PFRG: Chapter 172

Sneeze!

After Lou Yueren sneezed countless times, Chi Ting finally closed the door and looked back. “Did you catch a cold after I played with you?”

Lou Yueren was full of admiration. “My dear, how did you manage to use the word ‘play’ so smoothly and naturally here?”

Chi Ting sneered. “Then how did you manage to use such a corny name like ‘dear’ so skillfully? It is so fun to tease people in the instance. Are you addicted to it?”

Lou Yueren said sincerely, “I can’t help but want to call you that when I see you. Don’t you like it? if you don’t like it, I won’t call you that, Captain Chi.”

Chi Ting was silent for a moment. After a few seconds, he said, “As long as you like it.”

Lou Yueren revealed a satisfied smile. In a good mood, he started to tidy up the bed sheets that Chi Ting had gathered and thrown on the ground.

Chi Ting slowly leaned against the wall.

In fact, he had been observing this man since he was in Lu Nanling’s room just now. However, during the whole process, he only caught a fleeting change in expression that was less than two seconds. If Chi Ting hadn’t been observing him all the time, he probably wouldn’t have noticed at all.

The room was temporarily quiet. For a moment, the only sound was the slight movement made by Lou Yueren.

Finally, Chi Ting spoke up. “Are you sure there is nothing else to do now?”

Lou Yueren straightened up and looked over. He made brief eye contact before smiling. “No.”

His words were in response to Chi Ting, but Chi Ting stared straight at him without saying anything else.

Finally, the smile on Lou Yueren’s face froze slightly as their eyes met. He could only blink. “You did see all my memories back then. Is this being the absolute master of the spiritual world? Your special ability is really a headache.”

Chi Ting looked down at his empty palm and said slowly, “It really is annoying.”

His tone sounded casual, but there was a hint of sarcasm on his face.

However, this expression paused slightly when he was suddenly pulled into an embrace. Due to their bodies being tightly pressed together, he could clearly feel the slight vibration coming from Lou Yueren’s chest as he spoke. “No, it is just a headache. I can’t say that it is annoying when I see this type of thing. On the contrary, it is quite enjoyable in a way.”

“Enjoyable?”

Chi Ting looked up and found that the man was indeed smiling. His curved eyebrows made his eyes look so deep, as if this person was completely immersed in him.

Lou Yueren leaned forward and gently rubbed Chi Ting’s forehead with his chin. “Yes, I am so happy to finally have someone who knows exactly what I have been through. I used to need to think about how to explain all those things in the past to you. Now the most troublesome process has been saved. I even think that our current situation can be called a telepathic connection. Like now, you have shown your concern even though I haven’t said anything. Tsk, is this the legendary feeling of being pampered?”

From Lou Yueren’s tone, it could be heard that this person was indeed in a happy mood. It was so much so that Chi Ting thought the other person was speaking sarcastically to comfort him. For a moment, he didn’t know if he should complain about such a train of thought or not.

Still, Chi Ting also found that he actually fell for Lou Yueren’s tricks sometimes. He heard such a cheerful tone and laughed noncommittally. “So, you aren’t staying here without doing anything. You are actually waiting for that person to come to you?”

Lou Yueren glanced at the time. “It should be soon.”

The moment he finished speaking, he heard a faint knock on the door from the opposite side of the room.

Lou Yueren paused for a moment and cursed in annoyance. “…It shouldn’t be this fast.”

He finally managed to pull Chi Ting into his arms so naturally. He wasn’t willing to let go so quickly. After hearing the knock on the door, he simply stayed there and didn’t rush to leave. He leaned over as if to hold Chi Ting’s face and give him another kiss in the good atmosphere, but he was swiftly avoided.

In the blink of an eye, Chi Ting had already slowly tidied up his clothes. “Let’s go. Don’t keep the guest waiting.”

Lou Yueren: “……”

Chi Ting waited a while but didn’t receive a response, so he looked over inquiringly. “Aren’t you leaving yet?”

