Chapter 34: Heartbreaking

Night fell once again. The paper umbrellas were no match for the wind and rain, and considering they would need them again tomorrow, everyone carefully packed them away.

However, once the paper umbrella had been summoned, it couldn’t be turned back into a card. If one hadn’t been through a dungeon before, without an accompanying personal shop, preserving the paper umbrella would be a major problem, as they were made of rice paper and could easily be torn.

But now, everyone had a personal shop. Although the initial inventory space only had three slots, it was enough to store some essential items.

As Chu Xihen put away the paper umbrella, he conveniently exchanged some points for several buckets of instant noodles.

Among their group, some had fire-attribute abilities, and others had water-attribute abilities, so boiling water for noodles was a piece of cake.

“If you want to use water, you have to exchange two buckets of instant noodles for us too.” Han Chong directed this remark at Chu Xihen.

The two had returned after walking away earlier, not feeling embarrassed at all, as if the previous conflict had never existed. Bai Jinli still maintained his gentle and amiable demeanor, and Han Chong was as annoying as ever.

“I’ve realized that you have the thickest skin! What, you’re going to use cold water to soak your noodles? Don’t need our fire, huh?” Zhou Quan was truly astonished by Han Chong’s shamelessness. “One bucket of instant noodles costs three points! Xihen isn’t upgrading his abilities for now, so he’s lending us his points to use. What right do you have to ask for that?”

“I can just not use your fire…” Han Chong and Bai Jinli carried lighters, so they could easily find some dry firewood nearby to boil the water for their noodles. Why would they need a fire-attribute ability user?

But before he could finish speaking, Bai Jinli interrupted him. “He’s just joking. We’ll exchange for our own instant noodles. I’ll provide water for free.”

Having said that, he painfully spent six points to exchange for two buckets of instant noodles, giving one bucket to Han Chong.

Zhou Quan felt that this was more like it. He picked up the pot that Chu Xihen had exchanged for and was about to go to Bai Jinli to get some water when he saw Bai Jinli exchange for several bottles of mineral water from the shop, unscrewing the caps and pouring them into the pot.

“Hey, Xihen, what are you doing? Are you trying to waste your points?” Zhou Quan was anxious.

The others also didn’t expect Chu Xihen to be so stubborn at this moment.

One bottle of mineral water also cost one point! This young master was really not treating points like money!

“Next time, if you want to exchange for something, use my points. Save some for yourself.” Lou Su didn’t blame Chu Xihen for his extravagant spending. He calculated that Chu Xihen had probably spent nearly all of his hundred points on this pile of stuff.

“Okay.” Chu Xihen was focused on cooking the noodles, replying casually.

It wasn’t that he intentionally wanted to provoke Bai Jinli, but he really had too many points to use up, so why not take the opportunity to annoy him?

Since Chu Xihen and his group weren’t using Bai Jinli’s ability, Bai Jinli and Han Chong not only had to start their own fire, but also had to exchange for a pot using their points.

Since Bai Jinli had already exchanged for two buckets of instant noodles, the task of exchanging for a pot fell to Han Chong. He opened the shop and saw that the cheapest pot cost ten points!

He sullenly exchanged for a pot and began boiling water for their noodles with Bai Jinli.

But in his heart, he cursed Chu Xihen a thousand times, wishing that mutated creatures would attack them immediately, so he could take advantage of the chaos to kill him!

Perhaps the heavens had sensed Han Chong’s resentment, because just as their water was boiling, the ground began to tremble slightly.

Because of Chu Xihen’s decisiveness, his group had already boiled their water and were now eating. Feeling the abnormality in the ground, they stuffed the instant noodles into their mouths in large gulps, even finding time to drink a few mouthfuls of broth.

Han Chong and Bai Jinli weren’t so lucky. A thick stem of a poisonous devil’s konjac, as thick as a thigh, burst out of the ground, directly sweeping away their two buckets of instant noodles that were placed on the ground.

