.

So Mu You took the initiative to record the time, while Lin Xue rarely paid attention to the date. She would only ask him occasionally when she felt that the time was out of order.

"4107 years."

Mu You stroked the side of Lin Xue's face and comforted her softly: "We have passed four-fifths of the journey, and only the last short stretch is left. If we persist, the hard days will soon be over."

Lin Xue shook her head bitterly: "Liar."

"Huh?" Mu You tried to play dumb.

"Idiot, when you lie, the corners of your eyebrows will turn downward unconsciously." Lin Xue said with a smile.

"Really?" Mu You subconsciously touched his eyebrows. He really didn't know this, and joked: "Then I'll be careful next time and try not to be noticed by you."

Lin Xue turned her head with difficulty at this time, looked through the window sill at a faucet in the park below, and suddenly said: "It should be 2107 now, right?"

"Oh? So you remember the time?" Mu You was a little surprised.

Lin Xue shook his head and looked at the drop of water suspended under the faucet: "The objects in this world are not completely stationary, they are just moved infinitely slowly. This drop of water began to fall around the year 1700. According to the The height it has fallen to over the years, and the ratio of one second here to 1,000 years, the current time should be around 2100. Adding the number you just mentioned, it is probably 2107..."

"Sometimes, I really hope you can be a little stupid..." Mu You smiled helplessly. It was indeed not that easy to hide it from her, and he guessed the year exactly.

Lin Xue showed a proud smile, but she didn't feel any happiness in her heart. Instead, she was full of bitterness, because this was a number that made her despair: she had reached her limit, her real limit, but they didn't even have half the time. Can survive...

The cage of time lives up to its name.

"Mu You, I might not be able to survive..."

Lin Xue suddenly grabbed Mu You's hand and begged: "How about we leave together... As for the digestion of divine power, we will think of other ways after we leave..."

Mu You smiled and said, "Just go out first. Don't worry, I can finish the rest of the time."

This is not because Mu You is boasting about Haikou, but he is really confident.

He is different now than he was at the beginning. Now that he has a loved one, he also has responsibilities. Just the belief that "Lin Xue is waiting for him outside" is enough to support him to finish the rest of the journey.

Lin Xue sighed: "Forget it, I will continue to accompany you."

She knew that Mu You had a strong endurance for time, much stronger than her, but she didn't dare to take risks. Mu You was too important to her, and she would go crazy if she lost him.

"Xiaoxue, actually you don't have to..." Mu You hesitated and wanted to persuade.

Lin Xue immediately shook his head to interrupt him, held his hand tightly and said seriously: "Promise me, Mu You, not to make any sudden attacks, otherwise I will really hate you!"

"Even if one day I really can't hold it any longer and want to leave, you can only do it with my consent!"

"Yes, I promise this." Mu You kissed Lin Xue and gave her a reassuring look.

Lin Xue stared at his eyes for a long time to confirm that he was not lying. Then she gradually felt relieved, but her eyelids began to fight: "I'm a little sleepy..."

"Then go to sleep. What we don't lack most is time..."

Amidst the comforting voice of her sweetheart and under the warm sunshine, Lin Xue felt tired and couldn't help but close her eyes.

…

Lin Xue suddenly woke up with a feeling of heart palpitations, and what came into view was Mu You's raised palm.

"Wait! Mu You, don't... you promised me..."

Lin Xue instantly understood what was happening and subconsciously reached out to stop it.

Unfortunately it's too late.

"Xiaoxue, it's time for you to leave..."

Following this elongated sound, Mu You's hand covered Lin Xue's chest.

A strong feeling of falling suddenly hit her, and Lin Xue felt as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss. A large number of things around her turned into distorted time and space afterimages and kept passing by her.

…

Lin Xue suddenly woke up, opened her eyes, and found herself lying on the floor. She saw a familiar study room. The layout of the scene was almost the same as the room she was in just now, but there were many subtle changes.

The noise downstairs, the chirping of insects and birds outside the window, and the roar of cars came one after another. These normal daily noises were like thunder to her, who had just stayed in the realm of silence for two thousand years. The explosion.

Lin Xue groaned, subconsciously covering her ears, trying to adapt to the new environment, and stumbled towards the window.

As expected, the wind was blowing through the leaves outside the window, and birds were flying by in groups. The long-lost breeze hit her face, which was unusually refreshing. Lin Xue's almost frozen consciousness seemed to be baptized, and it was quickly rejuvenated.

She finally returned to the real world!

The feeling of excitement didn't last even half a second, and was followed by panic and confusion: But why did she go back to the pet shop directly? She was expelled from the Realm by Mu You. Shouldn't she have appeared in the Heart of Time first?

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Sister Xue? Are you okay? Why do I seem to hear the sound of you falling?"

A familiar voice came, it was Xiaoya!

Lin Xue rushed to the door and opened it.

As expected, Xiaoya stood at the door and was shocked when she looked at her: "What happened? Sister Xue, you look so bad..."

Lin Xue didn't care about this, and hurriedly grabbed her hand and asked: "Xiaoya, you brought my heart of time back? How long have I been sleeping?"

"Where is Mu You? And Teacher Vivian, where are they now?" Lin Xue asked anxiously.

However, Xiaoya's answer made her a little desperate.

"Muyou? Teacher Vivian? Heart of Time? Sister Xue, what are you talking about? Is he a character in the game?"

"..."

Seeing the confusion on Xiaoya's face, Lin Xue was stunned in place, and an extremely ominous premonition rose from the bottom of her heart.

"Stop joking! I mean 'Muyou', your boss is also the owner of this pet shop!" Lin Xue held Xiaoya's arm tightly and asked with a trembling voice.

Xiaoya was pinched so hard by her that she looked at Lin Xue with both grievance and worry: "Sister Xue, have you forgotten? The owner of this pet shop... I have always been myself..." (End of Chapter)