Wilderness Survival (VIII)
His ring?
It seemed like just yesterday that the boy's blushing face after the ring was put on his finger was real.
At this moment, Fei Rui's delicate facial features were reflected in Lin Yin's golden eyes.
The lingering scent of pine wood lingered at the tip of her nose, but in the sight of the Wuji True Qi that could dispel delusions, the face that she had been dreaming of did not appear.
"Who are you."
She grasped his chin, leaned in close, and examined him closely. Her eyes crawled over every inch of his skin, but even if her infinite true energy burned out, she could not see any trace of the previous person on the face before her.
Wrapped in her gaze, Fei Rui's Adam's apple moved, and she struggled to move the corners of her mouth, "My name is... Fei Rui."
"...Fei Rui?"
Rinyin laughed at herself—what a strange name.
She didn't understand what she was expecting. On that moonlit night, the person she missed had already turned into sparkling ash, carried away by the wind across the Federation, perhaps even the entire universe.
She stroked the surface of the ring and wondered if it was an illusion, but the separated piece of metal felt slightly hot.
——Maybe it’s because the ambient temperature is close to 70 degrees.
"Boss!"
Crystal finally saw Rin's condition, her voice crackling with anxiety. The lava giant rushed over with her and slammed Lucien into the lava. Snake heard the noise and a lightning bolt as thick as a bowl struck Pinkie.
Belle also hurriedly handed over the few people in her hands to Cappadocia. The dark night orchid behind her bloomed to the extreme, and the golden light spots transformed from the infinite true energy poured down like a rainstorm.
Pop.
It was the sound of a broken blade falling to the ground.
Biqi's knife slipped out from behind Linyin. Black blood splattered from the wound, and black threads shot out from it. Wuji Zhenqi immediately transformed into a fine golden net and chased after her. Wherever it passed, flesh and blood healed automatically.
Linyin wiped the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand, as if some fantasy had been shattered again, and nonchalantly rubbed the bloody part on the hem of her training suit.
"It's you!" Belle's orchid wrapped Linyin layer by layer, and she turned her head to glare at the three people, "Are you guys from the Fantasy Beast Hall done yet?"
"...Sorry. We're also following the rules." Lucien woke up the Mist Armor at the last moment before falling into the lava. Climbing ashore, he could still see the scorch marks on the Mist Armor's surface.
According to the rules, the Fantasy Beast Hall would target the team with the highest points until a new team surpassed them. Their targeting of Thorn Flower was indeed reasonable based on the rules.
On the other side, Fei Rui's gaze lingered uncontrollably on Lin Yin's face.
Her eyes looked painful yet sharp. The blood at the corner of her mouth had already dried, looking even more alarming against her skin, which had turned slightly pale from the blood loss. A few strands of black hair were stuck to her neck with sweat, trembling slightly with her rapid breathing.
The weapon that pierced his chest was also trembling slightly with her breathing, and each time it made his nerves feel tickled. The trembling feeling of impending death actually made his heart beat faster.
He thought that he might not die from the penetrating wound, but would be killed by the violent heartbeat that almost broke his ribs.
"I..." His dark green eyes looked at her calmly yet eagerly, "Can I join you?"
The voice in his heart echoed throughout his world along with his pounding heartbeat. He wanted desperately to be close to her, and it would be best if... he could hold her in his eyes at all times.
Linyin frowned, and the bent cone remained motionless.
He clearly had a strange face, but when he looked at her like that, she couldn't bring herself to do it anymore.
"Are you crazy? Join us?" Belle was still furious. "Aren't you just here to cause trouble? Joining the top-ranked team isn't a violation, is it?"
"Violation?" Fei Rui's eyes blinked slowly and he looked at Lucien. "You are afraid of violating the rules, right?"
"What else? We two servants, how can we be as brave as the young palace master?" Bi Qi replied sarcastically.
"Hmm." Fei Rui nodded thoughtfully, "I understand."
Before he finished speaking, dozens of black roses blossomed around Lucien and the others. Lucien had anticipated this, and almost the moment Feirui nodded, he activated the forced teleportation function of the Mist Hidden Armor.
Before Pinkie could react, she was grabbed by Lucien and disappeared from the spot together.
call.