“Oh… let’s go now.” Lou Yueren sighed helplessly, but he could only take a step forward. Then when he passed by Chi Ting, he still felt itchy and unwilling to not receive any benefits. He suddenly stopped, pinched Chi Ting’s jaw, and bit him hard.

The development was so sudden that Chi Ting was barely able to react. Once he looked up again, he saw that the figure had opened the door and walked out in the blink of an eye.

Lou Yueren was so satisfied after succeeding that he just ran away.

Chi Ting silently touched the remaining pain on his lips before slowly following.

His face showed no emotion, but he had already made a casual note for someone in the little notebook in his heart.

The moment he walked out of the room, Chi Ting happened to see Lou Yueren slowly walking behind the person knocking on the door opposite and saying with a half smile, “Long time no see, He Yuanqing.”

This expression was indeed like it was the normal reunion of old friends—if only that person hadn’t looked back with an expression of seeing a ghost.

Chi Ting: “………”

A few minutes later, Lou Yueren brought Chi Ting in through the door and he also greeted He Yuanqing, the captain of the Prisoner team. Then he asked everyone else to wait outside the door.

To be more precise, it was the idea of God He to keep the other members of the Prisoner team from entering the room. This arrangement was obviously made because there were important things to discuss. This made him look over in surprise when Lou Yueren brought Chi Ting in without hesitation.

“Come on, stop looking. This is my boyfriend. Your eyes are going to pop out if you keep looking.”

Lou Yueren said this slowly and He Yuanqing wanted to spit out another mouthful of blood. “Don’t talk like I’m coveting your boyfriend.”

Lou Yueren sneered. “Heh, you better not.”

It was true that just two or three sentences from this man were enough to make people angry to death. He Yuanqing really had a lot to say. He stared at Lou Yueren and opened his mouth, but he suddenly didn’t know what to say.

Chi Ting stretched out his long legs comfortably and sat on the chair, crossing his legs slightly. He watched the two people’s conversation in a leisurely manner without any intention of interrupting.

There was a short silence before He Yuanqing finally organized his words. “So, the rumors in the forum are true. You were brought out of the instance by this Captain Chi? You disappeared for such a long time before. It was actually because you were trapped in the instance?”

Lou Yueren corrected him. “It isn’t Captain Chi, it is my boyfriend.”

He Yuanqing finally couldn’t help slamming on the table. “Who cares what your relationship is?! Is this the focus now?!”

“What do you know? Status is very important.” Fortunately, Lou Yueren knew his limits. He said this lightly and didn’t continue to test He Yuanqing’s bottom line. He smiled and shrugged. “Okay, the news you heard isn’t wrong. I was indeed staying in the instance before. My memories were blocked, so I never realized it. I only slowly remembered the things that happened in the past when my boyfriend took me out of the instance. It wasn’t too long ago that I remembered everything. It was just one or two days ago.”

The overly understated description made Chi Ting look at Lou Yueren a second time.

He Yuanqing could naturally sense that the specific process was definitely not as simple as described. However, since Lou Yueren didn’t want to elaborate, he didn’t ask any more questions. He thought for a while before asking the most important question, “So, what happened after entering the ultimate instance?”

The faint smile on Lou Yueren’s face subtly paused. His eyelids drooped slightly, and he said concisely, “I failed to pass and was punished.”

There was a brief silence once these words were spoken.

He Yuanqing obviously knew that some things might be better left unsaid, but after pondering on it, he still asked, “We will be punished after we fail to pass the level, but what if we succeed in passing the level? Will the things we hoped for at that time come true?”

Unlike Lou Yueren, He Yuanqing was one of the many players from the 1st World who witnessed his entry into the instance with his own eyes. As the names of old acquaintances dimmed one by one on his friend list, he truly experienced the entire process of the changes in this unlimited world.

