Sweeping both worlds: Starting from idealistic martial arts

Chapter 530 A Soaring Heart
fighting! fighting! fighting!

Fang Can pressed the controller with both hands, controlling the character on the screen to wreak havoc.

At four o'clock in the morning, all was quiet.

But Fang Can wasn't sleepy at all, and was enjoying the game with great enthusiasm.

His character weaves through a hail of bullets and fights back, each precise maneuver bringing a pure, almost instinctive pleasure.

A long-lost sense of ease enveloped him.

With the concept of time no longer important to him, Fang Can could finally let go of all his worries and enjoy himself, satisfying his desires.

Although Fang Can is already considered very old based on his age alone.

Since embarking on the path of martial arts at the age of 18, I have witnessed the vicissitudes of life and changed an era.

But Fang Can carefully recalled the past and realized that his life was always a continuous cycle of practicing martial arts, showing off, showing off, and fighting.

Apart from that, Fang Can's life seems to be unexpectedly blank.

The longest thing he did during those years was to sleep for 2 years.

That long slumber of 20,000 years was less a rest and more like a long and passive shutdown.

His life is like a grand epic, but it is only in the chapters of becoming stronger and waiting that it is depicted in great detail. The delicate touches that describe "living" itself seem so rare.

Many people fantasize that if they had unlimited lives, they would enjoy life to the fullest.

Or perhaps it's thinking while watching a looping movie:

If you find yourself trapped in an endless loop of a day, besides messing around, you can also learn all sorts of skills and put them to good use after time passes.

The essence of this idea is the hope of escaping the mundane realities of the present world by constructing an ideal utopia.

Even without an infinite life, one can still enjoy life; even without an infinite cycle, one can still learn various skills within a limited time.

It is precisely because reality is a mess that we must strive to coexist with it.

Unfortunately, although the theory was perfect.

However, most people spend their entire lives rushing around in work and labor, filled with anxiety.

Many people spend their entire lives struggling to find a relatively long period of leisure time to reward and reward themselves.

First grade is the most crucial time in a person's life!
Second grade is the most important time in your life!
The third grade is the most important!

Don't let your guard down in fourth grade!

Fifth grade, keep trying...

Things will be easier when you get to high school... things will be easier when you get to college... after you graduate... you'll find a job... you'll get promoted... you'll get married... you'll have kids... you'll retire... and when you die... respect the dead!
Even Fang Can, looking back on his life before the sixth transformation, still found it monotonous and uneventful.

Just like the protagonist in most fantasy novels, the story revolves entirely around showing off and getting slapped in the face.

Other people's laziness is that I don't work, I want to play, play, play, play, be a lazy dog ​​who only plays and doesn't work.

Fang Can's laziness, on the other hand, is to completely ignore everything, give up entirely, and sleep for tens of thousands of years.

Fortunately, he has now reached the sixth level of enlightenment, possessing eternal life and infinite time.

Having realized he had wasted his time in the past, he now has all the opportunities and time to make up for his regrets.

At this moment, he had not forgotten his first small goal after transmigrating to the martial arts world: "First, achieve immortality, and then watch a movie."

A simple, unpretentious goal that he had long forgotten.

Now that immortality is in our hands, it's time to immerse ourselves in this long-awaited film...

Or rather, it's in life itself.

In any case, within his own world, Fang Can can freely modify and distort the rules.

No matter how much the world changes inside, it's only a fleeting moment to the outside world.

And this entire world is built upon this almost infinite time.

drop by drop...

As the phone rang, Fang Can reached out and grabbed it, then answered the call from [Ruan Nuo Xiao Xiang].

……

On the other end of the phone, Toyokawa Shoko was nestled in the embrace of the soft bed, but unable to drift off to sleep.

Toyokawa Shoko is having trouble sleeping tonight.

After accompanying Fang Can on a tour of various places in Mihua City.

After the initial excitement faded, a sense of melancholy from another timeline stirred within her once more.

She didn't realize it when she was alone, but the shared longing from her counterpart in another timeline made her fully aware of her thoughts.

I...don't want Fang Can to leave...

It's like the reluctance to leave a childhood friend after playing with them for too long.

