Chapter 6: I can also stand up for my brothers
Chapter 6: I can also stand up for my brothers
Chu Cheng'an held his breath and hid behind the door, secretly watching the situation outside. He only quietly opened the door a crack and did not dare to be too blatant.
From what he could see outside, the old witch picked up Lu Zhenqiu's clothes in the same way as before and took him to the kitchen.
However, she was not so rough when she grabbed Lu Zhenqiu. She almost tore the back of his clothes when she grabbed him...
The boss of this dungeon must be very vengeful.
After the old witch completely left the living room and went into the kitchen to busy herself, Chu Cheng'an quickly moved to the kitchen door after hearing the sound of bottles ringing on the cooking table.
The old witch was so absorbed in mixing her condiments that she had no time to consider the unexpected visitor at the door.
Chu Cheng'an saw Lu Zhenqiu thrown into the corner of the wall. He also noticed himself, and quickly looked away and lowered his head, pretending to be a pitiful person waiting to be cooked.
Okay, Lu Zhenqiu should be safe for now.
Chu Cheng'an was a little puzzled. Why was this old witch so slower than he was when she was making the soup in the garden? It seemed like she was not in a hurry to eat right away.
This is the right level of difficulty for a beginner, right? Why was the pot bubbling before I caught him?
never mind……
In order to avoid the in-game accident where the pot did not boil and the old witch was pushed in but not burned to death, Chu Chengan chose to wait at the door first.
His next strategy was to take advantage of everyone's attention being focused on the ingredient Lu Zhenqiu, and use his advantage as a sprint champion to rush forward, grab the old witch in the blink of an eye, and then release her and send her in to drink the soup.
The plan was simply perfect.
Chu Chengan couldn't help but applaud himself for formulating a strategy in just three seconds.
Why would it take so much trouble? I was born with a talent for something, and I'm best at speed.
Time passed by minute by minute, and Chu Cheng stared at the movements in the kitchen closely, which made the string in his heart tighten.
Finally, the pot starts bubbling. Now it is!
Chu Cheng'an rushed over and found the old witch's face facing the pot, not far from the door.
He did not avoid people's sight. To avoid them would mean he would have to take a detour, which would take time!
He picked up the old witch in the black hood from the side.
Generally, old ladies are not too heavy, as their bones will shrink as they age. However, the one Chu Chengan was holding in his hands was like a mountain. If it weren't for his extraordinary arm strength, the one that came down from him could have crushed his feet.
If it's difficult to throw such a heavy dungeon boss into the pot, then just push it and follow the story in the original book.
Chu Cheng'an didn't give up completely. He took advantage of the situation and pushed the old witch towards her big iron pot.
With such a heavy blow, the iron pot was overturned by the impact of the old witch. It is hard to tell which one is stronger, a mountain or an iron pot.
As the pot turned over, the green, bubbling, unknown liquid inside instantly corroded the old witch's black cloak.
The old witch uttered a shrill scream, like the sound of a broken bellows.
It turns out that this pot is not as good as the old woman's. Chu Chengan couldn't help but doubt its quality. If he had known it was so light, Lu Zhenqiu wouldn't have had to spend so much effort making a chocolate bar lever to pry it.
"Chu Cheng'an! Be careful!" Lu Zhenqiu in the corner shouted at him loudly, bringing his soul back to life.
It turned out that the old witch's black cloak had been burned, but she was not dead yet. She looked haggard, and her thin black underwear exposed her bones. At this moment, she was about to use her sharp claws to grab Chu Cheng'an.
Chu Chengan was extremely surprised, he thought he had passed the level, but it turned out that the dungeon boss only lost a layer of skin.
He dodged the old witch's two claws that were about to grab him. The kitchen was small, and if he wanted to escape, he would have to run outside. Staying here was like trying to catch a turtle in a jar.
Of course he did not forget Lu Zhenqiu who was still in the corner.
He ran over and picked up his partner, who was obviously heavy, and then forced his way out of the old witch's huge claws, leaving two bloody cuts on his shoulders.
This level of injury would not make Chu Chengan let go. He carried Lu Zhenqiu on his back, crossed the living room, and ran towards the garden.
I just don't know if the old witch's claws are poisonous and whether it will cause tetanus. Fortunately, the wound is not that deep.
Lu Zhenqiu gently grabbed his neck with a faint smile on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Chu Chengan shivered when he was grabbed: "You don't have to hold on to me. Don't worry, I won't let you fall. When you grabbed me, my neck was shaking. I thought it was the old witch who caught up with me."
Fortunately, the dungeon boss here is just a little more lethal, and his running speed is not as fast as Chu Chengan who is carrying someone on his back. I don’t know how the system defines the running speed between the boss and the player here.
The garden outside the balcony of the living room is a very large area. With the bright light in the living room and the moonlight from the full moon in the sky, Chu Chengan played the game of snake with the old witch, but his tail only had Lu Zhenqiu and it would not grow any longer.
