On the other side, after the game ended, all those who did not obtain residence permits walked out of the back door of Carnival City one after another.
Unlike the corridor at the entrance, the back door was so shabby that it looked like a dog hole that had been randomly dug out. The advanced person drove the less than forty people out of the door like herding sheep.
Qiao was already angry about not getting a spot, and when he saw he had to leave through a dog hole, he couldn't help but push the person in front of him: "Can't you hurry up? Why are you so slow?"
The person he pushed was a girl, an incompetent advanced person. She looked at him unhappily, bit her lip, bent down and crawled out of the hole.
"Are you still glaring at me?!"
Qiao also became angry and was about to rush out of the cave to argue with the girl. Fortunately, Yu Shan stopped him in time.
"Qiao Ye, don't be like this..." Yu Shan patted his back soothingly. "Don't be angry anymore."
Unexpectedly, this sentence touched another nerve with Qiao Ye. He shook off Yu Shan's hand and glared, "Why wouldn't I be angry?! We can't get into the city that never sleeps, did you know? The facial recognition is stuck inside, so we'll never be able to get in! You still want to go home? You're dreaming!"
He kicked the stone at his feet, and the stone flew and hit the metal fence with a loud bang.
It attracted the attention of many people in front.
The back door of Carnival City leads directly to the highway. The asphalt road stretches as far as the eye can see, and at the end is endless darkness. The only bright colors in the field of vision are the two rows of green-painted metal fences on the left and right.
Probably because they had seen many noisy people before, the advanced practitioners guarding the back door looked at them coldly and continued to stare straight ahead with expressionless faces.
Joe was so angry that he spun around with his hands on his hips, his chest heaving violently. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He kicked the fence again: "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! I should have figured out a way to deal with those little bastards sooner so they wouldn't take my place in the city!"
"Shanshan, you see, this is the savior you always talk about! If you treat them as friends, they can only treat you as an idiot, do you know that?!" Qiao also stared at Yu Shan, "Ten people took up all the places to enter the city in one go. If they treated you as a friend, why would they not care about your life or death?!"
It was the first time that Yu Shan saw Qiao Ye so furious. She stood there in a daze with red eyes. She tried to reach out and grab the corner of his clothes, but he slapped her away.
Qiao stared at her gradually reddening nose for a moment, sighed deeply, and turned around to sit on the fence: "Cry, cry, cry, all you do is cry. Do you know what the Nightless City means to us? If we can't enter the Nightless City, we can't get a pass, and without a pass, we can't go home!"
"I know...but there are exactly ten of them, Eva and her family. Isn't it normal for them to ignore us?"
"Normal as hell! You've been brainwashed by them. If they really cared about you, they wouldn't be unaware of what losing the game means to you!" Qiao also laughed in anger, spreading his hands. "Now, they're all 15 people happily heading into the city. What about you? What did you get?"
"Can……"
Yu Shan tried to explain, but Qiao Ye raised his hand impatiently to stop her.
He lowered his head, obviously not wanting to continue this topic.
Seeing him like this, Yu Shan sniffed and stood there wiping her tears silently.
After a while, Qiao also sighed deeply, his tone finally softening. "Shanshan, now that things have come to this, I'm not afraid to tell you... I've been in this world for over three months. In three days, it will be a hundred days. I'm about to advance. Whether I succeed or fail, I'll have no choice but to stay in this world. Do you understand?"
He slowly raised his head, his eyes reddened, and he choked up as he pulled Yu Shan closer: "Shanshan, I really don't have time. I'm so scared to stay here. I'm so scared that I'll never be able to return to the real world. Now we can't enter the city that never sleeps, what should we do? I don't want to stay here, I want to go home."
Qiao also hugged Yu Shan tightly. The boy in his twenties cried so hard that his shoulders trembled, which made her feel even more distressed.
She hugged him, but didn't know how to comfort him.
In fact, until now, Yu Shan has not had the real feeling of being in the doomsday game. She always feels that she is just having a nightmare. She would rather be having a nightmare and can leave when she wakes up.
But after Qiao also said this, she suddenly realized -
Oh, I may never be able to get rid of this nightmare.
The two were immersed in sorrow. In the silence, they heard the guards of Carnival City shout, "Hey, you two, the Vanguard Officer is looking for you!"
Hearing the word "Vanguard Officer," Qiao turned his head sharply: "Vanguard Officer...looking for us?"
"Yes, it's you two. Come in quickly and don't make our vanguard officer wait anxiously!" said the guard impatiently.
Qiao seemed to have seen hope again. He wiped away his tears and smiled again: "Shanshan, did you hear that? The vanguard officer is looking for us. We should be able to enter the city now!"
He stood up and pulled Yu Shan towards the back door, but Yu Shan stood still.
If this world is a nightmare, then the three words "vanguard officer" are undoubtedly the shackles tightly strangled on her throat. Even though several days have passed, every time she thinks of the scene when she was taken away by the group of monsters and the scene when she was stripped of her clothes by the group of female monsters... her heart feels like it is being torn apart, and a chill permeates her internal organs.
She almost became the vanguard officer's woman.
