Magic Farm 185

Chapter 185

Dan Xingyu’s analysis sounded quite reasonable.

But Qi Yu couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right.

Was his good friend accepting the fact that he wasn’t human a bit too easily?

Think about it: he told Dan Xingyu he wasn’t human, Dan Xingyu listened, glanced at the survival panel, and then just… accepted it as a matter of course?

He narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Dan Xingyu with suspicion.

Dan Xingyu: ?

The little mage rarely looked at anyone like that; it made Dan Xingyu distinctly uncomfortable.

He also felt a lot of pressure.

He thought carefully—had he ever done anything to wrong the little mage?

Qi Yu suddenly called out, “Dan Xingyu.”

“Mm? What is it?”

Qi Yu asked, “Are there elves on Blue Star?”

Dan Xingyu shook his head. “No, Blue Star only has humans.”

He answered instinctively, but then realized something was off and carefully watched Qi Yu’s expression.

Qi Yu mused, “So that’s how it is.”

No wonder Dan Xingyu had reacted so calmly.

He was curious. “When did you figure it out?”

Dan Xingyu rubbed his forehead. “Wow, the sun must be rising in the west—my lord has learned to set a trap.”

Qi Yu corrected him seriously, “You’re in the Forest of Stars now. The Forest of Stars hasn’t seen the sun in a long time.”

The tension in Dan Xingyu’s heart melted away at those words.

“You always manage to say the funniest things in such a serious tone.”

He admitted, “Honestly, I guessed you weren’t from Blue Star quite a while ago.”

“How long ago is ‘quite a while’?”

“At first, I just felt something was off. I really confirmed it during the Swift Points event.” Dan Xingyu asked, “That day, we ate instant noodles and drank soda together—do you remember?”

Qi Yu nodded.

He’d always had a good memory; good things and bad, he could keep them all locked away in his mind.

That bowl of delicious beef noodles, his first time drinking soda—of course he couldn’t forget.

Dan Xingyu told him, “Junk food, on Blue Star, doesn’t actually mean it’s garbage. It just refers to things that are high in salt, oil, and sugar, and not very nutritious.”

So that was it. Qi Yu understood at last.

He’d thought he’d given himself away over something major, but it turned out to be such a small detail.

Sure enough, in a world he knew nothing about, it was just too hard for an alien like him to pass for a native.

“You Blue Star people are so picky,” he couldn’t help but say. “High sugar, high salt, high oil—where I come from, those are rare treats you can’t even get if you want them.”

Dan Xingyu fell silent again.

He didn’t know how to respond to that.

Qi Yu went on, “So, you knew I wasn’t from Blue Star. Then what did you think my background was?”

He thought for a moment, guessing, “Did you assume I was a native of the survival game world?”

He was sure that, no matter how wild Dan Xingyu’s imagination, he’d never guess he was from another world entirely.

Dan Xingyu nodded honestly. “That’s what I always thought.”

“Always?”

Dan Xingyu looked a bit conflicted. “But then, last time in Jindong City, when you said it was your first time seeing fireworks, I started to doubt.”

Though he didn’t know the survival game world all that well yet, from his few trips out, he’d picked up a few things.

The survival game world wasn’t poor.

Professionals had access to a vast world, and even ordinary people didn’t live badly.

What’s more, many mages, alchemists, and artificers brought a lot of convenience to everyday life.

Even a small city like Jindong could afford to set off fireworks all night, every night, for a whole month.

The odds of a native of the survival world, making it to nineteen without ever seeing fireworks, were vanishingly small.

But things like that, he could only keep to himself. Just as Qi Yu had guessed, no matter how wild his imagination, he’d never have thought that, when the survival game pulled in Blue Star people, it also snatched someone from another world.

By now, Qi Yu understood completely.

This person had known for a long time that he wasn’t from Blue Star, and had naturally assumed he was a native of the survival game.

And in this world, besides humans, there were elves, dwarves, fairies, beastkin, Lurukins… all sorts of races.

So suddenly awakening an elven bloodline didn’t seem so extraordinary.

He said softly, “I always thought this would be my biggest secret.”

“Do you want to know my past, Dan Xingyu?”

But after a moment of quiet, Dan Xingyu shook his head. “Finding out your identity was an accident. I never meant to dig into your past.”

His gaze was sincere and gentle. “If, one day, you feel your past doesn’t matter anymore, I’ll welcome you to tell me about it as if it were just a story. Not because you were forced to by an accidental revelation.”

“No matter if you’re Qi Yu from Blue Star, Qi Yu from the survival game world, or from some mysterious—my feelings won’t change.”

“I swear, this secret will never leave my lips to reach a third person.”

Qi Yu looked at his friend sitting beside him, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

“…You’re really a good person.”

After a pause, he raised his voice: “Dan Xingyu, I’m really glad I met you!”

So well-behaved, Dan Xingyu thought, his hands itching again. How did such a precious treasure even grow up?

