Villain Rescue System (VI)

"ha."

Shang Li laughed softly again when he heard this.

Cui Lan couldn't tell whether this person was satisfied or dissatisfied with the answer just now, so he could only cast his gaze towards the sea.

At this moment, they have reached the edge of the vortex.

The huge waves rolled up like an angry slap, causing the cruise ship to turn its head and the direction of the deck to turn nearly ninety degrees in an instant.

The two people leaning against the edge of the railing were already soaked by the heavy rain caused by the sea and wind. The seawater that crawled into the deck through the gap in the railing flowed along the slope to the submerged cabin.

The fire that Luo Qinglian had ignited in the cabin had long been swallowed up by the dark sea, and the moon above was hidden in the thick dark clouds.

All the light sources disappeared, but Cui Lan could still see Shang Li in front of him clearly and completely.

In his eyes, the red-eyed man in the windbreaker seemed to have been taken from another photo and then photoshopped into this scene.

This is the result of Shang Li's distorted vision.

"Enough of the idle talk, and let's take action."

Seeing that time was running out, Cui Lan handed the long sword in his hand to Shang Li and looked at the dark shadow lying quietly at his feet.

The woman was still immersed in the endless darkness created by Shang Li, completely unaware of what fate she was about to face.

"Yeah, got it."

Shang Li responded quickly.

The sharp tip of the knife was raised, but it was not aimed at the sacrifice that had been prepared.

The thin blade circled in the air and stopped at the pale neck, fitting perfectly with the thin red line.

"During the day, I was so bored that I secretly took a glass of champagne from the restaurant and substituted it into my cocktail," he said in a low voice.

"You can be considered one of the 'guests'."

"Bang——"

As soon as he finished speaking, the surging ocean became completely enraged and once again led the waves to hit the cruise ship heavily.

The end where the two people were standing was lifted up by the sea water that was pressing down on the other end of the deck.

The long sword stained with scarlet liquid slipped from his hand, and Shang Li was thrown into the air by the sudden force.

The violent wind blew him toward the center of a whirlpool that looked like the gaping mouth of a giant beast from the abyss.

568 Lost Voice: [Host——]

"Shang Li!"

Seeing the people going away, Cui Lan stepped onto the deck railing without hesitation, bent his legs and exerted force, leaping high like a sturdy cheetah.

He stretched out his arms, riding the wind, and tightly held Shang Li's icy hand in the air.

"I knew it."

The gentle voice passed through the whistling wind and reached Cui Lan's ears clearly.

Before he could raise his eyes to see if the man still had the same smile on his face as always, his vision darkened completely.

The next second, the two were sucked into the whirlpool by the waves.

——

Far away in another sea, on a yacht with exquisite and gorgeous interior decoration.

After the tenderness, Lu Yao covered the sleeping Jiang Mingyu with a quilt, then quietly left the bedroom and went to the terrace.

The moonlight gently sprinkled on the mirror-like calm sea surface, reflecting a silver ribbon. Even the wind blowing became quite gentle, as if afraid to shatter the fragile moon in the water.

Lu Yao lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth, leaning against the railing and admiring the night view.

"Those two guys should be in by now."

He took the incense out of his mouth and held it between two fingers. After slowly blowing out the smoke ring, he whispered to himself: "Forty-eight sacrifices who have taken the 'holy communion' should be enough to open the door."

"Strange, why do I feel like..."

Hearing a rustling sound behind him, Lu Yao turned around.

Jiang Mingyu had climbed out of bed at some point, wrapped in a plush blanket, and walked slowly to his side.

"Why did you get up?" Lu Yao reached out and pulled the person into his arms.

Jiang Mingyu nestled in her partner's body obediently, but did not answer him directly. Instead, she asked another question: "Why did you lie to Brother Lan?"

Lu Yao: "You mean I told him you didn't know about this?"

"It's a matter of taking advantage of this opportunity to recruit members of Undercurrent." Jiang Mingyu shook his head.

"If you just tell Brother Lan what you want to do, he won't object." He leaned on Lu Yao's chest and looked at the endless sea.

"It seems... unnecessary to hold a grand dinner and tell so many lies."

Lu Yao was silent for a while before he asked, "Did you hear that?"

Jiang Mingyu raised the corners of his lips slightly, "Not everything can be hidden from me."

"I am not completely ignorant of what you are doing."

He raised his head, his round eyes moist with a faint light, "Are you determined to continue to push me out of the plan?"

“…”

After a while, Lu Yao sighed, picked up Jiang Mingyu and carried him back to the warm bedroom.

"Don't worry, baby, nothing will happen to them."

He placed a kiss on the cheek of the young man who was put on the bed, "This muddy water will make you dirty."

Jiang Mingyu paused, raised his head and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lu Yao.

"Whether it's me, Cui Lan, or Shang Li, we all hope that you can be carefree and live a peaceful life."

"Because I'm just an ordinary person who knows nothing?"

"No, because you are someone we all need to protect."

Lu Yao ruffled Jiang Mingyu's hair with his big hands and said, "It's late, time to go to bed."

"I have invited the chef from your favorite restaurant to come to this yacht, and he will cook whatever you want for you tomorrow."

“…”

Jiang Mingyu lowered his head and said nothing.

After a long time, he surrendered and hid his whole body in the quilt.

——

On the other side, Shang Li slowly regained consciousness from his coma.

The moist air with a faint smell of the sea rushed into the nose at the first moment.

What happened...

Although it was clearly a puppet's body, Shang Li felt surprisingly weak, so he was unable to open his eyes immediately, and only trembled his eyelids slightly.

