Upon hearing this, Jing Zhenxu spoke up:
"You can say whichever one you want to say first."
Ruan Tian coughed and decided to share the good news first, "We have indeed found a way to pass the level, and my ability is currently in the process of upgrading."
“Okay, I understand,” Jing Mao nodded upon hearing this. “So, what’s the bad news you want to tell me?”
Ruan Tian's face immediately turned sour. "The bad news is... the upgrade will take four hours, but our shield's time doesn't match that!"
Upon hearing this, Jing Zhenxu understood Ruan Tian's meaning. He showed no sign of nervousness and instead nodded calmly.
"Okay, I understand."
No matter what happens, he will protect Ruan Tian's safety and will not let her suffer any harm.
Jing Zhenxu will not let anyone who wants to hurt Ruan Tian get away with it.
Even if it costs him his life, he will do everything he can to protect Ruan Tian.
Looking at Jing Zhenxu's overly calm demeanor, seemingly unmoved by life and death, Ruan Tian nervously clenched her fingers and whispered:
"How come you don't have even the slightest sense of crisis?"
Jing Zhenxu's sense of crisis came from Ruan Tian. He already knew that no matter what happened, he would protect Ruan Tian and ensure her survival, so the sense of crisis was of no use to Jing Zhenxu.
"All I need to do is make sure you're alright."
In the time that followed, Ruan Tian started making all sorts of delicious food.
It was like eating a last meal before death; they kept stuffing it into Ino's hand.
"Eat more! Eat whatever you want!"
Looking at the food in her hand, Jing Zhenxu couldn't help but smile wryly, "There's no need to make so much; it'll be a waste if we can't finish it."
"If you can't finish them, I can put them in my space. You can eat them!"
Jing Zhenxu did not refuse and quietly began to eat.
While the two were busy cooking, the plants outside were anything but quiet, constantly bumping against the house.
They even tried to lock the house completely with their tentacles. In their eyes, the house was like a thief, which they found extremely annoying!
This caused the plants to intensify their attack on the house, but to no avail.
As long as this protective shield exists, even if Godzilla comes, its attack shield can be easily blocked.
Two hours passed, and Ruan Tian heard the noise outside had subsided a bit. She even joked with Jing Zhenxu:
"Did you see that? It turns out that plants can also feel tired."
The moment she finished speaking, the surrounding plants erupted again, regaining their vitality and intensifying their attack.
They had completely gone mad. If Ruan Tian hadn't known that these plants weren't sentient enough to be monsters, she would have really thought that these plants could understand what she had just said.
Then they took all those words as sarcasm.
Ruan Tian couldn't help but facepalm. "Jing Zhenxu, have you noticed that our house is sinking?"
Upon hearing this, Jing Zhenxu remained calm and nodded in agreement.
"I can feel it, it's definitely sinking down."
These plants were trying to bury the two people alive, so they would never see the sun above ground again.
Ruan Tian continued to say to Jing Zhenxu, "We've been through thick and thin together, haven't we? Jing Zhenxu, if it weren't for the protective shield, we would both have been trapped and killed by the plants."
Jing Zhenxu nodded quietly. "So, does this count as us committing suicide together?"
Ruan Tian wasn't sure whether she would commit suicide for love or not. She sighed, but quickly made up her mind and became full of energy again.
Jing Zhenxu patted Ruan Tian on the shoulder, "Don't panic, I will protect you, don't worry."
Ruan Tian reached out and pressed her hand tightly against Jing Zhenxu's. She said confidently, "We both have to survive."
The next two hours passed very quickly.
As the protective shield's duration shortened, Ruan Tian's expression became increasingly tense, and her heart was beating very fast.
Ruan Tian instinctively reached out and covered her heart, afraid that it would jump out of her chest because it was beating too fast.
"Jing Zhenxu, the store protection period is about to expire! Are you ready?"
The entire shop had sunk halfway down, and they could no longer see anything clearly; they could only rely on their senses to feel the air around them.
"One minute left!"
The air around them seemed to have thinned out, and the plants, which had been quiet, suddenly became active again.
The presence of so many man-eating, bloodthirsty plants creates immense pressure, compressing the surrounding air to the point of suffocation, as if every breath fills the stomach with mucus.
Sweat was already beading on Ruan Tian's forehead. She gripped Jing Zhenxu's arm tightly, straining with all her might.
"take it easy."
Even in this situation, Jing Zhenxu still comforted Ruan Tian in a gentle voice, raising his hand and patting Ruan Tian's arm twice to soothe her.
With him around, no one will be allowed to hurt Ruan Tian.
As the time was almost up, Jing Zhenxu suddenly bit her finger and placed the blood on Ruan Tian's forehead.
The protective shield of the house disappeared, but the house itself did not disappear.
Once the obstructive transparent object disappeared, the plants became excited and moved quickly, with many trying to enter the house.
But Jing Zhenxu directly pulled out the dagger he was carrying. The dagger was made of some unknown material and was extremely sharp.
The dagger cut through all the plants in front of it, and the plants couldn't squeeze in for a while because of its sharpness.
Without turning around, Jing Zhenxu's voice turned slightly cold under the tense atmosphere as he spoke:
"Get back and don't come any closer."
Ruan Tian had already started calling for Xiao Bai when Jing Zhenxu took action.
But for some unknown reason, Xiaobai also fell into a deep sleep.
Now, Ruan Tian was completely at a loss. In order not to cause trouble for Jing Zhenxu at this moment, she obediently went to a small corner of the room and curled up.
The plants had finally found someone to vent to, and they were determined not to let this rare opportunity slip by.
If we trap these two damned humans inside the house, how could they possibly survive?
But Jing Zhenxu's dagger was too fast. Ruan Tian cautiously raised her eyes to take a look and found that Jing Zhenxu's dagger was very interesting. The dagger seemed to be a bottomless hole that could swallow up the residue of plants.
Ruan Tian had never seen such an interesting creature before, and her eyes widened in surprise.
What exactly is Ino's special ability?
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