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Chapter 62: No Tears
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From the information they knew so far, Xing Ye speculated two possible causes behind his brother's death.

The first, was the possibility that he chose the following fate camp. Xing Ye believed that his brother would definitely be capable enough to reach the final level, where he could've been turned into a prop like the little mirror and be destroyed in someone else's hands.

The second possibility was that he ended up like the city lord's son, becoming the victim of a special prop. Furthermore, it might be a prop that a following fate player was turned into.

As a following fate player, even if they led the way and proactively cleared the worlds, they could only end up as a prop.

Those lucky enough would be like the little mirror, meeting a kindhearted player that wouldn't use them to kill or harm them.

Those unlucky would end up like that pocket watch, becoming a tool to kill others.

Although the system was filled with violence towards players, it was still controlled and never harmed a player's life. It was always humans who chose to kill others.

Of course, Xing Ye could've just overthought everything and none of that was true. The pocket watch could just be a special prop and the city lord's son might've not really died.

For proof, they needed to get an answer from Randy.

However, with all Xing Ye knew so far, he was 80% confident in his guess unless new clues suddenly showed up.

Xing Ye pondered. He needed to continue thinking and confirming his ideas, then maybe he could find a trace of hope through all the despair. However, the more he thought, the more he understood he had no choice but to wake up and face the cruel truth.

He was too smart, so smart that he couldn't even pretend to be confused.

The mirror directly wrapped his arms around the frail wooden puppet, pulling him into a hug. Right now, that was all he could do.

Thank goodness he had a body in this world. Otherwise, he could only watch Xing Ye sadly with no way to comfort him.

It was unknown how long they stayed like that until the puppet's voice broke the silence, "During my time here, I've slowly confirmed a hidden rule to this Game of Challenging Fate: no matter how harsh the conditions are, the game won't purposely kill players. It'll give players despair, but it'll always leave a trace of hope within it all. That's why I believe, as long as you're still alive, there'll definitely be a way to leave the game and return to your original body.

"Right now, I still don't know how, but as long as we continue and keep on winning, there'll definitely be a day I can restore you to normal."

"I..." The little mirror wanted to ask, why are you doing so much for me? You never forced me to do anything, and you always did your best to protect me so I wouldn't get hurt. When you returned to the real world, you helped me check up on my family and the state of my body. And now, you're even trying to help me leave the game and restore my body.

The mirror didn't speak, but Xing Ye could guess his unspoken words and took the initiative to respond. "Don't feel pressured. I'm not doing this only for you, it's also for myself. It's not just you who wants to leave the game, I do too. I can't let myself be limited by the game and be stuck going between game worlds forever.

"On our way to the final level, we'll find a lot of information. Among them, there has to be a way to get you back to normal. It's like a bonus question on a test, and I've never shied away from a challenge."