Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1299: Missing (Request for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 1299: Chapter 1299: Missing (Request for Monthly Votes)

Main World

He Ao appeared in mid-air, nearly falling flat onto the floor of the lounge.

He quickly adjusted his posture in the air, landing steadily without face-planting in an embarrassing manner.

Feeling the invisible connection enter its cooldown period again, He Ao took a deep breath.

This time, he left three marks in total before being ejected by the Trapped Destiny Plate.

This included the strengthened connection from the previous marks, and the amplification of the invisible ’link’. Overall, the control progress of the Trapped Destiny Plate had been greatly accelerated.

It’s just that every time he was ejected, his posture seemed less than graceful. He should find a secluded spot next time he enters the Trapped Destiny Plate.

He adjusted his posture, pushed open the door of the lounge, and walked out.

By now, the sky had darkened, and the training ground was deserted; most users of the training ground had already left.

He Ao couldn’t even sense Ye Yun’s presence, so Ye Yun probably had left too.

As Nandu’s officer, responsible for managing transcendent affairs in a metropolis, he certainly wouldn’t have few tasks to deal with.

In the empty training grounds, only the faint hoarse ’ha—’ ’ha—’ sound of a girl remained.

Practicing fist technique didn’t usually require making sounds.

He Ao could vaguely discern a hint of tremor and nervousness in this voice.

It was clear the sound wasn’t for practice, just the girl trying to bolster her courage.

He Ao slowed his pace, making his footsteps audible, as he walked towards Ye Ying, who was still practicing.

Hearing footsteps behind her, Ye Ying lowered her hands, turned her head, and looked at He Ao.

She had two sweat towels hanging around her neck, her face covered in fine beads of sweat.

She quickly wiped her face with the towel and looked at He Ao, laughing nervously, "Teacher, are you awake?"

This girl seemed to think he had gone to sleep.

However, He Ao didn’t explain. He approached Ye Ying and looked at her, "How’s your practice?"

"I can pretty noticeably feel the circuits you mentioned, teacher," Ye Ying said hurriedly, "but it’s intermittent."

"Show me a set."

He Ao looked at her and said calmly.

"Okay."

Ye Ying stepped back two paces, creating a bit of distance, nodded at He Ao, then adopted an opening stance and began practicing.

Her movements were smooth and natural, carrying a certain inherent rhythm.

She didn’t vocalize this time, feeling less scared as He Ao was present in the hall, instead feeling a bit shy.

This time, He Ao did not interrupt her but watched her movements quietly.

After practicing for most of the day, Ye Ying’s movements were very precise, requiring almost no guidance from He Ao.

In every gesture, the girl exuded an invisible ’rhythm’, like the fragrance of flowers in spring, the buzzing of insects in summer, the taste of fruits in autumn, the snow and wind in winter — naturally and appropriately, as if it was meant to be this way.

She even naturally avoided many small mistakes that Lin Chichi and Elfia easily made.

The fist technique she displayed was nearly on par with He Ao.

He Ao sensed that she might not know why it should be like this, but she knew it should be this way.

Reflecting internally, He Ao admitted that without exploiting the jade pendant cheat, he didn’t possess such ’insight’ either.

It was like having a cheat.

His gaze swept over Ye Ying’s intermittent energy circuits.

This was the Curse, yet it was also Grace.

"Not bad."

When Ye Ying finished a set, He Ao nodded lightly, praising her.

Ye Ying laughed nervously.

She could sense He Ao’s ’pickiness’, but having satisfied such a picky He Ao brought her an unprecedented sense of achievement.

After that, she felt that all the hardships she endured during practice throughout the day were bearable.

However...

She retracted her hands, looked at He Ao, and said softly, "Teacher, there’s something. I feel my ’circuits’ are a bit intermittent. Some places seem to be about to completely block, making circulation difficult."

"It’s not blockage," He Ao glanced at her and said casually, "It’s fracture."

"Fracture?"

Upon hearing He Ao’s words, Ye Ying was slightly taken aback before realizing, "Is this my illness?"

He Ao had explained many things before, which she only partially understood, but after learning basic fist techniques and sensing the flow of energy circuits, she finally comprehended her own ’ailment’.

She could clearly feel that those flowing energies essentially supported the mobility of her body, and once these energy circuits completely fractured, she would also reach the end of her life.

