Chapter 74 Blue Ice Hotel (VIII)
Xiang Liangyu suddenly felt something was not right.
She was originally calculating the probability that she would still have a breath left after falling into the lava lake, because the elevator was about to melt and she would fall in within a minute.
But out of the corner of my eye, I could see colorful beams of light in the sky, which appeared at some point. Most of these beams were bluish-white, and there were many of them, which were extremely conspicuous and beautiful in the dark night.
Xiang Liangyu was not stupid enough to think that this was a special scene in the desert. The lava lake under his feet was even more boiling than before, and an ominous premonition quietly emerged.
“Ka——”
The bottom of the elevator melted completely. Xiang Liangyu took a deep breath and decided to jump down.
“Ahhhhh it’s hot!!”
As soon as she landed, Xiang Liangyu felt like she was doomed. Her feet were so hot that they seemed to be on fire. She had no time to stop and ran wildly along the prescribed routes. When the outer layer of the magma rolled and was exposed to the air, it would harden temporarily, enough to support Xiang Liangyu standing on the magma without falling.
Compared to just now, the temperature and the irritating poisonous gas here gradually rose and became thicker. Xiang Liangyu was very grateful for her "breathing" skill, otherwise she would not have been burned to death first, but would have died from excessive inhalation of toxic gases.
The bathrobe was too long, and the tail of it touched the lava while he was running, immediately igniting a fire. Xiang Liangyu screamed in despair that it was hot, while tearing off the hem of the bathrobe that was in the way, at such a speed that he almost flew.
Just as she was about to touch the rocks outside the magma, the magma under her feet was originally just rolling, bulging and breaking, but after suddenly bulging up a big bulge, the magma began to spray out, splashing everywhere in stars.
Xiang Liangyu looked at the pillar of fire that continued to spurt out in front of him and was completely shocked: "I...fuck..."
[You have been attacked and your health has been reduced. ]
"This desert used to be a prosperous city. Perhaps due to wars and disasters, sandstorms spread and the desert covered the city, eventually forming this barren land."
"This volcano is called '瞋目'. The body of the volcano is covered by quicksand, with only a crater exposed. This is an active volcano with a diameter of about 800 meters. Please do not act alone. The hotel will send a helicopter in five minutes. When the time comes, you can take a helicopter and watch this boiling magma lake from the air, and you can truly experience the meaning of '瞋目'."
Chu Li shook her body. Although she had a bad feeling before she went out, the manager's threats and the whispers in the earpiece forced her to lead the team.
She shouted the memorized introduction at the top of her voice, holding a flag made of the Blue Ice Hotel logo in her hand, like a tour guide. Fortunately, these guests were not as difficult to discipline as imagined.
The closer we get to the crater, the more intense the heat and pungent smell we can feel. Chu Li knew we had reached the limit, so he waved a flag and said, "Don't go any further. The hotel's helicopter will be here soon. Please wait patiently!"
When she said the last sentence, she raised the volume into the microphone as if to vent her anger. Finally, she turned off the headset and put it in her bag. When she was about to let go of it, the headset in her hand shook.
Chu Li rolled his eyes, resigned himself to his fate, and said unhappily, "What do you want?"
Gu Ye's voice came from the headset: "Send me your location."
Chu Li was stunned. The microphone was connected to the manager, so how could it be a bone? Although she felt puzzled, she still said truthfully: "How do I send it?"
Gu Ye: "There is a red dot behind the headset. Press it to show where you are."
She took off the headset and saw a red dot on the back side. She reached out and pressed it.
Almost instantly, her feeling of uneasiness grew stronger.
"What's that smell? It's so awful."
"Yes, front desk girl, you didn't even tell us what a volcano is. I have never seen such a thing before."
"I heard from my human brother that it's red, like fire and water."
Chu Li: “…”
She actually had an impression of volcanoes. Her geography teacher had talked about some knowledge points about volcanoes, but if she were to say it out loud, she could probably only say in front of the geography teacher after class that he was so handsome that a volcano erupted.
Looking at the non-human resident in front of him, looking at him with eyes longing for knowledge, Chu Li felt filled with regret. What is meant by "you only regret not having read enough books when you need them"? This is exactly what happened now.
She wiped away tears of regret and racked her brains to search for the knowledge points she still remembered: "A volcano, uh, as the name suggests, is a mountain with fire, so it will be very hot. The smell you smell is the smell of sulfur and hydrogen sulfide, but generally it is not so strong..."
After Chu Li talked nonsense, he finally realized something was wrong. The helicopter that the hotel had promised did not come, the temperature continued to rise, almost to the point of boiling hot, and there were intermittent explosion noises around.
At the same time, the fantastic light rising in the sky had become noticeable.
Even if she didn't attend the class anymore, she knew what the appearance of the ground light meant, and in front of her was a rolling active volcano.
Chu Li quickly turned around, waved the flag and shouted, "Go back to the hotel! The volcano is about to erupt!!"
“Why do volcanoes erupt?”
"But I still want to take a helicopter ride to see the lava."
"What a beautiful sky, but so hot."
Chu Li ran a few steps and saw that the group of non-human residents looked indifferent. He was stunned: "Everyone, the volcano is erupting, and we will die!"
All the residents were silent for a second, then ran away screaming like birds and beasts.
Chu Li was speechless. When he turned around to leave, he suddenly saw a white figure in the lava splashing everywhere, vaguely seeing it... running?
She looked at it carefully and felt like she was struck by a bolt from the blue. It was unbelievable. It was like a cooked fish talking in her mouth: "Xiang Liangyu? Are you crazy? Why are you running into the lava for no reason?"
Xiang Liangyu thought he had mastered the trajectory of the lava eruption, but he didn't expect that the lava was completely disorganized and could even be said to be predicting his movements.
