Chapter 62 Team Competition
The bonfire flickered, appearing and disappearing.
After half a day of high-intensity running around, everyone was a little tired. The world created by the illusion has no disturbing noises and no mosquito bites, only silence and tranquility.
Looking up from this angle, you can vaguely see the bright moon hanging high in the sky. The air is slightly cool, carrying the unique scent of grass and trees. Everything the body senses is so real that it is difficult to distinguish clearly.
The sound of soothing breathing came one after another, and the small space was filled with a warmth that was completely different from the current situation.
Peaceful and comfortable.
Wen Sheng rejected Qi Heng's offer to keep watch. Lin Muyu sat closest to the exit, always paying attention to any movement nearby.
He stared at the dancing sparks, his mind full of thoughts, tangled into a knot. An inexplicable feeling of emptiness and uncertainty about the way forward arose in his heart.
How did it get to this point?
It seems that at a certain point, everything is out of control, and the illusion of being manipulated always emerges, making people panic about the current situation. At this point, were these choices really made by him on his own will?
Is his approach appropriate? Is he leading his teammates in the right direction? Why can't these eyes, which have clearly regained their sight, see the way forward clearly?
A confused murmur entered my ears, interrupting the inexplicable thoughts that arose in my mind. Lin Muyu came back to his senses and turned around, and sure enough, Si and An were whispering in their sleep again.
…
The night always makes people have distracting thoughts.
He pulled the corners of his lips without any emotion, picked up the firewood beside him and added it to the fire, continuing to stare at the light that seemed to never go out.
"team leader."
A soft call came from the other side.
Lin Muyu looked at him in surprise, and saw that the sleeping boy had woken up at some point, and was looking at him with his face buried in his arms.
The firelight was reflected in that eye, igniting the long-lasting peace in a trance. It just looked at itself quietly, with its eyes dim.
Subconsciously raising the corners of his lips to smile, Lin Muyu also asked softly: "Don't you want to rest, or can't sleep?"
Qi Heng shook his head, as if he was thinking about something.
He raised his hand and pointed outside, without explaining, he stood up and left his seat first.
Lin Muyu was slightly startled. He looked at his companion who was sleeping beside him, and without much hesitation, he just left a monitor on the seat and left.
Walking out, avoiding the dense tree trunks, the scene in front of him became darker again as he moved away from the campfire. Only the lamp held in Qi Heng's hand created a small piece of light.
Traps were set in the outer circle, and spells were buried deep inside to protect the center firmly. The two walked for a short distance and came to a tall tree.
Lin Muyu looked at the rough lines on the tree trunk, quietly waiting for the other party to speak. He had never expected that a strong force would suddenly bind his arms, and the sound of thunder and lightning was about to happen in his ears, so fast that it seemed like an illusion.
I felt a strong wind blowing in my face, and the next second I was standing on the top of a tall tree, standing upright on a thick branch, overlooking everything around me. The leaves were fluttering in the wind, and even the wind had changed.
“I love being up high.”
Qi Heng suddenly spoke amidst this spectacular scene.
He let go of his hands and sat down casually on the spot, with one leg hanging in the air and swinging back and forth. The branches are empty and powerless, and this movement does not make people feel frightened, but also free.
“No one disturbs me, no one makes noise, only the wind exists. It makes me feel like I am part of this scene, so whenever I want to clear my mind, I go to a high place.”
“…”
Lin Muyu lowered his eyes and looked at the young man.
After a moment, he also sat down like the other person, holding on to the tree trunk on the right side for leverage with a bit of unfamiliarity, and did not let go until he was seated securely.
Too high.
Through the tangled leaves, he vaguely saw his teammates still sleeping below and the warm campfire.
This perspective is indeed very novel. All the confusion growing in my heart seemed to have been blown away by the strong wind just now and disappeared completely.
"This is my first time experiencing this." Lin Muyu felt the coolness between his nose and answered slowly, "If I had known that when I was in the government, I would have climbed up to the rooftop to try it out."
"It's not too late now." Qi Heng said softly, "I really want to go to the rooftop of the building in the east. The view should be great."
"East?"
Lin Muyu pondered after hearing this.
"The rooftop of that building...seems to have been locked down a long time ago because someone set off fireworks there."
"That's it." The boy said it casually, without any disappointment in his tone. He turned his head and passed by lightly, his eyes fixed on an unknown distance, "Forget it, the wind can blow anywhere anyway."
"But Captain, my reaction in the ward that day really scared you, didn't it?"
Lin Muyu originally had something else to say, but after hearing this he followed the new topic and recalled the poor and deliberate acting of his other two teammates, which was always unbearable to watch but also extremely memorable.
Although this was the method I proposed, I suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
He touched his chin and organized his words. Just as he was about to speak, Qi Heng, who knew what he was going to say, interrupted him with a sigh.
"No need to apologize, Captain. I'm actually very happy."
The boy's words were a little muffled, perhaps because he was a little cold, and he buried himself in his arms again. The moonlight is illusory, adding a sense of falsehood to people.
Perhaps it was because the night was always melancholy, or perhaps the atmosphere was too peaceful, Qi Heng rarely felt the urge to talk.
