Chapter 12
Liang Qing's phone also received an update of his personal information after this round -
Personal information of players in "Journey to the End of the World"
Dungeon: Legend of the Urban Giant Wolf—— Completed
Player Information: Liang Qing
Player ID: A80F23LQ
Player Level: II
Server ranking: 29
Current Points: 1,300,000 (Click to enter the Points Mall to redeem the materials you need to pass the game)
Lead Points: 40,000
Battle Points: 90,000
Additional Skills: [Energetic] You have gained additional combat energy and do not need sleep to recover during long battles.
Additional role: Single mother
Current bond character: A seven-month-old baby boy
These points really soared to the sky, making me rich overnight.
Liang Qing looked at the additional skills and fell into deep thought: Is there a possibility that she actually wants to have a good sleep too?
During the free dungeon time after the battle, the entire city suddenly returned to its bustling state. The once empty streets were now filled with traffic, the shopping malls and subways were bustling with people, and even the dilapidated Medical University had returned to its original appearance.
Life seemed to be back on track in an instant, and the previous day and two nights seemed like a legend.
Liang Qing and Shi Xiaofeng and Nie Yun agreed on a meeting time and place, and Liang Qing went back home first.
Ai Si's apartment remained the same as before. She could clearly feel her heart beating faster when she used her key to open the door.
Everything was as it was before, the sun was shining brightly in the living room, but my parents were nowhere to be seen. My phone still had no signal.
Liang Qing reached out and felt a thin layer of dust on the table.
An invisible barrier of time and space separates the real world from the game world. The bustling city before her is nothing but an illusion. She is deeply trapped in it, but she doesn't know how to break free.
"Ahh..." A cute little baby voice came from the training bag on her body, and this voice brought Liang Qing's wandering thoughts back.
Almost forgot about this little thing.
Liang Qing carried the kid out. The little guy had just woken up. He rubbed his eyes with his chubby little hands, put them in his mouth and sucked on them, then immediately reached out to touch Liang Qing's face.
Liang Qing's tense face was immediately stained with saliva: ...
Very milky.
"Hey, is this a gift from you for me?" She raised her hand to wipe it away with disgust.
The little boy opened his round eyes. He didn't understand what Liang Qing said, but he liked the way she stared at him, so he smiled brightly.
The light-colored pupils narrowed slightly, two deep dimples flashed by, the small mouth turned up, and the fleshy double chin squeezed out.
The emptiness and loss in Liang Qing's heart were completely filled by this smile. She naturally adjusted herself to a comfortable position and held the little cub in her arms.
"No need to fight today, I'll go get you some clothes."
——
When Liang Qing arrived at Shuangqiao subway station, Shi Xiaofeng and Nie Yun were already waiting there. In fact, the two of them didn't really need to wave to Liang Qing in a big way; Liang Qing could hear their bickering from a distance through the crowd.
After the battle, Liang Qing didn't openly carry the child out. Hidden among the city's millions of NPCs were the other 12 victorious players. She fashioned a simple sling from her mother's scarf and carried the child across her chest, covering it with her windbreaker. She looked a bit fatter.
Looking from her collar, the well-fed little cub was sleeping soundly next to her heart.
She took the breakfast handed to her by Shi Xiaofeng and ate a few mouthfuls without hesitation: "What's wrong now?"
"The system is asking for registration. Can I go to the next stop with you?" Nie Yun's face was a little red, and she spoke before Shi Xiaofeng.
It was obvious that she had refined her wording many times for this moment, and she almost blurted it out when she saw Liang Qing.
"We're going to the next stop together, just to rely on us for free food and drinks." Shi Xiaofeng sneered.
"You act like you're so capable, aren't you just a weakling who relies on Liang Qing for protection?"
The three words "little weakling" touched Shi Xiaofeng's sore spot. He felt like his tail was stepped on. His fair face turned red and he couldn't think of a word of rebuttal for a long time.
Nie Yun hummed softly, a quirky look of smugness playing around his eyes. Liang Qing watched the two bickering, and suddenly, amidst this false clamor, he felt some real joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.
"There's a department store nearby. Let's go shopping in the children's clothing section."
Shi Xiaofeng and Nie Yun were not expecting Liang Qing to come up with such a suggestion. They looked at each other and nodded. Shi Xiaofeng knew what Liang Qing was doing, and Nie Yun also guessed that Liang Qing must have a bond with a character.
The three of them walked towards the department store.
Perhaps because she had a little leisure time, or perhaps because she had the company of two people, Liang Qing's steps became brisk. She suddenly remembered something and turned to ask Nie Yun.
"Is that lame man the boss of your Cloak Gang?"
Nie Yun was stunned, his face darkening slightly: "Yes."
"You seem... to dislike him very much." Liang Qing chose his words carefully.
She could see that Nie Yun not only disliked her, but actually hated her.
"Well, he deserves to die."
"Why the hell did you join the Black Cloak? Don't tell me it's your destiny to be an undercover agent. You're just lying." Shi Xiaofeng became angry again and confronted her.
Nie Yun rarely retorted. She was stunned for a moment, then said after a long pause, "He...he bullied me."
Liang Qing stopped, Shi Xiaofeng reacted and took two steps, then stopped. They both looked at Nie Yun.
"Several girls on his team are like this. At first, he pretended to be a good guy and took a few girls into the team, saying that they could protect us... But in reality, he actually gave them 'game partners' to stabilize the other core members of the team."
The sarcastic smile on Shi Xiaofeng's face disappeared without a trace.
Nie Yun took a deep breath and said calmly, "My original points were 300, but when I joined the team, he deducted them all under various pretexts, including my motorcycle. Then, when we were penniless, I was thrown to the men under his command. He probably thought I was good-looking, so he kept me by his side..."
