Chapter 187: Dragon Valley (20)
Su Yue froze when he heard these words. He didn't even look at Cang Zhi. The moonlight illuminated his beautiful profile, like a cold statue of a beauty. Especially his dark eyes, like gems left by the gods in the depths of the earth.
He was silent for a long time, and finally said, "You must be kidding."
Cang Zhi was stunned for a moment.
He thought about being accepted or rejected, but he never expected such an answer. Cang Zhi said: "I didn't, I like..."
He wanted to express his true feelings again, but this time he was interrupted by Su Yue.
Su Yue raised his hand to signal him to stop talking, then he turned to look at Cang Zhi and smiled. That smile was like the moonlight in the sky, beautiful but indescribably distant.
"You don't have to be like this." Su Yue said, "I'm not asking you to take responsibility."
"I'm not..." Cang Zhi was not good at speaking to begin with, and now he didn't know how to put it properly, so he could only speak directly, "I really like you."
Su Yue was silent for a while. His neck was white and slender, and his profile was delicate and elegant, like a fragile statue. In the night, he seemed very far away.
"If you say you like me, then why don't I feel like you when we're together?" Su Yue looked at the moon above her head expressionlessly, "You've been together for so long, but you've never said you like me again."
"Now that this has happened, you come over here and say you like me. Is it because of the physical contact that you're turned on? Or is it because of your sense of responsibility? I don't need either. Wake up, Lord God."
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The words "I like you" initially brought Su Yue surprise and a little bit of excitement, but then came uncontrollable anger.
Gods don’t have hearts, so how can they say “like” if they don’t have hearts?
The only reason Su Yue could think of why Cang Zhi said this was because something like that had happened between them and Cang Zhi felt that he needed to take responsibility.
Just like when he was in love before, he thought that he needed to be responsible as a lover.
If he and Cangzhi kept their distance, he could temporarily ignore everything that had happened and everything that Su Yue could not let go of.
But they suddenly became very close, and even wanted to become closer, so the past became an insurmountable gap, ruthlessly widening the distance between them.
The more Su Yue thought about Cang Zhi's serious expression when he said "I like you" just now, the harder it was for him to let go.
Su Yue left Cang Zhi behind and walked straight towards his residence.
Cangzhi was confused by Su Yue's reaction. He stood there blankly for a while, then caught up again.
Anyone with eyes could see Su Yue's anger, so Cang Zhi didn't dare to say anything.
When I arrived outside the building where I lived, I saw Zhao Shuo waiting there.
Before, in the mountain village, in the amusement park... in any dungeon, when Su Yue and Cang Zhi went out for adventure, Zhao Shuo would wait for them outside, fully demonstrating his sincerity in treating Su Yue as the boss.
Although there was some unpleasantness, it was between them and could not affect the progress of the game. So, even from a dozen steps away, Su Yue had already adjusted his state and put away the frost on his face.
"Boss!" Zhao Shuo came over like an enthusiastic puppy.
Logically, Su Yue didn't need to tell him about the progress, but Zhao Shuo was very enthusiastic, and Su Yue was a humane god, so he still mentioned it to him.
"I'm going to ask that kid some questions tomorrow," Su Yue said.
"Looking for that kid? The quiet little boy in town? Boss, wasn't that the method you just saw for communicating with dragons?" Zhao Shuo asked doubtfully. Suddenly realizing something, he shuddered and asked in disbelief, "Could it be that... that kid is a dragon?"
"Perhaps the residents outside the town are all dragons." Su Yue calmly stated this fact, which would probably shock the other players. "We'll find out after we try it tomorrow."
Zhao Shuo was indeed frightened, but he had been frightened countless times in these survival games, so he could easily regain his composure.
Zhao Shuo said, "Boss, do your best tomorrow!"
Su Yue smiled and said, "Okay."
On the contrary, Cang Zhi, who usually would say "thank you", said nothing at this moment.
As if afraid that saying anything would upset others.
Zhao Shuo keenly felt that the atmosphere between Su Yue and Cang Zhi was a bit awkward. He was unsure and decided to observe further.
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Su Yue and Cang Zhi went upstairs. It was completely dark. The town was very quiet at night, with occasional angry roars of dragons and flashes of fire outside. Dragons attacked the town every day.
If you think about it carefully, although the dragon would also attack the outskirts of the town, no townspeople had ever been injured in the attack. On the contrary, the attacks in the inner circle had injured two men in black robes.
Su Yue planned to look for the little boy the next day.
He has already learned the method of communication. It is very simple. It requires some medium. The most important thing is that both parties must be willing to communicate.
The little boy was the only town dweller who showed no hostility and came up to them. It was obvious that they had to rely on him.
Su Yue went to wash up, and then said politely to Cang Zhi, "It's time to go to bed."
Cang Zhi hesitated to speak, and finally said obediently: "Good night."
They didn't say anything to each other that night.
