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“Ding.” The elevator door opened, revealing a white world in front of Lian Qiao. The sky was gray and it was impossible to tell what time it was but it was obviously not the 10 o’clock in the evening shown on his phone.
Lian Qiao poked out his head cautiously and immediately shivered in the cold wind. He held his arms and looked at the environment outside. There was a forest not far away with snow so thick that it looked like it would break the overwhelmed branches at any time. The north wind howled, the shadows of the trees were faint and he couldn’t see what was in the depths of the forest.
There was silence everywhere and Lian Qiao could only hear the whistling of the north wind and his own thumping heartbeat. But this violent heartbeat was not because of fear but because of excitement.
My goodness, isn’t this the standard beginning of a horror movie? Did I cross over?
Did he cross into a book, or a movie or a game? At the thought of games, Lian Qiao was overwhelmed with excitement. He didn’t even care about the cold anymore and walked out of the elevator happily.
The moment he left the elevator, the entire elevator disappeared. Just as weird as when it appeared out of thin air. However, not only did Lian Qiao not panic, he even thought this special effect was very good and definitely no expenses had been spared.
So what should he do next? Where is the beginner’s task? Was there a tutorial?
Lian Qiao thought happily as he walked towards the woods. Soon he discovered that there was a path at the entrance of the woods. The path seems to have been cleaned not long ago so despite the heavy snow in the sky, the shape of the path can be seen in the black and white mottle, adding a bit of winter atmosphere.
But if it is later, the snow will completely cover the trail. If you lose your way in this icy world, it is estimated that you will get hypothermia and die soon.
-It seems to be a time-limited path. The beginner’s task should be up ahead.
Lian Qiao nodded clearly, sped up his pace and started to walk along the path. Sure enough, the path quickly led him to a clearing in the forest. In the center of the clearing, there was a half-person-high stone stele without any words or patterns on it. It was bare and uncarved. But Lian Qiao immediately noticed a small round object on the top of the stele, which looked like an egg from a distance.
He looked around and didn’t see any NPCs or hints. So pretending to be courageous, he walked towards the stele. After getting closer, he could see that there was a small Russian doll on the stele. The matryoshka had a weird smile on her face and the corners of her mouth were grinning all the way up to her ears, quite like the slit-mouthed girl in a horror movie which made it look quite ominous.
Lian Qiao immediately remembered the Russian word in the elevator just now: Matryoshka. Obviously, this is a key prop.
He was about to pick up the matryoshka when he suddenly felt someone approaching behind him. At the same time, someone pressed his hand: “Wait.”
It was a cool and pleasant voice. Lian Qiao felt that the voice sounded a bit familiar so he turned his head. After seeing the man’s face clearly, his heart trembled.
He had never seen such a good-looking man before. His facial features are profound and exquisite, no matter what angle you look at, they looked like a masterpiece carefully crafted by a master, so perfect that you couldn’t find a trace of a flaw. The man’s lips were slightly pursed but they were just right. If he laughed, it would be easy for people to fall for him. However, maybe because of the cold weather or some other reason, there is a kind of indifference and alienation in his expression. He seemed taciturn, cold and self-sufficient, quietly rejecting people thousands of miles away.
—Like a handsome priest sitting by a rose bush, holding a Bible in his hand.
He seemed unaware of his beautiful appearance, so his gentlemanly manner was entwined with a trace of abstinence.
However, this man was pressing his hand and staring at him quietly. Lian Qiao felt that he was looking into his heart and he suddenly felt flustered.
The eyes seemed like they contained a thousand words but the man was silent. After a while he looked away and whispered: “I’m a veteran player, listen to me”
Lian Qiao was taken aback: “Player? This is really a game?”
The man said, “It can be understood that way.”
Lian Qiao immediately nodded obediently: “Hello boss! Please take this newbie along please!”
The man glanced at him again. Lian Qiao wasn’t sure if it was his own illusion but a smile seemed to flash across those deep eyes.
