131: A boy with red lips and white teeth

Ai Yue reached out one by one toward the raw stones stuck in the mud. As long as her space sensed them, the raw stones under her hand would vanish.

Only small pits were left in their place.

Feeling further down along the pits, any raw stones containing jade would disappear.

Gradually, the small pits grew larger... During this time, Ai Yue noticed Little Green lying obediently at the edge of the raw stone pit, its eyes closed, waiting quietly for her.

Once she got busy, Ai Yue lost all sense of time. In the blink of an eye, the sky turned completely dark. She only stopped when she could no longer see clearly.

Looking at the sky, Ai Yue climbed out of the pile of raw stones and stretched. At that moment, her stomach let out a growling protest, and she felt a dull ache in her gut.

She only then realized that she hadn't eaten all day.

Regardless of whether the ground was dirty, she immediately sat down and took a boxed meal out of her space, devouring it hungrily.

It wasn't until she reached the third box that her stomach felt better. She ate two more boxes and stopped only when she felt seventy percent full.

Little Green's eyes were wide open, staring at Ai Yue without blinking. Seeing her finish one box of food only for another to appear instantly was a novelty to it, and its eyes betrayed a hint of greed.

The moment Ai Yue looked over, it immediately reverted to its cute and dorky appearance, not letting her discover the emotions hidden in its eyes.

Seeing Ai Yue finish her meal and look toward it, it met her gaze and cautiously shuffled to her side, lowering its head to sniff the food boxes by her feet and lick the remaining grains of rice.

"What? You want to eat too?"

"Gua!" Little Green's long tongue flicked out, licking around its mouth.

"Alright, since you've been so good, I'll let you have a taste." A box of food appeared in Ai Yue's hand, but before she could even open it, the box had already vanished.

Little Green had swept the entire box, food and all, into its mouth. It closed its eyes, savoring it carefully.

Suddenly, it opened its mouth slightly as if wanting to spit it out, but it forced its mouth shut and swallowed it down.

This subtle movement was not noticed by Ai Yue.

"Oh, you even eat the lunch box? It seems you really do eat everything and aren't a picky eater."

Ai Yue circled around Little Green. She had always harbored doubts about Little Green's identity, but seeing its clever yet dorky appearance, it was completely different from those ferocious Devil Frogs.

She decided to keep it by her side and observe it further.

Just then, gunshots rang out not far from her.

The gunshots traveled far in the silent night sky. Any Devil Frogs that heard the commotion began to gather toward the source of the sound.

A large number of Devil Frogs jumped in unison, making the ground thud and shake. Ai Yue knew she couldn't take on such a large number of Devil Frogs alone.

For now, she had to avoid their brunt.

"Little Green, let's go."

Ai Yue called to Little Green and ran in the opposite direction of the gunshots.

She had originally thought about hiding in her space, but on second thought, she couldn't just hide every time there was a bit of danger. Over time, she would lose her ability to resolve crises.

Therefore, from now on, she would not hide in her space unless it was absolutely necessary.

While running, Ai Yue felt something was wrong. Why did the rumbling sounds of jumping feel like they were getting closer and closer?

She changed direction again.

No matter which direction Ai Yue fled, the result was the same.

She realized that she and Little Green were being surrounded by Devil Frogs.

She simply stopped running and stayed put, waiting to see what would happen.

Time ticked by. The ground had just been shaking with thuds, yet after waiting for a long time, not a single Devil Frog appeared before her.

Furthermore, the sound of the Devil Frogs jumping had vanished.

Right then, a dark shadow suddenly darted out of the darkness, rushing toward Ai Yue at an extremely high speed.

Ai Yue's eyes widened as she stood ready for anything.

To her surprise, the dark shadow spoke: "Beauty, why are you just standing there like an idiot? There are Devil Frogs everywhere behind me, run!"

With that, he flashed past Ai Yue with a "whoosh."

Ai Yue didn't react, just watched as the dark shadow disappeared.

It seemed this reckless fool was the one who had attracted the large number of Devil Frogs.

Just when Ai Yue thought the reckless fool had disappeared for good...

The dark shadow flashed back again.

"Ah... Beauty, there are Devil Frogs over there too!"

The dark shadow let out a flurry of shouts and ran past Ai Yue in another direction.

Ai Yue had a premonition that he would be back.

Sure enough, a moment later: "Ah... Beauty, why are you still standing here like an idiot? Run!"

He flashed past in yet another direction.

Ai Yue calmly watched the direction where the dark shadow finally disappeared.

As expected!

He was back again!

Sigh!

Ai Yue lowered her head and let out a soft sigh.

"Ah... Beauty, what should we do? They're in all four directions! We can't get out, we really can't get out!"

...And so, the dark shadow had tried all eight directions.

"Beau... Beauty..." The dark shadow stood three meters away from Ai Yue with his hands on his knees, panting heavily and completely out of breath.

Ai Yue just watched the not-so-bright dark shadow without saying a word.

"Beauty, I've checked everywhere. We're surrounded! There are Devil Frogs in every direction!" Having caught his breath, the dark shadow straightened up and spoke while still huffing.

The dark shadow took a few more steps toward Ai Yue when suddenly, his eyes widened in terror, and he cried out, "Ah... Beauty, be... be-be-behind you..."

His finger trembled as he pointed at the toad-shaped dark shadow behind Ai Yue.

"Beau... Beauty, come here, quick!" the dark shadow whispered urgently.

Seeing his foolish behavior, Ai Yue finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hehe, it's okay, don't be afraid. This is Little Green, it won't hurt you."

"Li... Little Green?"

Ai Yue nodded with a smile.

Just then, the moon peeked out from behind the dark clouds.

The cool moonlight fell upon Little Green.

Its entire appearance was revealed to the dark shadow.

"Ah? It... it's a green Devil Frog?"

The dark shadow was shocked once again.

At this time, the dark shadow's own appearance was also revealed.

Ai Yue's eyes lit up. She hadn't expected such a loudmouthed person to actually be so fair-skinned and handsome, and he was only a youth of seventeen or eighteen!

Seeing that his looks had stunned Ai Yue, the youth lifted his chin and said with a narcissistic expression, "How about it? Beauty, stunned by my handsomeness, aren't you?"

"Let me tell you, not only am I exceptionally good-looking, but my skills are just as exceptional as my looks!"

Ai Yue said airily, "That's right, you're just as exceptional at attracting Devil Frogs!"

The youth's face turned red, and he said somewhat sheepishly, "I... I heard that Devil Frogs aren't sensitive to firearms and that they're easy to hit."

"Then couldn't you have put a silencer on your gun?"

The youth looked even more embarrassed, awkwardly scratching his head. "I'm just new to the world and lack experience."

"Heh... 'The world'? This isn't some martial arts world from a novel. This is the Apocalypse, a living hell where people are dying every moment, do you understand?" Ai Yue's voice carried a hint of sternness.