Collapse? No, this is just everyday life.

Suppressing her fear by talking to herself, Celine pointed to a conspicuous item on a chair.

Soon, an ugly picture of a doll was enlarged on the screen.

'A plush platypus'

The doubts piled up, and the place was sealed off, clearly a place that Old John valued highly. However, this strange scene not only failed to explain why he wanted to go to the moon, but also made the viewers more and more confused.

After coming out of the basement, Celine asked the two children questions.

"Paper rabbits! We know where else you can find paper rabbits!"

"It's in that abandoned lighthouse right below the cliff."

"I have the key, want to go take a look together?"

"Hehehehe~"

The eerie background piano music and the two children taking turns speaking made the scene seem incredibly strange.

Despite it being the middle of summer, Xilin tightened her clothes and continued playing with a sullen face.

Led by her two children, Celine soon found the lighthouse she had started with.

It lies beneath the moon, silently watching over everything around it in the bright moonlight.

In front of the lighthouse, there is a tombstone standing to the side.

"Little Creek Wiles".

This might be the grave of old John's wife, Celine secretly guessed.

The wish to go to the moon, his wife's grave, the lighthouse, the paper rabbit, and that strange platypus...

The scene before her made Celine feel that there must be some connection between them, but the lack of the most important clue prevented her from connecting these known factors.

It seems that the final answer still needs to be found in old John's dream.

Ascending the spiral staircase of the lighthouse, we indeed found a litter of small rabbits scattered on the top floor.

However, among the many colorful little rabbits, she found the only one that was two-tone, with blue limbs and head, and a yellow belly.

After she put the little rabbit away, another doctor called.

"Everything is ready, we can set off."

......

White light filled the entire screen, and then a scene resembling a yellowed old newspaper appeared on the screen. This was still Old John's bedroom, and a long yellow progress bar appeared at the top of the screen.

The short progress bar encapsulates the entire life of old John.

Toddler, child, teenager, youth, adult, old age.

Each stage has a corresponding visual identity.

"This is the furthest point in time we can reach. Turn off all audio except for Old John's. Let's go. It's time to find a way to implant dreams into Old John."

The two walked through the empty room and soon found a sheet of music on the piano in the living room.

'for river'

Author: John Wiles

“Wiles? That’s the surname on that grave. It seems that the woman named Little Creek is old John’s wife.”

The fact that she discovered a clue so quickly brought a noticeable smile to Celine's face; the feeling of unraveling the mystery bit by bit was quite interesting.

Then, Celine walked out of the villa and came to the lighthouse that should have special significance. Old John and the villa's maid, Lily, were there at that moment.

After learning of Celine and her companion's purpose, old John fell silent for a moment, then slowly said, "...It seems I'm quite lucky. Can you take me to the moon?"

"We can't, but you can."

Why do you want to go there?

"Dr. Watts, controlled by Sirin, asked."

"I do not know."

"what?"

Not only was Sirin outside the game bombarded with "Huh?" comments, but the live chat was also filled with them.

Is Old Deng out of his mind? I don't know why he wants to go.

This is completely baffling. What should I do?

【humor.】

Especially those viewers who often act as clients felt a strong sense of empathy for the two PhDs at this moment; encountering such clients was truly unlucky for them.

"...You can't say you don't know. You need a motive to go to the moon, right? Fame or fortune, that's the key to how we can help you."

"I'm sorry, I really don't know."

Just then, the background piano music suddenly became soothing, mixed with the sound of waves crashing against the shore, creating a deep and profound atmosphere.

Old John paused for a moment, then said seriously, "I just... have no choice but to go."

Chapter Twenty-One: The Paper Rabbit

After Old John finished speaking, Celine fell silent.

The sentence is short, but the obsession it contains is quite moving, making one wonder what could possibly drive an elderly person with a hazy memory to have such a strong desire.

"I'm sure this is a pretty troublesome thing."

However, they can only choose to go back to old John's past layer by layer to find out his purpose in wanting to go to the moon, or directly implant the desire to become an astronaut and go to the moon in him when he was a child.

“We need to go into your childhood, but such a long period of time cannot be covered by a single memory jump.”

"Do you have some kind of memory fragment that would allow us to return to your previous memories?"

"Fragments of memory..."

Old John muttered to himself as he slowly took a paper rabbit from the bench—the one with blue ears and a yellow belly.

Then, time began to rewind.

After a brief decryption, the scene in Sirin's eyes was once again enveloped in white light.

Crash.

The fine raindrops fell on Xilin's eardrums as a sound, and the soothing background music brought her a little coolness in the summer.

Still at the lighthouse before the cliff, Celine saw old John sitting in front of the grave, holding an umbrella and looking sorrowful. Even the sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella was clearly audible.

Although this game is a pixel game, the details are quite exquisite.

Then, old John's deep voice slowly rang out.

"It's all over, Little Creek."

"I can take care of her every day, just like you."

"...She will never be alone again."

"Although I may never understand, I will remain true to your wishes."

Anya must also be grateful to you...

"But what if I leave this world?"

"...Who will come back to take care of us?"

At this moment, Sirin appeared and walked over.

"......you are?"

"I'm just a passing PhD. Is this your wife?"

"Yes, her name is Xiaoxi."

"What a unique name."

"Yes, she shouldn't be resting here."

"Ok?"

"She...shouldn't have done that."

"You wouldn't understand, even I can't understand her."

Then, seeing that old John remained silent and unwilling to say anything more, Celine left.

These few words contain a great deal of information.

Who is Anya?

What exactly did the stream do?

Why would Old John say that?

The mystery deepens, shrouding the truth in even more mystery and fueling everyone's curiosity about the reasons behind everything.

[Wow, it feels like the old questions haven't been answered, and new ones are already popping up.]

Anya, Xiaoxi, Old John, things are getting more and more complicated.

It is indeed complex, but that makes it even more interesting. I didn't expect this pixel game to be so good; it has far exceeded my expectations.

[Miss Pufferfish, please continue solving the mystery, it's urgent!]

[Urgent! I am King Urgent!]

"Don't rush me, it'll be ready soon~"

While responding to the comments, Sirin controlled her character and quickly found new memory fragments at the lighthouse.

That platypus doll.

A flash of white light, and a new scene unfolds.

This time, they arrived at an old room.

This was when the stream was still there.

The woman with orange hair lying on Old John's bed must be the little stream that Old John has been longing for.