Chapter 41 I support you no matter what you do
Although it was common for guides to replace sentries, she had deceived others first, and Zhou Xuanyi was still an A-rank sentry, so he had always had to choose others...
Xu Nuo sighed in resignation.
Zhou Xunyi frowned and paid attention.
The girl sat before him with her eyes downcast, her hair a mess, her face tense, her brows drawn, as if ready for a heroic death. It was as if she was saying: I'm ready, go ahead and scold me, I can take it.
“…”
His breathing became heavier, as if he was angry, or as if he had inadvertently realized something, and his thoughts were momentarily confused.
After a moment, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "I thought you were going to say something, your expression was so serious, so it was because of this?"
Xu Nuo looked up in surprise: "You're not angry?"
Zhou Xuanyi shrugged. "Why should I be angry? It's not like I have to win the game."
Xu Nuo: "If you don't want to win, why participate?"
Zhou Xuanyi raised his eyebrows: "Why, can't you come and play?"
Xu Nuo hesitated. "You've participated in many competitions, always leaving no change of clothes for the sake of fighting, and spending a month in the wild, filthy. To endure such conditions, you must really enjoy the feeling of winning, right? Why are you just participating in this competition for fun?"
Zhou Xuanyi held his forehead with his hand. "...Forget all that. I'll always bring a change of clothes with me from now on. I've indeed participated in many competitions and enjoy the pursuit of glory and defeating others, but this time I'm just here for fun. I don't have any competitive spirit."
Xu Nuo frowned: "Really?"
He was annoyed: "Is it a lie?"
Xu Nuo said, "Oh," and said, "Do you still want a treasure chest?"
Zhou Xuanyi curled his lips casually: "I wouldn't covet such a small amount of your stuff. Keep it. I didn't bring you to the supply area just to help."
Xu Nuo raised his eyebrows in confusion.
"Today is the second day of the competition. If the contestants act quickly, the treasure chests and keys that are visible should have been found. Further searches by us would be like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"I've specifically observed this supply area. It's located at the junction of four strongholds. People come here day and night, and the flow of people is very heavy."
"Do you think these people have treasure chests and keys?"
*
Night falls.
Xu Nuo Cat was behind a pile of weeds, looking around vigilantly.
There was no one around, the woods were dim and blurry, and the rustling of insects and the sound of the wind made the atmosphere even more silent.
She scanned the surroundings carefully, not missing any suspicious corners, and then whispered, "Why is no one coming?"
"Keep your voice down!" There was a commotion in another large bush beside her, and a hand reached out and hit her on the head, then immediately retracted.
Xu Nuo covered his head and muttered angrily: "You are talking so loudly and you are still blaming me..."
"I told you to keep your voice down. Are you trying to scare the prey away?" Zhou Xuanyi hid in the bushes, his tall body huddled together, his long legs crossed in a wronged manner, and he still had time to grin at her with a crooked eyebrow.
Xu Nuo rolled his eyes at him and turned his head away.
She even used a whisper, but his voice was obviously louder.
Zhou Xuanyi reached out from the bushes and turned her head forward: "Shh, concentrate, keep your eyes on the target."
Under the pale moonlight ahead, several nutrient supplements were scattered pitifully on the ground. A young and handsome sentry lay on the flat ground with chaotic footprints, breathing weakly and motionless. His body was stained with large patches of blood, and a small metallic box was faintly visible in the slightly open pocket of his sweatshirt.
The sentry was Wei Yan.
Xu Nuo felt that both she and Zhou Xuanyi were a bit immoral.
Wei Yan's injuries were still recovering. He regained some consciousness but was unable to move. Zhou Xuanyi dragged him to the flat ground and placed a few nutrients around him, making him look like an unlucky sentry who was injured and tried hard to get nutrients but eventually fainted at the last step.
"Is this really okay? Isn't this a bit too much?"
Faced with Xu Nuo's dissuasion, Zhou Xuanyi flatly denied it, saying, "There's no way an A-level sentinel could be killed by the cold floor at night." This was a "natural" bait, and they were the "hunters" waiting behind them. This operation was officially named "The Hunting Plan."
......Xu Nuo didn’t quite understand the train of thought of this young master.