His health points were decreasing rapidly, and even though he could reach the shore just ahead, he was still sinking deeper and deeper into the void.
Not daring to stay in one place for too long, Xiang Liangyu calmed herself down, and suddenly sped up and rushed forward. Even if the magma erupted again, she would just dive in.
"Go right! Go right!"
Xiang Liangyu was startled, and looked up at the edge of the crater. Chu Li was lying on the edge, waving anxiously. Xiang Liangyu walked to the right, and sure enough, the splash point was on the left, and the fire column sprayed for longer than before.
If it really rushed in, it would probably be reduced to ashes.
Under Chu Li's command, Xiang Liangyu finally escaped from the boiling magma, but the boiling gas became thicker and thicker.
After Xiang Liangyu was pulled out of the crater by Chu Li, a violent column of fire erupted, reaching a height of twenty meters.
Xiang Liangyu's legs were severely burned. When she touched the rough sand, the pain was so severe that she could not stand steadily. The volcano behind her was on the verge of eruption. The magma had already flooded the crater, and the bright red magma was slowly flowing downwards.
Chu Li was extremely anxious. She grabbed Xiang Liangyu's arm and put it on her shoulder. She was stunned by the weight that did not belong to her and looked at the person next to her in disbelief. Then she carried Xiang Liangyu on her shoulder.
She collapsed as she ran: "Damn it, at school we eat two bowls of rice, why are you so light!"
Xiang Liangyu was about to vomit. She said in a hoarse voice, "If you don't want to die, run faster."
The magma was flowing everywhere. Chu Li could only speed up, closing his eyes and running with all his strength: "Xiang Liangyu! I hate you so much!"
The heat subsided, Xiang Liangyu looked back and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Fuck, Xiang Liangyu, why did you become like this?"
Chu Li opened his eyes when he heard the voice, and saw Gu Yeshi, who had come running in exhausted, finally stopped and handed Xiang Liangyu from his shoulder to him: "Hurry, hurry, she's dying."
It can be said that there is not a single piece of healthy skin on Xiang Liangyu's body. The dark red from the burns and the burnt black all show how long she has stayed in the magma.
When Quan Shengyan saw this scene, his mind went blank for a moment. When Xiang Liangyu bared his teeth and wanted to look at his body, he rushed forward, hugged Xiang Liangyu's upper body, and said in a trembling voice: "Don't look! Don't look!"
Xiang Liangyu blinked his eyes in a daze and said, "Quan Shengyan, I'm not dead yet."
One person gets hurt, one person hugs, one person watches.
"Damn it, you guys are still in this love triangle! The volcano is erupting, what are you thinking if you don't just run away with her?"
Chu Li just wanted to vomit blood. She couldn't understand the train of thought of these two people.
Quan Shengyan covered Xiang Liangyu's eyes with one hand and stroked her dark legs with the other hand. Warm light enveloped her unconscious calves. Xiang Liangyu's vision was dark and she seemed to hear the sound of the second hand moving.
Her injured body was healed by Quan Shengyan and Gu Ye, and it was as if she fell into a warm embrace, giving her a new life.
Under Quan Shengyan's hands, Xiang Liangyu's skin transformed and grew, covering the exposed joints. After a while, the severely injured parts returned to normal, but the new skin was darker in color.
Chu Li looked at the lava flowing towards them, feeling a little anxious for them: "Why don't you go back to the hotel for treatment?"
Beads of sweat broke out on his forehead: "I can't go back. The hotel has disappeared."
Chu Li's face changed and he quickly turned around to look around. As expected, all he saw was a vast desert with no end in sight.
Gu Ye breathed a sigh of relief, took back his healing hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Bad news, because you followed us to the non-game area of Floating Ice Island, you were also targeted by the sweepers."
Chu Li stuttered, "What will happen if you target me?"
Gu Ye: "Death. Last time it was an avalanche, this time it's a volcanic eruption. Is it exciting?"
Chu Li screamed and grabbed Gu Ye's hand: "Brother Gu, Uncle Gu, please kill me, I just want to get through this instance safely!"
Gu Ye snorted coldly and pulled his hand back. He turned back to look at the active volcano and said, "Why should I kill you? Your sixth sense is a good thing. I will kill you when it is no longer useful."
Chu Li rolled his eyes and lay on the sand: "Why am I so unlucky."
"Okay." After Quan Shengyan's voice sounded, Xiang Liangyu's eyes regained light. Quan Shengyan's slightly awkward face appeared in front of him. He said, "When I went to look for you, you were not in the room. I only found out after watching the surveillance..."
He hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's establish contact."
Xiang Liangyu stood up. The lava was about to flow to where she was, so it was not advisable to stay there for long.
She brushed off the sand stuck to her skin and led everyone forward: "Contact? What contact? Isn't there a contact in the system?"
"I don't know how to use the friend system," Quan Shengyan still told the truth. He handed Xiang Liangyu a rose brooch and said, "Free contact mic, call my name and I will talk."
He suddenly stopped talking here, thinking of their second encounter in that sea area. He saved her and gave her the most beautiful scale on his body, longing for the call of Xiang Liangyu when she touched him.
He waited in the dark and silent seabed, but still did not receive her call.
From then on, whenever Xiang Liangyu called his name, Quan Shengyan couldn't help but smile.
Now, will she accept it? Accept her own...things.
Chu Li sat up in shock from his dying illness: "Brother, what time is it?!"
Gu Ye's tone became louder: "That's right, it's already this time, and you still care about your crappy free mic!"
Chu Li recognized Gu Ye for the first time. Before he could nod in affirmation, he heard Gu Ye say, "Xiang Liangyu, let's get in touch too."
Chu Li: “…”
That's enough.
