"Do you want to die?"
Ren Suo, who was petting the cat, suddenly froze.
He silently lowered his head and looked at the orange cat in his arms. Then the fat orange cat turned around, shook its butt at him, showing him the part that originally had two small testicles but was now empty and smooth, and finally jumped away with all its might.
The orange cat, the shield, ran away. Ren Suo sat upright with his legs together, looking towards the upper right corner, and a strange tremor came from his throat: "Oh... um... this..."
Qiao Muyi sighed and stood up. Ren Suo trembled a bit. She sat next to him and Ren Suo trembled again. Ren Suo subconsciously wanted to move away, but he held back. He forced himself to suppress the panic in his heart and looked at the officially certified "Witch of Disaster" with as calm eyes as possible.
She tilted her head to look at Ren Suo, and tucked her hair behind her ear. Perhaps she noticed Ren Suo's embarrassment, but she raised her lips slightly and smiled, her eyes full of charm. She put her arm around Ren Suo's shoulders and said calmly, "Xiao Suo."
"Yeah." Ren Suo felt a little relieved. It was just Master Mu's show of power. They could still have a good chat. Oh, Master Mu's way of greeting was really peculiar...
Qiao Muyi moved a little closer and stared into Ren Suo's eyes, her eyes full of thoughts that she wanted to say but couldn't. She said in a nostalgic tone: "I really don't want to see you become a corpse."
Ren Suo subconsciously began to operate the "Gauze Dress", but at this moment he suddenly found that his cyclone was imprisoned!
The cyclone is trapped!
This feeling is very familiar, it is a "lock" spell! However, neither "lock" nor "finger lock" can perfectly suppress the cyclone of the third-level monk, it can only be a powerful suppression spell exclusive to the Countermeasures Bureau!
Ren Suo glanced at Qiao Muyi's hand on his shoulder and cold sweat broke out on his back.
Even at this moment, Ren Suo couldn't help but marvel at Qiao Muyi's outstanding talent - you know, Qiao Muyi usually has to go to work in the Countermeasures Bureau, and often looks for him to play everywhere, but Qiao Muyi has never given up practicing and learning spells. Not only is he proficient in various powerful long-range spells, he even knows this kind of suppression spell that must be used at close range.
Noticing Ren Suo's gaze, Qiao Muyi said softly, "Since you've come here, I can't bear it anymore. I won't let you go before I find out clearly... Tell me, do you want to die?"
Ren Suo knelt down instantly. He didn't have any preface in mind, so he couldn't come up with any eloquent words. He said dejectedly, "I'm sorry."
"What are you sorry for?" Qiao Muyi stared at Ren Suo with her foxy eyes. The hint of anger in her eyes made Ren Suo's eyebrows twitch.
"I'm sorry." Ren Suo said honestly.
"You feel sorry for me?" Qiao Muyi sneered: "Ren Suo, do you think you only feel sorry for me?"
Ren Suo's scalp tingled when he heard his full name from Qiao Muyi's mouth after a long absence. He took a deep breath and said seriously, "Yes, I'm not only sorry for you, but also for Cheng Ling, Yue Yan, the country, the nine-year compulsory education, and so many RPG games with only one female lead... I didn't realize that you liked me before, and now that I realize it, I don't know what to do. I can't pick it up and I can't let it go. I finally became the person I envy the most... No, I've become the person I hate the most..."
Listening to Ren Suo's mumbling explanation, Qiao Muyi was stunned at first, then couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Ren Suo immediately stopped and looked at Qiao Muyi cautiously, wondering frantically in his heart whether he would survive the New Year. But the death penalty could be avoided, but the living crime could not be forgiven. Would he be given leniency if he confessed now...
"Xiao Suo, Xiao Suo, you..." Qiao Muyi slowly restrained her smile and shook her head gently: "I really am, you have disrupted my train of thought."