Nearly four hours had passed since they'd set out the "bait," and there was still no sign of anyone. Wei Yan lay motionless on the cold ground, eyes closed, looking like a corpse.
Zhou Xuanyi stared at the movements nearby seriously, with an attitude that seemed to indicate that if he couldn't catch the person, he would make him lie down all night. It was hard not to suspect that this was a deliberate revenge.
After waiting for a while, Xu Nuo couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "Forget it, the ground is cold, Wei Yan needs to rest, let's continue searching as usual."
Zhou Xuanyi looked at her and said, "Are you heartbroken already? You're underestimating the A-rank Sentinel's ability to recover. It's only a matter of time before a broken limb regenerates."
Xu Nuo: "But no one is here, we are sure we are not wasting time-"
"Shh!" Zhou Xuanyi covered her mouth and said excitedly, "Stop making noise, someone is coming!"
Under the moonlight, two adjacent patches of grass trembled a few times, and the plain fell into silence.
Soon, the sound of footsteps came from the bottom of the hill, coming closer and closer. It sounded like there was more than one person walking, and their steps were weak and disorderly, as if there were too many people or someone was unable to bear the burden and was stumbling.
"Sister You, we're almost there." said a weak male voice.
"Well, it's almost in front. I remember that supplies usually land at noon, once a day, but today it landed once in the evening. I wonder if there is anything unusual. Be careful." said the female voice.
"I understand, Sister You. I'll go over and take a look first."
Xu Nuo saw a green head appearing at the bottom of the hill.
This sounded like the male voice from before. It was from a sentry of about B level, with a waist injury. He walked with a limp, enduring the pain and slowly walking towards the plain on the top of the mountain.
He was quite alert. When a gust of wind moved the shadows of the trees, he dodged behind a big tree with lush branches and leaves, and used the stump as a cover to observe the situation on the flat ground.
Xu Nuo and Zhou Xuanyi looked at each other across the bushes.
To be fair, Green Head was very vigilant and hid very successfully. If Xu Nuo had been there on a normal day, he would definitely not have been discovered. Unfortunately, the two of them had been waiting for a long time, and they had mastered the terrain and were high above, so every movement of the grass and trees on the hillside could be seen.
The green-headed sentry soon discovered Wei Yan lying next to the nutrient solution. He looked suspicious and hesitated to move forward.
A female guide came up behind him and asked, "What's wrong? Why aren't you going forward?"
"Sister You, there is a sentry ahead." said the green-headed man.
Sister You walked over to him, stretched her neck, and looked up the hillside for a moment: "He looks like he's dead."
The green head was certain: "His chest was rising and falling, and his breathing was weak but regular. I don't know if he was faking it or what."
Sister You scoffed, "Why are you so nervous? His hand is next to the nutritional supplement. It looks like he was injured and didn't have time to drink it, so he lost his ability to move."
Green Head: "...I'm afraid he's pretending to be like this to lure us in. I can't tell his strength, but he's probably above me. If we fight, it'll be hard to escape unscathed."
Sister You crossed her arms, "So are you going to wait here forever? Is your injury incurable? You've only just got a key, and you're still a long way from winning the game."
The green head bit his lower lip tightly: "I know."
Sister You: "Then what are you waiting for?"
“…”
The two stood under the tree in silence.
Sister You's eyes suddenly turned serious. "What's that thing in his pocket that's shining in the light?"
The green head followed her gaze and said, "It looks like a metal box, made of a very unusual material... Have we seen it somewhere before?"
Sister You rubbed her chin thoughtfully, then suddenly seemed to realize something and patted his head. "Fool, have you forgotten why your waist was injured? That's a treasure chest! Go get it! Hard work pays off, you've found a great bargain!"
"Oh oh oh..." Green Head suddenly realized.
"Hurry up, someone will definitely come here soon, don't dawdle!"
After Youjie yelled at him a few times, Green Head didn't dare to hesitate and held his waist to rush to the flat ground.
Seeing the "prey" stepping into the trap step by step according to the set hints, Xu Nuo squatted in the grass and was extremely excited.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Xuanyi's impromptu plan really worked. One of these two people was vigilant but had a bad memory, and the other was brave but naive. The naive one was also responsible for presiding over the overall situation. It was easy to deal with him at first glance.
