My Exclusive Dream World Adventures-Chapter 155 - Give me a little time
Chapter 155: 155 Give me a little time
Chapter 155: 155 Give me a little time
Chen Xu listened to Bai Jinxuan’s words and fell into a long silence.
Previously, he felt a sense of discordance between her behavior and her status that he couldn’t quite put his finger on. If she were as naive and clueless as she appeared, she would have been sold out long ago. Did she really think those talent agencies were running charities?
The entertainment industry was a big dye vat, staining everyone involved. Without a bit of shrewdness, one could be destroyed in an instant.
Now, he finally understood a bit. It was the experiences from her upbringing that taught her the most advantageous way to survive.
She spoke lightly and breezily, but he could imagine the hardships she must have faced throughout her life to become what she was now, and the inner turmoil she must have endured.
Human nature is to be content with the status quo. It is easy to talk about changing oneself, but the actual doing of it is difficult. People don’t face their faults unless they are backed into a corner with no other options. Who wants to make a complete change unless absolutely necessary?
Yet, she hadn’t mentioned any of the pain she’d suffered. Her demonstrated positivity and optimism had shaken him a bit.
In the end, her confession touched him and also confused him; he didn’t know how to respond.
The truck continued to move forward, Bai Jinxuan didn’t rush him and just drove quietly.
After some time, the truck had left the small town behind, and fields of crops began to appear alongside the road.
Chen Xu looked through the fogstone glasses at the child-like scrawls and finally spoke up, “Have you ever thought, maybe one day we could return to Earth. By then, you might still be that megastar, while I’ll just be an ordinary person. We come from two different worlds; we’re not meant to have any intersection.”
Bai Jinxuan was silent for a moment, seeming to consider.
After about a dozen seconds, she said, “For you, I’m willing to become an ordinary person.”
“But I’m not willing,” Chen Xu shook his head and said, “Even if you could overcome all obstacles, terminate your contract with the talent agency, and come together with me, I would always feel guilty about the sacrifices you made. I’d never be able to hold my head up in front of you. I don’t want it to be like that.”
Bai Jinxuan fell silent again for a few seconds before she said slowly, “We are living in this dangerous world, where we could die at any moment, uncertain if there’s even a tomorrow. Why worry about something so remote? Even something that might never happen?”
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Chen Xu fell silent. He had made a mistake once before in front of Yang Jinxia by revealing he knew it was possible to return to reality. He wouldn’t make the same mistake again. Silence was his reply.
Bai Jinxuan seemed to be talking to herself, “I know you haven’t forgotten her. I can wait. But, don’t make me wait too long, okay?”
“Give me some time,” Chen Xu murmured, looking through the car window, feeling Yang Jinxia’s figure moving further and further away.
He knew very well that his willpower was not strong. In fact, he was already wavering, repeatedly asking himself, “What are you holding on to?”
“Yang Jinxia has already left. Even if you found a new girlfriend in reality, she can’t blame you. Especially since this is just a dream.”
Such thoughts had continually surfaced in his mind the night before.
But just when he thought about how everything would go back to its original state after the dream ended, and they’d likely never cross paths again, it felt like a bucket of cold water had been dumped over him, chilling him to the bone.
Knowing there was no future, it was better not to start at all. The pain of separation Yang Jinxia had brought him was enough to last a lifetime. He wasn’t sure he could bear it if it happened again.
At that moment, he suddenly hated the dream device. Had it not malfunctioned and given the real person memories from the dream, he wouldn’t be plagued with these troubles.
Suddenly, the truck came to a stop.
Chen Xu, his mind a mess, looked up and saw a small figure standing a few meters ahead, causing him to be taken aback. He pulled off his glasses and saw a filthy little girl standing in the mist, about three or four years old.
He instinctively took out the night vision goggles and used the thermal imaging function to observe for a while and confirmed it was a human. He didn’t know what to do.
All along the way, they had encountered other survivors, men and women, young and old. At one point, they had come across a group of more than a dozen people.
However, to avoid trouble, they never stopped to interact with them. After all, not much time had elapsed since the calamity, and it was far from the point of food shortage. They didn’t need help from others.
For them, the most urgent thing was to deliver the fogstone glasses and their manufacturing technology to another military camp as quickly as possible. To win the war, they had to hurry.
As Chief Engineer He had said, the intelligence level of “Taiji” was extremely high. Although the mist plan could sever its control over the global robots, its main body was built in an underground base protected by hundreds of robots performing daily maintenance tasks.
