Chapter 16: You Are Truly Terrifyingly Strong
Unexpectedly, this game was taken by the NAVA duo.
Xie Jingchu’s team of randoms had average configuration. Twenty-five minutes into the match, Lu Wuxu seized an opportunity and wiped them out in one wave.
“Jing,” who had lost thirteen points, walked out of the Arena and squatted expressionlessly in the main city AFK, surrounded by people coming and going.
“As the saying goes, flirting with guys is hard, harder than climbing to the blue sky. Persist a bit more, brother; we have plenty of time ahead.”
Mu Xinyue had a two-credit elective class “Film Appreciation” early tomorrow morning and couldn’t sleep too late. Before leaving, he controlled his character to pat the little fox fairy’s shoulder, comforting his soul that had lost thirteen points.
In the new week, the game updated, and the anniversary event went online, opening the first round of the “Revive” theme main storyline dungeon, echoing the game’s animated movie of the same name released a few days ago. Clearing it granted limited-time class buffs, rank protection chances, and five hundred Alliance Credit Points鈥攑retty good rewards.
Snipers had a great advantage in this event. Shen Guanchao grouped up with Lu Wuxu early in the morning to do this storyline dungeon.
When Xie Jingchu privately messaged to invite him to group up, he had just finished the dungeon, obtained a double-S rating, and unhurriedly led Lu Wuxu out of the event entrance, bumping right into the little fox fairy.
“Jing” looked at this familiar mecha character holding someone else’s hand, while he himself had been left hanging differentially for half a day. Suddenly emotional, he turned his head and left the main city.
[Player “NAVA路Flesh” set you as a private chat target] [[Private Chat] NAVA路Flesh: Why did you leave?] [[Private Chat] NAVA路Flesh: Just finished the dungeon, didn’t deliberately ignore your message.]
Shen Guanchao hadn’t opened private messages for more than half an hour, so naturally, he missed his invitation and coquettish acts.
[“Jing”: Mn. Understood.]
Xie Jingchu replied in a bad mood: “Then you are very impressive.”
His thoughts were contradictory now.
He craved unique affection but always subconsciously escaped.
A taker with nothing to rely on, yet wanting to possess as a matter of course.
Shen Guanchao released the hand-holding state of the characters and chased all the way out, only to see “Jing” standing lonely at the entrance of the [Free Market], carrying a large bag of parcels.
Seeing him, the little fox fairy lost his usual initiative. He walked indifferently to Shen Guanchao’s side, dropped the rare items he had just scavenged from the black market, turned his head, and left again.
This appearance inexplicably reminded one of the indifferent and twisted nature beneath his shell.
System Notification: [Player “Jing” gifted you a “Emerald Gold Crown”] [Player “Jing” gifted you a piece of “Spring Garden” series furniture] [Player “Jing” gifted you a full set of “Lush Greenery” series limited fashion, Friendliness +1500, achieved “Golden Orchid Bond” achievement] …
Instantly, several green items appeared in Shen Guanchao’s backpack. Wearing that emerald gold crown, he felt amused and typed: [Really didn’t deliberately not reply to your private message just now] [I turned on Do Not Disturb mode when dungeon diving; didn’t even read the manager’s messages] [[Private Chat] NAVA路Flesh: Emerald Gold Crown? Why buy a green hat (cuckold hat) to give me, and run so fast?] [[Private Chat] NAVA路Flesh: Don’t like me anymore? Became a fan of another player?]
Xie Jingchu: “No…”
Shen Guanchao: “If no, then join the team.”
[“NAVA路Flesh” invites you to join the team – Leisure – 2/4] [“Accept” or “Reject”]
Xie Jingchu accepted the invitation hesitantly. Joining the team, a gentle male voice suddenly sounded in his headphones a moment later, “Morning.”
“I just finished that dungeon, but I’m bored right now. I’ll accompany you through it again, how about it? Happy now?”
Shen Guanchao turned on the team microphone. When speaking, he deliberately dragged out the ending sound, teasing and lazy.
“Let’s say it first, this event is hard to pass without a sniper. Keep a good mentality; don’t blame me if we lose.”
Xie Jingchu kept a straight face and typed: [Okay [Flying Kiss]] [[Team] “Jing”: Actually, I can also play the sniper position…]
“You also know how to play a sniper account?” Shen Guanchao only knew his Kendo Master and violence-style medic were okay. Raising an eyebrow, he asked, “So versatile?”
“Switch to the sniper account and add me. I’ll wait for you in the team.”
“Mn.” Hearing his rather surprised tone, Xie Jingchu quit the medic account with some pride, logged into his main sniper account, and after carefully changing the personal profile and character appearance according to the strategist’s previous instructions, added Shen Guanchao.
[Player “Watching Sea Listening to Tide” sent you a friend request]
Shen Guanchao clicked on his profile page. The golden title of National Top 10 Sniper came into view prominently. Total kills over five thousand. Apart from that, “Watching Sea Listening to Tide’s” other info panels were as empty as “Jing’s” account, hiding deep.
He swiftly approved the request and pulled the person into the team.
Lu Wuxu’s main account “NAVA路Lu” was also AFK in this leisure team. For a moment, this team gathered two top-tier sniper players.
The anniversary event dungeon was limited to two-player teams. Without thinking, Shen Guanchao kicked the extra Lu Wuxu out of the team and entered the dungeon with Xie Jingchu.
