Serial Player
Chapter 992 - 645: Farewell

Chapter 992: Chapter 645: Farewell

When Ghost Hand uttered the two characters "Changhe," Li Changhe’s mind felt as though it was struck with a heavy ’80’ by a sledgehammer.

Even in his Mythical State, his body couldn’t help but stiffen noticeably, his face turning somewhat pale.

Ghost Hand and the mute woman were worried that it was the injuries from Li Changhe’s battle with the Three Corpses God acting up again.

However, the impact was far more intense than anything the Three Corpses God had caused.

"Brother Li Ba, are you alright?" Ghost Hand let go of the mute woman, intending to go and support Li Changhe. The mute woman also stood up, planning to trot over to Li Changhe.

In fact, the two of them hadn’t known Li Changhe for a long time.

Their first meeting was just three days prior, when Li Changhe had been about to confront Wu Ma from the Tianyan Association, displaying his Soldier’s Killing Aura, which had drawn their attention.

Such a short time shouldn’t have counted for much.

But both Ghost Hand and the mute woman felt an inexplicable sense of closeness towards Li Changhe.

This was also why Ghost Hand had repeatedly taken action to help Li Changhe and had invited him to be a groomsman.

Now, everything became clear... it was the bond of blood flowing through their veins.

Ghost Hand and the mute woman were Li Changhe’s parents!

No wonder, no wonder Li Changhe could so crazily restrain the Three Corpses God.

And yet, the Three Corpses God had never been able to calculate Li Changhe’s intentions.

Because, even Celestials could not have imagined that this child, who should have been in the mute woman’s womb, would become a [Player] twenty-one years later and come to this world.

The intense shock left Li Changhe feeling bewildered for a time. Even his Mythical State began to waver and fade.

’Now, should I be happy, or should I feel sad?’

He had found his parents; they hadn’t abandoned him—they loved him dearly.

They hadn’t come for him because they truly couldn’t.

Because, they were already dead...

...

On the other side, the three players had also become frozen stiff.

Pan Ke had somewhat anticipated it, while Qiu Wentian and the Fishpond Owner were completely shocked.

Qiu Wentian had been persuading Li Changhe to look for his parents in this era and, upon seeing the changes in Li Changhe, naturally understood everything.

The Fishpond Owner knew Li Changhe’s real name, and after hearing Ghost Hand’s voice, he too realized everything.

"My goodness..." Qiu Wentian murmured, looking at the incredibly powerful yet bewildered and lost Li Changhe nearby: "He must be suffering deeply right now."

"How could this be..." the Fishpond Owner whispered in response: "This is too painful."

No matter how this world may turn, the Real World will not change at all.

That is the true despair, for in the current world, Ghost Hand, the mute woman, and Li Kun had already...

"Since the established facts cannot be changed, there should still be some solace left." Li Kun, however, spoke up, looking at the three people not far away: "He’s my grandson, he will surely understand this."

"Did you know all along?" asked the Fishpond Owner.

"It was not difficult to deduce, the mute woman was pregnant, and she was the prime target of the Three Corpses God. The one who could counter the Three Corpses God would be her child." Li Kun responded softly: "And Li Ba... no, Changhe, isn’t he right before us? It’s just heartbreaking, he has suffered so much... he was meant to be the darling of the magical path, yet he has truly experienced too much hardship."

"Our Association will bear this debt," Pan Ke said softly: "Uncle Master... does he make you proud?"

As the mute woman’s great-grand-disciple, Li Changhe, being her child, would be Pan Ke’s Uncle Master.

Or rather, he was the Extraordinary Association’s Uncle Master.

Li Kun smiled: "Of course, he has made me incredibly proud!"

"Is it because of his strength?" Qiu Wentian asked.

"No, it is not his strength that I regard, but knowing that he grew up strong without our protection, slowly becoming one trustworthy person. Your trust in him is my greatest pride!" Li Kun chuckled lightly.

"Hm... I will pass the message to him," Qiu Wentian sniffed.

Li Kun slightly nodded and then took out a camera from the sleeve of his Taoist robe.

....

On the other side, Ghost Hand and the mute girl supported the pale-faced Li Changhe from left and right.

Ghost Hand poked Li Changhe’s battle robe and said, "Doesn’t seem like internal injuries? But hey, why can’t I call you brother? What’s the matter, now that you’ve become a Celestial, you look down on your old brother here?"

The mute girl also used sign language to inquire about Li Changhe’s well-being. She was also very concerned about his safety.

While Li Changhe remained silent, the time left to exit the instance was gradually decreasing in his consciousness.

He had so much to say, yet didn’t know how to start.

Looking at the two faces before him, he seemed to want to etch their features into his memory.

"I’m fine. It’s just... I’m too happy," Li Changhe said with a hoarse voice.

"I’m happy too," Ghost Hand said with a big, cheerful smile. "Come on, let’s rest for a bit. Later, big brother will take you to try Yanyun’s delicacies."

Li Changhe then reached out and hugged them both.

Ghost Hand was taken aback, unsure why, but he didn’t refuse. Even though his beloved woman was in another man’s arms, Ghost Hand wasn’t angry; instead, he felt... a sense of regret. He subconsciously patted Li Changhe’s back.

The mute girl reacted similarly. She looked at Li Changhe’s sad face in astonishment and for some reason, a tender smile appeared on her face. Then she reached out and patted Li Changhe’s head.

"Goodbye," Li Changhe whispered. "You must be happy, dad, mom..."

As Li Changhe’s voice faded away.

The message [Task time has come to leave the instance] popped up in his consciousness.

The next second, Li Changhe in front of Ghost Hand and the mute girl turned into a beam of white light and vanished.

...

But this time, after the task ended, Li Changhe did not immediately return to the real world.

Instead, in complete darkness, he saw many scenes.

His younger self, wearing a dirty Taoist robe, was running around in the mountains. With one jump... he was picked up by Ghost Hand, who was in hot pursuit, also donning a dirty robe.

Ghost Hand said with a wicked grin, "I win again this time; you’re on dish duty!"

Ignoring the child’s struggle, he lifted him up and took him back to the cottage.

Inside the cottage, the mute girl angrily knocked on the dirty duo’s heads.

The scene shifted, and Li Changhe saw himself at the age of ten arriving in Yanyun, kicking a madwoman brandishing an iron rod.

He rescued a little girl covered in wounds from a car, looking at the baby fat on the girl’s face.

Li Changhe smiled faintly as if no matter what, the fate between him and the girl could not be severed.

He then saw He Feng, his mother, and sister, as well as Yun Ting and Old Man Yun.

And he inexplicably grew closer to them.

Old Man Yun had opened a kindergarten, and He Feng’s mother had started a small supermarket.

It appeared that in this world, their fates had been changed too.

The scene changed once again, and at fifteen, he employed the Faceless Method, brandishing the Hou Yi Face Mask.

With one arrow, he killed the Tianyan Association’s Yinhu and became the number one among the young generation of the Association.

The scene shifted yet again, and at nineteen, he was walking down the street with Xiao Nan, his palm still stuffed into her pocket.

In the distance, Li Kun and Ghost Hand were sneakily following them.

"This girl is indeed not bad. However..." Li Kun coughed and said to Ghost Hand, "It’s a pity, my foreign grandson, the number one of the Association’s young generation, has been influenced by your bloodline. Turned into a henpecked husband!"

"You old geezer... you’re pushing it too far! Weren’t you the one who spent the most time with the kids?" Ghost Hand got furious and started to quarrel with Li Kun. "It’s all you guys who turned my son into a henpecked husband!"

...

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