It was said that Xia Tong's infinite combo of Reverse Soul was as easy as pie. The goblin didn't believe it at first, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he felt terrible.
At the resurrection point, the smell of burnt lightning caused by the Soul-Splitting Curse lingered around him for a long time, making him frown. In the distance, there was a big pit where he had been standing, which was a sign of Xia Tong's anger.
The goblin felt a little confused. It was really not his intention to quarrel with Xia Tong.
Before the server maintenance ended, Dylan had just given the whole team a cold shoulder, and Mo Lan had just exposed the truth. He said, "Dylan's been getting harder and harder to please lately. Goblin, I've noticed you're a bitch. And yet you still have the nerve to stick up for him? Can't you see I'm getting fed up with you?"
In fact, the goblin had already seen it, but he was just reluctant to admit it.
Almost everyone will naturally develop a liking for the strong, and will involuntarily want to get closer and want to get the recognition of the strong, as if only in this way can they become strong themselves.
After winning the previous league championship, Sabretooth is now a highly sought-after gold medal team, showered with accolades and praise. This makes them feel special, a true honor for their team. However, when breaking them down individually, a certain irony emerges. Dylan alone is considered the strongest in his particular field. Remove this shining star, and the remaining four players fall into a state of darkness. This creates a sense of conflict, as if the other four players relied on Dylan's aura to reach the championship throne. Goblin's predicament is particularly awkward, drawing comparisons to Shadow Team's mmdou. mmdou faced Dylan head-to-head in the previous finals. Although he lost, the audience still remembers the famous scene of him being defeated by the champion team's MVP. Anyone who survives to face the champion team's MVP must be a match for the champion, and thus mmdou is always considered the strongest wizard in the national server.
As time went by, Goblin was influenced by all those comparisons and discussions. Although he didn't say it, he was always inferior in his heart. He admired Dylan in his heart and longed to be on equal footing with Dylan in the field of wizard profession. So he subconsciously wanted to get close to Dylan and become Dylan's bootlicker. He always felt that the better his relationship with Dylan, the more Dylan recognized him, and then his ability would be proven.
But he didn't expect that he would be despised by Dylan like this in the end, and in the eyes of other teammates, his servile behavior was really not decent.
This is something that makes Goblin feel very sad. He has been working hard to gain recognition from the outside audience, but he never expected that he couldn't even get the recognition and understanding of his teammates who worked with him. His teammates even think he is low.
He was extremely depressed, so he didn't call Yoyo and the others to join the game, but just wanted to come up and relax by himself.
Afterwards, he ran into Xia Tong by chance.
When the goblin saw that Xia Tong was also doing the task alone, he felt a little relieved for some reason. Her solitary figure inexplicably resonated with him and made him feel close to her.
And Xia Tong's appearance...is indeed what makes him cute.
Goblin has always liked this kind of person who looks very well-behaved and handsome, so his relationship with Yoyo has always been better than with other people in the team, because Yoyo also has a baby face that is not interested in the world. When he didn't know anything at the beginning, Goblin even confessed to Yoyo, but Yoyo is an alpha... After Goblin learned this fact, it took him a long time to repair his broken heart.
Xia Tong is a 24k pure omega.
The goblin stretched his legs at the resurrection point, restored his health bar, repaired his equipment, regained his strength, and shamelessly chased Xia Tong again.
Xia Tong was halfway through completing the task following the guide when she caught a glimpse of the goblin's shadow out of the corner of her eye, and her face instantly darkened again.
"Why are you following me again? You're so annoying!" The little wizard got angry and said, "I told you I don't want to learn how to be a wizard from you! You're not that good at all! I can beat you with just one hand!"
"I didn't ask you to learn how to play wizard from me!" The goblin learned his lesson this time and stroked Xia Tong's fur: "I came to apologize to you. I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing just now."
Xia Tong was a soft-hearted person, and after the goblin apologized seriously, she didn't know how to get angry. She was stunned for two seconds and said, "Ah, that's fine, it doesn't matter."
"Let me team up with you to do the quest together. I have done this quest line before. It will be more efficient if two people do the previous quests." The goblin said attentively.
"Are you so kind?" Xia Tong was full of doubt.
"Just think of it as me apologizing to you." Goblin said, and sent him a team invitation.
