The green plants in the cafe grow at a speed visible to the naked eye. The green radish fine-tunes the shape of its leaves so that each leaf presents a perfect heart shape.
Even the floor tiles were not willing to be left behind, and took the initiative to carry Chi Ruanfan to the table and chairs.
A drinks list was placed on the table and automatically opened.
"My love, would you like something to drink?"
“No matter which one I am, I’m delicious.”
One thought after another entered Chi Ruanfan's mind, causing him to fall silent for a moment.
The central world is the world that Jinzhu controls most completely, and is also the most deeply infected.
Every blade of grass, every brick and stone, even the drinks and meals are imbued with Jinzhu consciousness.
This is the most terrifying world in the infinite world.
"Sorry, I went the wrong way." Chi Ruanfan turned around and wanted to leave.
Compared to being in the same room with a group of objects infected by Jinzhu, the human players outside the coffee shop are more harmless.
"Are you going to get divorced? I just met my lover."
This is the Reluctant Chair.
"My love, I didn't drink it."
This is the freshly made coffee on the bar.
"Goodbye, my love~"
This is a piece of green radish made by using leaves to form a heart.
"I will meet my love at the next store!"
This is the shared consciousness of all the objects in the coffee shop.
Chi Ruanfan stopped.
Everything in the central world is infected by Jinzhu, not only this coffee shop, but also other stores and restaurants, even the streets and the air.
He had nowhere to go.
Before the new game started, he couldn't escape from Jinzhu.
Chi Ruanfan looked at the shop door in front of him, turned around and changed direction.
Amid the surprised sounds of the active objects, he found a corner and sat down on the sofa.
Looking around, Chi Ruanfan said:
"I don't need coffee or any other food. You can do whatever you want. Please ignore me."
"But, I want to do everything with my love."
Neat sounds came from all the objects in the coffee shop.
"..." Chi Ruanfan: "Then please don't do anything."
Now, the coffee shop became completely quiet.
The central world is in a bamboo forest somewhere.
Jinzhu was sitting cross-legged on the ground covered with bamboo leaves. A small black and white animal was pulling at his clothes, trying to climb onto his knees.
A spiritual consciousness that was invisible to the flesh flew in from outside the world barrier.
Jinzhu could feel the spiritual consciousness approaching rapidly.
That was his spirit scattered in a certain copy world.
Under normal circumstances, that spirit would always remain in the copy world unless an accident occurred that was enough to shake the entire infinite world.
In this infinite world, as calm as a pool of stagnant water, could there be any unexpected events beyond his control
Jinzhu opened his spiritual sea and allowed his own spiritual consciousness to enter it.
He closed his eyes and took in everything brought by his spiritual consciousness.
After climbing with great effort, the little black and white beast finally climbed up onto the bamboo's leg and opened its mouth to bite the beautiful finger that was as beautiful as a bamboo joint.
In the distance, several giant beasts that looked like enlarged versions of the black and white beasts looked over here, then shifted their gazes indifferently.
They all knew that the bamboo was the most delicious thing in the entire bamboo forest, but no animal had ever been able to gnaw even a piece of it from it.
After a while, Jinzhu slowly opened his eyes, a hint of doubt emerged in his ink-black eyes.
"My... lover?"
Compared to those who have stayed in the ghost world for a long time, as the spiritual origin, he has a deeper understanding of everything in the infinite world.
For example, he knew that the young man named Chi Ruanfan was a newcomer who had just entered the Infinite World. He had never entered any copy world before, let alone become his lover.
However, if that person was not his lover, how could the other person be filled with his scent
How can he...
Jinzhu waved his hand to bite the black and white beast and put his hand on his heart.
How could he not wait to see that person? Even his heartbeat revealed his urgency and anticipation.
Jinzhu stood up, and the next moment, his figure disappeared into the bamboo forest.
In the coffee shop, bored, Chi Ruanfan took out a book from the bookshelf and flipped through it casually.
After reading just a few pages, Chi Ruanfan discovered something was wrong.
The pages in my hands were shaking slightly, even the whole book was shaking.
"I'm sorry, my love," a shy voice came out from the book, "you were looking at my insides, and I couldn't help it."
Chi Ruanfan: “…”
Chi Ruanfan closed the book silently, moved his hands, and said, "I should be the one to apologize."
The coffee shop was so quiet that for a few moments he forgot that these were objects infected by Jinzhu's consciousness and he actually read the books here as if they were ordinary books.