This reluctance surged like a tide in Toyokawa Shoko's mind, causing the girl to toss and turn in bed.

I can't sleep... I can't sleep... I can't sleep...

Looking at the crystal chandelier overhead in the pitch-black bedroom, Toyokawa Shoko kept repeating to herself, passively receiving the longing from another timeline.

She rolled over like a pancake, and the silky thin blanket was crumpled into a ball.

My cold fingertips unconsciously traced the phone screen, and the name glowed faintly in the darkness.

She knew that the best way to alleviate this longing was to see Fang Can again.

'Go find him?'

Once this thought arises, it entwines the heart like a vine.

Reason told her that this was the most direct way to alleviate her longing, but the inexplicable shyness in the girl's heart built an invisible dam.

'This is different from before...'

Shoko Toyokawa silently recited to herself, gazing at the blurry halo of the crystal chandelier in the darkness.

If she wanted to discuss the band's new song with Chihaya Aine, or confide in Takamatsu Akari, or even just spend some quiet time with Wakaba Mutsu... she wouldn't hesitate at all.

A phone call, or a direct visit, is as natural as breathing.

'Fang Can is different...'

Toyokawa Shoko gazed at the crystal chandelier hanging high above her head.

She didn't want to think about it too much.

Or rather, subconsciously, she instinctively avoided the answer that made her heart race.

Sometimes, reality and truth, besides being cruel, can also make young girls shy and unwilling to face them.

Shoko Toyokawa stared at the contacts displayed on her phone, lost in thought, her thumb almost pressing down but then retracting it each time.

'It's too late...he must be asleep...' 'If I reach out to him, will he think I...'

'What if he misunderstands and thinks I…'

Chaotic thoughts, like a swarm of colorful soap bubbles, tumble, collide, burst, and constantly generate new ones in my mind.

The internal struggle over whether or not to press that tiny call icon made her completely forget the passage of time.

"ah!"

A soft gasp escaped her lips as she finally caught a glimpse of the glaring number at the top of the screen—04:00.

Three whole hours of tossing and turning and pointless agonizing!

A strange sense of annoyance welled up inside me, and I felt a little annoyed at my own indecisiveness and weakness.

This can't happen anymore!

'No, I'll just... I'll just make a phone call.'

As if to prove her determination, the girl, who could not accept that she had become so soft and gentle, resolutely pressed the call button.

The brief busy tone, like the drumbeats of a judgment, pounded on her heart.

Then, that familiar, gentle voice with a hint of lazy laughter came through the receiver, like a warm stone thrown into a lake, instantly breaking through all the cold entanglement and hesitation:
"Hello? Can't sleep? Need a bedtime companion?"

The voice seemed to possess a magical power, dispelling the heavy darkness of the bedroom. A gentle, bright moon quietly rose in her heart.

All those colorful bubbles that had been tangling up and holding her back burst with a "pop" at this moment, scattering and turning into a dreamy pink stardust.

The pitch-black bedroom became a backdrop under the glow of the phone screen, and Fang Can's words seemed to rise like a bright moon.

The girl, who had been silent and conflicted for a long time, realized that her previous complicated feelings were too soft and tender.

All hesitation, confusion, and shyness became light, soft, and weightless in the face of this witty yet timely response.

An unprecedented surge of courage rose from her soft abdomen, passed through her chest, and rushed to her throat, unleashing the long-suppressed feelings that had been brewing for three hours:

"Fang Can, I miss you. Let's meet one more time."

Even Toyokawa Shoko herself was taken aback by the sudden frankness of her words.

Her cheeks instantly burned like a fiery sunset, the heat spreading to the tips of her ears, but at that moment, her heart was filled with a sense of carefree ease and a secret anticipation.

Fang Can responded to the girl's courage without hesitation: "Okay, wait for me, I'm coming, bye!"

The girl stared blankly at the busy tone of the phone being disconnected.

This is not just any negative emotion, but a sense of peace, a kind of magic of language.

Even though Fang Can wasn't by her side at that moment, the mere expectation that he would come soon completely overwhelmed all the disappointment of being out of the other timeline.

This dazzling feeling made it impossible for the girl to ignore it easily any longer.

