"Colored glaze"

In the eyes of Chu Yanbing and the others, Alina was a flower fairy with a strong will but a weak body. She was even frightened by tiny nematodes, let alone such a huge and terrifying black beetle.

Alina, surrounded by the Zerg in their eyes: "Truly" weak, pitiful, and helpless.

Although Lu Jingbai was also worried that Alina would be frightened, he had planned this plot and he would soon come to her rescue. Moreover, in order not to scare her, he chose the best-looking insectoid species.

Although these insects are just not disgusting.

Just as Lu Jingbai was about to be beaten up by Chu Yanbing and the others, even if they ignored the dissipation of spiritual energy, everyone noticed Alina's focused and appreciative gaze.

Suddenly, one family was overjoyed, while several others were filled with sorrow.

Chu Yanbing and others: No, she likes this type of doll!?

Lu Jingbai flicked his tail wildly: Hehe.

The furry creatures glared at the tiger: "So cunning! So incredibly cunning! She actually tried to seduce him! She deserves a beating!"

"Awoooooo!"

Tiger hair flew everywhere.

Chu Yanbing, Gu Hansheng, Pei Jingnian, and the others had a good beating. They returned to their positions, tidied their somewhat messy fur, and paid no attention to the giant tiger that they had beaten so badly that it looked like it had gained a lot of weight. Their focused gazes fell on Alina once again.

Alina's boldness is her own skill, but Lu Jingbai's "intimidation" of her deserves an explanation (crossed out) and a beating.

Under Lu Jingbai's superb skills and powerful mental attacks, the black beetles fell to the ground one by one, dying with an artistic flair, not particularly frightening.

After dealing with the Zerg, Lu Jingbai put away his weapon and walked straight towards Alina, looking every bit like a victorious general, exuding unparalleled power and a sense of security.

"Okay, we're safe now."

His deep, resonant voice was husky and heavy, exuding a strong masculine charm.

"Shall I carry you down?"

His seemingly fierce eyes held a hidden expectation, and his dark lips pursed slightly, as Lu Jingbai tried his best to suppress his embarrassment.

Before the elf in question could respond to Lu Jingbai's invitation, in the real world outside, the big tiger was once again surrounded.

With wolves in front, leopards behind, and foxes and lions on either side, the tiger has rolled up its claws and is ready for a desperate battle.

Just then, Alina's voice came from the virtual world, saying, "Thank you, but I can get down by myself."

With that, Alina jumped down from the tree branch with ease and skill, landing steadily on the ground.

Lu Jingbai was spared one more attack, but he would rather be beaten up by those envious and jealous rivals again: Sigh.

"I have a question to ask," Alina said, brushing the dust off her hands and looking up at Lu Jingbai.

Lu Jingbai took a plain gray handkerchief from the storage terminal and roughly wiped his blood-stained face and shiny neck. Because of the large movements, several buttons on his military uniform, which were not fastened properly, came undone, revealing his strong and muscular chest.

His well-defined pectoral muscles rose and fell with his slightly out-of-breath breathing under the deep V-neck design, and the transparent sweat glistened alluringly in the sunlight. His red ears were hidden by his dark skin. Lu Jingbai replied seemingly unaware, "Ask me anything you want. I'll answer you as long as I know the answer."

The man before her exuded charm at all times, but Alina's entire attention was focused on her missing weapon: "We're both on the battlefield, so why don't I have any weapons in my storage terminal?"

Her cool voice carried a clear questioning tone. Even in a virtual world, someone like her, who has almost no combat ability, needs more means of self-protection, doesn't she?

As the main designer of the plot, Lu Jingbai was certainly aware of this problem. The initial design was based on Alina's severe lack of common sense, which prevented her from using weapons. Later, after seeing the Marshal's instructor, they decided against changing it.

Of course, he wouldn't say it so explicitly: "Don't you not know how to use it?"

"Huh? I don't know how to use it?"

Alina asked in confusion.

This would have made sense before the previous holographic experience, since she didn't know how to use the weapons here before entering this virtual world, but last time Gu Hansheng clearly handed her a gun.

Doesn't this mean he tacitly agrees that she would?

His crimson eyes were filled with doubt as he stared intently at the brown eyes in front of him, yet he showed no sign of guilt.

Well, there's also a possibility that Gu Hansheng gave her the gun just out of habit, telling her to protect herself, but he might not have had any real intentions.

In short, these plot points were designed beforehand and there was no time to change them.

"Okay, I don't know how. So what should we do now?"

Having accepted the latter possibility, Alina did not intend to challenge the other person's ingrained beliefs.

The above is one of the reasons. Another more important reason is that after Alina calmed down from the heat of battle, she belatedly remembered her current strategy—to play the victim.

Indeed, these weapons shouldn't be used so well. Let her be protected; after all, in this fake world, she can't possibly be harmed.

Completely out of combat mode, Alina calmed down and focused her attention on the person in front of her.

This is the owner of the tiger. As expected of a man who raises fierce tigers, it is indeed very powerful.

