30: Chapter 30 Death Desert 13

A few seconds later, the Glasses Man rushed out as well. He collapsed onto the ground in relief, his eyes looking back towards the direction they had come from with a hint of worry, watching the Wolf-tail Guy and the White-haired Girl sprinting toward this direction.

Previously, because he had seen the White-haired Girl standing still for some unknown reason, the Wolf-tail Guy had also stopped to take a look, which caused him to fall behind a bit. Fortunately, he was not far from the Glasses Man and managed to rush out almost at the same time as him.

The stone door was descending extremely fast. It started to lower the moment the Camo Uncle rushed out, and by the time the Wolf-tail Guy rushed out, it had already descended about halfway.

The three people outside the secret passage watched as the White-haired Girl was still less than 100 meters away from the exit, and they could not help but hold their breath; running that distance in less than ten seconds was simply too difficult.

Even Usain Bolt, the creator of the men 100-meter world record, took 9.58 seconds to finish 100 meters.

The stone door slowly descended before her eyes, and behind her was the enraged Mythical Serpent. Luo Yuejian said with schadenfreude, "How about that? Even if your system is controlling my body, are we not still going to die? I have already started imagining my life after I respawn~"

[Luo Yuejian] curled her lips and responded to Luo Yuejian in her mind, "Did you forget what we said at the very beginning?"

[She] said leisurely, "If the death of the host is caused by the host intentionally seeking death, this death will not count toward system rewards, and the host will respawn to play the game again. If the host causes their own death by intentionally seeking death again, they will truly die and will no longer have any chance to respawn."

"So... what are you expecting?"

?! Luo Yuejian was startled and immediately argued, "But this time, the death was not caused by me intentionally seeking death?! Is there no other way in this situation? Why does it count as death caused by me intentionally seeking death?!"

[Luo Yuejian] appeared to be thinking, then, a lazy smile flashed in her eyes, "Who told you this crisis was caused by your previous suicidal behavior?"

Luo Yuejian was confused and asked angrily, "How was it caused by my previous behavior?! If I had not accidentally opened the secret passage just now, I would have been dead and buried long ago!"

[Luo Yuejian] explained slowly, "Is it not because you deliberately stood under the pillar to seek death, which caused you to be one step behind everyone else? One step behind, every step behind; if not for that, how would we have ended up in this situation?"

...Luo Yuejian was speechless and had no choice but to swallow her frustration and shut up.

At this moment, the audience in the livestream room, watching Luo Yuejian who definitely could not make it through the stone door in time, could not help but feel distressed.

[No, my Moon Goddess! Wuwuwu, how can she just exit like this?]

[How can it be like this! I just discovered the charm of the Moon Goddess, is she going to be gone just like that?]

[Wuwuwuwu, my Moon... My Moon cannot just die like this!]

[What other way could there be? The path ahead is blocked, there is a giant snake behind, the White-haired Beauty really has no way to escape this time...]

[Come to think of it, the White-haired Beauty ended up in this situation because she opened the secret passage... Sigh, in a sense, I did not expect the White-haired Beauty to sacrifice herself to save others.]

[I only just saw a glimpse of the White-haired Beauty beneath the iceberg, and she is going to be gone just like that. It is really a pity...]

[No!!! I am really going to cry! My Moon!!]

...

The stone door in front closed inch by inch. Just when everyone thought the White-haired Beauty was doomed, a pitch-black rod stood under the stone door, stopping it from descending further.

Without any hesitation, [Luo Yuejian] slid directly through the gap left under the stone door. After leaving the secret passage, [Luo Yuejian] used her waist strength to easily stand up and casually patted the Wolf-tail Guy on the shoulder.

"Thanks."

The Wolf-tail Guy coldly glanced at the hand she had patted on his shoulder, did not reply, and took his rod out from under the stone door.

The next second, the stone door closed completely, leaving only the faintly audible, sharp, and hateful screeching of the giant snake behind the stone door, and the imperceptible, slight shaking caused by the stone door being hit.

They knew they had survived.

Watching this smooth operation by [Luo Yuejian], the Camo Uncle could not help but ask, "Did you know for sure that you would be able to get out?"

[Luo Yuejian] glanced at him, her voice a bit lazy, "I know the rod of Little Wolf is indestructible."

She shrugged, "But I was not sure if he would put that rod under the stone door." She looked at the Wolf-tail Guy and smiled, "But now it seems I bet right."

The Wolf-tail Guy frowned, "Little Wolf?"

[Luo Yuejian] raised the corners of her eyes slightly, arched her eyebrows, and smiled, "What, is that not allowed?"

The Wolf-tail Guy actually wanted to say it was not allowed, but looking at the expression of the White-haired Girl, he figured that even if he opposed it, she would not change. It was better to save his breath.

He could not be bothered to pay attention to the White-haired Girl, so he put away his rod and sat to the side. Having just experienced such a massive expenditure of energy, even if he felt okay, the others definitely could not handle it. It was better to rest on the spot for a while before continuing on their journey.

[Luo Yuejian] curled her lips, did not continue speaking, and lazily returned control of the body to Luo Yuejian.

Regaining control of her body, Luo Yuejian breathed a sigh of relief. She was actually a bit afraid that the slacker system would just take over her body permanently. Although she did not know why she had an inexplicable fondness for the slacker system that had just occupied her body, that did not mean she would let her guard down.

After a long silence, the Camo Uncle spoke first, "Sigh, this miracle game is really strange. That giant snake actually grew four wings, and it even absurdly grew legs... It is really bizarre..."

The Wolf-tail Guy glanced at him, his voice low and cold, "That is a Mythical Serpent. The classic of mountains and seas: Western Mountain Classic introduces it: [Sixty miles further west is Mount Taihua. It is sheer and square, five thousand ren high, and ten miles wide. No birds or beasts dwell there. There is a snake there named the Mythical Serpent, with six legs and four wings. When it appears, the world will suffer a great drought]."

"It means that there is a type of strange snake on Mount Taihua called the "Mythical Serpent." Once it appears, it predicts a large-scale drought."

The Camo Uncle raised his eyebrows unobtrusively, half-praising and half-probing, "Heh, Wolf-tail Guy is really knowledgeable. To know such information and even be able to recite it, I really feel inferior."

The voice of the Wolf-tail Guy was low and light, as if carrying some kind of suppression, and he said coldly, "I just happened to learn about it occasionally." Having said that, he did not want to talk anymore.

"So that is how it is." The Camo Uncle was tactful and did not continue this topic, but instead continued to talk about the previous topic.

"I do not know what this miracle game is, that it would even have monsters from the classic of mountains and seas? Come to think of it, the appearance of this Mythical Serpent predicts a great drought. This Desert would not have turned into its current state because of the existence of this thing, would it?"

He was not really expecting to hear an answer from anyone else; he was just saying it casually.

After chatting about some other things, the Camo Uncle still could not help but look at the White-haired Girl and ask, "I rarely admire anyone, but you were truly impressive today."

Luo Yuejian: ...

As soon as the Camo Uncle mentioned this, Luo Yuejian could not help but recall the slacker system controlling her body just now, as well as the words the slacker system had used to retort to her. If it were not for her poker face, Luo Yuejian would definitely have darkened her expression by now.

She had no interest whatsoever, and she did not want to talk to anyone in the first place. She lazily raised her eyes to look at the Camo Uncle, her lack of desire to speak quite obvious.

The Camo Uncle paused. Having been rebuffed twice in a row, he also lost the interest in talking and shut his mouth.