His original plan had been, after returning from the resource zone and hearing Qi Yu’s story, to say goodbye and head back to the Golden Sand Desert.

After all, the event was still ongoing, and he needed to collect more event coins.

But right now, he couldn’t bring himself to say anything else.

Knowing the other might be an elven child—even knowing the person before him looked like an adult, had adult wisdom, and had lived for more than a decade just like any Blue Star person—

He still couldn’t help but feel a sort of “protective” filter, wanting to just sit here and keep him company, even if he did nothing else.

But Qi Yu was far stronger than he’d imagined.

He quickly pulled himself together.

In fact, he hadn’t really been troubled by all this—everything had just happened so suddenly, he was at a bit of a loss.

But compared to dying once, or being abruptly pulled from the apocalypse into the survival game, “turning from human into elf” didn’t seem all that hard to accept.

When he’d first woken up, he’d been thinking he needed to see Teacher Egnoir right away, to tell him the elves had gotten the wrong child and given him a mountain of priceless treasures by mistake.

They must have been meant for a real baby; he didn’t want to take a child’s things, so maybe Teacher Egnoir could return them.

But after seeing the change in his survival panel, even as he was shocked, he couldn’t help but start to believe, deep down.

The survival game—he trusted it.

Still, he decided that, once he had a free moment, he’d go ask Teacher Egnoir to confirm.

Having sorted out his thoughts and knowing what to do next, none of this troubled him anymore.

His rational mind returned, and his businesslike side came back online.

He took the initiative to urge Dan Xingyu, “We’ve already lost a whole day. You should hurry back to the Golden Sand Desert and do your quests.”

Dan Xingyu: “…”

He muttered, “Use me and toss me aside!”

But there was already a relaxed smile in his eyes. “If you’re still thinking about that, I guess you’re not troubled anymore.”

Qi Yu stood up, leaned in, and gave him a hug.

Dan Xingyu stiffened. The little mage had hugged him more than once, but this time, it seemed to be the first time the little mage had initiated it.

“Thank you, Dan Xingyu.” Qi Yu remembered he liked hugs very much.

He had to admit, hugging a good friend really did lift his spirits.

Dan Xingyu hugged him back tightly, then let go and stood up. “Well, I’ll head back now.”

He picked up the flower from the table. “When it turns into a treasure, I’ll let you know what it is.”

“Mm-hmm.”

Watching Dan Xingyu leave through the portal, Qi Yu finally reopened his survival panel.

At first, he’d just meant to check for new messages.

But the whole elf awakening thing had left him so dazed that even the ice boss quest had been pushed to the back burner—proof of just how much this had shaken him.

He hadn’t even gotten around to checking his friends list.

Now he opened it.

He realized that every friend he’d added so far had sent him a message.

The 01 Survival Squad, and the brother and sister “Reaching for the Moon.”

With so many messages, Qi Yu’s experience told him something must have happened related to District 01.

He quickly skimmed through each page, his expression growing subtle.

Now he knew what had happened.

“My Fate Is Mine” had gone gray.

The members of the 01 Survival Squad knew he was in the resource zone, so instead of private messaging him, they’d shared the good news.

Qi Yu glanced at the number of messages in the group chat and guessed everyone was celebrating there.

The siblings had not only mentioned the event, but also subtly probed to see if he’d been the one to do it.

01 Survival Squad:

[I Love Survival Game: .]

[Need a Little Money to Save Me: Boss is back, and judging by the time, you should be back soon too.]

[Need a Little Money to Save Me: Boss, did you see the news? That tumor “My Fate” is finally gone.]

[I Love Survival Game: Who did it?]

[Brother Earth and Wood: I’d bet on Hundred Ghosts Reversed. But I get the feeling it was more than just those two. Anyway, they’re the ones who stepped up and claimed it.]

[I Love Survival Game: Dog eat dog?]

[Don’t Dare Open My Eyes: Pfft!]

[Don’t Dare Open My Eyes: Those two were just bragging about it to the big shots in the region chat yesterday. If they saw that comment, wouldn’t they die of rage?]

[I Love Survival Game: ? What’s it got to do with me? I never asked them to do anything.]

He was a little surprised. After all, “My Fate” had once been number one in the region rankings, and even after dropping, had stayed in the top ten.

And now, just like that, gone?

A thread of caution crept into his heart.

[I Love Survival Game: However many people it took, “My Fate”’s ID is gray now, which means they at least have the ability to kill a top-ten player.]

[I Love Survival Game: Everyone should be extra careful from now on.]

[Brother Earth and Wood: I spent some gold coins to buy insider info from the Hundred Ghosts Reversed gang.]

[Brother Earth and Wood: It was all planned by “Little Old Me.”]

[Brother Earth and Wood: At first, “Little Old Me” wanted to steer suspicion toward the top few players, but Hundred Ghosts wouldn’t go along. They said, after doing something this big, how could they not leave their names, and they stepped up to claim it.]