As soon as Lu Luo had brought Lu Xiaoyi out, there was an obvious feeling that he was about to leave this world. It wasn't just a feeling; it was practically a certainty. He just needed to wait a little longer before he could leave this world. But the moment Qi Xinzhu appeared, this world suddenly became real again. Not just real, but stable as well. This made Lu Luo somewhat troubled. If resolving the situation with Lu Xiaoyi wouldn't allow him to return, how should he leave this place? Should he resolve the situation with the Qi Xinzhu before him? Is the Qi Xinzhu before him an illusion, or does she really exist? If the way to free his daughter was to take her out of her bedroom, what would be the way to free Qi Xinzhu? What kind of conflicts could there be between a long-married couple?

Before Lu Luo could think it over, the Observer offered a hint.

"Old couples always have some disharmony. There's a saying, 'Women at thirty are like wolves and at forty like tigers.'

"The frail you can hardly keep up physically; it's been a long time since you satisfied someone like that... It's a big possibility!"

"Bullshit, how could I be incapable?"

"Don't forget, what was your physical Constitution when you arrived in this world? Only 0.7.

"Do you think you could last very long with a Constitution of only 0.7?

"Think about it, your daughter is already so big. In this world, Qi Xinzhu faces a man with only 0.7 Constitution.

"TSK TSK TSK, just think of the hardships and grievances she's endured!

"It's no wonder she treats you with such an attitude."

Lu Luo felt that, somehow, what the Observer said made sense. But admitting that he was incapable? That was definitely not acceptable.

"So now, what should I do?"

"She's your wife, not mine. If you can't handle your own wife, what's there to say?"

Okay, got it.

The Observer's analysis was plausible, but Lu Luo still wasn't quite clear. If this is truly a bubble of an illusory world, then his daughter, Lu Xiaoyi, could be almost certainly identified with the Doomsday Disc. The Doomsday Disc appears to be the most noble of things. In his mind's reflection, it has become a pitiful little one, imprisoned and constrained, always longing for his protection and reliance. What then is Qi Xinzhu? Is this Qi Xinzhu here also a manifestation of something within his body? Lu Luo couldn't be sure because he couldn't find the corresponding element for Qi Xinzhu. The strand of Holy Radiance? For Lu Luo, that was just too trivial. But apart from Holy Radiance, there didn't seem to be anything else that could be connected to Qi Xinzhu.

"Honey, you've worked hard recently."

At that moment, Lu Luo uttered a universally effective phrase. When a man says such things, although a woman may not express it, she generally feels a hint of happiness, or at least some warmth inside.

Indeed, Qi Xinzhu lowered her head, her expression becoming somewhat aggrieved.

"What's hard or not hard about life? It's good that you've come to terms with it."

I've come to terms with it? Come to terms with what?

Lu Luo felt bewildered. At this moment, he had no better way to respond other than to go along with what Qi Xinzhu had said.

"Lu Xiaoyi tonight?"

Qi Xinzhu frowned, looking over to where Lu Xiaoyi's room had been. The room door was tightly shut by Lu Luo.

She relaxed slightly and said, "It's good that she came out. Since she's out, there's no going back. Let Lu Xiaoyi sleep in our room tonight."

"Okay."

Lu Xiaoyi, still in Lu Luo's arms, did not object to Qi Xinzhu's suggestion. She buried her head in Lu Luo's chest as if cherishing this father-daughter moment.

Lu Luo patted her head and then picked her up.

"Let's go, time to sleep well!"

Lu Luo picked up Lu Xiaoyi and slowly walked toward the room. After placing Lu Xiaoyi on the bed, Lu Luo and Qi Xinzhu lay down on either side of her. Qi Xinzhu started to sing a nursery rhyme to Lu Xiaoyi, patting the little girl's tummy, and soon coaxed her to sleep.

After Lu Xiaoyi had fallen asleep, Qi Xinzhu looked thoughtfully at Lu Luo. As he caught Qi Xinzhu's gaze, Lu Luo suddenly came to a realization. The Qi Xinzhu in front of him… she was!

Lu Luo slowly stepped forward and scooped Qi Xinzhu into his arms, then walked towards the living room. The eyes of the young woman Qi Xinzhu became somewhat hazy as she clung tightly to Lu Luo, as if she had longed for this moment.

"Wife!" Lu Luo whispered.

"HMM?" Qi Xinzhu responded softly.

"Wake up!"

Lu Luo's finger suddenly pressed on Qi Xinzhu's forehead.

"AH?"

