This villain, please exercise some restraint.

Ye Jiang didn't say anything, just stared at the insect in his hand and was silent for a while.

To this day, he still doesn't know whether this insect is really that strange.

But at the same time, he didn't want Xiaotong to be depressed because of An Xu's departure. His sister had been sad for many days because of that man's departure.

Until now, I am still in sorrow.

His words seemed to have little effect, so now his only hope was placed on the bug in his hand.

As long as this bug can turn into An Xu's appearance and even have An Xu's personality as he wishes, then won't his sister not be so sad?

It’s just that the real An Xu can choose to ignore Xiaotong, while the fake An Xu can be very caring to Xiaotong.

One day, the fake will replace the real, and the fake, within his control, may even be just a string of data, which is much easier to control than the real one.

Ye Jiang would feel that this decision was a bit unfair to the bug, but no matter what, he thought he was still sober. No matter how real the bug in his hand felt, it was, after all, just a piece of data without thoughts.

Isn't the purpose of this game to...entertain players?

"Brother, don't you think this bug is... a little scary? It has such sharp mouthparts. If it wants to, it can bite through your skin in the next moment."

"I have been feeling this way these days, but I saw that you cherished it very much, so I didn't say it—"

"It's just an ordinary bug. Even without its brother, it can find food and even survive. Why don't we release it...?"

Xia Xiaotong opened her mouth, but finally stared at the bug and said what she had kept in her heart for a long time.

An Xu left, and even her brother didn't seem to treat her as well as before. Even half of his attention was divided by a bug. It was unrealistic to say that she didn't feel a sense of loss.

"Brother knows that I am really afraid of insects. You... haven't forgotten it, have you?"

Xia Xiaotong stood up and looked at Ye Jiang.

"So, let it go, for me, and for...it."

Ye Jiang looked at the bug in his hand and hesitated, "But——"

"Release it, brother."

Xia Xiaotong spoke calmly again, but for some reason, Ye Jiang felt that his hesitation made his sister feel even worse.

In this case, then——

Ye Jiang turned around and placed the insect in his hand on the branch of the thick mulberry tree behind him, and put several layers of mulberry leaves under it.

Then he turned around, walked to Xia Xiaotong, raised his hand and touched his sister's soft hair, and smiled brightly.

"Okay, Xiaotong, that's enough now. I've been fed up with this bug for a long time. Let it die on its own."

When Xia Xiaotong heard "let them fend for themselves", she was stunned for a moment, but soon she nodded.

It seemed like she had won the contest between her and the bugs, but she just couldn't be happy.

"Well...it's getting late. Why don't we quit the game and go see dad? He hasn't seen you for a long time and is a little worried about you. A few days ago, he asked me to bring you back to see him."

Ye Jiang took his sister's hand and spoke softly.

The only response he got was Xia Xiaotong's slowly disappearing figure.

He smiled helplessly, and then disappeared.

Not long after the two men left, the insect lying on the mulberry leaves ate up all the leaves beneath it. It squirmed aimlessly for a while, and then its body began to slowly swell.

A snow-white, cold, misty hand covered the insect's gradually growing body, and then, even thicker fog enveloped the insect's entire body.

"I have located a position on it, so this is another 'Insect King'. After my transformation, it does have the potential to transform into a human."

"I once entrusted it to a player as a quest reward. He was probably a relatively reliable player. I didn't expect that - judging from the situation, it was most likely - abandoned."

Behind the young man with long silver-white hair, four masked attendants in white clothes were escorting two people respectively. One was the boss with short light chestnut hair, and the other was the "emperor" with an indifferent expression.

The boss followed the direction of the location, looked at the insect lying on the mulberry branch and growing bigger, and said with regret.

"It's only a short time before I can transform, why are you guys unwilling to wait? Now I really have to wait until the moment I lose..."

He was talking to Ye Jiang. To be honest, he didn't understand what Ye Jiang was doing.

If the bug was still in Ye Jiang's hands and had not been abandoned, he would take action to protect the player's development results, but now - the bug is ownerless.

There was absolutely no need for him to intervene.

Ye Jiang is a member of the protagonist group. He originally thought that it would be safe if he entrusted the bugs to him. But now it seems that no one in this protagonist group is reliable.

"Fail at the last moment? How do you know that the person who holds it didn't choose to abandon it after repeated disappointments? Abandoning is just an action, but making up one's mind to abandon it is a long process."

Although being escorted, the "emperor" still expressed his opinions. His crown was a little shaky, but he did not seem to feel embarrassed.

The boss didn't refute.

"Don't just look at the results, young man. I think you need to focus on the process."

The "Emperor's" words are somewhat meaningful.

He wanted to say something else, but the God of Nothingness obviously thought that the two were too noisy. He still stared at the "Insect King" in front of him that was growing bigger and bigger. He raised his hand slightly, and the servants behind him covered the two men's mouths tightly.

This world suddenly returned to tranquility.

After a moment, the ball that had expanded to the extreme rolled to the ground. The God of Nothingness raised his hand, and a silver-white sword appeared in his palm.

He seemed to casually slash at the "ball" a few times. The boss and the "emperor" only felt a few extremely sharp and cold sword beams passing before their eyes, and the "ball" slowly and silently bloomed like a lotus.

The young man with long silver-white hair moved his mind slightly, and the sword in his hand disappeared out of thin air.

In the center of the "lotus", there lies a young man with his eyes closed. He looks a little feminine, but still handsome. On his chest, there is a striking red mole in the shape of a teardrop.

The young man moved his fingertips slightly, and the red dress fit perfectly on the lying boy, and the red mole on his chest was covered by the clothes.

The boss looked up, only took a glance, and then lowered his head.

Because he knew that this "man" created by the God of Nothingness was not "Mian", although there was a little shadow of "Mian".

But think about it, "sleep" has become a thing of the past after all. When he decided to erase those memories, the matter had already been settled.