The most important thing is that they have a key!
The green head quickly reached the flat ground and moved carefully to Wei Yan's side.
He deliberately made some noise, but the person on the ground didn't move, not even breathing.
He relaxed a little and tentatively took a nutrient solution first. Seeing that Wei Yan didn't react, he stealthily reached into his sweatshirt pocket to take out the box. His limp movements looked rather obscene, like a guilty thief.
Seeing the metal box being put into someone's pocket, Xu Nuo hurriedly looked at Zhou Xuanyi, signaling him to take action with his eyes.
But this man leaned back like a big boss, raised his eyebrows nonchalantly, and nodded to the side.
What's the meaning?
Xu Nuo looked over hesitantly.
Green Head had already put the nutrients and the treasure box into his pocket. His face was full of joy, his eyebrows raised three points, and he stood on the hillside and made a "yeah" gesture to his sister You.
Sister You chuckled and said, "Alright, come down, drink the nutrient solution and go to the next base."
Xu Nuo frowned anxiously.
Zhou Xuanyi looked at her anxious expression, a triumphant smile appeared on his face, and he slowly mouthed: Don't be anxious, there are people here.
Anyone else?
Xu Nuo looked around silently, and suddenly he found a piece of gray clothes hidden among the bushes opposite.
A crouching figure lurked in the blurry shadows of the trees, taking advantage of the cover of night to advance silently.
When did this person come? How did he climb to the top of the hill in silence?
She immediately nodded to the man.
Zhou Xuanyi shook his head at her mysteriously and grinned: There’s more.
Xu Nuo's brows jumped.
She was a little annoyed by this kind of suspenseful revelation, especially when Zhou Xuanyi had that annoying smile on his face.
Seeing that Green Head was about to walk out of the plain with the treasure chest, Xu Nuo became anxious and prepared to stand up to stop him.
There was a rustling sound coming from the bushes beside me.
...Not from Zhou Xuanyi's side.
Xu Nuo stiffened his body, half squatting and half standing, and looked back, only to find that there was a person squatting outside the bushes.
He seemed to be groping up from the blind spot behind him and was beside him unknowingly.
Xu Nuo didn't dare to make any noise and half-squatted and half-stood in the grass.
What’s going on? Are you here in the supply area for a team-building meeting?
Fortunately, the man was concentrating on watching the green head's movements and didn't pay any attention to the movements around him. He was vaguely touching something in his hand, as if he was planning to attack when the person was not prepared.
Out of the corner of his eye, Xu Nuo saw Zhou Xuanyi shaking his head and moving his mouth, as if he was gloating.
Before he could enjoy himself for a while, a hand parted the bushes beside him and a person squeezed in.
The man came face to face with him, body to body, and they stared at each other blankly. Zhou Xuanyi's smile froze on his face.
The uninvited guest took a few seconds to react, then immediately pushed aside the bushes and fled. Zhou Xuanyi reacted even faster, rushing over, covering his mouth with his hands, and pinning his hands and feet in the bushes.
There was a noise of struggle in the bushes, and Xu Nuo watched with glee. The people around him were attracted by the noise and turned to look.
She suddenly retracted her head, keeping her eyes open and not daring to breathe.
Fortunately, Zhou Xuanyi subdued the man quickly and nothing was noticed. The man turned around, took out the knife in his hand, and walked quietly behind the green-headed man.
As soon as the person left, Xu Nuo breathed a sigh of relief, but after a while, there was movement in the grass again. A girl crawled in panting, covered in sawdust, holding her knees and gasping for breath.
The two were only half an arm's length apart in the faintly visible grass leaves.
The girl was oblivious, wiping the sweat from her face and focusing on the movement ahead. She seemed to be in cahoots with the man preparing the sneak attack, observing as she moved horizontally in Xu Nuo's direction, seemingly intending to lend a hand to the attacker.
A few steps later, what Xu Nuo was most worried about happened.
The girl took a step back in shock and slowly raised her head along the instep that she had stepped on.
Xu Nuo restrained his expression and tried to smile kindly, "Hi, what a coincidence! Good evening."
"ah!!"
In the end, she was a step too slow in covering her mouth. The girl screamed and rushed out of the bushes using all four limbs.
