Chapter 38 Tent
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After a period of silence, the toxin of the devil waterweed took effect. Luo Wusheng was awake for a while, but then his limbs became weak. As it was late at night, he fell asleep in a daze.
Shi Hanqiao fell on his mattress, his eyes open but unable to sleep. His mind was full of Luo Wei, and occasionally Luo Wusheng's face flashed by.
After she followed Luo Wei out of the pile of corpses, the first thing she did was bandage her wounds. At that time, the old man asked her with a look of heartache whether she had suffered a lot in the past.
Shi Hanqiao didn't say anything at the time, but her mood was completely different from now. When she was young, she was sharp-tongued and her emotions were clearly visible on her face. Even though the old man saved her, her words were still sharp.
Later, her edges were not actually smoothed out by Luo Wei, but a layer of camouflage was put on them to make them less directly hurtful.
Luo Wei never said how old she was, but judging from her cultivation level, as well as the wrinkles on her face and the orange peel-like backs of her hands, she should be older than the thousands-year-old ancestors in the world of cultivation, because those so-called ancestors still had faces that looked like they were in their twenties or thirties.
Luo Wei's face would perfectly blend in with an old person in her sixties or seventies if placed in the human world. The only difference is her firm and clear eyes and the gentle temperament that has been tempered by the years.
Shi Hanqiao took a deep breath. Unable to fall asleep, he rolled over and stared at the young man's sleeping face. His long golden hair lay scattered across the white pillow. His eyebrows resembled distant peaks, his nose akin to a nearby tall forest. His phoenix eyes, like a cold pool of clear spring water, were tightly closed. While the painting was beautiful, it lacked the vitality of living water.
One is an old, wrinkled face, the other is a young, beautiful face, but their eyes are surprisingly similar.
Regardless of appearance, there are bones beneath the skin. She had seen many beauties and bones alike. But she had only seen the look in phoenix eyes twice in her life.
Shi Hanqiao unconsciously stretched out his hand, hovering over the closed phoenix eyes without letting it fall.
She thought from the beginning that his eyes were beautiful and his expression was interesting, and the fact was just as she had guessed, he was indeed quite interesting.
The fingertips that were suspended in the air twisted and retracted without falling. It would be more accurate to say that she was looking at the young man's closed eyes rather than his face.
The night heat was even higher, the air was filled with summer heat, the young man's brows wrinkled unconsciously, his pale lips slightly parted, tinged with a light red in the heat. No matter how good a person's sleeping posture was, he couldn't maintain his elegance in the rising temperature.
In his sleep, Luo Wusheng moved unconsciously from side to side, and the quilt slipped from his shoulders, revealing a large area of snow-white shoulders and neck.
Shi Hanqiao's mind flashed back to the moment Luo Wei covered her with the quilt. As a child, she had been so defensive that she hadn't really fallen asleep. By the time the memory ended, the young man's quilt had been pulled back over his shoulders, and the temperature in the tent had returned to normal.
She slowly withdrew her hand and pinched her brow. The night was too hot, and she released her spiritual power to cool it down for herself, not for Luo Wusheng.
Shi Hanqiao calmed his mind and lay back on his bed. He erected an invisible barrier around his body and fell into deep cultivation.
The noise fades away, and only the sound of waves tells the story of the moonlight at night.
Luo Wusheng was woken by the noise. He could vaguely hear the sound of irritated shouting, clearly someone trying to release their emotions. He raised his hand and rubbed his hazy eyes. His skin felt cool, and the air was no longer as hot as it had been yesterday.
He sat up, the blazing light filtering through the light-colored tent making him blink uncomfortably. It took him a long time to adjust to the intense light. Shi Hanqiao was still lying next to him, but it was clear she wasn't asleep. Luo Wusheng raised his hand and then lowered it. As he approached her, he felt a distinct barrier in front of him.
Whether it is the Demon Lord or Shi Hanqiao, they both have secrets.
There was a 90% chance that they were the same person, but in the absence of evidence, Luo Wusheng still tried his best to distinguish the two, even though since the speculation arose, there was almost no time to completely separate them.
Luo Wusheng changed his clothes and just as he opened the curtains, a wave of heat rushed in. He checked the real-time temperature display, and the red line soared to fifty degrees at a visible speed.
The tent was neither too hot nor too cold, maintaining a comfortable temperature. But once outside, the high heat wave made the comfortable temperature seem like ice and snow.
The temperature difference was so great that Luo Wusheng's body swayed twice as he walked out of the tent before he slowly steadied himself. The glaring light and the floating heat made it difficult to see the figure in front of him.
It was not until he heard the voices of Yu Rongshui and Bai Muxue that he recognized them by their voices.
“Why is the sea so hot?”
"If I had known, I would have gone for a swim last night."
"I wonder how much longer it will take?"
"It shouldn't take long. Have you guys stored the energy?" Bai Muxue saw Luo Wusheng and wanted to wave and call him, but it was too hot. She and Yu Rongshui walked straight over and saw the energy storage device next to the purification device. "Your progress bar is so fast!"
"Yesterday's light energy and night's heat energy." Luo Wusheng gave each of them a space button: "There are still a few energy storage devices in here, try to store as much as possible."
"My progress is at 70%. In this weather, it won't be long before it's full." Yu Rongshui touched his forehead. "This is going bad. I need to go back and take another ice bath. I'm going to get overheated!"
