Chapter 14
Shi Yu felt like she was about to die...
But when you're close to freezing to death, you'll probably feel a heat buildup all over your body, right? Shigure was just shivering all over, his limbs stiff, and the shivering wasn't entirely due to the cold—
"Don't be afraid. By the way, your name is "Shigure", right?"
The handsome, silver-haired boy who looked familiar asked her in a very gentle tone. Seeing the girl nodding with trepidation, Noah, who was standing in front of the girl with Xiu, smiled helplessly.
"It seems that he didn't teleport with Wayne."
Noah's voice was very soft. Xiu, with his upper body naked and covered with strong muscles, glanced at Noah, then lowered his eyelids and sat down on the ground with a look of boredom.
Panic and tension are no longer enough to describe Shi Yu's mood at the moment.
——She was wearing Xiu’s clothes...
It was salty, astringent, and bitter, similar to the smell of sea breeze, mixed with the inevitable sweat and dust of a young boy in that kind of training. Shi Yu's eyes went dark, and he felt like he was really going to die in a double sense.
Let’s start from what happened just now.
After Shi Yu fell into Wayne's arms, the complex emotions of relief and sadness had not completely disappeared, and the next moment she suddenly found herself standing in this snowy world.
Didn't catch up——
Shi Yu stared blankly at the endless snow outside the cave. Before she could express her melancholy, she heard a sudden "thump" sound from behind, as boots hit the ground.
Turning around, the silver-haired boy and the man named "Xiu" whom he had met a few times appeared in his sight steadily. They both saw Shi Yu and seemed to be a little surprised.
Xiu's deep brows tightened slightly, then his brown eyes narrowed slightly, and he sneered in disdain.
And Noah, the generous and elegant man in Shi Yu's impression, paused for a moment before an interesting smile appeared in his eyes.
"Good afternoon, see you again."
As if they were very familiar friends, the boy greeted her in a relaxed tone and then told her his name without any hesitation.
He should be a good person... right?
When they met just now, Shi Yu was only wearing a long skirt that exposed her arms and calves. After about two minutes, she couldn't withstand such coldness and her lips were frozen purple.
Noah also noticed this carefully.
"build."
He coughed lightly and called the person next to him.
Xiu frowned and glanced at Shi Yu without emotion. He was surprisingly obedient and pulled his fingers towards his collar.
The boy's muscular wheat-colored body was suddenly exposed in the cold air. He quickly threw the clothes he had taken off to Shi Yu who was standing there in a daze.
The clothes fell to the ground in front.
Shi Yu shuddered as he picked up the clothes and covered his shoulders with them in fear and trepidation.
After wrapping herself up tightly, Shi Yu felt a little warmth easily, as if the clothes were made of special materials. She grasped the cloth on her shoulders and whispered to Xiu, "Thank you."
She looked over cautiously, only to find Xiu staring at her with hostility. The young man curled the corners of his lips slightly.
"You don't want any pants."
...Completely ignoring her gratitude, Xiu even said this sarcastically.
Anyway, I better not talk anymore, Shigure thought.
Although he was more restrained than before, probably because Noah was there, she still couldn't handle it.
Ten minutes passed, and after Noah asked Shigure's name, none of the three continued speaking, but the silent atmosphere did not last long.
Noah glanced at the vast snow outside and said thoughtfully, "The temperature outside is so different from that in the cave."
“……?”
Upon hearing this, Shi Yu raised his head curiously and listened attentively.
"It's [the base]."
Xiu frowned. The sudden hoarse voice startled Shi Yu. "Everyone will be teleported to a different cave. If some start inside the cave and some are teleported outside, this elimination system is unfair."
"Well, then the points grabbing can only be done outside. Even Alpha can't search and fight in the freezing cold for long periods of time... They must return to their base to rest and recover."
The gentle explanation stopped, and Noah stood up with a pensive look on his face. He walked to the entrance of the cave and stretched out his thin white wrist towards the outside of the cave where snowflakes were floating.
Noah's calm and peaceful purple eyes stared at the vast snow and wind that filled his view outside. After a while, he said, "That's not right."
He denied his previous guess, "There must be some kind of mechanism in the cave."
"Eh, a mechanism?"
I didn't want to interrupt, but the word "mechanism" really touched upon one of Shi Yu's hobbies - just like when she was leaning on the mecha a few days ago and touching and moving the mechanical arms left and right, she had a natural liking for this kind of thing.
“…”
Xiu gave her a warning look.
Shi Yu covered his mouth tightly and told himself guiltily that he must be careful with his words and actions and be more cautious.
——After all, Wayne is no longer around.
"Well, there should be a mechanism."
Noah narrowed his eyes and responded to Shi Yu gently.
His attitude towards Xiu was no different, as if Beta was also his companion.
Xiu: "So, the outside world is misleading?"
The black-haired, brown-eyed boy raised his eyes slightly and asked coldly.
"The view, the temperature, and the weather," Noah said. "Every aspect is too bad. Xiu, the melee has always been the focus of the elimination rounds."
"There should be a place at the bottom of the cave, um... a place that can accommodate hundreds of people fighting, right?"
At this point, Noah smiled and shook his head, "There's no point in talking about it, let's look for it first. Shigure, come with us?"
...It seems like this question came up very naturally.
Noah turned around and walked back from the cave entrance. He never sat down. The boy had a handsome face, neatly dressed, and a calm and upright posture. His clear and soft purple eyes gently reflected the girl's lowered head.
