Earth Survival Guide

573 - Adult
"Are you OK?"

Tingting came to Gu Tao's side, looked at him with concern, and seeing the person in front of him, and the disappearing door, Gu Tao knew that he had missed the chance to make the final choice, and he stayed, completely reconciled with that world. isolated.

I probably won't see the people there again from now on. It's actually not bad to stay here forever and live in peace and stability.

But...he could feel the heartbreaking pain now.

Clutching his chest, he collapsed on the sofa. People around him were in a hurry, but he didn't have any strength. The pain of determination made his whole heart feel ashamed, although the warmth brought by his parents and wife would one day dilute it. A feeling, but it was only diluted, and his world would never be the same again.

For Zhang Ting, she didn’t know whether she should be happy or sad. She was happy because Gu Tao did not leave in the end, but sad because the huge sadness visible to the naked eye had swallowed him up. She didn’t know what she should do to calm it down. This pain.

In the following days, Gu Tao's mental state became worse and worse, and it began to reflect on his body. The hospital could not find the cause, but he had lost his speech and mobility, and was sitting in a wheelchair like a cripple. Looking at the lush foliage outside the window of my hometown.

The parents were very anxious, but Zhang Ting was very optimistic. She persuaded the two old people to give Gu Tao more time. During this period, just like the days after Gu Tao jumped off the building, Zhang Ting took care of him as usual and gave him Wipe the body, feed him and chat with him.

His only friend, the guy who was already struggling to live, also rushed back to his hometown. Although there was no room for him here, he still brought the KFC family bucket to visit Gu Tao, just like before.

"For more than ten years, the whole family has become more and more stingy." He sat in front of Gu Tao, looked at his dead face, and said with a wry smile: "Get well soon, I am still waiting for you to teach me How do you drive the bed?"

After taking a sip of beer, he leaned back on the chair and stared at Gu Tao: "I have no family or friends. If something happens to you again, I won't even have anyone to talk to."

Gu Tao still didn't respond, his eyes were full of death. Seeing this scene, the old friend on the opposite side sighed, got up and said to Zhang Ting: "Tingting, take good care of him, I will live at home these few days I’m going to visit my parents’ graves in the old house, and remember to call me if you need anything.”

"Okay, Duo."

"This guy has been like this since he was a kid. I hope he can survive this time."

"It will." Zhang Ting folded her clothes, walked to Gu Tao's side, and gently touched his face: "Everything will be fine."

At this moment, Gu Tao has completely lost his sense of hearing and touch, as if he is a robot with power cut off. Sitting there, people are neither human nor ghost, and he doesn't feel anything about all this. He only feels that he has fallen into the boundless In the darkness, the whole world trapped him firmly like mucus. He couldn't speak or move, just struggling in the whirlpool.

I don't know how long it took before he suddenly felt a beam of light shining in front of him. The light became stronger and more dazzling. After the whole world lit up, his consciousness finally recovered, and his eyes were slowly adapting. In the middle, he saw a blurry figure.

He suddenly panicked, he was afraid that the person in front of him was Xin Chen, and he was also afraid that the person in front of him was Zhang Ting. Reality.

After the light was fully adjusted, he saw Zhang Ting's back, drying clothes on the balcony, wearing the pajamas they bought the year they got married, looking silly but at the same time making people feel stable and comfortable.

"Tingting."

He called out softly, Zhang Ting quickly turned around, dropped the clothes hanger in her hand to the ground, looked at Gu Tao in surprise, then ran over desperately, and said urgently with a cry: "Brother! you're awake!"

Gu Tao smiled slightly: "I'm sorry for making you worry."

"It's okay, it's okay...we're all fine." Zhang Ting knelt in front of Gu Tao, threw herself into his arms, cried uncontrollably for a while, and then pretended to be calm, "As long as you wake up, everything will be fine..."

Looking at the crying girl lying on top of him, Gu Tao seems to have understood that the world he has been thinking about all these years may really be fake.Maybe he is not the one who calls the wind and rain, maybe he doesn't have any spaceships, maybe Satania is a strangely conceived name, maybe Xin Chen is just a microcosm in martial arts novels, and Liuzi is the white moonlight in my heart.

I'm in my 30s, it's time to get back to reality, the world is still going on, and Gu Zongzhu is a thing of the past.

Letting go of the struggle in his heart, Gu Tao suddenly became enlightened. He breathed a sigh of relief and gently stroked Zhang Ting's hair: "Tingting... I'm hungry and want to eat braised pork."

"I'll make it for you!" Zhang Ting got up and wiped away her tears: "Take a good rest, is there anything else you want to eat?"

"Sweet and sour pork ribs."

"Well! I'll go buy it now."

After Zhang Ting went out, she brought her parents back with her when she returned. They didn't ask what happened to Gu Tao, but the whole family started to get busy, and started to arrange a table of delicious dishes just like Chinese New Year.

Listening to the noise in the kitchen, the sound of mother scolding his father for being clumsy, the sound of kitchen knives chopping vegetables, the sound of pressure cooker whistling, the sound of electric fans whirring and the noise of cicadas in the clear world outside, Gu Tao had a peaceful life for the first time. a complete sense of belonging.

