Fell Into a Misconception
Late at night, two flashlights hung inside the gas station, serving as lamps. None of the players were resting. Some sat, others stood, and every so often they glanced at Wang Chaoqing.
Xu Huo brushed off his pants and headed outside. Gu Yu quickly called after him, "Where are you going?"
"Having a smoke." Xu Huo didn't go far, just across the street.
After a while, Shen Yi came over, handed him a bottle of water, and asked for a light.
The two of them squatted by the roadside, smoking.
"That kick you gave me earlier was pretty brutal." Shen Yi rubbed his ribs. When Xu Huo turned to look at him, he added with a smile, "Don't get me wrong. I'm not blaming you."
"This game is a place where people fight for their lives. It's no surprise when someone does whatever it takes to survive. Your intentions were good, and you weren't really trying to hurt us. On the contrary, if we'd followed Lin Pei, we might have met the same fate as Wu Qiuyi."
Xu Huo's fingers paused. His gaze fell on the rest area across the street, which he had cut in half. Gu Yu had already carried Wu Qiuyi out.
"What was the point?" he murmured.
Shen Yi heard him and said with a self-deprecating smile, "It's a comfort to us."
"Before entering this instance, my sister and I joined a local Player Association. It was formed by a few players on their own, so we could band together and support each other."
"To get through this together, we searched everywhere for Same-Station Tickets. But before we could find any, several of our companions got caught up in a Random Instance. They all died."
"You didn't see what they looked like.