With just a few hundred robots, “Taiji” was able to regain control of the surrounding areas in the shortest amount of time by utilizing various means.
Although the fog was troublesome, there were ways to clear it; it just required time.
Now, it was a race against time between humans and “Taiji” to see who would achieve the strategic advantage first.
Among them, the Mist Stone Glasses were undoubtedly a very significant bargaining chip for the human side. Chief Engineer He had stressed their importance time and again, and they hadn’t delayed their journey.
Now, what they encountered was a little girl, wearing only one shoe, with messy hair, and her clothes were so dirty that their original color could not be discerned, her face smeared with something that was either oil or mud, creating a dark mess.
“Chen Xu…”
Chen Xu turned his head when he heard Bai Jinxuan’s trembling voice and saw the plea in her eyes. Eventually, he nodded, agreeing to take in this pitiful-looking little girl.
Adding a little girl to their group hadn’t had much impact on Chen Xu’s travel; she was well-behaved. When Bai Jinxuan drove, the girl would sit quietly or sleep with her eyes closed, not moving around.
Her name was Yaoyao, but when asked for her full name, she just said she didn’t know. When asked where her parents were, she said they had gone to work in the big city. She had always been with her grandparents, but then they disappeared, and she had been searching for them everywhere.
Chen Xu couldn’t help but sigh as he listened; it wasn’t easy for such a little girl to survive on her own for so many days.
At the same time, because of Yaoyao’s presence, Bai Jinxuan focused all her energy on her, which also gave Chen Xu a sigh of relief.
Five days later, Chen Xu and his companions finally arrived at the city where their first target was located.
After Chief Engineer He’s communication had been destroyed, he had been unable to contact the outside world. He wasn’t clear about the situation at the various military camps, and the several targets set for them were based on the distance from nearest to farthest. The first target was the closest military camp, and if it too had been breached, they were to proceed to the next.
As soon as the truck entered the main road into the city, Chen Xu and his companion saw several trucks driving towards them.
Chen Xu instinctively gripped the rifle at his feet and Yaoyao, who sat by his side, shrank away with fear toward Bai Jinxuan.
He rolled down the window, stuck his head out, and shouted, “Who is in the vehicles ahead?”
The vehicles in front immediately stopped, and then a loudspeaker announced, “This is the 9th Rescue Team dispatched by the XX Military District XX Garrison, and I am Squad Leader Guo Sheng.”
Hearing this, Chen Xu’s heart steadied, and he yelled back, “I come from the XX Province Military Camp, and we bring very important news and need to see your leader.”
A few hours later, under the guidance of Rescue Team Squad Leader Guo Sheng, Chen Xu and the two others entered the military camp. Seeing the orderly camp, both felt a complete sense of relief.
Chen Xu asked curiously, “It seems that the robot attack hasn’t caused you much damage.”
“Yes, we were quite lucky. Just before that, we happened to have a communication jamming exercise. When the robots attacked, a staff officer proposed to use jamming technology to sever the robots’ command system. Indeed, as soon as the jammer was activated, the robots couldn’t effectively coordinate.”
Guo Sheng explained with a smile, “The most terrifying thing about robots is their organizational capability. Once their command system is disrupted, they fall apart.”
Chen Xu nodded. Modern warfare was all about the organizational capabilities of both sides. In this regard, humans truly couldn’t compare with robots. No matter how much humans trained, they couldn’t be fearless in the face of death. Not everyone could step up for a mission they knew was suicidal. Robots, on the other hand, had no concept of death.
The robot army under “Taiji”‘s control would likely overpower any military forces in a head-to-head clash because in a war of attrition, they simply couldn’t be outlasted.
Chief Engineer He’s camp had been worn down to death by the robot army.
It wasn’t until the implementation of the Mist Plan that humans had found a glimmer of victory. The out-of-control robots scattered across different areas allowed humans to organize and eliminate them one by one.
As the two chatted, they finally arrived at the central command.
After meeting the highest leaders, Chen Xu and his companions presented everything about Chief Engineer He and the Mist Stone Glasses. They had successfully completed their mission.
The leaders were moved after hearing the information, and they were especially excited after testing the functionality of the Mist Stone Glasses. They shook Chen Xu’s hand vigorously, repeating, “You all are heroes to humanity.”
Hearing this, Chen Xu was quite thrilled. He thought to himself, getting such recognition from important figures should surely add a lot of points when the mission was settled. It was delightfully satisfying.