Chu Cheng'an had undergone a long period of physical training, so whether he was tired from running was secondary. The main thing was that he was now carrying a heavy load and he could feel the strength in his body slipping away bit by bit.
Chu Chengan realized this and a little cold sweat oozed out of his back. This old witch wouldn't chase me all night, would she? How could I handle it? Not long after the big pot tipped over, it disappeared by itself. What else could I do to deal with the old witch now?
"Can you still run?" Lu Zhenqiu asked him.
Chu Chengan then remembered that he had been carrying Lu Zhenqiu on his back for more than half an hour. At this time, his leg had almost recovered.
But there is no guarantee that Lu Zhenqiu has the same strong recovery ability as him. Hasn’t he been a sports student for three years?
Chu Cheng'an tentatively asked Lu Zhenqiu behind him: "Speaking of which...your leg..."
"Legs? I'm fine now. Sorry, I was so nervous watching the boss trying to catch us that I forgot to tell you."
"You! Damn it, you made me so tired... Did you know that my stamina bar is almost empty?"
"Sorry, sorry." Lu Zhenqiu said lightly, and it was hard to tell whether he was truly apologizing or teasing Chu Chengan.
With a powerful enemy in front of them, it would be inappropriate for Chu Chengan to argue with Lu Zhenqiu at this time, so he could only put it aside for the time being.
After putting Lu Zhenqiu down, he asked people to run in the same direction as he ran and follow the old witch.
The elderly witch had been able to follow them without getting lost thanks to the system's magical powers. It was still a bit difficult to catch up with her, but this old witch seemed to never get tired, which was a bit...
Chu Chengan asked the smarter one of them while running: "Lu Zhenqiu, you need to think of a solution quickly. We can't just keep running, right? Someone will die."
"We won't keep running. Since this is a game, the system you mentioned will definitely not give us an unsolvable game. It might as well just kill us, right?"
Chu Chengan changed his previous high-speed running with a load to a steady speed in order to save some energy.
My brain must be free to receive messages from Lu Zhenqiu.
"Why don't you just tell me what to do?" Chu Cheng'an had given up trying to figure it out on his own.
"Didn't you say you've read this fairy tale? How did it resolve this issue?"
"…How could there be such a thing? If there was, would I have to run around so wildly? In the story, the little girl just pushed the old witch into the pot and that was it. There's no need for this extra thing now…"
Chu Chengan suddenly remembered what the damn rabbit had said to him before, that the difficulty level would be reduced from C to B if he insulted the system.
Oh my god, they really added a plot to him? They didn't scare him? Such a petty rabbit, a rabbit that doesn't respect the original plot...
Could he tell Lu Zhenqiu that because of his fault, the difficulty of their game had been increased? Of course he couldn't tell him that, otherwise if they started a quarrel, Rabbit would be so happy.
Lu Zhenqiu looked at Chu Cheng'an's sighing expression and didn't ask any more questions. He just said, "So, there are still many plots in the game that players have to figure out on their own. They can't just rely on fairy tales?"
That's true. Otherwise it would be unfair to put those who have read the book and those who have not read the book together to play the game.
"Yes...so, Boss, you better think of a solution as soon as possible."
"I've already said my guess before. The system won't set up an unsolvable game. Didn't you melt the old witch's black tufts before? I suspect that this old witch has two lives in total, and the black tufts gave her an extra life. We just need to run through tonight, wait until the next day, and in the next round of the game, we can push her into the pot and complete the game."
"Oh, without Black Panther, she has become more aggressive and lethal. It's hard to deal with her..."
"Of course. You melted her life-saving clothes. Wouldn't she fight you to death?"
The two of them ran around the garden several times again. All the strength and energy they had replenished from eating chocolate before were now used up. Fortunately, the daybreaks quickly in summer. After three o'clock in the morning, the darkness in the sky gradually disappeared. When the first ray of light came down, the old witch jumped out of the garden fence and disappeared in an instant.
"Finally... finally we are saved..." Chu Cheng'an and Lu Zhenqiu both knelt on the ground, panting and thankful that they still had their remaining lives.
"This is more physically demanding than running two marathons. Running in the summer has drained all the water out of my body..." Chu Cheng'an was so hot that he wanted to take off his clothes, but Lu Zhenqiu stopped him.
"Don't take it off. What if the system thinks that you being naked is immoral and uses it as an excuse to make the game more difficult?"
"..." Chu Cheng'an withdrew his hand. He didn't tell anyone anything.
After lying in the garden for more than half an hour, the two returned to the living room to rest for a while and discuss the next countermeasures.
Lu Zhenqiu: "According to the time, the old witch will appear next time in the afternoon. The system will give us at least 6 hours of rest time. During this time, we may have to eat more food in the candy house to meet the requirements of the game. The one who eats the most will be chosen by the old witch to be put into the pot."
"Then next time...?"
Lu Zhenqiu said without hesitation: "I will be the bait, and you will be responsible for pushing the old witch into the pot."