Weird, my gaming life

The cave was cold and damp.

Xiao Lingling hugged her knees, her body trembling like a leaf in the wind. Her jaw chattered incessantly, making soft clenching sounds.

The faces of those men in black, the steel knives they brandished, lingered in her mind.

Zhao Ran wasn't in much better shape. She leaned against the cold stone wall, her hands tightly clasped together, looking towards the cave entrance again and again.

Senior brother...

Her lips moved, but no sound came out. He hadn't returned yet.

Fear and worry, like two invisible hands, gripped their throats.

suddenly.

A soft rustling sound came from outside the cave, faint yet exceptionally clear in the deathly silence.

Both of them froze at the same time.

Breathing has stopped.

They looked at each other in horror, their eyes filled with the same despair.

Zhao Ran bit her lower lip, mustered all her strength, and her voice trembled uncontrollably.

"Is...is it my senior brother?"

There was only deathly silence in response to her.

The footsteps stopped.

Then it rang again, closer now.

A small, thin figure slowly emerged from the dim light and shadow at the cave entrance.

"Senior Sister Zhao, it's me!"

His voice was young, yet it possessed a maturity beyond his years.

It is Lin Yuan.

Their tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and Xiao Lingling and Zhao Ran almost simultaneously collapsed.

"Junior Brother Lin Yuan!" Zhao Ran rushed forward and grabbed his arm. "Have you seen my senior brother?! Have you seen him?!"

Her voice was urgent, and her fingers turned white from the force she used.

Lin Yuan looked into the girl's expectant eyes and remained silent for a moment.

He slowly and firmly shook his head.

The light in Zhao Ran's eyes suddenly dimmed, his hands fell limply to his sides, and he seemed to collapse as if he had given up.

Lin Yuan remained silent for a few seconds.

He would never reveal the truth, nor witness Lin Ran falling to the knife of the man in black.

At that time, due to his strong mental power, he was actually quite far away, several hundred meters away.

Each of the four men in black exuded a deadly aura.

If he rushes over there, he will only become the second Lin Ran.

He was not a selfless saint. He could not have known about Lin Ran's death.

Once he admits it, this mess will implicate him.

Lin Yuan lowered his eyes, forcibly suppressing the blood-red image in his mind.

"Senior Sister Zhao, I don't see Senior Brother Lin."

He paused, lowering his voice even further, "But I saw several men in black searching our area. So we have to leave immediately!"

The words "men in black" were like a thunderclap, breaking the silence of the cave.

Zhao Ran and Xiao Lingling's faces turned deathly pale instantly, and they were completely at a loss.

Even the usually arrogant Xiao Lingling looked at him with a weak and helpless gaze.

"Junior...brother, where...where should we go!"

Her voice trembled, and her former haughty demeanor was gone.

"Come with me." Lin Yuan's tone left no room for argument. "I already found a new hiding place before I came. Moreover, I have already notified my sect using beacon towers."

He scanned their pale faces, his voice steady and powerful.

"If we just hide a little longer until Master and the others arrive, we'll be safe!"

These words were like a shot in the arm.

The two women felt much more at ease immediately, nodded hurriedly, and staggered after Lin Yuan as they left the cave.

The light was dim in the woods.

Lin Yuan listened intently; the sound of the wind, the falling leaves, the chirping of insects... nothing seemed amiss.

He determined the direction and then led the two women quickly in the opposite direction.

Not far along, a familiar shout pierced through the trees and echoed out.

"Junior Sister, where are you!"

His voice was loud and clear, full of anxiety.

Xiao Lingling's panicked face instantly blossomed into wild joy.

"It's Senior Brother! Ranran, it's Senior Brother! Let's hurry! He's here to save us!"

Lin Yuan's expression suddenly froze.

"We can't go there!"

He shouted sternly and grabbed Xiao Lingling tightly as she turned to run away.

Lin Yuan grabbed her and forcibly dragged her in the direction he had planned.

"Lin Yuan! You little pervert! Let me go!"

