Chapter 411
Aside from the already used 【Mysterious Power】 and the 【Ancient Curse】 that they had agreed not to use in this game, the only skill icons she had left were 【Bedtime Fairy Tale】, 【I Want to Improve So Much】, 【Fourfold Spring】, 【Dandelion in the Wind】, 【Match-3 Game】, 【Behind the Scenes】, and 【Snap, Lock Down】.
None of them could change her current predicament.
The only way she could think of to turn the tide was to seize the opportunity to steal a skill that could save her life, and just then, nearly all the players had come out to watch the spectacle.
She could even hear the envious voice of Xiao Haima—“Xie xie! How much would a funeral of this level and lineup cost? Can you help me get one?!”
Yu Xunge kicked away a rabbit and desperately grabbed another one that had already attacked her, using it as a shield by holding it tightly around the neck. No matter how much it elbowed her, she refused to let go.
These rabbits adjusted their attributes and combat power when fighting players, so this one was momentarily unable to break free from Yu Xunge's grip.
Her forearm bones had already been crushed by the rabbit, and her ribs were likely broken in several places. She could hardly breathe, but even so, she wouldn’t let go.
This rabbit was just the right size, perfectly blocking most of her body—a carefully selected rabbit shield.
The rabbit: “...Show me some respect.”
Yu Xunge could feel her entire right arm growing weak, the bones inside crushed by the rabbit. Even though her physical condition had improved significantly, she was still powerless.
She decisively switched to her left arm, continuing to hold onto the rabbit. She even had the energy to retort, “Not enough respect for you? You’re in the center of the battlefield; enjoy the spotlight while you can!”
The shield rabbit twitched its mouth: “...Thanks, I guess?”
Yu Xunge: “No need to thank me! Thank the new chef at Restaurant 353 instead!”
Before she finished speaking, she slightly turned her body, letting the rabbit absorb a side kick from another rabbit.
At this point, she had been pushed to the edge of the food street, right above one of the top-ranked restaurants.
Even with a rabbit as a shield, under the relentless attacks, Yu Xunge's health had dropped to 0.455%.
In just a few minutes, she had been attacked nearly a hundred times.
She had done her best, but the combat skills of these rabbits were beyond her current capabilities.
Yu Xunge had tried countless times to enter the restaurant, but the rabbits always anticipated her route, blocking her every move and even kicking her further away from the restaurant.
At this moment, Yu Xunge seemed to have reached a dead end.
She couldn’t die; if she did, the effects of 【Mysterious Power】 would vanish, and all that awaited her was an endless cycle of death.
This was revenge from Rabbit No. 3.
Yu Xunge looked down at the restaurant, her gaze sweeping over one player after another who had come to watch, recalling their titles and pondering the skills they might possess.
She had always hated gambling on luck in critical situations, but now, at this life-and-death moment, she had no choice but to leave everything to fate?
B8017913: “So unlucky! Do you regret bringing me away from Garbage Mountain?”
Surrounded by rabbits, Yu Xunge had no idea how much blood she had lost. Once, she had been obsessive about cleaning up every drop of blood she left behind, but now she had no time to care. Wherever she went, her blood spilled, leaving a trail down at least half the street.
Yet, in this moment, Yu Xunge surprisingly found the time to respond to B8017913: “This has nothing to do with you.”
B8017913: “If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have encountered so many strong players early on. You’d be teaming up with players at levels 5 and 7, and maybe even run into some clueless newbies.”
Yu Xunge muttered, “Every step I’ve taken has been my own choice!”
She didn’t just think this in her mind; she said it out loud. Her consciousness was starting to blur, and she needed to say something to maintain her mental clarity, to keep herself from drifting off.
Even though her body had become data, her physiological structure still had its weaknesses.
After being attacked over a hundred times, her internal organs and bones were shattered, and there wasn’t a single part of her that was still intact. She had accumulated dozens of DEBUFFs.
The little bun at the back of her head had long been scattered, her hair tie lost, and her medium-length hair hung down in disarray, the tips stained with blood.
She shouted, “All my achievements and honors are due to me, and so are my hardships! So don’t flatter yourself!”
After saying this, she raised the shield rabbit high and dove down, ignoring the rain of attacks on her back, pushing the rabbit shield forward with all her might, striving to get closer to Restaurant No. 1, closer to that player—Donghai Shark Cold.
