Chapter 338 Everything Is Empty

Su Mo took a deep breath, held his heart that was restless due to the drastic changes, and said in a low voice: "Dad, Mom, I am not sick, I am a time traveler."

"Although I don't know why I traveled across time, the Dawn World is real and I have my own life there."

"To be honest, I missed you very much in the world after time travel. I even thought about how great it would be if I could travel back in time one day and see you again."

"But at least now, this place is fake, and so are you! You are just an illusion, not my parents. I have to find a way to wake up."

When her son said such words, Li Huishu cried even more sadly. Su Xun also closed her eyes, choked and unable to speak. Tears slid down their cheeks and dripped on their clothes.

Dr. Chen sighed heavily and said sincerely: "Xiao Su, you can't do this. You will never get better if you rely solely on drug treatment without cooperating subjectively."

Su Mo said calmly: "You don't need to say anything, I know what's going on now. You guys are fake, the truth is the other side of Shuguang."

Dr. Chen looked helpless and simply threw up his hands and said, "Okay, let's continue talking about your hallucinations. Before it was the Fall of Rusty Wall incident, then the Nemesis Virus incident, and then the Club of Fools incident."

"What is happening now? The beacon incident? Tell me, where is the beacon incident? Is it over?"

Su Mo was stunned when he heard the sound, and the calmness on his face was replaced by confusion: "Why do you know these things? I just talked about time travel, not such details."

Looking at the confused Su Mo, Dr. Chen didn't say anything, but sighed and shook his head.

Dr. Chen untied a tie that bound Su Mo's wrist, lifted up his sleeve, and showed Su Mo his arm.

I saw that Su Mo's arms were densely covered with needle holes, some old and new, at least dozens of them.

"Xiao Su, the things I mentioned were all what you told me during the previous treatment sessions."

"You insisted that you were a time traveler. One day you cleared a game called "Dawn" and you were the first person to get all the achievements. Then you fell asleep and suddenly time travel."

"You said that you met many NPCs in the game in the Dawn World, such as Nobai, a girl with white hair and a Tang sword, and KK, dong dong. You also said that you killed the original protagonist and got a lot of clearances. Props to reach the top of the dawn.”

"I must admit that your mental disorder is very special. Every time you have an attack, the condition will make new progress and new hallucinations will appear. Moreover, the before and after are actually consistent, and all the details can be matched. This situation is common all over the world. Very rare."

"But Xiao Su, you must remember that you must use your will to fight against those hallucinations, no matter how attractive they are, otherwise your mental disorder will never get better."

Listening to Dr. Chen's words, Su Mo was stunned and could not come back to his senses.

I don't know how long it took, but the corner of his mouth twitched and he forced out an ugly smile: "Oh, I understand that my physique is not as special as Ou Chenyu's, and something different from the original plot has occurred."

"The abnormal wave signal emitted by the Black Spire can not only affect my thinking and produce hallucinations, but also read my memories, so you know everything! You want to use this to deceive me!"

Dr. Chen seemed to be used to this kind of sarcasm. He signaled Su Mo to stop and said patiently, "Okay, Xiao Su, you might as well think back to your previous experiences and see if you can recall anything."

These words were like turning on some kind of switch, and another tearing pain hit Su Mo's head.

The messy scenes kept intertwining, and some completely different memories emerged.

Countless pictures emerged in Su Mo's mind. The scenes played like a movie and became extremely clear. They were all bits and pieces of his past life.

My earliest memory is probably when I was three or four years old, I was playing with my neighborhood friends. Astro Boy was on the TV, and they were chasing each other with models of Iron Man.

Then when I was in elementary school, I was walking on the playground after school. It was an autumn afternoon, the weather was very good, the dim sunshine was shining warmly, and "Golden Childhood" was still playing on the radio.

Various scenes in junior high school, high school, college, and working life after graduation continue to emerge, and the originally illusory past has a sense of reality.

Later, I don’t know the day when the social animal-like life made him feel depressed and numb, so he began to seek a sense of existence in the virtual world and indulged in playing games every day.

Perhaps it is due to the psychological impact of being separated from reality for a long time, or perhaps it is due to some organic disease of the brain, that terrible mental disorder has appeared.

At first, I just had occasional trances and some mild hallucinations and auditory hallucinations.

