I’m Trapped in a Cube - Chapter 202

The little boy nodded seriously, raised his gun, and pointed it toward the distance.

Tough, sheet-like candy flew out from the gun barrel, vanished into thin air, and appeared on the ground where the bubble was about to land.

That was the place where the Spiral Turtle had originally been sealed, also the original location of Oasis City. Now only a pitch-black void remained.

The sheet-like candy that fell to the ground rapidly expanded, pushing apart the earth, gradually becoming thicker and larger, forming a thick “cushion.”

The sesame seeds on the giant milk candy were clearly visible, and the gelatinous interior perfectly achieved those demanding conditions of being “both hard and soft.”

“I succeeded, Mom,” the boy smiled happily.

The woman also broke into a smile through her tears, “When your father and I used to fight, whenever I said I wanted candy, he knew I wanted to make up.”

“Then he would go buy milk candy, but when he brought it back, only he would eat it…”

The woman held the little boy while talking, and her eyes reddened again.

So she quickly shook her head, telling herself not to think about sad things anymore.

The ground grew closer and closer. The little boy fired several more pieces of candy, seemingly adjusting the bubble’s horizontal position.

Just then, car convoys quickly surrounded the residential building, and teams of fully armed guards rushed upstairs.

The rooftop door was immediately opened, and the woman quickly hugged the little boy tightly.

But after those guards reached the rooftop, they said nothing and simply spread out quickly, protecting the mother and child.

The guard team had even surrounded the entire residential building completely.

At this moment, all the residents of Oasis City stood on the streets, silently watching that ordinary residential building.

Maybe compared to the little boy, the guard team was even more nervous inside.

A leading guard made an “OK” gesture to the woman, reassuring her to handle the situation at hand with peace of mind.

At this moment, he stood on the same front line as those guards with real guns.

The little boy wasn’t afraid at all, but looked at those real guns and equipment with sparkling eyes.

“Why are they protecting us?” he said quietly.

The woman heard his question, thought for a moment, then answered:

“Because those who protect others deserve to be protected.”

The woman also understood and patted the little boy’s head, “Don’t be afraid. The uncles are here to protect us.”

The little boy didn’t know if he understood, but just nodded blankly, then picked up his toy gun again and looked into the distance.

The bubble-wrapped Oasis City was about to land. Through the thin bubble gum membrane, the ground could already be seen faintly.

Several more pieces of candy were fired.

The bubble gum burst accordingly, tearing open a gap in the pink-wrapped sky.

But this wasn’t over yet. Now they had to slow the inertia of the city continuing to slide forward after landing.

At this time, those protruding sesame seeds served their purpose—they caught the gummy bears at the bottom of the city.

The sticky gummy bears also provided cushioning at this moment.

However, the characteristics of the gummy candy meant the city would shake more violently.

But the little boy seemed to have considered this point too.

He pulled the trigger, and countless lollipops were fired to various parts of the city, then suddenly enlarged and stuck straight into the ground.

These lollipops, large and small, were like nails that pinned Oasis City firmly to the milk candy.

The little boy used milk candy to secure the enlarged milk candy cushion in place.

Then, accompanied by a muffled sound, everything around stopped moving. The people of Oasis City only felt the entire city hit a soft surface.

At this moment, the people of Oasis City could only see huge white pillars falling from the sky and extending into the ground.

At the tops of the pillars were huge colorful spheres whose shapes couldn’t be clearly seen.

Fine candy crumbs fell down from the spheres.

Under the sunlight, these candy crumbs were like colorful gems, sprinkling on every inch of Oasis City’s land.

Bathing in this colorful candy rain, the people of Oasis City still dared not make a sound, afraid of affecting the little boy on the rooftop.

Only after the little boy put down his gun, and after a long while, did someone finally let out an irrepressible cheer.

This cheer was like igniting a spark—people’s suppressed emotions exploded instantly.

Watching the crowd cheering with joy after surviving the disaster, the little boy also showed a happy smile.

“I succeeded, Mom. I protected many people.”

“Yes, that’s right…”

The woman’s arms holding the little boy had gone somewhat numb, but she still couldn’t suppress the excitement in her heart and nuzzled the little boy with her forehead.

…

Watching this scene, Mo Ling also finally relaxed like those watching crowds.

The weight in his heart landed safely along with Oasis City.

As the mastermind who had planned all this, the little sprite just floated beside Mo Ling, looking at those cheering crowds with relief.

Its body had returned to normal size, but its radiance was obviously much dimmer.

“Your plan succeeded,” Mo Ling congratulated. “You used wishes to protect Oasis City.”

“It wasn’t me, it was them.”

The little sprite looked at the distant crowd, then toward the little boy on the rooftop, “It was the people of Oasis City who protected their own homeland.”

It pointed to a guard on the rooftop who was still holding his post, “His wish was for all the brothers in the guard team to be safe and sound.”

“Her wish was to read books by the roadside after work every time…” The little sprite pointed to a girl in the crowd who was staring blankly at the sky.

The girl stood at the edge of the crowd, catching candy powder falling from the sky with her hands.

“But they probably all forgot now and might never remember again.”

The little sprite touched its heart, “Their wishes took effect, which is how Oasis City was protected.”

It looked toward somewhere in the crowd and said, “Li Xiangyi’s wish is also among them. She hasn’t yet lived peacefully in Oasis City as a member of humanity.”

Mo Ling followed the little sprite’s gaze and saw that Li Xiangyi was tightly gripping Li Luo’s hand, as if afraid of losing something.

Old Xu pushed through the crowd and came before Li Xiangyi and Li Luo, urgently asking if they were injured.

“Where did you two run off to? How could you run around in that situation?” He was very anxious, but seemed to realize his tone was too harsh, so he quickly comforted them, “It’s good that you’re safe, it’s good that you’re safe.”

“I couldn’t tell directions at the time and almost walked into the ground crack. Li Luo heard my voice and came to save me…” Li Xiangyi kept apologizing to both of them.

Li Luo, meanwhile, was absent-mindedly looking around, seemingly searching for traces of the Cube.

But now, Mo Ling wasn’t in cube form.

Ever since being knocked into cube-person form by the Spiral Turtle, he had never recovered.

“Could I be able to move around freely from now on?”

Compared to being trapped in the Cube, Mo Ling preferred being like this.

While thinking, the little sprite suddenly flew in front of him and waved its small hand at him.

“What’s wrong?” Mo Ling asked with some concern, seeing the little sprite’s increasingly dim radiance.

“The mirage vapor is about to completely dissipate. I need to quickly find my next body,” the little sprite’s voice was somewhat weak.

“Do you need me to help you find one?” Mo Ling didn’t know how long he could maintain this state either, so he quickly asked.

“No need, I have one.”

The little sprite reached out and pulled out something familiar to Mo Ling from the golden light nearby.

It was a can of cola.