This sound was like some kind of order. As soon as the order was given, the entire supply area became a mess.
The attacker pounced on the green-headed man and engaged him in a struggle. Sister You screamed at the bottom of the slope and rushed to help. The gray-clad figure, who had long been hiding in the shadows of the trees, seized the opportunity and subdued her to the ground, scrambling for the key. In the bushes where Zhou Xuanyi was crouching, the trapped man squeezed his upper body out and howled towards the other side of the slope, "Help! Come quickly! Someone's killing someone!"
In the chaos, Xu Nuo rode on the girl who ran out of the bushes, pushed her to the ground, and was punched unexpectedly.
Shouts rose one after another from all over the hillside, and countless footsteps moved towards the plain. Then, spirits equal in number to the number of people were released in various parts of the woods, and they wrestled with each other without distinguishing between friend and foe.
"Ah! My keys!"
"Why are you hitting me? Hit him!"
“Don’t run!!”
"Help—someone—"
Xu Nuo finally managed to subdue the girl's hands and feet, but when he looked up, he was stunned by the noise all around him.
With the flat ground as the center and the place where Wei Yan was lying as the origin, battles of all sizes radiated outwards. Everywhere one looked, there were spirits and sentinels fighting in a melee. There were pits everywhere, and broken stones and branches were flying everywhere.
A large tree collapsed near several guides, who began to struggle for the metal box and key.
Xu Nuo finally knew where those chaotic footprints on the flat ground came from.
Amidst the devastation, Wei Yan lay quietly on the spot, the moonlight casting a soft glow on his face. It was unknown which kindhearted person had put his hands together for him after the fight. He looked quiet and peaceful, like a handsome statue.
She covered her ears and called out loudly: "Zhou Xuanyi, come out and work!!"
An eagle's cry sounded as it descended into the wind. A huge hawk flapped its wings and came from the sky. A violent whirlwind swept through, and the guides who were fighting for the treasure chest and the key were all pinned down by its claws.
The pressure from the A-level sentinels was completely released. Almost at the same time as they felt this aura, all the sentinels stopped fighting and looked towards the bushes with vigilance.
Zhou Xuanyi carried the bundled sentry out of the bushes, his clothes slightly wrinkled and his hair a little messy. He raised his eyebrows coquettishly and said, "Stop fighting. All your things belong to me."
He seemed to enjoy being held in such high regard. In the sudden silence, he looked towards the captured guides and said, "I'm so sorry, ladies. I was a little rough on this first meeting. I hope Nanfeng didn't hurt you."
"My friend is eager to get his hands on some hot tofu, and I'm a sentinel who can't refuse a partner, so I have to put you in a difficult position."
He looked complacent, even his eyebrows revealed happiness, but there was no sign of apology.
The green-headed man was pinned to the ground by his attacker, his head buried in the dirt, and he yelled incoherently, "I knew there was an ambush, and you still didn't believe me!"
Sister You hesitated and retracted her hand under Nanfeng's claws, secretly hiding the object in her hand deeper.
Zhou Xuanyi stretched out his hand towards her: "Do you want to give it to me, or should I take it?"
After hearing this, Sister You hugged the thing even tighter.
"How shameless of you to attack our guide while we are fighting!" Someone among the sentries said.
"Yeah, if you have the guts, let's fight. What's the point of sneak attack!" said the attacker who attacked the green-headed man.
The green-headed man looked up at him in disbelief, but also shouted, "Let go of the guide and have a fair fight!"
"Come on, don't be a coward!"
Xu Nuo surveyed the strength of the sentries on the hillside. A few were of her own rank, while the rest were below B-rank, seemingly posing no significant threat. But they were numerous, while Zhou Xuanyi was alone...
Can he do it?
As the sentries shouted angrily, Zhou Xuanyi curled his lips coldly, "What a joke! You guys really want to call me a coward? I originally wanted to use courtesy first, then force, but now it seems there's no need to waste words."
"Don't waste time, let's go together."
The sentries exchanged glances and immediately rushed towards him. In an instant, all manner of spirits, flying and walking, appeared, forming an impenetrable attack circle with the sentries, surrounding them and closing in.
Zhou Xuanyi sneered: "Too slow."
