Chapter 361: There’s Only One Word For It: Incredible

Chen Miaomiao usually didn’t take on missions to guide newcomers.

She was too busy and didn’t have the time.

Chen Miaomiao nodded. "He’s a bit special. We can talk about him later. How are your arrangements coming along?"

Gu Yunxi glanced around. "They’re almost ready. We’ll talk in the group chat."

After all, some things could be overheard by the locals in Yunzhou, so they mostly communicated offline or directly in the game’s group chat.

The word "group" made Gu Ping’an’s heart skip a beat.

’That kind of talk about "groups" is a Blue Star thing.’

’Are they players from my world?’

Chen Miaomiao agreed.

Gu Ping’an then met Gu Yunxi’s gaze.

Gu Yunxi had a first-generation default face from the system. After cultivating for so long, it had gradually become more distinct.

But when he looked at Gu Ping’an’s face, he froze for a few seconds.

Chen Miaomiao keenly sensed the mood shift in those few seconds and asked Gu Yunxi, "He’s a new player named Gu Ping’an. Do you know him?"

Gu Yunxi’s eyes widened. "Gu Ping’an?"

Gu Ping’an looked at Gu Yunxi in confusion. "Yes. You know me?"

’How weird. It seems like everyone in this game knows me.’

Gu Yunxi’s expression slowly turned to shock. "Are... are you Gu An from Mountain City?"

Hearing this, Gu Ping’an’s expression changed.

"How do you know that?"

He was, in fact, from Mountain City in the real world.

’But isn’t this a game?!’

’How could someone in the game know I’m from Mountain City?’

’This game’s technology isn’t even from Blue Star!’

Chen Miaomiao watched with interest. "So you really do know each other?"

’Come to think of it, both of their in-game names have the surname Gu.’

’But game names are just made up; they aren’t real names.’

Gu Yunxi stammered, "Holy crap... Bro, I’m Gu Xi."

Chen Miaomiao: "?"

Gu Ping’an was dumbfounded. "Huh? Gu Xi?! My cousin?"

’Wait, what is going on?’

Gu Yunxi probably hadn’t expected this either. He smacked his forehead as if remembering something and quickly said, "Bro, wait here! I’m gonna log off and ask about this!"

He then ran into an inn in Wang’an County.

He rented a room and logged off.

Gu Ping’an was left even more stunned.

’Isn’t this a game?!’

’How could I run into my own cousin in a full-dive game?!’

’One second I was in a car crash, the next I’m here. What could have possibly happened in between that I, Gu Ping’an, don’t know about?’

Chen Miaomiao roughly understood the situation. A person in a vegetative state has no consciousness, so Gu Ping’an must be missing the memories from after he fell into a coma.

That’s why he couldn’t connect the dots.

However, this was something the system had told her in private. She couldn’t reveal it; it was someone else’s secret.

The system had only told her because of the Array, and she needed to keep it under wraps.

So she said, "He’s one of the players from our Sect. Whatever questions you have, he’ll come back and answer them for you. Don’t worry. For now, just follow me."

Gu Ping’an could only follow Chen Miaomiao in a daze.

After Gu Yunxi logged off, he frantically made a phone call.

Even though it was the middle of the night, Gu Xi didn’t care.

"Bro, you really managed to snag a spot for Second Brother!"

The members of the Gu Family were close; they usually just called each other "brother."

The person on the other end of the line paused. "Yeah. How did you know?"

Gu Jia was busy with his business and was currently keeping watch at the hospital, not daring to sleep.

Snagging a game slot for someone in a vegetative state was unheard of. Gu Jia had only been trying it as a long shot and felt a bit embarrassed to actually go through with it.

But his parents had been suffering for years over this, and he was truly out of ideas.

After his car accident, Gu An had fallen into a vegetative state with no signs of waking up. His mother constantly blamed herself, thinking her phone call had caused the accident.

Her depression had even become moderate, and she was showing suicidal tendencies.

His father had also become more withdrawn, feeling that if he hadn’t pushed for Gu An to study abroad, none of this would have happened.

Now, Gu Jia had completely taken over the family business, his only thought being to get Gu An to wake up.

They had tried every possible method and consulted doctors from abroad, but nothing worked.

After the Broken Sect appeared, the entire nation was watching. Even someone like Gu Jia, who had zero interest in games, would occasionally take a look.

The world inside the game was incredibly realistic. Plus, with Gu Xi having snagged a spot, he’d brought it up with the family several times.

The recent news about Zhang Sheng, a mute who was able to speak inside the game, had also been a huge story for a long time.

At that moment, Gu Jia had thought of his own brother.

’What if... it could work for someone in a coma, too?’

’At least my brother could live on in another form, right?’

He hadn’t been able to get a spot before, but this time there were seven hundred. Gu Jia strictly followed the method described online, preparing Gu An’s identification details by copying and pasting them. With Gu An lying right there, he could simply lift his eyelid for the verification scan.

Thankfully, the system accepted it.

Gu Jia himself was shocked when he actually managed to secure one.

He didn’t dare mention it to the family. Gu An had always loved playing games, and their father had lectured him about it many times.

Even if it was a full-dive virtual reality game, his father wouldn’t believe it could help.

To be honest, Gu Jia didn’t have much hope either. After all, a disabled person is at least alive and conscious.

Someone in a coma has no consciousness at all...

And to prevent his father from finding out, he had only bought a standard pair of VR glasses to put on Gu An.

He had no real expectations himself.

But this late-night call from Gu Xi made Gu Jia’s heart pound wildly. "Ah Xi, how could you possibly know?"

"I saw Second Brother! In the game!" Gu Xi was also excited. "If he can play the game, does that mean Second Brother woke up?"

Gu Xi would never have imagined that Gu An had entered the game directly from his comatose state.

He assumed Gu An had woken up in the real world.

THUD.

Gu Jia’s phone fell.

In that moment, he was suddenly overcome with the urge to break down and sob.

He instinctively clamped a hand over his mouth.

From the moment his little brother had the car accident, it felt like their family had been teetering on the edge of collapse.

His father had run a huge business and was always busy.

But after the accident, his spirit broke. He returned to the country, lost all his drive, and slowly handed everything over to Gu Jia.

His mother, for her part, blamed herself so much that she often cried late into the night.

As the eldest son, he was trying to manage the family business while also mediating the turmoil at home.

The pressure was immense.

Before the accident, Gu An’s fight with the family had been too cutting.

Those words—"If that’s the case, why did you even have me?"—were the last thing Gu An had said.

They were incredibly piercing and became a source of eternal pain in his mother’s heart.

Gu Jia looked at Gu An, who was wearing the VR glasses, still unconscious, yet had just been confirmed by Gu Xi himself to be ’awake’ in the game world.

He choked out, "As long as you’re alive, that’s all that matters. As long as you’re alive."

Gu Yunxi was still on the line. "Hello?! Hello?! Brother Jia, say something! Are you there?!"

"When did Second Brother wake up? How could he just grab a game slot first thing instead of getting together with us brothers for a meal? That’s just cold!"

After a long moment, Gu Jia picked his phone back up and said calmly, "Your Second Brother isn’t awake in the real world."

"..."

Gu Yunxi didn’t get it at first.

After a good while, he finally understood what that sentence meant.

He’d been playing the game for a long time, but even he didn’t know what to say to something like this.

After a moment, Gu Yunxi managed to choke out one word: "Badass."

"..."