Chapter 70 Dwarf Hut (Seventeen)
Reason told Feng Zhibei that the most important task now was to wake Yan Chuxue up, and he would do anything to achieve his goal.
but……
Feng Zhibei took a deep breath.
He couldn't accept kissing other people in public.
This time was different from the previous two times. There was no one watching the previous two times, so he had almost no psychological burden.
But now, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at them, including the players outside and the audience watching the live broadcast.
Feng Zhibei closed his eyes, giving himself two seconds to struggle, but finally he placed his hands on the edge of the coffin, bent down resolutely, and approached Yan Chuxue's face.
A faint rose scent wafts over.
He was a little at a loss, not knowing what to do after their lips touched.
The two previous times he was almost forced to accept the kiss, but this time he took the initiative to kiss the other person's mouth. The touch like cold jelly made him unable to help but lick it gently.
Yan Chuxue's eyelashes trembled twice.
Outside, Jin Yu, who was hiding in a tree, suddenly had a twitch in his eyelids. "Why do I have this bad feeling..."
He looked up at the sky and saw that the moon had moved forward a distance.
When they were still in the laboratory, Yan Chuxue did not tell them what the moon represented.
"Forget it, let's find a place for those people to hide first..."
Jinyu jumped down from the tree and ran towards the cabin, shouting to the players as he walked, "Come here!"
He remembered that there were many empty rooms on the second floor of the cabin, enough for the remaining players to hide.
The running players heard the sound and turned their heads.
"It's Jinyu! The future guild leader!"
Some people recognized the blond and blue-eyed guild leader, and they hurriedly followed Jin Yu to the door of the cabin as if they had found a life-saving straw.
The leading paper-made figure seemed to sense something. He raised his head, a strange smile appeared on his pale face, and he raised the gongs and drums and started beating them.
"The auspicious time... has arrived..."
The sound of gongs and drums resounded in everyone's ears, startling a few crows that flew out from the bushes, staring with red eyes, at a loss.
Jin Yu flung the door open and yelled, "Come in!"
The players filed in, and after the last player entered, Jin Yu quickly turned around and locked the door.
He observed the movements of the paper man team through the crack in the door and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they were temporarily safe.
It was at this moment that he realized that no one had spoken since he entered the room.
He usually relies on his own attributes to sense whether there is any danger around him. The current environment did not give him a sense of danger, so he did not notice the abnormality at the first time.
Jin Yu turned around and the players were silent.
...Why does the atmosphere in this room feel a little weird?
Although the remaining players did not account for a large proportion, their number was still considerable, crowding the already small first floor of the cabin.
Jin Yu stood at the outermost circle of the crowd and couldn't see what was happening inside.
In the dead silence, someone finally spoke in a trembling voice.
"Is this... the new commentary?"
Jin Yu's eyes narrowed.
According to the direction of the encirclement, Yan Chuxue's coffin was located in the center of the entire group of players.
He whispered "Excuse me" to the player next to him and squeezed to the front using his height advantage.
When he saw the scene in front of him clearly, he fell silent.
“…”
“…”
Feng Zhibei's body was stiff and he didn't move for a while.
Just now, after hearing the prompt tone, he hurriedly prepared to get off Yan Chuxue. Before his feet touched the floor, he heard several screams outside the door, and then the door was opened.
He watched a group of unfamiliar players, the expression of new life on his face had not yet faded, but his eyes were already wide open, looking at the two people in the coffin with horror and disbelief.
I feel numb, so numb that I can't feel any more numb.
...I even wanted to die.
Feng Zhibei had already carved a grave for himself in his heart, and all that was left was to lie down in it himself.
The players in the front row were so shocked that they didn't know what to say.
In fact, if they didn’t recognize Yan Chuxue and Feng Zhibei, the current scene would still be very beautiful.
The moonlight shone quietly on the transparent crystal coffin. A handsome black-haired man with his eyes closed and his hands clasped together was surrounded by withered rose bushes.
And on his body, lying was a petite red-haired beauty with teardrop moles.
The pretty young commentator with long red hair pressed her upper body tightly against the famous richest man, looking down shyly.
Because of the huge size difference, coupled with Feng Zhibei's extremely delicate face and her long, bright red hair hanging down at her side, the scene was like...
"The widow who climbed onto her dead husband..."