The next moment, he disappeared from the spot and appeared behind a sentry like a ghost. Before the sentry could react, his hand knife fell to the ground and directly chopped the man unconscious.
"No!" someone shouted, "Watch out behind you!"
The spirit body tracked down Zhou Xuanyi's figure faster than the sentry himself, changed direction and chased him, but unexpectedly missed the target the next second.
Zhou Xuanyi disappeared again.
He seemed to have a dimensional door that allowed him to tear through space at any time, enter the gap and move instantly, quickly appear behind a sentry and give him a fatal blow.
The second, third, fourth... The sentries who had gathered to form a tight encirclement fell like dominoes. In a few moments, the encirclement became smaller and smaller, and it seemed that the entire army was about to be wiped out.
The green head with a head of mud roared, "This won't work. We can't beat him. Let's catch his guide!"
The remaining sentinels briefly worked together at this moment, bypassing Zhou Xuanyi and running towards Xu Nuo.
Xu Nuo was still suppressing the girl, but the flames of war suddenly spread to him. He quickly broke free and ran towards the woods on the other side: "Zhou Xuanyi!"
Zhou Xuanyi actually stopped in his tracks, arms folded, and leisurely observed the situation. "I'm here, Co-pilot."
The attacks came one after another quickly. Xu Nuo had no time to think about why this guy's actions were as unpredictable as a barometer. He extended his mental tentacles to pull the approaching sentry, delaying his escape.
The attacker was the fastest. Even though he was being pulled by her tentacles, he quickly flashed behind her and grabbed her shoulders.
Xu Nuo turned around and elbowed Xiao Gu, who bounced down from mid-air. His sharp beak, with unstoppable momentum, successfully repelled the attacker's attack.
At this time, other sentries rushed over and surrounded her, but because Zhou Xuanyi was still on the scene, they did not dare to act rashly.
Xu Nuo gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Xuanyi, what are you still standing there for?"
Zhou Xuanyi said from the other end, "Xu Nuo, if I stop their spirit bodies, do you have the confidence to escape on your own?"
Xu Nuo: "Is there something wrong with your brain?! Why are you still looking for fun at this time?"
Zhou Xuanyi looked a little embarrassed: "...Do you want to give it a try? If you can't beat me, I'll come and help you."
Xu Nuo: "No, I just want the metal box and the key right now. I don't want to fight."
It's totally incomprehensible.
Zhou Xuanyi: "Didn't you say that the guide could fight alone? Why not try..."
"She said she didn't want to do it."
The young man's voice suddenly interrupted the conversation with a cold tone.
Xu Nuo turned his head.
Wei Yan covered his eyes and slowly stood up from the ground, his body swaying slightly. After he stood firm, a syringe of nutrient solution slipped from his arm.
Xu Nuo's surprise immediately turned into worry: "Did you use a syringe?"
The young man did not answer her, but slowly approached her under everyone's gaze.
With every step, the terrifying pressure from the higher-level sentinels was gradually released, and the lower-level sentinels and guides immediately became breathless.
The sentries seemed to realize that the strength of this suddenly awakened opponent was far beyond their reach and even more elusive than that of an A-level opponent. Almost the moment he took a step, they gave up resistance and made way.
Zhou Xuanyi couldn't believe it behind him: "How is it possible? You are S......"
Wei Yanxing stood in front of the young lady and said, "Xu Nuo, come here."
He lowered his head and covered his eyes, as if suppressing some pain. Xu Nuo couldn't see his expression, but could only detect a hint of something strange from the dim green light leaking through his fingers.
She walked towards him, wondering, "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable after using the syringe?"
Wei Yan reached out his hand to her, grasped the girl's shoulders, and pulled her into his arms: "Do you really want to win the game?"
Xu Nuo: "Not really. If you're not feeling well, we can just withdraw from the match and work it out."
"Let's discuss this in the long term," Wei Yan whispered in her ear, a tone only the two of them could hear. "Do you remember what we said in the cave?"
Xu Nuo was bewildered: "Which sentence?"
Wei Yan: "Whatever you want to do, I support you."
He placed a light kiss on her forehead.
"Wei Yan..."
…At 9:19 PM on the second day of the Vulcan Cup competition, an unprecedented thick fog swept over the supply point at the top of the hill in the fourth competition area.
