Chapter 951: Huo Wei's Love (9)
In the center of the platform was a massive control center, covered with numerous buttons whose functions were still unknown, but they must be related to the images on these small screens in the air.
Each small screen was labeled with a number: Ancient Mother Star No.1, Ancient Mother Star No. 10, Ancient Mother Star No. 20...
The small screens depicted the sorrows and joys of life.
According to Su Li's perspective, these could be categorized into a Barbaric Era background, a Feudal Dynasty background, and a contemporary background.
Su Li's gaze was fixed on one particular small screen, and the familiar scene displayed was the courtyard in which Su Li currently lived.
Within the small screen, she could see others in the courtyard earnestly living their lives. Besides the courtyard scenes, there were occasional inserts of other people in the town and subtitles providing explanations relevant to that era.
Su Li found it utterly ridiculous. What the original owner thought was a happy life was like a TV show, playing out before trillions of aliens.
And the original owner was the most important female lead; the title on the small screen told it all, the reality show revolved entirely around the original owner.
Because the title on the small screen was "Huo Wei's Love."
A flash of murderous intent swiftly passed through Su Li's eyes; the original owner's whole life was an outrageous deception.
Beneath the small screen, various kinds of comments flashed by.
After watching for a while, Su Li pieced together the truth of the deception from the aliens' remarks.
"What's with Huo Wei lately, so pretentious; my idol has treated her so well, yet she's still unsatisfied... watching the plot these past days really frustrates me."
"Has no one noticed that Huo Wei's body improved and she also became more beautiful? Anyway, I'm a face dog and as long as there's something to admire, I'm satisfied."
"I noticed too. Does the genetic liquid really have such effects? How come I didn't realize it? The broadcast crew must have prepared medicine diluted a hundred-fold for her... did I buy fakes in the past?"
"Spotted a living tycoon who can even afford genetic liquid; jealousy is twisting my face."
"Even diluted genetic liquid is a good thing, okay? The broadcast crew is extravagant to give such a precious thing to a lower-class person, nothing but a waste...."
"I think when Huo Wei was given birth, the broadcast crew miscalculated; who could've predicted Earth people's primitive genes were this weak? They're trying to make amends now, otherwise, if Huo Wei croaks, what would we watch in the future...."
"Still, my favorite is my idol; he's so deeply in love. It's the kind of love sung about in epic songs."
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Besides the mini-scenes from Su Li's environment, other storylines had comments too.
All these reality shows shared a common trait: aside from the main protagonist, all other roles were played by actors.
Just like the original owner, they were cast into this illusory environment from birth, with all their knowledge pre-set, believing their world to be real.
The tragic part is that the main protagonist's parents, children, family, and friends were all fake, all lies.
How pitiful.....
As Su Li seethed with rage, two men dressed in tight silver suits came out from one of the passages, smiling as they unexpectedly encountered Su Li.
"Huo Wei... how did you get here?"
Su Li's thunderous wrath finally found a target, and with a clench of her hand, the two men were lifted by an invisible hand, suspended by their necks.
Their expressions mixed shock, anger, and confusion, but soon they were seized by the terror of suffocation.
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Red's face turned a shade of blue as he felt the fear of death.
Now, he could do nothing, realizing that the lower-class person they'd treated as an ant, an experimental product, was truly holding his life in her hands.
He dared not think when Huo Wei discovered the world's truth or how she made it to the control center.
Even more, he feared Huo Wei's spiritual power.
To project spiritual power was an ability reserved for First-level Warriors.
A wheezing sound escaped his throat, arms and legs wildly flailing in the air, while Huo Wei's cold gaze drove his heart to the deepest despair.
My life is over.
Just as Red thought this was the end, regretting succumbing to the allure of another virtual space's culinary delights and leaving his post temporarily, knowing full well they could've detected anomalies the moment Huo Wei intruded.
But regrets wouldn't help now, realizing the role reversal; were it himself living a life of deceit and lies, he surely would've killed the culprits before losing his sanity.
Unexpectedly, as Red's eyes rolled back and consciousness neared darkness, he fell to the ground, inhaling fresh air once more.
He hadn't died....
Yet his colleague acted quicker, hitting the alarm button, though unfortunately, Huo Wei's inscrutable methods surpassed theirs.
The alarm button exploded on the spot, and his colleague screamed in a faint.
Red was unsure whether to be thankful for his slow thoughts or regret neglecting exercise.
Facing Huo Wei, fear in his eyes had turned to overwhelming terror.
Red couldn't comprehend how Huo Wei, under their control from birth, had managed to develop spiritual power right under their noses.
"Perhaps you could explain to me the function of the console."
Red stared at Huo Wei, her expression a ghostly smile.
Huo Wei's character guide was of a submissive woman, dependent on the male lead Han Zixuan.
Interstellar women were too strong, and many interstellar men yearned for the delicate women recorded in ancient books as mates.
Huo Wei was just such a woman. Her contemporary background of code 008, Huo Wei's Love struck a chord with many interstellar citizens, leading to skyrocketing ratings, though they had dropped recently.
Red now realized that Huo Wei's abnormal behavior these few days might be because she had discovered her world's true nature.
Various thoughts raced through Red's mind; he considered many self-rescue options, but all schemes were paper tigers before overwhelming power.
The metal used to build this platform naturally suppressed Su Li's Divine Sense, which explained why she didn't realize the problem when she first entered the original owner's body.
However, she discovered it did not hinder spiritual power.
Su Li directly condensed her spiritual power into fine threads, binding this... extraterrestrial, then moved toward the console.
The man's eyes shifted uncomfortably as if plotting something.
With a pressure exerted by Su Li, the terror of death enveloped him once again.