Wine, good wine.

Dishes, good dishes.

This person, however, wasn't the best person.

Choked by Li Wangqing's words, Su Tingyun simply pulled him into the gang's territory. Firstly, he didn't want to be heard by busybodies and ruin his reputation. Secondly, he had decided to tell him what would happen in the future.

Other places were bound to have contact with people, but this place was cold and cheerless. Except for specific times, there were generally no people coming and going.

The military officer who followed them into the guild hall was still wondering what this guy was up to. Did he want to drink with him?

After three rounds of drinks, Su Tingyun poured another glass of wine and motioned for the other party to drink it. Then he said slowly, "This matter is neither big nor small. I'm afraid that you're not mentally prepared, so I'll drink some wine to calm you down."

"Oh?

It seems that it's really not a small matter. I'm more and more curious to know what can scare me. "

"You know, I usually don't joke."

Li Wangqing's interest was piqued. Previously, he had only been probing, but now, he was completely interested.

He was a person who had experienced great storms and waves. Even if he was chased by several red names, he never said the word "scared". Now he urged Su Tingyun to tell him what was so interesting about it.

"Have you heard the news in the past two days? It's about the new technology."

"Of course, the whole world is talking about it. It's hard not to know."

Who didn't know that Sword X was going to be connected to holographic technology? Did Su Tingyun have any inside information?

Li Wangqing thought that it was probably the case. This person always leaked some advanced information, and it was confirmed to be 100% accurate afterward. He had long suspected whether there was a GM behind Su Tingyun, or someone with higher authority than the GM of the game.

In this information age, as long as people were alive, they would leave some clues. After all, a person couldn't be so clean.

Just like Li Wangqing's own master, although he hid well for revenge, some people still found out about his background.

However, after so many years, Li Wangqing still didn't know the name of the person behind Su Tingyun, whether it was a man or a woman, and how old he was.

Logically speaking, a Gray Cloud player like him, who had everything on the outside, good equipment, Orange weapons, and excellent skills, would not be unknown to the owner, unless it was intentional.

Furthermore, this person was able to obtain first-hand information about the game. Tsk, tsk, tsk. It was clear that his identity was not ordinary.

"My good brother, don't keep me in suspense. Hurry up and tell me." Li Wangqing didn't want to waste time guessing and directly asked.

Su Tinyun glanced at him and said, "Then listen carefully. This is based on the premise that we are eliminated — — only then can it proceed smoothly."

"What?!"

Even Li Wangqing was unable to react for a moment. His expression froze on his face, and the wine cup in his hand slipped without him noticing. He only came back to his senses when a clear sound of collision was heard.

Are you serious?

Did this mean that they were preparing for a big purge?

Then what should these characters who had developed their own thoughts do? Should they follow the same path as those discarded data and wait for it to be destroyed?

This world, the mountains, and the rivers were all regarded as virtual existences, but for the characters who lived here, they were all real. They existed because of this, didn't they?

Li Wangqing couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart at the thought of being erased without leaving a trace.

"Let me take a break."

With that, he got up disappointedly and waved his hand at Su Tinyun. "I can't accept this news for the time being."

Su Tinyun didn't finish the wine in his cup until his friend's figure gradually disappeared from sight. He sighed softly. "Do you think I can accept it …"

Even if there was no room for choice, who would easily accept their fate?

A few days later, Li Wangqing seemed to have disappeared and never appeared again.

As expected, the official platform also released an announcement of the new version. Although it caused a great uproar, most players still expressed their support.

On the other hand, in the game, everyone seemed to have lost their vitality and was gloomy. Several strikes even broke out, but the official platform identified them as bugs and forcibly fixed them.

With the passage of time, that day finally came.

The moment the system was completely locked down, everyone began to move. Some of them arranged to spend their last moments with their friends and family in a scenic place. Some of them made a final appointment with their old enemies. Some of them had nothing to do and simply returned to their sects to meditate.

Su Tinyun was also the kind of person who didn't have any attachments. Speaking of friends, the one he had known the longest was Li Wangqing, but he didn't know where this guy was at the moment and couldn't find him for a while.

As for the sects, they were probably overcrowded now, so he didn't want to join in the fun.

After thinking for a long time, he finally thought of a good place for himself, the place where all the stories began — Daoxiang Village.

In a short time, Su Tingyun jumped over there.

The village was as peaceful as ever, without the slightest sense of panic that was about to change.

After all, the current map had been expanded several times compared to the original one. New maps had been opened one after another, and beautiful scenery was everywhere. Few people would come back here specifically.

The NPCs were still doing their own work according to the set program. They were different from him. Although they all existed in the virtual world, they were pure data aggregates without their own thoughts.

During this time, Su Tinyun often wondered if he would be more relaxed at this moment if he was such a thoughtless existence.

He let go of his mind and strolled casually. When he came to Little Mirror Lake, he actually found an acquaintance — a young man in red clothes and silver armor, leaning on a spear. Who else could it be but Li Wangqing?

"Why are you here?" Just now, he was still thinking that he couldn't find him, but now he appeared. He was really as elusive as before.

"Waiting for you.

I was afraid that you would be confused if you went alone. Let's go together, at least we can have a companion. "

"Then I have to thank you?"

The familiar scene seemed to return to the day they first met. A new soldier who had just gone on the road bumped into another new soldier, Father Cang.

The soldier asked Father Cang, who had a sour face, "Did you just play this game too?

We can go together, at least we can have a companion. "

Father Cang rolled his eyes in response.

They seemed to remember the past at the same time, and the two laughed together.

Suddenly, a crisp sound came from the sky, attracting the attention of the two.

They saw a crack in the sky that they usually couldn't reach.

The crack was getting bigger and bigger, and even some of the surrounding scenes were affected and gradually restored to their original appearance.

Not only that, Su Tinyun found that he himself was gradually becoming data. There was no pain, but he clearly felt that his body was disappearing.

This kind of feeling, along with the fear, was somewhat reasonable. Perhaps this was fate.

This time, they were really going to say goodbye.

In the last few minutes, when his consciousness was about to dissipate, he seemed to hear Li Wangqing say something.

If there is still a chance, I want to …