NOVEL NEXT Ah Zhao has sensed the call of another world a few hundred years ago.
She could have left for somewhere of a higher level, cutting the virtual space in front of her open with a slight move of her hand.
But Gu Hao is still here.
Nobody knows what will follow after the virtual space is broken or whether they will end up in the same place. So, she can’t leave yet.
That’s why she has been repressing her power for the past few hundred years. She avoids showing her power as much as possible, hiding herself from the detection of the rules of this world.
“Of course, I’ll wait for you. I’ve promised that I’ll stay by your side forever.” Ah Zhao says with a smile.
Gu Hao is quiet for a second.
He has occupied himself with cultivation in the hope that he won’t hold her back someday.
However, up to now he has been holding her back.
“I’ll work harder.” He says with all seriousness.
“I’ll practice with all speed and won’t let you wait for long.”
Ah Zhao grabs another handful of snow and throws it at him.
“It makes no difference for me whether I ascend or not as long as I’m with you.”
It’s freezing cold on the mountain. However, the two who live there never feel cold since they have each other.
Another 200 years go by.
Gu Hao finally make that leap and ascends to the level where Ah Zhao is.
Though Ah Zhao has already finished her task during their ages together, she refuses to go to the next task when cotton candy asks her to.
“I’ve promised him that I’ll be by his side forever and I mean what I have said.”
On this day, the mountain is visited by warm sunshine which is quite rare.
The two of them sense something deep within and look at the sky, holding each other by hand.
Colorful clouds appear in the sky and a ray of golden glow breaks out in the middle of the air which grows into an immense fissure filled with endless light.
Behind the light lies unknown temptation.
Gu Hao and Ah Zhao look face to face. With their hands held together, they smile at each other and walk into that golden light.
The end of this story.
As soon as Ah Zhao returns to that pure white space where she was born, she finds cotton candy and asks: “Can I cancel that damn skill now?”
Cotton candy is easy to negotiate with: “Absolutely, host.”
Ah Zhao is relieved: “Good. I don’t want it anymore.”
Cotton candy flashes and asks softly: “Then are you going to start the next task or do you want to have a little rest?”
Looking at this space she’s in right now where she simply has cotton candy, without another figure or color, she finds herself reluctant to stay.
Tasks are more fun.
In the worlds where she does her tasks, not only does she have delicious food, more importantly, she has a male lead.
She says decisively: “Next task.”
Cotton candy answers feebly: “All right.”
Then he adds: “Do you want to choose your skill ahead of the task?”
Ah Zhao: “…”
Recalling that crap of a skill in the last world, she hesitates: “Can I give up on it?”
Cotton candy flashes: “Sure.”
“Well.” Ah Zhao lets out a sigh of relief. “Then I don’t want it. Take me to the world of the next task.”
“All right, host. Assign task world, assign proper identity, assignment completed.”
After a moment of familiar dizziness, Ah Zhao finds herself standing in a valley.
This valley looks very unnatural with petals all over the place – both on the ground and in the air. In the valley, all kinds of flowers are in full bloom, flowers of all four seasons as far as Ah Zhao could recognize.
It is indeed beautiful but looks a little fake.