He turned his head sideways, supported his head with one hand, and murmured in a low voice: "Everyone...goodbye, thank you for staying with me for so many years. It's time for me to return to reality."

But at this moment, a familiar voice that he thought about day and night suddenly sounded in his ears, and this voice made him feel as if the stop button had been pressed.

"Time synchronization is in progress, reconnecting nerve readings, repairing consciousness damage caused by overload, reading world factors, and correlating world information."

"Captain, welcome back."

Gu Tao was stunned for a moment, and he tried to ask: "Satania?"

"I'm here."

Suddenly, ecstasy erupted from Gu Tao's body, he stood up directly from the wheelchair, and then jumped directly from the upstairs, but this time he did not fall, but hovered on the balcony.

"Captain, are you crazy?"

Gu Tao slowly returned to the room from the balcony fence, and he put his hands on the desk and began to breathe heavily.

And Satania continued: "Due to the overload pulse, the core system of the centaur and your consciousness system have been damaged to varying degrees, and they have returned to normal after emergency repairs. I reconnected to your computer 37 seconds ago. Consciousness, the communication that was previously blocked by unknown information has recovered again. Captain, you are back."

Gu Tao felt his head was a little dizzy, he whispered, "How long have I been in a coma?"

"Three days and four hours, now your conscious world has been completely reproduced into the virtual arena and occupies 30.00% of the computing power of the virtual arena, Miss Tifa is improving the algorithm and enhancing the performance of the virtual arena, and finally As a result, the occupancy rate of this world is about 13.00% to [-]%, which is within the acceptable range. And, Captain, you have all the jurisdiction of this world and can execute any order."

"Let's analyze the causes here first, and then..." Gu Tao looked back at the kitchen and whispered, "Help me see if Tingting is pregnant."

"Understood, Captain."

After a few seconds of long waiting, Satania's voice came: "Congratulations, Captain, the fertilized egg has been implanted."

"Are you going to be a father again?"

Gu Tao laughed, and the sudden surprise from Satania dilutes the haze of the previous ten years, just like a poor man who has been trapped by money for a lifetime suddenly won a 5000 million lottery, the kind of joy of seeing the blue sky through the clouds , Gu Tao wished he could rush to the clouds and roar at the sky.

At this time Zhang Ting came in, she saw Gu Tao talking to herself again, she was a little worried, but when she got closer, she heard Gu Tao talking to herself saying that she was going to be a father and was naming the child, She was so ashamed at that time, she walked gently behind Gu Tao and put her head on his back: "Fool...how could it be so fast."

Gu Tao turned around: "Tingting..."

"Ok?"

Gu Tao glanced at the kitchen and found that his parents were still busy. He coughed and said, "Mom and Dad, I'll go for a walk with Tingting."

"Go, don't go far, and eat right away."

"Ah."

When Zhang Ting looked confused, Gu Tao pulled her to the top of the building. Zhang Ting covered the sun with her hands: "What are you doing here?"

Gu Tao laughed and hugged Princess Zhang Ting, then he looked at her and said, "I can fly."

Of course Zhang Ting didn't believe it. She hit Gu Tao, but the next moment, she suddenly felt that she was flying into the air. When she looked back, she found that she was already hundreds of meters above the sky, and Gu Tao was holding her. Overlooking the entire county.

"You... brother... you..."

Zhang Ting was so surprised that she couldn't speak, but Gu Tao didn't say anything, just gently put her down and held her hand: "Take two steps."

Zhang Ting stretched out her feet out of fear and curiosity. This kind of unconditional trust really hasn't changed from the beginning to the end.Her footsteps were firmly in the air, as if she was on the ground, she took a few steps forward tentatively, and when she found that she was really walking on the ground, she turned around and looked at Gu Tao with surprised eyes.

"I'm going back... No, I'm back." Gu Tao opened his arms towards Zhang Ting: "Tingting, come and give me a hug."

Zhang Ting flew into his arms with a whimper, and in such a short time, they had reappeared on the roof of the house.

"Brother...you really are..."

"Yeah." Gu Tao pinched her face: "I really am."

"Then... will you still go?"

"If you don't go, you don't have to go." Gu Tao shook his head and said, "But you can't go there for the time being, but I can bring them here for you to get to know."

"Captain, I recommend not to carry it out like this. Zhang Ting can't accept the fact that you are a scumbag." Satania's reminder appeared at an inappropriate time, making Gu Tao as uncomfortable as eating shit...

But Gu Tao rolled his eyes: "Tingting..."

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Ting suddenly raised her head to look at Gu Tao, her expression became solemn: "That is to say, I will meet that unbelievably beautiful sixth son?"

"what?"

"I... I'm so ugly..."

"You are not ugly!" Gu Tao bent down and kissed her: "You are the prettiest."

"No!" Zhang Ting pouted, "I just don't look good..."

To be honest, Zhang Ting is really not beautiful enough, but she is really one of Gu Tao's spiritual sustenance, and from her, Gu Tao also understands that sometimes what a man needs is not his appearance, but more of the accumulation of time. trickle.

"husband……"

"Ok?"

"I'm going to get my nose augmented."

(End of this chapter)