"Liang Qing, it's okay if you don't want to join my team. I really want to repay you. You may not know that if the dungeon hadn't ended this morning and I hadn't met you, I might have been killed by him tonight... But I also left myself a backup plan."
Nie Yun finished speaking and pulled out a thin blade from his sleeve. "Finding small clues in the game gives you extra points. I redeemed these points. If he dares to really touch me, I'll fight him to the death."
This thin blade, less than ten centimeters long, was taken out of a pencil roll. It's impossible to use it to fight to the death, but it's more suitable for cutting wrists.
Liang Qing was silent for a moment, then took Nie Yun's hand and said, "I agree to team up with you."
Nie Yun's face instantly showed joy.
"—It's not because you're weak, nor because you've suffered injustice before. It's because you know the situation, know how to maneuver, and your acting skills... aren't bad either. We don't accept idiots in our team."
Liang Qing felt a little embarrassed by her burning gaze. She cleared her throat, turned her gaze to Shi Xiaofeng, pushed him a little, and indicated her position.
"Hey, say something."
Shi Xiaofeng's expression was complicated. He didn't dare look at Nie Yun. He lowered his head, kicked a stone away, and whispered, "Oh, let's form a group. Let's go faster. I'm going to be sunburned to death."
Liang Qing pointed it out without saying anything, and smiled: "Also, I just confiscated your motorcycle."
She shook her Qiankun bag.
——
At twelve o'clock noon, after eating and drinking their fill and buying some food, the three of them checked into a hotel suite, hid themselves away and began to review the situation.
They bought the kid a lot of beautiful little uncles. Nie Yun spread them on the bed, and the kid rolled over happily on them.
Nie Yun was so surprised that he hugged her and kissed her again and again.
As the only one who had been peed on by the brat and had no chance to win the brat's favor until now, Shi Xiaofeng felt very jealous.
He also imitated Liang Qing and urged Nie Yun to change the little boy's diaper. Nie Yun readily agreed. She changed it very skillfully, and the little boy stared at her with a smile the whole time, even reaching out for a hug after she was done.
Shi Xiaofeng suffered a mental breakdown.
"What did you do before?" Liang Qing asked.
Nie Yun was a little embarrassed: "I don't have a proper job. I was unemployed after graduating from university. I passed the childcare certification exam and worked as a childcare teacher for a while. I don't have any other skills, but I have some experience in taking care of children."
Liang Qing raised his eyebrows, feeling happy.
"Um... at what age can a child crawl?" She asked the first question carefully.
"It's hard to say, but most people will crawl around by seven, eight, or nine months."
Liang Qing scratched her head. She was sure that when the cub came into her hands, the system indicated that it was three months old. Only one day had passed...
"He looks like he's at least six or seven months old, and he's quite heavy." Nie Yun leaned forward and kissed the top of the child's head. "From now on, I'll take care of you full-time. Let Aunt Liang Qing focus on clearing the way for us and fighting monsters. How do you think?"
The cub who was originally interacting with her with a smile seemed to understand these words. His chubby face immediately changed, his mouth pouted and he was about to cry. He turned his head and stretched out his little hand in the direction of Liang Qing.
Liang Qing understood what she meant and quickly hugged the baby. The baby immediately nudged her neck with its furry head and curled up on Liang Qing's shoulder lazily and contentedly.
Nie Yun: Heartbroken. Shi Xiaofeng: Mental Balance +1.
Three people submitted a team application, and the system popped up a dialog box with four spaces where the team members' names needed to be entered and confirmed.
"Why are there four? Aren't there three of us?" Shi Xiaofeng asked.
Nie Yun rolled his eyes at the ceiling, picked up the kid and held him in front of Shi Xiaofeng: "Doesn't he count?"
As soon as the words fell, the two of them looked at Liang Qing in unison, "What's his name?"
This question stumped Liang Qing. She was silent for a moment: "...little brat?"
Shi Xiaofeng and Nie Yun: felt Liang Qing's perfunctory attitude.
"That's definitely not possible! What a cute baby, how come he doesn't even have a name? Didn't he have any keepsakes when you found him?"
Yes, a torn bed sheet. Actually, when the masked man reached out for the child, Liang Qing had thought that he might know the child. After all, he couldn't have known that she was carrying a child for no reason. It was just that the initials of the man's name didn't match those on the bed sheet.
However, in that case, even if he was indeed LBB, Liang Qing would not give the child away.
"Let's call him... Liang Baobao. I hope he can have a full meal every day from now on."
Liang Qing said that she had tried her best to come up with a name.
The moment Liang Qing called out "Liang Baobao," a message popped up on his phone: [Congratulations to the player for unlocking the "Name a Bonded Character Achievement" and receiving 10 points as a system reward! Your current points balance is 1,300,010!]
Shi Xiaofeng, who was standing by, saw Liang Qing's points and his eyes lit up: "Next time, I won't have to rely on others anymore!"
Nie Yun agreed: "Why don't we just buy all the best weapons? We have the Qiankun Bag anyway, so if we can't use it in this dungeon, we can use it next time!"
As the two of them chatted, Liang Qing carefully read the notes in the various sections of the mall. Shi Xiaofeng and Nie Yun stopped and looked at Liang Qing, waiting for her decision.
"Just buy two rocket launchers, a mini-mortar, some ammunition for existing guns, some simple cold weapons, and a safe house for three days."
The villa-style safehouse Liang Qing chose was the most expensive of all, costing 20,000 points a day. It was usable for 12 hours a day and effectively protected against any aggressive NPCs or beasts in the game. During the defense period, players could become invisible. Other players were prohibited from entering without the owner's explicit invitation.
"Three days is enough for us to clear the customs," Liang Qing said, and then she bought some more groceries. She froze most of the remaining points of the three people, leaving only 500 points in each account.
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