PFRG: Chapter 127

Chi Ting took the game card and didn’t forget to confirm it.

The game coins he had were reduced, but as expected, no other changes occurred to him. Obviously, the game coins he had earned before still allowed him to stay in an absolutely safe value range.

Looking down, he could see that as the value of the game coins of the player in front of him recovered, the doll costume on his body gradually returned to its original appearance.

It was at this time that he finally asked the question that puzzled him. “How did you manage to collect so many punishment cards?”

“……” The rescued player was called Xu Zhao. He had just caught his breath. Now that he was asked this question, he put on a mask of pain again.

He was very grateful for the life-saving grace just now and immediately adjusted his mood to answer. Then he heard Wu Ruici speak beside him. “Do you still need to ask? It is obvious that he was tricked by the Jazz team. If I’m not mistaken, this guy originally wanted to seek protection from the Jazz team but ended up being treated as a blind box opening tool. Finally, he was thrown away when his use was over. I can only say that he is too naive. He didn’t even understand the situation of the other team before trying to curry favor with them. He deserves to die without knowing how he died.”

Xu Zhao’s face turned red and white after hearing these words. Finally, he said hesitantly, “I just heard that their team was ranked higher. Who would’ve known that they clearly agreed to it before, but later on…”

As he spoke, he glanced at Chi Ting anxiously. For a moment, he was a bit unsure. “Do you need me to repay you now? But the nature’s gifts I have found have been taken away by the Jazz team. As for the game coins, this is all I have left.”

At the moment when Xu Zhao was on the verge of death, Chi Ting was undoubtedly like a descending god. But he also knew very well that in this unlimited world, even gods would charge corresponding rewards.

Yue Ren also looked at Chi Ting. “Yes, Captain. What do you want in return?”

“We can talk about the reward after we get out of the instance. I’ll go first. Time is running out,” Chi Ting said. Then he took a step forward. The moment he turned around, he didn’t forget to pull Yue Ren over.

The quick and neat movement caused Yue Ren to stagger from surprise. After a moment, he stabilized his body and glanced at Chi Ting’s side profile with a smile. “What’s wrong, Captain? You are so gentle to others, but so fierce to me?”

The two of them were walking in front. In the blink of an eye, they had already widened the distance from those behind them. Chi Ting took this time to look at Yue Ren and raised his eyes. “Am I fierce? Even if I am fierce, isn’t it better than some people taking every opportunity to be sarcastic?”

Yue Ren laughed. “You are talking about me?”

“Do you dare to say no?”

“I don’t dare to do that.” Yue Ren thought for a moment before saying, “I seem to be sarcastic to everyone.”

Chi Ting finally stopped his rapid steps, and he looked over. “So what are you angry about?”

The surroundings fell into a subtle silence for a few seconds. Finally, Yue Ren laughed softly. “Really… I don’t know whether I should be happy or not. You actually found that I am a bit angry.”

“You…”

The rest of his words paused as Yue Ren suddenly approached.

“Hey, Captain. It seems like there is a new box over there. Why don’t we go over there…?” Ji Xingque was caught off guard when he saw this scene. “Ah, what are you guys whispering about?”

Yue Ren looked back at him. “You have enough game coins on you. Don’t ask your captain to make a decision on everything, okay?”

Ji Xingque wanted to see something else. Then when he heard the last few words that were clearly the most pressing, his instincts gave him the most correct reaction. He grabbed Wu Ruici and the others who followed him and turned away. “I understand. You guys talk first. We can handle this little thing ourselves.”

Yue Ren slowly let out a breath as he watched them walk away. Then he looked directly at Chi Ting again with his usual casual expression on his face. “Look, Captain Chi. Some things don’t require you to do it personally. They can actually be completed smoothly.”

Chi Ting didn’t know why he had the urge to avoid this person’s gaze at this moment, but in the end, he didn’t turn his head away. “I know this.”

“You know?” Yue Ren laughed. “Do you really know? Then why do I always see you charging ahead all the way? You are like this to your teammates and to strangers. This is the first time I’ve seen someone like you. Have you really never thought about yourself? ‘We will talk about the reward after we leave the instance’ as if you really wanted some incredible reward.”

After a few seconds, Chi Ting asked, “Isn’t it good to save people?”

“I have never believed that helping others is a good virtue, but I can understand that some people take this as a hobby. But Chi Ting, what I am most curious about now is that you always put yourself in other people’s shoes. Sometimes, you are worried that someone will get hurt. Sometimes, you are worried that someone else will fall into danger. Then have you ever thought about yourself? You dare to take on everything yourself. Aren’t you afraid that one day you will… hmm?”