In the crowd, a young girl grabbed the collar of the person next to her and murmured.
Feng Zhibei: "...Sorry, I can hear you."
With a stiff expression, he used his hands and feet to slowly step away from Yan Chuxue's body.
But unexpectedly, the hand that was holding the coffin was suddenly grabbed.
The players were horrified, "How could this person be resurrected?!"
Yan Chuxue raised one eyelid, "...What's going on?"
Feng Zhibei was stunned. He didn't care that his hands were controlled by the other party. He asked hurriedly, "Who are you?"
Yan Chuxue was also stunned, "Why do you ask such a question?"
He frowned and quickly realized, "Did something happen in the copy?"
Feng Zhibei felt relieved.
...Fortunately, now she is the normal version of Yan Chuxue.
At least it can help him share some of the pressure.
His face was expressionless, with a hint of despair in his eyes. “It’s hard to say… Take a look to the side first.”
Yan Chuxue sat up from the coffin, turned her head, and met the eyes of the players who were gathered together.
Yan Chuxue: "...hiss, why does my mouth hurt a little?"
Feng Zhibei: "Guess."
As a former colleague, Jin Yu was so scared that he took a step back when he saw this scene.
Although I had a vague premonition, the scene of these two people standing together was too terrifying.
"Are they really together..."
His eyes wandered between the two of them, unable to understand the strange atmosphere between them.
The players stood by and when they saw that Feng Zhibei and Yan Chuxue did not take any other action, they whispered to the people around them.
"What the hell is going on? Could it be that the rumor is true...?"
It refers to the rumor that Feng Zhibei and Yan Chuxue are having an affair.
"It must be true! I just don't know if they're a real couple or just playing around..."
The gaming world is always facing danger, and most people don’t establish fixed relationships and are not nice to everyone.
After all, there is a high possibility that the two people who are in love with each other today may become enemies of the other camp the next day.
Yan Chuxue stood nearby, her head still aching.
The conversations of the surrounding players reached his ears, like a group of flying insects buzzing in his ears.
He forced his eyes open and looked at Feng Zhibei.
Feng Zhibei's clothes were tattered, with obvious signs of tearing. The incomplete fabric could not cover all of her skin, revealing a section of her snow-white arms and waist.
The bridge on his ear was gone, leaving only the slightly red and swollen ear hole.
Yan Chuxue's eyes dimmed slightly. She just raised her hand, but before she could touch him, Feng Zhibei turned around and looked at him.
"Don't touch me yet. Go down. I'll explain to you later... No, it should be you explaining to me."
Yan Chuxue blinked, realizing something, "You remember everything?"
Feng Zhibei pulled his hand away twice but didn't pull it back. "Yeah."
The players stood by, their attention gradually shifting away from Yan Chuxue and Feng Zhibei. Years of gaming life had made them develop the habit of exploring new maps.
Now that there were no paper men attacking them, they spontaneously organized themselves and began to search the surrounding environment.
Some injured players retreated to a corner alone and used game props to heal their wounds.
But soon, they discovered something unusual.
"...Why can't I use this tool?"
A player with a broken arm was stunned. His backpack panel showed that all game items were unusable.
The players slowly gathered around the injured player, clicked on their own pages to check, and showed bad expressions.
"Mine won't work either."
"Damn it, what the hell is going on!"
Jin Yu took a few deep breaths, and suddenly he felt a strange feeling coming over him, which was neither good nor bad.
The unprecedented feeling made him stunned, and as he was stunned, he felt something pulling at the clothes behind him.
"...Big Brother, what are you doing now?"
The little girl's unique clear voice sounded from behind.
He turned his head suddenly and looked down. A little girl with her skin covered in mud was grabbing the hem of Jin Yu's clothes and raised her head.
An inexplicable fishy smell hit him in the face, making his face pale.
The smell is so pungent that it is impossible that no one has noticed it all this time.
But except for Jin Yu who was caught, no one else reacted.
The girl had a pair of red eyes like red rose petals, staring at Jin Yu closely. The color made him a little dazed for a moment.
Jin Yu was shocked and quickly woke up from his dazed state.
No, this is totally wrong.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the little girl curled her lips, let go of his clothes, and skipped towards the door.
Pieces of mud fell from her body. She was not running very fast. Jin Yu stretched out his hand to grab her but failed to stop her.
"……you!"
The players were startled and turned to look at the door.
