Being a Lucky Star in a Game [Holographic] - Chapter 5

Less than five minutes after the money arrived, a message from Jiang Yi also arrived.

“Wenqi, I just received an information alert indicating a large transaction on your end… What’s going on?” For humans who have newly arrived in the interstellar world, the government not only provides supplies but also arranges for one-on-one assistance. In reality, this also carries a hint of surveillance, after all, human hearts are unpredictable; who knows whether it’s a person or a ghost beneath the skin.

Jiang Yi had also mentioned this to Su Wenqi on the light brain, so he was mentally prepared for Jiang Yi to get the news and come to inquire.

After simply telling Jiang Yi about winning the prize while buying groceries today and obtaining a rare material by playing the game, he also arranged for staff to verify the source of this money and felt relieved upon discovering it was a normal transaction.

After repeatedly warning Su Wenqi not to do anything illegal, and upon receiving Su Wenqi’s assurance, Jiang Yi said goodbye and went back to his busy schedule.

After Su Wenqi turned his attention back to the game, he saw that Xianyun had put away the tea set, and now the table was laid out with the Xuanjing he had just sold, as well as a pile of materials that looked very expensive at first glance.

By this time, it was already night in the game, and the villagers had finished their dinner early and fallen into dreamland.

At this time, the moonlight was like water and the stars were brilliant. Su Wenqi walked lightly to the side of the recliner under the big tree, pulled the recliner to a range where he could see the sky, and lay on it leisurely.

He crossed his hands behind his head and looked at the starry sky above him, his thoughts drifting back to when he was still in the orphanage. Every summer, Auntie Zhou would take the children to lie on the straw mats and count the stars.

Thinking of this, his eyes couldn’t help but moisten. He wondered how Auntie Zhou’s condition was, and he didn’t know how Zhang Yunle and the others were doing either.

He had transmigrated to the interstellar world with his whole body, so his original body must not be found in his previous world. The organization of this trip had mainly been to help him relax his mood; he hadn’t expected such an incident to happen, and the guys must be dying of guilt.

He blinked hard, blinking away the moisture in his eyes. As soon as he turned his head, he saw that Xianyun had also set up a recliner and was lying side-by-side with him at some point.

As if sensing Su Wenqi’s gaze, he turned his head and gave a shallow smile, his tone full of pride: “The night sky is very beautiful, isn’t it? It is said that this is what the night sky was like in ancient times. On clear days, you could see the moon and the stars just by lying down. Although people can’t see such beautiful scenery in the real world anymore, this game has created it!”

Hearing his prideful words, Su Wenqi couldn’t help but chime in: “Yes, the game creators are truly meticulous. They not only created such a deep and beautiful starry sky, but even the stars around the moon are exactly the same as in reality! Look! That one over there is the Big Dipper!”

Su Wenqi chatted excitedly with Xianyun about the constellations he knew. Wen Shaochuan also didn’t find it annoying to listen to the other party, chiming in and agreeing from time to time. The two then talked about the background of the game’s production. Su Wenqi couldn’t help but marvel: “The game production team really has great creativity, integrating Huaxia culture into the game. Everyone can trace their roots while playing the game and understand how their ancestors lived. It’s truly amazing!”

“Yes, I think so too~ The owner of the game company is truly a wonderful person~” Wen Shaochuan praised himself without changing his expression. Su Wenqi nodded in agreement, and the two chatted happily.

“Ding ding ding~ Master~ It’s already nine o’clock in the evening. It’s already reached the rest time you set. Please log off as soon as possible”

Suddenly, a cheerful voice sounded by Su Wenqi’s ear. It was the time he had set for Lulu before entering the game, asking it to remind him to log off and go to sleep when the time came.

In fact, before entering the game, Su Wenqi had seen in the gaming cabin’s manual that as long as nutrient fluid was added regularly, one could spend unlimited time in the game.

It was just that Su Wenqi’s work and rest schedule was still the same as when he was in the modern world; if he didn’t sleep at night, he definitely wouldn’t be able to get up tomorrow. He would adapt to this world slowly.

“Xianyun, I’m going to log off and sleep. Bye, let’s play together again when you’re free.” Su Wenqi waved at Xianyun and prepared to log off.

Wen Shaochuan was also a bit surprised; after all, for young people, this time belonged to the beginning of nightlife. He hadn’t expected Chunri to log off so early, but he didn’t reveal any flaws on the surface and also bade him farewell: “Good night, I wish you a sweet dream.”

Hearing the other party’s reply, Su Wenqi exited the game without any hesitation.

Sitting up from the gaming cabin, he didn’t feel any discomfort in his body; as expected of an interstellar product.

After walking out, Su Wenqi simply stretched his body and touched Lulu’s smooth, round head before going to the bathroom to wash up.

About thirty minutes later, Su Wenqi came out of the bathroom and grabbed a hairdryer to dry his hair. At this time, Lulu took the hairdryer from his hand. After pulling Su Wenqi to sit on the sofa, it changed from one meter tall to one meter six tall in his astonished eyes, standing right behind Su Wenqi to help him dry his hair.

“Lulu, can you also change your height?” Su Wenqi still couldn’t resist his curiosity and asked it happily.

“Yes, Master~ Lulu can change into any height the master wants, up to three meters high~” Hearing Su Wenqi’s words, a happy expression (〃’▽’〃) appeared on Lulu’s display, leading Su Wenqi to reach out and touch its head again.

In about two or three minutes, his hair was dry. Su Wenqi shook his head, said goodnight to Lulu, and went straight back to his room to sleep.