Following the man’s instructions, Lian Qiao picked up a wooden stick as a weapon and hid behind the big tree designated by the man. The man walked to the stone tablet, picked up the doll and then looked around vigilantly.
Soon, Lian Qiao felt that the atmosphere around him was different. It seemed that something was rushing out of the darkness.
He followed the voice and saw a huge butcher with a sledgehammer weighing several kilograms in his hand, walking toward the man aggressively.
The beautiful man looked calm with no expression on his face. He didn’t even escape but stood quietly in front of the stone monument.
The sledgehammer man came faster and faster, and the sledgehammer in his hand was also raised high above his head. The man raised his head and looked at him coldly, completely unmoved.
At that moment, there was a martyr-like determination in his eyes. He seemed to have become a saint in the religious mural, a noble soul who, even in the face of death, never bowed his head. Therefore, his beauty was sacred and sublime and even more thrilling, making people feel that the next second he will abandon this body for the faith in his heart and leave the mortal world.
Lian Qiao looked at him, only to feel that he had been heavily hit in his heart a few times. But inexplicably, he felt as though he had seen him look even better before.
Not this inhuman kind of beauty, but a more vivid, lovable and familiar kind of beauty… the kind that felt within reach.
This strange feeling only lasted for a short while. When Lian Qiao saw the sledgehammer was about to hit the man’s head, his heart leapt into his throat. The moment the sledgehammer brushed against his hair, the man suddenly turned his head and ducked, avoiding the sledgehammer attack at the very last moment before death!
At the same time, with a bang, the sledgehammer slammed on the stone tablet. Something had been broken. Lian Qiao immediately reacted, it was the matryoshka just now!
What was going on? Breaking important props in the beginning?
Lian Qiao was full of doubts and saw the man bend over and walk around behind the stele. Brother Sledgehammer raised the sledgehammer again and was about to smash it down again but at this critical juncture, the man reached out and grabbed something on the stone tablet, then turned his head and ran towards Lian Qiao.
“Run!” the man ordered.
Lian Qiao: “…” What? Is it over?
Who am I? What should I be doing? Why am I holding this wooden log in my hands?
Although he was full of doubts, he still followed the boss’s instructions and began to run wildly. Brother Sledgehammer roared and followed the two of them closely, his heavy body shook the ground slightly and gave people a strong sense of oppression.
Lian Qiao ran side by side with the boss with a dazed expression. He didn’t know how long he ran before the boss glanced back and said, “It’s okay now.”
Lian Qiao stopped again with a dazed expression only to find that Brother Sledgehammer was standing far away, with a very depressed expression and staring at them both. Then the huge figure melted like ice and snow and gradually disappeared.
What the hell? He just disappeared like that? Didn’t he need to fight?
Lian Qiao continued to be confused.
The boss looked at the place where Brother Sledgehammer disappeared, and suddenly said: “Sure enough, his use is to smash the egg.” {I think Brother Sledgehammer disappeared this time instead of walking back to the stele, because his purpose in the instance has been fulfilled.}
Lian Qiao: “???” He had 10,000 questions in his head at this time but as a senior gamer, he knew that big bosses hated newbies that asked a lot of questions the most so he closed his mouth obediently and waited for the big boss to give instructions for the next step.
Unexpectedly, the boss turned his head and said with some doubts: “Don’t you want to ask me something?”
Lian Qiao: “Uh, what should I ask?”
The boss was silent for a moment: “For example, who am I? What is this place? Who was that chasing us just now?”
Lian Qiao: “???” Why did it get even more confusing? He didn’t understand the situation.
When Lian Qiao was about to ask another question, the big boss raised his mouth slightly. His smile was so attractive that Lian Qiao’s IQ plummeted and he immediately forgot what he wanted to say, there was only a row of big words left in his mind:
Ahhhhhhhhh! How can he be so beautiful!! He’s just an immortal come down to earth!!! Ahhh!!
Pretty much standard fare brainless star-chasing.