Xia Tong hesitated for two seconds, then clicked "Accept" and pouted, "It's up to you, but you're not allowed to make trouble!"
The goblin smiled and said, "No, no."
Xia Tong was wary of the goblins at first, but later the goblins behaved quite well. Not only did they not cause trouble, they also took the initiative to help him kill monsters and so on. So he became less hostile.
"Why don't you ask your team members to join you on the mission?" the goblin asked. "Is it because they don't want to?"
"No, I didn't call them at all." Xia Tong said: "Everyone is already very hard-working every day. This is something I suddenly wanted to do. There is no need to call them to join in!"
"Oh, I see." The Goblin said, "It seems like the relationship between you guys in the team is pretty good."
"The relationship in our team is more than just good! It's extremely good!" Xia Tong's eyes lit up when he mentioned this: "Xiao Bo is good, Pang Pang is good, Shi Ya Ge is good, and Zero is the best!" When he mentioned Lin Mingfei, two cute and charming blushes appeared on his fair cheeks, like a freshly steamed longevity peach.
The goblin stared at him for a long moment, his throat rolling, his expression slightly complicated. "By the way, I've always been curious. Did you join Polaris because of... Zero?"
"Of course!" Xia Tong answered without thinking.
The goblin whispered, "Sure enough..." He didn't know that Xia Tong went to Polaris because of Lin Mingfei's timely assistance and unique hospitality. It was a series of coincidences and fate that made Xia Tong firmly embedded in the crown of Polaris.
"As expected?" Xia Tong asked in confusion.
"I knew it." The goblin whispered sourly, "You and Zero have that kind of relationship."
"What kind of relationship?" Xia Tong frowned and asked, "Why don't I understand what you are saying?"
The goblin looked at Xia Tong. The eyes of this little omega were innocent. When he mentioned Zero, his heart was full of pure enthusiasm and love. It was really hard not to be moved by that kind of cuteness and innocence.
What on earth had Zero done to coax this omega into willingly braving a massive public outcry and spearheading a holographic esports arena filled with alphas? And how could he even defend him so wholeheartedly, staying with him day and night? What kind of heavenly life was this?! How could Zero have managed to trick such a cute and capable omega?
Zero is nothing more than a person with a pretty good appearance, coupled with a good-speaking mouth. When playing games, he has too many shady tricks, which always make people think he is very powerful... There is nothing good about him... How can he trick a group of little omegas into surrounding him and doing whatever they want -
Goblin secretly clenched his fists and whispered, "Hey, you're following Zero like this. Don't you care at all about that fan he slept with before?"
"What? What fans you slept with?" Xia Tong finally turned her head seriously and looked at him.
"You don't know?" Goblin was surprised. "It was the uproar online a while ago. He fucked an underage fan who really liked him, toying with her body and emotions, and accidentally went too far and caused a death! Why didn't he tell you?"
Xia Tong was stunned for a moment and couldn't say anything.
He had the impression that he had heard others mention similar things.
......
"Lin Mingfei fucked a fan and accidentally fucked a frail omega, and ended up killing someone!"
......
Oh, right, it was King Kong from Kuq who mentioned it in front of him and Zhou Yanjun, and then Zhou Yanjun got really angry, really angry...
Fuck fans? Sleep with fans?
At that time, he knew nothing about these contents and had no idea about the meaning behind these verbs.
But now, he is no longer the naive Xia Tong.
The scene of the sudden visit by Lin Mingfei that day inadvertently emerged in his mind. He was unconscious and was pressed on the pillow by Lin Mingfei. The rough yet gentle contact and markings were like an electric current passing through his body.
Those actions seemed extremely special to him, like a red-hot iron, hissing and leaving marks on his soul. Was that what was called "sleep"? Or perhaps it wasn't enough.
Xia Tong lowered his eyes, and he himself could not notice that his eyelashes were shaking violently.
He felt inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart, as if he was being pressed down by a huge rock weighing thousands of pounds. His heart was beating in a desperate struggle, and each beat made his chest tighten and feel suffocated.
What is special to him is not special to Lin Mingfei?
