Chapter 911: Unexpected Conflict

Unexpected Conflict

It must be said that there is a big difference between children raised in poverty and those raised in wealth.

Cheng Shi still retained the "innocent smile" of his childhood, while the Xiao Qi opposite him... no, he should be called Du Qiyu now.

The Du Qiyu opposite him had a flash of gloom and suspicion in his eyes that was hard to detect.

Perhaps he didn't expect that Xiao Shi from back then was actually still alive, and had actually lived until now in this cruel 【Faith Game】.

He had also gone to the orphanage to inquire after growing up. When he learned that his best childhood friend had been sold for the high price of 3,000 yuan to an old man who picked up trash, he was stunned for a long time.

Ha, 3,000 yuan, truly valuable; it could buy a glass of wine on his dining table on a normal day.

Whenever he thought of this, Du Qiyu felt that lies could indeed change a person's life.

He had never regretted it, in any sense.

Seeing Xiao Shi again at this moment, Du Qiyu's sharp gaze scanned Cheng Shi from top to bottom. The other party still looked as good as he did when he was a child. Hmph, but what use is looking good?

His heart was full of disdain, but the hand holding his cheek covered the wound on his face even more tightly.

These damn things, did they have to scratch his face at this time!?

Xiao Qi's heart was full of violence, but his eyes still looked incredibly clear, even carrying a hint of surprise.

His gaze swept over Cheng Shi's fingers again. When he saw Cheng Shi wearing three gaudy rings, he almost sneered out loud.

Sure enough, children who begged for food in the shantytown liked to decorate themselves with these gaudy, cheap art pieces that meant nothing.

Did he think this was a trend?

Ridiculous, what era is this? In the game, strength is the trend!

Xiao Qi's thoughts were very complex; he didn't know why he had developed all sorts of fantasies and criticisms about Cheng Shi's past, future, and present.

However, Cheng Shi knew nothing about this. He just had a brilliant smile on his face, looking at the other party kindly, his eyes full of confusion.

It was a confusion mixed with slight suspicion, resistance, and wariness, but if one observed carefully, one could see that inside those slightly uneasy eyes, there was clearly a surprise at running into an old acquaintance.

And coincidentally, Du Qiyu was a person good at observation. He tasted everything in Cheng Shi's eyes and concluded that the other party hadn't recognized him at all. But he didn't have a shred of joy at avoiding the awkwardness of the past; instead, he was stunned for a moment, and then instantly burned with anger.

He actually forgot him?

How could he not recognize him?

I dared to recognize him, yet he couldn't recognize me?

If it weren't for my face being ruined by those two dog things, would I look worse than him!?

Whether in reality or in the game, whether in financial resources or strength, in what way am I inferior to him?

Du Qiyu gritted his teeth bitterly, and the hand behind his back moved faster. However, he didn't show any anger on the surface. Instead, a flash of light that was hard to detect passed through his eyes, and he instantly had an idea. He flipped through the memories of the past in his mind for a moment and said to Cheng Shi with pleasant surprise:

"Are you Xiao Shi?"

"Don't you recognize me?"

"I'm A Gua, don't you remember? I was sitting..."

Cheng Shi hadn't forgotten. He remembered who A Gua was—the little fatty who sat behind him at the orphanage. He did indeed look 30% like the young Xiao Qi, and their birthdays were on the same day. The teachers at the orphanage often joked that they might be brothers.

Of course, he not only remembered A Gua, but even more so, Xiao Qi.

Look, this is a liar, a liar who wouldn't tell the truth from childhood to adulthood.

Interestingly, when the other party lied as a child, there might have been flaws, but now that he's grown up...

Cheng Shi sneered in his heart, because the Master of Deception told him that what Xiao Qi said was not a lie.

This was interesting.

Tsk, Patron, when did you become a trash can? Why do you accept all kinds of trash?

But since you want to keep acting, then as your "best friend," I naturally have to accompany you in the act.