Later, it became more and more serious. At the worst point, I couldn't even get out of bed, and my consciousness sometimes collapsed and sometimes I woke up.

From then on, the memory began to become fragmented. The solemn face of the attending doctor, the messy and complicated examination report, the various medicine bottles scattered on the floor, the secretly sobbing parents, the cold hospital ward. Various images were mixed together. .

Seeing that Su Mo's eyes were in a trance, Dr. Chen asked with concern: "Xiao Su, did you recall something? It's a good thing that you woke up so quickly! You used to be in a trance for a long time every time. It seems that the recent medicine is still Effective!"

Dawn, reality.

Two completely different memories intertwined in Su Mo's mind, constantly impacting his consciousness.

"No, it's not like that. I'm not sick. I'm not crazy." Cold sweat broke out on Su Mo's forehead. He stared at Dr. Chen with wide eyes and said, "Your construct technology is really amazing. This illusion is simply So realistic that you can’t tell the difference”

He raised his head and shouted at the ceiling: "Future! Activate emergency plan! Wake me up! Future!!!"

No response.

Only his own voice echoed in the ward, and the even more sad cry of his mother Li Huishu.

"Son, my mother told you a long time ago that you can't play games every day, but you insist that it doesn't matter. These computer games are really harmful!!!"

Su Mo yelled at Li Huishu: "Stop talking! Don't try to lie to me! This place is fake. Shuguang is a real place. I am a time traveler, and my companions are still waiting for me to go back!"

Dr. Chen held his forehead and sighed helplessly, obviously very distressed by this situation.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something. He touched his pockets and said, "Oh, yes, talking about "Dawn". I don't usually play games, but then you kept talking about this, so I went to search online."

He took out his phone, clicked on the screen a few times, and then handed it over: "Is this the Dawn you are talking about?"

I saw an article of game industry news displayed on Dr. Chen’s mobile phone:

[The internal beta of the domestic AAA masterpiece "Dawn" has ended, and the official version has exceeded 8 million copies in one week since it was released on Steam. There are more than 2 million people online at the same time, making it one of the most popular buy-out and pay-for-play games in recent times! 】

Just as Su Mo was staring blankly at the familiar picture and logo, Dr. Chen clicked on a live video with a swipe of his finger.

This is a big anchor with tens of millions of fans following him. He is playing "Dawn" live, controlling the protagonist to fight with a female BOSS with white hair and red eyes.

"Pour a cup of cappuccino for Dabai and start your second stage performance. I still have 17 bars of blood, can you kill me instantly? You can kill me with 17 bars of blood today. I! On the spot! Just do this! Eat the handle!”

A red light flashed on the screen, and Nobai, who had entered the second stage, used his iconic supersonic slash, clearing the protagonist's health bar with one strike.

A big [Death] appeared on the screen.

What was left to the audience in the end was the anchor's dull and confused expression.

Dr. Chen flicked his finger to switch to the next live broadcast room.

The female anchor was going through the plot at this time. In the scene, a handsome young man with exquisite appearance was having sex with the protagonist.

The female anchor covered her blushing face and let out a nymphomaniacal laugh: "Baby K is so cute! Hehehe, sweet and soft little girl~ Can you get a strategy for this character later? This game has been cultivated by me as a love. I have been harmed by men and women all my life~"

Dr. Chen moved his finger again and switched to the third live broadcast room.

The anchor was also going through the plot. The picture showed a devastated and dilapidated scene, with ruins of the city as far as the eye could see.

A pink-haired lolita covered in bruises fell to the ground and smiled sadly at the protagonist: "The thing I regret most in my life is following you."

The protagonist raised his hand and stabbed Dongdong's throat with a long knife, ending her life.

The anchor in the small window in the lower right corner was holding his forehead, his eyes were red, and said hoarsely: "Brothers, the ending of this world-destroying evil line is too tragic. I really can't stand it anymore. Let's stop broadcasting it today. , I want to go see some healing movies.”

Dr. Chen took the phone back and said earnestly: "Xiao Su, I heard from your parents that you used to like playing games and Internet addiction is a thing. There is currently no recognized standard, and it is generally not recognized clinically."

"But there are still many blind spots in the medical field. I can't say that your mental disorder has nothing to do with playing games, especially since you have developed hysteria with such an obvious tendency."

