Lu Zhe scowled at Tang Xiaoguo for three seconds:
"Tang Xiaoguo, take your hand off me!"
"I didn't dare to...it moved!"
Veins bulged on Lu Zhe's forehead: "That's...that's not a snake!"
Tang Xiaoguo looked back and her face instantly turned red.
"Oh...wrong!"
She quickly retracted her little hand as if burnt.
Ning Shu sigh helplessly: "Your mistake is way too absurd!"
How awkward!
But Tang Xiaoguo didn't care.
"You're a guy. Touching a bit is no big deal!"
Lu Zhe's face was a little red: "What do you mean it's no big deal? Guys get shy too, got it?"
"Aiya, don't get angry Lu Zhe. I'll formally apologize to you, isn't that good enough?"
"Just apologizing, huh!"
"What do you want then? Or do you want me to let you kiss me?"
This left Lu Zhe stumped for a moment.
Kiss her when Ning Shu was here too?
Don't kiss and feel like he was losing out?
Ning Shu knocked her forehead and sighed: "I seriously suspect you did that on purpose, Xiaoguo!"
"Class monitor, how dare you accuse me!"
"And why can't I? Look at that smug face of yours!"
"I just touched by accident. It's not like the class monitor who got an itchy butt and made Little Zhe rub it before straight up riding his face!"
The moment Tang Xiaoguo brought up those two incidents, Ning Shu instantly deflated: "I'm telling you Xiaoguo, can we not mention those things again?"
Just then, the colored snake crawled over.
"Shh, everyone keep still! It's alright."
They watched as it slowly crawled past each person before disappearing into the bushes.
Lu Zhe sighed: "What a waste. That chunk of protein just crawled away."
Ning Shu nodded: "So rumor of wild snakes are true!"
Tang Xiaoguo added: "And I wanted to kill a snake with my bare hands. It got lucky this time!"
Ning Shu agreed: "Me too. Beheading a snake coolly like Sister Bing. That's so awesome!"
"You'll have your chance to kill snakes later. But for now, be careful and don't startle them. Generally if left alone, they won't attack you."
The two girls nodded.
"Replenish your energy because we'll keep climbing up after this. The final stretch isn't easy so everyone be extra careful."
"Got it!"
The three took turns climbing up but when they were just meters away from the cliff top, they encountered a pit viper.
At that time, they had to climb over the last slope to reach the top!
Ning Shu was highest up, with Lu Zhe to her left lower down and Tang Xiaoguo to her right lower down.
The snake lay coiled on a tree, flattening its head as it watched Ning Shu warily.
That was their only path up!
Ning Shu was drenched in cold sweat as she swore: "Damn your ancestry, I was just joking about meeting a snake!"
Tang Xiaoguo stammered while trembling: "Lu Zhe said if left alone, it'll leave on its own!"
That's right!
It should have gone that way but this time, Lu Zhe had an extremely grave look.
He spotted a small hole filled with over a dozen oblong eggs.
"No good. This one's different. We have to kill it!"
Ning Shu asked: "We must pass it to climb up right?"
"It's not about getting past anymore."
Lu Zhe said softly: "Class monitor, there's a snake's nest. It's guarding the eggs. Everyone slowly turn your head and avoid looking at it!"
"Okay..."
As Ning Shu slowly turned her head, she felt a jet of icy water spray on her neck and clothes. It was as if her scalp would explode!
"How rude to spit water!"
"It's fine. The venom can't penetrate skin."
With that, Lu Zhe drew out his Type 30 bayonet and slowly passed it to Ning Shu: "Didn't you want to kill a snake? Here's your chance!"
Ning Shu's face turned white!
He couldn't be serious! Why pass me the knife now?
I just wanted to kill A snake, not a viper right off the bat!
What game has players fighting the end boss straight out of the novice village?
She held the trembling knife rather anxiously.
"Class monitor, don't panic. When it comes to bite me, you slash its neck! Xiaoguo, secure the rope tight. If she drops it, pull her up immediately!" Tang Xiaoguo nodded: "Got it!"
Yet Ning Shu was still confused: "It's closer to me though. Why would it bite you?"
Next, Ning Shu froze as she understood Lu Zhe's intent!
She watched as Lu Zhe reached into the concealed rocky hole.
And as expected, the viper's attention was drawn by his actions. It turned its head and started slithering down slowly.
"Treat it like playing tennis. Give it your all!"
"Understood!" Ning Shu swallowed hard and nodded forcefully.
Lu Zhe then took out an oblong egg from the hole!
The snake's attention was fixed completely on Lu Zhe now. Flicking its tongue, flattening its head, it ignored Ning Shu and crawled toward Lu Zhe!
"Now!"
Ning Shu swung the knife down precisely hacking the snake's head!
But things happened a little unexpectedly!
The head wasn't completely severed. A strip of skin still connected it as it jerked back before finally coming off!
When the head jerked, it actually dropped right in front of Ning Shu's chest, missing by just millimeters!
Knowing the head was still dangerous, Ning Shu was so shocked that she slipped. Lu Zhe and Tang Xiaoguo hurriedly grabbed the rope.
And at that instant, the unforeseeable happened!
The head didn't bite Ning Shu but landed on a log below her. It ricocheted off directly towards Tang Xiaoguo!
Tang Xiaoguo screamed in horror!
But it was useless!
One of her hands held a rock protrusion while the other gripped Ning Shu's safety rope. She had absolutely no way to block the flying snake head!
The head bit right into Tang Xiaoguo's chest!
Scared out of her wits, Tang Xiaoguo mumbled dazedly: "Why me again..."
But she quickly raged: "Jerk! Don't keep bullying the cutest!"
With fiery anger, she ripped the head from her chest and fiercely slammed it on the rocky wall.
Her body then went limp as she started sliding down!
Lu Zhe had no time to think further. Digging his feet firmly into the crevice, he single-handedly held up both their weights.
"Class monitor, tie the rope!"
Coming to her senses, Ning Shu grabbed a jutting rock and bit hard on the Type 30 bayonet before tying the ropes onto the tree.
Lu Zhe undid his rope and shifted to Tang Xiaoguo's side, tying both himself and her together.
"Little Zhe bro..." Tang Xiaoguo looked at Lu Zhe with a hint of despair glittering in her eyes. "This time, I'm really done for right..."
"Shut up! As long as I'm here, you better stay alive and well!"
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