From the initial existence of the 1st World to the opening of the 13th World, from players in each small world fighting along to finding team members in the Sanctuary to fight side by side—he never gave up looking for news about Lou Yueren entering the ultimate instance. At the same time, he was doing his best to collect the starting key to enter the ultimate instance again.

After the appearance of the Sanctuary, everything was destined to be different from the 1st World at that time.

Once the ultimate instance started again, they would no longer be fighting alone. They would have a team of comrades to move forward side by side.

He Yuanqing had never forgotten the wish of the players in the 1st World, to select the strongest person to take on the final challenge on their behalf.

As for the ultimate goal, it went without saying. It was to—liberate everyone.

Yes, no matter in the past or now, no matter whether he was unknown or ranked at the top after establishing the Prisoner team, the belief supporting He Yuanqing had never changed.

As a good friend, he was undoubtedly worried about Lou Yueren.

But what he cared about more was the future of this unlimited world.

Clearing the ultimate instance might allow the challenger to leave smoothly, or it might also provide the key to liberate this unlimited world.

No one knew whether these initial rumors were completely based on everyone’s beautiful imagination, but He Yuanqing had persisted for so many years. Even though he knew that he might be completely disappointed, he still needed to get the answer.

Lou Yueren was naturally very clear about what type of person He Yuanqing was. He didn’t feel bad about this inquiring behavior. He just pointed at He Yuanqing before saying emotionally to Chi Ting, “Look, dear. Isn’t this guy very similar to you in some ways? You two can definitely have a lot of topics to talk about regarding this great ideal of saving humanity. But there is one thing you are much better at than him. At the very least, you would never be so stubborn and stick to one path in the hand.”

He Yuanqing just laughed. “Don’t think that I can’t hear you scolding me in a crooked way again.”

“Who said that you look a lot like my dear? It was obviously a compliment to you.” Lou Yueren was still looking at Chi Ting when speaking. After a long stare, he finally retracted his gaze and looked at He Yuanqing.

This person was obviously still waiting for his reply, but Lou Yueren just laughed meaningfully. “It isn’t that I don’t want to give you an answer. I already said it just now. I was completely locked up because I failed to pass the instance. I was so pitiful. So, I really don’t know what will happen if someone passes the instance successfully. But there is one thing I can be sure of. There are definitely some unknown secrets behind this unlimited world that we are in. In other words, the ultimate instance definitely isn’t as simple as we imagined.”

At this point, he paused meaningfully. “So, Old He, I still have to remind you in advance. If there is only a 1% chance of liberating the entire unlimited world, are you sure you want to continue?”

1%.

It was an almost negligible probability. From a certain perspective, perhaps it could be called hopeless.

Such a probability was enough to make He Yuanqing’s persistence and hard work over the years a complete joke.

However, under Lou Yueren’s gaze, he only pondered on it for a moment before calmly giving an answer. “I still need to try it to know.”

“Sure enough, I knew this would be the result.” The serious expression on Lou Yueren’s face disappeared instantly. He stood up and walked slowly to Chi Ting’s side. He put his hand on Chi Ting’s shoulder and made a gesture of invitation. “My dear captain, please.”

Chi Ting hadn’t said a word from beginning to end. At this time, he finally stood up from his seat.

He walked up to He Yuanqing and extended his hand. “Captain He, as the captain of the Dawn team, I sincerely invite the Prisoner team to form an alliance with us.”

There was a brief silence before He Yuanqing also extended his hand. “It is our pleasure.”

He immediately put away his hand and looked at Lou Yueren. “So you spoke so seriously just now to trick me?”

Lou Yueren shrugged innocently. “No, I wasn’t lying to you. A 1% probability. I sincerely believe so. Therefore, we need stupid people who are willing to go all the way with us even if they know that there is no hope… cough, pioneers. Congratulations, you meet our requirements perfectly.”

He Yuanqing: “. ”

What he wanted to say just now was obviously idiot!