"Oh my god, you are so stupid." The goblin shook his head with a pitying attitude: "I knew you were so stupid. You must have been deceived by that old scumbag Lin Mingfei. He must not have told you the truth. In fact, this is also normal. People like Lin Mingfei are dirty. You can tell from the routines he plays games. I'm sure he has deceived more than one omega. He throws them away after sleeping with them and is ruthless when pulling out his dick——"
"Shut up!" Xia Tong blurted out, her face pale with anger. "It's none of your business to judge what kind of person he is!"
"Why is it not my turn to comment? He dared to do it, but is he afraid of everyone knowing? Go out and ask, I'm not the only one who knows about this." The goblin sneered, "I feel sorry for you. You're being used as a pawn and you don't even know it. I'm probably helping people count their money later. So I'm kindly reminding you-"
"I don't need you to remind me! You Sabertooth Tigers are not good people!" Xia Tong said angrily: "You can't beat me, so you use these words to hit me--"
"Are you impressed by me? Tsk, I see you clearly believed it." said the goblin.
"Get out of here!" Xia Tong was furious. He was about to say something else when the game's live broadcast plug-in suddenly resumed running. Xia Tong stopped talking in time. He stared at the goblin for a while and felt that he could not calm down, so he turned around and forcibly quit the game.
The hatch of the "cocoon" slowly rose, Xia Tong opened his eyes and returned to the real world, but he found that the uncontrollable heartache was extremely real and would not disappear with the disconnection of the sensor.
He pushed the hatch open and got out, sniffed, and felt that in his current state he couldn't communicate normally with anyone in the Polaris team, so he hurried out the door holding his clothes.
Fortunately, at this point, everyone in Polaris was rushing to rest in the bedroom, and no one noticed that he had left the base. Xia Tong walked quickly in the night wind. He turned up the hood of his cotton coat to wrap himself tightly against the cold, and walked through the opposite flow of people. After walking for an unknown amount of time, he stopped beside the familiar "Dongsheng BBQ" sign.
The night market was still bustling, with shabby yet not shabby food stalls lined up side by side. Gu Dongsheng was humming a Beijing tune as he leaned against the back of his metal cart, grilling two skewers of eggplant sliced and topped with mashed garlic. Suddenly, a figure blocked his view, dispersing the white smoke. He couldn't help but wonder, "What are you doing?"
Xia Tong took off her hat.
Gu Dongsheng: "Ah, big eyes Xia!"
Xia Tong: “…”
Gu Dongsheng: "Oh, I'm just kidding. Xia Tong, I remember you came to eat barbecue today? Did you bring any money?"
Xia Tong: "I didn't bring it."
Gu Dongsheng: "Oh, then go ahead."
Xia Tong: “…”
Gu Dongsheng saw his cute little face turned red from the cold wind. After being bullied, his nose and eye sockets were also red, like a little rabbit. He couldn't help but laugh: "Oh, I give up. I won't chase you away, okay? Why don't you tell me what you are doing here?"
"I...I have some questions to ask you, Uncle Gu." Xia Tong said softly with a wronged look.
"Then ask," Gu Dongsheng said, "Of course, if you want to ask how many stars there are in the sky... I definitely can't give you a fucking answer."
"That's not what I want to ask... Aren't you Zero's father..." Xia Tong bit her lip and stammered, "I want to ask, has Zero ever had a good relationship with an omega before?"
"Ah, an omega with whom we have a good relationship?" Gu Dongsheng freed one hand to pinch his chin, thinking seriously: "Yes."
Xia Tong's mouth drooped: "Woo woo—"
Gu Dongsheng: "Does his mother count?"
Xia Tong: “…”
Gu Dongsheng took a breath and said, "Oh no, he has a bad relationship with his mother, so that shouldn't count. So there's nothing else, right?"
Xia Tong: "But I heard... there was an omega who loved him very much, because he died."
The playful expression on Gu Dongsheng's face suddenly froze.
"Did you see any strange posts on the Internet?" He didn't turn over the eggplant that had a faint smell of burnt.
"No, someone else told me." Xia Tong shook his head, and the feeling of grievance in his heart surged up again, turning into sourness that blocked his nasal cavity: "I don't really believe it, but I'm very scared... What if he lied to me? What if there really was an omega who liked him as much as I do, and then died because of this love... What should I do then?" As he spoke, he raised his hand to touch the corner of his eyes, and tears seeped out of the corner of his eyes.
