Chapter 25

After Fu Qing pretended to be a screaming woman, he paused for a moment, then yelled for help using his own voice.

You Xi silently watched Fu Qing’s self-directed and self-acted performance, then decided not to bother him.

Fu Qing actually was an A-Level player with plenty of fans. He blatantly deceived other players and destroyed his own reputation. What was his goal?

After Fu Qing stopped his performance, You Xi waited half a minute before exiting the cavern. He continued walking through the path on the far right, then met Guo Juexing, who was sitting and resting on the ground.

Guo Juexing looked somewhat embarrassed, but he was uninjured.

It was an unexpected surprise that he was able to encounter You Xi. He rose from the ground and gave You Xi a warm hug, then worriedly thought of something else: “It appears that Fu Qing has been killed.”

You Xi nodded: “I heard his call for help.”

“We need to find some way to save him!”

“Birds cry and some people pity them. A fish is wounded and nobody hears. You can’t conclude that Fu Qing’s situation is more worrisome that Zhou Yu’s just because he called for help.” You Xi spoke, thinking deeply. “I suggest we go to Zhou Yu first. Fu Qing has researched more about this instance than any of us. If Zhou Yu faces a difficult situation, then what could he do?”

Guo Juexing paused. If they were talking about relationships, then he and Fu Qing were just distant acquaintances, but he had been very amicable with Zhou Yu. He quickly made a decision. Following You Xi’s lead, he turned back on his path and went to find Zhou Yu.

But things weren’t going well. You Xi discovered that the marks he made when he came had disappeared.

Disregarding the rules of male-to-male intimacy, You Xi grabbed Guo Juexing’s arm with a solemn expression: “The maze is alive!”

The underground maze was like a Rubik’s Cube; it would rotate around every so often. After a rotation, the cave paths corresponding to each fork in the road would switch.

Although he didn’t want to admit it, the situation was moving towards a worse direction.

“The situation has changed.” Guo Juexing said solemnly. “I suggest that from here on out, we focus on completing our mission. It’s not cost-effective to waste so much energy just to find people.”

You Xi nodded. He also agreed.

“Judging based on the data from past videos, many teams lost their way.” You Xi thought about it. “Fu Yuan included. Their team was organized, but they still wandered for many days without finding the entrance.”

Having said that, You Xi suddenly considered that Fu Qing’s call for help could have been deliberately coaxing everyone to turn back. Maybe so that they could all realize the important clue that ‘the maze is mobile?’

But You Xi quickly rejected that consideration. After all, if Fu Qing was being kind, he could have just told them directly what he had discovered.

It was strange. You Xi felt that Fu Qing wasn’t holding back on any good ideas. He just wanted to borrow others’ hands to fulfill his ulterior motives.

Fu Qing had spared no effort to reach this tomb. Was it really something as simple as wanting to rescue his older brother?

You Xi had deep suspicions about that.

“The skeletons that showed up just now weren’t skilled in combat. They all fled after they realized they couldn’t win against you.” You Xi inferred. “A drunkard’s intention is not to drink. The game is putting on such a show; maybe it just wants to mess around with the players.”

“If I were the tomb owner, I would also adopt this kind of strategy to deal with my enemies. First break up the enemies from within, then find some way to use up all of their physical strength. That’s the purpose of the moving maze. The tomb owner could use this function to confuse the players who enter the tomb’s territory and lead them back to the entrance so that they never get anywhere near the coffin.”

“After the players are physically exhausted, the tomb owner will take the initiative and send a powerful force to eliminate them.”

“If that’s the case, it would be terrifying.” Guo Juexing frowned. “We have to be careful from now on! If the enemy can break us up once, it can break us up twice. We must take strong precautions. I have an imitation red string. 1 After we’re tied together, even if we get lost, we can follow the red string to find each other.”

You Xi: “……Why didn’t you use such a perfect item from the start, ah!”

Guo Juexing scratched his head: “I only have one imitation red string. It was a reward given by the system for clearing a game. It’s easy to use, but it can only connect two people at a time.”

Guo Juexing took out the string and tied You Xi’s right wrist as he spoke. You Xi picked up the other end of the string and helped Guo Juexing tie the knot together.

At that moment, in You Xi’s live broadcasting room, the barrage was frantic again.

“Love is a ray of light, green to make you panic. 2 @003” Xiao Niao Kan Zhuang Bi Zhe tapped happily on the keyboard.

“Yingyingying, I was wrong. If 004 is really going to rush down this path, never to return, then its better to go with 003. What is this Guo Juexing? He looks so stupid and rough like a bear!” Yan Fen fans were in pain and didn’t want to live. 3

“I’m withering. Unexpectedly, 004 is so prodigious. Just after he met Guo Juexing, they’re already joined together through thousands of miles.4 Last game, we said that Dai-ge was fated!” 003 fans burst into tears.

Someone consoled them and said, “Don’t take it seriously. Blessed Marriage was just a game.”

003 fans were crying. 5

Everyone reacted spontaneously and left a screen full of subtitles, but Qin Yuandai saw all of those unsavory words.

After seeing someone typing cheerfully to say that 003 was a casual boyfriend, the cup in Qin Yuandai’s hand suddenly burst with a ‘pop.’

Qin Yuandai was extremely upset.

He was upset that the netizens said he was bound together with You Xi, upset that the netizens made their own assumptions and cuckolded him, and even more upset that they made up clever stories about 003 being abandoned.

–what abandoned or not abandoned!

Although he didn’t have many impure thoughts about You Xi, they did kiss after all. Their morality was compromised. To say that he treated You Xi like his younger brother would feel too fake to him.

But Qin Yuandai couldn’t figure out how much he liked You Xi. He gave the premium talisman to You Xi mainly to apologize to him and express his thanks. Although there was some desire to protect him in play, Qin Yuandai didn’t feel that it was a manifestation of his profound love.

He couldn’t figure out his feelings, so he didn’t contact You Xi after the game, but–

His fans concluding he was abandoned, Qin Yuandai couldn’t tolerate it.

This time, he didn’t bother Liu Yu again. He personally went into battle and sent You Xi 5 million gifts using his ‘003 Wansui’ side account.

Arrangements, he must make arrangements for the next game! Qin Yuandai needed to prove that he wasn’t a casual toss!

In the game, You Xi and Guo Juexing ran into some trouble again.

They stopped at the cave entrance and watched the maze’s process. The cave that originally connected them slowly rose like an elevator, then a minute later, the cave hidden underground revealed its hideous face–

You Xi heard a hissing sound.

“Not good, it’s a snake!” Guo Juexing was surprised. “The snake that Fu Yuan and the others faced was venomous. If you’re accidentally bitten, you’ll be killed where you stand!”