Su Yingxia looked up and saw several familiar faces.
The visitors were three young girls about the same age as Su Yingxia, roughly twenty or twenty-one years old.
All were level 6, ordinary player skill.
The one who looked gentle and cute was ID [Spring Breeze]. The fuller-figured wavy-haired girl was named [Autumn Moon Cold River]. And a taller, cooler-looking girl wearing gold-rimmed glasses was named [Winter Snow].
Su Yingxia recognized them at a glance: they were her college roommates.
"He Chun! Zhao Qiuyue… Xu Dongmei?"
"It really is you, Su Yingxia," Autumn Moon Cold River, with the swell of her chest on display, teased, "I thought I was seeing things! Who would have thought our dorm's famously good girl would come play games?"
Spring Breeze toyed with her long twin tails, half-smiling at Su Yingxia, "After graduation we lost contact. I heard you dumped Lin Mo? What a pity. I remember you two were the couple we liked the most."
The mature-looking Winter Snow, arms folded, expression cool, "Su Yingxia is so outstanding, not only a top student but the department beauty. Of course she should find someone with better qualifications to match her boyfriend. That loser Lin Mo suits our Yingxia?"
Whether intentional or not, what they said made Su Yingxia very uncomfortable.
At that moment Winter Snow smiled lightly and said, "Let's not talk about that. It's been a year; finally the four seasons are together again."
"Come on Yingxia, we'll take you to level up!"
Su Yingxia remembered Lin Mo had just told her to be a bit higher level before he joined her. She herself had never played a game and didn't know how it worked.
So facing the invitation from her once-close college roommates, Su Yingxia nodded and said softly, "Okay. I'm low level, please help me level up. I'll buy you bubble tea tomorrow."
"We're sisters, no need for those formalities!"
As she spoke, Winter Snow pulled Su Yingxia into the party.
On the way to the wilds, Winter Snow opened WeChat, secretly took a photo of Su Yingxia's back, then sent the photo to someone with the message, [Your white moonlight Su Yingxia is here with me, come quickly!]
After sending the message, Winter Snow raised a wicked smile.
At the same time, Su Yingxia suddenly noticed a party message:
[Ding~ Leader Winter Snow invited player Shadow of the Wind to join the party!]
Seeing no one around, Su Yingxia asked curiously, "Who is this Shadow of the Wind?"
Spring Breeze, Autumn Moon Cold River, and Winter Snow smiled without answering.
"A player who can help us level up."
"Don't ask now. Let's go first. He'll be here soon."
Soon they reached a level-6 wild zone: Scorpion Territory.
Before long, the player with the ID [Shadow of the Wind] appeared.
He was tall and robust, tan-skinned, and level 8.
The tag after his ID, "Heaven List No. 10," was very prominent.
Behind Shadow of the Wind followed a dozen or so level-7 players, all with the prefix [ZhuFeng] in their IDs.
When Su Yingxia saw Shadow of the Wind she felt a little familiar.
Shadow of the Wind casually showed off his muscles and greeted Su Yingxia, "Don't you remember me, Su Yingxia? In junior year I chased you, but you rejected me saying you had a boyfriend."
After Shadow of the Wind said that, Su Yingxia seemed to remember a little.
"You are… Qin Feng?"
"You remember me!" Shadow of the Wind brightened and got excited when Su Yingxia called his name.
He looked at Su Yingxia with love-filled eyes and said, "Yingxia, do you know? I waited for you for a whole year."
"A year ago, after graduation, I heard you and your boyfriend broke up, but then you disappeared and I couldn't find you."
"Yingxia, be my girlfriend! I always knew Lin Mo couldn't match you!"
Qin Feng beamed with confidence, "Look at me! I think my looks, body, and conditions are all better than that guy. Be with me and I can give you the life you want."
Su Yingxia looked at Qin Feng in disbelief.
Even more unexpectedly, He Chun, Zhao Qiuyue, and Xu Dongmei joined in fanning the flames, "Yingxia, listen to your sisters. Be with Brother Feng! Look at him now, someone you used to look down on has real-world management of a 4S shop and created his own guild in the game. He gets whatever he wants."
"Yes, we're good sisters. We wouldn't hurt you, would we? Brother Feng's conditions are excellent. A man like him is hard to find even with a lantern."
Qin Feng was smug.
It seemed this time he was determined to win Su Yingxia.
Su Yingxia frowned slightly and told Qin Feng, "I didn't look down on you. It's just that I have a boyfriend."
Qin Feng's face changed, "Who?"
"Lin Mo," Su Yingxia said plainly.
Xu Dongmei was stunned, "But you broke up with him a year ago, didn't you?"
"A comeback?"
"You two are something else. Has Lin Mo become successful or what? Didn't you dump him because he was poor?"
When Qin Feng heard Su Yingxia say Lin Mo, he felt no pressure and instead relaxed, "Yingxia, that loser Lin Mo doesn't match you. Break up with him and be my girlfriend!"
"My shop makes over two hundred profit a year. Marry me and I'll give you endless wealth and glory!"
Su Yingxia looked at Xu Dongmei and the others who were delighting in her trouble and understood their motive.
"Fine. Our friendship ends here!"
[Ding~ Player Summer Solstice left the party!]
Just as Su Yingxia decisively left the party and prepared to go.
ROAR!
A poison scorpion suddenly burst out and blocked Su Yingxia's way.
Even knowing it was a game, facing such a terrifying creature frightened Su Yingxia.
Qin Feng and Xu Dongmei stood behind with gloating expressions, ready to watch the show.
"Yingxia, if you need help, say the word! After all, we were good roommates. If you promise to be Brother Feng's girlfriend, not only will we help you deal with this scorpion, we'll also take you to level up."
"This scorpion's sting is painful. Your delicate skin will be all punctured and not look good."
Su Yingxia refused to give in.
Instinctive fear made her turn and run.
But level 0 her could not outrun a level 6 scorpion.
Whoosh!
The scorpion caught up in a few moves, swung its huge stinger, and instantly pierced Su Yingxia's body.
Blood stained the white clothes immediately.
However, the level-6 scorpion only inflicted "-1" forced damage on level-0 Su Yingxia.
It turned out Qin Feng had used the [Attack Reduction] talent on the scorpion.
E-grade talent Attack Reduction: reduces enemy attack by 100 points.
As values inflate later, this talent becomes less useful. But in early stages it's godlike.
Even without newbie gear, Su Yingxia had 30 initial HP.
After the attack reduction, the scorpion's 1-point damage could not threaten her.
She wouldn't die.
But the 100% pain feedback in Divine Oracle was unbearably real.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The scorpion crazily swung its sting, piercing Su Yingxia's frail body again and again.
Blood stained the ground.
Su Yingxia lay in a pool of blood, struggling in pain, face pale.
Nearby players couldn't bear to watch and wanted to help Su Yingxia.
But Qin Feng's subordinates, players of the [ZhuFeng] guild, cruelly slaughtered them.
"Whoever dares save her, I'll kill them!"
Qin Feng shouted angrily at the onlookers who were about to move.
Those onlookers, seeing Qin Feng's Heaven List No. 10 status and his guild backing, dared not bring trouble on themselves.
They could only look on with pity at Su Yingxia being ravaged by the scorpion.
Qin Feng continued to say to Su Yingxia, "Su Yingxia, just say the word and I'll help you!"
Even so, Su Yingxia bit her teeth and refused to beg for help.
Qin Feng was in no hurry and leisurely watched the show.
"I'll see how long you can hold on!"
At the same time, among the surrounding crowd of spectators, a pair of eyes quietly watched what was happening on the field.
The owner of those eyes was Lin Mo.
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