"Go ahead and store up more energy." Luo Wusheng had already explained the cause and effect yesterday and was just giving a final reminder.
Fortunately, his allies were not like Qian Xing's teammates, who would argue with every order or suggestion and get to the bottom of it.
High temperature affects people's appetite, so he made a fire and cooked millet porridge. He didn't know how to make complicated methods, but relatively simple millet porridge was still okay.
During this period, he uploaded a report on stopping the camera ball and continuing to film. There is no thrilling adventure in extreme environments, only the tempering of people's will and patience.
The final few days were essentially just about getting through. Their condition wouldn't be very good, so there was no need to continue the livestream. Only on the final day did they need to re-climb Solitary Peak. This was necessary to livestream the training, bringing this joint military training to a perfect conclusion.
"Okay, let them be."
Fox Eyes agreed with a wave of his hand, and the large screens in the Joint Control Center all went black. They had a lot of work ahead of them: arranging for the students to return to their respective schools, preparing for the commemorative ceremony, and cleaning up the planet.
As for the awards ceremony, Fox Eyes hadn't planned one. The actual rewards would be distributed after the results were settled, and she didn't want to bother with all that frivolous talk. Besides, it was just military training, so what if she won first place?
Fox Eyes touched his chin. However, the winning alliance members could record their military training experience, which would also help those commanders who had not guessed the purpose of this military training.
Compared to the busy joint control center, the eight people on the beach were relatively free, but this leisure was accompanied by scorching heat.
Luo Wusheng inspected the area in the scorching heat, and after confirming that there were no safety hazards, he returned to the cooking tent. The millet porridge was already cooked.
He lifted the curtain. Shi Hanqiao hadn't woken up yet. He left half of the millet porridge for her and then used the remaining half to satisfy his own stomach.
After dinner, he noticed a circle of water stains on the ground outside the tent, and the surface of the tent was covered with fine water droplets, which condensed to a certain extent and turned into water streams winding down.
He touched his forehead, which was hotter than normal. After just over an hour outside, his clothes were already soaked with sweat and would continue to be so.
After the others had swum in the sea, they all took nutritional supplements, showered, and went back to their tents. Looking around, there was no one in sight.
Luo Wusheng also took a shower and then returned to the tent. The huge temperature difference made him shudder. However, the temperature inside the tent relieved his irritability caused by the heat.
He checked the screen several times, but there was no updated information. Luo Wusheng finally understood what everyone on Starnet was feeling when they complained about the lack of internet. Before, he had not taken it seriously, thinking that being alone was fine.
But he still overlooked one point. Even though he didn't have the Star Network, he still had paper books to read, various equipment in the training room to assist in practice, and many other things to do.
He just wasn't caught up in the Star Network, and there were many things he could do. But in such an extreme environment, people are very lonely, unable to go out and can only stay in a small tent.
If Shi Hanqiao were awake, time would pass faster when they were chatting, but now that she was not awake, it would be even more boring for him to be alone.
His eyes unconsciously fell on her. Luo Wusheng recalled the scenes of her, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that she was similar to the Demon Lord.
However, a few scenes flashed by, showing him seeing her at school.
He had heard of Shi Hanqiao's name long before. First, she was Shi Qi's daughter. Second, the news of her being both C-grade in physique and mental strength had caused quite a stir. Regardless of the reason, it was hard for him not to notice.
In the rumors, she was portrayed as a poor person who was bullied in the alley behind the school. Luo Wusheng had met her at school, but they just passed by each other and had no other contact.
Before he had time to think deeply, the distance unknowingly broke through the barrier he once felt.
Shi Hanqiao opened his eyes, and what he saw was Luo Wusheng's enlarged face. His face was a little pale, which highlighted the red color of his lips.
"Your eyes?!"
When the young man saw the blood-red pupils again, he was still shocked by the picture it presented and couldn't help but exclaim.
"What?"
Shi Hanqiao blinked calmly, his pupils showing their normal dark color, as if the blood color was Luo Wusheng's illusion.
nothing.
Luo Wusheng opened his lips, but closed the words again.
"Your eyes are red."
Although telling the truth might seem a bit offensive in normal interpersonal greetings, he didn't want to lie to her or be perfunctory with her.
He didn't want to think of her as someone who needed to wear a disguise to socialize, and based on his understanding of the Demon Lord or Shi Hanqiao, they would only mind his concealment, not his honesty.
It turned out that Luo Wusheng had already understood part of her character without her noticing.
"Yes, it will change color."
A faint smile floated on the surface of his eyes, and Shi Hanqiao put his hand on his shoulder, "Do you want to know why?"
Luo Wusheng was completely absorbed in her words and didn't notice how ambiguous and intimate their current posture was. He almost leaned half of his body on top of her and nodded in agreement with her words.
"But I don't want to tell you."
The young man's astonished expression was reflected in his pupils, and the smile in Shi Hanqiao's eyes widened, revealing some sincerity.
【Author’s words】
Hehehe~~~
One-sided heartbeat x natural flirting
I wanted to say something when I was saving the manuscript yesterday, but I forgot.
Suddenly, I thought of a way to solve the problem of slowing down the pace of love, which is to do 6 or 10,000 a day (but, this is just an idea)...
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