[Player “NAVA路Lu” has been kicked out of the team]
“?” Lu Wuxu sat in front of his station. Seeing the system notification, he watched with a face full of question marks as a certain culprit leisurely held hands with a strange little fox fairy and walked away.
???
The game map finished loading.
Shen Guanchao and Xie Jingchu’s characters were teleported to the [Siren Civilization Ruins] Sethes Island set in the game’s worldview.
[Map Introduction: A lost tropical island, once one of the most charming areas in the old world. As the habitat of Sirens, it was incredibly prosperous. Now only dilapidation and depression remain, waiting for your exploration鈥擼 [Monster Level Range: 120-140, Map Exploration: 0]
In the center of the archipelago was a large city that once belonged to higher intelligent beings.
The sky was drizzling. In the dilapidated city, houses poured with reinforced concrete were covered with various mutated plants. Zombies wandered aimlessly on the streets.
They hadn’t eaten for a long time and desperately craved human flesh and blood.
In the vast night, the scenery of this city was displayed unreservedly before everyone’s eyes. Dense high-rise buildings like a forest, walls of copper and iron. Although dilapidated, it made the main storyline NPC [Raphael路Eleus] behind Shen Guanchao sigh involuntarily: “The Siren’s city is more prosperous than I imagined. If…”
Another military officer NPC with a higher rank than Raphael coldly interrupted his casting: “Now is not the time for you to admire the scenery and recite poetry.”
The officer’s cold dark green pupils slowly scanned the surroundings. His thin lips parted lightly, ordering Raphael, “Organize the team, enter the Ring Tower.”
The accumulated water on the ground reflected his slender and upright figure and his exquisite black uniform with silver tassels, which was stained with the blood of xenomorphs.
[Character Introduction – Shen Que] [Red Eagle Central Supreme Commander]
The moment the character introduction panel popped up, Shen Guanchao and Xie Jingchu also triggered the dungeon’s main mission: [Follow the human team to explore the main city and enter the Ring Tower Ruins]
Shen Guanchao controlled his character to extend a hand to Xie Jingchu: “Hold onto me, I’ll take you.”
He had looked up guides in advance and played it once with Lu Wuxu, so he naturally knew the way well.
“Okay.” Xie Jingchu also turned on the team mic, responded softly, and held his hand.
Life is hard. As a dignified seven-foot man, to chase his crush, he was forced to become a two-faced babe.
Although while feeling ashamed, he also felt very good.
Sigh…
“Have you watched the game’s main storyline before?” Shen Guanchao held him, carefully avoiding monster spawn points, and suddenly asked.
Xie Jingchu answered: “Know a little.”
“Before, the main storyline text vaguely expressed a few times that the relationship between Salophis and that commander NPC just now is unusual. Probably a same-sex couple, having a thing.” Shen Guanchao’s tone softened. “Do you have any opinion on them?”
“I… have no opinion.” Xie Jingchu froze, then responded quickly.
“It’s quite good, right? Regardless of liking boys or girls.”
He didn’t know how to answer well.
He felt he liked the same sex, but he had no feelings for other boys; only Shen Guanchao was an exception.
Very contradictory.
Maybe he just liked this one man.
He couldn’t say it out loud.
“Quite good, right? Why say it like that? Have you liked any boys before?” Shen Guanchao asked relentlessly.
“What type?”
Connected by the mic, Xie Jingchu was quiet for a long time. He dared not voice that liking and obscure thought. After thinking for a long time, he finally said vaguely with a blushing face: “…Very amazing, very good person.”
If Mu Xinyue saw his cheap look right now, it would be suffocating.
Hearing his answer, Shen Guanchao chuckled in a muffled voice. The image of his nervous and embarrassed look in the movie theater last time unconsciously surfaced in his mind, exactly the same as now.
“Alright, I won’t ask anymore. Focus on the game.”
Teasing the thin-skinned one was indeed interesting, especially since Xie Jingchu was a two-faced master who was sometimes thin-skinned and sometimes thick-skinned.
Separated by the screen, he couldn’t push his luck too far either.
The Ring Tower Ruins were the central building of this abandoned city, a miracle built brick by brick by the Siren ancestors, standing proudly on this land to protect the Sirens from the apocalypse and cultivate generations of tribal elites.
Such an incomparably sacred giant building was now in decline. Human NPCs searched wantonly for resources in this area, organizing them to transport back to the human base.
Shen Guanchao held the little fox fairy’s hand and stood at the foot of the Ring Tower, looking up at the endless high-rises.
The sea breeze blew past the human team from time to time, making their clothes flap wildly, as if it were an invisible warning.
Shen Guanchao let go of Xie Jingchu’s hand and commanded:
“Find a sniping point in the back and squat. Later when the NPCs want to enter the Ring Tower, two special infected will spawn at the entrance. Angle yourself well and use the sniper to hit the crawling one; there’s a 35% damage bonus.”
“Leave the rest to me. If you get thrown down by the boss, sound the signal to call me, understand?”
Xie Jingchu obediently found a sniping point quickly and asked: “Will you come if I sound the signal?”
“As long as you pull it, I will come.”
“Princess carry?”
Shen Guanchao: “…”
“Sure. But no guarantee of catching you.”
Why was this person so obsessed with falling into his arms via “Princess carry from the sky”?
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