Chapter 73: Why Do I Want to Cry?

Chen Anping’s heart stopped.

His finger remained on the screen. In the game, a continuous, heavy rain suddenly began to fall.

The downpour enveloped the entire Firo Continent, like sorrowful tears from the heavens, seemingly mourning the passing of some great power…

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Chen Anping’s heart had already stopped. The several recharges had already used up all his savings.

This 338.6 was his last bit of money. His finger lay motionless on the ‘Confirm Recharge’ dialog box.

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…

Tianhai City.

In the sky for ten thousand li, an endless, dark shadow rolled in like a surging tide.

The originally slightly brightened sky suddenly dimmed, like a world-changing solar eclipse. The darkness seemed to want to swallow the entire world.

Rumble…

Muffled thunder seemed to want to pierce the oppressive feeling brought by the darkness, but only the sound of thunder could be heard. The light of the lightning was swallowed by the darkness, disappearing without a trace.

“Jie jie jie…”

A sinister, sneering laugh lingered between heaven and earth, merging with the thunder like a prelude to the apocalypse.

(The weather observatory reports that Tianhai City has successively experienced a once-in-a-millennium solar eclipse. Please be advised not to go outside for activities.)

The television by Chen Anping’s bed broadcasted an emergency news report. His heartbeat also dropped to zero as this news report finished.

At this moment, the content of the news had nothing to do with Chen Anping anymore.

As the voice fell, Chen Anping’s heart stopped…

Immediately, a huge crack tore open in the sky, like the bloody mouth of a ferocious beast swallowing down.

Rumble…

A near-destructive explosion instantly woke up all the sleeping people of Tianhai City.

People looked at the transparent light and shadow that appeared in the sky, their expressions terrified, their hearts plunged into a brief moment of fear and despair.

Could it be that a meteorite from outer space had landed in Tianhai City?

Since the beginning of time, Blue Star had often had meteorites from outer space break through the atmosphere and land on earth.

But the vast majority of meteorites had already been turned into nothingness by the friction generated when breaking through the atmosphere. Those that could land as a solid body were almost never very large.

However, when the relevant departments of Tianhai City sent people to investigate this accident, the results were shocking.

This meteorite had not only not been melted much by the friction of the atmosphere, but had instead remained almost completely intact.

A flat, round meteorite a full thousand meters in size protruded with a huge arc. A white light flickered faintly in the middle of the arc.

A meteorite from outer space that could remain so intact had appeared in Tianhai City.

Truly a miracle!

“Archaeological experts” brought their archaeological tools overnight, and various cameramen and reporters also investigated overnight.

They were not worried about any accidents with this meteorite. Some bold people even used ladders to climb onto the tens-of-meters-high meteorite.

But not long after they went up, their shadows disappeared without a sound. No one noticed their disappearance and continued to investigate.

“Jie jie jie~”

…

In the game.

Following Xu Bijie’s departure, Xu Lingqing once again fell into a dream.

Xu Lingqing didn’t sleep for long before she was startled awake again, feeling a dull pressure in her chest.

She forcibly held her breath, and accidentally squeezed out tears.

Drip…

Crystal clear tears dripped onto the ground, splashing with a crisp sound.

“Why do I want to cry so much?”

She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. In her peripheral vision, she saw that the pipa at the foot of the bed had been repaired, looking as good as new.

Xu Lingqing’s fingertips plucked the strings of the pipa. Hearing the beautiful sound echoing in her ears, a brilliant smile unconsciously bloomed on her face.

Senior…

You helped Lingqing again, thank you…

However, the moment the sound of the pipa rang out, Xu Lingqing’s heart couldn’t help but feel a bit desolate. No matter how she played, she couldn’t play that feeling of joy.

The smile instantly vanished from her face, replaced by a sense of grief that lingered in her heart.

“Senior… can you pay attention to Lingqing? Lingqing is so sad, I think I miss my mom…”

Strumming the pipa to hear its sound, hugging the pipa to embrace its person.

At this moment, Xu Lingqing’s mind was filled with the grief of missing her mother, the pain of a child missing her mother.

But before Xu Lingqing could recover from her grief, the Eternal Love necklace on her neck suddenly became scorching hot. The hot chain did not burn her skin, but instead turned into streams of warmth that flowed into her heart.

“Senior…”

Feeling the warmth emanating from the Eternal Love, Xu Lingqing’s heart ached even more.

Another kind of essence blood had actually merged into her blood. The two types of flesh and blood intertwined and merged, and it seemed that an ethereal soul had been added to her body.

Suddenly, a small, unnoticeable opening appeared on the Eternal Love necklace. The feeling of heat became even stronger.

Her eyes widened in shock, her mind in chaos, unable to understand what had just happened.

Xu Lingqing dazedly felt the changes in her body. Why was that ethereal soul so familiar, as if it were…

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from her ear, it was unclear whether it came from the sky or from within the Eternal Love.

“Baby Lingqing, it’s me, Senior…”

This voice was no longer so powerful, but was instead a heartfelt confession.

So this is ‘Senior’s’ original voice?

Hearing the voice, Xu Lingqing’s body couldn’t help but tremble, and her heart rose to her throat.

“Senior, you’re finally here!”

“I know what you want to say. I came this time to perform a magic trick for you!”

[End of Chapter]