Chapter 45.1 (1/2)
Tang Mianmian cried out, “What is this? I thought you liked me, but you used me as a substitute for your lover!”
Xiao Tangqiu rebuked, “Shut up!”
Tang Mianmian laughed, “It doesn’t matter, I don’t discriminate against gay men.”
“Shut up, you rotten man!”
Xiao Tangqiu ignored Tang Mianmian and turned to read the post carefully.
He said softly, “…No one knows when he first arrived at the city of the abyss. People only know that he may be among the first generation of players to come to the city of the abyss and the only survivor among all the first generation players.”
Tang Mianmian asked, “So all the other first generation players died?”
“The reincarnation team established by Shen Yuan is the first team in the city of the abyss but now most of the members of the reincarnation team are not the original members. It is rumored that the reincarnation team once encountered an instance with a difficulty exceeding S-level. Except for Shen Yuan, all the other members of the first generation were killed and Shen Yuan was the only one who survived…”
Tang Mianmian was dumbstruck. “So all of great god Shen Yuan’s former teammates have died? And S-plus level mission exists? S-level missions are already so crazy! How much crazier are S-plus level missions?”
Except for Shen Yuan, all the other members of the first generation were killed and Shen Yuan was the only one who survived…
Shen Yuan was the only one who survived …
Xiao Tangqiu suddenly felt his heart slamming hard against his chest. Even if he knew that it might be considered normal for complete annihilation to occur in an S-plus level mission, the thought that Shen Yuan had this sort of encounter made his chest stuffy. He seemed to be holding his breath with no way to let go or vent. He dared not imagine Shen Yuan’s feelings at the time or how Shen Yuan managed to escape later and became how he is now.
Tang Mianmian saw that Xiao Tangqiu was lost in thought and read aloud for him, “According to unreliable rumors, Shen Yuan may have encountered the Abyss Demon in the S-plus level mission, but since no one else has survived an S-plus level mission and no one has survived the Abyss Demon in the instance, this source of information isn’t reliable. But if this is true, Shen Yuan will be the only one who survived a battle against the Abyss Demon in the city of the abyss and lives up to the title of the number one player of the city of the abyss.”
“That’s all it says. There’s nothing else below,” he continued to scroll down. “We don’t know the people below him… Wait a minute! I see a few people we know! Duan Hongzhen, Yu Fuling, Sai Lulu… Who is this Xue Junli? It says that he also belongs to the reincarnation team.”
Xiao Tangqiu didn’t snap out of his daze until now. He perked up and looked at the rest of the list with Tang Mianmian, but just like Shen Yuan, there wasn’t much information on Duan Hongzhen and the others. However, the ability of the loli, Sai Lulu, was somewhat remarkable.
“Prophecy – the ability to predict using divinations. Doesn’t that make her a sorceress?” Tang Mianmian spit out a sentence, “Don’t tell me that if she takes out a bunch of tarot cards before fighting the BOSS, she’ll know what the BOSS’ next moves are?”
“Xue Junli – a gifted hacker and the think tank of the reincarnation team. Never speak ill of any of the reincarnation team members on the forum, or be careful of him hacking your computer,” Tang Mianmian snickered. “Why do I feel like he’s a Chuunibyou? He’s even a genius hacker… Can he hear me speaking ill of him across the screen?”
Xiao Tangqiu was about to say something but in the next second, the computer suddenly went black.
Tang Mianmian jumped in fright. “Fuck my life! Did he really hear that? He can really hear me speaking ill of him across the screen?!”
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
Xiao Tangqiu also jumped up in fright at once. “He’s even here in the flesh to PK?”
The knock on the door got louder and louder. Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian looked at each other for a moment but both of them didn’t dare to open the door.
Suddenly, the originally black screen returned to normal and a line of words appeared on the screen: “Quickly open the door.”
Xiao Tangqiu, “Fuck!”
Tang Mianmian, “…A ghost!”
Tang Mianmian fearfully hugged Xiao Tangqiu while the latter took a deep breath and summoned up the courage to open the door.
When the door opened, the person standing outside left them dumbstruck.
“Duan Hongzhen?” Xiao Tangqiu was very surprised. “Why are you here?”
The person standing at their door was Duan Hongzhen whom they had been acquainted with in their last instance… They had obviously gone their separate ways in the Abyss Square before. How did Duan Hongzhen know their new address?
Duan Hongzhen folded his arms. “I’ll explain it to you later. Follow me.”
With that, he grabbed Xiao Tangqiu by the wrist and dragged him downstairs.
“Wait a minute! Where are you taking me?” Xiao Tangqiu was shocked and frightened but couldn’t shrug off Duan Hongzhen.
Tang Mianmian ran after him. “Where are you taking Qiuqiu? Let him go! Otherwise, take me with you! “
Duan Hongzhen tutted, “You’re so annoying. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think that you’re gay lovers.”
Tang Mianmian, “We are brothers in socialism!”