“Quick, dodge!” Lou Su shouted, grabbing Chu Xihen and running.

Zhou Quan hurriedly put the pot into his personal shop. After all, it had been exchanged for with Chu Xihen’s hard-earned points, so he couldn’t lose it.

However, the poisonous devil’s konjac that emerged from the ground this time was too huge. Zhou Quan was just a step too slow, and his foot was directly entangled by a thick stem.

Fortunately, Gao Lin reacted quickly, grabbing his hands. Otherwise, he would have been pulled directly into the pit.

Gao Lin held onto Zhou Quan with one hand, and with the other hand, he threw ping pong balls at the branches of the poisonous devil’s konjac. But he couldn’t hit the section that was wrapped around Zhou Quan, fearing that the explosion would injure Zhou Quan.

The stem had poisonous sap on it. The flesh on Zhou Quan’s leg was instantly corroded, causing him to feel dizzy with pain. He didn’t have the strength to use his ability at all.

At this moment, an arrow came piercing through the air, directly hitting the section of stem that was wrapped around Zhou Quan. The stem suddenly released Zhou Quan’s leg and retracted.

Gao Lin had hit the stems several times with the balls, but the stems didn’t retract. But Chu Xihen’s arrow made it retreat with just one shot.

Because everyone was busy dodging the branches of the poisonous devil’s konjac, no one noticed this unusual detail.

The body of the poisonous devil’s konjac hadn’t even emerged yet. Only two or three branches had appeared first, and they were already scattering everywhere in a panic.

Gao Lin dragged Zhou Quan out of the range of the branches’ attacks. He squatted down to look at Zhou Quan’s leg, discovering that a large portion of the flesh on his left leg had been corroded away, and the leg bone was directly visible.

“Zhou Quan, wake up! Don’t sleep! Open your eyes!” Gao Lin looked at Zhou Quan’s leg, and his eyes instantly turned red.

He gently patted Zhou Quan’s face, trying to pull his consciousness back. Otherwise, he would easily slip into unconsciousness on this cold night and might not wake up.

“I… I can’t go on… you go…” Zhou Quan really didn’t have the strength to speak. The poison of the devil’s konjac could not only corrode flesh, but also instantly enter the nerves, causing a state of paralysis.

If Zhou Quan hadn’t awakened his ability, he would have already died.

“No, you won’t! Don’t be afraid. There’s a shop now, and the shop has medicine. I’ll buy it now. You open your eyes for me. If you dare to close your eyes, I’ll beat you.” Gao Lin was trembling all over as he spoke, searching for medicine in the shop.

But any medicine that could save Zhou Quan cost more than a hundred points. He couldn’t afford it at all.

“Carry him further away. It’s still too close here. This poisonous devil’s konjac is very large, and its attack range is very wide.” Lou Su and Chu Xihen ran over, one standing in front of them to defend against attacks, and the other helping Gao Lin lift Zhou Quan up and carry him further away.

At this moment, Gao Lin discovered that a hundred points had been added to his shop. He looked at Lou Su in surprise.

Lou Su had actually transferred all his points to him.

“Don’t be dazed! Hurry up and buy medicine to save him.” Chu Xihen reminded him.

Su Yan next to him also said, “I’ve transferred my points to you too. Buy better medicine. Save him first.”

Gao Lin didn’t say anything, and started opening the shop to buy medicine that could save Zhou Quan.

The medicines were all unavailable in the real world, and their uses were described in detail. He found a bottle within three hundred points that could detoxify and treat external wounds, and bought it without hesitation.

He could repay the owed points slowly, but Zhou Quan absolutely couldn’t be allowed to die.

After getting the medicine, Gao Lin immediately poured half a bottle into Zhou Quan’s mouth, and poured the remaining half directly onto Zhou Quan’s injured leg.

“Ah!!” The intense pain caused the groggy Zhou Quan to scream.

Hearing this scream, Gao Lin felt like his heart was breaking.