“Good night, Master, I wish you a sweet dream tonight”

After Su Wenqi’s head touched the pillow, he quickly fell into a dreamland. Perhaps it was a case of “what you think about during the day, you dream about at night,” but in his dream, he had actually returned to the modern world.

He appeared in his own mourning hall. Since his body had come to the interstellar age, the police hadn’t found his corpse beneath the cliff, so there was only a box containing his clothes in the mourning hall.

Beside the box, Zhang Yunle and the other roommates were kneeling and keeping vigil. Their faces were pale, and they had become gaunt in just a few short days. Seeing them like this, Su Wenqi felt unbearably miserable inside.

“Dale! Zhang Yunle!” Su Wenqi tried to shout twice, and Zhang Yunle seemed to have heard something. He raised his head and looked at the door. The figure at the door looked just like Su Wenqi; he felt he was dreaming again.

Su Wenqi walked quickly toward the inside of the room. Zhang Yunle also saw clearly that this figure was indeed Su Wenqi!

He staggered to his feet, ran in small steps toward Su Wenqi, and stretched out his hands wanting to embrace him, but embraced empty air.

Watching Zhang Yunle pass right through his body, Su Wenqi also realized that this was a dream. Although he was in a dream, he still wanted to tell Zhang Yunle that he didn’t blame them.

Seeing that he had embraced empty air, Zhang Yunle also knew he was dreaming again. His eye sockets instantly turned red, and tears fell uncontrollably.

Their commotion also attracted the attention of the others. The others looked toward the source of the sound and saw a figure they thought about day and night. They all staggered to their feet and came to his side.

Seeing everyone’s appearance, Su Wenqi didn’t feel good inside either. He said comfortingly: “You don’t need to worry. I’m not dead. That gust of wind brought me to the interstellar era of the future. I’ve gotten to know future humans, and there are many novel things.”

It would have been fine if he hadn’t spoken, but as soon as he spoke, the emotions of several big guys couldn’t be held back. The sound of crying resounded throughout the entire mourning hall, and Su Wenqi felt for a moment that he was going to be deaf.

He didn’t stop their crying and wailing; their emotional pressure was very great, and they would be fine after releasing it by crying once.

It wasn’t that the other few people hadn’t wanted to embrace Su Wenqi, it was just that everyone embraced empty air, and they also realized they were dreaming, so their sobbing suddenly rose by a few decibels.

Su Wenqi couldn’t tolerate this; he frowned and interrupted their sobbing: “Alright, stop crying. I’m going to be deaf. You all rest for a while and listen to me.”

“Woooooo, Wenqi, we miss you so much, woooooo… If we had known, we wouldn’t have called you out hiking. If you hadn’t gone hiking, this wouldn’t have happened. It’s us who harmed you, woooooo…”

“Woooooo, stop crying… Wenqi has something to say, control your emotions… hiccup.” Zhang Yunle, who had seen Su Wenqi first, was the first to soothe his emotions. While stifling his own sobbing, he couldn’t help but hiccup.

After Liu Zhang stopped crying, he raised his blood-red eyes and looked at Su Wenqi, asking in a hoarse voice: “Today is the seventh day since you went missing. Are you back to say goodbye to us?”

Hearing these words, the others stopped crying too, all staring at Su Wenqi with red eyes.

To tell the truth, Su Wenqi didn’t know whether he was dreaming or if his soul had returned to the modern world.

He said hesitatingly: “I don’t know whether I am dreaming or what the situation is now. In any case, I want to tell you that I am still alive, it’s just that I can never return to 2024 again. I hope you know that I am still alive, otherwise you would certainly never get over this hurdle in your lifetime. I am very glad that you took me on this trip. Although you didn’t say it, I know you did it to help me relax. I will remember this friendship forever. Although this trip had an unexpected accident, for me, it was still a very beautiful experience. I hope you can have a beautiful and brilliant life, and don’t linger in the spot feeling regret and guilt…”

After finishing this, Su Wenqi felt the image beside him rapidly pulling away, and the shouting of the few people also seemed to come from very, very far away, extremely blurred.

Although he didn’t know if it was a dream or reality, Su Wenqi felt as if a huge stone had been lifted from his heart, and he entered into a comfortable dreamland.

And in the modern world, Zhang Yunle and the others were all startled awake. They were keeping vigil for the last night; they hadn’t expected everyone to fall asleep.

Several people looked at each other in dismay. Liu Zhang said tremblingly that he had dreamed of Su Wenqi and told him his recent situation, saying he wasn’t dead. The others also talked all at once about having the same dream last night, and they couldn’t help but feel a chill on their backs. Had Wenqi really come back last night?

After soothing his emotions, Zhang Yunle said: “It should be that Wenqi visited us in a dream to tell us he is still alive, and to let us not be unable to get over it. I hope the news that he is still alive is true. Everyone remember not to talk about this matter; after all, not many people would believe such weird and supernatural things.”

“Okay, brother, we will absolutely keep our mouths shut. Then this funeral…” Liu Zhang and the others expressed their agreement. If Su Wenqi was still alive, should they still hold this funeral?

“The funeral must of course still be held. Although he is still alive, he can never return again. To the people here, he is already dead. If we stop halfway, how are you going to explain it? In any case, there is only Wenqi’s clothes and the like inside.” Zhang Yunle arranged the matters and let the others take turns to eat breakfast, then prepared for today’s funeral.

Even though they knew Su Wenqi was still alive, looking at him smiling brightly on the portrait, they also realized that except for the photo, they would never see the living person who would laugh and play with them again in this lifetime, and tears fell again, soaking their clothes.

The photo Liu Zhang took of Su Wenqi when they were hiking became his funeral portrait in this world.