The fog was black, and it had begun to rise in the dead of night, blending silently into the darkness. The moon was bright at the time, but the black fog quickly obscured it, until the entire top of the hill was shrouded in mist, swallowing up the refracted light from all around.
Amidst the dense fog, the few remaining sentries seemed to spot a monster that looked like it had crawled out of hell. It was shrouded in the thickest black aura, its form blurry and multifaceted, as if it had multiple clones, yet it seemed to possess no physical form, merely a condensation of the black mist, constantly releasing pressure and malice.
What followed was a surge in pollution levels.
Before one of the sentries lost consciousness, he looked down at the pollution value detector he was carrying. The index on it showed that the current pollution value had exceeded 90%, and a new contaminated area was forming.
"What's going on?" He looked around in horror and suddenly realized that his companion was nowhere to be seen.
Then, darkness enveloped him, and the memory of climbing the hill receded like the tide, leaving only a few obscure images.
When he regained consciousness, he murmured and threw down the detector in his hand: "It's... an S-class mutant..."
*
Xu Nuo woke up in a dazzling white light.
She raised her hands to cover herself and found herself lying in a hospital ward.
This seems to be a private ward, with a spacious and comfortable bed, a separate bathroom, a living room and a kitchen. Outside the wide-open window is a large red maple tree, and the flowers on the shelf beside the window are covered with crystal dewdrops.
Considering Xu Nuo's experience of being poor for more than ten years, this was not a place she could afford.
She pulled out the needle from the back of her hand, carefully got out of bed, and walked towards the door.
It seemed that because it was a private ward, there were not many doctors and patients coming and going outside the door. She had little strength and struggled to hold the door handle.
"Where are you going?" Behind him, Zhou Xuanyi walked out of the kitchen carrying a tray of food.
Xu Nuo's men paused and turned around: "Why are you here? Why am I here? Where is Wei Yan?"
Everything that happened on the hillside left her at a loss. Her memory was still stuck on the many contestants fighting on the hillside, she was besieged by sentries, Zhou Xuanyi refused to help, and then, Wei Yan woke up.
When he woke up, he seemed to be not very conscious and said a lot of things, as if he was deliberately conveying something to her. Later, the black mist released from his body destroyed everything.
Xu Nuo has always known that Wei Yan possesses a terrifying power, and this power is definitely not the ability of a normal sentinel.
He has always been able to control this power, but this time, the appearance of the black fog not only swallowed up all the grass and trees on the hillside, but also brought terrifying pollution levels.
The hillside became a polluted area almost instantly, and some low-level sentinels even showed signs of distortion. Fortunately, there were many guides on the scene, and everyone worked together to purify some of the pollution.
Zhou Xuanyi was very panicked at that time and tried to pull her away, but Xu Nuo took advantage of the darkness to shake him off and ran into the depths of the black fog.
She was looking for Wei Yan.
She was not sure what level of pollution the area on the hillside had reached, but as she went deeper into the black fog, no living creatures appeared around her, the grass and trees withered and died, and even the land beneath her feet turned into yellow sand wasteland.
The thick black fog seemed to have consciousness and played hide-and-seek with her, deliberately avoiding her from beginning to end without any intention of harming her.
In the vague range of his vision, Xu Nuo seemed to have seen traces of Wei Yan. His figure at that time was very strange, like the reflection of a drop of water falling into the calm lake, layered and obscure, as if there was no entity, only the illusory outline of a human figure.
Wei Yan...
"What's the rush?" Zhou Xuanyi put the tray on the dining table in the living room and picked up a bowl of soup. "Eat something first. You haven't eaten for three days and three nights. Your body can't take it."
Xu Nuo frowned: "Don't change the subject. What happened next? Where is Wei Yan?"
Zhou Xuanyi smiled and said, "Take a sip and I'll tell you."
Xu Nuo turned and walked towards the door.
"Okay, I'll tell you." Zhou Xuanyi was helpless.
"You were determined to find him, and I didn't stop you. I watched you get swallowed by the fog. The first person to escape fired a flare, and Fino's guards and emergency response team arrived quickly. The hillside was completely surrounded."
