Chapter 354: Chip (2/2)

Hannah took the chip once more and looked at the lines. Still, she couldn't tell anything. Alex decided to help here.

”Look here, sister.” He traced his finger along a golden line in the chip such that it made a symmetrical figure as a whole. ”Doesn't it look like a formation to you?” he asked.

”A formation? Like in the game? I'm sorry, I don't really know much about these things. I spend my days in the game doing normal cultivation and training,” Hannah said. ”Also, aren't you an alchemist? Why do you know about formations?”

”I… don't really know about formations. I've only seen a few blueprints and this one looks like a formation,” Alex said.

”Don't tell me you broke your helmet to look at an easter egg,” Hannah said in surprise.

”What? Of course not. I was trying to find out if…” Alex stopped.

”Find out if what?” Hannah asked.

”You will laugh at me,” Alex said.

”No I won't, just tell me,” Hannah said.

”I was just trying to find out if the game… was actually real,” Alex said.

”Pfft. Hahaha, you sound like one of those crazy conspiracy theorists. Did they catch your attention too?” Hannah asked.

”Conspiracy theorists? There are people who believe that the game is real?” Alex asked.

”Yeah, there have been people like that ever since the game started,” Hannah said and looked at Alex weirdly. ”Did you not learn from them?”

”No. Something happened in the game that made me think… that it might be more than just a game,” Alex said.

”What happened?” Hannah asked seriously.

”An enemy of mine read my memories… and saw the real world for some reason,” he said. ”So… I am starting to believe that helmet could either read our memories or the world we go to in the game is real.”

Hannah looked at him for a second and shook her head. ”You said you were awake since 2 pm right? You need sleep.”

Alex thought of explaining it to her more, but then he saw her disapproving face. 'She doesn't believe me. Hah, I wouldn't believe myself too,' he thought.

”Alright, I will go sleep. See you later.” Alex stood up and walked away. Hannah simply shook her head once again and sighed.

Soon she forgot about what they were talking about and got herself a breakfast.

Alex went to his room and fell onto the bed. The broken pieces of the helmet were on the side of the bed, and he didn't know how to fix it back.

He tried to sleep, but more and more questions popped into his head. ”If I were to believe that that was a formation, then the helmet should be something like part of a larger formation, or a separate artifact, right?” he thought.

”Formations— I need to learn about them more to figure out what that is about,” he thought. ”I can't sleep right now. I need to know more.”

He got up from the bed and walked into the capsule before logging back in.