"Mr. Cui...Mr. Cui, is Mr. Shang awake?"

A mature female voice suddenly came into my ears.

Afterwards, Shang Li felt himself leaning into a warm embrace.

A familiar breath enveloped him. It was Cui Lan.

"Let me see."

Cui Lan's cold voice sounded not far away.

As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Li felt two warm fingers gently falling on his eyelids and cheeks.

“…”

The moment before his eyelids were opened, he used all his strength to open his eyes first.

The first thing that came into view was Cui Lan's handsome face, which was very close to him, and the cave ceiling, half of which was illuminated by orange-red light.

Seeing the person in his arms wake up, he decisively loosened his arms and let Shang Li lean against the uneven and wet stone wall.

"Where is this?"

Shang Li looked around and found himself sitting in a damp natural cave.

Cui Lan, with her clothes half dry, knelt on one knee beside him, while Luo Qinglian sat on a small stone step two meters away from them.

She held a ball of fire in her right hand, warming the suit jacket in her left hand.

"It may be a crack in the seabed."

Cui Lan said: "We were sucked into the whirlpool and woke up here."

"Fortunately, everyone is fine."

Seeing that the coat had become dry, Luo Qinglian withdrew his hand, allowing the shrunken fireball to float in the air as a light.

She put on her clothes and stood up, saying, "We can't stay here any longer. The sea water is constantly overflowing. I'm afraid it won't be long before we're flooded."

"Since Mr. Shang is awake now, why don't we set off now?"

She pointed with her thumb at the rugged corridor behind her where no light could penetrate, and said to Cui Lan, "Please take care of each other on the road."

When you arrive in an unknown area full of dangers, you can't care about the enemy fugitives. The most important thing is to gain combat power on your side through cooperation.

What's more, she couldn't defeat Cui Lan, whose strength was almost gone.

Luo Qinglian knew it very well.

Cui Lan nodded imperceptibly as a sign of agreement.

"……Um."

Shang Li stood up slowly like an old man, holding on to the hydrated stone wall.

He tried to take two steps, but found that his body did not recover as his consciousness awoke.

My legs and feet were still weak, and it was as if all the strength in my body had been drained away in an instant. The chip in my brain was simply unable to fully control my limbs.

Soon, Shang Li lost his balance and fell forward.

Just as his face was about to hit the ground, strong hands grabbed the back of his collar and pulled him back to a standing position.

"Thank you...Xiao Cui."

Shang Li leaned weakly against the stone wall, still full of energy but without any strength.

He used the protruding stone pillars to support his waist, so as not to slip again on the bumpy and seawater-filled ground as he bent his knees.

Luo Qinglian, who was walking in front and leading the way, heard the noise behind him and turned back to the two people.

She did not make a sound to disturb the two people who seemed to be in a world of their own. She just waved the ball of fire with hot breath to stay in front of Shang Li's chest.

"What's going on?"

Cui Lan's expression darkened as he reached out to hold his shoulder. He then quickly responded, "Is it the ceremony on the deck?"

Shang Li replaced Luo Qinglin as one of the "guests" and was supposed to die in the sea as a "sacrifice" to the unknown existence in the sea.

But perhaps because he had already "died", and his true self was a data ghost living only in the chip, a large amount of energy was deprived from him, and leaked out through the gaps between the fingers of the unknown being holding the sacrifice.

"I don't have the strength left to control this body."

Shang Li leaned over and whispered in Cui Lan's ear.

His voice was so weak that it seemed like it would be shattered by the cold wind blowing into the cave. "Xiao Cui, help me get the chip out."

"It doesn't matter if I leave this body here, as long as the chip is still there..."

"Can I find Zhang Yunshan to get a new body?"

Cui Lan finished the last half of the sentence for him.

“…Ah, you know.”

Shang Li subconsciously gave his usual smile.

The previous speculation about the cracks was wrong. Cui Lan had already established contact with Zhang Yunshan in the past ten years and knew that his body was constantly changing.

“…”

"Without your body, you will probably disappear within two days." Cui Lan frowned.

"It can only last three days in the body."

Shang Li sighed, "And it will greatly hinder your operations. Why don't you two improve your efficiency..."

“Tsk.”

Cui Lan made an impatient sound.

He simply grabbed the limp person and put him on his back.

"Let's go."

Cui Lan said to Luo Qinglian, who looked a little embarrassed, "Don't worry about him, just keep moving forward."

Shang Li: “…”

He hesitated for a moment, but still stretched out his arms to hug Cui Lan's neck, and then lay on his wife's back peacefully.

Cui Lan led Shang Li steadily forward along the way, following Luo Qinglian who led the way.

System 568, which was wrapped together with Shang Li's body, also knew that the host would not live long. The blue data group in the chip continuously input the energy accumulated with great difficulty into the data group with a sluggish red light.

[Host, you must persevere. ]

After 568 comforted Shang Li, he started to come up with a bad idea, [Why not release the 031 guy as an energy source? ! ]

Good idea.

Shang Li almost forgot that there was a system locked in his small dark room.

Letting it out can save some energy.

He moved his fingers and restored the freedom of the villain rescue system 031.

【Host--】

As soon as daylight came back, 031 started crying, "How could you do this to me!"

When it found out that its host was only breathing its last breath, it cried even louder, [Host, please don’t die!!]

[We have only been together for such a short time, and we have not yet created beautiful memories...]

【……etc.】

After seeing the surrounding environment clearly through the host's eyes, 031 couldn't help but burp.

[Host, what are you doing in the place where the protagonist Long Aotian attained enlightenment? 】

"?"

Shang Li raised his head from Cui Lan's shoulder.