Chapter 40 Are you angry? Are you shy?
In fact, Wang Qi showed abnormality from the very beginning.
First of all, the [Breathing Swing] task is not mandatory. People will not die if they do not eat for a short period of time. Wang Qi was seriously injured and it was obvious that he would die once he got on the swing. He could have chosen not to participate and it would not be too late to participate after his physical condition improved.
Why was he so anxious to join immediately? This was the first question.
Secondly.
Wang Qi knew that there would be a competition for food, which meant that people who had done the homework before and were well prepared usually had a much stronger desire to survive than those who were forced to do something unprepared.
However, such people put forward the somewhat absurd reason of "letting Sun Yuancheng go, just in the hope that he can give the child who 'looks like' his daughter something to eat."
If the girl is really Wang Qi's daughter, this reason can barely stand up.
But it just looks like... and in such a cruel environment in the dungeon...
Such a Wang Qi is inevitably a little too philanthropic.
Of course, it would be nonsense to say that Sun Yuancheng completely distrusts Wang Qi based solely on the above reasons.
This was just the beginning of what was going to be weird for him.
Since the end of the primary pseudo-human copy, Sun Yuancheng has learned to assume the worst of others. Wang Qi is very positive about the order of participating in the [Breathing Swing]. Of course, this can be explained as he wants Sun Yuancheng to get more food, so that he can give more to the children later.
But when the first place was taken away by someone else, Sun Yuancheng just deliberately showed a little frustration and regret, and Wang Qi actually followed his performance and revealed his anxiety.
That doesn't make much sense.
If the amount of food received by the first and second place players was so different, Wang Qi had no reason not to tell Sun Yuancheng, but he silently accepted Sun Yuancheng's constant comfort, as if he was really devastated.
But if the difference in food received was not obvious, then the amount of food Sun Yuancheng distributed to the children would not be too different. This would not cause much damage to the interests sought by Wang Qi, so he would not behave in this way.
The abnormality may be that he has other thoughts.
The more comfort Sun Yuancheng gave him, the colder his heart felt.
His mood suddenly turned coldest when he touched the stone hidden on Wang Qi's body.
Suddenly, everything made sense.
However, despite this, Sun Yuancheng also lied.
He was indeed very wary of Wang Qi, but he was also truly moved by Wang Qi.
The source of this touching moment was Li Ziyue.
In other words, it was Wang Qi's protection of Wang Ya that reminded him of Li Ziyue's care for him.
Ever since Li Ziyue disappeared from his side, Sun Yuancheng had been blaming himself, wondering why he had enjoyed all of Li Ziyue's protection so comfortably, why he had not carefully observed Li Ziyue's condition the first time he realized something was wrong, but instead was lazy and thought that Li Ziyue was a veteran player and must have a way to solve it.
Are there not many veteran players who die in dungeons?
When he was pulled under Li Ziyue's umbrella, he did not think about why he could be protected under the umbrella.
He could hardly help Li Ziyue.
A bitter taste rose in his mouth. Sun Yuancheng bit his lips tightly, trying hard not to cry.
"You're quite awesome." Before he could catch his breath, he heard a half-familiar, half-unfamiliar voice coming from the front.
Sun Yuancheng raised his head with difficulty and saw Duan Jiayi looking at him with a smile, and Liu Guan with a stern face standing next to him.
He was not sure whether Liu Guan's previous collision was intentional, but it did help him. Sun Yuancheng thanked him a little embarrassedly: "Thank you..."
Liu Guan said nothing, silently accepting his thanks.
It was intentional, but why?
"Are you curious about the reason?" Duan Jiayi narrowed his eyes, "But answer me a question first, where is Li Ziyue?"
Hearing this, Sun Yuancheng stood there in a daze, suddenly not knowing how to start.
"I..." His brows were covered with a heavy layer, "I... don't know... I'm sorry."
Duan Jiayi raised his eyebrows: "Don't know?"
"Is he dead?" Liu Guan next to him asked.
Sun Yuancheng stopped all movements and became so stiff that he seemed to have lost consciousness in an instant.
His face turned pale. This possibility... He had thought about it, but he resisted it in his heart and was unwilling to accept it.
“No…I…”
Duan Jiayi glanced at Liu Guan and said, "Don't scare him."
"We are helping you only because our boss owes Li Ziyue a huge favor," Duan Jiayi said, "and seeing that you and Li Ziyue have a special relationship, helping you is also helping Li Ziyue. It's that simple."
