"Injured?"
"Ah... I'm fine..."
Qin Yu raised her head, looking a little startled.
Her big, bright eyes gazed at Chen Nian, adorably dazed.
She hadn't expected this man to show no fanatical reaction whatsoever after recognizing her.
Instead, he's calmly asking if I'm hurt... How strange!
"All right, injured or not, here's some advice: get out of here right now."
"???"
Qin Yu's eyes widened.
This man wants to chase me away right off the bat? Doesn't he know how to cherish a beautiful girl?
So cold!
"No... What gives you the right to chase me away? I'm not leaving."
"If you don't leave now, you're going to die here."
Chen Nian said in all seriousness, "There are about fifty people outside trying to kill me. They'll probably have this place completely surrounded soon."
"What?!"
Qin Yu was shocked all over again.
What heinous thing did this man do to have so many people hunting him down? Isn't everyone leveling separately right now?
She didn't believe him, so she stood up and stumbled outside to see what was happening.
Her awkward limp looked utterly adorable.
When she reached the cave entrance and glanced outside, she got quite a fright!
There really were dozens of people gathered outside, surrounding the place so tightly that almost no one could get through, and every last one looked hostile!
"Ah... This is really happening!"
Qin Yu was frightened.
Still, she forced herself to remain calm, reassuring herself that these people weren't here for her and this had nothing to do with her.
"Could you please let me leave? If you're looking for him, he's inside..."
Qin Yu spoke timidly.
Unexpectedly, a burst of laughter rose around her.
"This chick's pretty hot! That body, that face, damn..."
"You clueless idiot! Do you know who she is? That female singer who just debuted. I've seen her on TV!"
"Qin something, right? Whoa! Never thought a female singer would be a transcendent too, coming out here to kill monsters and level up. Times really have changed."
A man wearing a leather jacket, his hair dyed blond, stepped forward. "This has nothing to do with you. You can leave."
"Really? That's great!" Qin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Just let the boys have some fun first. We've never had a taste of a female singer!"
"Hahahaha! Brother Dao, you're the man!"
"Just looking at this chick makes me drool. Fuck!"
Qin Yu: ...
When the game merged with reality, the world had already changed.
Only the strong would become the truth!
These people had completely exposed the ugliness in their hearts. They weren't going to let her go.
She could only hurry back into the cave.
She returned to Chen Nian's side, her little face stricken, as though her world were about to collapse.
"What do I do... I-I can't leave either..."
"Uh, sorry for dragging you into this."
Chen Nian was helpless too. How could he have known someone would be in such an out-of-the-way spot?
"What good is an apology? We're both going to die in here! How are you still so calm?"
Qin Yu was on the verge of tears.
She truly was in despair. She hadn't expected to get caught up in something like this out of nowhere...
"So what were you doing in here? How did you get hurt?" Chen Nian simply started chatting with her.
"There's a dungeon in this cave... I went in, got injured by the monsters, and escaped. Then I called a few friends to come run the dungeon together, and then you showed up!"
"Sob..."
Qin Yu wiped the glistening tears from the corners of her eyes and cried.
Even as she cried, she picked up her phone and called those friends, telling them not to come near or they'd get dragged into this too.
"You're pretty kindhearted." Chen Nian smiled.
"And your kindhearted victim is still going to die because of you! I won't leave you alone even as a ghost!"
"Haha..."
"You're still laughing! You... Sob, you jerk!"
Qin Yu wept pitifully, her tear-streaked face like pear blossoms in the rain, little pearls spilling out one after another.
Just then.
The people outside finally finished assembling and prepared to act.
Their leader, the man in the black leather jacket, was called Brother Dao.
Xu Meng smiled. "Brother Dao, that kid's really strong. Why don't we just blow up the cave so none of the boys get hurt?"
"All right. Since you're the one who found him, we'll do it your way!"
"What about that woman just now?"
"If she won't come out, she can die in there with him!"
"Here's the problem: how do we blow this place up? That kid wasn't even afraid of the Flame Calamity Treant. Ordinary methods probably won't hurt him!"
"Brother Dao, I've got something good here! A Flame Dragon Scroll!"
"It takes ten people to activate, but it's incredibly powerful. It'll definitely blast that kid to death!"
"That's good stuff, all right. Give me ten people. Get ready!"
Farther back, a three-person party hid quietly, not daring to show themselves.
They were the friends Qin Yu had called over.
"What do we do? Little Yu's still inside, and they're obviously getting ready to kill!"
"What can we do? Do you think the three of us can beat dozens of them...?"
"Ugh, how could Little Yu be so unlucky? She ran into something like this just trying to run a dungeon. It's all over now!"
Although someone among them had called the police to contact the enforcement team, the messes in the city hadn't even been dealt with yet. How would the enforcement team have any inclination to come outside the city to handle this?
As for strength, all three were only in their twenties in level. Going up there would just be feeding themselves to the enemy.
"Look! What are they doing?"
"Are they using a large-scale magic scroll? I've seen those during siege battles in games!"
"They even have something like that!"
A scroll floated in midair as ten people chanted an incantation together.
The temperature kept rising, and the air warped from the heat!
Countless flames gathered in midair, gradually forming a crimson flame dragon nearly ten meters long...
"At this stage, this thing can instantly kill any player below level 70, at the very least."
"Kid, whether you're a god or a ghost, you're dying today!"
"Go!"
The flame dragon tore through the air!
In an instant, it charged into the cave with utterly savage force.
Terrifying flames filled the cave entrance in a flash.
"Heh, I bet they'll be cooked through in less than two minutes!"
Smiling, Brother Dao patted Xu Meng on the shoulder. "You've earned major credit this time. If there's any good loot, you get twenty percent all to yourself."
"Haha! Brother Dao, you're fucking awesome!"
Inside the cave.
The cave shook violently!
Chen Nian looked at the petite girl beside him, who had both hands over her head.
"Come here if you want to live."
"Huh?"
Before Qin Yu could react, a large rock fell from overhead and knocked her unconscious.
Chen Nian: ...
This girl's luck really isn't very good.
Helpless, Chen Nian could only gather her into his arms. She felt so light and soft, petite and lovely.
Rumble!
The flame dragon crashed inside and swallowed Chen Nian in one gulp.
The entire cave became an inferno. The hot air rapidly expanded in the enclosed space and exploded violently!
Shattered rocks filled the sky, bursting like fireworks.