Chapter 101 Confirming Feelings
Task?
What she was saying...I couldn't understand it at all.
Yan pursed his lips, afraid to answer, fearing that answering would trigger some instant-death rule and have his heart ripped out by the twisted ghost. He held his breath, backing away, silently praying: Please don't kill me, please don't kill me.
Huh? Chen Xiao'er watched the boy walk backwards, feeling a bit amused and helpless.
Am I that scary?
She smiled helplessly and whispered to her senior: "Zero~ What should we do next? The little actor is too young and seems unable to cooperate."
"Hold on."
A stream of data flashed in Zero's eyes: The interference in the abyss is very strong, but fortunately the apostles have a stronger connection with the soul pool, and the distance is [vertical], so the signal strength is completely sufficient.
[No. 0: Discovered Cluster - Underground People (Unregistered x21) Excavating Anomalous Debris (Assessment - Medium-Low Value)]
[No. 0: After analysis, the underground people are hostile to us. They have likely used human sacrifices to feed abnormal creatures.]
[No. 0: If we activate annihilation mode, it may affect Chen Xiao'er's mind and perception. Please issue clear instructions.]
After a moment, a clear instruction hit the iris.
Judging from the scanned images, the energy of the anomalous debris is dispersed and requires human effort to collect.
[You can wait for the underground people to gather and then follow them or use any other means to reach their base.]
[Chen Xiao'er seems to be treating the data collection process as some kind of virtual game. It is recommended to use relevant language to guide her.]
[No. 0: Understood.]
Zero looked around, calculated the shortest distance within his field of vision, and then walked towards the person who was suspected to be the leader.
Chen Xiao'er followed her direction and spotted the staff member dressed the wildest. She quickly chased after him and asked, "Zero? How are you going to trigger the mission?"
Ling said calmly, "I'll rush over and hit him on the head until he agrees to take us to the service center. If he forgets his line, I'll just let the next one go."
"I'll switch to combat mode, break his hands, and force him to lead us to the tribe's base. If he doesn't agree, I'll replace him with someone else."
"Haha." Chen Xiao'er accidentally laughed out loud and quickly slapped her lips. "No, senior, don't tell jokes like that. It's a bit too much."
"Huh?" Zero looked at her in confusion.
Chen Xiao'er let go of her hand and said with a smile, "Hitting people is not good, and you definitely wouldn't do that~ Hahaha, no, Xinnaya deserves it, hahaha."
The girl laughed brightly in the wind, but tears welled up in her eyes as she laughed. She raised her fingers and wiped the corners of her eyes nonchalantly.
Knock knock.
Ling's heart rate suddenly fluctuated subtly, and she leaned over and gently held Xiao'er's fingers.
The moment their fingertips touched, human emotions gradually returned.
Ling still couldn't see what was going on in Xiao'e's heart, but she slightly understood why tears appeared in her smiling eyes.
"Is it Xinaya?"
"Huh?"
Chen Xiao'er's laughter slowly stopped, and she sniffed in confusion.
Actually, I was just venting.
The jokes that the senior student told seriously were funny, but I was very... worried.
I’m worried that my senior will really do that for me.
Isn't this a strange thought? Why would Zero do this? No normal person would do this.
Her emotions are now confused and complicated:
Before, I was worried all day long whether Ling was really dating me, but when Ling really broke the student union rules for me, beat up Xinnaya, and made an exception to go to class together... I was actually very scared.
Chen Xiao'er vaguely noticed that her senior liked holding her hand, so she didn't shake it off this time.
She just held her hands quietly and continued to think: Why am I so scared?
Is it because her elegant demeanor doesn't match her illegal behavior? Or is it because I'm not good enough and shouldn't make her sacrifice so much?
No, it seems that it's more than that.
[The way my senior treats me is strange. Does she have other motives?]
The cold words pierced Chen Xiao'er's heart, and she was so scared that she held back her tears.
She hurriedly avoided Zero's icy blue eyes: "What am I thinking? How could I suspect that the senior sister has ulterior motives? She...Zero obviously discusses everything with me, even saying "I'm going to hit him on the head".
Phew—it’s decided.
Chen Xiao'er took a deep breath and slowly calmed her excited mood.
No matter what, Zero's contribution to me is real. She has helped and saved me time and time again. How could I ignore it?
Her original purpose was not important, even if it was a bet with her friends in the student union, "Watch how many days it takes me to win over that junior girl."
Even if this kindness is mixed with "falsehood", I will turn it into reality!
Chen Xiao'er raised her head, her eyes sparkling with bright lights.
She gently pulled her hand away and said with a smile, "Let me trigger the mission. It seems quite interesting!"
Ling nodded and looked up at Xiao'er's back towards the horizon.
The black-haired girl pierced through the fog with brisk steps, walking like a deer in the forest, and leaped onto the highest hillside.
…
"Hello, excuse me."
Where did this stranger come from?!
Collecting radioactive debris in the wasteland, everyone's senses were already strained to the limit. When the clear female voice rang out undisguisedly, the leader's ears and shoulders vibrated simultaneously.
Could this be another high-risk, unusual trap? !
He grasped the handle of the knife at his waist: this knife looks like a knife, but it is actually a flying rope. Once triggered, it can fly a long distance with the knife.
Click, click.
The girl continued to approach, her leisurely movements making everyone more nervous. Experienced people knew that the more relaxed the enemy's posture, the more difficult it was to defeat them.
The team leader desperately winked at the people around him: Stop her quickly.
Unfortunately, none of the tribesmen who survived to this day were stupid. They lowered their heads and ran to a farther place pretending to pick up things. No one dared to block the girl's path.
…
Click.