"What are you going to do now? Go find Li Ziyue? Do you want to join us?"
Sun Yuancheng suddenly looked at the two of them warily and shook his head decisively: "No."
Duan Jiayi tilted his head in confusion.
Oh, I almost forgot that the person in front of me was taught to be cautious and not to trust strangers easily.
Sun Yuancheng looked the two men up and down. He would not believe what they said before getting confirmation from Li Ziyue. What if they were trying to show goodwill first and then secretly take him to the other side and beat him?
It's really weird.
Seeing that Sun Yuancheng didn't believe it, Duan Jiayi didn't force it, but just poked Liu Guan next to him.
"Leave."
"By the way," he suddenly turned around and smiled brightly at Sun Yuancheng, "I have a feeling that we will meet in the next instance. When the time comes, remember to testify for me and tell me how embarrassed Boss Liu Guan was on the swing just now..."
Before he could say anything, Liu Guanlue angrily pulled him away.
I vaguely heard Liu Guan cursing.
"You won't lose anything if you say less."
"Okay, okay, okay, okay, um, um, but you did lose to me."
"Because I let the water out!"
“No.”
Sun Yuancheng stood there in slight shock.
Two strange people.
However, when he turned his head and looked around, he realized that something was wrong - the little girl next to Wang Qi was missing.
Sun Yuancheng frowned in annoyance. The little clue he had just found was extinguished in an instant.
…
Having just recovered from a serious illness, Li Ziyue's mental state was not very good. He was taking some time to sleep. Occasionally he heard Zhang Lian chatting with farmers, but they were all fragments and he could not understand what they were saying.
In such a harmonious scene, who could have thought that the atmosphere among the three people was still filled with murderous tension just a few minutes ago.
No, to be precise, it was just Li Ziyue's one-way vigilance.
When the door lock was chopped into pieces by the axe, Zhang Lian was still staring at the slowly burning firewood in a daze, as if he didn't notice anything unusual. Li Ziyue narrowed his eyes slightly and realized something was wrong.
Then, his tense wrist was lightly pressed by fingers with a hint of coldness. Zhang Lian lowered his eyes and looked at Li Ziyue. He did not speak, but just shook his head.
And the next moment.
With a "whoosh" sound, a sharp gust of wind passed by Li Ziyue's eyes and then stopped suddenly.
Zhang Lian held the handle of the axe thrown by the farmer with one hand. Because of the force, the knuckles of his white wrist were bulging. Looking along the lines of his hand, his bony fingers seemed to be shining with soft light in the early morning light.
The breeze caused by the collision blew away the loose hair on his forehead, revealing a pair of slender and calm black eyes.
Seeing the newcomer, the farmer smiled instead of getting angry: "It's you."
Zhang Lian blinked slowly, still silent, and held the hem of Li Ziyue's shirt with his lower hand: "Sit down."
From then on, Li Ziyue finally understood why he didn't see Zhang Lian in the village at the beginning.
It turned out that he had long since left the main group to undertake another side quest.
The firewood was almost burned out, and the crackling sound of the sparks had decreased a lot.
Li Ziyue's head swayed and drooped uncontrollably as he felt sleepy. Just when it was about to hit the table, Zhang Lian caught it.
Zhang Lian lowered his eyes and looked at him for two seconds, then gently placed his palm on the side of Li Ziyue's face, covering his slightly red ears, and then gradually increased his strength, causing Li Ziyue to lean on his shoulder involuntarily.
Li Ziyue finally calmed down, and his habitually frowned brows relaxed.
Although Zhang Lian's expression remained unchanged, his brows were noticeably softer.
The farmer is a dungeon NPC. Logically speaking, Li Ziyue, who takes caution as his meal, would not fall asleep so easily in front of the NPC even if he had a high fever.
The only reason he could relax and close his eyes to rest was because Zhang Lian was by his side.
This shows that Li Ziyue trusts him very much, although Li Ziyue himself does not admit it.
Zhang Lian pursed his lips slightly and calmly moved the plum closer to him.
Unexpectedly, just a few minutes after Li Ziyue fell asleep, he heard a system prompt sound in his mind.
[Congratulations to the player for triggering the "Who's on the Plate" side quest]...
At the same time, a plant seedling that was still rubbing its eyes automatically appeared in the backpack.
