Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 4 — Heat Booster!
Ling Xiaolu is now overwhelmed!
Edited by Planetes
An immobilisation curse that came out of nowhere froze Ling Xiaolu right where he was standing. Only then did Ling Long remember that the immobilisation curse was also effective on Ling Xiaolu. It anxiously flapped its wings around him, circling, ”What to do, what should we do now? Getting exposed on the first day you enter the game, my salary would definitely be docked!”
Although he could not move his body, Ling Xiaolu's hearing was not affected in the slightest. He could hear someone walking across the gra.s.s and fallen branches nearby, reminding him that his hunter was not too far away.
”There's… someone…” He had to make a sound to remind a certain creature buzzing about like a headless fly.
Ling Long immediately fell silent. A moment later, he also heard the footsteps, and they were quite near now.
”My GM ability can transport you to somewhere else. However, that violates the game's convention, so I cannot do that.” At the critical point, Ling Long had transformed into a good, faithful employee.
Ling Xiaolu glared at him hatefully, ”Then you… should… think off… something else…”
Seeing that danger was rapidly drawing closer, Ling Long retreated a little in the air. Aiming at Ling Xiaolu, it flew with all its might, slamming him a metre away, and Ling Xiaolu fell hard onto the ground.
Ling Xiaolu hissed in pain. This d.a.m.ned Ling Long, see how I'll deal with you later!
However, now was not the time to brood over revenge plans. From the corner of his eyes, Ling Xiaolu saw a figure appeared on his right, and instantly shut his eyes pretending that he was unaware of anything.
He heard that person walking closer, coming all the way next to him before stopping. He seemed to be studying the person lying on the ground.
Ling Xiaolu then pretended to be awakened by the noise, contrivedly blinking his eyes open. Ling Long handed him the Best Actor trophy that should have belonged to himself right on the spot.
The first thing he saw was a pair of long legs. These legs were also too d.a.m.n long, and made people wonder if the legs just started right below the neck. Of course, this also had something to do with the Ling Xiaolu's view. No matter who laid down, looking up, the length of legs would always be more exaggerated for them.
As the legs stole the show, his face was somewhat obstructed. Ling Xiaolu could only see a full forehead, defined eyebrows and bright eyes. It should be a very handsome man.
This handsome man was dressed in black armour, and the armour was inlaid with gold patterns. The point of an armour was clearly to protect a person's body, but in this case, a part of the chest was purposely revealed. Ling Xiaolu immediately gave this person an ostentatious label.
Ling Xiaolu looked up even further, and was finally able to see the gold name that represented the legendary benefactors —
— Ji Meng
At last, Ling Xiaolu had met his first benefactor in the game. However, he had not thought that he would be meeting them in such an overwhelming position.
”What are you doing, lying here?” Ji Meng asked.
Ling Xiaolu moved his lips to discover that Ling Long's collision had cancelled some of the effect from the immobilisation curse. At least he could speak now.
”I'm only taking an afternoon nap. Don't you feel that having the afternoon sun s.h.i.+ning on you is very comfortable?” Ling Xiaolu said lazily.
Ji Meng looked up. The foliage of the forest was thick, providing a thick cover from the sunlight. It made sense if he said he was lying here to hide from the sun, but to bask in the sunlight… He deeply suspected that there was no verification of the players' state of mind done by the game engine.
Ji Meng looked around his surroundings. He could not find anyone who was more like a human being than Ling Xiaolu in the area, but this person had a green name.
”Oi, did you see anyone with a pink name appear nearby?”
Rude! When you're trying to get information, shouldn't you add a ”please” in front of your question?! Who is ”oi”?!
”Pink?” Ling Xiaolu blinked. ”If I'm not colourblind, there's only two people here right now. One with a gold name, that's you, and one with a green name, that's me.”
Ji Meng frowned. ”Strange. The radar clearly shows that a human pet is in this zone, but it can't capture a more accurate location. Is there a bug in the system?”
He tapped at his earlobe, calling out to his exclusive customer service agent.
”I want to report a bug.”
Every benefactor had their personal GM. Ji Meng's GM had the image of a pretty fairy.
”Hi, may I ask what bug is it? I'll record it and send it to the respective department.”
Ling Xiaolu tried his best not to move his lips. Speaking in an extremely small voice, he asked Ling Long, ”Will she recognise me?”