Qi Xinzhu was startled, and memories flooded into her mind like a tide. In an instant, she thought of many things. Her memories were completely replaced at the same moment. She was Qi Xinzhu, but not the Qi Xinzhu of this world. She was a Believer of Light, a Fourth Tier Transcendent of the Dawn Church. She was also Lu Luo's wife, his faithful lover, his partner. Their current location should be that unknown bubble room. The room should be filled with those eyeless lizards. But why did they suddenly come to this place? Oh right, she was flung by a lizard and then hit a bubble! The voice of the bubble brought her here. And that decade plus of family memories, those deeply familiar memories. The details about her husband and daughter, why are they starting to blur again? This world… Blue Star, why is it so different from the Wasteland Alliance?

"Lu Luo, Blue Star? Us?"

Qi Xinzhu was just beginning to comprehend the situation. She looked at Lu Luo with a shocked expression because it was Lu Luo who had awoken her.

"Don't talk, at our age, I haven't tried…"

"UH… you? MMM."

When your bedroom is occupied by your child, the living room becomes your best battlefield; that's the experience of someone who has been through it.

「As for who that person is, that can't be said.」

「...」

After a passionate kiss, Lu Luo and Qi Xinzhu each dressed and left the room. The weather was a bit strange. Although the heavy snow hadn't stopped, the moon had already appeared in the sky. It seemed that this place was not enveloped in clouds as the Wasteland Alliance was. Because of the snow's reflection, the surroundings were particularly bright, even at night.

The two of them stood one after the other at the door of the house. Lu Luo grabbed a handful of snow and squeezed it in his hand.

"Such a real touch. I wonder if this world actually exists. If it does, where could it be!"

Lu Luo's questions were also Qi Xinzhu's, but with Lu Luo around, she generally didn't think too much.

"This… I don't know!"

Lu Luo glanced at Qi Xinzhu, who, although a young matron, still maintained a very good figure. The taste just now, TSK...

[Lustful!]

COUGH COUGH, back to serious matters.

"Now that we have both arrived here, nobody knows what the situation outside is. The urgent task at hand is to find a way to leave this place."

"Lu Luo, don't you want to explore this place? If it truly exists... it should be the place of your dreams, right?"

Qi Xinzhu was very familiar with Lu Luo. If this little village truly existed, as did a world beyond the Wasteland Alliance, then for Lu Luo, it would undoubtedly have a huge appeal. Qi Xinzhu knew that although Lu Luo had been cultivating his power and developing his strength, he personally was very averse to these activities. If it was really possible to find such an idyllic haven, it truly would be a remarkable occurrence, which is why she asked the question.

"No, now is not the time."

In the end, Lu Luo still shook his head. He was not swayed by the allure of this place. He needed to go back. He still had many things to do and many people to take responsibility for. The affairs of the Wasteland Alliance were not yet over. No matter who the ultimate victor was, he had to be responsible for Qi Xinzhu, Bai Yuetong, Han Shiyu, and for his band of brothers. The outside world might be fascinating, but now, the people of Circle Studio were not yet ready.

"So what do we do now? It seems that we don't have a way to return."

At this point, Lu Luo also frowned slightly. It seemed they truly had no way to go back. However, he once had an opportunity that was close to taking him back. That was when he rescued Lu Xiaoyi from the room, and Lu Xiaoyi told him this world was different from the Wasteland Alliance. At that moment, if it weren't for Qi Xinzhu also arriving here, he would have definitely been able to leave.

"The node of this place is still that room."

"Lu Xiaoyi's room?"

"Yes."

"Lu Luo, what exactly is Lu Xiaoyi?"

Qi Xinzhu was somewhat puzzled. After her memory was replaced, her understanding of Lu Xiaoyi had become somewhat vague. Lu Xiaoyi was not her daughter.

"Lu Xiaoyi is the hope for my rebirth."

"AH?"

Lu Luo rarely spoke in such a cryptic manner, but since he said so, there must be a reason. Therefore, the obedient and sensible Qi Xinzhu chose to remain silent at this time.

"Let's go; let's take a look in that room."

"Okay!"

By this time, Lu Luo had recovered some of his strength and acquired two new Sequences, the Faithless and the Observer. Qi Xinzhu was at full power. Although their combination couldn't be considered extremely powerful, it was enough to deal with the situations they had encountered before.

Tossing the snowball in his hand back into the snow, he returned to the house.

What Lu Luo and Qi Xinzhu didn't know was that after they returned to the house, the heavy snow ceased again. The space here seemed to have come to a standstill. Normally, even an illusion shouldn't exhibit this phenomenon. This situation was probably akin to running out of graphics card capacity. According to Lu Luo, it meant that the creator of this illusion, whether a person or an object, was not powerful.

Lu Luo, leading Qi Xinzhu, returned to the doorway of the room that Lu Xiaoyi was previously in. After exchanging a glance and a nod, Lu Luo turned the doorknob.