It’s time to farm again.
Li Ziyue pulled himself together, then realized that he was leaning on Zhang Lian. He apologized without thinking: "Sorry."
"I was confused after sleeping."
Zhang Lian shook his head, indicating that he didn't care, but he didn't say that he was the one who pulled Li Ziyue over.
The farmer looked at Zhang Lian and Li Ziyue for a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but stopped talking and just stood up: "Okay..."
Before he finished speaking, the system continued with the next paragraph.
[Hello player Li Ziyue, we have detected that you have opened a new map and now we are issuing a new task for you]
[Congratulations to the player for triggering the "Farmer's Revenge" side quest]
[Mission Difficulty: Half Star (Is it revenge or wanting to take another look? Is it hatred or strong love? The difficulty of half a star is the system's pure love for the player)]
[Task requirements: Help farmers put down the zombies in the forest]
[Task Reward: 100 Points]
After being in the dungeon for so long, Li Ziyue encountered a half-star difficulty task for the first time. Coupled with the system's supplement, he immediately got goose bumps.
It's so corny, how can artificial intelligence be involved in a human-machine romance?
There are no additional reminders for this task, so it should be very simple, but of course the points are pitifully small.
If traps can be set up here, the difficulty of this dungeon can be doubled.
The two followed the farmer out of the room. Before leaving, Zhang Lian asked Li Ziyue to drink some warm water.
Li Ziyue turned his face away, not wanting to drink it.
Zhang Lian looked at the tip of his ear which was beginning to turn red, his eyelashes trembling slightly: "Brother..."
"Drink, drink, drink. I'll drink right away." Li Ziyue couldn't stand Zhang Lian calling him like that. He was like a mute in the first copy, so why was he so talkative in this copy?
He closed his eyes and swallowed the water, his Adam's apple rolling with the movement.
Zhang Lian just looked at him quietly. Seeing the crystal clear water stains on the corners of Li Ziyue's lips, his eyes darkened quietly, but he just looked at him.
After he finished drinking, Zhang Lian naturally placed his palm on Li Ziyue's forehead and said, "Your fever should be gone now. Are you still sleepy?"
“Not sleepy.”
After answering subconsciously, Li Ziyue began to reflect on whether he was too easy to talk to. He answered every question Zhang Lian asked, without any dignity or sense of distance from his age.
So he walked straight forward without waiting for Zhang Lian.
Zhang Lian stood there and blinked in confusion.
Are you angry?
Why are you angry?
He thought slowly for a while and came up with another guess - was he shy?
Of course, he wouldn't ask, because Li Ziyue wouldn't admit it.
Li Ziyue, who was walking in front, had no idea that he was being kidnapped by Zhang Lian's rogue logic. His gaze moved to the bottom of the mountain, saw the bright sunlight over there, and then returned to his feet.
The soft earth, the light green mist, the trees so dense that you can't see the sky, and the strange smell lingering in the air.
Like... the stench of some kind of rotting, moldy, or maggoty meat.
He frowned quietly.
This place seemed to be deprived of sunlight by the sky. It was gloomy and damp, and did not seem like a place where living people could live.
Li Ziyue pretended to casually glance at the farmer in front of him. His walking movements were a little strange, and his right leg seemed to be injured. His body was shaking when he walked, and he was not walking very fast. Occasionally, he had to stop by a tree to rest.
When he left the house earlier, he took a step forward under the pretext of ignoring Zhang Lian. As soon as he approached the farmer's house, he smelled a strong stench, which was really unusual.
Is he alive?
Li Ziyue frowned slightly and rubbed slowly with his fingertips.
If it's not a living person, then the main quest...
However, before he could think about it, the outline of the scene before him appeared through the fog -
Dense black spots piled up beside the branches of the trees, and occasionally a strange white light could be seen. The humid wind blew in the face, and a rustling sound was made in the forest.
The sounds came one after another, becoming more and more frequent as he got closer, like some creature buried underground scratching the ground with its sharp nails.
About to break out of the ground.
This scene...
Li Ziyue pinched his sore temples and found that his fingertips were covered with cold sweat.
He panicked and coughed, frowning halfway, feeling his brain begin to feel dizzy again.
He had seen the scene before him before, in——
The farmer in front suddenly stopped, turned around slowly and his eyes fell on Li Ziyue.
And his hand hidden in the dark had grasped a few long and sharp scissors at some point.
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