Chapter 5.32 – It seems…to be abuse? (2)

Editor: DarkNaivety

Although this was the virtual space, Xiang Han seemed to feel a pressure on his body. He thought it was an illusion but when he looked up, he saw blood flowing from the nose and mouths of all the soldiers. They were barely able to stand. He turned to look at Big A.

Big A was also frantic, alerting Xiang Han to retreat as he instructed the system.

“What’s wrong?” He asked worriedly.

“There was resonance.” Big A’s voice was filled with urgency.

There wasn’t any joy in his words so Xiang Han couldn’t help but feel strange. Before he could ask, the virtual space began to shake and warp. In a moment of imbalance, he fell to the ground.

Big A cursed and hurriedly pulled him. At the same time, he instructed the system to begin the emergency measure.

Saying this, he pulled Xiang Han and forcefully logged out. Xiang Han only felt the heaven and earth shake. Before he could figure out what was happening, everything went dark. When he opened his eyes once more, he was being hauled from the liquid tank by several workers. One of them softly enquired, “How do you feel? Does your head hurt?”

Once he asked this, Xiang Han felt his head splitting open. He could only give a low ‘Mn’.

From the side, calming medicine was handed to him, followed by a small voice, “Your spirit suffered a small shock but it’s not serious. Take a little calming agent first.”

Xiang Han drank two doses before his headache receded. Looking up, he saw Big A holding one too and in the distance, the workers were rushing about with anxious expressions.

“What happened?”

Big A waved a hand weakly, “The general’s spirit power exceeded the limit.”

Xiang Han: “…”

Exceeding the limit just meant that he had gone out of control; the violent spirit power recklessly attacked and destroyed everything in its surroundings. It was said that something like this was only possible for those with a S-grade physical attribute.

Moreover, the chances of it were extremely low. From records of the few times it happened, the intensity of such an attack was capable of destroying one or two warships. Rumour had it that the most powerful of them had even annihilated an entire fleet.

Big A rested for a moment. “The virtual world was almost destroyed. Luckily we started the emergency measure.”

“What emergency measure?”

“Every world has a self-protecting mechanism. The world earlier could not withstand such a strong spiritual force. After activating the self-protection mechanism, it will automatically send the target away.”

“Where would he be sent to?” Xiang Han asked worriedly.

“We haven’t found it yet. I guess he’d be sent back to his previous world.” Big A sighed. “The destruction of the last world was too severe, the other worlds have also been affected to a certain degree so we can’t continue this mission for now. Do you want to go eat something at the restaurant?”

Xiang Han didn’t answer, so he continued, “Or do you want to go take a walk? The company has many entertainment facilities…”

Xiang Han saw his fluid-stained body and shook his head. “I want to wash up.”

“Of course.” Big A quickly found a robot to lead the way.

Before leaving, Xiang Han turned around to ask, “That… he’d be fine, right?”

Big A froze. He shook his head apologetically. “It’s difficult to say now that we haven’t found him.”

Xiang Han could only nod and leave with a heavy heart.

After washing up, he coincidentally saw Little B and called out.

Little B was escorting a blonde beauty to leave. He looked surprised to see Xiang Han but didn’t say anything. Xiang Han could only stop in his tracks awkwardly.

After Little B returned, they went to the main lobby where he apologised, “I’m sorry. I didn’t want to expose your identity earlier so I… But, how did you come out?”

Xiang Han nodded in understanding before explaining the situation.

Little B immediately grew solemn. “Go get something to eat at the restaurant first. I’ll go take a look.”

Remembering Xu Yan Ze, his heart felt empty. When he reached the restaurant, he didn’t eat anything but simply sat there, overcome with boredom.

At this time, the two female staff beside his table began to gossip.

“Ah, did you see? Miss Eleanor came to our office.”

“I’ve never heard of her. Who’s that?”

“She’s General Xavier’s fiancée. I heard she came to find the general because he hasn’t appeared for a long time.”

Fiancee? Xiang Han’s back straightened.

“The general has a fiancee? I’ve never heard of this.”

En! Xiang Han nodded along. The old marshal also did not mention it.

“It’s a political marriage. Big families are all like this.”