Just when Lian Qiao was about to transcend, the man stared at him and said seriously: “I am not ‘big boss’. My name is Xu RenDong.”
Lian Qiao was taken aback. RenDong? Like honeysuckle?
Just as he was thinking this, the man smiled again and added: “Yes RenDong like the other name used for honeysuckle.”
He actually knew what I was thinking!
This kind of wonderful tacit understanding is more lethal than the big brother’s smile. Lian Qiao only felt that the arrows pierced his heart and each arrow was engraved with “Ahhhhhhhhhhh!”. He was holding his heart, and a dense barrage floated in his mind: “Oh no! It’s the feeling of my heart moving!” {A popular phrase used to indicate that you are falling in love.}
Xu RenDong naturally couldn’t see the bullet screen in his brain but asked a little strangely: “You… don’t you have something to say?”
Huh? What do you want me to say?
Lian Qiao thought for a while, and praised sincerely, “Immortal, it must have been hard descending to earth.”
Xu RenDong: “…” He showed a helpless expression of “I don’t understand what you are talking about”. Lian Qiao realized his gaffe, then turned his head awkwardly and wiped his mouth with a guilty conscience.
The boss probably thought he was not good at communicating so he changed the subject and said, “There is a hunter’s cabin in front. Let’s go and see if there is anyone there.”
Lian Qiao: “Good idea, boss.”
Xu RenDong turned his head and glanced at him. Somehow, a trace of loss flashed in his eyes.
Lian Qiao was shocked: What did I do wrong? Don’t be disappointed with me. I am a very strong student. If you tell me what you don’t like, I will change!
However, the boss didn’t say anything after all and just hurried away in silence. Lian Qiao didn’t dare to make any trouble so he had to follow him quietly with his tail tucked in.
The two walked along the path for a while and, as expected, a wooden house appeared in front of them. The miraculous thing was that there was a gray rabbit standing on two legs at the door of the wooden house. The rabbit was about half a person tall and he was wearing a little golden tuxedo which looked very cute.
The rabbit is knocking on the door with his furry front paws. Unexpectedly, the boss suddenly stepped forward and kicked the rabbit away.
Rabbit: “???”
Lian Qiao: “???” Does the boss treat all small animals so rudely?!
At the same time, the wooden door opened and a middle-aged man walked out and saw the two of them. He was about to say hello when he suddenly spotted the dumbfounded rabbit sitting in the snow. The middle-aged man’s face showed the shocked expression, “Who am I and what am I looking at?” x 3.
“Um, you…” the middle-aged man hesitated.
The boss took a silver-gray object from his pocket and showed it to the man. Then calmly said: “I have found the button. Don’t waste any more time, let’s go to the elevator.”
The middle-aged man: “…”
The rabbit just got up from the ground and was slapping the snow from his hair. Hearing these words, the rabbit’s face also showed a dazed expression of “Who am I and what am I looking at?”
As a rabbit, it is really embarrassing for him to be able to make such a complicated expression.
Just when everyone’s face was dumbfounded, the big boss turned around coldly: “Don’t you want to go? If you don’t want to, I’ll go myself.”
Everyone: “Let’s go, let’s go!”
Lian Qiao discovered that there were still more than a dozen people inside the house. At this moment, everyone filed out, rubbing the shoulders of the middle-aged man and following the boss one by one. Lian Qiao hurried to catch up, closely following the big brother, to consolidate his position as the number one younger brother.
In front of the cabin, only the middle-aged man stood stupidly, exchanging glances with the rabbit who was sitting in the snow and couldn’t get up.
One person and one rabbit looked at each other for a while, then the middle-aged man also turned his head to follow.
Rabbit: “…” He was like an abandoned rag doll.
Lian Qiao thought the rabbit looked very pitiful but instead of feeling sympathy, he even wanted to laugh.
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The author has something to say:
This reincarnation is switched to Lian Qiao’s perspective~
Feel the love of honest fans
You have to ask me why I arranged RenDong’s suicide, here it was just to write this.
Are you happy?!