She sighed softly, her earlier joy and sense of accomplishment slightly muted.

But she didn’t ask He Ao how to treat it; instead, she wiped her sweat, looked at He Ao, and softly asked, "Minister He, are you hungry?"

He Ao glanced at the gradually darkening sky outside the window, turned to look at her, and laughed, "You didn’t have lunch?"

"Hehe."

The girl scratched her head awkwardly.

The two went to eat together, and during the meal, He Ao received a call.

——

Main World · Dongdu

"Geng, is Director Liu still resting?"

The middle-aged man sitting in front of the computer, rapidly typing code, looked up at Geng Ming beside him, "Our client-side program update is ready too."

"We need Director Liu’s authorization, right?"

Geng Ming groggily got up from his chair, stretched, and yawned, glancing at the outside lighting, "I’ll check."

Speaking, he walked briskly to the office door, gently knocked, "Director Liu? Director Liu?"

"Still not awake?"

He puzzledly gripped the door handle, hesitated for a moment, and softly twisted to open the door slightly.

The sofa that used to be occupied was now left empty, only a slightly, not completely restored indentation, still indicating someone once sat here.

"Hmm? Director Liu?"

He continued to push the door open, raising his voice.

Yet, as the office door fully opened, what met his eyes was only an empty space.

——

Ruins

Li Cheng and He Ao emerged from a dark, narrow corridor resembling a mountain cave, arriving at a spacious circular hall.

This hall has a diameter of several hundred meters, with intricate and lavish patterns carved into the floor, while the ceiling and walls also reflect various different designs.

These patterns gather together, surrounding a five- to six-meter-tall blooming stone lotus sculpture at the center of the hall.

Meanwhile, this hall is connected in all directions, with numerous passages of varying sizes extending from its periphery, directly reaching the hall.

He Ao lifted his foot, ready to step into the hall.

"Wait a moment."

At that moment, Li Cheng raised his hand to stop him.

He Ao halted his steps, understanding Li Cheng’s intention.

Li Cheng had encountered a powerful monster here before.

Though the entire hall appeared unusually vast and empty, with everything visible at a glance, He Ao still remained vigilant.

He raised his hand, an invisible sword light formed from scattered shadows emerged from behind him.

The shadow swiftly traversed the hall, with nothing occurring along the way.

However, just as the shadow was about to reach the lotus sculpture at the center of the hall, a twisted black shadow suddenly leaped out from the lotus. Midway, jet-black smoke rapidly spread from around the sculpture, obscuring the entire scene and cutting off the Shadowless Sword’s retreat.

At that moment, Li Cheng stepped forward, raising the spear in his hand, brilliant electric light suddenly appeared, filling the entire hall.

The electric light was like intense flames, fiercely forging the spreading black smoke.

The smoke was burned by the electric light, rapidly converging, transforming into clumps of scattered black shadows.

At that instant, even more powerful electric light pierced through the gaps between these smoky shadows, directly shooting toward the black shadow in the sky hurling itself at the Shadowless Sword.

Hiss—

It was as if a hot iron had been thrown into ice water, the intense sound and boiling smoke instantaneously engulfed the entire black shadow.

The black shadow trembled violently, attempting to retreat back into the lotus sculpture, but the thunder that filled the entire space had already blocked its escape route, leaving no chance to flee.

Under the intense ’forging’ of the thunder, the twisted black shadow quickly solidified, forming a twisted humanoid figure with bat wings on its back.

Its body was enormous, about twenty meters tall, appearing like a giant floating in the center of the hall from afar.

At this point, it no longer retreated, instead opening its wings and unleashing a terrifying power instantly.

This power tore at the thunder permeating the sky, surprisingly causing the dense thunder net to tremble slightly, torn open with a gap.

Li Cheng was slightly taken aback, once again raising the spear in his hand.

Meanwhile, the bat-winged black shadow lowered its head, looking forward.

Facing the breach it just tore open, a figure was swiftly crossing the hall, like a gust of wind sweeping across the desert, blowing quickly toward its body.

It looked at that figure, slightly stunned, but at this moment, it could not afford to think too much. The wings on its back spread open and directly charged toward the thunder crack.

But the advancing figure was even faster, gently leaping and passing through the thunder gap.

He raised his hand, the invisible blade suddenly crossed the void and fell into his palm.

