Chapter 147: A Flying Start (10/10, Autumn Subscription)

I saw Ma Ling'er in the team, her Jingang Babi-like physique trembling slightly, her brows tightly furrowed.

Fang Yue slowed his horse and, amidst Luo Xin's slightly stunned gaze, arrived beside Ma Ling'er.

"Are you alright?"

After all, he had taken Ma Tiejiang's little bit of money; he still had to show some concern.

Otherwise, if Ma Ling'er returned to the village and complained to Ma Tiejiang, he would be so embarrassed.

Hearing Fang Yue's words, Ma Ling'er gave a start, as if suddenly snapping back to reality; she looked at Fang Yue, revealed a faint smile, and a slight blush appeared on her cheeks.

"W-what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I saw your brows were tightly furrowed, and I was wondering if you were feeling unwell."

"I'm fine, it's just that the sun is too harsh; I'm afraid it will damage my skin."

After all, this is a game with an ancient setting; there is no such convenient thing as sunscreen, so one must perform Extraction of plant juices from rare plants to use as sun-protection water.

However, it was clear that Ma Ling'er hadn't brought such a thing; after all, out in the wild, everyone is carrying their heads on their belts, and they could lose their lives at any moment, so who cares about sun protection?

Besides...

Fang Yue looked at Ma Ling'er's robust, Jingang Babi-like figure and gave two dry laughs, saying: "Then just hang in there; once we reach Man Shui Cun tonight, you'll be able to get a good rest."

"Mm-hmm, I'm fine... Sorry to trouble Deputy Captain Ye."

As she spoke, Ma Ling'er touched her own cheeks.

"Oh, my face is so hot, and my heart is beating so fast. Deputy Captain Ye, do you think this could be love..."

Before Ma Ling'er had even finished speaking, Fang Yue had already vanished from sight.

She watched Fang Yue's back as he fled as if escaping, and couldn't help but reveal a faint, cold smile, though she quickly composed her expression.

"Hmph! Men!"

Returning to Luo Xin's side, Fang Yue couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, still feeling a lingering fear.

He didn't want to get entangled with Ma Ling'er; he couldn't handle that robust physique! Better to leave this level of village beauty for some other fated person to conquer.

If he were truly interested in a village girl, Fang Yue felt it would be better to keep it ordinary, just ordinary would be fine...

"Aba aba! Aba!? Aba!!"

Just as Fang Yue returned to the front of the team, he heard someone making 'aba aba' sounds from behind.

Fang Yue's mouth twisted; he didn't need to turn around to know that someone had logged on.

Sure enough, he immediately received a friend message.

"Ye Ge! Ye Ge, you're not human! Why did you take me away? Let me go, I want to go back to the village! I want to go back!"

"Heh heh! Niu Niu, you've misunderstood; it wasn't me who took you away, it was An Shenyi who took you away."

"Ah? What do you mean?"

"It's simple, have you forgotten how your 【Ghost Curse】 was lifted?"

Niu Niu thought about it carefully, and his face immediately turned bitter.

"I, I was just saying that casually at the time!"

"Then that's that. If you were just saying it casually, then An Shenyi was just saving you casually at the time; who knows, you might have had to change your shell and reincarnate elsewhere by now."

"..."

Niu Niu fell silent, because what Fang Yue said was the truth.

If he hadn't sold his life to An Shenyi back then, he would have surely died.

"Ye Ge, Ye Ge, then what should I do? I don't want to go to Mo Cun; on this journey, I'm so weak, I'll definitely die!"

"Some deaths are lighter than a feather, others heavier than Mount Tai."

"Ah? Ye Ge, why has your style changed? You aren't such a literary person!"

"Oh, then let me give you a common version—I don't care if you live or die, just get to work honestly!"

"Wow! My mentality has collapsed, Ye Ge is bullying me!"

Hmph! Now you know how to play the victim? Too late!

Looking back at Niu Niu's side, Niu Niu had already struggled down from the two professional team members and was currently 'aba aba'-ing in communication with An Shenyi.

Unfortunately, they couldn't communicate.

Because An Shenyi is not a player and has no idea what this guy is saying.

Eh! Wait! How does it seem like An Shenyi actually understood?

Fang Yue watched in confusion and discovered that the snide-talking Miaofa nearby was acting as a real-time translator.

Fang Yue looked at An Shenyi's expression, which visibly became unhappy, and then, Fang Yue saw Niu Niu run away...

Yes, that's right! Niu Niu actually ran away!

He took big strides, 'thump thump thump', and ran away from the team! Fang Yue was a bit dumbfounded and hurriedly sent a message.

"What's the situation? What's the situation? Did An Shenyi let you go?"

"Ye Ge, don't even mention it! I'm currently a slave who escaped from An Shenyi's hands. If he asks you to kill me later, please don't send any pursuers; I can't handle a beating from that many people."

Fang Yue's face darkened.

Damn! This guy is too good at finding trouble.

Sure enough, before long, An Shenyi came knocking.

"Yeye, sorry for the embarrassment; my experimental subject is disobedient and ran away. I hope you can send some people to kill him; I don't want him anymore."

Ah, this...

Fang Yue was in a bit of a dilemma.

"An Shenyi, this is the wild; if I specifically send people out to hunt down a Niu Niu, I'm afraid it will be like throwing a meat bun at a dog—never to return."

An Shenyi certainly knew this, but he was still a bit too angry to let it go.

"Either that, or Yeye, you have the team set up camp and wait for my return, and give me a fast horse; I'll be back in a flash!"

Is there really a need to be this persistent...

Fang Yue felt somewhat depressed.

The escort team was assembled specifically to protect Divine Doctor An and ensure his safe return to Mo Cun; if they were to let Divine Doctor An simply go off to chase someone, putting him in a dangerous situation, would that even be reasonable?

But to have him send people to chase Niu Niu...

"Divine Doctor An, isn't this a bit much? It's just one Niu Niu, there's really no need to hunt him down. Where could he possibly run off to alone? He's just going back to Gu Yue Cun. He might not even make it back; who knows, something might happen to him on the road."

If it were anyone else, hearing Fang Yue say this, they would probably just let it go.

But Divine Doctor An had a strange obsession with test subjects and, surprisingly, still refused to give up.

This gave Fang Yue a massive headache; he sent messages to Niu Niu repeatedly, but they were like stones sinking into the ocean... This guy was running quite fast, actually moving beyond the range for sending messages.

Just as Fang Yue was getting a headache over what to do, Luo Xin up ahead suddenly let out a roar.

"Everyone stop!!"

What's the situation?!

Fang Yue felt a jolt in his heart, exchanged a glance with Divine Doctor An, and hurriedly rode his horse to the front to look ahead.

He saw that of the Guard Team at the very front of the group, six people were lying flat on the ground, the veins on their foreheads bulging, their hands and feet twisted as if pressed against the ground, as if enduring some immense pressure, and then—

Boom!

One of them suddenly burst into a spray of blood, turning into a pile of meat paste, red and white mixed all over the ground, like the corpse of a squashed gecko, sticking stickily to the ground, a sight that made one physically ill.

Following that was the second person, the third person, the fourth person...

Like popcorn, they burst one after another, turning into six puddles of corpse remains.

"Heavy Pressure Ghost..."

Divine Doctor An's pupils constricted as he muttered to himself, his expression filled with fear.

Fang Yue keenly caught this, his heart skipped a beat, and he had an ominous feeling.

Could it be that they encountered a ghost the moment they stepped out, such an unlucky start...

Sleeping now, sleeping now.

(End of this chapter)