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The next day.
When I woke up in the morning, I got the bad news first. The dragon clan's anger value, which had already decreased, increased.
After communicating with the little boy the day before yesterday, the anger value dropped to 89, but when he woke up today it became 99 again. If the dragon clan's anger reaches 100, the world will be destroyed, which means that they will fail the game in minutes.
The Duke shouted, "We must gather the fruit today! Otherwise, the Dragon God might go berserk! Then the whole village will be drowned by his breath!"
But now, Su Yue and Cang Zhi both know that the tree fruit has nothing to do with the anger of the dragon clan. On the contrary, the "men in black" represented by the Duke and the "dragon clan" are hostile forces.
If you want to complete the hidden mission and help the dragon clan escape, you should not help the Duke.
Other players also felt that the Duke's words were not very reliable, because the dragon clan's anger was 99 on the first day, and after three days, they did not bring back any fruit from the tree, and their anger dropped to 89 instead.
Although my anger returned to 99 when I woke up this morning, it seemed to have nothing to do with whether there were any fruits on the tree or not.
So even though the Duke was so excitedly encouraging, no one responded.
Just as the Duke was about to randomly select someone to enter the cave, Zhao Shuo suddenly said, "Let me do it."
As soon as he stood out, everyone else was cheered up. After all, this meant that they didn't have to go and die. However, Su Yue was shocked. With his ability, he could enter the cave without any obstacles, but Zhao Shuo was not a master. Those stone beams, underground rivers, and illusions could potentially kill him.
"What are you doing?" Su Yue asked in surprise.
"I want to help a little, too." Zhao Shuo whispered, "Don't worry, Boss. I always prepare a lot of props before entering the game. I haven't even used the buff potion I bought for this game. If I use all of it, I can handle anything I encounter."
In the rest area outside the game, you can buy potions that increase attack, defense and other attributes. They are one-time use. As a bug, Su Yue and Cang Zhi do not have points, but Zhao Shuo does.
He has completed many games on his own and has his own understanding. In fact, as an ordinary player, he is considered to be very talented.
"Only one player is allowed to enter through one piece of ambergris!" When the Duke saw Su Yue and Zhao Shuo whispering to each other, he immediately announced the new rules as if he was facing a great enemy, fearing that Su Yue would find another way to sneak into the cave.
Su Yue ignored the Duke and took out an amulet to give to Zhao Shuo, but was pushed back by Zhao Shuo.
The amulet was infused with divine power. Previously in the amusement park copy, Su Yue's amulet had saved Zhao Shuo's life. Zhao Shuo knew how powerful this thing was, so he didn't want it this time.
"Boss, keep it for yourself. I'll definitely be safe." Zhao Shuo said, "Don't worry."
Su Yue didn't listen to him at all and directly stuffed the amulet into his hand.
Zhao Shuo: “…”
There was no way to refuse, so I had to put it in my pocket.
Su Yue also told Zhao Shuo that there was nothing in the cave that needed to be explored, and if he felt something was wrong, he should come out immediately. Zhao Shuo agreed and went into the cave.
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Zhao Shuo walked towards the cave, and the other players dispersed. Just when they thought everything was over, the Duke suddenly said, "They're setting up defenses at the altar and need help. Anyone willing to help? I need four people."
The players all felt that the Duke was not a good person, so everyone was silent. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, the Duke smiled, revealing his white teeth, "In that case, I'll just find a few people to help."
Although he said to just find a few people, the Duke stared at Su Yue without blinking.
Obviously, he was afraid that Su Yue would use his free time that day to do something, so he wanted to find a way to stop him.
Before the Duke could speak, Cang Zhi said, "I'll go help."
Su Yue pursed his lips slightly and said nothing.
"Okay." The Duke said 'Okay' but his expression clearly said 'Stay out of the way'. "Then we still need three more people. No one's coming, right?"
The Dragon God's anger value is 99. Su Yue urgently needs to communicate with the little boy today - most likely a young dragon - but if he is dragged away by the Duke to build some defensive fortifications, it will probably be too late today.
The Duke obviously wanted to ask Su Yue to "help". Even if Cang Zhi and Zhao Shuo both helped him reserve a seat, there would definitely be a seat for Su Yue in the remaining two seats. No matter how you look at it, he would be delayed today, not to mention that Zhao Shuo was not there either. Zhao Shuo went to the cave.
At this moment, a player who had never spoken a word to Su Yue stood up and said, "I'm going too."
Su Yue was stunned.
"And me," said another player.
"Then let me come too." Another person stood up.
These players had almost no communication with Su Yue. But yesterday, they helped Zhao Shuo look through the contents in the library for a whole day.
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"Four people." Cang Zhi looked at the Duke, "Is that enough?"
The Duke's expression changed again and again. He stared at Su Yue unwillingly and said through gritted teeth, "...Okay, all of you follow me."
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