"You should answer my question first." Qiao Muyi tilted her head and stared at Ren Suo. She put a little more force on Ren Suo's hand and asked again, "Do you want to die?"
Ren Suo's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly answered, "No."
Wait, what does Mr. Mu mean by this?
If she really wanted to chop me, there would be no reason for her to ask three times in a row.
Are you trying to threaten me with death and force me to have sex with you?
No way? There's no need for that, right? There's no need to use 'death' right at the start. 'Break my legs' is enough to make me tremble.
Did I underestimate her possessiveness?
While Ren Suo was daydreaming, Qiao Muyi increased the strength of his hands, allowing him to concentrate instantly, and then continued: "Since you don't want to die..."
"Then why do you want to die?"
Ren Suo hesitated for a moment, "But this feeling came like a tornado, Yue Yan..."
"I didn't talk to you about Gu Yueyan." Qiao Muyi said unhappily, "I was talking about Luna, the Moon Goddess Luna!"
Gu Yueyan told Qiao Muyi and Dong Chengling everything that happened in the Dark Side of the Moon, including those secret events that were not mentioned in the "Moon Singer" video. Ren Suo had expected that she would mention Luna, but he was still a little panicked: "Luna, Luna is similar to Yueyan, also a tornado..."
"You like Luna?"
Ren Suo was silent for a moment, then nodded: "If I have to choose between hating, not feeling anything, and liking her, I like her."
"Do you like her so much that you are willing to sacrifice your life to save her?" Qiao Muyi slowly approached Ren Suo and spoke word by word, "Do you like her so much that you think her life is more important than yours?"
Ren Suo felt that something was wrong with Qiao Muyi, and he was also a little confused - he never thought that Qiao Muyi would ask such a question.
Because he felt that this was just like the question Lin Xianyu asked him, "If Teacher Dong, Sister Qiao, and Class Monitor all fell into the water, who would you choose to save first?" It was stupid and out of touch with reality.
"Of course not..." Ren Suo shook his head. He was also an ordinary person, so he naturally felt that his own life was more important.
"Then why would you risk your life to save a girl who has already been deified?"
Qiao Muyi stared at him intently: "When you saved her, you already knew that she would become the Moon Goddess, right? Of course, I know you must have a reason to save her, but you didn't have any confidence at all when you saved her, right? If Gu Yueyan hadn't stayed to wait for you, you would have been buried in the dark side of the moon!"
"If you don't save her, her life won't be in danger, and neither will yours; but for some 'I don't know but you think it's important' reason, you have to risk your life to save a god..."
Qiao Muyi's voice gradually became louder and more intense, with a hint of crying in her voice: "Ren Suo! Who do you think you are? You can't even break free from my restraints. You are just an ordinary cultivator who is not even at the fourth level and ranks only 39th on the battle power list! Don't think you are so great just because you beat Gu Yuexuan and Zhao Huo. I can make them blow up with both hands and legs."
"The Xuan Kingdom has an army of monks and the Great Wall, the Federation has the Watchers, the EU has the Wizard Council, and Fanying has the Spirit Hall... I don't know if it will cause serious consequences if you don't save Luna, but no matter how terrible the disaster is, the sky will not fall. There are strong people to support it, and I will support it!"
"Why are you taking such a risk? Why are you trying to be a hero? Why are you pretending to be so arrogant? Are you still a chuunibyou who thinks you can save the world?"
"You don't owe it to anyone, and you don't owe it to the world."
"You can't save everyone. You are just a person who will die and become a corpse."
Qiao Muyi grabbed Ren Suo's collar and pulled him in front of her. Her voice was as soft as a large piece of cotton candy covered with icing sugar directly smeared on Ren Suo's face, and like a gentle rain that moistened everything silently, penetrating into Ren Suo's heart: "...Why do you always do such dangerous things?"
"The one you feel sorry for is yourself."
Ren Suo was stared at by Qiao Muyi's angry, aggrieved and worried eyes, and he was speechless for a long time.
