Livestreaming: I am retarded, but selected to join the analoghorror game?!
Chapter 30 Loved You More

Chapter 30: Chapter 30 Loved You More

[Plot Progression: 7%]

Looking at this message, a terribly disheveled Dick’s expression changed.

The highest difficulty instance this time only required surviving until daybreak, so something called the plot progression had been introduced.

The higher the plot progression, the better the reward obtained.

But with a plot progression of only seven percent, it was as if Dick hadn’t advanced the story at all. He knew nothing and naturally had no rewards to show for it.

This conflicted with the high-IQ persona Dick had always maintained and would undoubtedly damage his reputation.

However, it wasn’t really a big deal, Dick thought, since he had already cleared the instance, and it was the highest difficulty after all. It’s not like there was anyone else in the whole world who had managed to clear it.

However, when Dick returned to Blue Star, he expected, as usual, to be greeted by a crowd cheering for his victorious return.

But the scene Dick imagined didn’t happen. Not even his subordinates paid any attention to him, all of them were glued to their phones and computers.

"What’s with these guys?" Dick felt displeasure mixed with confusion.

Analog Horror had ended, what else could possibly be captivating them?

Dick moved closer to one of them to sneak a peek and found, for some reason, they were all staring at the darkened screen of the Dragon Country live stream.

The Dragon Country live stream had gone black, but there was no ’stream ended’ caption. It meant the instance was still ongoing, but the audience was in the dark about the situation over there.

In the pitch-black Dragon Country live stream room, excitement and tension filled the air.

"What’s going on with Brother Xiao Yi? I’m so anxious!"

"She casually crushed the sun, but how could she sever the live stream? Even for the highest difficulty, that’s too unreasonable! What’s happened to Brother Xiao Yi?"

"That woman must have forced Brother Xiao Yi to his knees and made him play Star Rage! My Brother Xiao Yi, oh my Xiao Yi!"

"Why can’t we watch? Is it premium content? Where’s the top-up portal? Let me seeeeeeee!!!"

...

Over on Xiao Yi’s side, he watched Eve talking to herself, feeling perplexed.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing. Alright, now we can have a proper chat," Eve said as she inched closer to Xiao Yi.

"A chat? What do you want to talk about? Mom, I’m declining in advance if this is about finding a wife."

"Don’t call me mom!" Eve clenched her tiny fists, her little face flushed with anger.

But then, somewhat embarrassed, she added, "Though... it is indeed about the topic of a wife."

Xiao Yi was startled, his gaze shifty and obviously lying, "Actually, I was just about to look for one. Saw a nice girl in an anime yesterday, I’m about to ask her out. So let’s save this topic for another time, alright?"

"Come back!" Eve immediately grabbed Xiao Yi’s collar as he tried to flee, "You’re not allowed to look for any other woman but me!"

...

Xiao Yi felt somewhat helpless; it was because of things like this he always felt he wasn’t good at dealing with children.

No matter what, Eve was just a child, probably just having some vague, half-baked fantasies about romance after hearing people talk about how great love is.

She didn’t even understand why a mother and son couldn’t marry, so it’s out of the question for her to understand what love means—she’s simply misguided.

Xiao Yi was convinced he was already like a teacher to them, so it was impossible for him to be with his mother, especially when his mom was still just a child.

Xiao Yi still had some common sense, after all.

But Eve was quite stubborn; reasoning with her was definitely not going to work; it was difficult to make her understand.

Nevertheless, they were family, and as a mature, high-IQ adult, Xiao Yi decided to properly guide this little mother.

"..." Xiao Yi pondered for a moment and asked, "This world is very vast, and there are many men better than me. Why must it be me?"

Facing this question, Eve’s expression was incredibly serious, "Because... I met you."

"Uh..."

Xiao Yi had intended to teach Eve a lesson, but Eve’s words stunned him, leaving him at a loss for what to say.

Xiao Yi could only change his approach and say,

"I don’t remember doing anything that would make you fond of me."

"...Is that so?" Eve also paused slightly, then smiled gently, "That means, to you, it was just very normal behavior. I really didn’t misjudge you."

"??? What on earth did I do?"

"You... did not disdain me when I had the appearance of an old person, and took care of me considerately. When I have this appearance, you gave me enough respect, looked at me as an equal, and considered my feelings so you always kept your distance. That’s why I made up my mind to break the lock on that room, to let you access my secret."

Now, Xiao Yi understood what had happened with the lock. However, he still found it somewhat incredible.

"Just... just that? I was simply upholding the traditional virtue of respecting the old and loving the young."

"But for me, that was already enough." Eve seemed to recall those moments, revealing an utterly enchanted expression.

"..." Xiao Yi added, "But for something like this, shouldn’t the Professors have done plenty already?"

Hearing this, however, Eve showed a very dissatisfied look.

"Don’t mention them again! They all only look out for themselves! I never got love from family from them..."

"Eh? What do you mean? The Professors are all very kind people."

"Let me tell you something, the side effect of the ’instant body’ makes them prone to extreme violence, but aside from that, they’re not much different from before. Even so, they ultimately only care about themselves. Maria is constantly concerned about Hannibal and being pregnant, Nathan is always trying to escape, Aviya is constantly trying to kill everyone. No one has really cared about me!"

"This..." Xiao Yi was also taken aback, "What about the Professor?"

"The Professor? He’s the worst one! He goes on about how he loves me, but the moment I take on the appearance of an old person, he ignores me completely! He’s just an old pervert obsessed with my looks! So, I gave up on them!"

Professor! What are you doing, Professor!?

Xiao Yi rarely felt challenged, but then he thought of something and his expression hardened. He shook his head and said:

"That’s not right, you misunderstood."

"Misunderstood?" Eve looked at Xiao Yi, puzzled.

"The Professor, ah, is not some pervert." Xiao Yi spoke earnestly: "The Professor, ah, is simply seeking the shadow of his dead daughter in you! That is, pure parental love!"

"Wha..." Eve was taken aback, "But, his memories have long since vanished."

"Just the disappearance of memories isn’t enough to erase their love for a daughter. Maria, too, is chasing her daughter through the act of pregnancy. So, you’ve been thinking wrong all along, what you’ve received is not the love of a mother, but the love of a daughter."

"So... it’s like that?"

Eve recalled her past memories. Indeed, when she had this appearance, the two of them did truly care for her.

Eve had thought it was just the human instinctive attraction to appearances, could love have been hidden beneath it?

Thinking back on those memories, Eve felt much relieved, "Thank you, Xiao Yi, I finally understand."

"Uh-huh, understanding is good, so now you won’t need me..."

But before Xiao Yi could finish, Eve had already turned her face away, her cheeks tinged with a hint of red.

"And... your words have made me even more certain of my affection for you."

"......Why!?"

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