"You must realize that "Dawn" is just a game, there is no time travel, everything is just your imagination under the mental disorder. If you can't understand this, you will never get better."

Su Mo's breathing became heavy and trembling, and his words were trembling and he couldn't speak clearly: "It's impossible, absolutely impossible."

He opened his eyes wide and looked around, and suddenly his vision became fixed.

One of his hands had been released by Dr. Chen just now. At this moment, he suddenly grabbed the vase on the bedside table and smashed it hard on his head amidst the screams of several people.

"哐——" The vase shattered and scattered.

There was a coolness on the head at first, and then it became hotter and hotter, and severe pain broke out.

Warm blood flowed from his head, and some of it flowed into his eyes, making his vision red.

"Quick, quick, fast, tie his hands! Hey, his condition is unstable, and he still can't let go easily."

"Son, mom, please, don't do this again."

Dr. Chen cooperated with the nurse to hold down Su Mo's hands and tied him to the bed again.

Su Mo blinked hard, squeezed the blood from his eyes, and looked at the ceiling in a daze.

Even with such severe pain, the surrounding scenery still showed no signs of distortion, leaving only the bloody reality.

"It's impossible that I just traveled through time into the dawn. I'm a time traveler. This place is fake. It's all fake."

Just when Su Mo was mumbling, Su Xun rushed forward with red eyes, pulled the restraints hard, and cursed: "Shuguang, every time I wake up, it is dawn, time travel. You love time travel so much, I will let you Take a good look!”

Doctor Chen came up to dissuade him: "Dad Su Mo, don't get excited."

Su Xun rubbed his eyes vigorously and continued to untie the restraints: "It's okay, doctor. If I don't do anything, I'll just let him see what he looks like."

Su Xun untied the restraints on Su Mo's hands, pulled him to sit up, then tore the top of his hospital gown to pieces, and said heavily, "Look at yourself! Take a good look!"

Su Mo looked down and saw many wounds on his arms, some old and new, some looked like scratches, and some were cut by some kind of sharp instrument.

Su Xun grabbed Su Mo's shoulders hard and choked with tears: "Every time you wake up, you don't believe this is reality. You insist on saying that we are fake and want to go back to the Dawn World. You can't agree in a few words." Start hurting yourself like you just did!"

"It's been so long, son, you've been like this every time, hurting yourself every time. Dad feels bad! Dad feels bad."

The old father seemed to have had his backbone ripped out, and he was curled up there with his head hanging down, whimpering as tears flowed down his face.

Dr. Chen gently held Su Xun's shoulders and comforted him softly: "Su Mo's father, please go out with Su Mo's mother first. I'll have a word with the child."

The couple wiped each other's tears and helped each other out of the ward, leaving only Su Mo's lonely back.

Dr. Chen sat next to the hospital bed, looked at the sluggish Su Mo and said with a wry smile, "Xiao Su, you have seen that your parents are very sad."

"To be honest, they love you very much. I have been working here for decades and have seen too many patients abandoned by their families."

"But your parents never thought of abandoning you, because you are their only child. In order to treat your illness, they have sold their cars and houses."

"Your mother used to be a housewife and had a very leisurely life. Now in order to treat your illness, she works as a cleaner. She has to endure the stench every day to clean the garbage and wash the toilet."

"Your dad is also very old. In order to make more money, he not only works in the workplace during the day, but also delivers food after get off work. He delivers food at one or two in the morning every day. He was hit by a car a few days ago. Fortunately, he fine."

Having said this, Dr. Chen sat closer to Su Mo, took the iodophor and cotton from the nurse's hand, and patiently helped Su Mo wipe the blood from his head.

"About that dawn world, you used to tell me every time you woke up, and I listened very carefully. I remember all the things you experienced and the people who accompanied you."

"It's wonderful, really, very wonderful. Sometimes I even think that if one day I suffer from hysteria and see such a wonderful world, I'm afraid I won't want to return to reality."

"However, Xiao Su, you have to understand one truth after all. No matter how wonderful the illusion is, it is still false."

"Your world is here. Here are your parents, your classmates and friends. This is your real world."

"For your own sake and for your parents' sake, you have to fight against it. You can't distinguish between the two sides."

"That world of dawn, if it was a game, it would have come to an end. If it was a novel, it would have come to an end."

"Let the journey that shouldn't exist end here." (End of Chapter)