Chapter 88 The Royal City Banquet: He was gambling.
Chen Su sat on the ground with one leg bent, leaning against the wall. The hem of his clothes and half of his pants were stained red with blood. As his life faded, his appearance gradually returned to its original state.
His body temperature kept dropping, and he no longer had the strength to move. He stared at the endless corridor, and his consciousness slowly began to fade.
Before this, he tried many ways to break the "ghost wall" illusion, but none of them worked. All the icons in his inventory turned gray and unusable.
He was unable to use any life-saving items and was unable to contact anyone.
Before exiting the game panel, his gaze fell on the [Resurrection] skill.
Someone on the forum said that when one partner is in mortal danger, this skill will alert the other person, who cannot use the skill inside the instance. Shi Yu should be able to use it outside.
Yes.
He's gambling.
He had only ever made such a high-stakes gamble twice in his life. The first time was when he was ten years old. He bet everything he had, gambling on whether his bloodline or that woman was more important in his father's heart. He won the gamble.
This time, his life was at stake.
It's a gamble...
He didn't know.
Perhaps it is something that cannot be explained by science.
Shen Su's vision began to blur, and the glittering corridor turned into countless shimmering spots on his retina, like golden butterflies crashing into his dream.
Amidst the fluttering golden butterflies, he saw someone running towards him.
He ran so fast and so urgently, just like many years ago when he sank into the cold sea. That person also broke through the golden surface of the sunlit sea and swam towards him. The sunlight was left behind him, and the sea was getting farther and farther away from him. He swam into the depths of the sea.
His shadow went from bright to dark, becoming blurry, and then gradually became clearer in his sight.
"Sinking!"
The figure came to him, knelt down and examined his wounds.
Shi Yu was dressed in pure white, surrounded by a golden halo, looking as beautiful as an angel fallen to earth.
He wanted this angel to remain forever noble, holy, and immaculate.
They wanted to dirty him, to defile him, to make him smell like him.
This idea started many years ago.
Nothing has changed.
Instead, it has only gotten worse over time.
When that figure broke through the dream and appeared in his sight, he knew he had made the right bet.
But the result was not what he wanted.
...
Shi Yu tore a piece of cloth from his clothes to bandage Shen Su's wound. Because his fingers were trembling, he tried no less than three times before he was able to tear it off successfully. However, before he could wrap the cloth around Shen Su's arm, Shen Su suddenly pulled his hand away.
How did you get in?
Shen Su stared at him, her light brown eyes inexplicably dark, and her tone was icy.
"Your resurrection skill is activated. I suspect you're in mortal danger."
When Shi Yu saw Shen Su lying in a pool of blood, he felt his heart stop. Only when he got closer and saw that Shen Su's eyes were still blinking did his heart start beating again.
After his emotions had surged, he gradually calmed down. He had no time to ponder Shen Su's feelings. He forcefully pulled Shen Su's hand back and wrapped the wound with cloth, his tone calm and even.
This time, Shen Su did not withdraw his hand again, his expression still cold: "This corridor is unsolvable, we can't get out, all the skills inside are ineffective, I thought you would use the skills outside."
“We are not in the same space, so we cannot use the resurrection skill,” Shi Yu stated calmly while bandaging the wound. “Besides, I don’t know if there is no solution here.”
Shi Yu looked up at Shen Su and found that Shen Su was still staring straight at him. He deliberately used a little force, but Shen Su seemed not to feel any pain and did not react at all.
This person may have become numb from pain.
Shi Yu thought.
He then eased the pressure, and only after the wound was bandaged did Shi Yu belatedly realize that Shen Su seemed to have recognized him at a glance.
Shi Yu looked at his hands, then at his body, and realized that after entering this instance within an instance, his appearance had changed back to his original form, and Shen Su had also changed back to his original form.
The game even took care of the details to prevent teammates from recognizing each other.
Perhaps it's because they're not currently playing a role, so they can say and do things that don't fit the character's behavior.
After Shi Yu entered this space, his live stream chat exploded. Longtime fans were frantically shipping the sweet moments, while new fans were spamming question marks.
[Where is my beautiful girl?! My gorgeous girl is gone!!!]
I woke up to find my wife gone! Family, does anyone understand?!
[Does the streamer have a cross-dressing fetish? So is the streamer male or female?]
【However, I could also be a male streamer!!!】
[Do you think the streamer is prettier in real life? I believe I'm not the only one.]
[I'm a straight man, and I also think the streamer looks good in men's clothing. Let me make it clear first, I'm a straight man!]
...
The two leaned against the wall to rest. Shen Su gave a general explanation of the place, and Shi Yu asked, "So, it's not a ghost wall in the traditional sense?"
"I tried closing my eyes a few times, which is a fairly standard way to break out of a ghost wall, but I couldn't get out. I also tried some wilder methods, but I still couldn't get out. I don't think it's a ghost wall. Chinese paranormal phenomena shouldn't appear in Western dungeons."
"There's only one corridor here, and everything is obvious at a glance. It's too simple, but often some unsolvable dungeon designs are very simple."
