Chapter 60
Almost everyone present suddenly froze in their conscious state, and the survival instinct made the body react before the consciousness.
Zhou Yuli's vines spread out in all directions, extending continuously, looking for a point to fix. Zhou Yuli's face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye. He shouted in a low voice: "Don't stand there, Bai Zhou——"
Before he could finish his words, his pupils suddenly dilated, and he felt a hot and sticky touch on his hands, followed by numb pain all over his body. Pei Zhao's cries in his ears went from clear to distant.
Everything around him seemed to be in slow motion. Zhou Yuli slowly lowered his head. A bloody hole appeared on his chest, and bright red liquid kept pouring out. Pei Zhao was pressing on the blood hole, but Zhou Yuli looked down at Pei Zhao's face, but his eyes had begun to blur, and Pei Zhao's face became more and more blurred in his vision.
Zhou Yuli thought, ...it's so sad. After all, he has not grown to the point where he can protect Pei Zhao.
The surrounding vines withered at a very fast speed, but more and thicker vines spread out from Zhou Yuli's hands, this time at a farther distance. Most of them fell to the ground like before, but there was only one, tender yellow, tough and long, that was still extending.
The place where the wrist extended from the vine was no longer brown, but had strands of red like human blood vessels... and it actually found a place to fix it.
Then, thousands of vines intertwined and entangled, and the originally tough and long vine quickly thickened, and finally became thick enough for a person to stand on.
All this was just Zhou Yuli's instinct. His vision was completely dark and Pei Zhao's voice was too far away from him. He only heard some fragments of——
"Zhou... wake up..."
But I couldn't wake up anymore. Pei Zhao.
Zhou Yuli thought painfully, and the last bit of light in his eyes disappeared. His world fell into complete darkness, and he could not hear even the slightest sound.
I'm sorry, Pei Zhao. I couldn't stay with you for a long time.
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"Take him up, Lan Ji, and try to freeze those black cubes!"
The invasion of black blocks was gradually approaching their feet. Bai Zhou watched Zhou Yuli fall down and Pei Zhao lose control. He immediately ordered Lan Ji to try to resist the invasion. At the same time, he carried Pei Zhao, who was lying limp on the ground, onto the thick vines without any explanation.
"Pei Zhao, cheer up!"
Lan Ji continued to build ice walls in front of him and under his feet, and the sounds of collapse around him finally quieted down. Thick ice supported the small platform on which they stood.
Lan Ji: "We can't hold out here for long. We must find a foothold to reinforce it, Bai Zhou."
Something happened to Zhou Yuli and Pei Zhao lost control. His ability was not enough to support long-distance flight, and the only one who could find a place to stay was Bai Zhou.
Bai Zhou understood what Lan Ji meant. Without a moment's hesitation, he grabbed Lan Ji and said, "I'll take you two away."
"No." Lan Ji broke away from Bai Zhou's hand and said calmly in Bai Zhou's surprised eyes, "According to... the distance that Zhou Yuli's wooden vine extends, the most likely landing point is also a few kilometers away. That is your maximum distance. If you bring others with you, you can't fly that far."
Bai Zhou frowned. Lan Ji knew him too well. This was indeed true, but the sound of ice cracking could be heard all around him, which was extremely harsh in Bai Zhou's ears. He couldn't leave Lan Ji behind...
"I will protect Pei Zhao and myself." Lan Ji took a step back, raised his hand to reinforce the ice wall, stopped the sound of ice cracking, and raised the corner of his mouth, "Your Highness, you should also believe in my ability."
Bai Zhou was silent for one second, two seconds, then he took a step back resolutely. A flash of fire appeared on his hand, and the next second a fire phoenix appeared. The fire reflected on the ice wall like a miracle.
Bai Zhou jumped onto the fire phoenix, leaving behind a sentence "Wait for me," and flew away in the direction of the wooden vine.
Lan Ji turned around and looked at Pei Zhao, who was kneeling on the wooden vine with fear in his eyes. He squatted down gently and touched his head.
