Chapter 61: Is He Planning to Harass Me?
Fu Yue began to check his injuries.
He carefully felt his left leg, but couldn’t determine much.
His knee could move normally, but it hurt a lot to move his lower leg; it might be a fracture.
His ankle was swollen.
Fortunately, while he had scrapes and bruises everywhere, and a deep cut on his wrist, there were no more serious internal injuries.
Then, a crucial question came to mind—the culprit.
Who was it? Why did they push me?
A pair of light brown eyes flickered into his mind.
Could it be Jiang Ying?
Before falling, they had just had a less-than-pleasant close encounter.
“They say Jiang Ying hates me to the bone. Maybe… it was him?”
Fu Yue muttered to himself, his heart feeling a wave of coldness.
But immediately, a sliver of doubt rose in his heart.
If Jiang Ying wanted to kill him, why would he do it in front of so many people?
Fu Yue tried to organize the clues, but his mind was a mess.
An even more terrifying thought surfaced.
Would the person who pushed me come down here to check if I’m truly dead?
At this thought, Fu Yue’s eyes flickered.
He had to find a way to leave as quickly as possible.
“System! Are you there? Come save me!”
[Host, I am here.]
“Quick! Use your Invisibility Teleportation to get me out of here! Take me anywhere, just get me away from here!”
[Host, the teleportation function only supports short-distance transfers within a 20-meter range.]
“Can I teleport continuously?”
Fu Yue wanted to exploit a bug.
[Host, after each teleportation ends, your body temperature will rise. I am worried you might melt…]
“…”
Fine, this system was quite skilled at preventing people from exploiting bugs.
Fu Yue’s hope was instantly dampened by half.
20 meters…
He labored to lift his head, looking up through the layers of thickets.
Based on his conservative estimate from the top of the cliff, the distance was several hundred meters.
Using 20-meter teleports to return to civilization?
It was a fool’s dream.
What was the difference between that and giving someone a bottle cap of water in the Sahara Desert?
Fu Yue had just finished complaining about this useless system a hundred times in his heart when he felt a jolt.
The most immediate threat he faced was the culprit finding him.
Waiting here made him a sitting duck.
But if he could move 20 meters…
Maybe it would be different!
“System, 20 meters is fine! Hurry! Teleport me to a hidden spot within 20 meters!”
[Host, scanning for the most hidden safe location nearby…]
“System, hurry! I’m afraid the killer is coming to finish the job!”
[Host, still scanning for the most hidden safe location…]
[Host, scanning complete. 30-second countdown begins…]
The Invisibility Teleportation activated.
The next second, Fu Yue’s vision blurred as his body was enveloped by an invisible force.
When he landed again, he was inside a small, dry rock cave.
The entrance was hidden by dense vines; from the outside, it was impossible to tell there was a hidden space here.
Fu Yue slumped on the ground, panting heavily. “This is much safer. The distance is just too short, otherwise, I would have teleported directly back to the hotel for a bath.”
[…]
After the relief of surviving, the debuff of the teleportation function began to take effect.
Fu Yue’s body temperature began to rise.
“I’ll rest for a bit,” he thought. “When it gets light, I’ll find a way to get help.”
High fever, pain, and exhaustion overwhelmed him like a tide.
His eyelids grew heavier, and his consciousness began to blur.
Before falling into a semi-comatose state, Fu Yue’s final thought was:
I wonder if anyone realized I’m missing.
Will… anyone come looking for me?
In the rock cave, his consciousness slowly sank into darkness.
Unbeknownst to him, at the bottom of the cliff, the rain fell in sheets.
Visibility in the canyon was extremely low.
The search team’s searchlight beams swept through the slippery rock walls and swaying tree shadows, looking pale and powerless.
Jiang Ying’s expression was unreadable. He led a search squad to the bottom of the valley.
“Go this way!” He pointed in a direction based on his memory.
As the night grew deeper and the rain grew heavier, the captain’s command came over the searchers’ walkie-talkies.
“All units attention, the rain has exceeded the safety warning line, there is a risk of mountain floods! All units withdraw immediately! I repeat, withdraw immediately!”
“Mr. Jiang, we must pull out!” the squad leader shouted to Jiang Ying. “If we stay any longer, we’ll all be trapped here!”
Ten minutes later, Jiang Ying entered the unknown darkness alone.
He wasn’t looking for a corpse; he was looking for a living person.
What would a living person do when falling off a cliff, injured, and facing a death threat?
Jiang Ying knew the answer to that question better than most.
He had experienced similar despair—being pushed into the icy river, struggling for survival in the darkness.
He knew well that in such an extreme state, survival instinct would override everything.
An injured beast looks for a den, and an injured person is the same.
Therefore, he abandoned those open, flat areas that were easy to search.
He rapidly constructed a 3-D map in his mind, marking locations that could provide shelter, were near potential water sources, and had hidden entrances.
Where would he crawl to?
Not to be found, but to survive first.
Three hours later, he was nearly exhausted.
His gaze swept over another rock wall covered in dense vines.
Without a trace of hesitation, Jiang Ying pushed aside the wet vines.
A pitch-black cave entrance appeared before his eyes.
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