Chapter 58 - So Hungry

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

For starters, the outward appearance of the rabbit meat was not appealing with its half-cooked state, but the other players were devouring it with delectation under the impulse of hunger.

Seeing that Shen Dongqing had placed the rabbit meat at the side, the Businessman did not care about his own reputation as he thickened his skin and said: “If you don’t want to eat it, let us eat it instead.” HRdzJm

Without waiting for Shen Dongqing’s agreement, the Businessman grabbed the rabbit meat and ran as if he was deathly afraid of someone snatching it away and he proceeded to wolf it down in two to three bites – bones included and completely swallowed – his entire visage was glowing as he feasted.

Shen Dongqing paid no heed to it and turned his head around to ask: “Are you hungry?”

Zhou Wenyan: “I’m okay.”

He was a little hungry as well, and his stomach was squeezing and contracting but it was still within the scope where he could endure. pA8U5V

Shen Dongqing glanced at his suitcase, then plucked out a chocolate bar and stuffed it into his hands. He never thought they would encounter such a situation and he only brought some snacks as a result. Admittedly, they were not ideal for staving off hunger.

Zhou Wenyan tore open the wrapper and took a bite of the chocolate. The sweet and cloying chocolate melted in his mouth and it seemed to alleviate some of the strain in his stomach.

He bit down on another segment of it before he held it before Shen Dongqing’s mouth.

Shen Dongqing pushed away Zhou Wenyan’s hand. “You can eat it, I’m not hungry.” He pinched his nose, “The things here are all weird and we don’t have many snacks. We should save some food.” 3bm6M9

Furthermore, he could eat the yin energy on Zhou Wenyan’s body if he was hungry.

Shen Dongqing was akin to a hamster storing up grain to pass the winter as he held onto his suitcase of snacks.

Zhou Wenyan chuckled: “Come over here.”

Shen Dongqing shuffled closer to him slowly. XxUl5z

Reaching his hand out, Zhou Wenyan directly pulled him into his embrace, before lowering his head and kissing him.

Shen Dongqing widened his eyes: “Mm…”

It was sweet?

The chocolate had scarcely melted when it was forced into Shen Dongqing’s mouth, and it changed into a sweet, warm current. Xc3iKO

Zhou Wenyan shortened the distance between the both of them and used his thumb to brush across Shen Dongqing’s lips to wipe off the smudge of chocolate there.

“Let’s eat it together.”

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Hence, the pair ate all the chocolate by feeding each other one mouthful after another. It was only after they were done that they realised they were missing two players since the Businessman who was touching his rounded belly as he reclined on the ground was the only one present.

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The moment they stepped out of the cave that blocked the wind, the frigid cold wind hit them right in their faces.

Internet Celebrity raised her hand to block the gust as she bit out: “What did you pull me out for?”

A trace of panic flashed across the Doctor’s expression. “Follow me, I suspect that the businessman is the deceased.”

Internet Celebrity went silent for a moment before she asked: “Do you have evidence?” XAmdQc

There was nothing unusual about the Businessman in the slightest; even if he wanted to accuse him of being the dead, he had to bring out the evidence.

The Doctor looked left and right. Seeing that no one was following them, he said, “Follow me.”

Thus, the two of them walked onto the snow-covered ground, leaving a trail of footprints behind them.

More snow had fallen since the Doctor had been here, and the mark he previously left was covered, such that he could not even find the tufts of rabbit fur. gSZBln

The Doctor’s heart thumped as he walked over according to his memory. However, after flipping around the snow for a long time, he did not manage to find the finger he had hidden.

The Internet Celebrity was getting impatient, “Have you found it or not?”

The down jacket she was wearing was thin and form-fitting, so standing in the snow directly made her feel the bone-piercing chill. Shuffling her feet back and forth, she said: “I’ll wait for you over there.” Then, she ran behind a huge rock.

Meanwhile, the Doctor was obsessed and he did not care about the words of the Internet Celebrity; even when his hands became red from the cold, he continued to search the snow for the item. uRthKy

He did not know how long he had been digging for but the Doctor finally touched something that had become hard and stiff, causing a smile to spread across his face: “Come over quickly—”

His last syllable was scattered by the cold wind.

The Doctor’s mouth parted slightly and he went stock-still.

The finger in front of him looked slender and long, and it was not wearing the large and ostentatious gold ring. KQy9uV

The Doctor displaced another layer of snow.

A lean figure could be seen lying underneath. She was wearing a red down jacket and because she was frozen into ice, Internet Celebrity’s supposed sharp face became distorted from the additional layer.

