Thriller Night Talk

Chapter 177: A New Companion

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Editor- Koneko, Proofreader- Spring Flower

Meanwhile, Wei Fuyuan was busy saving lives.

Two minutes prior, when the outer perimeter of ‘Tianyuan’ City’s ruins collapsed, he heard someone shouting for help.

The sound wasn’t far from him, so Wei Fuyuan ran towards that direction.

It was at this time when the mechanical loli voice had already started reporting the casualties and the number of survivors, then announced the distribution of supplies.

Once the loli voice had finished speaking, Wei Fuyuan arrived at the scene just in time.

In the moonlight, he saw a man lying on the edge of the recently collapsed ruins. He was reaching out with both hands, seemingly struggling to hold onto something.

“Help!”

Hearing Wei Fuyuan’s footsteps, the man turned around and shouted to him, “Please help us!”

Wei Fuyuan rushed over to the man’s side, quickly realizing the situation.

Another man was hanging in mid-air, relying solely on the hands of the first man to prevent himself from falling into the abyss below.

Wei Fuyuan understood immediately.

The man must have been a few steps behind and ended up near the edge when the outer perimeter collapsed. Although he wasn’t crushed like the shattered stones, he couldn’t maintain his balance during the earthquake and accidentally fell. If it weren’t for his companion supporting him, he probably wouldn’t have made it.

But, his companion could barely hold him back from falling and was unable to pull him up.

Wei Fuyuan doesn’t find this strange at all.

In reality, it was completely different from what is seen in movies or anime. With the strength of an ordinary person, trying to pull up a man weighing over 150 pounds while they are hanging at the edge with their hands stretched out forwards was an almost impossible task.

One wrong move and dislocated wrists or shoulders would be the least of their worries.

The rescuer could be dragged down along with the person in danger, with both possibly ending up in a dire situation.

Wei Fuyuan thought to himself, “This brother is quite loyal.”

It had been at least three minutes since the edge collapsed. He had been holding on since the initial moment refusing to let go, probably to the point where his shoulder was almost losing sensation.

“Come, grab my hand!”

Wei Fuyuan also leaned over the edge, extending his hand, signaling to the person in danger to grab hold.

The panicked individual grabbed Wei Fuyuan’s palm. “On the count of three, let’s pull together with all of our strength!”

Wei Fuyuan commanded, “One, two, three!”

It was evident that Wei Fuyuan had much greater strength than the man in distress.

With their combined effort, they managed to pull the falling person inch by inch, gradually lifting him up.

After escaping danger, the person collapsed among the rubble, still in shock and appearing exhausted. The man who had rescued them had clearly injured his arm. His right arm couldn’t even be lifted, and he was pale, sweating, and looking worn out.

Wei Fuyuan also kept in mind the reminder from the mechanical loli voice about the respawning of monsters and the fifteen-minute mark.

“Get up, quickly! Hurry, and make your way to the central area!” he urged.

“After what just happened, I’m sure you don’t want to experience it again, right?”

This warning was the impacting wake-up call that was truly needed.

The man who was lying on the ground quickly scrambled to his feet, while the one who had saved his companion let go of his injured arm and prepared to continue the journey despite the pain.

With this, Wei Fuyuan gained two more companions by his side.

As they hurried along, the three men briefly introduced themselves. Wei Fuyuan remembered the man who had saved him. He was Luo Lan’s older brother, named Luo Yin.

Luo Yin was a college student who studied law at X University next to Fengxing University. According to Luo Yin himself, he was a good student with quite impressive grades at school. Initially, he got involved with the ‘Two Pole Gate’ in his dreams because he was worried about his immature sister. That’s how he ended up entering ‘Tianyuan City’.

During the early days in ‘Tianyuan City’, he and his sister were also obsessed with the teachings of ‘Grandmaster Tianyuan’. They would always enter their dreams on time every night. After waking up, they couldn’t help but constantly think about what they saw and heard during the night before, to the point where they neglected everything else, making their ‘real-life’ messy.

However, one day, Luo Yin suddenly felt like he had awakened from a state of blind faith. He quickly realized that ‘Grandmaster Tianyuan’s teachings’ were nothing but nonsense, with the so-called path to immortality being a complete scam.

He was furious and was the first to speak out, confronting ‘Grandmaster Tianyuan’ and exposing him. After being expelled from ‘Tianyuan City’, he never dreamt of the ‘Two Pole Gate’ again.

Luo Yin originally thought that he and his sister had completely escaped from the ‘Gate’, ‘Tianyuan City’, and Grandmaster Tianyuan.

However, he never expected that this morning, while he was in class, something would suddenly happen…

He suddenly blacked out, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself inside some eerie ruins.

