Livestreaming: I am retarded, but selected to join the analoghorror game?!
Chapter 219 - 214: Dog Author, Face Me

Chapter 219: Chapter 214: Dog Author, Face Me

Xiao Yi already had an idea in his mind, so the next question was, how could he get out of here? And then, beat up that damn author?

But before he could think about what to do next, Xiao Yi had to address the current problem.

He then looked at Clements, Nania, and Liliana.

For them, this truth must have been hard to accept.

At least Xiao Yi felt it was difficult to accept himself.

The fact that he was merely a character within a story, Xiao Yi thought anyone would find it hard to accept.

Moreover, Xiao Yi did not want to treat them dismissively or even ignore them just because they were only characters in a story.

After all, his experiences in this story were real, and their existence truly resided in his heart.

Thus, Xiao Yi was somewhat nervous; he had hesitated about whether to tell them and also did not know how these three would react to this revelation.

Then, in the somewhat tense atmosphere, Clements was the first to respond.

He nodded thoughtfully and said,

"So that’s how it is, it seems that is indeed the case; I can’t think of a better explanation."

"Yes, that’s indeed the case," Nania nodded, "But to think that we are merely characters in a story? Well, at least that makes more sense than ’Visualization of Mental Images.’"

"My role in this story is a bit different from the stories I know," Liliana said with some confusion.

The three of them quickly accepted Xiao Yi’s explanation and... did not show any particular reaction; they simply accepted the fact that they were characters in a story.

"You..." Xiao Yi couldn’t help but be surprised by this, and he asked with some disbelief, "You... are willing to believe me?"

"Hm? We have always trusted you," they said with a smile.

"But... don’t you mind being just characters in a story?"

"To say we don’t mind... that’s definitely impossible," Nania waved her hand somewhat helplessly, her smile tinged with resignation, "After all, even if we mind, it won’t help. It seems this is our reality, and nothing we do can change it."

However, there was no bitterness or despair in her smile, but rather a bit of relief.

"Besides, after thinking it over carefully, I actually feel quite fortunate to be a character in a story."

"Fortunate?" Xiao Yi was puzzled; what was there to feel fortunate about?

"Yes, I’m fortunate to be just a character because, you see..." Nania said, "This means that my sad, mud-like, meaningless life doesn’t actually exist. Isn’t that a rather good thing?"

"This..." Xiao Yi was stunned.

"That’s right," Liliana added, "That means not so many people actually died. I think being just a character in a story is quite lucky."

"What they said is right; I think the same," Clements looked at Xiao Yi and smiled gently, "Although our lives can’t be described as wonderful, I still hope our story can help people in reality, and I certainly don’t want tragedies like ours to happen again. Indeed... it’s enough for tragedies to exist only in stories."

Xiao Yi fell silent.

The fictional story was undoubtedly real for its characters, but they were glad that their story was just that and not actual reality.

They were glad to be characters in a story.

Upon reflection, Xiao Yi realized he had learned something from them.

From the story, he had gained insights that he could take back to his own real life.

This was probably... the meaning behind the existence of stories.

Their fictional lives were not meaningless.

Xiao Yi took a deep breath and then slowly said,

"...Clements, Nania, Liliana, thank you."

"No need to thank us," they said with gentle smiles, "although we don’t know what exactly we did."

"But, speaking of which..." Nania then angrily clenched her teeth and said, "To give us such a crappy life and torment us like this, that damn author is really quite despicable!"

Liliana also couldn’t help but clench her little fists, "I also think this is a bit too much."

Clements added, "I would also like to personally ask that person what kind of thoughts he had when he created us."

Then, Clements looked at Xiao Yi.

"But, I’m also well aware that I can’t do it myself, so... Xiao Yi, it’s up to you to handle it, please."

"...Yeah," Xiao Yi nodded vigorously, "Leave it to me!"

At this point, everything seemed to have come to a resolution, and the story appeared to be coming to an end.

But, Xiao Yi still had matters he needed to resolve.

So, he immediately looked at Eve and asked,

"Eve, do you know how to leave this story?"

... Eve was silent for a moment.

This made Xiao Yi somewhat nervous; could it be that this was also unspeakable?

Was he still to be trapped here then?

Despite just promising others to beat up the author, to be stuck in place would be quite awkward.

The wonderful atmosphere created might well be dispelled by the awkwardness.

But then, under Xiao Yi’s somewhat anxious gaze, Eve suddenly smiled.

"You did well, Xiao Yi. You really solved the problem of this instance on your own, impressive."

She smiled tenderly, her eyes full of pride.

"Actually, you’ve already met the conditions to leave this story; even if I said them out loud, it wouldn’t matter... The conditions to leave this story are threefold: first is to collect four pages, second is... to develop the storyline to this point. And third, is to realize that this world is a story, and to possess a strong enough will to leave this story."

"Is that so, just like this?"

Xiao Yi took a deep breath, then looked again at Clements, Nania, and Liliana, bidding them farewell.

Watching their smiles responding to his own, Xiao Yi had already made up his mind.

No matter what, they would surely reach a happy ending!

He had already decided on the ending of this story!

Xiao Yi took a deep breath, then, with a hardened expression, he declared loudly,

"Damn author! Face me!"