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Chapter 31

A Group of People Kidnapped by the Great Demon King of Another World

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As one thinks by day, so they dream by night.

Qin Luming thought about it carefully. The first time he dreamed of such a scene, the first time he heard "Are you summoning me?", that dream was indeed an abnormal state, and the sequelae in his body after waking up were not hallucinations or hysteria.

His dream just now was because of the first dream, his own brain had a stimulated reaction, not an abnormal state.

The fact that his body was fine after waking up proved that it was just an ordinary dream, unrelated to any mysterious events.

Only in ordinary dreams would there be scenes that were related to reality but twisted and absurd, such as those seals and novel contracts.

In the first dream, there were no twisted scenes related to reality at all.

Qin Luming sighed softly. People who write novels really tend to overthink things. He then chewed another bite of the tasteless abalone.

"Hey, how long are you going to stare at me?"

Qin Luming came back to his senses and saw that Che Yun in front of him had turned off the music and was looking at him with a smug, retaliatory expression.

Che Yun had originally planned to go to the dam with Yang Xiaoyan and the others, but she had slept late last night and was also upset by Qin Luming, so she really didn't want to get up early in the morning and bother to go take pictures of the dam.

She still felt a little regretful after waking up, after all, she had come to this wilderness specifically to check in on the beautiful sunrise at the dam. But now Che Yun felt very refreshed.

Let's see if you regret it now that you're staring at me like a pig after I showed you my figure so early in the morning. Men are so pathetic. Last night, when Che Yun was setting up her tent, he disdained her when she practically offered herself to him, but now he's staring at her with his mouth hanging open like a pervert.

Che Yun changed her clothes and did yoga in the morning chill. This was exactly the effect she wanted.

Qin Luming couldn't be bothered to explain. He turned around and continued to eat his unappetizing canned abalone. He had no habit of wasting food, especially not in this wilderness. One shouldn't expect a canned food to be a gourmet meal.

After finishing the canned food, Qin Luming sat in his tent, looking in the direction of the dam, and typing. It was around eleven o'clock in the morning. Just as he was about to come out to prepare lunch, Che Yun walked over again.

"Aren't you... aren't you going to the dam?" Che Yun asked hesitantly.

"No," Qin Luming shook his head. He was living just fine. No matter how strong his curiosity was, he would only look from afar. The thought that this dam was likely Zhou Nan's target allowed him to restrain his desire to explore such an abandoned ruin with such industrial charm.

If Zhou Nan didn't exist, he would have been happy to explore the exterior and interior of the dam. The feeling of desolation, silence, and darkness there was quite thrilling.

"Yang Xiaoyan and the others haven't answered their phones all morning, and they haven't replied to any messages. I can't get through to them either." Che Yun was out of options, otherwise, she wouldn't have proactively sought out Qin Luming again... This younger brother, who was said to be a sophomore, did look very fresh and delicious, but unfortunately, he was covered in thorns.

Qin Luming frowned subconsciously... A group of adults being unreachable for half a day, normally, there wouldn't be much to worry about, even in this wilderness.

"Bad signal?" Qin Luming couldn't possibly tell Che Yun, "Maybe your friends have been captured by a great demon king from another world."

"But that shouldn't be the case... My phone clearly has a good signal. I can send messages and make calls to others, just not them." Che Yun was not comforted and still seemed uneasy.

"We are on the mountaintop, with open terrain and no obstructions. They are between mountain valleys, or perhaps even inside the dam. It's normal for the signal to weaken where they are," Qin Luming glanced at the time. "Wait a while. If there's still no news this afternoon, then we'll talk."

"Okay." Che Yun thought it made sense and walked back to her campsite.

Qin Luming continued with his own things. He took out a self-heating hot pot. He hadn't been interested in self-heating hot pot yesterday, but after eating two meals of canned food, he found the temptation of hot food irresistible.

After finishing the hot pot, Qin Luming cleaned up the garbage from the campsite and put it in a large plastic bag.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Che Yun finally couldn't hold back and walked over again, looking at Qin Luming anxiously. "I've been feeling uneasy. I have a bad feeling something has happened to them."

"I'll go take a look near the dam." Qin Luming knew what Che Yun meant. He was willing to go take a look near the dam, not purely out of helpfulness or kindness... It was just that he wanted to see it anyway.

Going to take a look nearby was a completely different concept from entering the dam or going onto the dam itself.

When Zhou Nan used the divine art "Great Dao Third: Stripping," she would uproot the entire dam without taking anything else from its vicinity.

If Qin Luming were just looking around nearby at this time, he wouldn't be affected. But if he were inside the dam or on any part of the dam itself, he might disappear without a trace like Gu Qing'an.

"Okay, wait for me. I'll get ready," Che Yun said quickly. If something serious had happened, she couldn't hold a grudge about last night. A girl needed a man to support her at this time, even if it was someone who had offended her.

"Wait." Qin Luming quickly clarified, "I'll go. What's the point of you coming along?"

"What do you mean it's pointless for me to go?" Che Yun was stunned. "We can help each other."

"No, if we encounter any danger, like wild beasts, I'll run, and you'll run. Can you escape? Or are you like Wu Song, capable of fighting tigers?" Qin Luming picked up his entrenching tool and walked in the direction of the dam.

"Then... then at least give me your phone number. I'll call you in twenty minutes, and we can test if it's a signal problem." Che Yun was so despised, but she had no choice. She could only stand there, wanting to be as useful as possible.

"No need, I'll test it myself," Qin Luming said without looking back. He didn't want to give Che Yun his phone number. It wasn't for any other reason... It was just that based on Che Yun's performance just now, she was the typical kind of woman who couldn't calm down once she panicked. She would be constantly calling him with endless panicked questions, interfering with his work.

Che Yun took a deep breath. Did this guy still guard against her, thinking she wanted to get his phone number? A person like this, even if he was good-looking, must be single. Otherwise, why would he come to the mountains alone to camp on a weekend?

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