Not only that, he suddenly hugged a pillow in his arms.
Chi Ruanfan quietly moved the pillow in his arms, trying to put it back to its original place without anyone noticing.
"Please continue to call me and read me, my love. I will try my best to restrain myself and never disturb your reading again."
This is a book placed on the table.
"My love, am I not soft and warm enough to satisfy you?"
This is to realize Chi Ruanfan's intention to hug the pillow.
"You're all good, I just think this is... too intimate." Chi Ruanfan said.
"You are my love, you can do whatever you want to me."
All the items said in unison.
While relying on thought to transmit the sound, the pillow tried hard to bury itself in Chi Ruanfan's arms, hugging Chi Ruanfan with the four corners of its square body.
"No, I'm not your lover." Chi Ruanfan pinched the sharp corner of the pillow, trying to get it off his body.
"What's going on?" The pillow didn't believe it. "You hugged me so naturally."
Who hugs the pillow in an unnatural way
Chi Ruanfan was about to laugh at the pillow, but then he thought of something and stopped laughing before his laughter fully erupted.
He actually doesn't have the habit of hugging a pillow.
I took the pillow into my arms before, probably because I was influenced by the scent of the brocade bamboo on it.
So, he subconsciously mistook the pillow for a piece of brocade bamboo, and then... held it in his arms
Chi Ruanfan pursed his lips.
He didn't want to admit it and wanted to refute it, but he didn't know how to say it.
After thinking for a long time, Chi Ruanfan finally said, "We were once in a relationship in my dream."
He wanted to tell the pillow that he was just affected by a dream.
But the pillow and all the objects with Jinzhu consciousness obviously didn't think so. They made exclamation sounds, looking forward to Chi Ruanfan's detailed description.
In order to prove the authenticity of his words, Chi Ruanfan could only describe them in detail.
"The first dream was an ordinary and peaceful world. In the dream, Jinzhu and I were both e-sports players..."
The piano stopped playing, the coffee machine stopped running, and even the wind chimes stopped moving in the wind.
Everything in the coffee shop was quiet, everyone held their breath and listened to the love story with their loved one.
At some point, the door of the coffee shop opened quietly, and a tall and slender figure walked in.
The scent of the person who came in was consistent with the other items in the coffee shop, and his footsteps were so light that they were almost inaudible. Chi Ruanfan, who was sitting on the sofa in the corner, did not notice that there was an extra listener in the shop.
Chi Ruanfan said: "The fifth dream was an interstellar world with mermaids. In the dream, I grew a fish tail."
"The fish tail of my lover must be as dazzling as my lover."
“Like a gem.”
"Like sunshine."
"It's as sweet as honey."
The objects imbued with the scent of brocade bamboo are not stingy in their praise, and their imagination is even unbridled.
These objects seem smarter and more humane than before.
Such a thought flashed through Chi Ruanfan's mind, but he didn't care and continued to share his dream.
In the world he lived in after completing the game, he had no chance to share his experiences, his absurd yet beautiful dreams, with anyone.
At first it was because he was surrounded by ordinary people, and later it was because Jinzhu caught up with him, and he was surrounded by "Jinzhu".
There are also "brocade bamboos" around him now, but these are different from the "brocade bamboos" in that world.
In the original world, Jinzhu's original consciousness always followed him, but here, there is no Jinzhu's original consciousness.
Jinzhu's original consciousness would never set foot in such a small coffee shop.
His story will remain in this coffee shop forever.
"... I didn't expect that after learning that I was a male mermaid, Jinzhu would indulge me and accompany me through the week-long fever period."
Chi Ruanfan leaned back on the sofa and asked to the air:
"But why didn't you express your love for me in the beginning... I mean, in the dream or in the previous life?"
He seemed to be asking about someone in his memory, or about all the objects in the coffee shop that had Jinzhu consciousness.
But he didn't expect it to answer.
"Perhaps love is too subtle for the slow-witted mermaid to detect."
A cold but gentle voice came from behind.
Chi Ruanfan nodded curiously, wanting to see which object had expressed its opinion.
Then, he saw Jinzhu, who stood tall and majestically. He was staring at him quietly and didn't know how long he had been standing behind him.
Question: When you are having an ambiguous dream with someone, what does it feel like to find that the other person is standing behind you.
Chi Ruanfan instantly understood what social death was and wished he could dig a hole and crawl into it right there and then.