My Exclusive Dream World Adventures-Chapter 158 - 157 dont go

Chapter 158: 157, don’t go.

Chapter 158: 157, don’t go.

“Are you okay?”

Bai Jinxuan hugged him for a while before suddenly remembering something and started to pat Chen Xu down with her hands.

Chen Xu caught her hands, stopping her from continuing her search, and pulled her back into his embrace, breathing in the fragrance of her hair deeply. He said, “I’m fine.”

“Right, your leg, it just recently healed, you should find a place to sit down quickly.” Her tone was somewhat urgent.

“It’s okay, let me hold you for a while.”

Chen Xu didn’t let her move and whispered.

Bai Jinxuan looked up at him, sensing that his emotions were slightly off, and asked quietly, “What’s wrong?”

“I’m fine.”

He said so, but his expression was somewhat distant.

This was the first time he had truly witnessed the scenes of war. In the previous dream, the Acid Ant Beasts attacked en masse. Although their appearance was more ferocious and terrifying, he wasn’t that afraid because it lacked a sense of reality since such monsters wouldn’t appear in real life. It felt like playing a game to him.

It wasn’t until now, having seen the gruesome and cruel reality of a battlefield with his own eyes, that his heart began to chill in waves.

Even if his marksmanship was excellent, faced with the endless barrage of artillery fire and the boundless enemy forces, how many could he take down by himself? Just now, as he watched the distant combat, he felt only his own powerlessness and insignificance.

His little strength was incapable of altering the course of the battle.

Even though humanity had powerful tools like the Mist Stone Glasses, people still died continuously. Some were hit by stray bullets, others just had bad luck and were too close to the robots and got detected.

In the last dream, despite the background introduction mentioning many deaths, he didn’t really grasp the concept until now, as he witnessed soldiers, both familiar and strangers, being killed. The shock he felt was truly indescribable.

They stayed embracing each other for a very, very long time.

“Oh right, Yaoyao.”

Suddenly, Bai Jinxuan finally remembered the child at home, exclaimed, and looked up from Chen Xu’s arms.

Chen Xu’s mood also stabilized, he released his hold and said, “Let’s go, we’ll find her.”

…….

This war had claimed over three hundred lives. The next day, the entire camp held a memorial ceremony for these fallen soldiers.

At the same time, to inspire people’s hearts, medals were awarded to soldiers who had displayed exceptional valor in battle.

At the awards ceremony, Chen Xu was the first to go up on stage and received the highest distinction, the Combat Hero Medal. According to the statistics, he had taken out nearly twenty robots by himself.

Many witnesses saw him navigating the battlefield in a wheelchair, blowing up one robot after another with just a rifle. This story quickly spread throughout the entire camp and became somewhat of a legend.

To be honest, Chen Xu didn’t know how many robots he had taken out, as he hadn’t been counting during the fight. When the staff responsible for tallying the merits came to him, he wasn’t surprised, as many in the camp knew him.

When he heard he had received the Combat Hero Medal, he accepted it gladly. Earning such an honor, he should receive extra points when the dream was tallied up in the end.

…….

In the following period, Chen Xu continued to recuperate. After his wounds had fully healed, he became a member of the military, becoming a sniper and receiving formal training.

He felt somewhat helpless; as good as his shooting skills might be, they had no place of use in reality. Yet, this was what he was best at, and he would probably become even better at it in the future.

Besides practicing shooting, he also learned how to operate artillery, from mortars to various calibers of guns, and eventually, he even learned how to drive a tank. The latter was at his own request.

These skills were not something you could learn just anywhere. Now that he had the chance and his reputation in the camp was so high, it would be a waste not to take advantage of the opportunity to learn more.

If it wasn’t for the higher-ups not allowing it, he even wanted to learn how to pilot helicopters and fighter jets.

With the weather these days, thick fog everywhere, even with the Mist Stone Glasses, flying an aircraft was extremely dangerous. Each flight was a gamble with the pilots’ lives.

In the last battle, the fighter jets nearly got lost, spending extra time and arriving at the battlefield very late. If they could have arrived at the onset, the battle would have ended much earlier.

A month later, the robots surged back.

This time, the robots had improved, abandoning the humanoid shapes and introducing numerous designs, mostly modeled after various carnivorous animals, large and small. It was apparent that “Tai Chi” had learned from the last battle.

Similarly, human weaponry had been upgraded, with everyone now using electrical pulse weapons that directly burned out the robots’ chips.

In this battle, Chen Xu was once again in the thick of it. Different from last time, he had several capable teammates by his side. With their tacit cooperation, the robots couldn’t pose a real threat to him.

In the end, humanity won the battle decisively.