Alina's gentle, calm gaze fell on the other person's face, and she found the dark bloodstains on the man's jawline somewhat offensive.

"Your face isn't clean."

"Back to camp."

Alina's and Lu Jingbai's voices came one after the other.

"Where isn't it clean?"

As he asked this question, Lu Jingbai's eyes, which had gradually softened, were filled with expectation.

“Here.” Alina raised her hand and pointed to her jawline, the location corresponding to the bloodstains on the other person’s face.

Watching Alina's movements, a sense of expected disappointment welled up in his heart.

Gazing openly at Alina's soft, fair face, Lu Jingbai slowly wiped away the blood, thinking: If they were already together, she would probably wipe it for him herself, right?

Just as Lu Jingbai was lost in thought, he heard Alina's concerned words: "Don't you need to have your injuries treated?"

While Alina mostly fights dragons alone, she sometimes teams up for hunts or adventures. In team battles, this dual-elemental spirit has an even greater role besides combat—healing her teammates.

Whether it was her nature or a habit she developed, Alina couldn't ignore the other person's injuries.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jingbai's eyes lit up suddenly. He raised his hand to touch his slightly itchy cheek and asked expectantly, "Will you help me?"

"sure."

Even though it was the result he wanted, Lu Jingbai blushed slightly. Even though his dark skin concealed his face, a faint blush could be seen. He swallowed hard and said, "Then, let's find a clean place."

"Hmm." Alina also felt that the place was a bit dirty, not only on the ground but also in the smell of the air.

His thick, long fingers trembled slightly. Lu Jingbai's thumb and forefinger were in a dilemma, but in the end, they still circled the girl's dark sleeve.

"Shall I lead you by the hand?"

Thinking that the other party was unfamiliar with the terrain, Lu Jingbai's deep voice was low, containing an extremely subtle hint of coyness.

"Is it alright?"

Alina's left hand, which was being held, twitched uncomfortably back. The man beside her was a very assertive and aggressive person, and she wasn't used to getting too close to him.

Especially since she is still very weak.

Upon hearing the refusal, Lu Jingbai reacted as if electrocuted, swiftly withdrawing his overstepping hand.

With his hands pressed tightly against the seams of his trousers, Lu Jingbai's eyes showed annoyance.

"I didn't mean anything by it, I was just worried you wouldn't know the way."

If you don't know the direction, you don't need to hold hands, right? She can just follow along, can't she?

While that was what she was thinking, Alina simply hummed in agreement twice.

His pounding heart quickly gave way, and Lu Jingbai belatedly sensed the other party's indifference.

The only sound was the rustling of the wind, and the air was very quiet. Lu Jingbai rallied his spirits, thinking that her bandaging and applying medicine to him was a good way to break through.

*

"Sorry, I forgot, I'm not very good at this."

Alina lowered her head awkwardly, her face turning red.

She had agreed so easily, but she forgot that she had always used magic to heal, and she had hardly ever seen these things from another world.

It's important to know that the humans of the Kingdom of Harley also possess the talent to learn magic.

There may have been other people who used this traditional treatment method before, but the healing elves who had always lived in the magical world had no idea about it.

"It's okay, I can do it myself."

As he spoke, Lu Jingbai swiftly applied medicine and bandages with one hand. Several wounds that could have been easily treated with a miniature medical device were forced to become more complicated.

Watching Lu Jingbai skillfully remove the bandage with both his hands and mouth, Alina finally snapped out of her embarrassment and, a beat later, thought of the new thing in this world—the healing device.

Looking at his face, which had softened and appeared somewhat naive, Alina thought to herself: He probably forgot too.

She selectively forgot that, as an indigenous soldier who frequently went to the battlefield, he would normally never forget his usual treatment methods, no matter what he encountered.

*

Seeing the handsome young man staring intently at the steamed bamboo shoots, Alina breathed a sigh of relief; what she had felt that morning must have been an illusion.

Isn't there someone here who focuses solely on cooking?

So, the idea that she's chasing people is probably just a misconception; she's clearly just an ordinary pet or, more accurately, a pet handler.

Chu Yanbing's actions were rather subtle and seemed normal; Gu Hansheng's care for her on the "battlefield" could be attributed to his generally good character. What made Alina think more was Lu Jingbai's touch and his forgetting about the treatment device. Once she misinterpreted it, the interactions between the other two people also gained an inexplicable ambiguity, not to mention He Yanzhou's straightforward behavior.

Fortunately, she was just overthinking it.

Looking at the black-haired, black-eyed boy before her, Alina's crimson eyes held an indescribable tenderness.

Actually, saying it's black hair isn't entirely accurate. The boy's hair was as black as ink, but the ends gradually turned snow-white, giving it an indescribable strangeness.

However, this is not what Alina is focusing on right now.

Although she had reconciled with her doubts, Alina still felt a strange, indescribable emotion every time she went to the living room and saw the holographic pod.

This feeling led her to choose to escape and postpone.

"Hey, where's the dress Da Hu gave me?"

Alina, her body slightly sweaty from searching for something, spoke with a puzzled tone.