"Rather... I cherish you very much. Since they died, I have been alone again and have gone through a lot of hard times. At that time, I never thought that I would meet you again."
This was the first time the boy talked about his former teammates, and it was also the moment when Lin Muyu's guess became true.
He just mentioned it briefly with a calm and peaceful tone, focusing on the hopeful future and the gentleness and beauty he had touched in the past, and speaking slowly in an unskilled way.
Lin Muyu listened quietly, and a smile appeared on the corners of his lips without him knowing when. In the process, he gradually understood the other party's intention and nodded in agreement.
However, the more I listened, the more I felt that the trend was not right, and even revealed a bit of strangeness, as if someone without words began to make up stories, mixing together everything he had known in his life, without caring whether it made sense or not.
"..." The reliable captain was silent for a moment. After a brief thought, he smiled and asked, "Xiao Heng, I always feel that the two things of 'helping an old lady cross the road and getting a banner' and 'helping a lost child find his parents' sound a little familiar."
"There are also some words that I seem to have seen in chicken soup quotes on the Internet, and they have been forwarded several times. So the author is you."
"To be honest, I used to like these words very much. Could you please sign them for me?" As he said this, he picked a leaf and handed it over as if it were paper.
Qi Heng suddenly got stuck.
After a long while, the boy slowly turned his head and looked at him with the word "wrong decision" in his eyes.
"...I didn't expect you would read this kind of quotations. I shouldn't have memorized them earlier."
"It's enough to cheer me up." Lin Muyu raised his hand to his lips to hide his gradually expanding smile, and his mood was bright. "I do have some small worries today. I didn't expect to make you worry. Thank you."
"Only today, Captain?"
Qi Heng retracted his gaze and fought back, imitating the other party's teasing: "According to what you said, I just have a small problem."
"Oh... okay." Lin Muyu surrendered. He didn't expect the other party to be so observant. "I admit that this incident has had a significant impact on me and has also dealt a heavy blow to my mood."
"But what about you? Have you been affected by our efforts?" He asked directly, abandoning his previous roundabout ways.
"The impact of one day is indeed profound enough."
Qi Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, perhaps recalling what Ye Yunhe and Si Yu'an had done, and his usually cold eyes were tinged with helplessness.
"I have changed my ways and understand that I am the most important person in the world. From now on, I will no longer put myself in danger or make my companions sad."
At this point, he would raise three fingers and swear:
"If I break my promise—"
"stop."
Lin Muyu's understanding of the boy made him suddenly interrupt the oath that was about to be uttered. He pressed down the three fingers and sighed helplessly.
"I'm just kidding." Qi Heng curled his eyes at this, and jumped for joy as if his prank had been a great success. "In fact, I have a goal that I must complete. Before I achieve it, I will never fall down on the road."
"So, there's no need to worry about me. After all, that goal is extremely difficult. By the time it's achieved, the end of the world will probably be over."
This was unexpected. Lin Muyu was stunned.
The boy's tone was still cold, but when he looked into those eyes illuminated by the moonlight, he seemed to have touched the deep obsession buried beneath the calm surface. Just a glimpse of it was already amazing.
Although a bad premonition flashed through his mind, Lin Muyu's intuitive trust still made him feel a little relieved about the other party's words. After all, a kite without a string is always full of uncertainty.
Now that obsession has turned into a rope, binding a person who could leave at any time, making him real.
"Xiao Heng."
He called out suddenly. When the boy tilted his head in confusion, he smiled and asked:
"After the game is over, the four of us will go to the rooftop of the east building to enjoy the view."
"!" Qi Heng was stunned, and his relaxed body suddenly stopped in place.
The fingertips on his arm suddenly exerted force because of these words. He blinked subconsciously, with a confused look on his face.
After a few breaths of silence, he nodded gently and said hello.
There was a moment of silence, the only sound being the rustling of leaves in the wind. Qi Heng stopped shaking his legs, lowered his eyes to hide his gloomy emotions, and looked at the ocean of leaves below with Lin Muyu.
After a few minutes, he took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and suddenly broke the silence: "Captain, what do you think--"
“Bang!!!!”
A thick fog suddenly exploded in the distance, followed by a deafening explosion. The airflow was so strong that it almost blew people off the trees.
The words that he had just spoken were swallowed up in the noise, and the remaining sound was unexpectedly swallowed back into his throat. Lin Muyu instantly grabbed Qi Heng, whose body was shaking, and held tightly to the tree trunk beside him with his other hand.
The radio goes online, announcing the eliminated contestants like the names of dishes.
The companions below were also awakened by the sudden noise. They all jumped up, holding their weapons, with a look of confusion on their faces.
“…”
Qi Heng seemed to be hesitant to speak. After a brief silence, he steadied his body, signaled to Lin Muyu, and took the lead in leaving the branch again, quickly choosing a foothold and landing.
The world of comics is different. I never dreamed that such a dramatic scene would happen. He almost thought that he had added the lines without permission and was punished by the light ball that could no longer tolerate it.
“How could that be!” The light ball waved the paintbrush in his head, quickly painting the current scene. He felt that he had encountered a serious misunderstanding. “It’s just that the uncertainty has increased a lot~ Come on, Xiaoheng, I will cheer for you in my mind!”
Tsk.
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