Feel the joy and happiness surging from every cell in your body.

Unable to deceive herself, Toyokawa Shoko could only bury her face in the soft velvet pillow in embarrassment.

A muffled murmur, tinged with sweet unease, flowed out from her loose, misty blue hair:

"I think I'm... in love..."

"Really? With whom?"

A playful remark whispered in Xiangzi's ear, but it felt like a bomb exploding in his eardrums.

She suddenly raised her head, her amber eyes widening in disbelief and terror as she stared intently at the head of the bed.

Before she knew it, the white-haired, red-eyed boy was already bent over, his elbows casually propped up on the edge of her bed, his face with a mischievous smile looking down at her with great interest!
Just a moment ago she was missing him terribly, but when the boy actually arrived in front of her immediately, Toyokawa Shoko couldn't accept it.

At this moment, her blank mind was filled with the panic of having her romantic feelings exposed.

The pink bubbles from before have now transformed into incredibly resilient bouncy balls, bouncing wildly inside her mind.

"You...you...you...you...how did you get here?!"

The girl let out a short scream.

Almost instinctively, I grabbed the innocent panda plush toy next to me and hugged it tightly to my chest like a shield.

At the same time, she frantically tried to cover her flushed, almost bleeding cheek with the wide sleeve of her other pajama.

The beautiful eyes that were exposed at that moment no longer held any of their usual coolness or gentleness; only the fierce, blustering light of a hedgehog standing on end in extreme fright remained.

She had only just realized her feelings a second ago, but the boy had already discovered and revealed them to her the next second, which had an almost irresistible effect on breaking her defenses.

"Oh, teleportation? You can't do that?"

Seeing the other person's helpless look, Fang Can's smile deepened, and he spread his hands innocently.

Watching the girl who was almost bursting with embarrassment, he didn't continue his direct teasing, lest she lose her temper and subconsciously enter her Spinosaurus form and start panting.

The boy smiled and changed the subject, saying, "You called me over so late, you must be bored!"

"It just so happens that there were too few activities during the day today, so we didn't get to experience many of them. Let's continue now," Fang Can said.

"But it's already four o'clock, what projects are left..."

Toyokawa Shoko peeked out from behind the doll, her voice muffled, carrying a heavy sense of shame and a hint of barely perceptible embarrassment.

Demanding that the other person sacrifice their precious rest time to be capricious with her at four in the morning... the very thought of this made her feel that she was being too capricious.

"What an idiot!" Fang Can rolled his eyes, somewhat exasperated, and said irritably.
"Columbus circumnavigated the globe to prove that the Earth is round. Although it's dark here, you haven't considered the situation on the other side."

As he spoke, Fang Can gently took the girl's soft arms, and in the next instant, the whole world overturned in her eyes.

The once dark bedroom was suddenly filled with light.

The blinding white light made the girl squint involuntarily, and she felt a howling wind all over her body, followed by a violent sense of weightlessness.

When she opened her eyes, she saw herself high in the sky, holding hands with the boy as they free-falled.

The solid floor beneath my feet vanished instantly, and I felt as if I had been thrown down from a great height!
The silence was gone, replaced by a sudden, howling wind that could tear your eardrums apart!
A cold, violent current forcefully rushed into the wide sleeves and collar of her nightgown.

With her good eyesight, she could vaguely see the amusement park and the crowds below.

The fierce wind instantly cleared her somewhat dazed mind, and the scream that was about to burst out was suppressed by the boy holding her hand beside her.

"Don't worry, I've already changed you into your pajamas, so you don't have to worry about showing too much skin."

"As for your fatigue, I'll just remove it and restore your stamina to its best. Now you can focus entirely on having fun."

The boy's words acted like a tranquilizer, instantly calming my tense mood.

Looking at the boy's cascading white hair flying in the wind, Fang Can spread his hands and said, "Welcome to the other side of the earth!"

"Rio de Janeiro, Copacabana Beach. It's 1 p.m. here now."

"This place is open 24/7, with sunshine, beaches, waves, samba, ice cream... you name it, it has it all. If you didn't get enough fun during the day on the other side, you can make up for it here during the day!"

"How about that, surprised, right?" Fang Can added.

(End of this chapter)