Chapter 28: Stirring Up a Paper Umbrella Nest

When exiting a dungeon, everything obtained inside, except for injuries, is automatically stored in the personal shop.

Thus, the fox mask was not on Chu Xihen’s face when he emerged from the dungeon. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Lou Su standing opposite him.

Their hands were joined once more.

“Are you hurt?” Lou Su asked about Chu Xihen’s condition the instant he saw him.

God knows how worried he was about Chu Xihen in the dungeon, afraid of seeing him collapse upon exit.

“No,” Chu Xihen glanced at Lou Su, noticing a palm-sized corrosive wound on his shoulder. “How did you get hurt?”

He got injured on the very first dungeon run. Could his, Chu Xihen’s, presence as cannon fodder have extinguished Lou Su’s protagonist halo?

Before Lou Su could answer, a loud knocking resounded.

“Brother Lou, are you alright? Can I come in?” Bai Jinli’s tone was full of concern.

Chu Xihen looked at Lou Su without a word, and Lou Su touched his nose, explaining, “I entered the same dungeon as them. Let’s go out first!”

The sudden appearance of dungeons meant that no one would likely get any sleep tonight.

Lou Su walked over and opened the door. Bai Jinli immediately crowded forward, “Brother Lou, how’s your injury? I used my points to exchange for medicated ointment in the shop. Let me apply some for you?”

Han Chong, following closely behind Bai Jinli, saw that Chu Xihen was actually alive, and his expression instantly soured.

This piece of trash actually survived the dungeon? Could it be that each dungeon has a different difficulty level?

“No need, it’s almost healed,” Lou Su refused Bai Jinli’s goodwill with a frown.

Even if he needed to apply medicine, his boyfriend was right there. Bai Jinli was really overstepping boundaries.

“But…” Bai Jinli wanted to say something, but Zhou Quan from across the hall suddenly rushed over, pushing him aside.

Zhou Quan grabbed Lou Su’s hand, his voice trembling, “Brother Lou, please go check on Gao Lin. He seems to be dying!”

Gao Lin had entered the dungeon unconscious. Although external injuries wouldn’t be carried into the dungeon, any injuries he sustained inside and brought out would be a double blow to his body.

Now that everyone had emerged from the dungeon, Gao Lin couldn’t be woken up no matter how much they called him. Zhou Quan was terrified.

The group followed Zhou Quan into the room. Lou Su walked to the bedside and checked Gao Lin’s condition.

Su Yan wiped her tears, saying, “Why wasn’t there a healing-related skill when we cleared the dungeon? At least it could save Gao Lin.”

Chu Xihen, who entered the room last, saw large patches of corrosive wounds on Gao Lin’s body, similar to Lou Su’s shoulder, but much more severe.

He then asked, “You five entered one dungeon; did Gao Lin enter separately?”

Originally, after Lou Su and the others entered the dungeon, they guessed that Gao Lin should be in the same dungeon as Chu Xihen, but now it seemed they had entered separately.

“Gao Lin awakened a fire-type ability, and he got injured this badly entering a dungeon alone. I’m very curious, Chu Xihen, how did you survive?” Han Chong asked inappropriately.

Everyone was worried about Gao Lin’s safety, and no one paid attention to Han Chong.

Only Bai Jinli turned back and gave him a “shut up” look.

Han Chong listened to Bai Jinli and immediately quieted down.

“He shouldn’t have major problems. As long as he wasn’t dead when exiting the dungeon, it means he cleared the dungeon. An ability user’s body recovers quickly. Let’s wait a while and see,” Lou Su told Zhou Quan after examining Gao Lin’s condition.

He had only learned some basic nursing before the apocalypse, but now he had become the team’s medical consultant.

“Okay, okay, it’s good as long as he’s alright. I trust Brother Lou’s judgment,” Zhou Quan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Gao Lin was okay.

Lou Su nodded, “Then let’s go outside and talk about our respective gains in the dungeon, shall we?”

The five of them had entered the dungeon together, and clearing it relied entirely on Lou Su and Bai Jinli running around to find clues. Zhou Quan occasionally had a stroke of genius to help them solve puzzles, while Han Chong and Su Yan were purely team decorations.

After this dungeon, Zhou Quan and Su Yan’s trust in Lou Su grew even stronger, and Bai Jinli admired him more and more. Now that he had made such a request, naturally no one would refuse.

After the group sat down on the sofa, Han Chong was the first to speak, “Now, I’m asking how Chu Xihen managed to scrape by. Does anyone have any objections?”

Anyway, they were going to discuss the matters inside the dungeon.

Chu Xihen didn’t bother to pay attention to Han Chong, but he knew Lou Su would definitely want to know. Even if he didn’t say it now, the other party would still ask privately, so he might as well resolve it all at once, “Met a big shot who carried the rest of us to victory.”

“What big shot can carry four people? Wait, what dungeon did you enter? Was it killing poisonous konjac in Moyu Village?” Han Chong’s tone carried an undeniable contempt.

It was as if he was certain that the dungeon Chu Xihen entered wasn’t as difficult as the one they entered.

“Everyone should have entered the same dungeon,” Bai Jinli said, a judgment he made from seeing the injuries on Gao Lin’s body earlier.

“It was killing konjac. I just ate and slept in the hostel, then was taken to a big pit, got the reward, and came out,” Chu Xihen’s tone was as relaxed as eating and drinking before the apocalypse.

His words made the fists of the five people who had narrowly escaped death clench tightly.

“What’s the big shot’s name?” Han Chong asked again, not knowing if it was out of jealousy or something else. He just wanted to prove that Chu Xihen was lying.

Chu Xihen, a piece of trash, was already lucky to survive the dungeon, yet he even enjoyed himself inside. How could he tolerate that?

“He didn’t say, and he always wore a mask. We didn’t see his face,” Chu Xihen said “honestly.”

Han Chong mocked mercilessly, “Are you kidding me? Are you acting out a TV drama here? Still wearing a mask, haha, hilarious!”

“Yeah, I’m just kidding,” Chu Xihen replied with a smile.

His words were half true and half false, making it impossible to judge. Han Chong was about to be angered to death. Seeing that clown avatar again when exiting the dungeon wasn’t this infuriating!

“Alright, let’s not talk about these useless things,” Lou Su asked Chu Xihen, “Did you get a skill after clearing the dungeon?”

Under the five people’s expectant gazes, Chu Xihen took out two cards from his personal shop.

“There are actually two skill cards?” Han Chong was starting to feel frantic again.

This piece of trash’s luck was simply heaven-defying!

But when Chu Xihen stretched out his hand, revealing the names on the cards, Han Chong couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“【A Paper Umbrella】 hahaha, Chu Xihen, are you trying to be funny? You went into a dungeon and got two of these things? But with your ability, you only deserve to pick up such trash,” Han Chong said while laughing, almost collapsing on the sofa.

Even Lou Su didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Zhou Quan twitched his lips, “Good brother, did you stir up a paper umbrella nest?”

But then he patted Chu Xihen on the shoulder, comforting him, “It’s okay, brother, I have a skill now, I’ll protect you in the future.”