Episode 23 recap: Lao Lin is Chun Yiming.
Uncle Lin found Gao Xuan and confessed that he is Ma Zolini. This news surprised Gao Xuan. In the game, Chun Yu was constantly provoked by Chun Yiming, intensifying her hatred for her father and encouraging her to jump into the lava. Chun Yu, in great sorrow, walked towards the edge of the lava and jumped. Lao Lin hurriedly went to save her.
Chun Yu came to visit her mother with flowers in her arms and found a bouquet of flowers in front of the tombstone. Seeing no one around, she initially suspected that it was sent by Chun Yiming. However, upon careful thought, she realized that he was currently in a coma at the company and couldn't have done it. She confided in her mother, recalling her childhood memories of her father, who used to love their family. She wondered why he had changed after they moved to Jiangning.
Because of her resentment towards her father, she deliberately scored low on the exams at that time, but it didn't make him change his mind. She knew she shouldn't tell her mother about these sad things, but she missed her deeply and longed for the care her mother had shown her when she was young. Gao Xuan tried to contact Ma Zolini again, but he wasn't online. At that moment, Lao Lin found Gao Xuan and solemnly told him that his true identity was Ma Zolini. Gao Xuan led him into the room and handed him the buffering device. Lao Lin skillfully connected the wires one after another and connected his own to the device successfully.
Just as they finished connecting, everyone received a notification to enter the game. Upon waking up, they found Chun Yu crying alone in a corner. Seeing this, the others gave Gao Xuan some time alone with her. Gao Xuan apologized to Chun Yu and promised to tell her everything after they cleared the game. Lao Lin, Yang Wanli, and the other four continued on. Dou Dou finally took off her mask, revealing a charming face that left Yang Wanli stunned.
Suddenly, Xu Wen Ya screamed, and Gao Xuan went to check on her. Chun Yu heard her mother's voice from behind and walked toward her. Despite knowing it was not real, she held onto her, expressing years of longing. Her mother comforted Chun Yu, assuring her that their family would never be separated again and that Chun Yiming had never stopped loving her.
Mom suddenly transformed into a moth, and a moth crawled into Chun Yu's wound, causing her to lose her sanity. Chun Yu walked in a daze, unable to see or hear Gao Xuan's calls. Her consciousness was enveloped by layers of silk, and from inside, she could hear Gao Xuan's words. With her remaining consciousness, Chun Yu nodded, and then Chun Yiming suddenly appeared, instigating various conflicts between Gao Xuan and her. Following Chun Yiming's guidance, she remembered the scene of her mother's death and cried in sadness.
Lao Lin came running to persuade Chun Yu not to believe the slander. Suddenly, Chun Yu's strength increased, and she walked straight toward the lava. No one could pull her back. Lao Lin continued to advise Chun Yu from inside, but her consciousness was completely surrounded by silk, and she couldn't hear Lao Lin's words. The others were trapped outside.
Lao Lin didn't want Chun Yu to commit suicide, so he confessed his true identity. He was her real father. Suddenly, there was a break in the silk, and Chun Yu woke up. Lao Lin explained that he was trapped inside Lao Lin's body to protect her and revealed some details of their father-daughter relationship from childhood.
Just as Chun Yu was beginning to recover, she was once again manipulated and closed off by Chun Yiming standing beside her. She pushed Lao Lin away and jumped down without hesitation. Lao Lin tightly held onto Chun Yu's arm, begging Chun Yiming to spare their daughter. Chun Yiming revealed the method to save Chun Yu: to transfer the moths from her body using his own body.
Lao Lin cut his palm, attracting the moths to him. Chun Yu's consciousness heard Lao Lin's final words and saw her father at the last moment. Before she could react, Lao Lin had already plunged into the lava. Chun Yu recognized her father but didn't have time to call out to him. It was revealed that Chun Yiming was actually Yan Ming Liang in disguise.
Chun Yu woke up, and everyone hid in the safe house that Lao Lin had arranged in advance. Gao Xuan confessed everything to Chun Yu. Uncle Lin was Chun Yiming. He was misunderstood by Chun Yu due to his wife's passing and had visited his daughter and mother-in-law many times, but he couldn't obtain their forgiveness. He didn't know how to communicate with them, so he researched a technology to connect computers with the human brain, hoping to communicate with Chun Yu. In the later stages of game testing, he entered the game with Yan Ming Liang and persuaded Yan Ming Liang to pause game development because something significant had happened at home. In the game, Chun Yiming accidentally fell into the water and lost consciousness, and Yan Ming Liang exited the game world. He quickly used decoding to rescue Chun Yiming and when Chun Yiming woke up, he realized that the game-induced coma was a major flaw. He and other researchers started searching for a solution, but Yan Ming Liang showed no intention of stopping.
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