CREAK!

「...」

At that very moment, in their master bedroom, the one-eyed teddy bear that Lu Xiaoyi had been holding in her hands suddenly emitted a red glow. It bared its teeth slightly, revealing the sharp fangs in its mouth. The patches on its body began to look crowded and taut, as though its body might explode at any moment.

But just then, Lu Xiaoyi grabbed the teddy bear, pinned it down on the bed, and then hugged it to her chest.

"Don't worry, Teddy, Daddy just has some things to do; he only needs to go back for a while. He will return.

"I believe in Daddy; he will definitely come back."

The one-eyed teddy bear stared blankly at Lu Xiaoyi, gradually stopped baring its teeth, and instead laid its head down, resting its fluffy head against Lu Xiaoyi's, snuggling close.

Tears glistened in Lu Xiaoyi's eyes, but her face was smiling. She lifted the blanket from her body, revealing her legs that had previously been severed. A pair of legs the size of a baby's appeared at the roots of Lu Xiaoyi's thighs.

Looking at her legs with some surprise, she said with a smile, "See, Daddy will save me. This is all Daddy's doing."

The bear listened to Lu Xiaoyi praising Lu Luo with a look of skepticism and unwillingness to concede. It turned its head away, but Lu Xiaoyi wasn't about to let it off so easily.

"Look, won't you? You're my best friend; don't you want to see me reborn?

"If I had legs, I could wander around here."

Seemingly picking up on the sadness in Lu Xiaoyi's voice, the bear turned its head back again. It carefully touched Lu Xiaoyi's newly formed pair of legs and then patted its own fluffy chest with its paw. It seemed to say: Don't worry, I will definitely protect you!

「...」

Meanwhile, Lu Luo had pushed open the door of the previous bedroom. He was ready for a fight. But upon opening the door, he found that nothing out of the ordinary seemed to be happening here. The small lamp on the wall, the crayon drawing of three on the table, and the deflated bedsheet. Everything appeared to have returned to normal.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Luo was about to walk inside, but Qi Xinzhu stepped in front of him.

"Lu Luo, let me handle it."

Lu Luo looked at Qi Xinzhu and smiled. "No need; this isn't a queue for a suicide mission. It's better if I deal with identifying the problem and resolving any doubts personally."

Qi Xinzhu was a bit worried about Lu Luo, even though he said he had regained some of his strength. But that strength was still quite limited, barely above the First Tier, relying mostly on the power of his Sequence. Even with the effects of the Sequence, Lu Luo's current strength was just so-so. Ultimately, Qi Xinzhu cared too much about Lu Luo to let him take risks.

"Then be careful."

"It's okay, I'm not a child anymore. I have a sense of these things."

Qi Xinzhu took up a combat stance, ready to intervene at any moment. Lu Luo, on the other hand, first turned on the particularly bright lamp overhead.

There were many issues with this room. Lu Luo remembered that the first unpleasant incident he had faced was with this very lamp. The lamp was too bright, so bright that it was almost painful to the eyes. Once the lamp was on, the entire room, while very bright under its illumination, seemed somewhat unreal.

Without hesitation, Lu Luo turned around, walked over to the table, and picked up the crayon drawing. Previously, Lu Luo hadn't examined it closely, and he didn't have the Observer. But now that he had an Observer, he discovered something different about the drawing.

Two adults, one child. One adult had a cold expression, another was smiling, and the child was crying. But behind the three figures was a darkish blob with two red dots. At first glance, the dark blob seemed like nothing more than decoration on the canvas. But considering the overall composition of the drawing, that dark blob appeared to be a shadow. And those two red dots were the eyes of the shadow.

"Something hiding in the darkness?"

[I guess this is the moment you want me to check under the bed. Hey, I've already checked for you in advance, but since you kept scolding me, I don't want to tell you. Hey, just for fun!]

Damn it... Why does this stupid Sequence exist?

"Speak up; we don't have much time."

[It's there, watching it for you!]

Lu Luo narrowed his eyes! The Observer's implication was crystal clear. The twin who looked just like Lu Xiaoyi was still underneath the bed. She must be the shadow from Lu Xiaoyi's drawing. So, how did she come to exist? The key to this room, the key to leaving this place, must be with the little girl under the bed.

Lu Luo picked up an eraser nearby and rubbed away the tearful face of the little girl in the drawing. Then he drew a smile on her face and even went on to erase the dark blob altogether. The shadow was easily removed, but the two red dots stubbornly remained.

"It seems it's not as simple as I thought!"

Lu Luo put the drawing back down and walked back to the bed, reaching out to pull up the bedsheet. Once again, he bent down towards the space under the bed.

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