Feng Zhibei didn't know what happened at the door, but he seized the opportunity and broke free from Yan Chuxue's restraints. He pressed the edge of the coffin with one hand and flipped over.
The two looked at each other in silence, and finally Feng Zhibei spoke first.
"I put the chip into the main backend and did everything you said."
He deliberately omitted what happened between the two in the past.
Yan Chuxue also supported herself with both hands and left the coffin. After she stood firm, she nodded at him and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Before Feng Zhibei could continue speaking, a series of girls' clear laughter came from the door.
"Grandma Li! Why are you here?"
With a creaking sound, the door of the cabin was opened.
A gust of wind whistled past, causing all the players to close their eyes involuntarily.
At the same time, the ding-dong-dong reminder sound also sounded.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for clearing level: Dwarf Hut!]
“Bang!”
The paper people rushed into the house, holding salutes that came from nowhere, with exaggerated expressions, and fired a few shots into the sky.
Gold dust mixed with various glittering fragments and debris fell.
The leading paper-made figure blew a breath at the girl at the door. Her body shook twice, and the black mud on her skin faded away, revealing her fair skin and a tender face.
It was the NPC Xiaojie who had died before.
She stretched out her arm, grabbed a piece of gold-dusted paper, and jumped up excitedly.
“So beautiful!”
The players looked confused and bewildered at the scene in front of them.
"How did this pass the level...?"
People were discussing quietly, "Didn't they say it was an Easter egg dungeon before, and they were recruiting new people? How come they cleared it right after entering?"
"We haven't done anything yet!"
Feng Zhibei stood aside and looked up to signal Yan Chuxue to come closer.
The latter looked at him deeply and put his ear close to him.
"Ji Ling is not dead, I don't know where he went."
Yan Chuxue's ears felt a little itchy when she heard the hoarse voice whispering in her ear.
He calmed himself down and answered.
"...I know there's only one person he could go find."
The two looked at each other and spoke in unison.
"——Yan Beiming."
The salutes and the sound of gongs and drums still did not stop, and the paper people jumped around the whole hut, looking weird and joyful.
One of the paper figures, which was obviously larger, jumped onto the coffin with all his might, raised the gongs and drums in his hands and started beating them.
"bite--"
Its mouth stretched from ear to ear, and it spoke in a very strange tone: "The princess and the prince of her dreams finally met, and the dwarves were invited to witness their love. Everything is so happy..."
Feng Zhibei stood beside Yan Chuxue and suddenly felt something was wrong.
He lowered his head and reviewed everything that happened before this copy.
Yan Chuxue suddenly said: "No, this is not the end."
As soon as he finished speaking, the paper man turned his head and grinned even wider.
The peculiarly shaped paper figurine bowed to the players and said, "Congratulations to everyone on reaching the special ending: False Dream. Now, it's time to wake up from this false dream and return to reality."
A few crows jumped to the window and tilted their heads to look at the people inside the house.
Xiaojie, the NPC standing by the window, pointed with her finger and teased the crow outside the window.
She looked up as if she sensed something, and when she saw the scenery outside the window, her eyes widened and her mouth opened into a circle.
"The moon... the moon ran away!"
Everyone looked out the window.
The terrifyingly large moon was moving in a certain direction at an extremely unscientific speed.
When looking directly at the moon, the players all felt a chill.
The already dim fire flickered a few times and then suddenly went out.
Xiaojie ran over and grabbed Jinyu's hand, "Brother, I'm scared."
The silhouette of the paper man blurred and blended into the darkness.
All the paper people disappeared, including the players who turned into paper people.
"What's going on? Didn't we clear the level?"
Someone said weakly.
Feng Zhibei turned around and asked Yan Chuxue: "What's going on?"
The other person grabbed his hand and said, "Go upstairs first and I'll explain it to you slowly. This place is about to collapse."
A biting cold wind suddenly arose, and the strange screams and laughter of children could be heard faintly.
Suddenly, a red light shone in from outside the window.
Feng Zhibei's hand was suddenly clenched.
"We can't wait any longer, hurry upstairs!"
Yan Chuxue raised her voice in the last sentence, and all the players heard it.
"…What is he talking about, going upstairs?"
Most players did not have a good impression of the two of them. Although they felt the change in the environment, they could not completely trust him.