Afterward, Chen Xu found it a bit strange; this battle was too easy, so much so that he found it hard to believe.

Could it be that if you accumulated enough advantage in the early stages of the dream, the system wouldn’t deliberately increase the difficulty?

He was well aware that the reason they had won these two wars so cleanly and decisively was due to the huge advantage brought by the Mist Stone Glasses.

If there were no Mist Stone Glasses, it would be really hard to say what the final battle would look like. One thing was for sure, even if they won, it would only be a Pyrrhic victory.

“So this is how the game is played.”

He started to understand.

And what followed was the ultimate showdown.

On the human side, it was impossible to always stay on the defensive. The same principle applied: humans just couldn’t outlast robots in attrition. Robots could be produced continuously as long as there were production lines and some resources to expend. In contrast, the human growth cycle was just too slow.

Chen Xu could figure this out; naturally, the human high command could not fail to see it. They had been building their strength, preparing for the final counterattack.

As the atmosphere in the camp grew increasingly tense, Chen Xu knew that the day of the decisive battle was fast approaching.

That day, when Chen Xu received the notice that they would be setting out tomorrow, he also realized that he had been in the dream for nearly six months.

This departure, whether successful or not, meant that the dream was about to end.

In the afternoon, they were allowed to go home early.

Chen Xu left the army, picked up Yaoyao from school first, and then, holding her hand, went to find Bai Jinxuan.

“Uncle, why are you the one picking me up today?” Yaoyao looked up and asked him.

After several months of living together, she was finally not as afraid of him as she was at the beginning, and she had become much more cheerful. Sometimes she would even take the initiative to talk to him about things that happened at kindergarten.

“Uncle got off work early today. I’ll take you to see your Sister Bai, okay?”

“Sure, I’ve never been to the place where sister works.”

As they talked, they arrived at the location of the propaganda team. The barracks had been almost completely destroyed during the two wars. They still hadn’t been rebuilt and everyone worked in temporary trailers.

Along the way, the people they encountered saluted him. He was now a big celebrity in the camp, and there was no one who didn’t recognize him. Two wars, two medals of valor. He had become an idol for the entire military, with very high visibility.

Once they reached the propaganda team, someone who recognized Chen Xu came out, saluted him excitedly, then turned and called for Bai Jinxuan.

“Why are you guys here?”

After a while, Bai Jinxuan came out running, her face showing some surprise.

Chen Xu said, “The team was dismissed early, so I came to pick you both up.”

As if she realized something, the smile on her face gradually stiffened, and she asked with a quivering voice, “You, you’re going to the battlefield?”

“Let’s go home and talk about it.” Chen Xu stepped forward, took her hand, and, with a woman on each arm, walked back.

The atmosphere of the military camp couldn’t be concealed. Many people could feel it—the war was coming.

Back in their two-bedroom home, Chen Xu said to Yaoyao, “Can you go to your room and do your homework?”

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“Okay, Uncle.” She obediently took her backpack and went to her room, closing the door behind her.

In the living room, only the two of them remained.

“Can’t you just not go?” Bai Jinxuan held his hand, her face filled with fright, “We’re just outsiders. This war has nothing to do with us, right?”

Chen Xu looked at her without saying a word.

“You’ve already done so much for the camp, earned so much merit—it’s enough. If you talk to them, they’ll definitely agree. Otherwise, just say you’re sick. Chen Xu, I beg you, don’t go, okay?” By the end, she was crying non-stop.

Chen Xu reached out to wipe her tears, saying, “Don’t worry. We’ve come all this way safely. This time, I’ll surely return safely too.”

“No, this time it’s different. I have a really bad feeling. Just don’t go.”

Listening to her pleadings, Chen Xu’s heart ached. Perhaps this was her sixth sense.

“I’ve decided. Once this war is over and I’m back, we’ll…”

Bai Jinxuan’s face changed drastically, she covered his mouth, not letting him continue, and said in panic, “No, don’t say that, it’s not auspicious.”

She leaned her head against his shoulder, murmuring, “Chen Xu, I don’t need your love. I don’t need to be with you. I just need you to be safe.”

Chen Xu felt as if his heart was being clenched by an invisible hand and was at a loss for words. He could only hold her tightly.

…

Night fell, and Chen Xu escorted Bai Jinxuan back to her room. With a heavy heart, he closed the door.

He didn’t know if he would regret it later, but if he hadn’t held back today, wouldn’t the past six months of perseverance become a joke?

He returned to his room, lay down, took out the wallet he had been treasuring, and opened it. He took out Yang Jinxia’s photo, looked at it for a while, then stuffed it back in. He put the wallet away, closed his eyes, and quickly fell asleep.

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