"The pollution monitor showed the hillside's pollution level had reached 99.99%, with a 97% probability of A-level mutants appearing. There was a suspected S-level mutant in the pollution source," Zhou Xuanyi said. "The hillside was under martial law, and the competition ended early. Everyone thought you were dead. I didn't believe it, so I waited for you at the bottom of the hill for two days. Then, when the fog lifted, you were lying on the ground, clutching several keys and treasure chests."
Xu Nuo: "Where's Wei Yan?"
Zhou Xuanyi paused and said, "I don't know."
Xu Nuo stared at him: "You know that, right? You're not here to play the game."
Zhou Xuanyi was stunned.
Xu Nuo said firmly: "Zhou Xuanyi, I consider you half a friend, can you tell me where Wei Yan went?"
Zhou Xuanyi lowered his eyes uncomfortably: "Sorry."
Xu Nuo: “Why apologize?”
Zhou Xuanyi: "I don't know where he went. After the fog cleared, he disappeared."
Xu Nuo frowned: "This... is simply too ridiculous."
Why did Wei Yan suddenly inject nutrients? Clearly nothing had happened, her life was not in danger, and everything was under control.
Wait...did Wei Yan really inject the nutrient solution himself?
She suddenly thought of something and was about to leave.
"Xu Nuo." Zhou Xuanyi shouted behind him.
"Did you know he was an S-rank Sentinel?"
Xu Nuo was stunned.
"What did you say?"
"At first, I was also deceived by his hidden aura and mistakenly thought he was a Beyond Grade A. But judging from the situation when the black fog first broke out, he should be S-grade and has been deliberately concealing his strength."
Zhou Xuanyi: "An S-rank, no matter where he goes, is enough to drive all kinds of forces crazy. I heard that he also works for the White Tower. S-rank sentinels have voting rights in the White Tower's annual resolutions. How could such a prestigious position become your senior?"
Xu Nuo: "He has always been a senior in the capital military, and all the classmates know him."
Zhou Xuanyi: "It seems like you two have a very close relationship. Have you known each other for a long time?"
Xu Nuo: “…No.”
"When did you meet?"
“…this semester.”
Zhou Xuanyi shrugged. "From what I know, S-rank Sentinels have extremely high requirements for their guides. Even A-rank guides are very reluctant, let alone B-rank guides. You two will most likely never have the chance to meet each other in your lifetime, and before... you didn't know each other."
"Are you sure... your meeting wasn't intentional? Otherwise, I really can't understand what could drive him to be so close to you."
Xu Nuo paused with his hand on the door handle: "What is there for me to be plotted against?"
Zhou Xuanyi: "Who knows, maybe you're hiding some secret? After all, you're the one who survived the contaminated area he caused unscathed."
When he mentioned the secret, Xu Nuo's heart was shaken, and he recalled what Wei Yan said before the black fog broke out.
That was her and Wei Yan's secret.
"Do you really want to win the game?"
"Do you remember what we talked about in the cave?"
"Whatever you want to do, I support you."
What does Wei Yan want to express?
I support you no matter what you want to do - why emphasize this sentence?
wrong.
Xu Nuo was suddenly stunned.
Most people focus on the last part of their speech. Wei Yan said many sentences, and in the eyes of those who didn't know the situation, they would also pay attention to the last sentence.
He wanted everyone to focus on the last sentence.
But it happened suddenly, and he suddenly exploded after saying this. If he wanted to leave her a message...
She suddenly thought of the nutrient syringe that had slipped from his arm.
...If emphasizing the last sentence is just a cover-up, then the first few sentences he said are the most important information points.
——Those words she had said to Wei Yan.
"Winning the Game" is about digging deeper into the conspiracy behind Fino, and "Words in the Cave" is about making guesses about Fino's actions...
Was Wei Yan hinting to her that Fino had tampered with the syringe?
Or maybe, it was Fino who caused him to explode and lead to this situation...
"squeak--"
The door handle fell, and a tall, strong middle-aged man pushed the door open and walked in.
Xu Nuo held the handle and bumped into him head-on.
The middle-aged man's weathered face was covered with a kind smile: "Hello, Miss Xu Nuo, nice to meet you."
Zhou Xuanyi said from behind: "Xu Nuo, let me introduce you, this is my father - Zhou Junlin."
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