Chapter 47
Their bodies were pressed tightly together. Shen Shuyu wasn’t used to being this close, and the posture was weird too; at this moment, his hand was resting on Wen Jiafei’s waist. He took a step back, but his foot stepped on empty air, and his body tilted straight back. The next second, however, he was scooped up.
Wen Jiafei’s arm blocked his waist. He frowned. “Stand properly.”
Shen Shuyu gave a mild “Oh.” He simply turned his head to look at the countdown on the chessboard. Only a minute or so left! Small red ants surged endlessly from beneath the Mutant Red Ants on the ground, but the three Mutant Red Ants only waited in place, not taking a step forward.
Why is that?
Shen Shuyu didn’t quite understand. The others seemed to be pondering this question as well.
The countdown gradually approached zero. The small red ants on the ground also slowly returned into the Mutant Red Ants’ bodies. At the very last second, the small red ants on the ground vanished without a trace. If not for the gnawed marks still on the ground, they would have thought the scene they just saw was fake.
Wen Jiafei was the first to react. He released Shen Shuyu, leaped lightly, and landed steadily on the ground. Then he turned back, looked up at Shen Shuyu still standing on the high platform, and asked, “Do you need me to catch you?”
Shen Shuyu pursed his lips. “No need.”
After speaking, he also jumped down.
Wen Jiafei blinked lightly, watching Shen Shuyu walk toward the chessboard. When the countdown hit zero, the chessboard reverted to its original appearance.
“Why aren’t these three Mutant Red Ants going back?” Shen Shuyu rubbed his arms. Looking at them was quite disgusting.
But they just stood quietly, like statues.
Suppressing his discomfort, Shen Shuyu walked in front of them, looked left and right, and suddenly discovered markings on them. “You guys come look.”
These markings were similar to battery bars; one bar was currently lit up.
Shen Xili walked to his side and guessed, “It might be the number of losses. We only have three chances.”
Inside the levels, to prevent students from wasting too much time, there were usually restrictions. Limit on attempts and time limits were the most basic.
“Then we still have two chances,” Shen Shuyu added.
Shen Xili hummed, “Yes.”
Shen Shuyu turned around to find Chi Yanxun, reporting his discovery like he was claiming credit. Chi Yanxun said, “Then we must speed up.”
Now that everyone understood the rules, this time the chess box contained black pieces.
White pieces moved first.
Chi Yanxun picked up a piece and followed by placing it. Shen Shuyu immediately placed one too.
Lin Xuyi said, “My turn.”
He picked up a piece, but just like before, it crumbled directly into dust.
“Damn, what’s going on now?” Lin Xuyi looked at the dust in his hand. “I haven’t played yet?”
Chi Yanxun was silent for a moment. “Wen Jiafei, you play.”
In the game just now, Wen Jiafei was after Shen Shuyu.
Wen Jiafei took a step forward. He placed the piece easily on the chessboard.
“It requires an order. Everyone follow the order from just now to play.” Chi Yanxun glanced at the watch on his wrist again. “We have already wasted over twenty minutes.”
That Blue Team was probably almost at this level.
The six of them silently sped up. This game of chess went very fast. White won.
“…Speechless. Why is this?” Lin Xuyi spoke while looking inside the stone gate. The ground shook, and soon another Mutant Red Ant was added from inside.
“Climb up!” At Chi Yanxun’s command, everyone quickly climbed to their previous positions. But unexpectedly, just as Shen Shuyu stood up, the high platform under his feet collapsed. If he hadn’t reacted in time and jumped off, he would have been injured.
But with this jump, the dense swarm of small red ants was about to crawl onto his feet. At the critical moment, someone lifted him by the waist and retreated continuously.
He turned his head to look; it was Shen Xili.
Shen Xili had jumped down from his own high platform to save him. Shen Shuyu was grateful to the Protagonist Shou, but could he not carry him like luggage? Does he not have dignity!
But now wasn’t the time to be particular about these things. Reaching a high platform, Shen Xili put him down, then nimbly braced his hands and climbed up first.
Shen Shuyu wanted to imitate him, but this platform was much higher than his previous one. Limited by height, he didn’t succeed the first jump. Seeing the small red ants about to crawl over, he braced himself to try again.
The next second, two hands appeared at his sides and hoisted him up.
Shen Shuyu: …
To be honest, he was a little envious. Shen Xili’s physical strength is too strong!
Although he was an Omega and couldn’t compare to Alphas in height and weight, he was currently carrying a bag on his back, which wasn’t light!
But Shen Xili lifted him like lifting a doll, effortlessly.
Is this the protagonist? Looks beautiful and frail, but actually punches three at a time.
Shen Shuyu looked at Shen Xili with a somewhat complicated expression. Shen Xili asked, “What are you looking at me for?”
Damn it! He’s not even panting much!
Shen Shuyu said expressionlessly, “Reel in your pheromones. I’m covered in your scent now.”
Shen Xili froze. “Sorry, emergency situation, pheromones were a bit uncontrolled.”
But there was an unnatural blush on his face. He actually seems quite shy?
Shen Shuyu was baffled, not understanding what Shen Xili was shy about.
Little One suddenly chimed in inside his mind. Its tone had inexplicably become shy and affected, saying in a cutesy voice: [Master~ Your words just now were too ambiguous~]
Shen Shuyu asked in surprise: [Where was I ambiguous? Wasn’t that normal speech? Also, your system voice can sound like a pick-me girl?]
The System said: [In the ABO world, besides checking enemies, Alpha pheromones also function for courtship.]
Courtship?
Shen Shuyu’s brain short-circuited a bit. The System continued: [When they meet an Omega they fancy, they unconsciously leak pheromones to seduce the other party. However, usually, the Omega only gets tainted with a tiny bit. For something like your sentence just now, ‘I’m covered in your scent,’ generally to achieve this result, it’s an effect only seen after an Alpha and Omega have combined.]
Fuck.
Alpha and Omega combined.
Shen Shuyu was a bit broken. What kind of weird settings does this ABO world have!
However, he quickly spotted a blind spot: [Wait, you mean Shen Xili is interested in me?]
The System said: [No, only protagonists can generate love with each other. He probably just had a simple pheromone leak just now. But Master, you should say these kinds of things less in the future.]
After all, an Omega saying this kind of thing, what was the difference from inviting an Alpha to bed?
Shen Shuyu had now achieved enlightenment!
Shen Xili recovered quickly. He looked at Shen Shuyu and asked, “Are you okay?”
Shen Shuyu shook his head. “I’m fine.”
Shen Xili hummed a response. The few of them waited for the chessboard countdown to end like this. Chi Yanxun, standing on the pillar opposite them, let his gaze fall on Shen Xili and Shen Shuyu’s close bodies.
For some reason, he felt extremely uncomfortable. This discomfort surged from somewhere unknown and couldn’t quite be suppressed.
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