Such a person should not be held solely in one's own hands.
Gu Yunzhou let go, but couldn't help thinking about Ji Zhaoming.
So one summer, he could no longer resist and decided to go and see Ji Zhaoming's world.
He thought, "Just one look."
Just one glance should be enough to let go.
Gu Yunzhou always felt that his lingering feelings for Ji Zhaoming stemmed from the fact that he had always watched him but had never actually interacted with him.
But I never imagined that I would be moved when I actually saw it.
After being seriously injured while saving Ji Zhaoming, she had to leave this world and return to her own world to recover her energy.
Because I've had contact with them, my obsession runs even deeper.
His energy recovered slightly, and he returned to his transparent form, following behind Ji Zhaoming.
Gu Yunzhou had no way of knowing what Ji Zhaoming thought of him, so he stayed at a distance that was neither too close nor too far from Ji Zhaoming.
When he saw that Ji Zhaoming was almost in a car accident, he could no longer hold back and gathered all his energy just to pull Ji Zhaoming back.
Unfortunately, he was still a bit too slow.
Left with no other choice, Gu Yunzhou created a system to collect energy in each world and heal Ji Zhaoming's wounds.
This energy is precious to everyone, and no one would willingly give it away to unrelated people—most importantly, this process would involve contact with the spiritual consciousness of the person offering the energy.
That is something far more precious than energy; one careless move and one's spiritual consciousness might dissipate.
Gu Yunzhou ultimately chose his own spiritual sea.
Because it requires pulling Ji Zhaoming and the system into the mental sea simultaneously, the cost is even more severe than Gu Yunzhou had imagined.
He lost his memory, and his mental sea was divided into many parts.
These spirits gathered and dispersed, eventually ending up scattered, with only two spirits remaining relatively solid.
He retained his current name, Gu Yunzhou.
One of them is his name from a very, very long time ago, Gu He.
Gu Yunzhou had almost forgotten this name. It was his name when he was at his weakest and most powerless. He was ridiculed for his weak abilities. After he became powerful, he simply changed his name and said goodbye to the past completely.
As for those who mocked him.
The law of the jungle, isn't that a normal thing?
Perhaps because his spiritual sea was scattered, each world showed a special favor to Ji Zhaoming, which saved him a lot of effort in treating him.
Gu Yunzhou took the discharge form from the doctor and returned to the ward.
Ji Zhaoming was getting ready to change his clothes.
He had already taken off his hospital gown and placed it on the bed. He was wearing a white shirt. As soon as he put one arm in, Gu Yunzhou saw his porcelain-white back the instant he entered.
Gu Yunzhou paused in his steps.
After this period of recuperation, Ji Zhaoming gradually remembered the system and the things in those worlds, and naturally understood why Gu Yunzhou felt so familiar with them.
Ji Zhaoming said, "Hmm? Why aren't you coming in?"
Gu Yunzhou tightened his grip on the discharge form and went forward to help Ji Zhaoming get dressed.
Ji Zhaoming had just recovered and had also finished packing his luggage. After exercising, he was a little tired and took a breath.
The breath then fell on Gu Yunzhou's earlobe.
Gu Yunzhou glanced at Ji Zhaoming.
Ji Zhaoming: "Hmm?"
Gu Yunzhou lowered his eyes, let Ji Zhaoming sit on the bed, and reached out to carefully button up the buttons.
Just as Ji Zhaoming thought he was about to leave, Gu Yunzhou suddenly grabbed Ji Zhaoming's hand and pulled it to his chest.
Gu Yunzhou kissed Ji Zhaoming's lips. "Don't let your guard down around me."
Ji Zhaoming's face flushed red instantly.
Gu Yunzhou took the luggage: "The car is downstairs. Should we go to your house or mine?"
While Ji Zhaoming was entering his spiritual sea, Gu Yunzhou was not idle. He took a look at the world and then gently placed his hand on the back of Ji Zhaoming's hand, holding it firmly.
Ji Zhaoming said, "It's my house, I'll put my things away first."
As soon as he got into the car, Gu Yunzhou helped him fasten his seatbelt.
Ji Zhaoming suddenly asked, "By the way, after we left, what happened to those worlds we knew before...?"
To avoid making Ji Zhaoming feel guilty, Gu Yunzhou only said that Gu He was the other half of his split personality, without going into any other details.
Gu Yunzhou suddenly thought of something: "Do you want to go back and take a look?"
"We can go back?" Ji Zhaoming exclaimed in surprise, "I thought..."
