In retrospect, everything is still so vivid.

The cold and short electronic sounds, the snow-white and dazzling ceiling, the familiar and even disgusting smell of disinfectant water, the busy doctors and nurses, the noisy shouts in their ears, the body felt as hot as a flame, and the pain was wrapped around the body like thorns, and there was no way to even move.

When I turned my head, I could see the slender figure lying quietly on the bed, with her eyes closed, quiet and sweet, like a sleeping beauty in a fairy tale, completely isolating herself from this world, as if everything had nothing to do with her.

Gradually, the busy crowd began to disperse, and only two vague figures knelt in front of the bed, whimpering.

The electronic sound began to slow down, the heat on his body began to fade, and the pain gradually faded away, but there was no way to feel the joy at all. The only thing he could do was to scratch his head and look at the figure, waiting for the dark and hopeless truth to come.

Eventually, after a long, low whistle, the room returned to its former tranquility.

And at that moment, Rod felt as if his heart had stopped beating.

After that, Rod never experienced such a feeling, but now, he did it again.

Standing in front of him was a young girl.

Long black and silky shawl hair, slender and thin, body wrapped in a hospital gown, white skin, delicate, almost identical face to Rhodes. The dark and bright eyes exude a liveliness and brightness that is not commensurate with their appearance. The pale pink lips have a friendly arc.

Although the two are almost identical, the difference in gender shows that the two sides have completely different temperaments, and Rhodes always has a serious expression, with a calm and resolute personality that is unique to men. And this girl completely exerts a feminine side, no matter who sees her, they will think that this is the most perfect ideal female collection in the world, intelligent and beautiful, gentle and lovely.

"Brother.........

The girl stretched out her right hand and looked at Rhodes in front of her with a hint of doubt.

"Where is this? How did you end up here? ”

“………………”

Rod opened his mouth, but couldn't say half a word, at the same time, the deep uneasiness in his heart began to slowly dissipate, I don't know what Lu Dao is about, Rod feels that in front of her, he doesn't need to be vigilant at all. That's his sister after all, isn't it?

Wrong!

Rod slammed into a snort.

His sister had already gone to that world, and this woman could not be his sister.

This is not what I remember!

For the first time, Rhodes felt a chill run through his back, something he had never encountered before in the game. In retrospect, my uneasiness may have stemmed from the subtle contradiction between the background description of the game's content and the player's own experience. Of course, the NPCs in the game can't peek into the depths of the player's mind, so they can only retreat to imitate a simulacrum, but now they are not in the game, not in the virtual world, so everything has changed!

But soon, Rod calmed down again, he looked at the girl in front of him, and was silent.

What should I do?

In the game, the ghost simulates the player's reflection, so there are no obstacles to cut down. But what about now? It was not his own shadow that stood in front of him, but his sister, which made Rod feel a little tricky. Although reason told him that what was in front of him was only an illusion, an illusion and not a real existence, but the girl in front of him was too real to be regarded as an illusory pseudonym.

"Brother?"

The girl took a half-step forward and stretched out her right hand.

"Why don't you speak?"

At this moment, her figure seemed to shake, and Rod only felt that the originally thick fog around him began to dim, the air became heavier and heavier, and it was even difficult to breathe. He subconsciously opened his mouth, but the air pouring into his lungs was so bitterly cold that he couldn't help coughing.

At this moment, deep darkness slowly emerged from the original white mist around them, and they spread rapidly like a drop of ink falling into the clear water, and soon, the shadow completely enveloped Rod's figure. …,

"Luo, Mr. Rhodes will be fine."

Standing in the distance, looking at the dim fog in front of him, Mace couldn't help but ask worriedly, he held the travel bag in his hand tightly, his eyes kept turning, the fog here had always been faint white, and now it suddenly became so dark, even Mace, a businessman, could see that something seemed to be wrong.

“…………”

Lijie didn't respond to Mace's question, she just clasped her hands and put them on her chest.