"Sigh." Gu Dongsheng sighed softly, took out a cheap-looking roll of toilet paper from the side, and handed it to Xia Tong: "Wipe it first. This matter... Although it did end like that, Zero really felt quite wronged."
Xia Tong wiped her eyes, sniffed, and looked at Gu Dongsheng seriously.
"Actually... I know about this." Gu Dongsheng sighed and said, "But I never told Zero I knew, and I pretended nothing happened in front of him because Zero is a bit too strong-willed. He's the kind of independent and arrogant alpha who always thinks he can handle anything well and is not good at accepting help and protection from others. I don't want to hurt his self-esteem or undermine his principles. When he was abroad seeing his eyes alone, I felt sorry for him, but I couldn't just run over to him rashly. I was afraid that the two alphas would start fighting if we didn't agree."
Xia Tong: "So what is the truth of the matter——"
Gu Dongsheng: "It is true that there was an omega who liked Zero very much. He was a child in the family system on Zero's mother's side... Alas, in fact, if you count the generations carefully, they can't even be considered relatives. They are so distant that they can be considered friends. You have to know how likable Zero was at that time. He was handsome, famous and wealthy. It was normal for someone to like him like crazy, but that little boy was a little... How to say it? To put it nicely, he is paranoid, to put it bluntly, he is mentally ill. This has a lot to do with his family environment. Their family didn't seem normal. Later, when the child got into trouble, they blamed all the blame on Zero..." Gu Dongsheng talked about what happened that year, shaking his head and sighing, and occasionally mixing in some of his own comments.
Xia Tong listened in a daze, and then his mouth began to tremble. When Gu Dongsheng talked about Lin Mingfei traveling overseas for medical treatment, he cried out "Wow" in the street.
"Wow wow wow wow, Zero is so miserable, wow wow wow!"
The people eating fried skewers around them were staring at them. Gu Dongsheng was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a cloth to wrap his head. "...Fuck, why do you always cry like the captain is dead every time you come to me?"
Xia Tong: "But Zero is so miserable!! Soooooo ...
Gu Dongsheng: "Oh...Okay, okay, if you really think he's miserable, why don't you just be nicer to him?"
Xia Tong pulled out a long strip from the roll of paper, folded it up and covered her nose with it, making a "puff" sound.
"You're right, I want to be nicer to Zero!" He said in a muffled voice, "I want him to feel the warmth of the world. I want to protect him!!"
"You protected him?" Gu Dongsheng rolled his eyes. "Oh! I, with my vast network of connections, couldn't protect him, and you?"
"That's because he doesn't accept your protection...but it doesn't mean he doesn't accept my protection!" Xia Tong argued with a sob. There was no deterrent effect, but the content of her words was very irritating.
Gu Dongsheng said he felt defeated: "Alright, you win. You can go and try and see if he accepts your protection."
Xia Tong took a few deep breaths and suddenly became extremely determined. She clenched her fist and said, "I will protect Zero in my own way! I want to give Zero a bright future!"
Gu Dongsheng clapped his hands nonchalantly, "Wow, you're awesome!"
Xia Tong ignored his sarcasm and puffed out her cheeks, vowing, "I'm going to make those bastards who misunderstood and slandered him apologize to him first! Yes! Apologize!"
"...I never thought that my godson would have such a fate in his lifetime, to be protected by an omega." Gu Dongsheng shook his head, his face full of indescribable expression: "Then I can only wish you two a happy marriage in advance." After a pause, he suddenly seemed to think of something and hooked his finger at Xia Tong. Xia Tong leaned over, and Gu Dongsheng gave him a string of mobile phone numbers.
"Here's my phone number, remember it." He said, "If anything happens and Zero can't bring himself to ask me for help, you can ask me on his behalf. I can't reach for the stars or the moon, but most of the issues involving people... I can probably handle them."
Xia Tong smiled and nodded, "I'll remember that! Uncle Gu, you're such a good person! Now I'm leaving!"
Gu Dongsheng snorted softly, lowered his head, fished out the old wallet from his pocket, and took out the yellowed photo of the woman from the inner compartment and looked at it. His eyes were gentle: "No need for the good guy card. The last thing I want to receive in my life is a good guy card. I just hope that you little brats are all well." He raised his eyelids and looked at Xia Tong's back as she ran away happily: "Yes, everything is fine."
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