Lin Xiao sat on the closed toilet seat, still reeling from the bizarre experience he had just gone through in the game.
His mind raced, trying to piece together the strange events and the mysterious woman's final words.
The game had been unlike anything he had ever played before—haunting, confusing, and incomplete. It had left him with more questions than answers.
After a while, he stood up and walked over to the wash basin, splashing water on his face in an attempt to clear his thoughts.
As the cool water dripped down his face, he caught his reflection in the mirror. Even after everything, he still couldn't get used to his new appearance.
His face was strikingly handsome now, almost unrealistically so, a stark contrast to how he had looked before. The transformation had been part of the system's perks.
As he examined his features, a sudden "Ding" echoed from the system, snapping him out of his thoughts. The notification screen popped up, revealing his rewards from the game:
[Rewards from The Game: 300 Coins, Blessing of The Demon King, Bulsar]
Lin Xiao's eyes widened in shock. "What the heck? I can get that as a reward too?" he muttered to himself, staring at the screen in disbelief.
The 300 coins were standard, but the second reward... it was something entirely different. "Blessing of the Demon King, Bulsar?"
He repeated the words slowly, as if saying them aloud would make them more real.
The realization hit him like a ton of bricks. If he could receive something like a demon king's blessing as a reward, did that mean this so-called Demon King, Bulsar, was real?
The thought sent a shiver down his spine. This wasn't just some in-game perk—this was something more, something that reached beyond the boundaries of the virtual world.
"What kind of game is this?" Lin Xiao whispered, feeling a mixture of excitement and fear bubbling up inside him. If the Demon King was real, what else from the game could exist in reality? And what did this blessing mean for him?
He couldn't help but wonder if he had gotten himself into something far bigger and more dangerous than he had ever imagined.
Lin Xiao was shocked but decided now was not the time to care about that. He needed to step away from the strange events and spend some time with his family.
As he stepped out of the bathroom, he expected to find his mother and sister huddled together, perhaps talking about the recent chaos. But to his surprise, they were sitting at the dining table, chatting happily as if nothing had happened.
He walked over, still trying to process everything. "What's up?" he asked, trying to sound casual, though his mind was racing with questions about the twin moons and the bizarre events in the game.
His mother looked up with a smile. "Oh, nothing much. Just talking about what we should have for dinner tomorrow. You know, the usual."
Lin Xiao blinked, looking from his mother to his sister. There was no sign of concern, no mention of the twin moons or the strange occurrences that had rocked the world just a short time ago. In fact, the entire conversation was so mundane that it felt almost surreal to him.
His sister chimed in, "Yeah, and I was thinking we should try that new restaurant in town. The one that serves those amazing dumplings."
Lin Xiao nodded absentmindedly, still grappling with the eerie normalcy. He glanced out the window, expecting to see the ominous twin moons that had loomed over the world. But when he looked, the sky was as it had always been—clear, with only one familiar moon hanging in the night sky.
Lin Xiao was shocked, "What the heck" he thought to himself.
"Hey, do you guys remember... I mean, was there ever...?" Lin Xiao trailed off, unsure of how to even phrase the question.
His mother and sister exchanged puzzled looks. "What are you talking about?" his sister asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Did you guys notice anything strange recently?" Lin Xiao asked after calming himself down, trying to probe without sounding too alarmed.
His sister looked at him curiously. "Strange? Like what?"
"Like... I don't know... the moon or something?"
His mother laughed softly. "What about the moon? It's the same as always, isn't it?"
Lin Xiao's heart skipped a beat. It was as if the twin moons had never existed, as if the world had returned to normal without anyone else noticing the change.
He forced a smile, trying to hide his confusion. "Yeah, you're right. I guess I was just imagining things."
As he sat down with them, joining in on the light-hearted conversation, Lin Xiao couldn't shake the feeling that something was very, very wrong.
But for now, he decided to play along, pretending that everything was just as it should be—while the questions and mysteries continued to swirl in his mind.
Lin Xiao was stunned, his mind racing with possibilities. The first thought that came to him was the Supernatural Association.
Could they have used a power enhancer to erase everyone's memories of the twin moons? It seemed plausible, but something about it didn't sit right with him.
"Who could be so powerful that they could do something like this?" Lin Xiao muttered to himself, barely noticing his mother and sister continuing their conversation.
Even with his own abilities, Lin Xiao knew he wasn't capable of something on this scale—at least, not yet.
The idea that someone or something could alter the memories of an entire population of the city sent chills down his spine.
The implications were staggering, and it raised more questions than it answered.
Lin Xiao tried to shake off the unsettling thoughts, but they clung to him like a shadow. He needed to figure out what was happening, but he couldn't do it alone. Yet, for now, it seemed that he was the only one who remembered the truth.
"Lin Xiao, are you okay?" his sister asked, noticing his distant expression.
He snapped back to reality and forced a smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just lost in thought."