Chapter 175 Linked Together (15) - Still Helped Her
Ning Shu disagreed: "Aren't you afraid that some kind of monster might suddenly appear inside?"
It's not impossible, after all, it was so dark around, and the only light came from the flashlight in his hand.
Si Zhong dismissed it: "It's alright, they can't hurt me."
So confident!
Ning Shu immediately shut up. It's hard to persuade this damned guy with kind words. Besides, he's so bad, let him learn a lesson. Humph.
Si Zhong tested the depth and found a spot where he could sit and soak in the bath. He sat down, draping his clothes over the edge with his left hand.
He scooped up some lake water with his right hand and splashed it onto his upper body, which wasn't submerged in it...
Because of the chains, Ning Shu could only sit on the shore and wait for him to bathe. He could hear the sound of him splashing water, but suddenly it became quiet.
She wondered why he had been dragged away silently by something, since it was pitch black all around and she couldn't see anything.
Ning Shu felt a little schadenfreude, but he immediately condemned himself, thinking that he should be a good person and not think so badly of others.
Ptooey!
Out of concern for Si Zhong's condition, all I could do was ask, "Si Zhong, are you alright?"
Si Zhong, who was resting with his eyes closed, smiled slightly upon hearing this. It seemed that someone didn't want him to be well. He ignored it.
Ning Shu didn't hear a response, so she asked again uncertainly, but still received no reply. Could she really have been dragged away?
At that moment, her first thought was: if he really gets dragged away, please take him all the way with him, and don't leave her with even a piece. She doesn't want to drag half a corpse around, that's too creepy!
She was worried, very worried, so she got up and walked in the dark toward the place where Si Zhong had just made the sound.
As she walked along the shore, groping her way, her only hope was not to touch any fragments of people's belongings.
Suddenly, she touched something warm and smooth... a human body?
Suddenly realizing something, before she could react, she heard Si Zhong's dissatisfied voice.
Where are you touching?
Ning Shu quickly withdrew her hand, her face burning hot, and stammered, "I... I just called you, but you didn't answer me. I thought... I thought something had happened to you, so I came to check on you."
Si Zhong felt the spot where she had touched him was burning hot. After hearing her explanation, he replied, "I'm too lazy to deal with you. You just stay put."
"Oh." Ning Shu agreed, then quietly moved away from him and sat down properly without saying anything more.
There was silence for a while, and after what seemed like an eternity, Ning Shu was almost asleep when someone shook her awake.
"Hmm~ What's wrong?" Ning Shu rubbed her eyes, feeling a little dazed. There was a light next to her, Si Zhong's flashlight.
Si Zhong: "I'm done washing up, do you want to wash up too?"
After he got up, he threw away his old pants and took out clean pants from his storage space. Since he couldn't take off his shirt, he put it back on.
His shirts are almost all from the game store; they not only dry quickly, but the smell also dissipates quickly after the sweat dries, which he finds acceptable.
After he got dressed, he saw Ning Shu sitting there, almost asleep, drool practically dripping from her mouth.
Thinking that she hadn't showered for two days, I felt a little disgusted and woke her up.
Ning Shu was baffled. Hadn't they already discussed this topic before, and she had refused to participate? Why was it being brought up again?
She refused again: "I'm not going to wash; I'll probably be sweating again tomorrow."
Si Zhong: "That's exactly why you should wash. You're stinking."
Ning Shu listened and lowered her head to smell her clothes. Hmm, they did smell terrible, but she could tolerate it and rejected Si Zhong's suggestion for the third time.
Si Zhong saw her lower her head and smell her clothes, and thought she had changed her mind, but she still gave the same answer.
He was a little angry: "If you don't wash, don't expect me to help you tomorrow, and don't come near me."
That's great! It's as if she really wants him to help her. No, the key question is, has he ever helped her?
As for getting close to him, who would want to get close to him! If it weren't for him, she might be "in love" with Cheng Chuan now.
Ning Shu glared at him, and Si Zhong angrily pulled him along, forcing Ning Shu to stand up and stagger to a large tree.
I watched as he sat down with his back against the tree trunk, closed his eyes to rest, and even turned off his flashlight.
Ning Shu could only lean against the tree trunk behind him and fall asleep as well. She felt it was unwise to turn off the flashlight, but since the flashlight wasn't hers and she couldn't make that decision, she let it go.
The two of them simply fell asleep, completely unaware of the need to arrange for someone to keep watch at night.
The main reason was that the quiet of last night gave them an idea; this instance didn't seem to cause any trouble at night, so they slept soundly.
The next day at dawn, Ning Shu was once again awakened by the blinding sunlight. When she opened her eyes, she exclaimed, "Wow, this place is completely different from the one below!"
The air below felt brownish-yellow, just like the rest of the wasteland. Not only was the lake beautiful, but the air was also incredibly clear.
No wonder people always strive for higher positions; the environment there is indeed superior.
The two arrived at the next starting point. Ning Shu looked at the cube in front of him that was constantly rotating and moving back and forth, and remained silent.
She remained silent quite a few times during this dungeon run. But that's because she's had her eyes opened; dungeons always bring her different surprises.
After they jump onto the cube, they need to keep an eye on which way it rotates, preparing to jump to the next upward-facing face.
They have to keep jumping until the cube moves onto the floating stone on the other side, and only then can they successfully jump over it.
The difficulty lies in whether the two of them can synchronize. After all, if they choose the wrong direction, they will both fall down and have to start over.
There's a big difference between starting over from rock bottom and starting over halfway through.
Ning Shu lay on the edge of the ground looking down, trying to figure out which way to "struggle" to avoid taking unnecessary detours if she fell.
Si Zhong was another person with the same ulterior motive. Although he didn't lie on the ground as undignifiedly as she did, he stood to the side and looked down.
After studying it for a while, Si Zhong's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
If they fall from here, it's uncertain where they'll start, because they can't see the path they've taken before directly below.
It's better to go all out and get through this trap than to gamble on what will happen after you fall into it.
Si Zhong considered many possible solutions, but he was somewhat disgusted by the best one. However, he still had to take control of his own destiny.
Ning Shu was still lying on the ground studying when Si Zhong suddenly picked her up and carried her on his shoulder.
Ning Shu, her stomach pressed against Si Zhong's shoulder with her head down, asked in a panic, "What are you doing?"
Si Zhong smelled the sour odor of Ning Shu's sweat and felt extremely disgusted, but he forced himself to endure it and replied succinctly, "In the past."
After saying that, he saw the cube that was moving back and forth move right in front of him. Without saying a word, he jumped up and landed on the right-facing sloping side of the cube.
Si Zhong supported Ning Shu on his shoulder with one hand and the cube with the other.
At this moment, the cube is rotating downwards to the right, so they will fall down immediately. He immediately jumped onto the upward-facing left slope.
After jumping several times, the cube changed direction again and began to rotate to the left and down, so Si Zhong could only jump to the right.
The cube can also rotate forward or backward, and Si Zhong jumps in the opposite direction of the rotation, grabbing the cube each time he lands.
Ning Shu looked down at the vast sky, and her heart trembled so much it felt like it would jump out of her chest.
Especially when Si Zhong jumped and landed, she felt nauseous, but she held back from vomiting sour fluid, and that's why she remained quiet.
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