The brilliant thunder spread behind him, like his wings.

The black bat-winged figure looked at this insignificant figure approaching head-on, a hint of disdain curling at the corners of its mouth.

Its figure did not pause or evade in the slightest, directly charging toward the insignificant figure, its wings suddenly spread open again, releasing the force that had just torn through the thunder.

In the face of this terrifying force storm, the figure only gripped the sword in their hand, swinging it forward in a reverse grip.

The invisible sword blade left its owner’s palm, transforming into a long, narrow sword light, this sword light cut through the sky and the earth, refracting the brilliance of the bright thunder, slicing through the bat-winged giant’s body.

The small figure and the bat-winged giant crossed past each other, their steps steadily landing before the lotus sculpture, raising their hand, letting the Shadowless Sword return to their grip.

The brilliant thunder expanded its body behind him, like blooming petals, illuminating the sky and the earth.

The bat-winged giant’s body trembled in mid-air, its entire form splitting into two, then erupting into two clusters of black shadows, suddenly exploding.

Like a jet-black flower stamen, decorating the dazzling thunder.

Not until the electric light and black shadow fell like raindrops did He Ao lightly shake off the light, allowing the Shadowless Sword to continue floating behind him, gazing at the lotus sculpture in front.

Soft footsteps came from behind, it was Li Cheng carrying Andaville’s Spear, walking through the rain of light, approaching slowly in this direction.

"This monster is stronger than any we encountered before,"

He Ao observed the patterns on the lotus sculpture, speaking slowly, "It already has the power of several regular B-levels; was it this strong when you first encountered it?"

"No,"

Li Cheng gazed at the scattered black shadows, frowning slightly, "It’s not the one I encountered here."

"Hmm?"

He Ao was slightly puzzled, turning his head to look at Li Cheng.

Simultaneously, his gaze swept over the surrounding corners.

There seemed to be no other exotic beasts hiding here.

"To be precise, it should indeed be here,"

Li Cheng, seemingly not discovering any hidden creatures nearby, raised his hand, pointing to a broad doorway behind the lotus sculpture, "I went through that door before."

An already battered, rusted machine was now collapsed in front of the door, blocking most of the entrance.

However, in vague glimpses, He Ao could still discern certain exterior decorations on the machine, depicting a vague image of a mechanical arm.

Li Cheng looked at the machine, paused for a moment, then continued, "It was a massive mechanical arm, this black shadow originally was also behind that door."

Hearing this, He Ao realized something, asking, "Was it the mechanical arm you used to retrieve Andaville’s Spear fragments?"

Then He Ao’s gaze returned, scanning the vast, empty hall, "Is this where the Andaville’s Spear fragments were originally placed?"

"Yes,"

Li Cheng nodded gently, looking at the surrounding doors, a hint of reflection in his eyes, pointing at a small door, "At the time, I didn’t dare to explore Andaville’s Spear placed here, so I left through that small door,"

His voice paused, "But behind that small door, I encountered a twisted creature, I was chased, and in the end, I had to return to this hall."

Then he looked at the door stacked with broken machinery, continuing, "At that time, I didn’t dare to touch the stone box holding Andaville’s Spear fragments; anyone who directly touched it was instantly turned to ash by the electricity.

"It was then that I saw the mechanical arm behind that door, and with a mindset of treating a dead horse as if it were alive, I activated the mechanical arm."

His gaze swept over the surrounding black shadows, "This black shadow monster was a creature near the mechanical arm, it sensed the robotic arm’s activation and followed it here."

"Then you controlled the mechanical arm, picked up Andaville’s Spear fragment, killed the beast chasing you? Then you successfully escaped?"

He Ao prompted.

"Yes," Li Cheng nodded lightly, "but the situation back then was actually much worse, although I killed the creature chasing me, this black shadow monster also pursued, and simultaneously because I picked up Andaville’s Spear fragments, I could feel some horrific power reviving beneath the stone lotus."

He looked at He Ao, "However, fortunately, at the very last moment, the ruin’s corridor opened, ’taking’ us back to the Main World, which is how I obtained Andaville’s Spear,"

His gaze was on the stone lotus before him, "But..."

"You thought this black shadow monster," He Ao also focused on the stone lotus, continuing his words, "should have been killed by that terrifying power revived from the underground?"