The rest of the sentence wasn’t finished, but it was enough for Chi Ting to know what Yue Ren wanted to ask. Without any hesitation, he blurted out, “I’m not afraid.”

He could feel the main in front of him pause for a moment, and he was also stunned.

It could only be said that this was indeed a concept deeply rooted in his mind. Perhaps it was because he had seen too many lives and deaths, or perhaps it was because he had escaped death too many times. From the moment the Dawn team was established, all of them had basically imprinted the meaning of the word ‘rescue’ deeply into their bones.

This was their profession and their mission. In contrast, even Chi Ting himself didn’t realize that he had subconsciously lost his complete awe of the word ‘death.’

He saved people just because he felt that he should do so. But if he really had to face death, he probably wouldn’t even frown.

It might be because they had seen too many people die in front of them and had become completely numb, or it might be because for these people with special abilities, they were essentially just completely distorted monsters no matter how normal they appeared to be on the outside. They could never regain the delicate and sensitive emotions they had when they were pure human beings.

Chi Ting slowly lowered his head, looked at his empty palms, and slightly bent his fingers as if trying to catch something.

Before he could hold it, he heard a long sigh from above his head. “Really, I don’t know what sin I committed…”

After saying this, Yue Ren’s hand also came into Chi Ting’s sight. He shook his hand as if resigned to his fate.

The palm that had been empty was suddenly completely filled.

During the brief moment when he was in a daze, Chi Ting heard Yue Ren’s rather helpless voice. “Forget it, I know you really aren’t afraid of anything. I have always only felt sorry for myself and never felt sorry for others. Now it seems that there is probably no other way. In order to make my life more comfortable, I guess I can only give it a try.”

Chi Ting asked, “Try what?”

Yue Ren clicked his tongue. “You don’t know how to feel sorry for yourself, right? Seeing that you don’t seem to be willing to change, the only way for me to feel less miserable is to try and feel sorry for you.”

“……” Chi Ting spoke after a long time. “How about I give it a try?”

“It is okay. Let’s try together. It is really easy for me to uncontrollably focus on you now, but it probably isn’t that easy to make a purely selfish person completely change his words. Let’s try together. If I fail, can you continue to work hard, Captain Chi?”

As Yue Ren spoke, he had already smoothly pulled Chi Ting along and started walking. His good mood made him look quite friendly. “This is indeed good. We all have our own direction to work towards. It seems that I am not making efforts so unilaterally. At the very least, it can make me feel more balanced.”

What type of balance was this?

Chi Ting glanced at Yue Ren’s back, and his heart moved. Still, he didn’t pull his hand away and just let the man lead the way.

The others had just taken inventory of the newly found nature’s gifts.

Wu Ruici noticed Chi Ting’s arrival and raised his head. His eyes fell on the hands of the two men and paused for a moment. Then he immediately moved his gaze away very sensibly. “Captain Chi, there are two nature’s gift game cards here. Do you want to put them away first?”

“Yes, put it here with me first.” Chi Ting nodded and reached out to take it very naturally. Even though Yue Ren felt a bit unsatisfied, he let go without saying a word.

In the past, Wu Ruici would always remain extremely vigilant in matters involving the distribution of interests. But even he didn’t notice that he had almost no hesitation when handing the game card to Chi Ting.

It was a state of great openness, like a trust that had been expressed from the heart.

It wasn’t until he watched Chi Ting put away the game card that Wu Ruici realized it. He couldn’t help feeling a bit in a daze.

After surviving in this unlimited world for so long, like many others, he knew very well that extra trust was actually a very dangerous gamble. It was just like Wu Zhao just now. Once he trusted the wrong person, the end was often very miserable. But even with such a clear understanding, he subconsciously started to cooperate with all the actions of the captain of the Dawn team.

Would such a choice be a good thing…?

Wu Ruici looked over and happened to meet Chi Ting’s inquiring gaze. “It seemed like you were discussing something just now. Is there any problem?”

After a brief eye contact, the scenes of what he had seen along the way flashed through his mind, one after another. Wu Ruici smiled silently.

Forget it, it didn’t matter whether the result was good or not. He was going to take the gamble this time!

Wu Ruici retracted his thoughts and replied, “It is like this. Judging from the current situation, we feel that we might not have enough time left to find enough gift cards.”

Chi Ting glanced at the countdown of seven minutes and understood what he meant. “Indeed.”