Xiao Lingling struggled violently, her arms aching from his grip.

"Why did you stop me from going to find my senior brother! Tell me! Did you lure the men in black here?!"

Xiao Lingling questioned in a shrill voice, her tone full of malice.

"Enough!" Lin Yuan abruptly stopped, turning back to glare at her. "Use your brain! Does it take Senior Brother half an hour to catch a bird?!"

His eyes were icy cold. "Besides, how could a lowly peasant like me, a menial disciple, possibly have the ability to attract assassins? If I had that ability, would I still be working as a menial servant in Qinghe Palace?"

Xiao Lingling wouldn't listen to a word.

On one side is the handsome and considerate senior brother with whom she has known for seven or eight years.

On one side is Lin Yuan, whom she has always disliked and has known for less than two months.

She preferred to believe that Lin Yuan was the one with the problem.

The next moment, Lin Yuan felt a sharp pain in his hand and subconsciously released his grip.

Xiao Lingling had already broken free and was running wildly toward the source of the sound without looking back.

Lin Yuan looked at the row of deep teeth marks on the back of his hand.

A nameless rage surged to his head, but then turned into a deep sense of helplessness.

"Damn it!"

Lin Yuan couldn't help but curse out loud.

However, he could already hear the approaching footsteps. It was too late.

He glanced at Zhao Ran, who was still hesitating beside him, and gritted his teeth.

"Senior Sister Zhao, are you going too?"

Zhao Ran watched Xiao Lingling's resolute back as her best friend ran away so fast that she didn't even look back at her.

Her senior brother's fate is unknown, and her best friend has abandoned her.

A sudden surge of immense sorrow welled up within me.

She pursed her chapped lips and lowered her head.

When she looked up again, she looked into Lin Yuan's eyes, her voice soft but incredibly clear.

"Junior Brother Lin, I believe in you."

Lin Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, we didn't lose everything.

As for Xiao Lingling... he could only hope that she wouldn't suffer the consequences of her own actions.

"Since you trust me, let's hurry up and go!"

He disregarded the boundaries between men and women, grabbed Zhao Ran's wrist, and ran off in another direction.

With Xiao Lingling no longer an uncertain factor, and with the obedient Zhao Ran by his side, Lin Yuan suddenly felt much more relaxed.

He focused his mental energy on his ears, and every rustle of grass within a 500-meter radius was clearly imprinted in his mind.

Evading the pursuers was a piece of cake.

Suddenly, Lin Yuan's ears twitched as he caught a rapid sound.

Without hesitation, he pulled Zhao Ran and turned in that direction.

the other side.

Xiao Lingling ran frantically through the woods.

Soon, she saw that familiar figure on the other side of the jungle.

Dressed in white, his figure was upright and graceful.

"Senior Brother!"

Without thinking, she rushed over, crying as she ran, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"I'm here!"

Hearing the voice, Ling Xiao turned around. His increasingly somber expression softened instantly upon seeing who it was.

"Lingling, where did you all go? I've been looking everywhere for you!"

Xiao Lingling suddenly threw herself into his arms, raising her tear-filled face.

"Senior Brother, you don't know... if you had come any later, you... you would never have seen me again!"

She choked up as she recounted the attack in fits and starts.

"Alright, little kitten, stop crying."

Ling Xiao held her trembling body and gently comforted her. A smile played on his lips, but it didn't reach his eyes.

"Isn't your senior brother here looking for you?"

As if remembering something, he asked again, "Lingling, where did Junior Brother and Junior Sister Zhao go?"

Xiao Lingling then realized that she had forgotten her best friend.

But the thought only flashed through my mind.

In her heart, no one was important except for her senior brother.

After thinking for a moment, she decisively pointed in the direction where Lin Yuan and Zhao Ran had left.

Ling Xiao held her in his arms and made a slight gesture with his fingers.

From Xiao Lingling's perspective...

The shadows of the trees swayed.

Two dark figures appeared silently and sped off in the direction she pointed out.