Morning, 21st April.
The final of S3 from a day ago was still fresh in their minds.
After Brother Jue defeated Phantom Dawn, even the members from Regulation who had been through a lot were emotionally affected. That combined with the fact that they were countered by Phantom Dawn … even though they did perform well in the following matches, the final result was as Meng Jingchan predicted. Regulation could not defeat Underworld Frontline, and they lost the championship.
[Underworld Frontline], a non-professional team, had won two consecutive championships in S2 and S3 under two completely different competition systems. Their fame was unparalleled for a while.
However, in the interview after the competition, Feng Bujue, who was the team leader and spokesperson, gave most of the credit for winning the competition to Xu Huai Shang and claimed that the whole team was made up of casual players who wanted to ride on her coattails.
This kind of statement and Brother Jue's usual annoying behavior … the contrast made it hard for people to tell what was going on in his mind.
Of course, it was only natural that they did not know what was going on. After all, it was Feng Bujue who did not know what was going on.
The discussions about that match, as well as the recaps of the Tournament of the Best S3, were going to continue for quite some time. However, for Feng Bujue, that was no longer his concern.
What he was interested in was — the Anomaly, Thriller Paradise, Fate … these things that had lost their value to the gods, what would happen to them in the future?
Bang bang bang!
That morning at 8 am, Brother Jue and Ruo Yu were sitting at the dining table eating soy milk and fried dough sticks when suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Instead of knocking, it was more accurate to describe it as banging on the door or banging on the door.
The person outside the door was obviously in a hurry. The frequency and speed of knocking on the door was very fast. If one had to make an analogy … it was like someone who had reached their limit outside the cubicle of a public toilet.
"Hmm?" When Feng Bujue stood up, there was confusion on his face. He mumbled, "This is not right …"
Indeed, the building that he stayed at had a complete security system and walkie-talkie. Theoretically speaking, it was rare for someone to knock on the door directly.
"Who is it?" When Brother Jue walked toward the door, he raised his voice to ask.
"It's me!" It was a girl's voice that came from outside the door.
Feng Bujue had heard this voice before. Even though he was not familiar with the person, he knew who it was.
Two seconds later, Brother Jue walked to the door and looked out through the peephole … Sure enough, it was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in a school uniform standing at the door.
The girl's house was on the twelfth floor of the building. Since they were both high-rise residents, Feng Bujue had naturally met her and her parents when he was in the elevator. They were the kind of people who could not speak much and could not remember each other's names. (In fact, Brother Jue knew her name because he had done a background check on all his neighbors and knew everyone in the neighborhood like the back of his hand. She also knew Brother Jue's name because Brother Jue was very famous now. In the past, he also had a certain degree of fame because of the publicity from the police station and the neighborhood committee. Of course, they had never really introduced themselves to each other.) However, since they were neighbors, they were more or less acquaintances.
Click!
Without giving it much thought, Feng Bujue opened the door and asked in a serious tone, "Is something wrong?"
The reason he asked that question was because Brother Jue had already made a series of analysis in his mind about the situation that he was facing. He felt that for a child to suddenly knock on the door of a neighbor who had almost no contact with her, it was very likely that something unexpected had happened at home. For example, an elder had fallen ill, a fire had broken out in the house, or some other emergency. Since she was unable to deal with the situation, she had to ask the nearest adult for help.
However, the girl's next reaction shocked Feng Bujue.
"It's me! It's me! " She took a step forward and grabbed Brother Jue's collar. She used a tone that did not match her age to repeat the same sentence twice.
This strange behavior made Feng Bujue frown, "You are …"
"I … I am …" The girl obviously wanted to answer this question, but when the words were at the tip of her tongue, she couldn't finish them … Or rather, she couldn't say them out loud. Furthermore, at this moment, there was a very strange electronic noise coming out of her throat.
"Who is it?" At that moment, Ruo Yu walked out from the living room and came to Brother Jue's side.
"I … can't … tell you … that …" Every word that came out of the girl's mouth was separated by static. Listening to her, it sounded like she was talking to a radio with poor signal. "She … won't allow … her … to … come …"
While she spoke, her hand gripped Brother Jue's shirt tightly like she was afraid that he would disappear from her sight.
"I … don't have time …" She said and suddenly raised her other hand.
In that second, white light appeared on her open palm. Just like how equipment was generated in the game world of Thriller Paradise, the white light quickly gathered to form a branch that was not that long, bare, and forked.
"Take … care … of … it … only … this … can … stop … life …" The girl's next words were filled with static until it was hard to make out her words.
With shaking hands, she shoved the branch into Brother Jue's hands. Then, a blinding white light exploded from her eyes.
The light lasted for about three seconds. Then, the girl's body went limp and she fell forward.