Thus, Cheng Shi's eye acting entered the next stage. When Xiao Qi was halfway through speaking, his eyes widened suddenly, the surprise buried by indifference erupted instantly, and even the friendly and standard fake smile at the corner of his mouth carried a hint of warmth.

But this wasn't over. When this surprise completely dyed the corners of his eyes, Cheng Shi seemed to have thought of something again. His entire gaze dimmed, and a hint of regret and hatred flashed across his face, but soon, this negative emotion that shouldn't have appeared on Cheng Shi's face disappeared, replaced by the joy of seeing an old childhood friend again.

All of this was captured by Du Qiyu's sharp eyes. He sneered in his heart, his anger even greater.

Sure enough, this good-for-nothing Xiao Shi who only looked good was still holding a grudge against him. The other party clearly thought of him, who resembled A Gua, through the name A Gua, which was why that trace of complex malice flashed across his face.

However... hate me, then. The more you hate me, the more opportunities I can find.

A player who can't control his own eyes, what kind of expert can he be?

Heh, one step slow, every step slow. Xiao Shi, ah Xiao Shi, you've fallen too far behind.

Xiao Qi's words continued, and Cheng Shi also blurted out: "Are you A Gua? You actually lost weight..."

But just as the two were speaking over each other due to the surprise of an accidental encounter, the real accident happened!

The entire forest on one side of the cart was suddenly erased!

Without warning, without a sound!

It was the power of 【Annihilation】!

Everyone was shocked. Looking to the side, they saw that the sparse gray hair of the brain-turned-inside-out man happened to be facing the scabby-headed man opposite him as he withdrew his hand. That posture clearly meant that he was the one who erased this forest.

As for the scabby-headed man sitting opposite him, he had disappeared directly.

Just as everyone was suspicious about whether a player had died at the very beginning, the forest opposite the scabby-headed man that hadn't disappeared yet trembled violently. The dense forest began to grow wildly, branches approached rapidly, and even the wooden cart bed grew new tender buds, but the shape of those buds...

... was clearly one thorn-like thorn after another!

Crown of Thorns!

At this moment, Cheng Shi's pupils shrank and he turned to retreat. The other teammates on the cart also had their expressions change drastically and disappeared directly, leaving the battlefield of these two people at the first opportunity.

Because the movement of the entire forest disappearing out of thin air was too great, the entire caravan stopped in panic for a time. Calls of "Enemy attack" rang out one after another from the front and back. The Iron Law Knights fully loaded in the caravan raised their armor and guns one after another. Even if their faces had fear, they still acted in an orderly manner.

Although this knight order was temporarily recruited, their combat quality didn't seem too low. The knights scattered with a roar, forming groups of three or five to defend themselves. But even with cavalry spears raised and swords forming a forest, they didn't discover which side the enemy had sneaked in from.

And at this very moment, the two people who were fighting on the player's cart bed had already relied on their respective talents to leave this caravan and went deep into the dense forest on one side to fight wantonly.

The knights watched the movement deep in the forest, watching the trees nearby sometimes lush, sometimes withered, sometimes disappearing in patches. The elemental judges who were suppressing the caravan finally appeared, singing with solemn faces, bringing judgment from 【Order】 to the enemies attempting to raid this reinforcement caravan.

Seeing this, Cheng Shi's face turned black. He mixed into the crowd and ran toward the caravan's expected direction of travel without looking back.

After the unseen enemy made such a big commotion, the only way he could think of for the Grand Court of Judgment to intercept was "Meteor Fire Rain."

He didn't want to experience the fear of war in this forest again, so Cheng Shi ran decisively.

There was one other person as smart as him; Du Qiyu and that horse-faced 【Dementia】 believer were both gone, leaving only the female teammate with a face of neither joy nor sorrow following behind Cheng Shi, moving forward all the way. ===== CHAPTER 912 =====