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He was utterly stunned and rooted to the ground, and his body seemed to be enveloped by the frigidity because he could not move at all.

Behind him, the Internet Celebrity’s short yell sounded out. jai0Jd

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The Doctor gave her a deep look and asked: “What?”

Finally regaining her breath, Internet Celebrity pointed in the direction of the rock and said: “I saw that little lady’s corpse, that girl with Braided Pigtails!” YXLKuy

Doctor: “Let’s go over and take a look.”

The Internet Celebrity was somewhat unwilling but under the Doctor’s insistent requests, she still walked back over.

However, there was nothing behind the rock structure.

Internet Celebrity opened her mouth wide and said in disbelief, “I obviously saw it…” LPbEgc

Had the Doctor not discovered Internet Celebrity’s corpse underneath the snow, he would have believed her words. With a perfunctory tone, he uttered, “I think we should go back first.”

Due to the fact that she was still badly shaken, Internet Celebrity did not notice the Doctor’s change as she nodded her head, wanting to get back to human company as soon as possible.

“Burp.” The businessman rubbed his stomach, “I’m going outside to take a piss, hah.” 34mPkh

After he informed them, he ambled outside, swaying back and forth until he found a place that was relatively hidden. Just as he pulled down his pants and lowered his head, his need to pee was forcibly suppressed back.

“Fuck!”

The Businessman took consecutive steps back and the heel of his foot tripped over a small stone, making him fall backwards and land on his butt. However, he did not process the pain at all as he stared straight ahead.

The area had been covered by a thicket of deadwood and a noticeable hand slipped out of it. Lying behind the deadwood was a bespectacled man with refined features, except his face had chilled to a greenish-white and the lens of his spectacles had frosted over. 3nfv4

The Businessman’s throat knot rolled while his limbs remained unmoving.

He did not know how long he sat there but he heard the sound of conversation coming from behind him. It was only then that he regained control of his bodily functions and he struggled to climb to his feet and return back to the camp.

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Upon seeing the Businessman wobble past him, Shen Dongqing tilted his head. “Why do I feel like everyone has become strange?” xP Iz2

Zhou Wenyan said: “Let’s go and check it out.”

The Businessman had left a trail of footsteps in the snow and it was not covered yet, which allowed them to trace back to where he came from.

Very quickly, the pair reached the location that the Businessman had found.

All that was there was a thicket of deadwood and nothing else. hdALnr

Shen Dongqing kicked at the deadwood, causing the accumulated snow on it to land with a soft thump but he found nothing hidden underneath.

“What did they see?” Shen Dongqing could not comprehend.

Zhou Wenyan knelt with one knee. “It should be this.”

Hearing that, Shen Dongqing knelt together with him. ReMiEp

Stretching out his hand, Zhou Wenyan started shifting away the accumulated snow and slowly but surely, a person’s facial features emerged.

Shen Dongqing found it increasingly familiar the longer he looked, and when the entire visage was unveiled to him, his eyes widened. “It’s me!”

He stared into the eyes of the “Shen Dongqing” that had been buried in the snow.

If someone else had seen their own corpse, they would have suffered from a huge scare but not only was Shen Dongqing not afraid, he was poking at himself with a huge amount of curiosity. 1t5 Ns

“It’s hard!” Shen Dongqing exclaimed in surprise.

Zhou Wenyan’s composure was maintained throughout. “It was frozen.”

Shen Dongqing looked at a mirror infrequently, and now that he was confronted with himself, it gave rise to a mystifying feeling. He pinched and poked at everywhere before he eventually tacked on another line: “Why don’t we bring it back?”

In the previous copy, he wanted to bring back a skeleton baby to play with but it was so scared that it redeemed itself on the spot, but they should be able to bring back this dead body as a souvenir, right? L9GdXb

Zhou Wenyan: “We can’t bring it back.”

Quizzical, Shen Dongqing asked: “Why not?”

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Zhou Wenyan rose to his full height and shook off the snow that landed on his body. “This probably isn’t real.”

That caused Shen Dongqing to react. p7UyBL

If this corpse was real, wouldn’t that mean that he was already dead?

He turned his head back and pinched his own cheeks. They were soft and flexible and they even held some warmth.

“I’m not dead ah

Before he managed to finish his sentence, he could not suppress the sleepiness and he closed his eyes again, drilling into Zhou Wenyan’s embrace and nuzzling him like a cat. EPqD9p

Soon after, he drifted back to sleep.