Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1322 A Bad Idea

Chapter 1322: Chapter 1322 A Bad Idea

At this moment, Gu Fan was covered in mosquitoes, feeling like a dark, oppressive mountain bearing down on him, making him extremely uncomfortable.

Gu Fan could feel the mosquitoes constantly trying to insert their proboscises into his body, but thanks to the effect of Vajra Body Protection, they were impenetrable, leaving the mosquitoes helpless no matter how hard they tried.

"I’ll crawl if I have to," Gu Fan, overwhelmed by the swarm of mosquitoes, could do nothing but crawl strenuously, only to find he couldn’t move after a short while.

Clenching his teeth, since he couldn’t crawl, he decided to roll instead. Gu Fan rolled over several times, crushing many mosquitoes, but it was futile; no matter how many he squished, more would keep coming.

"Wait, where did I end up?" Gu Fan took a good look and realized he had rolled off course, so he tried to shift his body again, searching for the right direction.

Suddenly a mosquito landed on Gu Fan’s face, obstructing his vision. By the time Gu Fan chased this one away, several more came along, impossible to fend off.

In this situation, with no solution at hand, Gu Fan could only roll towards the direction he had previously judged while bearing the mass of mosquitoes on his body, though even rolling required a great deal of effort.

With each roll, Gu Fan felt it was extremely tough, as though a powerful force was weighing down, draining his strength with every movement.

"My God, why haven’t I arrived yet? Did I roll in the wrong direction?" Gu Fan’s heart turned cold, just as he was about to despair, he suddenly felt a gap under him and knew he had reached the entrance to the safety passage.

Gu Fan quickly contracted his body and fell into the safety passage, using the friction from the passage walls to grind all the mosquitoes on his body into nothing.

The mosquitoes pursued relentlessly, crazily charging into the passage, but alas, the safety passage was too narrow; they could only fly in small groups.

After Gu Fan fell, he hurriedly crawled towards the passage, only to see Lu Yi waiting for him there, silently praising the reliability of a brother who shared life and death.

Lu Yi originally wanted to greet him, but upon seeing a swarm of mosquitoes also following in, he promptly picked up a shield to help Gu Fan.

Gu Fan immediately used the shield to block the passage. When a swarm of mosquitoes smashed into the shield, it numbed Gu Fan’s arms, making him inwardly complain of exhaustion, though he felt relieved that the shield fit the passage well, leaving only a tiny gap.

A few mosquitoes struggled through the gap, only to be smashed against the wall by Gu Fan.

The safety passage was so narrow that, despite their numbers, the mosquitoes couldn’t leverage their team strength, and their impacts against the shield were negligible.

In this way, Gu Fan, Lu Yi, and Ouyang Jin slowly moved toward the exit, exhausted but seeing the hope of escaping, that hope supporting them.

Ouyang Jin and Lu Yi crawled out of the passage one after another and then anxiously awaited Gu Fan’s emergence.

Now Gu Fan faced another dilemma: if he crawled out now, he wouldn’t be able to hold the shield steady, unable to block the passage, unable to stop the mosquitoes from continuously charging through.

At this moment, Lin Xi, whose supernatural power had partly recovered, cast the Protective Barrier again to block the mosquitoes for Gu Fan.

"Thank God, finally out," Gu Fan, covered in filth and barely able to stand, slumped onto the ground as everyone pulled him out of the safety passage.

All together, they sealed and reinforced the exit of the passage before finally feeling at ease.

"My Lord, I’m so done with this. Even if you raise my pay, I’m not going to go out with you guys anymore," Ouyang Jin complained, regret written all over his face.

Everyone collectively scorned Ouyang Jin. At such a time, he was still thinking about using this as a way to raise his pay; how could they have ended up knowing such a person.

After resting, they did a headcount and found the results distressing; only about seventy people were left, each looking panic-stricken and thoroughly drained.

The good news was that most of the survivors were on Gu Fan’s side, and the majority were from the Steel Mercenaries, Harvin’s regular army, and the ones from Irina’s Hunter’s Guild.

After this experience, everyone’s trust in Gu Fan was reinforced, more firmly believing that following him was their way out of this place.

Lu Yi suddenly grew furious and shouted, "You artificial idiot, come out here, how much longer do you intend to torment us?"

"Are you calling for me?" Xiaolan, the artificial intelligence, suddenly appeared again. But this time, thanks to Lu Yi’s warning, no one was startled.

At first, everyone blamed Lu Yi for summoning this detestable artificial intelligence, but then they thought better of it. The AI would have shown up anyway, better to not get a heart attack from a sudden appearance.

"Congratulations, you actually survived that ordeal; I can hardly believe it. I guess I’ll have to increase the difficulty for the next one." Xiaolan looked admiringly at them, but her sly smile was truly frightening, leaving everyone anxious about what she might have in store next.

Lu Yi protested, "You always set up difficult challenges for us but never reward us for overcoming them. That’s not right."

"That’s true; consider me stingy," Xiaolan replied nonchalantly, infuriating Lu Yi, who was ready to pounce and bite her for being so shamelessly brazen.

Su Hui couldn’t help but marvel, the artificial intelligence created by a Super Civilization was so lifelike it was uncanny, indistinguishable from a real person except for lacking flesh and blood.

Gu Fan, not in the mood, simply said, "At least give us some food and water."

"That I can do; consider it your reward for passing the challenge." Xiaolan snapped her fingers, and with her control, transport devices similar to skateboards generously delivered food and water.

Everyone pounced on the food and water, eating and drinking heartily; it was a moment of pure relief.

Watching everyone gorge themselves, Gu Fan relaxed just a little, grateful for the food and water that would allow them to hang on for a few more days, but...

Gu Fan sneaked a glance at Xiaolan, thinking they couldn’t just keep being led around by the AI forever.

As everyone was enjoying their meal, Lu Yi kept stuffing his mouth with food while talking, "Lucky you weren’t so cruel as to poison our food and water, or else we’d all be finished."

Upon hearing this, Xiaolan’s eyes lit up, and she exclaimed excitedly, "Right, why didn’t I think of that? Thanks for reminding me, I didn’t know you had such an endearing side."

"Oh no!" Lu Yi immediately regretted his words, and just as he was about to speak again, he saw the murderous glares from those around him and quickly shrank his neck, shutting his mouth tight.