“I wonder how Lan is doing… When it comes to my sister, Luo Lan, I’m always anxious,” Luo Yin expressed his worry.

“Since we ended up here, it’s very likely that Lan is also…”

The past fifteen minutes were extremely dangerous, and Luo Yin experienced it firsthand.

He couldn’t imagine how his pampered sister would survive in such a perilous environment.

“Earlier, did that person mention there were nine people…”

As Luo Yin spoke, he couldn’t continue his words.

He clenched his teeth tightly and nervously pinched his injured right arm with his left hand. “Hey, don’t think like that…”

The man who almost fell into the abyss quickly reached out and hugged Luo Yin’s arm, patting it reassuringly.

“Good things will happen, your sister will be fine!”

He patted his chest and smiled reassuringly, saying, “Look, didn’t I, as an uncle survive? Of course I did, thanks to both of you!”

The man speaking was named Mr. Xin.

Compared to Wei Fuyuan and Luo Yin, who were college students, Mr. Xin, who was almost in his forties, could indeed call himself an ‘uncle.’

Mr. Xin, in reality, was an office clerk in a daily chemical company. He had average abilities and was not very assertive, meaning he didn’t do well in the company. He didn’t have many hobbies, and his favorite entertainment was reading those novels where the male protagonist was powerful and invincible, especially urban cultivation novels.

So when he occasionally learned about the existence of the ‘Two Pole Gate’, he couldn’t contain his excitement and wanted to seek out the opportunity to become an immortal.

Unfortunately, it turned out to be a calamity instead of an opportunity.

If it weren’t for Wei Fuyuan and Luo Yin saving him, Mr. Xin would have fallen into the abyss to become the tenth person on the death list.

“Anyway, don’t worry,” Mr. Xin said, pointing to the faintly visible tall tower in the distance.

“If your sister also came in, her destination must be over there, right?”

He smiled reassuringly at the worried Luo Yin.

“As long as we walk in that direction, we’ll eventually meet.”

Just then, Wei Fuyuan suddenly noticed that about twenty meters diagonally ahead of them, there was a red light flashing in the air.

Wei Fuyuan immediately realized what it was: a ‘Supply box’!

Luo Yin and Mr. Xin’s eyes lit up. The three quickened their pace and headed straight towards the flickering red light.

As they approached, they saw that it was a supply box that had landed, with its parachute caught on a broken pillar, hanging in mid-air.

The box was three stories high, making it difficult to reach.

But that didn’t stop Wei Fuyuan.

He told his two new companions to wait as he found a foothold nearby to climb up using the uneven and broken stones.

Luo Yin and Mr. Xin were surprised.

Luo Yin and Mr. Xin: “!!”

One was a college student and the other was an ordinary office worker, neither of them were into sports. They had never even been to a gym, let alone climb three stories high. It would be a challenge for them to even navigate through the ruins.

At this moment, the two of them were stunned by Wei Fuyuan’s agility and skillful movements, not knowing how to react.

Meanwhile, Wei Fuyuan effortlessly reached the top of the broken pillar and grabbed the supply box. The box was made of aluminum alloy and had a flashing red indicator light on top.

As soon as the box was opened, the light automatically turned off.

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Wei Fuyuan took out the items from the supply box one by one.

There was a headlamp, a flashlight, a bottle of water, a loaf of bread, three compressed biscuits, a bundle of climbing rope, and a Swiss army knife that was about half a palm long.

These were all very useful items.

He also found a rolling pin, which was probably what they call a ‘weapon’. In addition, there was a gray piece of fabric at the bottom of the box. When he shook it out, he discovered it was a makeshift backpack that was just the right size to hold all the supplies from the box.

Luo Yin and Mr. Xin couldn’t help but swallow their saliva and showed expressions of desire, but they hesitated to ask for anything considering that Wei Fuyuan was the one who obtained them and his skills. They just stared at the items longingly.

Wei Fuyuan noticed their expressions.

If it were the old him, since he was the first to discover the box and take it down, he would definitely have no hesitation in claiming these supplies for himself.

But after spending a few months in “Sāntúchuān” and seeing his past life in the Pool of All Beings, Wei Fuyuan’s mindset had undergone a great change.

Or more accurately, he had grown.

“I’ll take the headlamp, you guys can split the rest.”

Wei Fuyuan said, as he put the headlamp on his head and casually inserted the rolling pin that no one cared about into his waist.

“Hurry up, we still need to go further!”

Luo Yin and Mr. Xin glanced at each other, no longer wanting to waste any more time.

They quickly put the biscuits and small knife into their jacket pockets, used a makeshift backpack to carry water, bread, and a rope, grabbed a flashlight, and followed behind Wei Fuyuan, continuing to walk towards the Immortal Tower that stood in the center of the map.