"Wake up, wake up Xiaozhi."
A familiar voice kept ringing in Xiaozhi's ears. Xiaozhi's head felt heavy and she felt like she was trapped in a nightmare. The more she wanted to wake up, the more her body became unable to move. Fortunately, the familiar voice in her ear never disappeared, as if encouraging her to fight against her body. Finally, she woke up with the accompaniment of this voice.
She finally opened her eyes and saw the blue sky. Her companion looked at her happily, "You finally woke up!"
"Ayu?" Xiaozhi seemed to have not come back to her senses yet, and there was a trace of confusion in her eyes. Has she not woken up yet? Otherwise, how could she see A Yu smiling at her.
"Yes, it's me. That's great, you finally woke up." The man called Ayu was a male player who had been sitting in the first row of the car. He was now kneeling next to Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi sat up, seemingly still not fully awake, and looked around with confusion in her eyes.
What is this place?
Why is she here?
As the memory in her mind became clearer and clearer, she finally remembered that the driver drove the car out of the mountain road at high speed and they fell off the cliff. Thinking of the scenery below the cliff as the vehicle tilted from high in the air, she could even recall the palpitations and horror at that moment.
"Is this the resurrection point?" Xiaozhi asked in confusion. After all, if she fell from such a high place, she would definitely die, so she should be resurrected at the resurrection point now... right?
Looking at the unfamiliar scenery around her, she felt a little uncertain. After all, when she bought the resurrection items in the store, the clerk said that she would be resurrected in their store. This was clearly the wilderness, so why would she be resurrected in such a place?
A Yu smiled, and his originally clear face looked even more handsome. Although he could not compare with Zhou Zhou, Elvia and others in appearance, he was still very outstanding among his peers. Especially since Xiao Zhi still had some thoughts about him, he felt as if he was shrouded in a halo at this moment.
"We didn't die, but I don't know what happened. I woke up here and you were the only one around me."
Xiaozhi felt secretly delighted when she saw the other person's smile. Ever since they met, Ayu had always been very cold to her. She originally thought that he didn't have that kind of feelings for her, but sometimes his sudden concern and attention to details made her feel that he liked her too, especially since he was equally indifferent towards other people, so a little bit of uniqueness made her cherish him even more.
Seeing the smile on the other person's face and listening to him speaking in a gentle tone, she even had the illusion that A Yu had been replaced by someone else.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere else?" A Yu asked with concern.
Xiaozhi quickly came back to her senses. How could this person not be Ayu? They looked exactly the same. His usual indifference might be due to being shy because there are so many people around. Now there are only two of them here, so A Yu relaxed a little. Maybe this is the real him.
"No, I'm fine. Since we are not dead, is this the location of the copy?" Xiaozhi said quickly. Such a good opportunity must not be missed.
Ah Yu nodded, with a trace of worry on his face: "It should be. I don't know where the others have gone. It seems that we are the only ones here."
"It's okay, let's go find them together, maybe we can find an exit by the way." Xiaozhi couldn't bear to see the sadness between the other person's brows, so she quickly comforted him.
A Yu stood up and held out his hand to her: "I was a little timid at first, but I feel more at ease now that you are here with me. Let's go together."
Xiaozhi looked at the other party's outstretched hand and felt that today's copy was really worth it. Not only could she be alone with Ayu, but the other party's dependence and care for her at this time also made her very happy. After today, perhaps the relationship between them would undergo a huge change.
Pretending to be shy, she put her hand on the other's hand, and was immediately shuddered by the cold touch. Xiaozhi stood up and looked at Ayu's hand in confusion. Why was it so cold?
Ah Yu didn't see the doubt in Xiao Zhi's eyes. He looked around and said, "We seem to be halfway up the mountain. We should still be on that mountain. Why don't we go to the top of the mountain? We can see far from the top of the mountain. Maybe we can find other people. It's just that the wind here is a bit strong. Are you cold, Xiao Zhi?"
The other party changed the topic so quickly that Xiaozhi didn't have time to think about why Ayu's hands were so cold before she heard him caring about her. Yes, the wind here is so strong, and Ayu has been guarding me for such a long time, so it is normal for my hands to be a little cold.
"I'm not cold, not at all. Aren't we going to the mountain? Let's go quickly." Xiaozhi urged repeatedly. Not only was she not cold, she even felt hot in her heart and her face was a little flushed.
The two men walked up the mountain while chatting. They never saw the wreckage of the car or other people nearby, but they happened to walk onto the winding road on their way up the mountain.
Xiaozhi originally wanted to walk along the road, after all, the road was flat and convenient to walk on, but Ayu said that this was too roundabout and they might not reach the top of the mountain before dark, so the two of them decided to go all the way up from a straight line away from the top of the mountain. The road was very difficult to walk on, but the top of the mountain was indeed getting closer and closer.
Xiaozhi didn't exercise much on a daily basis, and soon she couldn't walk anymore. But when she saw Ayu's breathing was steady, she had to grit her teeth and persevere. However, she could only hold on for a while before she couldn't go on any longer.
"Let's take a short break. I can't walk anymore." Xiaozhi sat on the ground without caring about her image, crushing many flowers and plants. The vegetation on this mountain is very rich, so when walking on the mountain road that no one has walked on, you have to be careful to push away the tall weeds.
She calmed her breathing and looked down the mountain. She had no idea how steep the mountain was. She had been walking upwards and always looking up. Now, from a different angle, she suddenly wondered how she got up there.
A Yu was very considerate and didn't say anything. He just stood there waiting for Xiao Zhi. The smile on his face never disappeared, but the upturned arc at the corners of his mouth seemed to last a little too long, like a mask on his face.
