I’m Trapped in a Cube - Chapter 198

“I’m serious. A conscious Relic with such powerful abilities could definitely make sure everyone in Oasis City gets to eat fruit,” the Greenhouse King said earnestly.

The little sprite was speechless at this point, frozen in mid-air, muttering, “Why won’t you make a wish? Why won’t you make a wish?”

But the Greenhouse King remained unmoved, continuing to describe his vision.

The middle-aged man who had originally been cowering under the park bench had already disappeared.

Once he started talking about his career, the Greenhouse King transformed into a confident, fearless successful businessman.

As he spoke, he gestured enthusiastically, turning around to point toward the vegetable greenhouses beyond the wall, then began discussing the growth cycles of various plants…

When he turned back, wanting to ask the little sprite if it would come work at his greenhouse, he found the little sprite had already vanished.

He was stunned for a moment and scratched his head.

“Where did it go?”

A banner hung in the park:

“Warmly Celebrating the Completion and Opening of Oasis City Park.”

Mo Ling noticed that both the woman and the Greenhouse King had been urged by the little sprite to make wishes.

Most of these residents hadn’t figured out their current situation.

However, the little sprite’s strange state also made Mo Ling very worried.

Mo Ling on the side just watched as the speechless little sprite disappeared on the spot.

“What exactly does it want to do?”

Most of these people who refused to make wishes were very confident, believing they could fulfill their wishes through their own efforts.

So the little sprite had no way to deal with the Greenhouse King.

But as long as they didn’t make wishes, the little sprite had no recourse.

The Greenhouse King had forcibly driven away a powerful Relic spirit.

“It can only interfere with people who have made wishes.”

Mo Ling quickly understood the little sprite’s abilities.

It could create Relics with various strange effects, but seemed unable to use them personally, and also couldn’t interfere with people who hadn’t made wishes.

The little sprite also seemed very frustrated by this situation, and after failing to tempt them, could only disappear on the spot.

Mo Ling looked toward the rainbow light at another boundary and rushed over.

“It seems very eager for others to make wishes.”

Why was it so urgent to get others to make wishes?

Standing at the boundary of the rainbow light, Mo Ling observed for a long time but didn’t see the little sprite again.

However, it was another different era.

The other side of the rainbow light was still the park, but now it was bustling with voices.

Standing at the rainbow light boundary, Mo Ling saw many more residents trapped in historical virtual images.

Every resident had a little sprite floating beside them, asking about their wishes, and some had already begun bestowing Relics.

Among them were also stubborn mules like the Greenhouse King who refused to make wishes no matter what.

There were also people like Old Xu who had extreme wariness toward wish-type Relics, some even closing their eyes and turning a deaf ear to the little sprite’s words.

As Mo Ling had guessed, no matter how badly these people treated the little sprite, as long as they didn’t make wishes, the little sprite could do nothing to them.

However, those who made wishes still comprised the majority. Faced with the bizarre environment and being alone, they easily made wrong decisions under fear.

Many of these people were also punished by the little sprite for passively “lying.”

When wishes were completed, the little sprite could easily influence the wisher through Relics.

Perhaps in virtual images of other eras, countless people were also suffering the little sprite’s punishment.

“This can’t continue.”

Mo Ling looked at the increasingly frenzied little sprite and resolved to intervene.

“I wonder if my ability will work on it.”

Aiming the teleportation frame at a little sprite that was about to punish a wisher, Mo Ling activated teleportation.

In an instant, the little sprite preparing to bestow a Relic disappeared.

Along with that Relic, it was pulled into Mo Ling’s Cube.

Mo Ling quickly looked inside the Cube and could only see the Relic that had fallen to the ground and a golden light that was dissipating.

The golden light first slowly dimmed, then could no longer be seen clearly, vanishing into nothing.

Mo Ling threw that dangerous Relic aside and looked out again.

The wisher who was about to be punished looked around in confusion, seemingly puzzled about where the little sprite had gone.

Mo Ling’s action also didn’t cause any reaction from the other little sprites.

“They all seem to be independent of each other.”

Learning this, Mo Ling continued rescuing those Oasis City residents who were about to be punished.

They had been judged as “lying” by the little sprite under high pressure.

The little sprite seemed to have lost its reason and was frantically “fulfilling wishes.”

Anyone who stated their wish incorrectly would be cast into the abyss by it.

Even some people who expressed themselves unclearly, with slight deviations from their true inner wishes, would be viewed as deception by the little sprite.

These frenzied little sprites were also pulled into the Cube by Mo Ling one by one.

Soon, the mad little sprites in this virtual image were completely cleared by Mo Ling.

He quickly rushed to another rainbow light boundary and entered a virtual image of another era.

Sure enough, this era also had many little sprites fulfilling wishes.

These little sprites’ coercion became increasingly frenzied. They would even directly recite wishes as soon as they appeared, then constantly stimulate the wishers to make them give in and make wishes.

But such behavior caused more people to state their wishes incorrectly in their haste.

“You’re lying!”

“Why are you deceiving me!”

These increasingly frenzied little sprites even began nitpicking the wishers’ choice of words and phrasing.

It was getting more and more wrong.

Mo Ling quickly cleared these mad little sprites, then proceeded to the next location.

His actions became more and more skilled, but these little sprites seemed endless in number.

There were simply too many Oasis City residents, and the little sprites following them were the same in number. Mo Ling alone was powerless to change the tide.

Finally, Mo Ling’s constant running around caught the attention of a little sprite.

A little sprite blocked his path to another rainbow light surface.

“What do you want most?” it asked, blocking Mo Ling’s way.

Mo Ling also wanted to see what the little sprite was up to.

“Guess?”

He knew the little sprite couldn’t see his wishes.

After hearing Mo Ling’s words, the little sprite tried hard to condense Mo Ling’s vision with golden light.

But that golden light was just a blur, with nothing there.

“Empty, without any wishes.”

This little sprite obviously hadn’t anticipated such a situation and fell into a crash.

“My wish is for the mirage vapor to disappear and Oasis City to return to normal,” Mo Ling tried saying.

Sure enough, as expected, the little sprite couldn’t distinguish the truth or falsehood of Mo Ling’s wish.

“Are you lying? You have no wishes!”

“No, you do! It’s impossible for someone to have no wishes.”

“Right, you’re deceiving me!”

“…”

“No, no, do you have them or not?”

The little sprite muttered to itself, beginning to doubt itself.

“Guess whether I’m lying to you or not?” Mo Ling continued pressing.

“Huh? Do you?” The little sprite’s thinking ability seemed to have reached its limit, only able to repeatedly question itself, never getting an answer.

Seeing the little sprite fall into confusion, Mo Ling devised another plan.

“I was just joking. Let me tell you what I really want.”

Hearing Mo Ling’s words, the little sprite finally snapped out of its crashed state, “Tell me! I’ll definitely help you fulfill it!”

Mo Ling nodded, “Then listen carefully.”

“I want a television that can show me my own true inner wishes.”

After listening, the little sprite said excitedly, “Of course!”

It waved its hand, and an old television appeared on the ground.

Then the little sprite crashed again.