"Don't be afraid. I will protect you." He plucked the most tender green buds on the vine, rubbed a small ice box, put the buds in it, raised his hand, and an ice crystal fell from his sleeve, and a spark flew into the ice box.
Lan Ji put the ice box in Pei Zhao's palm, held Pei Zhao's face, and said seriously: "Zhao Zhao, Pei Zhao, little master, look at me."
The slight coolness of his palms brought Pei Zhao back to his senses a little. He looked at Lan Ji in front of him, and his dark blue eyes reflected his helpless figure.
"Lan...Lan Ji."
"It's me." Lan Ji pressed his forehead against Pei Zhao, "Listen to me." Lan Ji paused, "Zhou Yuli, Bai Zhou, Lan Ji. The three of us were born out of you. I will do whatever it takes to hold on until Bai Zhou comes back and takes you away."
Pei Zhao burst into tears: "No, we will leave this world immediately..."
But he had called Xiaorui many times and never got a response.
"Take us away from here, Pei Zhao." Lan Ji said this finally. The sound of ice cracking continued to grow louder, and he had to go make ice again. But... what Bai Zhou didn't know was that those black cubes had been constantly devouring the ice he created from beginning to end. Lan Ji lowered his head and vomited blood without any warning.
In order to reassure Bai Zhou, he had to mobilize most of his energy to create an ice wall that would not be swallowed in a short period of time, but now...
The ice wall under his feet was being swallowed up very quickly. Lan Ji tried his best to fight against it while frowning: "...What the hell is this place?"
Why can't Pei Zhao communicate with the system?
Why would they take their lives directly?
Why... They were clearly trying to find the puppet, but they didn't even see a single person.
Why……
Many questions popped up in Lan Ji's mind, but Lan Ji gradually ran out of questions to ask. The movements of his hands became slower and slower, and gradually... his consciousness became dispersed. When the sound of flapping wings was heard behind him, Lan Ji's last bit of consciousness became clear for a moment.
"...Finally I found it, your foolish highness."
Lan Ji fell down with a chuckle, and the ice wall was swallowed up faster and faster, with the sound of pieces collapsing. Lan Ji finally fell into the arms of Bai Zhou who pounced on her.
"You lied to me!" Bai Zhou's golden pupils turned red at this moment. He realized halfway through the flight that even if he didn't bring anyone with him, wouldn't he still have to come back to pick them up? Lan Ji was simply lying to him!
This man was a tactical expert when he was in Hall City. Bai Zhou was used to following Lan Ji's orders without thinking, but he ended up being tricked by him!
Looking at the collapsing ice wall in front of him, and the person in his arms who had completely lost consciousness and was slowly disappearing, Bai Zhou had no time to feel sad. He pulled Pei Zhao with one hand and jumped onto the Fire Phoenix.
A fire phoenix carrying only two people can fly farther than one carrying three.
The ice wall was enough to hold out for a while. Fire Phoenix took Bai Zhou and Pei Zhao and flew hard in the direction of the wooden vine left by Zhou Yuli.
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On the back of the Fire Phoenix, Bai Zhou looked at Lan Ji's figure that had completely disappeared from his arms, feeling sad and indifferent.
Lan Ji had died in front of him once, and when it happened again, Bai Zhou was actually a little numb.
Pei Zhao held the small box that Lan Ji left for him and sat there in silence.
Bai Zhou called him, "Pei Zhao."
Pei Zhao did not respond. Bai Zhou then asked himself: "Lan Ji...did I give you the ice crystal?"
Pei Zhao moved and looked down at the small box.
Bai Zhou continued: "...My Mars is also inside. I haven't found a place to stay. Huo Feng, I don't know how long I can hold on."
Bai Zhou looked down and saw the black block with its bloody mouth opened wide. The abyss was terrifying. One more person means one more burden.
"Pei Zhao, protect us. Fire Phoenix is in your hands. Take us away from here. We must escape."
Pei Zhao realized something, but it was too late. When he turned around, Bai Zhou had already jumped down and was instantly swallowed by the darkness.