“Hehe, those few families, when the time comes, don’t they get engaged then married?”

That’s right! Xiang Han nodded vigorously. But what did that have to do with him?

Returning to the lab, his spirit was even more depressed.

Big A was worried. He had wanted Xiang Han to take a walk to calm his mind, but why did he appear even more unhappy now?

“Are we continuing?” Xiang Han’s spirits were downcast. If the general had a fiancée, then those things he did on his mission…

“Of course, It’s almost completely repaired. The general went back to his last world, so that’s our next mission.”

“Oh.” Xiang Han’s reply was quite withered. After hesitating, he finally asked, “General Xavier, he… has a fiancée?”

“Who said that?” Big A was astonished. He shook his head wildly, “There’s no such thing.”

“But… I heard… Miss Eleanor…”

“You’re talking about her?” Sighing in relief, Big A felt another impending headache. “The two families had plans for marriage, but her partner is not the general. The general doesn’t like women, how could he marry her? Moreover, with all that’s happened recently, the old marshal already planned to cancel their engagement. The two families have nearly completely fallen out with each other. The woman isn’t some kind lady, ah… in short, the general has nothing to do with her. They haven’t even spoken before.”

“Oh.” Xiang Han’s heart eased up and asked, “Then… does he have a partner?”

“None.” Big A quickly shook his head while pondering. Looking at Mr Xiang’s attitude, does this mean their general is about to leave behind his single dog life?

Xiang Han finally relaxed. It’s good that there’s none or he would have quit. He had no intentions of accidentally coming between others, even if it was a person without his memories.

“Right, let’s talk about the task.” Big A turned on the computer and pointed to the model. “The world we construct is actually like a honeycomb. It’s relatively independent but also closely connected. Even when there’s a simple change to the plot that causes the storyline to collapse, the data will be automatically reorganized.”

“But what happened previously was that the general had completely destroyed all the code in the last world. In order to avoid affecting other worlds, the last world could only be temporarily isolated. But this state cannot last long. You need to go into the apocalypse world to give him a reason to go back to the previous world and clean up this mess. The data link cannot be missing for too long, or the other worlds will also be affected. By then, only a restart can solve it. But if you restart these worlds, the general will never be able to come back.”

Xiang Han nodded, “Tell me the details.”

“Actually, when we found him, he was still immersed in sorrow. The apocalyptic world also suffered from his spiritual force. In order to prevent its demise, we could only isolate this world too… and turn back the time.”

“Ah?”

“That’s why when you go into the next world, he hasn’t transmigrated yet. You must make him remember the last world and return willingly to fix it.”

“If he hasn’t transmigrated, how will he remember? Since you can turn back the time in the apocalyptic world, why couldn’t you do it for this world?” Xiang Han asked.

“The damage was too great. Even if we tried, it would be destroyed. For now, we can only maintain this static condition. As for how to do it, we’ll discuss it when we get there,” Big A quickly explained. “If there’s nothing wrong, shall we continue?”

“Alright.” Xiang Han looked at the liquid chamber unhappily. He’d just washed up but now, he had to lie back in.

The feeling of weightlessness quickly overcame him. When he opened his eyes, he was nearly blinded. The scorching sun nearly burned his eyes.

Closing his eyes, Xiang Han rested for a while to get used to his surroundings before he discovered he was actually standing in the middle of a road. His environment was empty and devoid of another person’s figure.

Silence. Was this the apocalypse? But just as he turned around, he saw someone fishing by the lake.

Xiang Han hesitated. If it was the apocalypse, there shouldn’t be anyone bored enough to go fishing. Aren’t they afraid something might jump out? He also didn’t know the year Big A had sent him to.

After a moment, he still took a step back and created some distance between them. “Bro, can I ask…”

This ‘Bro’ turned around but he only had half a face. White bone protruded out of his cheeks and the raised eyeball stared intently at him.

Xiang Han abruptly recalled his appearance in the last world. Sucking in a cold breath, he immediately ran.

T/n: And that’s it for this(abusive) arc. Next arc: XH in the apocalypse~ Updates will begin in March ^_^

Also, happy first day of the lunar new year! For those who celebrate it, hope you get lots of goodies and redpackets! 🍊