Gu Yunzhou tapped a few times on his phone, and a small black ball popped up: "Wang".
"System?" Ji Zhaoming recognized it immediately.
Gu Yunzhou tapped a few times on his phone, and the system seemed to want to jump out of the phone and rub against Ji Zhaoming.
Ji Zhaoming chuckled and tapped the small black ball a few times with his finger.
Gu Yunzhou asked, "Which world do you want to go to?"
"Hmm, the first one, I guess." Ji Zhaoming thought for a moment, "I left that world the most suddenly."
Thinking of this, he frowned and looked at Gu Yunzhou: "Were you startled at the time?"
Gu Yunzhou pressed hard on the system icon on his phone: "In the end, it's still its problem."
The system grunted twice: "I just want Wang to wake up as soon as possible. Besides, there are risks involved in getting addicted to a virtual world."
Ji Zhaoming felt that the system's speaking style seemed familiar.
"Gu... Gu He?" Ji Zhaoming suddenly realized something.
Gu Yunzhou said, "Not really, but he did inherit some of the ideas of Gu He's spiritual entity."
For example, naive.
System: [Your Majesty, I am ready and can depart at any time!]
Gu Yunzhou smiled and said, "Let's wait until we get home."
*
Ji Zhaoming saw the robot again.
Robots of all sizes swarmed forward, welcoming their king back.
Compared to when Ji Zhaoming left, the city is now much bigger and more beautiful. The city is full of flowers, and Ji Zhaoming smelled the rich fragrance of flowers as soon as he arrived.
“King!” one of the robots said. “The leader has always said that the King is only leaving temporarily and will return one day, so we are building a city here. King, isn’t it beautiful?”
His eyes sparkled, as if he were waiting for Ji Zhaoming's praise.
Ji Zhaoming smiled and said, "It looks good."
"Your Majesty, you've been gone for so long."
"Don't say such discouraging things. It's good that the King is back. If possible, could the King come back to see us occasionally—just very occasionally?"
Ji Zhaoming agreed to all of them.
He felt that these robots were much more active than when he first arrived.
Fortunately, his departure did not cause the robot to become depressed.
Gu Yunzhou stood beside him, watching him with a smile on his lips.
Whenever the world changes, a portion of Gu Yunzhou's spiritual power is left behind in the previous world to maintain its survival. Therefore, this portion of spiritual power did not reunite with Ji Zhaoming along with Gu Yunzhou.
For a fleeting moment, Gu Yunzhou in this world also wondered what the point of a world without Ji Zhaoming was, and whether it would be better to destroy it.
However, upon seeing the surrounding scenery and objects, all of which were things that Ji Zhaoming had seen and encountered before, the tyranny in his heart vanished.
At least these things should be preserved.
What if Ji Zhaoming comes back?
In that world, Gu Yunzhou gathered the robots and rebuilt the city, just as Ji Zhaoming had wanted to do, no longer isolating itself from the world, but beginning to communicate with other races.
If they had done better back then, perhaps Ji Zhaoming wouldn't have left.
"Your Majesty, we've built a new amusement park," one of the robots said. "Would you like to go take a look?"
Ji Zhaoming turned around and glanced at Gu Yunzhou.
Gu Yunzhou nodded: "Go ahead."
With their leader agreeing, the robots suddenly became bolder and dragged their king towards the amusement park.
That was the gift they most wanted to give to the king.
Gu Yunzhou walked towards that place at a leisurely pace.
For a long time, the entire machine race was in a state of depression, waiting methodically for a future with no end in sight.
Fortunately, he was able to meet Ji Zhaoming.
When he finally met Ji Zhaoming, his mental energy was soothed. This manifested in the fact that the robots were more lively than before, and even some of the bolder robots dared to ask Ji Zhaoming to play with them.
The system materialized and jumped onto Gu Yunzhou's shoulder: "What? Jealous?"
Gu Yunzhou pressed down on the system's head: "You talk a lot?"
The system chuckled, jumped off his shoulder, and ran towards Ji Zhaoming, turning back to taunt him as it ran, "I'm going to find Wang, I'm not talking to you anymore."
Gu Yunzhou was actually grateful for Gu He's existence.
No matter how much he disliked him, and no matter how much he tried to win Ji Zhaoming's favor, Gu He never gave up on him in his spiritual world.
Gu Yunzhou had never realized before that he actually loathed himself so much.
Gu Yunzhou smiled and shook his head.