Unlike Lin Xianyu's question of "Who would you choose to save?", Ren Suo has already given the answer to Qiao Muyi's question of "Will you sacrifice your life to save others?" with his actions.
And what Qiao Muyi said was right. Ren Suo's journey to rescue Luna was indeed a life-threatening and dangerous one.
That was not the main storyline that he had woven through countless saves in the game, but a side story with him as the protagonist but that he had never played.
Ren Suo set out on the journey purely out of trust in the Small World Game Machine, but what if the "Miracle Full Moon" didn't give him a suitable miracle, what if he used the miracle recklessly and destroyed his soul prematurely, what if Gu Yueyan didn't stay and wait for him...
Fate was like a perfectly fitting gear, running without any hindrance, so Ren Suo could sit here and be taught a lesson by Qiao Muyi. If there was just one mistake, such as the five-man team not helping him fend off the Seraph and the Taoist priest, or if he couldn't see the brilliance of Gu Yueyan's Silver Moon Crystal...
Looking back now, Ren Suo felt a little scared.
No wonder he always had no luck in the lottery, it turned out that his luck was used to buy his fortune. The goddess of fate helped him at the critical moment, and Ren Suo could no longer care about the usual lottery.
If this experience had not needed to be kept secret, Ren Suo would have been able to brag about it for the rest of his life, saying, "Back then I was not afraid of death" and so on.
Therefore, facing Qiao Muyi's questioning, Ren Suo didn't know how to answer, and could only reply weakly: "...I'm sorry."
Qiao Muyi also knew that he was not good at talking, and did not expect him to make any cold-blooded declarations, so he asked directly: "Then next time you encounter such a thing, you know what to do, right?"
Ren Suo was silent.
Qiao Muyi stared at him and asked, "If you saw a stranger in danger, what would you do?"
"If it's a piece of cake..."
"What if you see Jie Qiansi, Yuan Chu, or someone you don't know very well in danger?"
"If it only takes a little effort to pull it..."
"What if you see Zhao Huo, Bai Ji, Cheng Ling, Yue Yan, Xian Yu and the others in danger?"
Ren Suo was silent again.
Qiao Muyi tilted her head, bit her lip, and said in a tone of regret: "If you just say, 'I will always put my own life first and will never take huge risks to save others', then I will forgive you. No matter what you do, I will not be angry with you."
"It's simple, right? This is just a universal value. Everyone is like this. Is it difficult for you?"
"Or you can just lie to me. Come on, as long as you're willing to lie to me, I'll let you pass."
Ren Suo finally spoke up: "In fact, for something like this, I won't know what I would do until it actually happens... For example, if Zhao Huo were in danger of his life, I would probably be very hesitant..."
"This excuse is only used by those who have 'never encountered a similar situation'!" Qiao Muyi sighed heavily and said in a complicated tone: "I just know what you would do if you encounter this kind of thing again, so I'm so angry."
"Can't you be a little more selfish like me? Can't you? Can't you?"
Every time Qiao Muyi said "Ma", she shook Ren Suo's head. Ren Suo was so dizzy that he could barely find a reason to refute: "You may not be in danger, and I may not be by your side..."
"...Xiao Suo," Qiao Muyi showed a helpless smile, stopped the mental storm (physical) against Ren Suo, stretched out his hands and gently held Ren Suo's face, smiled bitterly and said: "Do you think you can fool me with such a reason? I just want you to understand a truth, a very simple truth..."
Qiao Muyi suddenly pinched Ren Suo's cheek, pulling it back and forth to relieve her anger, then pulled Ren Suo's face in front of her and said word by word, "You are more important than anyone else.
Your life is more precious than anyone else's.
In this world, no one is worth your life to save.
No!"
"Even if it's you?" Ren Suo tried to fight back.
"Even if it's me." Qiao Muyi replied calmly.