The fire phoenix screamed, and a long, sharp ending sound came out. At the same time, it spread its wings and flew towards the end of the wooden vine at an extremely fast speed.
…
The scorching wind hit his face and Pei Zhao felt numb.
The place where Bai Zhou fell gradually shrank into a black dot. Pei Zhao had an expressionless face. He turned around and wiped the tears from his face.
The end of the wooden vine was a snow-white cliff, right in front of him. The Fire Phoenix seemed to have used up all its strength, and after sending Pei Zhao to the platform, it exhaled a puff of black smoke, painted a burst of sparks, and completely disappeared.
Pei Zhao stood there alone, tightening his grip on the box.
The end of Zhou Yuli's wooden vine was tightly wrapped around a stone wall on the cliff.
Pei Zhao looked for a long time, finally let out a breath, and knelt down exhausted.
The temperature dropped suddenly and snowflakes fell from the sky. Pei Zhao reached out and caught a snowflake.
Just like the real world. However, there was no one to warm his hands, and there was no puppet shop behind him with constant noise.
It is wrong that Zhou Yuli, Lan Ji and Bai Zhou.
He pulled these people to his side one by one and tied them up forcefully.
In a moment, one by one they left him.
Pei Zhao clenched the ice box tightly. He stood up again, his face calm.
A roar came from a distance, and Pei Zhao looked up. A big hole appeared in the ceiling, and bright red blood fell down, almost covering the entire ground.
Pei Zhao put away the box, a whip appeared in his palm, and he walked towards the scarlet area with a grim face.
Unexpectedly, just as he took the first step, a huge black hole appeared under his feet. Although Pei Zhao tried his best to swing the mirror whip onto the platform, it was too late - the black hole contained a powerful suction force and swallowed him alive.
As he fell rapidly, Pei Zhao had only one thought in his mind.
They were all wiped out here... That's good too, no one survived, it's better than having one person missing someone.
However, in the next second, he fell heavily to the ground with stars in his eyes. After a long time of recovery, he found some cold railings in front of him. Behind him, there was a tightly closed door and he didn't know what was inside. Beside him was a narrow bed and a simple meal.
Pei Zhao was stunned.
Did he fall to death? No.
Where is this? Looks like a prison.
But where did he fall from…? Pei Zhao slowly raised his head. The ceiling was closed tightly and he did not see any mechanism or signs of it having been opened.
“…Is this a dream?”
Before Pei Zhao could even utter his question, a red alarm sounded in the entire scene. Then, Pei Zhao heard footsteps and the sound of people talking. Pei Zhao subconsciously squeezed himself into a corner and secretly listened to what they said.
? ? : "The experiment failed. Test subject No. 3 has died."
? ? : "What a pity, this experiment has the highest success rate ever."
? ? : "The new test subject has arrived, but it looks like it has been tortured a lot."
? ? : "Tell that person to stop being so cruel. He has tortured so many test subjects to death."
…
Pei Zhao frowned after hearing the content: "What do they mean?"
Test subject?
While I was doubtful, Xiaorui's voice suddenly rang in my mind.
[Host, hello host, host, can you hear me? 】
"Xiao Rui?!" Pei Zhao was delighted. This was probably the only good news he had heard since he came to this world. Pei Zhao covered his mouth with his hand and whispered as quietly as possible: "What happened?"
[Host, there has been some chaos in the world you have teleported to, and it is currently in a state of signal loss. Although the original world settings are still valid, it is shown here that the current world danger factor is as high as 99%! I will use the system privileges to teleport you back. Because it is a privilege, I can only guarantee that your main body is completely teleported...】
"No, wait." Pei Zhao said anxiously, "I can only guarantee my theme. Does that mean my companion can't go back with me?"
[Host, since this is a privilege, so...]
"Then don't teleport." Just in case, Pei Zhaozi confirmed again, "As long as I find the object of puppetization, can I return to the previous world intact?"
【Host, theoretically this is the case.】 】
"Okay." Pei Zhao took a deep breath. "I understand. I don't need any special privileges, Xiaorui, can you explain to me as much as possible what happened in this world?"
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