For a moment, she really wanted to rush in and see how Rod was doing, after all, she had much more adventure experience than Mace, and naturally she could see at a glance that the situation in front of her was definitely not normal. But just as she was about to leave, Rhodes' words before leaving came back to her mind.

"No matter what happens, you must never risk rushing in, even if you see my shadow, unless I walk in front of you, you must not even move, the shadow is a very cunning, dangerous monster, I don't want any accidents from you, and frankly, whatever your motives, it will only bring me more danger."

I have to say that what Rod said, coupled with his calm and cold expression, was indeed very hurtful, and even Lijie felt a twitch in her heart at that time, but she was a professional mercenary after all, and she also understood these truths, after all, this is a matter of life and death, and in front of life, there is nothing more important than it.

In the end, Lijie just sighed softly and said nothing.

But her hands were clenched tighter.

And at this moment, in the dark fog, the girl's outstretched hands had already wrapped their arms around Rod's neck.

"Brother? Why don't you speak? ”

The girl's smile is as sweet as Rhodes's memory, although so many years have passed, but she is still the same as in her own memory, with that sunny and gentle smile, she has always been like this, never changed.

Rod took a step back, he could even feel the girl's body temperature, her face was already close in front of him, in a trance, Rod seemed to have returned to seven years ago, at that time, she was also like this, sitting on the bed, holding herself coquettishly, and wanting to tell her about the outside world.

"As before, can you tell me about the outside world? How did you get here? What exactly is this place? ”

The girl's voice was still so gentle, and it went straight to the depths of Rod's heart.

And at this moment, looking at the girl, Rod suddenly smiled slightly.

If Lijie saw this smile here, she would have been stunned by surprise, because he had never smiled since Rhodes came to this world. But now, he's laughing.

Seeing Rod's expression, the smile on the girl's face became thicker and thicker.

"Brother ........."

But this time, she didn't finish her words.

Because the white blade cut through the darkness in the blink of an eye, penetrating the girl's body.

“———！！！”

The psychic whistle that erupted from the depths of her soul suddenly rose, and the girl's body began to twist incessantly, and at the same time quickly retreated, and the black that was originally filled with dense mist also quickly withdrew with the girl at this moment, retreating backwards.

"Hoo ............"

Rod took a soft breath, but the smile on his face did not change, and when Rod raised his hand, he could see the pitch-black ring on his index finger, which was now radiating the brilliance of magic.

"Thank you very much for bringing back a sweet dream."

Looking at the girl who stepped back, Rod's tone was still so flat that he couldn't hear what he really thought in his heart.

"I'm sorry though, I'm in a hurry."

Rhodes was talking, and his hand did not stop, in fact, at the same time as the girl quickly retreated, his right hand had already been thrown out, and the shining moonlight blade shot up from Rhodes's sword and flew straight towards the target in front of him.

And for the seriously injured girl, she had no way to dodge the blow at all, at this moment her body leaned to the left, and a shocking scar on her chest went straight to her shoulder, and if she was an ordinary person, she was afraid that she would not die and be seriously injured, but it was obvious that the girl in front of her was not an ordinary person.

Looking at the silver-white sword qi, the girl opened her mouth in despair, and with a piercing scream from her mouth, the black mist surrounding her immediately swirled and condensed in front of her, forming a fog barrier. And at the same time, Rod's sword qi had also arrived. …,

"Phew!!"

The black wall of clouds and mist shook suddenly, and then it became a lot thinner, and the silver-white sword qi was not able to hit the target because of the fog blocking. Looking at this scene, the girl's eyes showed a hint of happiness——— but soon, the happiness turned into horror.

One, two, three.

The wall of clouds and mist, which had already resisted the moonlight once, finally completely collapsed after the fourth ray of light of the Shattered Blade, and then the beam of light flew through the collapsed clouds, cold and ruthless through the girl's body once more. This time, the badly injured girl finally had no time to escape, she screamed, and then fell to the ground.