”From the customer service department to the technical department, there's no one who doesn't know about you. Everyone will work together and help hide you, don't worry,” Ling Long spoke right into his ear.
Ling Xiaolu was relieved.
Ji Meng said, ”My radar shows that a human pet has appeared in this area, but I've been searching for a long time but I cannot lock down its exact location.”
”Only when you're within a certain distance of the target will the radar lock down on the position. Your situation may be because you're not close enough to the target yet.”
”This I know, but I've searched everywhere in this zone already, but I didn't find any suspicious target.”
”This is because the location of the pet is not fixed. It might be when you were searching in the east, he had gone to the west. When you went to the west, he again returned to the east. As such, you can only get his general location, but you're unable to lock down on it. This could be a possibility.”
Ji Meng's brows knitted tightly. It was clear that he was unsatisfied with this answer.
”Of course, if you still have any doubts, I can submit a report to the technical department.”
”Forget it, I'll continue looking.” Ji Meng waved his hand.
”Please feel free to contact me any time you have a question, I hope you have a pleasant time.”
She turned around, winking covertly at Ling Xiaolu before disappearing with a transmission special effect.
When Ji Meng finished his conversation, he turned and realised that the green name player was still lying on the ground, and he had yet to even change his pose.
Ling Xiaolu was extremely bitter. When will the effect of this d.a.m.n immobilisation curse disappear!!!
”How long are you planning on lying here?”
”Until I'm happy.” Until the debuff you brought upon me ends.
”What are you doing lying here?”
”Napping.” Didn't I already say it just now?! Do you have amnesia?!
”Isn't it uncomfortable sleeping in a place like this?”
”What does it have to do with you!”
”Oh…”
Oh your a.s.s! =皿=
Ji Meng carefully observed him, but did not find anything suspicious.
”I'll go look around again nearby.”
”Go go, I won't send you off.”
He reaction made Ji Meng feel a little strange. He had not been playing this game for very long, but with a bright gold name on top of his head, no matter where he went there would be a group of people running over and asking to be under his care, and the ones without moral integrity would even frenziedly call him ”hubby”. This was the first time he had actually met someone so eager for him to leave, and with this, it really successfully captured his attention.
Ling Xiaolu saw that Ji Meng still had not left despite saying so. Instead, he folded his arms, observing him from above, as though he was studying a new, interesting creature. Not knowing if Ji Meng had noticed something, Ling Xiaolu was so nervous that his back was soaked.
After a long time, Ji Meng still did not look like he was planning on leaving. Ling Xiaolu could no longer hold himself back, ”Why are you still not leaving yet?”
”You heard what the GM said as well. When I go to the east, the target might be in the west. When I go to the west, the target might return to the east. Looking around like this is not the solution.”
”Then just give up and stop looking!”
Ji Meng shook his head. ”No, I should remain here, and wait for him to come here himself.”
”…”
What sort of stupid idea is this?!
Ji Meng decided to just sit down next to him. Ling Xiaolu was unhappy.
”I think he won't jump into the trap himself.”
”You think that this is jumping into a trap?” Ji Meng did not understand his way of thinking. ”Since he has chosen to register as a combat pet in the game, he must have agreed to this sort of rules.”
No! He might have been forced! For example, me!
”Although I understand that he might want to have a few more choices, he has never even seen me before, how is he going to make his choice?”
I've already seen you! You've already been eliminated by me!
”You're so confident that he'll choose you? Are you more impressive than Li Zheng?”
Ling Xiaolu used the information he had learnt just now.
”Li Zheng? He came too?” Ji Meng thought about it, ”But that's nothing strange. After all, every benefactor will receive the system notice.”
”That's right that' right, so you have no chance. You should quickly give up.”
Ji Meng raised his brow. ”How do you know I can't be compared to him?”
”There's only one person even better than Li Zheng. Are you the last champion of the Wind and Cloud tournament?”
”I started playing this game late, so I've never experienced the tournament. I've only heard about this person Li Zheng, but I've never seen him before. He doesn't know me as well.”
”Ah, a newbie? Then your chances are even smaller. Bye bye.”
”You seem to wors.h.i.+p him very much. I heard he has many fans, you're one of them?”
Who is that?! Is he a person or a ghost, I've never even seen him before!