The higher we went up the mountain, the stronger the wind became. The cold wind blew over my head, which had been heated up by Ayu's change of attitude, and seemed to clear up a little.
"What do you think is going on with the driver? Wasn't he going to take us to the dungeon? Why did he suddenly drive all of us towards the cliff?" Xiaozhi finally realized the question.
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Ayu immediately replied, "I don't know."
Xiaozhi: “…” Although she didn’t know either, her answer was too quick.
"Then, then why are we still fine, and who took us out of the car?"
A Yu looked up at the top of the mountain and said, "I don't know either, but if you can't walk anymore, why don't I carry you up there."
Xiaozhi: “!!!” Really?
Seeing the other person striding towards her, Xiaozhi immediately stood up from the ground. Although she really wanted the other person to carry her on his back so that they could have more intimate contact, Xiaozhi still knew her limits. This was a virtual world and all the senses were exactly the same as in reality. It would definitely be very tiring to carry another person up such a steep mountain. How could she let the person she loved carry her up the mountain all the time?
"No, I can do it."
When the other person came up to her and turned his back towards her, Xiaozhi immediately walked up the mountain. In order to show that she had good physical strength, she even took big strides up the mountain, as if the person who had just shouted that she wanted to rest was not her.
With a strong determination in her heart, Xiaozhi walked all the way to the top of the mountain without resting, but she was so tired that she couldn't even speak.
A Yu walked behind her, slowly approached her, and said to her softly: "Xiaozhi, you are an only child in your family, right?"
Xiaozhi nodded and just wanted to lie on the grass and rest for a while. It had been a long time since she climbed a mountain like this. But in front of the person she liked, she resisted the urge to lie down and just stood there.
"If we were to get married..."
Xiaozhi: "..." They haven't fallen in love yet, so Ayu is thinking too far ahead. However, she likes it.
Just when Xiaozhi thought that Ayu had liked her for a long time and was even thinking about their future, she heard the second half of the sentence.
"If we get married, I will get half of the property."
Xiaozhi: “???” Is there something wrong with her ears?
Xiaozhi turned around and looked at Ayu in disbelief. She never expected that he would say that. They were not even boyfriend and girlfriend now!
A sense of disgust rose in her heart. Xiaozhi's face, which was originally rosy from climbing the mountain, turned a little pale. The look in her eyes when she looked at the other person was not as enthusiastic as before, but instead showed a hint of suspicion.
A Yu didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with it at all. He looked at her with a smile and slowly approached her.
Looking at the other person's smile, Xiaozhi finally felt something was wrong. Since waking up, the other person's attitude and expression have been abnormal, but she was immersed in the joy of the coming of love and did not notice it. Now seeing the smile on the other person's face, she felt it was extremely weird.
"you……"
A Yu reached out and grabbed Xiaozhi's shoulders, then slowly pushed her back. Xiaozhi tried her best to struggle, but found that the other party's hand was like an iron clamp and could not be shaken at all. Even if she kicked the other party's weak spot with her foot, the smile on his face did not change at all, and the force of his push back did not change at all.
"Not Ayu!"
The moment these words were spoken, Xiaozhi, who had just climbed to the top of the steep mountain, fell backwards involuntarily. She stretched out a hand to grab something, but Ayu had already taken a step back and watched her fall with a smile.
"It's too late." A Yu suddenly smiled and said something unclear.
Before the fear in his eyes was fully revealed, black cracks appeared on the smiling Ayu's face. With a sound like glass breaking, his whole body shattered into pieces. Even when the fragments fell, Xiaozhi could still see the mirror fragments shining with silver luster behind him.
When Xiaozhi finally realized something, she had already rolled down the steep mountain top.
This time, she was really eliminated.
"Al, wake up."
The moment Elvia woke up, he heard Zhou Zhou's voice. When he opened his eyes and frowned to look towards the source of the sound, he found Zhou Zhou squatting beside him, with tears in his amber eyes, and he looked very pitiful, as if the tears were about to fall.
Zhou Zhou found that the other person was lying on the ground and looking at him clearly. His red eyes immediately flashed with surprise, "You're awake!"
Elvia stood up. His long-standing habit made him look around first. They were now in a relatively flat place in the middle of the hillside. There were only him and Zhou Zhou around. There were no vehicles, players, drivers, or even the sheep. Even the grass on the ground was intact, with no damage from the huge impact.
The scene just now seemed like an illusion in his dream, but Alvia knew it was not the case. They had indeed just experienced all that, so what was going on now?
He looked at Zhou Zhou with an inquiring look. Zhou Zhou's eyes were red, but he was already happy. He stood beside Elvia as if he had found his backbone and did not leave her side.
Noticing his gaze, she took the initiative to explain: "When I woke up, I saw you lying next to me. Fortunately, you woke up, otherwise I don't know what to do."
Alvia was still suspicious of everything that had happened before. Seeing Zhou Zhou looking at him eagerly, he rubbed his head to comfort him.
Zhou Zhou obediently let him rub his hair, and looked at Alvia who was still alert and asked: "Al, what should we do next?"
Alvia thought for a moment and said, "Go down the mountain first."
It’s not clear what exactly happened, so it’s better to go down the mountain first.
"Okay." Zhou Zhou responded obediently, then put his hand into Elvia's hand and held it tightly.
Alvia looked at Zhou Zhou who was next to her with confusion. The cold touch in her hands felt like she was holding a piece of ice.
"I'm a little cold, can you hold my hand?" Zhou Zhou's eyes were clear and he was completely defenseless.
Elvia was silent for a moment, and without saying anything else, she held Zhou Zhou's hand and walked down the mountain.
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