Chapter 53
Hearing this answer, Shen Shuyu fell silent.
Father? Was Wen Jiafei’s father actually still alive?
Wen Jiafei’s father didn’t appear in the text. He had assumed Wen Jiafei and his mother depended on each other because the father died early.
Shen Shuyu suddenly remembered the woman lying on the bed, hooked up to various tubes, thin as a skeleton, hanging onto life daily, not knowing if she had a next second or a tomorrow.
He suddenly had a bold idea. Could it be because of Wen Jiafei’s father?
It was a pity the original text’s description was too sparse; he didn’t know exactly what happened either.
Whenever this happened, Shen Shuyu couldn’t help but curse the System and the original text. What are they playing at? Making people do missions without telling the full story.
Shen Shuyu took a deep breath and asked again, “Then is he still alive?”
Wen Jiafei didn’t speak.
Shen Shuyu thought for a moment and changed the topic. “Wen Jiafei, then what scent is your pheromone? I can’t smell it either.”
Wen Jiafei still ignored him.
Shen Shuyu pouted. If you won’t say, you won’t say. I don’t care to know!
After walking for another while, they finally reached a brand new Safe House. Thanks to Chi Yanxun’s tactics, they only encountered one Puce member along the way; they didn’t see other teams, having left them far behind.
As for Zerg, apart from those inside the levels, they only encountered two in the Misty Forest at the beginning. At other times, the only ones they could see were each other.
They checked the Safe House once. Seeing this, Shen Shuyu asked Wen Jiafei to put him down, and he limped into the Safe House himself.
He Mingyue entered first. By the time Shen Shuyu arrived, he had already arranged the folding beds. Six folding beds were placed closely together. Shen Shuyu picked the innermost position again. He intended to call Wen Jiafei over, but saw him sitting on a chair nearby, head tilted back, gulping down water.
Some water couldn’t be swallowed in time and trickled down his profile, dropping continuously. His prominent Adam’s apple bobbed up and down due to swallowing. It looked quite… erotic.
Shen Shuyu looked away, but his hand couldn’t help raising to touch his own Adam’s apple. Male Omegas also had Adam’s apples, but theirs weren’t as obvious as Alphas’, having less presence.
Chi Yanxun said, “We won’t travel tonight. Except for Shen Shuyu, everyone else continues to take turns keeping watch and resting until 5:30 AM before setting off.”
He placed the monitoring tablet on the table. “But one more point. When keeping watch, pay attention to the positions of other battle teams on the tablet, especially the Blue Team, Puce Battle Team. Before the final level, our main goal is clearing levels. Try not to have conflicts and conserve stamina.”
He said, “Alright, everyone hurry up and rest.”
Shen Shuyu sat on the folding bed and looked down at himself. In the Survival War, the only uncomfortable thing was not having time to shower for the past two days. Although the Safe House had a cleaning podājust open the door, step inside without taking off clothes or backpack, and be clean in a minuteāit was never as comfortable as a proper shower.
Shen Shuyu heard the sound of the cleaning pod operating. He looked; Wen Jiafei was inside.
Soon, he came out neatly, looking brand new. The few people took turns going in to clean up. Shen Shuyu was the last to go in. When he came out, except for Chi Yanxun, the others had already laid down, eyes closed, seizing every second to rest.
Shen Shuyu glanced at Chi Yanxun sitting at the door. Chi Yanxun happened to be looking at him too. He lowered his voice and said, “Go rest.”
Shen Shuyu’s performance today was quite good. Not making trouble, he looked much more pleasing to the eye than usual. Chi Yanxun’s gaze swept over his left leg, and he rarely and thoughtfully added, “Mind your leg.”
Shen Shuyu looked at Chi Yanxun with some surprise. Shocking, the Protagonist Gong is starting to care about the cannon fodder?!
Chi Yanxun coughed lightly after speaking and turned his head to look outside again.
Shen Shuyu couldn’t help curling his lips. Actually, this wasn’t hard to understand. No matter how powerful or top-tier, he was still a hot-blooded youth right now.
He returned to the folding bed to lie down, closing his eyes to sleep.
Ten minutes later, he opened his eyes again. Perhaps because he spent most of the day on someone else’s back, he wasn’t tired at all. He turned over, closed his eyes, and after a few minutes, opened them again.
Good grief, I really can’t sleep now. Moreover, he had a very strong premonition in his heart, as if something big was about to happen.
Shen Shuyu simply sat up. He looked at Chi Yanxun, walked over quietly, and said, “I’ll keep watch.”
Chi Yanxun looked at him in confusion. Shen Shuyu said, “I’m not tired today, can’t sleep. You go rest first. I’ll call the next person when I’m tired later.”
Chi Yanxun stared at him. Shen Shuyu felt a bit uncomfortable under his gaze and called out, “Brother Yanxun? What are you looking at me for?”
Only then did Chi Yanxun withdraw his gaze. He said, “Just feeling that you seem much more sensible.”
Sensible. Using this word on a peer sounded weird no matter how you heard it.
However, neither of them dwelled on this. Chi Yanxun was actually tired, especially after experiencing pseudo-rut, so he needed to rest even more now.
Shen Shuyu sat on the chair, his back pressed tightly against the backrest, raising his head to look at the starry sky above.
Although the time in the Survival War followed the outside world, the temperature and climate here were adjusted to let the contestants experience the four seasons quickly.
Tonight’s sky was full of stars, and even the moon was much brighter.
Shen Shuyu felt it had been a long time since he watched the stars so leisurely and quietly.
Watching the starry sky alone for a long time, he still didn’t feel sleepy.
[Beep, System connecting… System connection successful…]
Before Shen Shuyu could recover, Little One’s wailing voice rang in his brain again.
[Ahhh Master! I can finally talk to Master!!!]
Shen Shuyu raised an eyebrow lightly. He asked: [Where did you go all day today?]
Little One whined a few times. It said: [After you guys entered that dilapidated house, I was blocked by a mysterious force. I thought of many ways but couldn’t sense you. Finally, I asked the Master Mind for help, and the Master Mind helped me connect to you!]
Mysterious force?
Before Shen Shuyu could figure anything out, he heard Little One continue: [Detected Zerg approaching, specific distance (?????), specific image… age: (???)]
Little One suddenly got stuck again, its mechanical voice sounding like it crashed.
Could this be the mysterious force that blocked Little One?
Shen Shuyu was thoughtful, but hearing it say Zerg were approaching, he wasn’t afraid. After all, the Safe House’s setting was that as long as you and your teammates entered the Safe House, no Zerg could harm them inside.
A hissing sound came to Shen Shuyu’s ear. He subconsciously turned his head to look and met a pair of eyes bigger than lanterns. These eyes had vertical pupils, glowing red, making one’s scalp numb at a glance.
It was lying on the railing just like that, staring at Shen Shuyu, motionless.
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