My Notoriety Spreads Throughout the World

Chapter 827: Chapter 736: Mad Dog (2)

Angelina saw that Xu Xiaoyou hadn’t spoken for a long time, looking uninterested, and walked into the house on her own.

"I say, you’re really down and out, lowering yourself to stay in a place like this. Wow, this TV still works?"

Angelina kicked the TV a couple of times, and with a ’pop’, the screen went dark. It seemed to be broken.

She scratched her head, feeling a bit at a loss.

"Anya..." Xu Xiaoyou’s voice was hoarse.

Angelina felt uneasy under her intense gaze and silently turned her head away.

"Don’t call me that, it’s cringey even if it doesn’t make you uncomfortable."

Xu Xiaoyou sniffled.

She didn’t know why. Although the other person was abrupt, she didn’t feel out of place at all.

"Maybe this is destiny."

Xu Xiaoyou smiled with relief, wanting to give Angelina a hug.

Angelina, seeing her so dirty, felt some resistance, but seeing Xu Xiaoyou’s pitiable appearance, felt unable to refuse, and ultimately didn’t reject the girl’s embrace, letting her hug her tightly.

After a long separation, the two girls remained silent for a long time. Time quietly slipped away with the sound of raindrops.

Xu Xiaoyou buried her head in Angelina’s arms and took a deep breath, moved to the point of tears.

"Anya, only you are good to me at times like this."

"So, you do care about me..."

Seeing the other person looking nostalgic, seemingly wanting to say more irresponsible ambiguous words, Angelina decisively extinguished Xu Xiaoyou’s little flame.

"Stop, stop, stop, that’s enough."

"So, how long do you plan to endure here?"

Angelina crossed her arms.

"I’ve been looking for you for two years, inquiring about you almost every day."

"I’ve lost count of how many Nest Cities I’ve been through..."

Thinking her words might sound ambiguous too, Angelina cleared her throat and continued unnaturally,

"You better give me a satisfactory answer."

Xu Xiaoyou didn’t respond, she just returned to the copper pot, continued to pick up the boiled meat inside.

"What the heck are you still eating for?"

Seeing the blonde girl like this, Angelina felt a nameless rage. She stepped forward intending to kick over the small copper pot in front of Xu Xiaoyou.

Xu Xiaoyou hurriedly gestured to stop her.

"Don’t rush, I’ve already thought it through."

After much contemplation, Xu Xiaoyou finally voiced her inner confusion.

"Anya, why are you here?"

"You should know the side effects of ’Reboot the Future’. I’ve used it twice already, I should have lost you."

"And, how did you escape the immersion pod..."

"When did I ever say, I’m your ’personal item’?" Angelina interrupted indifferently.

"I’m not your follower, family, or lover. I just find it interesting to be with you, that’s why I came to find you."

Xu Xiaoyou was stunned for a moment, then chuckled softly. Indeed, because of this, the other person would appear here.

And because of this, only Angelina could bring her out of the predicament.

"As for how I got out of that glass coffin, I think it’s because I figured things out."

Angelina sat in front of Xu Xiaoyou, eating the boiled meat Xu Xiaoyou had picked up in one bite.

She chewed, her voice muffled.

"I used to think, everyone dies, what’s the meaning of living."

"Now I figured it out. You’re right, who can guarantee the world after death would be any less meaningless?"

"It might be even more boring than now."

Angelina conjured a six-pack of beer, handing a bottle to Xu Xiaoyou.

"Here."

Xu Xiaoyou took it, opened the tab, and drank without a word, gulping down.

"At least I have you, cherishing the people and things in front of me is most important."

"As for you, don’t you think you’ve been moving too fast, missing out on a lot?"

Xu Xiaoyou listened in silence, a ripple stirred in the depths of her heart.

"I... don’t know how much time I have left."

"I always think about just moving forward, finishing the path for the next few months. Giving myself time to stop and catch my breath. To be able to be together with you all during the New Year, whether it’s a reunion or blessings, doing some nonsensical things to calm myself down."

"But no matter how I move, no matter how fast, new troubles constantly spring up, one after another. Handling one, another appears, no matter what I do, I can’t stop myself."

"Clearing away the fog reveals more rapidly gathering fog."

"I become even more unsettled..."

"Unsettled, I want to do more. I’ve fallen into a strange vortex."

"I want to extricate myself, but no matter what I do, I sink deeper into the vortex."

Angelina quietly listened to Xu Xiaoyou’s words. The other always appeared indifferent to everything, calm and rational, as if by steadfastly moving forward, she could achieve her ideals and reach the journey’s end.

Xu Xiaoyou had never spoken about these things, it was her first time revealing her heart in front of Angelina.

"In the end, people around me left one by one, I lost many precious things, too late to try and save them." Xu Xiaoyou sighed deeply.

She thought of the last scene parting with Tang Xin at the grand theater, thought of Bai Youyou’s ashen face as the embodiment of order, thought of Chichu Chun walking further on the thorny road.

"I no longer try to escape the vortex, letting myself sink deeper into it."

"Now I think, if I truly reach the journey’s end, would everything be different."

"Hmm."

Angelina surprisingly didn’t refute, just responded softly.

"You’ve worked hard."

Hearing this, Xu Xiaoyou stood frozen in place, her nose inexplicably sour.

She looked up at Angelina, finally recovering from this emotion after a long time.

"You too, you’ve worked hard these past two years."

The two girls smiled, clinking their beers gently, the atmosphere in the chilly cabin became harmonious.

"Always saying you hate idealists, yet doing the same things as them?"

Initially, Xu Xiaoyou only considered it a tease from the other.

Suddenly, she thought of something, looked up, and seriously gazed at Angelina.

"What did you just say?"

Angelina was puzzled:

"Idealist?"

"Anya, where did you wake up from?"

Xu Xiaoyou asked hurriedly.

"Daylight City? It’s abandoned now."

Upon hearing that, she recalled Jian Liu’s last words from the night before the Oasis finals.

"Remember what Evergreen Ivy gave you?"

"That seed to summon Daylight City."

"Keep it safe, it’s the only key."

Xu Xiaoyou dug out a box from her embrace.

The heart-shaped box felt smooth, its surface carved with a red heart crown, two swords crossed in front of the crown, exuding a sense of nobility and grandeur.

She knew what to do now.