Chapter 172 Abnormal Psychology
Luo Huayi was dragged out by Xin Que to search the map again.
“Be prepared for danger even in times of peace,” Xin Que said emotionlessly as he crossed his arms and supervised the work. “Plow through the map from top to bottom, so that no one escapes our grasp.”
"[Xin Que,]" Cheng Zheng's voice sounded from her consciousness communication channel, "[Just now, there were indeed fluctuating signal fluctuations from the humanoid program on the map...]"
One possibility is that there may be more than just a few survivors like us in this city.
[Another possibility... the prison has made some new moves.]
Luo Huayi, leaning on his pickaxe, looked up at the woman standing on the wall, his face covered in dust. "But... isn't this city now... only a few of us alive?"
After being dragged out of the villa by Xin Que, he plowed all the way to the crossroads without resting.
Luo Huayi was so tired that she was a little dazed, and the romantic thoughts that had been running through her mind earlier were long gone.
He was now like a black slave being whipped and driven around non-stop, with nothing but darkness before his eyes.
"This is too slow," Luo Huayi said, loosening his grip and slamming the pickaxe down heavily on the bricks and rubble. "When will this plowing ever end..."
"boom----"
Before Luo Huayi could react, her arm suddenly felt heavy.
Xin Que moved with lightning speed, grabbing his arm and pulling him behind her, causing him to tumble and lie down in an open space to the side.
Luo Huayi was caught off guard and pulled down under the woman's arm. His forehead hit the ground, causing him to feel dizzy and his ears to ring as if they were about to explode.
After a long while, he opened his eyes and stared blankly at the strands of hair hanging down his side.
It belongs to Xin Que.
Luo Huayi's gaze gradually focused, and when he sensed the woman's presence behind him, his mind completely went blank.
After a long while, once the aftershocks of the explosion subsided, Xin Que finally let go of him and got up to walk towards the ruins where the explosion had occurred.
Luo Huayi realized what was happening and immediately got up to catch up with her, "Wait, let me go check first!"
The spot where he had just stood was now shrouded in thick smoke and scorched earth.
"...Is it...a bomb?" he stammered.
The pickaxe used for plowing the land was destroyed in the recent variables.
Xin Que picked up a shrapnel from the ground and examined it carefully.
But... it's not hers.
[This is not a weapon we backed up; its data structure is very simple, and it doesn't even have a decryption key, it's like...]
[Items held by map NPCs...]
Xin Que examined the shrapnel in her hand for a long time, turning it over and over. [An NPC can actually get their hands on such valuable items?]
Don't forget, this map has everything from kidnappers to gangsters. Didn't that kidnapper Ma Hong have a gun?
"Obtaining such a poorly completed bomb shouldn't be difficult for them, right?" Cheng Zheng said, then turned back to work on deciphering the program.
There isn't much data left in the Taishan King's image, but there's still a ton of broken encryption code... I won't be able to get back anytime soon, so be careful.
Xin Que tossed aside the shrapnel in her hand, turned to look at Luo Huayi, who was staring at her in a daze, and frowned. "Are you stunned?"
Luo Huayi suddenly came to her senses.
He had been replaying the action of Xin Que shielding him beneath her.
“No,” Luo Huayi looked away, “I was thinking… the tools for plowing the ruins are gone. You wait here for me, I’ll go find another one.”
Xin Que caught a glimpse of Luo Huayi out of the corner of her eye. She had only turned around and walked a few steps when she tripped over something on the ground.
Luo Huayi staggered a step and immediately looked down at the culprit who had almost caused him to trip.
It is a long handle made of a piece of wood.
It looks so familiar.
Luo Huayi frowned, bent down and pulled out the long handle.
"Splash—"
The rubble rolled to the side, and Luo Huayi held a brand-new pickaxe in her hand.
When Xin Que saw Luo Huayi return with a pickaxe, full of fighting spirit, to continue plowing the ruins, she felt that things were going a bit too far.
But she couldn't understand what strange connection existed between the explosion and the pickaxe, two seemingly unrelated events.
"Wait," Xin Que said cautiously, "Don't plow yet, what if we run into another bomb?"
Could this area of ruins be a gang's territory? Or perhaps a demolition company?
Xin Que sat down on the bricks and stones to the side, frowning as she investigated the possible causes of the bomb.
That shouldn't be the case. According to Luo Huayi's memory of the wealthy area, they shouldn't have left this huge wealthy area yet, right?
Could it belong to some underworld tycoon?
There was a can of beer in front of me.
Luo Huayi sat down beside her and handed her the heavy aluminum can. "Want to rest for a bit?"
Xin Que looked puzzled. "When did you bring this?"
Luo Huayi leaned forward slightly, resting her elbows on her knees, her hands hanging casually at her sides. "Before setting off, I wanted to test whether I could transfer items into my spatial storage. I just grabbed these."
"It's a pity I haven't figured out how to make space electrify it yet... otherwise I could have made you a can of ice."
Xin Que glanced at the aluminum can in her hand.
Luo Huayi became increasingly proficient in using her skills.
However, the application seems a bit off-track... Why use space to store beer?!
"Sizzle—"
A lot of foam gushed out of the can and dripped onto the ground.
To Luo Huayi's left was a pickaxe standing against the wall, and to his right was Xin Que, who was drinking and seemingly lost in thought.
Xin Que was still thinking that the beer transported out of the space didn't taste any different when she turned her head and met Luo Huayi's staring eyes.
Xin Que "..."
"Get another bottle if you're thirsty," she said, leaning back strategically with the can in hand, looking utterly speechless. "What are you staring at with what's in my hand?"
Luo Huayi “…”
“I only brought one can,” he said, looking away and pretending he wasn’t paying attention to her anymore. “Besides, I’m not thirsty.”
Just as Xin Que was about to say something, Luo Huayi spoke up again, "Is the beer in your world the same as here?"
"Sigh..." He seemed to have brought up the topic casually, letting out a short sigh, "I'd like to try it."
“You’ve been living a comfortable life for too long, so you’re just asking for trouble,” Xin Que chuckled. “Here, at least you’re still the male lead at the center of the world, but over there…”
In a world with a clear hierarchy, the lower class is not considered human.
Once you're branded with the label of being a lower-class person, whether you live or die, you'll never be able to escape it in this lifetime.
If Luo Huayi really leaves this place, even if she can solve the problem of her carrier, at worst she will only be an unregistered resident.
Unregistered residents have a status even lower than that of the lowest class.
In Xin Que's eyes, Luo Huayi was simply being a busybody who wanted to add unnecessary stress to his life.
They're still newbies who haven't even figured out the beginner village yet, and they're jumping straight into hellish dungeons.
"It's better than being trapped in a tragic novel like a walking corpse, right?" Luo Huayi looked at her hands. "I'm not stupid. The identity of the male lead didn't just fall from the sky."
"I can't tell whether I was able to sit at the top of the Luo family because I worked hard enough or because of the protagonist's halo, but I know that if I weren't the male lead and couldn't hold the female lead back... the plot wouldn't invest in a worthless orphan."
As the warm light of the setting sun broke through the gray sky and cast a halo over the woman's profile, Luo Huayi leaned closer, her eyelashes fluttering twice before she slowly closed her eyes.
The rich aroma of fermented wheat wafted across Luo Huayi's lips.
"Xin Que, if my existence is destined to be used as a pawn by one side... why can't I choose the player I want?"
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