"Is there a door in the wall?" Shi Yu looked up and glanced at the wall. Shen Su shook his head. "No, and the wall is solid."
As Shi Yu looked away, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of Shen Su's shoes. The once gleaming leather toes were now badly damaged... He seemed to have guessed what Shen Su meant by "wild methods".
Shi Yu's lips twitched slightly, as if she wanted to laugh.
But I held back.
"If you knew there was no solution here," Chen Su suddenly turned her head and asked him, "would you still have come in?"
Shi Yu thought quietly for a while, then looked at Shen Su's tightly bandaged wrist resting on his knee and said, "If you ask me for help, I will come in."
“It has nothing to do with whether the dungeon itself is unsolvable or not,” Shi Yu added.
Shen Su withdrew his hands from his knees, letting them fall to his sides, hidden by his clothes. He asked again, "If I hadn't asked you for help, would you have come in?"
This is a very unreasonable question.
Shi Yu leaned against the wall without moving, and smiled helplessly at Chen Su: "Do you think this is an idol drama? Telepathy? The male lead will definitely rush to the scene immediately when the female lead is in trouble and save her at the last second?"
"Reality isn't a romantic drama; there aren't that many unspoken understandings. If you don't tell me, I won't know; if you don't ask for help, how will I know you're in danger?"
"That makes some sense." Shen Su thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled strangely. "Yeah, how would you know if I didn't tell you?"
He paused, then added, "Actually, there's something I need to tell you..."
Shi Yu suddenly stood up and pointed to a spot not far ahead.
There seems to be a door there.
Shen Su followed Shi Yu's gaze and saw that there was indeed a door there.
Immersed in the live broadcast room—
[Shen Su, what do you want to say? Hurry up and say it! I'm so anxious!!!]
[This door appeared at just the right time, like the ending theme song suddenly popping up during the climax of a TV series.]
【What? Am I seeing things? Or am I remembering wrong? There wasn't a door there just now.】
There was no door just now; it appeared suddenly.
Therefore, this space is not actually a dead end; we just need to wait patiently for the door to appear.
[Those who said that were really naive; I'm more inclined to believe the system is giving my wife a cheat code.]
[Aren't you straight? Who's your wife?]
...
The door was a wooden door that opened with a push, revealing complete darkness inside. After stepping into the darkness, he felt dizzy, and when he opened his eyes again, Yu found himself back in the princess's palace, and his appearance had changed back to that of the princess.
At the same moment, Shen Su returned to the normal corridor outside the banquet hall, transformed into the God of War, and his wounds inexplicably healed.
"Your Highness!"
Ron came running out from the other end, panting, and stopped in front of Shen Su. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked anxiously, "Your Highness, where have you been? Are you alright?"
Qin Ke was drenched in sweat from running, but this sweat wasn't from running this route. After the banquet, he was suddenly pulled into a maze. The maze was quite complex, with more than five paths at each fork in the road. To make matters worse, he was also chased by a tiger. The tiger chased him frantically, and he ran frantically.
He hadn't forgotten that his stupid NPC boss liked to wander off. If something happened to this NPC while he was away, he would be finished. Therefore, he didn't dare to waste a minute and went to find his boss as soon as he got out of the maze.
Fortunately, this NPC didn't run away this time.
At this moment, Shen Su was thinking—as expected of an NPC, their appearance was just in time.
Mo Rugui, who had been pulled into the arena, also came out. He was unharmed, not a single hair on his body was broken, but his throat was extremely dry and hoarse.
Mo Rugui didn't know where this NPC, who seemed to be someone the original owner had offended in the past, suddenly appeared and challenged him to a duel. He had no right to refuse, and the two of them were pulled into the dueling arena.
Fortunately, it was a timed instance, and the person was all muscle and strength but not very bright. He did his best to stall for time until the time was up, and then he was teleported out.
Lin Fengbai was unable to enter the banquet hall.
His identity was that of Prince Lucius's advisor. He was not on the guest list invited by the king. He waited outside the banquet hall until the banquet ended, and then went back with Lucius.
Lucius remained silent the entire way, and Lin Fengbai dared not speak either. He huddled in a corner, trying his best to minimize his presence, not even daring to breathe loudly, let alone make any small moves in front of Lucius.
He could vaguely sense that Lucius was in a bad mood, but he didn't know why. Could it be that he had encountered something unpleasant at the banquet?
The two of them made their way back to the palace where Lucius was staying.
Lucius waved to him, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He went back to his room to take a shower and prepare for bed, but Lucius called him over again in the middle of the night.
The thing Lucius had been holding back all night must be something big. Lin Fengbai remembered his character setting: resourceful, shrewd, and highly valued by Prince Lucius.
As Lucius's highly valued advisor, he was bound to help Lucius solve his problems.
Lin Fengbai mustered all his attention and went to Lucius's room. His Highness Lucius's expression was no longer as bad as before, but he seemed a little lost in thought, staring blankly at a void in front of him.
After a long pause, he finally posed a question:
How do you make someone like you?
Lin Fengbai was stunned for a few seconds: "...Huh?"
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