Chapter 48, The Storm

"Haha, Young Master Lin, I'll head out first to let your family know you're safe. You can enjoy these last precious moments with your new girlfriend."

Manraven's arrogant and domineering manner made Harlein grit his teeth in hatred. He never expected that his friend would be such a person, who actually stole the helicopter.

"Honey, what should I do? It's all my fault for being too slow and causing you trouble."

Seeing that something was wrong, An's mother immediately put on a pitiful expression.

Even if Harlin wanted to get angry, he couldn't muster any anger when he saw An's mother's innocent face.

"Alright, I'm so sorry for not being able to be friends with you, my dear. It's all my fault for being blind and making such a bad friend."

Harlin gritted his teeth in hatred, vowing to make Manraven and his family pay once he returned successfully.

Zhong Bingxuan and Li Hanmo breathed a sigh of relief. If they had really been forced to board the helicopter, who knew what unexpected risks awaited them.

If something happens while flying in mid-air, it's worse than if it happens at sea.

Especially since Zhong Bingxuan still has the mission of surviving in first class, she can't go with An's mother. If the two of them clash, things will get bad.

"By the way, daughter, do you know this young master?"

The shrewd and experienced Mrs. An noticed something was wrong with Li Hanmo early on, but she was too busy getting on the helicopter to think about it.

Now that their only means of transportation for rescue has been stolen, they can only stay and wait for an unknown tomorrow, so An's mother is eager to find out what happened.

If Li Hanmo hadn't stopped her, she would have taken her daughter on the helicopter instead, and wouldn't be here living in fear, making her new sugar daddy unhappy.

“My dear, this is Young Master Mo, a promising young man who, like me, holds the title of Duke.”

Harlelin was worried that her lover might offend a powerful person in a moment of impulse, so she immediately stepped in to introduce Li Hanmo to An's mother.

Upon hearing Harlin's words, Mother An's gloomy face immediately changed, and she said with a smile, "Oh dear, look at you, daughter, why didn't you say so earlier? Seeing my rudeness, I thought some young punk was trying to seduce my little darling."

Zhong Bingxuan laughed it off, not responding to An's mother's words. After all, the two were not really familiar with each other on the surface, so it was not appropriate to say anything more.

Following behind Mother An to the hall for a meal, Zhong Bingxuan caught a glimpse of Mo Bai out of the corner of her eye and thought she was seeing things. Mo Hei had clearly left with Manlawen, so why was Mo Bai, Mo Hei's younger sister, still here?

She wouldn't mistake Mo Bai's appearance; although it was only for a moment, it was definitely Mo Bai himself.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Zhong Bingxuan had stopped and was not leaving, Li Hanmo asked her with some concern.

"I saw Mo Bai."

"who?"

"You have such a bad memory, you've already forgotten the two beautiful women who stopped you on your first day here."

Speaking of this, Zhong Bingxuan belatedly felt a pang of jealousy. This guy actually went to such places to have fun. Could it be that he had been corrupted by someone she couldn't see?

Zhong Bingxuan's first reaction was that Fu Yuchen had led people astray. Then she thought that Fu Yuchen didn't seem to be here for this instance, so there was no possibility that he had corrupted Li Hanmo.

“I don’t know them. Manraven said there was some major event going to be held there. I thought that whenever there was a big event in the dungeon, I could find important clues there, so I went to take a look. I didn’t care about those women at all. They are not as good as you.”

Li Hanmo's sudden confession made Zhong Bingxuan blush. She glared at him and hurriedly left.

We'll find out what Mo Bai's purpose was in staying behind; it's better to fill our stomachs first and then gather clues for this instance.

The four of them arrived in the hall. The layout here was different from when Zhong Bingxuan last came. There were no more ambiguous things, and it had become more serious.

Unsuspecting people would think this was some high-end, classy banquet hall, completely unaware that such decadent and sordid transactions had taken place here.

"Come on, have some more, don't be shy."

Mother An had made a reservation for lunch in the lobby early in the morning. As soon as the four of them arrived, the waiter invited them to a private room for their meal.

Li Hanmo nodded politely and picked up his chopsticks to eat.

Zhong Bingxuan wanted to say something to break the somewhat strange atmosphere.

Rumble~

Suddenly, a rumble of thunder broke the illusion of peace and quiet that everyone was putting on, eating, drinking, and having fun.

"It's thundering."

"This wave has barely subsided before another one rises. It seems like God isn't satisfied until He has killed us all. These terrible weather events keep happening one after another."

"If I were the one who went with the helicopter just now, I wouldn't be here living in fear."

"In a way, we just didn't have the chance. Some people missed their chance to live altogether. I wonder if they feel remorseful and regret their procrastination back then?"

"Hehe, thinking about it this way, I don't feel that I'm miserable. There are people more miserable than me. They went to great lengths to call for rescue equipment, only to have it stolen. All their efforts were wasted, and they're just waiting to die. Just thinking about how I ended up in that situation makes me want to die of anger."

...

When Zhong Bingxuan heard that the gloating voice belonged to Mo Bai, she was certain that she hadn't misjudged him before. The two sisters had a disagreement, and Mo Hei had abandoned Mo Bai.

"Bang!"

A loud noise came from outside, instantly drawing everyone's attention, and the scene fell silent.

Zhong Bingxuan guessed what was happening outside and didn't rush out. The others, however, were unaware of this and curiously walked out, exclaiming in surprise.

"Well... luckily I was unlucky and wasn't chosen."

"It seems that even if we feed them all, we still don't know who the lucky one will be."

...

An's mother pulled Yun An'an out, while the other two men followed silently behind the two women.

"My God, that guy can't fly a plane but he still tries to show off. So many lives have been lost because of him, and he's drowned at sea."

An's mother's behavior was extremely exaggerated, and she had to pretend to be kind. Her facial expressions were very strange, making Zhong Bingxuan want to cover her face and pretend she didn't know her.

What I thought was a way to escape to the afterlife turned out to be a path to the underworld.

"I told you the dungeon wouldn't let players clear it so easily; going straight to the helicopter would be certain death, but no one believed me."

"That sounds nice, but who was it that went to such lengths to get on board back then?"

...

A few players were chattering away not far away, but Zhong Bingxuan didn't pay attention to their nonsense and stared intently at the helicopter.

The storm instantly lifted the helicopter that Manraven was in off the ground. A more experienced pilot might have had a chance to get the helicopter airborne again.

But Manraven, a half-baked driver who relies on scheming against others, clearly doesn't have that ability.

As the storm approached, Manlavin's helicopter began to sway precariously, and was eventually shot down by the raging winds and rain, crashing into the sea along with the entire crew.

Fortunately, there were no other flammable materials in the area where the helicopter crashed. After the helicopter crashed, seawater acted as a flame retardant, preventing a more serious chain of disasters. It was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.