Fei Rui raised the corners of her mouth and breathed a sigh of relief. "They are them, and I am me. I drove them away. Can I join you now?"
He turned around, looking innocent. His dark green eyes reflected her image clearly, allowing Rin to see the expression on his face—not only was it not fierce, but it was even... a little tender.
She took a deep breath, "You used...Rose."
The roses formed from the black mist weren't as bloody as the scarlet vines in her memory, but they looked even more sinister and eerie. Linyin suppressed her restless emotions and looked at him scrutinizingly. "Who is Flora to you?"
Fei Rui's eyes were puzzled: "She is my mother."
"Mother... tsk..."
The black gossamer almost instantly flooded Rin's eye sockets. She scoffed and shook her head, feeling guilty about her own strange behavior.
She lowered her eyes and suddenly pulled out the awl.
"What did you do to Song Baiyue? Why do you smell like him?"
Fei Rui lost her support and slowly knelt on one knee. He looked up at her eyes, which had returned to their coldness, in confusion and helplessness.
"Who is Song Baiyue...?"
…
"I don't understand, do we really have to take him with us?"
Shuijing's expression was twitching as she bit her ear with Yuzhu, looking worriedly at the tall and thin figure following Linyin.
At this time, the thorn flower team can be said to be unprecedentedly large—
Thorn Flower's own team, all five of them are present.
Cappadocia, all five are present.
There were five people from Izumo, plus Transy from the lighthouse, a total of six people were present.
Together with Mond from Avalon, Tracy from Babel, and Keith from Iberia, the entire team has reached a size of nineteen people.
Now, there is another person from the Fantasy Beast Hall.
"Yeah, I don't understand." Yuzhu frowned with a headache.
"……hiss."
A soft cry of pain came from the side and back.
Linyin didn't look back, but her pace slowed down significantly: "Can you keep up?"
The person behind him didn't answer, only the sound of slightly heavy breathing could be heard. Lin Yin finally couldn't help but turn around and was met with Fei Rui's pale face. He was clutching his chest, dark red blood still seeping between his fingers.
"Your weapon," he smiled weakly, his voice soft, "is so domineering."
Linyin pursed her lips and stared at him for two seconds.
"The wound won't heal?"
"...Yeah." He stared at her with sparkling eyes.
Linyin sighed deeply, and finally reached out her hand and lightly pressed on his wound, "Don't move." She tried to make her voice colder.
Infinite true energy surged out from her palm, and a golden halo slowly seeped in along the edge of the wound.
Fei Rui groaned and her brows relaxed.
Linyin didn't look at his face, concentrating on controlling her Qi to repair the wound.
She didn't know how long it took, maybe soon, the wound stopped bleeding and she was ready to stop.
But his wrist was grabbed.
"It's not healed yet." He took her hand and slowly pressed it towards his heart. "It still hurts here."
Linyin's fingertips touched his warm skin, and her heart skipped a beat. She pulled her hand away, but he held it tighter.
"Let go," she warned him.
There was a hint of innocence in Fei Rui's eyes: "It really hurts."
Linyin glared at him, but didn't struggle to break free. "Let go yourself, or it will hurt more."
"It's okay, I'm used to it." He tilted his head, "You always seem to hurt me."
"..." Linyin forced herself to close her eyes and not look at him, "We are not familiar with each other. If you say something like this again, get out of my team."
"Before you tell me to get lost," he gripped her wrist tightly, "I want to know... what is your relationship with Song Baiyue?"
She leaned down, so the ring that was used as a pendant dangled before his eyes again. To him, it was like the most indifferent cat encountering the cat toy that fate loved the most—
He grabbed it in his hand and held it tightly.
Linyin sniffed the lingering scent of pinewood, and in a trance, she suddenly felt the urge to confide in someone, "It's my love."
The relationship she had never personally confirmed with him, now speaking of it, stirred even more emotions. "And your mother killed him." The black gossamer was ready to move. "So you'd better behave yourself."
She used a fighting technique and grabbed his hand in return. Before he could react, she pried open his fingers one by one and took out the ring. "Don't touch his ring again. Otherwise, I don't mind letting your mother experience the feeling of losing the person she loves most."
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