Chapter 92 (First Release)
Ning Wanwan whispered almost in a breath, "...So, you can die after all?"
Death...
Ning Wanwan didn't want to die at all.
She looked up at Jiang Chengran, her vision blurred, and could only make out that flamboyant red figure. But even without looking, she knew how difficult it was for him to resist the gravity in the crack for her.
Ning Wanwan was very grateful that he was willing to take such a big risk to save her, but...
She struggled to suppress her will to survive and managed to utter, "Jiang Chengran... let go."
If this continues, both of them will fall.
Ning Wanwan was afraid of death, but she also didn't want to die with the burden of another person's life on her shoulders.
At this moment, she was surprisingly rational.
Jiang Chengran also realized that this wouldn't work, but she still clung to him stubbornly and refused to let go.
"...You're underestimating me!" He gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words, the muscles in his arms stretched to their limit, and the veins bulged out in a terrifying way.
Ning Wanwan was genuinely puzzled. Why? Was it worth taking such a risk to save her?
Ning Wanwan couldn't understand it; she always felt that her own life was the most important thing.
He hadn't even met Jiang Chengran that many times, so how could he have gone this far? All because of a "love at first sight" halo that he obtained through probability.
Perhaps because they truly felt death approaching, at this moment, questions that they wouldn't normally be willing to think about began to surface in their minds one by one.
As time seemed to stretch on endlessly, every second felt like torture. Ning Wanwan bit her lip, her dizziness growing stronger.
Ning Wanwan said to herself in a very soft voice, "I really don't want to die."
However, I don't want to owe others such a huge favor, mainly because if we owe them all, we won't be able to survive.
Jiang Chengran was struggling against an unknown force; he didn't hear Ning Wanwan's murmur, "What?"
Ning Wanwan didn't speak, but blinked, trying to wipe away the sweat that was sticking to her eyes. Unfortunately, she couldn't even do that.
well.
She was debating whether to simply break free from Jiang Chengran's grasp, but the fear of facing death is not something every ordinary person can overcome immediately.
Just as Ning Wanwan made up her mind, the fingers that Jiang Chengran was holding twitched slightly, and she suddenly heard the system's voice in her ear.
The system's voice was slightly more urgent than before, unlike its previous flat tone.
[Jump in five seconds.]
[Five, four, three...]
There was no time to ask anything. The anxiety brought on by the countdown left Ning Wanwan with no time to think. When the system announced "one," Ning Wanwan broke free from Jiang Chengran's hand.
Fortunately, Jiang Chengran was using all his strength to fight against the gravitational pull of the crack. Once the other party let go, Jiang Chengran was unable to hold on to them at all.
"Wanwan!"
The shout came from several people at the same time, and Ning Wanwan felt that the shouts seemed to be overly fearful and anxious.
She fell, and vaguely saw Zhou Yanyao and Qi Lin rushing over.
Before she could even look at their expressions, Ning Wanwan fell into the crevice and was swallowed by the dark, gloomy aura.
So she didn't see that several people jumped down without hesitation.
...
It's so cold.
Ning Wanwan felt an intense chill envelop her, and even her heartbeat seemed to slow down as if frozen.
She slowly opened her eyes, and what came into view was a pitch-black darkness.
It was dark all around, very, very dark, as if it had swallowed up every ray of light.
Where is this...?
[Host, you are now inside the rift.]
[Due to the urgency of the situation, I used my energy to detect a special space below. I could only choose the most suitable time for you to fall in. At that moment, you would most likely not die, but would instead fall into the space.]
Ning Wanwan paused for a moment, then said, "Thank you, system."
[It's alright, but this spying has drained my energy... I need a short period of rest.]
Ning Wanwan nodded gently: "Okay, you should go now."
[The second female lead should be here. Go find the problem and resolve her energy rampage, and that should end it.]
[Host, be careful from now on.]
The system's mechanical voice fell silent, and Ning Wanwan slowly exhaled, calming the lingering fear of surviving the ordeal.
Next, we need to find the second female lead and then resolve her energy rampage.
But to be honest, it was only at this moment that Ning Wanwan suddenly realized that how could an ordinary person like herself help the second female lead solve a problem? That was something that even an important character like the female lead couldn't control!
...Well, at this point, we can only take it one step at a time. Now that we're in the rift, Ning Wanwan has no other choice.
She tried to stand up, but gasped in shock as a sharp pain shot through her ankle, causing her to fall to the side.
But it crashed into a body that was warm.
"!!!"
Ning Wanwan almost screamed. Touching an unresponsive body in such a dark environment would make anyone think of things like a corpse or something that wasn't human.
However, at least she could feel the other person's body temperature, which, although low, was at least a normal human temperature, which gave Ning Wanwan some courage.
“Hello…” she asked tentatively.
The sound echoed in the empty space, and Ning Wanwan guessed that she was probably in a relatively spacious and enclosed space.
