NABC Chapter 921 Won
Chapter 921 Won
"They won. They won against the 'Eye of All Things.'"
"Only Yang Hua survived this time in 'Eye of All Things'... I really don't know why Fang Youhua had to 'sacrifice' herself at the last moment. I feel like she could have survived and cleared the game without sacrificing herself..."
"Come on, Fang Youhua's attitude clearly showed she wasn't even trying to win. I feel like she's out of her mind. Those players who died in 'Eye of All Things' were really unlucky to have encountered a leader like Fang Youhua..."
"...If you're so capable, why don't you go and say it in front of Fang Youhua?"
"What the hell?! Are you out of your mind?! Can't I even say something casually?"
"Tsk, I just can't stand your easy-going attitude! What's wrong? Want to fight?"
"...You son of a bitch, I'll fuck you..."
"Speaking of which, what happened to Yu Shijiu's arm? It looks terrifying... I thought his arm would return to normal once we got back to the plaza..."
"I think it's unlikely, unless we spend a lot of money to buy purification items, which might eliminate it..."
"But that arm really looks disgusting..."
"..."
In the audience, Lu Chusheng, who had been watching Yu Shijiu since he entered the guild competition instance, finally relaxed completely as he looked at the boy on the teleportation platform.
No one knows how fast Lu Chusheng's heart was pounding when he saw Yu Shijiu being dragged into the wall by those "claws," he almost forgot to breathe.
His fingertips dug deep into his palm, the sharp pain of his nails piercing his skin creeping up his nerves, but he was completely unaware.
Only after Yu Shijiu safely emerged from the wall did Lu Chusheng slowly open his hand, which had been hanging by his side. The bloodstains on his palm were gruesome, mixed with cold sweat from fear that clung to his skin. Only then did the suppressed pain belatedly rise up, sharp and clear.
"Meow?"
Fatty, who had been quietly lying on Lu Chusheng's lap, was extremely anxious when it saw Yu Shijiu appear on the teleportation platform. However, its pink nose twitched several times, and its attention was suddenly drawn to the bloody smell.
"Meow?"
Why does it smell like blood?
Fatty turned its head to look at Lu Chusheng, sniffed him several times, and then brought its head close to Lu Chusheng's outstretched palm.
Fatty: "...Meow meow meow meow?!?"
It meowed angrily several times, and finally, as if resigned, stuck out its tongue and began to lick Lu Chusheng's palm.
While licking, it angrily grabbed at Lu Chusheng's clothes several times, until the other's crisp, almost wrinkle-free team uniform was torn before it stopped.
Lu Chusheng: "..."
"Alright," Lu Chusheng raised his hand and patted the chubby, furry head, and said in a low voice, "Don't you really want to go find him? Go ahead."
"...Meow?" Fatty stopped scratching at his clothes, staring at Lu Chusheng with its eerie green eyes: "Meow meow meow meow?"
—So, meow? You're not going to deliberately hurt yourself again when I'm not looking, meow?
Lu Chusheng, who understood the meaning in the big orange cat's eyes: "..."
Captain Lu was uncharacteristically silent for a few seconds, then a faint smile appeared on his stern face.
"Don't worry," Lu Chusheng reassured the orange cat, "I didn't have any intention of harming myself. It was just an accident."
Feifei glared at him with a very distrustful look for several seconds, but in the end she couldn't help but "miss" Yu Shijiu and scratched Lu Chusheng's clothes several times as if to express her attitude.
"Cha-"
The sound of the fabric being torn was crisp and piercing.
When Lu Chusheng realized what was happening and looked down, he saw that a large patch of the poor corner of his clothes had been dragged down by the big orange cat, with a few strands of yellow fur still hanging on it.
The culprit quickly jumped off his knees, turned around and glared at Lu Chusheng several times with his round eyes, then strode away from the audience with an arrogant and indignant gait.
Lu Chusheng: "..."
Lu Chusheng watched the plump cat's silhouette disappear into the distance, then looked down at his clothes, which were now mangled beyond recognition, and sighed silently.
Well, it's rare to see Fatty so interested in grabbing his clothes.
Lu Chusheng stopped looking at his scratched clothes, raised his head again, and fixed his gaze precisely on Yu Shijiu, who had just come out on stage, across the boiling crowd.
His gaze slowly fell on the boy's still-grown, mutated left arm, and his brow furrowed slightly.
The pollution hasn't subsided yet... Is it that bad?
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Yu Shijiu, who was being discussed, was completely oblivious to the surrounding chatter; he was currently studying his left arm with his head down.
The moment the game instance closed, he could feel that the degree of mutation on his left arm seemed to have... regressed a little?
Although it still looks like a furry animal paw, the fur is not as thick, and the size seems to have shrunk a bit.
"It seems that the effects of contamination have lessened somewhat after leaving the instance environment."
He Lingling said weakly that, supported by Chen Yi, she exchanged for a bottle of recovery potion, took a big gulp, and coughed lightly as she said:
"But I estimate that a full recovery of my arm may require some special methods."
Yu Shijiu watched her drink the recovery potion and felt a little urge to drink it too. He felt quite tired himself, and was a little out of breath. He must have been fighting with those "claws" inside the wall.
Having successfully convinced himself, Yu Shijiu exchanged for a bottle of recovery potion. After taking a large gulp, he licked his lips and said:
"What special method would work?"
Anjie raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, and just as she was about to say something, the giant light screen in front of the center of the square suddenly lit up, displaying the points rewards issued in the guild competition instance.
Unsurprisingly, the "Living" guild received a huge points reward.
But what's even more eye-catching is the line of small text scrolling below the screen:
[Special Announcement: The core mechanics of the "Thumbelina" instance have been permanently corrupted. This instance will be removed from the Dawn Games library, and related memory data has been completely archived.]
[Thanks to players "Fang Youhua", "Yu Shijiu", "He Lingling", "An Jie", "Chen Yi", "Xu Han", and "Yang Hua" for their contributions to the main NPCs in the game instance "Thumbelina".]
As a reward, the above players will receive "Thumbelina's Gift (random)".
"The dungeon can be completely sealed..." Chen Yi said in a low voice, "It's probably because the guild competition dungeon extracts players' memories."
"More or less," He Lingling corrected softly, "but I feel it's more because Fang Youhua completely destroyed everything."
"..."
Yu Shijiu stretched his left arm and suddenly laughed, "That's good. At least there won't be any more girls like Thumbelina who get thrown into that hole and forced to go on blind dates."
After a few seconds of silence, An Jie broke the silence and looked at Yu Shijiu seriously, saying:
"Shi Jiu, your arm needs to be treated as soon as possible. I can go and exchange for high-level purification items—"
"Not urgent."