Jin Yu was held by the little girl's cold hand and glanced in the direction of Yan Chuxue.
Unexpectedly, I met his eyes.
The experience of working together many years ago made him understand the other party's intention in an instant, so he shouted: "Listen to him, go upstairs!"
Feng Zhibei held Yan Chuxue's hand and asked, "What's going on now?"
His eyes had turned light in color, making them particularly conspicuous in the dim environment.
The stairs leading to the second floor are very narrow and can only accommodate two people walking side by side.
Jin Yu pulled the little girl NPC beside him while directing the evacuation.
There are also many high-level players who spontaneously organize themselves and guide other players upstairs little by little.
"Injured players, come upstairs and come to me. I will heal you."
A smartly dressed young woman stood at the bottom of the stairs and shouted to the players.
"The attributes are still usable, everyone please pay more attention!"
"Just like computers have antivirus software, the wilderness also has antivirus software."
Yan Chuxue looked out the window. The moon had turned blood red and was gradually getting bigger.
"Although we are the first generation to develop the wilderness, Ji Ling is still the current master of the wilderness..."
All the players went up to the second floor, and the first floor began to shake.
Xiaojie grabbed Jinyu's clothes and refused to let go, so Jinyu had to take her up with him.
Halfway through the walk, he turned around and waved to Yan Chuxue, "What are you waiting for? Come up quickly!"
"Do you know why this instance has never had a scene merge?"
Yan Chuxue took Feng Zhibei's hand and ran towards the stairs.
Behind him, the floor cracked into pieces, and the huge rumbling sound made his temples ache.
Between the cracks, vines grew wildly, blooming into blood-red, enchanting roses.
In a flash, Feng Zhibei suddenly realized something.
“…Because this is where the scenes merge.”
With a loud bang, the entire first floor collapsed completely, and mosaics mixed with highly saturated color noise filled the entire space, swallowing up everything on the bottom floor.
The players on the second floor were speechless for a moment as they looked at the changing space below.
"What on earth is this..."
A smartly dressed young woman was treating the injuries of other players. When she touched the wound, a white light flashed and the wound disappeared.
"Okay, next."
She whispered.
There are many players with physical healing attributes who help other players heal, but manpower is limited after all, and not everyone can receive treatment.
In the dim environment, everyone's mood was not good.
"…Wrong time?"
Feng Zhibei stood upstairs, lost in thought.
Yan Chuxue stood beside him, looking a little conflicted.
Many players were secretly observing the two of them.
After all, the bounties of the major guilds are still hanging there, so no matter who it is, they can be regarded as the center of attention.
Amidst all the gazes, Yan Chuxue took a few steps forward and came to a room on the left side of the second floor.
He touched the cold door handle and spoke in a deep voice.
"This leads to the outside."
He paused, then continued, "My opinion is that you stay here and don't follow."
Of course the players were unwilling to do so. Who knew what would happen if they were left here? However, there were too few players with combat power left, and they couldn't win the fight, so they could only stay where they were with complaints.
Jin Yu held Xiao Jie in his arms while comforting the players.
Now, all connections related to the game have been disconnected, whether it is the copy progress or the live broadcast page, everything is dark.
In the darkness, Feng Zhibei walked forward and looked up at Yan Chuxue.
"I'm going to find Ji Ling. I still have some debts to settle with him."
Yan Chuxue lowered her head and looked at him, with some unclear emotions in her eyes.
“…Only you can do this.”
"Um?"
Feng Zhibei squeezed out a questioning sound.
Yan Chuxue's voice was too soft just now and he didn't hear it clearly.
"Nothing. Just... can you promise me something?"
Yan Chuxue's free hand touched Feng Zhibei's face, stroked his delicate cheek, and finally stopped at his ear, stroking the ear canal that was injured and swollen after being forcibly pulled.
"When you come back safely, can you be my lover?"
Feng Zhibei felt a little itchy when being pinched, but he did not dodge and looked directly into Yan Chuxue's red eyes.
"Isn't it a bit too much to just jump over the boyfriend and become a lover? ...But I promise you."
He stretched out his hand and covered the back of the other person's hand that was holding the door handle.
"Open the door."
The cold metal door handle was pressed down, and a gust of wind blew out from behind the door, soft but making it impossible to open your eyes.
When Feng Zhibei opened his eyes again, he was the only one left around.
A man stood among the ruins.
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