Yu Shan stopped Qiao Ye, who was in high spirits, and shook her head vigorously.
Qiao also reacted for a few seconds, and realized belatedly that the person who kidnapped Yu Shan was Ying's vanguard officer.
"Hey! Stop dawdling. If you want to enter the city, hurry up. If you anger our vanguard officer, you will be in trouble!" the guard urged.
Qiao also thought for a moment, then turned and stared at the guard: "When you say entering the city, do you mean the city that never sleeps?"
"Yes, the Vanguard Officer is waiting for you in the central building of the city that never sleeps. Don't dawdle, hurry up!"
Qiao Ye's eyes flashed and he turned around: "You heard Shanshan, we can enter the city that never sleeps! I know what you are afraid of, but it doesn't matter, I am here, I will protect you. No matter what, let's go into the city first and talk about it, okay?!"
Yu Shan still shook her head.
Qiao also sighed softly: "Silly girl, what if the vanguard officer knows that he has done something wrong and wants to apologize to us? If we don't enter this city that never sleeps, there will be no hope of returning home..."
As he spoke, he put his arm around Yu Shan and walked slowly forward with her. "Let's go into the city first and see what happens. I know you're scared. You can hide behind me and I'll talk to him. Trust me this time, okay?"
"No, Qiao Ye..."
"Just believe me, Shanshan. If we lose this opportunity, we really won't be able to go home."
Qiao also grabbed Yu Shan's shoulders tightly and took her into the city without saying anything.
Led by the guards, Qiao Ye and Yu Shan arrived at the 18th floor of the central building in the Tiger Zone.
The elevator dinged and opened, revealing a spacious and elegant office.
The vanguard officer sat upright in front of his desk, with two people standing opposite him with their backs bent and their heads lowered, as if he was giving them a lecture.
Yu Shan hid behind Qiao Ye and walked in slowly. When she looked up, she saw the red cheongsam in Hou Shu's hand. Her stomach suddenly started churning and she couldn't help but retching a few times.
Hearing the voice, the three of them looked over at the same time.
Qiao also followed suit and bent down, facing the vanguard officer nervously.
"Are they coming?" The vanguard officer smiled and waved his hand, signaling Xing Tiejun and Hou Shuxian to step aside.
Hou Shu glanced at Yu Shan and frowned even deeper.
"You're the bride who ran away that day, right?" The vanguard officer leaned back in his chair with a fierce look, legs crossed. "Yu Shan, that's a nice name... and since someone doesn't like this red cheongsam, I'll give it to you."
“!”
Yu Shan shook her head like a rattle and hurriedly pulled Qiao Ye's arm twice.
Qiao pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and grinned: "Sir Vanguard Officer, she, she is my girlfriend..."
"I know, so what?" the vanguard officer interrupted him, tilting his head and sneering, "I know you came to the City That Never Sleeps for that thing called, oh, a pass... How about we make a deal? If you can please me, I can give you the pass you want."
"Are you serious?!"
"certainly……"
Feeling that Qiao Ye was about to be persuaded by the vanguard officer, Yu Shan hurriedly pulled him again: "Qiao Ye, shall we go?"
Qiao also stared at her for two seconds, thinking for a while with a complicated expression, then closed his eyes and gritted his teeth: "I'm sorry, Shanshan, I, I really don't have time."
Yu Shan's eyes widened: "What did you say?!"
Like a bolt from the blue, the sound suddenly disappeared from her ears.
She watched Qiao Ye's mouth opening and closing as he said something, and his hands clasped together as if begging for something, but she didn't hear a word. The surrounding environment began to become unreal, with only a constant buzzing sound that was disturbing.
Her eyes, already red, were now even more glaring. Yu Shan looked at Qiao Ye quietly, then suddenly burst into laughter.
"Qiao Ye, so you want me to stay and be someone else's bride?"
"Shanshan, don't be like this, that's not what I meant..." Qiao Ye frowned, glanced at the vanguard officer furtively, and then whispered in Yu Shan's ear, "This is really just a temporary solution. Trust me, Shanshan, I'll take you away once I get the pass. You're my girlfriend, how could I possibly ignore you?"
Yu Shan stepped back, moving a little further away from Qiao Ye. She smiled bitterly, "I think I trusted you too much, Qiao Ye... You said the apocalyptic game was easy and that you would protect me. You told me to come and play with you, and I came. What happened? Where were you when I was taken away by that horde of monsters? You kept saying you would protect me, but where were you then?!"
Qiao Ye: "..."
"You said the skill crystals wouldn't harm me, so I listened to you and ate them all. That night, I vomited blood from the pain. At that time, you told me to just bear with it, saying that as long as I could obtain the beast taming skill, I'd be safe. But am I safe now?"
Yu Shan was unusually clear-headed at this moment, a hint of sarcasm slowly curling up the corners of her lips. "I know you're timid and afraid. I don't blame you for not coming to save me, but how could you push me into this fire pit? You knew exactly what I would face next, and you abandoned me just for your own sake?"
"I've known you for 11 years, Qiao Ye! A whole 11 years! And you didn't even put up a fight, and just pushed me out like that?!"
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