And at this moment, Rod's figure also appeared in front of her.

Rhodes was very familiar with the monster Shadow. It's not strong in itself, and it's hard to entangle in the game because it copies the player's own abilities and skills.

But in reality, although the shadow went straight into the depths of Rod's heart to seek spiritual projection, which made Rod suffer a big loss, but on the contrary, it did not have the strength in the game——— originally in the game this was a boss who was practiced by a single brush, and now it doesn't even have the ability to copy the player's skills, and what kind of performance it can have can be imagined.

And at this moment, Rod's heart also sank slightly, fortunately he opened the Ring of Will in time, otherwise it is really hard to say what kind of damage the shadow would have caused to him. It is indeed not the kind of powerful monster, but every word that the phantom said to himself just now seemed to speak to his heart, and every question about it made Rod hesitate rarely, and even almost began to doubt whether the person in front of him was really his sister. Fortunately, after all, Rhodes has experienced many such boss scenes in the game, so he subconsciously still feels that this is a bit fake, and if he changes to someone else, I'm afraid he will really fall into it completely.

From this point of view, the Phantom is indeed a very dangerous monster, but this kind of spiritual monster has one of the biggest weaknesses——— the physique is generally weak.

At this moment, the shadow lying on the ground was completely gone, the girl's face began to distort, her facial features became blurred, and when she opened her mouth, she could see the deep darkness inside, and even her limbs had traces of spreading and disappearing. Looking at Rhodes, who was slowly walking towards him, the Phantom looked up at him in fear, and then, opening its mouth again, let out a psychic scream.

“———！！！”

A fierce attack invisible to the naked eye flew through the air, but dissolved into a threatening breeze in front of the transparent barrier around Rod.

The barrier of the Ring of Will is not a dry meal.

Seeing that the attack was ineffective, the Phantom let out a desperate scream, and it got up in a panic, trying to retreat and flee again, but before it could melt into the thick fog, Rod raised his sword again, his figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye, he came to the side of the Phantom, and stabbed down with a sword.

The white blade pierced through the Phantom's body without hindrance, and the intense pain caused the Phantom to let out a sharp scream, its mouth was wide open, and the original position of the eyes was now only two pitch-black hollows, and the open mouth was also empty, with this deformed face, it looked extremely terrifying.

But seeing this face, Rod's heart was settled, after all, the shadow was against his sister's face before, although relying on the protection of the Ring of Will, he didn't have any trouble. But just looking at that face, I still couldn't help but be a little concerned, and now seeing this distorted face strengthened Rod's judgment.

At this moment, the screaming shadow suddenly stretched out his right hand, and the arm, which was about the same length as a human, suddenly grew at this moment, like a whip thrown at Rhodes.

However, Rod was obviously prepared for this, and at the same time as the Phantom stretched out his hand, he made a wrong step and dodged the Phantom's attack, and then, Rode's figure turned into a lightning bolt and rushed straight in.

Facing Rod who activated the shadow flash, the phantom didn't have time to react at all, its right arm had just been thrown out, and Rod had already come to it, which made the phantom frightened, and it reflexively stretched out its left hand to block it in front of itself, but unfortunately it was too late.

Star vane, activated.

On the tip of the snow-white sword, a little light like a star suddenly burst out, it pierced the darkness, and carried a vivid wave of light in the air, and in an instant, even the originally dense and breathless fog was scattered to both sides like cream cut by a knife, and just as the light reached its peak, the shining blade also roared down.

“——————！！”

The shadow that had been completely split from it finally stopped struggling, its body shuddered, and it let out a desperate wail, and then, the blurred body suddenly shrank, and exploded as it was almost compressed and condensed into a bright ball of light, and strong fluctuations mixed with points of light flew in all directions, and even the originally dense fog retreated as a result, and then, they disappeared like melting snow.

And only then did Rhodes hang down the long sword in his hand.