Bang!
"Li Yu!!"
A loud shout suddenly jolted Li Yu awake from his sleep, and his eyes snapped open.
With an agile roll, he slipped directly under the bed. The muzzle of his violet sniper gun extended from beneath the fra, aiming squarely at Mo Duo, who had just forced her way into the room.
Staring at the ominous muzzle, Mo Duo's pupils contracted, and her entire body stiffened. A mont later, the gun was retracted. Li Yu scrambled up with a scrunched-up face and grumbled in annoyance,
"Are you crazy? Can't you see I'm sleeping?"
"Sleeping?" Mo Duo paused slightly before anger welled up in her heart, giving way to a reckless audacity.
However, watching Li Yu silently pull that violet sniper gun out from under the bed, she could only speak in a dry tone,
"I just called out to you dozens of tis without getting a response, so I ca to see if you were alright."
"Thanks for your concern..." Li Yu politely expressed his gratitude, then took out the clothes he had just scrounged up from the wardrobe.
It was still a bit inappropriate to et people wearing only his underwear.
Mo Duo lowered her head and silently walked out. On the sofa, Hunter was waiting anxiously, appearing sowhat restless.
Seeing Mo Duo co out and nod at him, he finally let out a heavy sigh of relief, as if a massive weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
"As long as he didn't run away, as long as he didn't run away..."
He muttered under his breath.
"You're all here. What's for lunch? I'm starving. I don't rember getting hungry this fast before," Li Yu said, clutching his stomach as he walked out of the room.
"Master, Master, I want to report sothing!" Claptrap, who had been lingering inconspicuously in the corner, suddenly rolled over.
Hunter, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly widened his eyes with a bad premonition.
"Oh, report what?" Li Yu asked with sudden interest, smiling playfully.
"Master, I recorded it. Listen for yourself..." A burst of static emitted from Claptrap's inverted triangular body.
"...That kid must have run away. What a coward! We never should have fled with him in the first place!"
Hunter's agitated voice echoed out, followed by Mo Duo's calm, neutral tone: "Not necessarily. He might just be sleeping."
"Is he a pig? How can he sleep so much? We shouted dozens of tis and he still didn't wake up."
"Forget it, I'll pry the door open and take a look..."
If Li Yu had actually run away, their fate would likely have been incredibly miserable.
"Claptrap, being a tattletale is not good behavior, you know..." Li Yu patted Claptrap's body, producing a tallic clanking sound.
"Oh..." Claptrap replied in a low, dejected voice...
"Next ti... just tell in secret," Li Yu added.
"Yes, Master!" Claptrap instantly beca excited again, rolling in circles around Li Yu.
Li Yu sat on the sofa, letting out a comfortable groan. Hunter was on tenterhooks, feeling as though his head might explode at any mont.
"I'm getting kind of hungry..." Li Yu murmured quietly. Hunter instinctively stood up, declaring, "I'll go arrange sothing."
He left in a hurry, even though one could easily order food directly from within the lounge.
This guy, Hunter, did share so bond with Old Lu, and he knew how to read the room. That was exactly why he had managed to survive until now.
"The battle is tomorrow. Are you confident?" Mo Duo asked seriously. At the sa ti, her eyes lit up slightly as she observed Li Yu's emotional reactions.
"Hmm, I'll have to see..." Li Yu shook his head, his eyes once again becoming vacant.
"Huh?" Mo Duo looked bewildered. See? See what?
Opening the [System Log], after a day and a night, a massive amount of updates had refreshed. Li Yu skimd past most of the mundane daily entries, with only a few critical logs catching his attention.
[Day 15: ...]
[Day 16: Smith launched a pursuit against Neo and the others, and you were swept up in it.
Having currently mastered Bullet Ti, you could barely hold your own against Smith, but the nature of his virus programming still made it difficult for you to resist.
After coming into contact with the Prophet, these viral traits received a terrifying amplification.]
[Day 18: ...]
[Day 19: ...]
[Day 20: ...]
[Day 21: During multiple confrontations, you intentionally tried to surrender and switch sides, but unfortunately, Smith didn't believe you at all.
In one of the pursuits, you unfortunately sacrificed yourself. Your consciousness dissipated, and you were judged as dead.]
[Obtained Green Title: Attempted Betrayer]
Oh? The Avatar finally died. If it had held on any longer, Li Yu might have genuinely had to consider the option of running away.
It must have died while he was sleeping. There was still a massive amount of information refreshing below.
[Avatar has died. Recycling in Progress. Survival ti: 21 days... Reward Settlent in Progress...]
[Obtained Elite Talent - Savior (Pseudo): Can gain the natural favor of the righteous faction, and affects parts of the Avatar's personality.]
[Supernatural Ability - Bullet Ti (D): Opens a special field of vision, slowing down all incoming attacks.]
[Normal Talent - Indomitable Golden Spear - Gold: Prolongs aiming ti for firearms!]
[Normal Talent - Firm Willpower: Grants immunity to certain temptations and influences the Avatar's personality.]
[Normal Talent - Forced Calmness: Suppresses all inner desires and influences the Avatar's personality.]
[Obtained Green Title - Attempted Betrayer: High probability of straying from the current chosen path.]
[Special Gift Package - Superb Combat Skills: Acquires sophisticated combat techniques through direct mory instillation.]
[Survival Milestone Reward - 21 Days: Obtained [The Matrix - Smith Code] - D]
[Avatar survival ti exceeds 20 days. System Upgrading... Avatar Count 1, allowing Instant Extraction of Avatar's Items, Talents, Titles.]
[Avatar has died. Cooldown Ti Sixty Hours...]
Li Yu's eyes nearly glowed green just like Mo Duo's. He was completely numb—absolutely euphoric to the point of numbness.
He accepted the rewards one by one. The title and talents were alright, lacking any overt physical manifestations.
Avatar 1, and instant extraction! He finally didn't have to wait for the damn Avatar to die anymore. That conflicting mindset of anticipating the death settlent while simultaneously wishing for the Avatar to survive a few more days had been sheer torture for him.
When he received [Supernatural Ability - Bullet Ti], he could clearly feel as though his brain had been struck by sothing heavy, leaving him entirely woozy.
Right after that, he felt everything around him slowing down. The rolling Claptrap, the bewildered Mo Duo—even the shifting expressions on her face proceeded at a snail's pace.
It was a bizarre sensation. He raised his hand, only to discover that his own movents had beco excruciatingly slow as well. His physical speed hadn't increased at all.
This was inevitable; otherwise, Bullet Ti would be graded much higher than D-rank.
As the [Special Gift Package - Superb Combat Skills] flooded his mind, Mo Duo's expression turned incredibly weird.
Because she found it hard to describe what Li Yu's emotional state had transford into. It was like a child scribbling randomly on paper—completely devoid of any discernible pattern.
A mont later, Li Yu's emotions finally stopped their turbulent fluctuations. He looked at Mo Duo with inexplicable emotions in his eyes, a feeling that Mo Duo couldn't quite comprehend.
"Ask that question from just now one more ti," he said.
"Huh?" Mo Duo had no idea what was going on.
"Just ask that question," Li Yu insisted, appearing a bit coy.
"Right... The battle is tomorrow. Are you confident?" Mo Duo asked tentatively.
Li Yu's eyes grew unfathomably deep, resembling the boundless universe. His expression was completely indifferent as he declared, "I will definitely win."
Mo Duo: "..."
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