Chen Xiao'er walked up to the team leader and politely asked, "I'm a student at Taoli University. Is there anything I can help you with?"
School?
The team leader immediately realized that the school she was talking about was Taoli College.
The Church of Light is a behemoth. That huge building stands on the nearest wellhead of the abyss. Who living underground doesn’t know it?
This woman is threatening me. Does she think I will be scared to death if she mentions the name of Taoli College?
It’s true.
The team leader felt that his pants were about to slip off, and his legs began to move apart.
He dared to lead his people to hunt the people on Earth, but there was a difference between the people on Earth and the people above them. If the church really wanted to send elite troops to hunt down one or two students, the tribe he had worked so hard to cultivate would be forced to migrate again.
But people are fighting for their dignity. If I am scared into giving up the resources at hand because of a single sentence, how can I lead the team in the future?
For the sake of his dignity as a team leader, he mustered up the courage to straighten his chest and stomach, and said in a deep voice, "No need, these things are all ours."
Chen Xiao'er glanced at the small, glittering fragments in the sand pit and understood: so many mineral specimens would require the staff to collect slowly, and there would probably be some large-scale side quests.
All the classmates are not here, there are only two of us, no wonder we can’t trigger the task.
Since the senior wants to go to the service center, go there and wait for the classmates first.
So she randomly pointed in a direction and asked, "Okay, we want to find a place to rest. Do you have any hotels over there?"
“…”
Everyone subconsciously glanced in that direction, a chill running down their spine. There was no definite direction in the abyss, and even the most experienced guide would need to rely on magical pointers and supernatural powers.
Is she saying, "Even if you don't lead the way, I can find your house and take away everything you have"?
Chen Xiao'er waited expectantly for a while, but to her surprise, the staff still had no reaction and all had strange expressions that seemed to indicate they were confused and intimidated.
She had no choice but to reach for her bag - come out, my answer to everything!
Tips, pay!
Chen Xiao'e pulled a 20-yuan note from her wallet and, using her body as cover, quietly handed it to the leader. She whispered, "Here's a tip. We just want to find a place to rest. Don't worry, the food will be paid for separately."
The team leader took the banknote and found that it was the common currency used by people on earth.
He breathed a sigh of relief: It’s not that I care about the face value of the banknote. As the leader of the tribe, 20 universal coins are still easy to earn.
Humph, this person should not be abnormal, and is very likely a naive person.
The team leader had just been worried about their backgrounds and abilities, but once he sensed the innocence emanating from her, the underground people's strong adventurous spirit began to emerge: Why? How could someone like this live so innocently? Because she had some special superpowers or a unique background? Pah.
He glanced at the girl and the tall woman behind her, and immediately made a rough assessment of them in his mind.
The girl was able to run around in the abyss without wearing any protective gear and remain unaffected. She must have some kind of magical item or superpower that could withstand the radiation. If it was a magical item, it must be extremely valuable. If it was a superpower, then her combat effectiveness against humans was definitely insignificant.
As for that unusually beautiful tall woman...
Gurgle.
The team leader swallowed his saliva. Besides the surge of greed, he also felt an intuitive fear: something is wrong. There is something wrong with this woman. She must be very strong.
If the black-haired girl possessed a naive, almost nauseating innocence, the silver-haired woman exuded the menace of a fighting machine. Her stance and gaze bore the imposing presence of a seasoned killer.
[But there are only two of them, and they're attacking from within their base... We have a huge advantage!]
If all else fails, I can sacrifice them to God, and God will give us lots of food in return. Maybe we can even rest at home for the next month without having to go out hunting.
It just means losing one or two more rare items...
A greedy smile spread across the leader's face. He rubbed the banknotes together and nodded, "Okay, our base occasionally welcomes guests like you. Come whenever you want, and just follow the rules."
After he finished speaking, he rushed back to the crowd and worked hard with his tribesmen to pick up the unusual debris: You're kidding, if I don't watch carefully, who knows where these idiots will hide the fragments, they are really not afraid of getting their butts rotten!
Hey, success~
Chen Xiao'er made a V sign to Ling. In order not to interfere with the staff's work, she and her senior student retreated obediently to the hillside.
"Xiao Ai."
"What's the matter~"
Chen Xiao'er hugged her knees and rubbed against her senior sister.
Ling turned his face away, held her hand and said seriously: "I will kill Xinnaya for you."
"ah?"
Ling slowly lowered his head, his long silver hair flowing down the back of his hand and seeping through his fingers. "You've been scared, haven't you? I hope to lead you out of this and let you return to a stable life."
"You've always been afraid of that demon, haven't you? I hope to end your fear and restore your spirit to a stable state."
"......" Chen Xiao'er took a deep breath.
It was so familiar, that strange feeling of unworthiness again. But that feeling, similar to fear, quickly faded under the touch of the senior.
Zero is not the "perfect senior" that I imagined. She also has various flaws.
And I...want to be Zero's lover.
"You think too much, I haven't considered that kind of thing at all~"
The girl's eyes curved into a small crescent, and her vivid expression instantly transformed into countless data that appeared in Zero's eyes.
Chen Xiao'er held her senior's hand and pressed it hard against her face, feeling the burning softness.
"Zero, I just want to complete this game with you. Other than that, nothing else matters."
Under her focused gaze, Zero's cheeks were also tinged with the warmth of the sun.
The apostle didn't know how to respond, but she immediately turned on the recording mode and asked seriously, "Really?"
"real!"
Chen Xiao'er smiled and nodded. She took Ling's hand and walked forward. "That Xinnaya guy—it's not important at all!"
…
As the crowd gradually left, the devil's figure emerged from the light and shadow.
Haha, I finally found you.
Chen Xiao'er.
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