CHAPTER 625: CHAPTER 448: FOREWARNING OF THE FOURFOLD CALAMITY, PROPHECY FULFILLED!

At this moment, Lin Yue was still reveling in the comfort brought by the hot water.

Every pore that had been clogged with sweat was now continuously opened, soaked, impacted by this warm water!

His skin, too, turned from pale to rosy under this force, and the fatigue and weariness were transformed into comfort by this strength.

The long-term exploration, construction, and collection, along with the various battles over many days, had kept Lin Yue in a relatively tense state. Under the effect of this comfortable hot water, it seemed as if everything had eased, becoming less stressful.

His shoulders, due to long periods of driving, holding guns, and shooting, had indeed accumulated a lot of fatigue. Now, relieved by this heat, it truly eased quite a bit.

"I wonder where in this world there are hot springs or something. If there are, setting up a Shelter branch there and visiting occasionally wouldn’t be too bad?"

Thinking back to the orphanage in his childhood, soaking in a big tub was difficult. Everyone just washed casually under the showerhead, maintaining a normal level of cleanliness.

On average, just three or four times a month, no more.

If there were a prospective adopter visiting, the director would have the selected child wash up thoroughly and dress nicely to become the standout one.

But as Lin Yue recalled, he never seemed to have such an opportunity.

Although he was indeed the most outstanding-looking among all the children, with naturally fair skin, which logically should make him the first to be picked.

Yet, the fact was, whenever such opportunities arose, he, who was not favored by the director and others, would usually be sent out to play for a day and only allowed to return when everything was over.

The reason...

"Probably because I didn’t fit in well, was too mature for my age, and wasn’t well-liked," Lin Yue muttered to himself.

He still remembered the deputy director saying that not being chosen was also a kind of luck.

"Are the children who are picked truly happy? But I, who wasn’t chosen, was actually always quite happy."

Growing up, Lin Yue indeed lived very well except for feeling a bit repressed whenever he returned to the orphanage.

School as well, even during holidays.

He hardly went back except to sleep at night.

In fact, Lin Yue thought if not for the deputy director, he wouldn’t want to go back to the orphanage at all.

"If he were still alive and came to this Otherworld, no matter what, I would more or less give him some help," Lin Yue looked at the ceiling, recalling the past with mixed emotions.

Having come to this Otherworld, the reason he could quickly adapt to his role and make the most out of the system and this cheat, to become the strongest person in the entire Otherworld, indeed owed something to the orphanage.

At least, in those past twenty years, he learned confidence and self-esteem, saw through the ways of the world, and understood many things that many don’t until adulthood and entering society.

If not for that, he would have had some naivety, indecision, fantasies, weakness, and blindness, right?

Confidence, decisiveness, strength, resoluteness, and a clear mind; these are the foundations on which he has reached his current position. They are also the principal reasons he has survived.

And in that orphanage, living like transparent air, he had long developed the ability to live alone and maintain a calm mind in such a life.

Loneliness? He had long been accustomed to it.

Coming to the Otherworld, there wasn’t much difference from before.

Whatever happens, he’s still alone.

However, precisely because he knew the taste of loneliness, accustomed to the taste of loneliness, he could cherish the time spent with Bai, Little Meng, and the Little Ice Lizards more.

He could feel the warm sincerity and trust like the sun radiated by shining people like Fei Yue.

"The past, it seems, doesn’t need to be thought of anymore."

Lin Yue felt that in this Otherworld, he and his former self on Earth—no, everyone was thoroughly different from their original selves on Earth.

No matter what role they played before, whether poor or rich, old or young, male or female.

In this Otherworld, everyone is a Survivor, all struggling desperately to live on.

Even though he now stands at the top of the world rankings in this Otherworld, he cannot be complacent, arrogant, or use it as a threat or leverage over others because of this massive advantage and relative position.

No matter what, he’s just one person, only, perhaps, more clear-minded than some.

"Taking a bath is really comfortable." After gently washing his whole body again, Lin Yue changed into clean and comfortable underwear and returned to the bedroom.

Bai was still sound asleep, and Lin Yue did not turn on the light. He only used the glow from the System Tablet to check on Bai. Confirming there was nothing seriously wrong, he climbed silently into the Space Sleep Pod.

The Space Sleep Pod’s door slowly closed.

"Activate night mode."