At that moment, Ruo Yu, who was trained in martial arts, rushed forward before the girl hit the ground. She half-knelt down and hugged her.
"Yun Yun, are you okay? Yun Yun? " Ruo Yu looked at the girl in her arms and called out her name. Obviously, unlike Brother Jue, Ruo Yu had interacted with the girl before, so she called out her name directly.
"This is not right …" At that moment, Feng Bujue stared at the branch in his hand. Then, he turned to Ruo Yu. "… Help her to the sofa first. This might be serious. We have to contact your grandpa as soon as possible …"
Before he finished, Ruo Yu had already carried the girl to the sofa. Brother Jue moved to let her pass and closed the door behind her. Then, he walked to the dining table to get his phone.
Just as Feng Bujue picked up his phone and pressed the dial button, suddenly …
"Puff!" A strange sound came from outside his line of sight.
This sound was familiar … In the game world, he had heard this sound many times — the sound of flesh being pierced.
"Haa … Ugh …" Immediately, two painful groans were heard.
At that moment, Feng Bujue turned his head in the direction of the sound.
When he saw Ruo Yu, whose chest had been pierced and who was lying in a pool of blood, he felt like he had not been visited for a long time.
At that moment, the girl who had just fainted was standing next to Ruo Yu with a cold expression. She lowered her head and looked at her blood-stained hand.
After a moment, she seemed to have felt Feng Bujue's gaze. She lifted her head and looked at Brother Jue. Then, she quickly focused her gaze on the branch in Brother Jue's hand. She said, "It seems that 'she' is one step ahead of me …" She paused for a moment. "This is good too. It saves me a lot of trouble."
As she spoke, she stepped over Ruo Yu and approached Feng Bujue. "Give me the thing in your hand and I'll let you go …"
Before she could finish her sentence, Ruo Yu, who was lying on the floor on the verge of death, reached out and grabbed her ankle.
"Go …" Ruo Yu's face was pressed against the blood-stained floor. Even though she had no strength to lift her head, she used all her strength to say the word "go". It was obviously for Feng Bujue, who was a few meters away.
"I'll give you the thing and you save her!" Feng Bujue looked at her coldly. His trembling voice was filled with suppressed despair and anger.
"You don't have the right to bargain with me." As the girl spoke, she lifted her right leg and easily broke free from Ruo Yu's grip. Then, she quickly rushed towards Feng Bujue.
Brother Jue picked up the table knife on the table and prepared to fight it out with her. However, he quickly realized that it was futile …
The huge force that came from his wrist instantly made him realize that he had no chance of winning. However, he still gritted his teeth and resisted until his hand was broken.
The girl snatched the branch from his hand and turned around to leave. The speed of her movements and the strength she displayed … It was not a level that a human could reach.
"Ha … Ha …" Enduring the pain from his wrist, Feng Bujue gasped for breath and staggered towards Ruo Yu.
He scrambled to her side and hugged her with his uninjured arm.
She was still breathing, but she couldn't hold on for much longer.
"It's okay …" The call just got through. The people from Jiu Ke will be here soon! Hold on! " Feng Bujue held her in his arms. At this moment, his body was trembling non-stop. Ruo Yu, on the other hand, was no longer moving.
"I …" Ruo Yu seemed to want to say something, but when she spat out the first word, she knew that she couldn't say another syllable.
Even the blood from her wound had stopped flowing.
Ruo Yu used the last of her strength to hold Feng Bujue's hand tightly. Her pair of bright eyes had never been so affectionate before. If she could, she really wanted to use her eyes to tell him that her seal had been broken long ago.
However, in the end, the light in her eyes dimmed …
… …
When Gu Chen personally led the team into the room, Ruo Yu's chest was no longer moving up and down. Her body temperature was also gradually receding.
Feng Bujue was still sitting on the ground, hugging her without moving.
His gaze was also like that of a dead person.
"Can she still be saved?" This was the first sentence Feng Bujue said when he saw Gu Chen.
Gu Chen looked at Ruo Yu's corpse with a grave expression for a few seconds, then shook his head.
Feng Bujue was silent for a moment when he heard this, then slowly put Ruo Yu down.
He stood up and walked in front of Gu Chen. He extended his injured hand and said, "Heal me."
He didn't even ask whether he could be healed. Instead, he directly made a request.
"What do you want to do?" Gu Chen didn't beat around the bush. He grabbed Feng Bujue's wrist and asked.
"I'm going to the Dream Company." Feng Bujue replied.
"What do you plan to do when you get there?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Heh …" At this moment, Feng Bujue suddenly laughed. His laughter … was unprecedentedly crazy. "I don't know either … this is interesting, isn't it?"
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