Chapter 394 Tao Family

The Tao family has three children, Tao Xueshan is the eldest brother, Tao Xueji is the second, and Tao Xueqing is the youngest sister.

Xueji and Xueqing are almost the same age, but Xueshan is ten years older than Xueji. Her parents divorced not long after Xueqing was born. Xueshan followed her father, and the younger Xueji and Xueqing followed their mother.

Although their parents broke up, the hearts of the three siblings have always been tied together. Tao Xueshan often went to visit his younger brothers and sisters without telling his parents, bought things for them, and sent them to school.

Tao Xueqing was deeply impressed. In the snowy weather, she and Xueji wrapped themselves up in two down jackets, carrying small schoolbags, waiting for their eldest brother at the corner of the street.

Their mother was very busy and always threw the breakfast money on the table and let them solve it themselves. Tao Xueshan was a good cook, and she would always bring them homemade meat buns or snacks, as well as soy milk and milk tea, a small bag for each person, hanging on the wrist.

They held the buns in one hand and ate them, and the other hand was held by the eldest brother, one on the left and the other on the right. The road was slippery after the snow, and the roadside was frozen. The sun shone brightly. The two ball-shaped children walked and ate, and walked unsteadily. Sometimes she was about to slip and pulled the eldest brother's left arm, and sometimes it was Xue Ji, who held the eldest brother's right hand tightly.

Tao Xueshan was pulled left and right by the two of them, and his body fell back and forth. His own soles were slippery, and he was afraid of falling.

Sure enough, when walking downhill, Tao Xueqing didn't pay attention and stepped on a small piece of ice, and slipped. Her eyes were wide open, and her bangs were blown back by the wind, and she slipped first.

Tao Xueshan was wiping Xue Ji's nose because she had a cold. The sister standing on the left grabbed the hem of her coat, and suddenly there was a lot of strength. He was careless for a moment, and he cried out, and sat on the ground.

The remaining Xue Ji was of course not spared. Being dragged by the elder brother, the short legs struggled helplessly and slid down resignedly.

The three of them fell in the middle of the slope and slid down the slope until Tao Xueshan's feet were blocked by the fence below, and the three finally stopped.

Looking at the brothers and sisters with crooked hats and snotty faces, Tao Xueshan, who was heartless, laughed out loud. His laughter was very contagious, and Xue Ji and Xue Qing also laughed.

Now think about it, passers-by saw the three of them who were still laughing after falling into a ball, probably thought they were three mentally ill.

That year Tao Xueshan was 19 years old, Tao Xueji was 9 years old, and Tao Xueqing was 7 years old.

Three days after that snowy day, the white tower descended.

At that time, Tao Xueshan was already a sophomore, and the three of them were eating at a roadside restaurant, watching the news about the White Tower descending on TV.

Xue Qing was still young and didn't understand what it meant, and was still trying to use long chopsticks to scoop up the noodles in the bowl. Xue Ji was confused, and he vaguely guessed that the dangerous cloud was about to cover this land, and looked at his elder brother with a little worry.

Tao Xueshan turned his head and read the news from beginning to end.

He turned his head after the news started to play the next one, with a familiar warm smile on his face.

"Let's eat, Xue Ji."

Tao Xueqing remembered that not long after that meal, she was awakened by thirst one night, got up to drink water, and heard her mother talking on the phone with her father.

She rubbed her eyes, looked for the source of the sound, and came to the bedroom. Xue Ji was already standing there, and she didn't know when she came.

"Xue..."

Tao Xueji raised his index finger and told his sister not to make a sound. Tao Xueqing nodded obediently and covered her mouth.

Mom and Dad were arguing.

"I don't agree. Xueshan is still so young and has a bright future. Why does he have to participate in this experiment?"

"The child is ignorant. As a father, don't you know how to persuade him?"

"If I had known it would be like this, Xueshan would have followed me!"

The mother's voice was excited and painful. It was the first time that Xue Ji and Xue Qing saw the vulnerable side of their mother, who was like a strong woman.

The parents were discussing the eldest brother, and they were a little scared.

Before her mother hung up the phone, Tao Xueqing returned to her room. She took out her smart watch and sent a message to her brother.

: Brother Xueshan, where are you going?

Tao Xueshan didn't reply. Tao Xueqing was worried and couldn't sleep until dawn.

From that day on, Tao Xueshan disappeared from her life. She mustered up the courage to ask her mother, but every time her mother's tone was very bad, she made her forget about this eldest brother.

The white tower was rapidly changing the existing world. It brought danger and death. And no human weapons had any effect on it.

Even if a tower was blown up, a brand new tower that was exactly the same would appear there the next day. If it weren't for the traces of explosions in the surrounding area, people would probably think it was a dream.

No one knows who designed the tower, nor does anyone understand why it came here. The tower just sends a signal to humans - obey the rules of the tower, and you will get everything.

The tower has transformed the entire world into an endless game. It has no interest in destroying the entire human race. It just wants humans to continue to participate in the game, pass levels, refresh, and re-enter...

Around the White Tower game, related industries and personnel quickly took shape.

Gradually, some people began to spread such remarks on the Internet that the White Tower is not such a big threat to humans. It will not suddenly release weapons and shoot the surrounding residents. It does not want to dominate the entire world. It only needs a small number of people to participate in its game, and the rest of the people can still maintain their normal lives.

Anyway, even if there is no White Tower, countless humans die every day due to accidents. In this case, why should we exclude the White Tower as an alien?

But some people object to this view. The White Pagoda is like a dormant beast, which only looks "docile" temporarily and occasionally shows its fangs. But if one day, the White Pagoda sets more stringent rules and poses a greater threat to the survival of the entire human race, where should we go then?

In addition to these two mainstream views, there are various other discussions. At that time, Tao Xueqing was still an ordinary person, pushed by the huge torrent. She and her mother and Xue Ji moved to a safe place, and continued her studies with worry.

It was half a year later that I saw Xue Shan again.

In just half a year, Tao Xue Shan has changed a lot. He used to be tall and thin, but now you can see thin muscle lines through his clothes. Tao Xue Shan took the initiative to appear at the door of his mother and younger brothers and sisters. Xue Ji and Xue Qing were surprised and threw themselves into his arms. His mother seemed to know that he would come, waved her hand, and asked him to sit down, and turned to the study to continue working.

Tao Xue Qing asked her eldest brother to sit on the sofa, and she sat next to her eldest brother. She looked at Tao Xueshan eagerly. He was tanned and stronger than the last time she saw him.

"Brother, where have you been? Why didn't you contact us?"

Tao Xueqing felt a little aggrieved when she talked about this, and Tao Xueshan looked guilty.

"I'm sorry, Xueqing. I was busy before and couldn't contact you."

Tao Xueshan could only explain to his sister like this. In fact, he didn't know if he could survive. Now that the mission has come to an end, he has time to come back and see his family.

Tao Xueji and Tao Xueqing surrounded their brother and asked him a lot of questions. Tao Xueshan patiently chatted with them and answered their strange and unrealistic questions. Half true and half false, involving confidential information, he could only make up some excuses to fool the two children.

Tao Xueqing only found out later that Tao Xueshan had been secretly training as a regular soldier to enter the White Tower and explore the secrets of the tower.

That was also the first time Tao Xueqing heard the name Xiao Jun. At that time, Xiao Jun was Tao Xueshan's comrade-in-arms.