Chapter 36
The panda’s condition was getting worse. Its heart suddenly stopped on the third day. Wei Huo put it down immediately and defibrillated its heart following Lu Qiqi’s advice. Thankfully, Wei Huo’s God of Thunder Skill was at level three, and he could control his powers better now. The panda was eventually resuscitated.
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After its resuscitation, the panda became better probably because of the Perfect Heart Reliever pill. The panda could now walk a few steps and reluctantly ate a little.
Wei Huo let out a sigh of relief. However, the panda’s condition became worse the next day. It collapsed again the next morning, and its Health Menu was updated to ‘Dying’. The panda’s activity before this was probably a terminal lucidity.
Lu Qiqi was silent for a while before saying to Wei Huo, “It might not survive.”
Wei Huo lifted the panda and said, “Let’s get on with it, don’t give up!”
Wei Huo and Lu Qiqi continued traveling. They finally walked out of the desert three days later.
The panda was trying its best to stay alive, but it was in agonizing pains. Wei Huo nearly tried to end the panda’s life on its behalf, but who was he to do so?
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Wei Huo felt the pain of having a long life for the first time. The people and things he was getting used to being with would eventually leave him one day, and the best option was to not get familiar with anyone or anything. As long as he remained alone, he would not have to bear such pains.
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Wei Huo and Lu Qiqi continued traveling south.
The tall and huge mountain in the south was a skyscraping one. Wei Huo decided to name it the ‘Aerial Peak’. The mountain was formed by movements of tectonic plates; the Central continent was formed by integration between pieces of land from all directions.
The Aerial Peak was the most obvious peak on the Central continent. That was why Wei Huo continued traveling toward its direction.
However, the mountain was too far from where they were. The saying ‘Easier Said Than Done’ was applicable to Wei Huo’s situation at the moment.
Nonetheless, they made it through the desert and found a creek amidst the prairie they were on which was inhabited by many animals. It was a good sign as they no longer needed to worry about food and water.
However, the panda stopped breathing the next morning.
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It laid next to the creek silently, and its chest was no longer moving. Wei Huo and Lu Qiqi did not need to feel its pulse as they could see everything from its Health Menu.
‘Species: Panda.’
‘Sex: Male.’
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‘Status: Dead.’
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This was the one enemy no living creature in nature could defeat… Death!
Wei Huo thought that the panda could live till the end of its lifespan, but a deadly disease got in its way. Wei Huo and Lu Qiqi had their hands tied as it was all up to the panda itself. If it could not make it through, no one could help it.
Wei Huo clenched his fists. The lifespan of all living creatures in nature was limited, including himself. He too would eventually die one day, but he did not wish to die just like that.
“Let’s go!”
Wei Huo shook his head and continued his journey with Lu Qiqi. The tiger was dead. The panda was dead. Who would be next? Would it be Lu Qiqi or himself?
Wei Huo looked over at Lu Qiqi and asked, “Lu Qiqi, are you afraid of death?”
Lu Qiqi looked at Wei Huo and seemed confused about why he repeatedly asked the same question. She replied, “I don’t know what fear is. My job is to test the game until death.”
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She was an artificial being after all. She was not human.
She was only five years away from the end of her lifespan. Hopefully, they could find the cave within five years and pass on the Qi-Training Skill to her!
Wei Huo continued traveling with Lu Qiqi for the next three years. He became more and more irritable over those three years, but he would comfort himself at times. ‘Maybe God doesn’t care about someone with a minor role like me. Maybe I could be thrown into the time halt, and I will be revived when the game development is completed.’
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Wei Huo only realized a major issue now. Everything he had owned was given by God. If God was to take everything away from him, how could he fight back?
The answer was, no way!
Unless one became as strong as God, or more powerful than God!
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Wei Huo kept a little hope in his heart and continued with his journey to find the cave. He was not going to give up until the very last minute.
In their final two years, Lu Qiqi’s body started experiencing problems. There was a new disease called ‘Dementia (Mild)’ on her Health Menu. That caused her to stop in her tracks sometimes and went into nostalgia. She would not wake up from it unless Wei Huo shouted at her. The 10 basic skills which she possessed also began deteriorating. Her basic skills that used to be at level five were now at level three.
Although Lu Qiqi’s appearance did not change much, her body began showing signs of aging. It seemed as if she was about to die.
Wei Huo could not help but feel sad as he watched Lu Qiqi. Lu Qiqi did accompany him for about seven to eight years and it was not easy on Wei Huo’s heart to have them all eventually leave him. This was something people with a long lifespan had to go through.
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Wei Huo thought about the title ‘The Loner Neglected By God’. As if it was not bad enough that he was neglected by God, why was he branded as a loner as well? Wei Huo felt that it was too relatable at the moment!
‘At the end of the day, I’m still alone!’
Loneliness was the only constant in Wei Huo’s long life.
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The panda died in the fifth year of their journey, and Wei Huo paused his journey again in the eighth year.
Lu Qiqi had collapsed. She had dementia, osteoporosis, deafness, cataracts, and other diseases commonly found among the elderly. She could no longer travel with Wei Huo.
Wei Huo reluctantly complimented God at that moment. God was indeed powerful. He thought about this thoroughly.
It seemed like not only did God come up with the Mood bar, God had also considered diseases among the elderly. These diseases were all part of God’s trial.
Seeing how Lu Qiqi was getting closer to death, Wei Huo could not help himself but think that if Lu Qiqi died, his demise was near as well. After God had accessed Lu Qiqi’s memory, He would definitely deal with Wei Huo, the one who did not experience the time halt. In balancing out the game, God will probably wipe out his memory and everything that he had gained over the past century. God could also just kill Wei Huo. Whichever the result was, Wei Huo would not accept this!
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Wei Huo had always been the one watching other living creatures die. How would it feel like now that the situation had been reversed? Wei Huo could not help but forced a smile. Who could have guessed that he was going to be the next to go after the panda, the tiger, and Lu Qiqi?
Wei Huo constructed a cabin and settled Lu Qiqi in it until her days came to an end. Black crows landed on the dead branches outside the cabin. They kept crowing as if counting down to her death.
Lu Qiqi suddenly disappeared the next morning!
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