He had a very friendly temperament. Shi Yu secretly raised her eyes to glance at Noah, and happened to see the silver-haired boy's long snow-white eyelashes slightly drooping, and he blinked at her gently as if to give her soft encouragement.
Shi Yu pursed his lips and nodded in agreement.
"Very good."
As if Shi Yu had helped him in some way, Noah breathed a sigh of relief, a relaxed smile in his eyes.
He continued, "Xiu..."
When he heard his own name, Xiu Yinglang's brows suddenly furrowed tightly.
Years of interaction with Noah gave him a firm premonition. The young man raised his chin slightly and looked at Noah sternly, his eyes sharp and clear.
He said, "I refuse."
Shigure:?
Shi Yu was wearing Xiu's clothes and looked between the two of them with a dull look.
Noah still had a friendly smile on his lips. He suddenly raised a finger and quietly signaled Shi Yu not to speak. Shi Yu was a little afraid of Xiu - not to mention that he seemed very angry now, so he could only obediently keep his mouth shut as Noah asked.
Then she heard the silver-haired boy say to Xiu in a somewhat disapproving tone: "Xiu, you are still in the passionate stage."
"And then?" Xiu asked back, "Just because of this, you want me to mark a Beta now?"
...? Huh?
What is a tag?
Shi Yu felt that Xiu's clothes seemed to have slipped a little to the side, and he wanted to reach out to grab it in accordance with the agreement with Noah, but he was surprised to find that he could not lift his arm.
The numbness slowly spread to the nerves in his brain, and Shi Yu's expression suddenly became a little confused.
“…”
Noah seemed to sigh.
"Do you think you are in good condition now?" Noah's expression was calm and indifferent, and so was his voice.
"Alphas are very sensitive to each other's pheromones. If you participate in the elimination round like this, you will become a target just by smell."
"I've been thinking about you since yesterday, Xiu, how could you behave so awfully during such a routine training camp?"
Hearing the fiery and merciless words from Noah, who was not only very gentle but also had a glowing appearance, Shigure suddenly felt that the world had become a little unreal.
Moving his eyeballs with difficulty, Shi Yu saw Xiu's gloomy face. The arrogant and hot-tempered young man seemed a little embarrassed at this moment, with veins bulging on his clenched fists.
“…”
"It's my problem."
After a while, Xiu said to Noah in a low voice with a grim expression: "I will correct my mistakes."
Hearing this, Noah remained calm.
Then, the silver-haired boy seemed to remember something, glanced at Shi Yu sideways, and apologized in a steady tone: "Sorry, Shi Yu, I scared you."
No, I need to say something...
Shi Yu tried hard to open his mouth to speak, but he only opened and closed his pink lips slightly.
Seeing her like this, Noah, who was staring at Shi Yu, suddenly looked at her with a hint of relief and compassion.
He leaned down slightly and gently pulled Shi Yu's clothes. When he stood up, his fingers seemed to accidentally stroke the girl's lips.
With that expression on his delicate, fair face, he really looks like the savior from a Western oil painting...
The crisp and elegant scent of cedar lingered faintly at the tip of his nose. At this critical moment, he began to have wild thoughts, and even Shi Yu found it difficult to express his own thoughts.
"Because you agreed to me so easily just now, you can't speak now." Noah explained her abnormality.
Then, as if to comfort this Beta who was about to be deprived of his life by "Stuerga", Noah frowned slightly, and finally softened his tone, leaned close to Shigure's ear, and told her what she had been concerned about before.
"Shigure, you know there's no way you're going to get out alive."
Even though she looked harmless and petite, and even though she looked like an Omega... Noah thought slowly, she was ultimately a Beta.
Some people keep her captive just for fun, but if she asks for her family's help to protect the life of a Beta suspected of being a spy at the end of the training, she will fall to the bottom among this group of Alphas who are like the chosen ones of heaven.
For this group of people, even having an ordinary Beta as their partner would be considered somewhat embarrassing in the eyes of those around them.
While thinking about things, Noah was able to quickly notice that the Beta named Shigure seemed to have tears in his eyes because of fear. He couldn't help but chuckle and wiped the corners of Shigure's eyes nonchalantly.
She was crying when we first met in the woods. She's the delicate type even among Betas.
But Noah wasn't offended.
Although it was just a whim at first, now that Beta has lost Wayne's protection, it's like a godsend, isn't it just right?
It just so happens that I can help Xiu at this time.
"It's okay, just be patient."
If his interest in her truly lasted until the end of the training camp, then, using Xiu's passionate period as a bridge and using Sturga's name to guarantee his close subordinates, once Xiu and Shigure were closely connected, it wouldn't be difficult for him to take the Beta he liked with him out after the training camp ended.
Moreover, Xiu's identity is also very suitable.
Thinking of this, Noah smiled gently as before and said slowly, "Maybe Wayne has been ignoring you... Unlike him, Shigure, help me."
"After that, you will definitely get out safely, I promise."
The author has something to say:
There have been many hints before that Noah has always cared about Shigure, and he had a very high impression of her at first sight! So he seized the opportunity to deceive her ()
But true love at first sight is still a story that belongs to a guy who is temporarily unable to appear...!
Noah is actually very contemptuous and hypocritical! He has a lot of bad intentions, so his brother calls him a narcissist hhhhh But it is impossible for him to do whatever he wants.
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