Sorry, but it’s you again!
Once known as 【Calmly Facing Death】, 【Donghai Shark Cold】!
She pinched a tuft of rabbit fur and, through the fluffy rabbits, locked eyes with Donghai Shark Cold.
Donghai Shark Cold, who had been watching the show: “?”
Seeing Zai Jiu Xun Ge’s miserable state and grinning with eight teeth, Donghai Shark Cold: “!!”
In that moment of eye contact, when he saw the smile at the corner of Zai Jiu Xun Ge’s mouth, Donghai Shark Cold: “!!! You can’t be serious?”
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Yu Xunge felt the skill icon in her palm and pressed it onto her right forearm, turning to let the rabbit shield take the hits. Amid Donghai Shark Cold's furious shouts and curses, she saw her newly acquired skill.
【Spring Scenery and Flowers】 (SSS Rank): After using this skill, every step you take will randomly produce a type of flower, each granting you different kinds of buffs. As long as you are alive, the flowers will not wither; as long as you do not leave the current world, the blessings of the Flower God will not expire. The skill lasts for 50 minutes; up to 100 types of flowers can exist simultaneously; each use costs 10 mana points; cooldown time is 2 hours.
This was clearly a skill that Donghai Shark Cold had upgraded.
However, it was also a skill that couldn’t change Yu Xunge’s situation.
As long as she was hit, she would lose 0.004% of her health. No matter how many buffs she had, she couldn’t survive the onslaught of hundreds of rabbits.
—“Ha!”
Yu Xunge couldn’t help but let out a laugh.
So this is what it feels like when hope shatters.
I said you can’t gamble on luck!!
B8017913: “We can start over, Zai Jiu Xun Ge.”
Yu Xunge: “Did you calculate my failure rate? 100%?”
B8017913: “Just like the failure rate when I first met you, 99.99%.”
“Good.” Yu Xunge smiled and forcefully threw the shield rabbit at another rabbit, “There’s still a 0.01%! Great!!”
Yu Xunge dodged a rabbit’s skill, using her waist and abdomen to drive her shoulder and her already twisted forearm, swinging her fist at that rabbit.
—“That’s why I said, you should have shown some guts when it mattered, and backed down when it was time to.”
Yu Xunge blinked hard, shaking off the blood that had flowed into her eyes. Following the sound, she saw Rabbit No. 3, who had flown over at some point.
Most of the rabbits surrounding her had retreated to the lower part of the food street to watch the show. They had already attacked Zai Jiu Xun Ge, and further attacks would be ineffective.
They, like the players on either side of the food street, were either laughing, chatting with their companions, or remaining silent, but none had left. They were all still there, watching this spectacle unfold.
Yu Xunge didn’t need a mirror to know how disheveled she looked at this moment.
Hair, chin, fingertips, and the tips of her boots were all dripping with blood.
Her arm was twisted, and she had lost two teeth.
But it seemed she could no longer feel the pain; all she felt was a burning sensation in her heart or perhaps her soul.
She said, “I’m not wrong.”
She punched a rabbit in the head while another rabbit kicked her in the abdomen, causing her to spit out a mouthful of blood.
“But you lost the gamble,” Rabbit No. 3 said.
Yu Xunge shouted, “I’m not wrong!”
You all keep saying I’m wrong.
—“You’re afraid of missing out, afraid of risks, afraid of failure! Your caution is your shackles!”
—“Do you think those true strong ones grew up hiding in the sewers? No, it’s blood, it’s relentless forward motion, it’s destroying everything in their path, not being overly cautious and waiting for the perfect moment to act.”
Liang Po Zhou said she was wrong.
—“Don’t you think you lack guts like this? You’re bluffing, intimidating your enemies, making them afraid to act against you out of fear of losing.”
—“You didn’t show guts when you should have, and you were impulsive when you shouldn’t have.”
Even the gods who didn’t think highly of her said she was wrong.
Avoiding the spotlight is wrong, retaliating is also wrong!
—“Staying here is just prolonging the inevitable.”
—“I’m helping you.”
—“Struggle a little longer; I hope you won’t regret your decision.”
Even the gods who seemed to support her also seemed to say she was wrong.
The voices were too chaotic, too chaotic!! It was so noisy!
She often felt like she was in a wasteland, with no signposts, nothing to guide her direction.
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