Unfortunately, the other party did not respond to her question.
Ning Wanwan thought of something, took out her phone, and breathed a sigh of relief.
At least I didn't lose my phone.
Ning Wanwan turned on the screen and carefully moved closer to the other person, following the light along the clothes on their chest, neck, and chin, finally bringing the light to their face.
The man had his eyes tightly closed, his brows slightly furrowed, his handsome, fair face cold and indifferent, and his thin lips were somewhat pale. He looked like the kind of person who was extremely cold-blooded and ruthless, always maintaining his rationality.
Ah, that face looks so familiar!
Ning Wanwan's eyes widened slightly—how could Jiang Yuyuan be here!
Shouldn't he be somewhere else, like in a high place, like the control room, away from danger, strategizing and planning?
As the person who designed all of this, I can't possibly fall into this trap due to carelessness, can I?
Ning Wanwan was very puzzled.
But this is not the time to be confused.
Now that she had seen who the other person was, Ning Wanwan was about to stand up when the man suddenly opened his eyes!
His dark, calm eyes instantly and precisely focused on Ning Wanwan in front of him.
Before Ning Wanwan could say anything, the man suddenly grabbed her arm, so hard that it hurt a little.
"Why did you go to the Ferris wheel?" the man demanded sharply.
Jiang Yuyuan, the villain, was always calm and indifferent. Ning Wanwan had never seen him like this before, so fierce and out of control.
"!"
Ning Wanwan was startled, her hand trembled, and the phone hit his chest, sliding down to who knows where.
The light source suddenly disappeared, and my vision returned to thick darkness.
Ning Wanwan, back in the darkness, felt even more uneasy.
Because the villain didn't stop just because she was scared; instead, he continued to question her, giving her no time to react.
"I gave you the sensors, you clearly knew where the most dangerous places were... so, you did it on purpose."
Ning Wanwan: "..."
Ning Wanwan didn't know what to say, so she resorted to her best trick—playing dead and remaining silent.
Jiang Yuyuan seemed to see through the girl's attempt to deceive him and sneered.
Ning Wanwan lowered her head, trembling.
The villain seems genuinely emotionally off. Why?
If the system were still here, it might be able to answer her question—what else could it be but being scared by your falling into the crevice?
Fortunately, Jiang Yuyuan either got the answer from Ning Wanwan's reaction or was too lazy to ask any further questions, so he didn't say anything more.
The atmosphere returned to calm.
Ning Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief.
But then something suddenly occurred to me.
Her phone! Her phone is lost!
A phone that can light up is very important here!
Even if it falls into the villain's hands, we have to get it back!
Without thinking too much, she instinctively followed the direction in which the phone had slipped from her hand, groping along Jiang Yuyuan's body.
The man stiffened slightly, remaining motionless and tense, letting her search for the item.
Then, without knowing where they bumped into each other, Ning Wanwan was caught off guard and heard a muffled groan from the man.
Ning Wanwan quickly withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted.
"Yes, I'm sorry..."
“…It’s nothing.” The man paused, his voice low and hoarse. “It’s on the left.”
Ning Wanwan finally figured out how to use the phone.
Holding the familiar items in her hands, Ning Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief, finally having the leisure to think about other things.
She thought she smelled a hint of blood just now...
If Jiang Yuyuan was injured, wouldn't she have accidentally touched his wound while groping around haphazardly?
Just as Ning Wanwan was lost in thought, Jiang Yuyuan seemed to be holding back something, and finally opened his slightly closed eyes again.
"Aren't you getting up?" he asked.
Ning Wanwan only realized at this moment that she was still on top of him and hadn't gotten up. She had been so focused on recognizing him that she had forgotten about her position.
Ning Wanwan: "I'm sorry!"
She sprang off Jiang Yuyuan like a rabbit, took a few steps back, but almost fell over due to the intense pain in her ankle.
However, this time she was mentally prepared and barely managed to hold back, quickly grabbing onto something that looked like a wall.
However, it feels different from ordinary walls; it's cold and uneven, somewhat like the texture of a rock wall.
Using the light from her phone, Ning Wanwan could see something that looked like a rock.
It can't be in some underground cave, can it?
If it were a regular cave, it would be fine, but the system says it's a special space, so it's probably different from a normal cave. We can't let our guard down.
Ning Wanwan adjusted the phone's light again, turning on the built-in flashlight, which now allowed her to see a wider range.
Now you can see more clearly—but unfortunately, there's nothing special about it. All you can see are dark rock walls all around, and a road in front of you.
The end of the road is nowhere in sight; there is only darkness beyond the reach of the light source in my hand.
Who knows where the road will lead?
Ning Wanwan's heart tightened slightly, and she felt a sense of dread about the unknown and the darkness.
However, there was nowhere else to go.
Jiang Yuyuan got up at some point and stood beside her, looking at the road ahead, lost in thought.
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