Chapter 4 "Warm" Candlelight Dinner

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The huge house was deserted and returned to the silence it had at the beginning.

After confirming that Helena had really left, Luo Wei twisted his hands that were handcuffed behind his back.

The handcuffs were very tight and strong, and he couldn't break free with his current strength.

This position makes it very difficult to pry it open even with tools.

Luo Wei gave a helpless smile. This was simply treating him like a criminal.

Since he had chosen to come back with Helena, he actually had no intention of running away.

Luo Wei slowly walked up to the second floor, bit the handle with his mouth, and opened a door with difficulty.

A dark room and a large table appeared before his eyes. This was the table where he usually made potions.

This is actually the main interface of the game "Alien Shelter". He usually needs to use the redeemed resources to configure potions and then formulate corresponding shelter plans.

This is why he had to return to the house.

In the game's world view, supernatural powers are extremely dangerous things, often accompanied by pollution, chaos and madness.

As human beings and extraordinary creatures become stronger and stronger, they will inevitably become crazy.

This is because, the greater the power, the greater the inspiration. You will hear voices that others cannot hear, see things that others cannot see, and feel the inspiration and call of the indescribable things from the source of power.

In this way, the weak spirit will be strongly affected and become increasingly unstable.

Until he completely lost control and turned into a madman who talked nonsense all day long, with a twisted mind and a threat to social stability.

This is Helena's current state.

Luo Wei must use the corresponding inhibitory drugs to stabilize her [stability] so that he can successfully contain her again.

However, at this time, the bottles and jars on the table, as well as various alchemical equipment, were all hidden, and the cabinet was empty.

No need to think too much, it must have been Helena who did it.

She knows her abilities.

The reason for handcuffing himself was probably to prevent him from doing anything in this regard.

Luo Wei chuckled.

Helena still underestimated herself.

She didn't know she was a "player".

Luo Wei opened the potion/alchemy panel, and on the floating interface, many materials and potion recipes appeared before his eyes.

Actually, the things on the alchemy table are just decorations...

[Lower-level alien creatures - Shoggoths (creeping, tentacled, twisted creatures that drive people crazy)]

[Stability Inhibitor × 1]

[Potion making...]

An animation of potion configuration appears on the game panel.

In the dark room, Luo Wei looked back at the crack in the door from time to time, waiting nervously.

Hurry up...

Faster...

My chance of survival depends entirely on this potion...

What made Luo Wei most regretful was that although all the materials obtained in the first round were preserved, there was only enough to make one bottle of this potion that could restrain low-level alien species.

This was because he had already reached the very late stage of the game, and there were really not many early stage materials left.

Little did he know that he would have to take Helena in again...

As the prompt of successful configuration appeared, Luo Wei's eyes lit up.

alright!

He turned his back and, with great difficulty and speed, stuffed the slender glass bottle into his trouser pocket.

At this moment, Luo Wei suddenly heard footsteps on the stairs.

The sound of footsteps on the floor was neither fast nor slow, but it made his heart beat faster.

We're about to be discovered!

How come you came back so quickly?

Luo Wei hurriedly pushed open the door of the room.

When he turned around, he saw an eye suddenly appearing in the narrow gap of the door!

That eye stared at him without blinking, and the atmosphere became inexplicably eerie.

Luo Wei's heart skipped a beat.

In the dark room, the shabby wooden door made a strange creaking sound. Helena, with an expressionless face, stood motionless in front of him.

"Brother, what are you doing here?"

Although he was caught suddenly, Luo Wei still maintained a calm expression.

"Um...it's Helena..."

He pretended to be calm and looked at his workbench with a smile.

"I've been away for four years. I came to see my old friends. Eh? Helena, why have you been gone for so long?"

Luo Wei looked at Helena with a smile, "What delicious food did you buy for your brother?"

Helena held a large paper bag in her hand. "There's bread, cheese, beef, and broccoli..."

"Hmm..." Luo Wei wanted to touch Helena's hair, but found that he was still handcuffed.

"These are all my brother's favorite foods. Helena is so good."

Helena kept looking at Luo Wei with an expressionless face.

She turned on the gas lamp in the room, and the warm yellow light was a little dazzling to Luo Wei.

Then Helena looked past Rowe and at the workbench behind him.

She began to examine it carefully.

Luo Wei felt the cool touch of the medicine in his trouser pocket and prayed in his heart that she would not notice.

After checking, Helena found that Rowe's workbench was exactly the same as before she left, without any changes.

The expressionless cheeks finally relaxed.

"Um...actually, my brother wanted to get some potions for self-defense."

"Hmm?" Helena turned around and frowned slightly.

It was a look of suspicion.

At this time, Luo Wei showed acting skills comparable to that of an actor.

"You probably don't know, but there's been a missing person case at Karen University recently, and the students are all discussing it..."

Helena still didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly.

Luo Wei continued, "That's why I wanted to come here and get some medicine. After all, this is my specialty..."

The highest level of lies is half truth and half falsehood, or even a large amount of truth mixed with a small amount of lies.

This will arouse the least suspicion.

Luo Wei is well aware of this.

Sure enough, Helena nodded slightly after hearing this. She must have heard about this matter.

"elder brother……"

She walked quietly to Luo Wei and hugged him gently.

"Brother, you probably don't know that Helena is very powerful now."

" I won't let my brother do such dangerous things anymore..."

"Brother, just stay at home with Helena."

"Helena won't let her brother get into danger..."

Luo Wei felt the warmth of the girl's embrace and nodded silently.

"good."

What I was thinking was...

In this situation, you're probably the most dangerous person...

Of course, he didn't dare express it at all.

After leaving the workshop, Helena exaggeratedly added three more locks to the room.

Then she was completely relieved and a smile appeared on her face again.

"Brother, you must be hungry!"

Helena looked at Luo Wei who nodded obediently, and her smile became happier and happier.

"My brother used to cook for me, but now Helena can finally take care of him!"

She couldn't wait to place the handcuffed Luo Wei in the main seat of the restaurant, and then hummed a song while preparing dinner for him.

When the table was filled with delicious dishes , she couldn't wait to pick up the knife and fork, cut a piece of steak with sauce, and hand it to Luo Wei's mouth.

However……

Luo Wei was so nervous that he had no mood to eat.

He sighed and looked around . The curtains were all drawn tight, and the windows were nailed shut with boards. The whole house was pitch black...

Only the candlelight on the dining table was lit, and the flames flickered, just like his mood.

"Don't you like it, brother?"

Looking at Helena's sweet smile, Luo Wei didn't dare to shake his head, and could only smile bitterly and say:

"Helena...if you try eating like this, will you still feel good?"

"Brother..." Helena opened her mouth. She looked at Luo Wei with a miserable face and finally realized that she had gone too far.

"Help my brother untie the restraints..."

Luo Wei looked at her and patiently guided her.

"Brother has already promised to accompany you, and he will not break his promise."

"Why do you still treat my brother like this? He's like a criminal."