Chapter 1218 The Night Meeting Is a Duet

White light bloomed, and the day and night changes in the holographic online game had its own cycle of rules. The faint sunlight, which was very different from the real night, illuminated the cherry blossom forest, and a drop of dew hit Liao Jingchen's eyelids.

He was hit without any defense, his eyelashes like butterfly wings trembled slightly, and there was a rare sense of confusion and grievance in his slightly narrowed eyes.

"Master~!"

The coquettish calls came swirling, Liao Jingchen turned his head in surprise, and quickly put on the animal bone mask with one hand. "Jingchen" was like the personality he had anxiously summoned to take over, covering him in a panic and stiff manner. Soft and harmless, the tall black goat stood silently next to the cherry blossom tree. Only his slightly stiff body made a suspicious gap in the majestic image he tried to maintain.

"Huh?"

The keen Tutu never misses any detail, "Master, what's wrong with you?...Are you tired from standing after waiting for too long?"

"..."

A muffled cough came from beneath the strange and terrifying mask.

Liao Jingchen's ears were burning, and his body chose to avoid it before his consciousness. He took big steps forward and said in a deliberately cold voice:

"Follow up."

"Oh! Okay!"

This look was more familiar to "Rong Rong". She didn't complain at all, and immediately ran a few steps beside him, her eyes rolling around, looking here and there.

Master tonight... seems to be in a good mood?

"What are you looking at?" Liao Jingchen said uncomfortably.

"Well -" "Rongrong" scratched his cheek, wanting to describe it but couldn't tell why. He whined for a while before saying, "Did anything good happen today?"

"Huh?" Liao Jingchen was slightly startled.

"You look very happy!" "Rongrong" said in a clear voice.

"……Is it."

Even though he was wearing a mask, Liao Jingchen subconsciously moved his eyes to the side.

"Yes, Master's body is much less dark today!" "Rong Rong" blinked, "It wasn't like this before!"

Liao Jingchen suddenly felt funny: "What is black energy?"

"It's just...it's just black energy. The aura it emits is gloomy, and a line of words spells out from top to bottom: 'Don't mess with me, or you will look good'."

When it came to what came next, "Rong Rong" raised his face and lowered his voice in a serious manner, his soft cheeks concave with a look that he thought he was fierce.

The black goat sneered.

"RongRong" tilted his head and looked up at him.

"You are indeed in a good mood."

It's like the tiger turned into a big cat.

"Shut up." Liao Jingchen said calmly, his tone even lazily.

"RongRong" didn't mind his orders, humming and running around beside him. It wasn't until the two of them were about to walk out of the cherry blossom forest and enter the novice leveling area that her melodyless movements gradually stopped.

"That, Master."

The short man next to the tall figure looked at the scene in front of him, then looked at his positioning point on the light screen map that was getting farther and farther away from the mission coordinates, and asked in confusion:

"Where are we going now?"

Liao Jingchen: "..."

Tsk, that’s the wrong way to go.

He didn't answer, and silently took out the teleportation tool, put one hand on "Rong Rong"'s shoulder, and let the rotating and blooming light wrap around the two of them.

(ω?)

"Rong Rong" disappeared into the teleportation array in confusion.

In front of the screen, Shen Ziqiong covered her face and laughed.

Help, there are idiots!

Does falling in love really make people have lower IQs? The arrogant overturning is simply a must-have after "Jing Chen" is tempted!

"Hey~ Such a sour atmosphere."

Shen Ziqiong was vomiting, and her face was full of "hee hee hee" aunt smiles, "Why are you so cute? Just now, it was like a very soft and rua Liao Jingchen floated out of the shell of 'Jing Chen', and then he I was shocked and quickly pressed it back, fearing that Jiang Rong would find out... Hahahahaha... I don't understand you black goats who are obsessed with face! "

Although this small interaction has nothing to do with the advancement of the plot, this natural and funny candy is really delicious!

Shen Ziqiong cheerfully typed in the barrage column "It's so sweet to someone, it's so sweet to me!" and posted it, not caring that she had turned off the barrage early in the morning. At this time, she could not see the message she had just sent. Just hold the snack and look back.

The plot that follows is lighthearted and joyful, just like an early Western fantasy adventure novel. Although it is not long, it is quite a royal development whether it is a step-by-step exploration of monsters or the sour and ambiguous atmosphere of a young couple.

Unknowingly, three-quarters of the large-scale mission chain [Heart-Searching and God-Searching] that had previously been forcibly bound due to "Rong Rong"'s mistake was completed. While waiting for the teleportation item to cool down, Jiang Rong sat on the grass and stretched out his hand to swipe the progress bar on the mission interface, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Time flies so fast. It turns out that I have known Master for such a long time...

She couldn't help but snicker secretly as she recalled the unpleasant first encounter between the two and the series of mistakes they made.

"Hey, speaking of it, I still don't know why I have clicked so many times to submit applications to untie the master-disciple relationship, but all of them came to nothing..." Jiang Rong muttered in a low voice, "This is a classic example of game officials ignoring players' demands and pretending to be stuffy. Die'?"

She pursed her lips, then quietly raised her eyes to look at "Jingchen" who was leaning leisurely on the big tree with one long leg hanging down. She turned away her eyes and muttered:

"But luckily I had the shamelessness to stay by Master's side. Well, to know such a good Master, I feel like all my luck in this life is spent here..."

"What are you talking about?" Liao Jingchen asked casually.

"Woo?!" Jiang Rong's mumbling was interrupted, and she looked guilty, "No, nothing."

A very noticeable sight was cast down from the tree, and Jiang Rong laughed dryly, looking around and talking about something else.

Liao Jingchen listened to her chattering for a long time, but did not respond. He just turned his head lightly and curled his lips quietly.

At this time, a prompt banner popped up in the lower right corner of the field of vision, and the CD (cooling time) of the teleportation prop had been turned back. He looked serious:

"Get ready to go."

"Okay!"

Jiang Rong immediately got up from the ground.

Liao Jingchen turned over and jumped down, landing silently, as light as a cat, the teleportation crystal floated in his hand, releasing thick and thin purple light, circling around him and Jiang Rong.

The post-editing was a bit lazy, telling the story of this online game date in a slideshow-like format. Each frame that gradually came in and out was like a beautiful and lovely two-person CG, with perfect angles and perfect lighting. The characters in the fantastic and textured background seemed like two-and-a-half-dimensional paper people, just the right amount of vividness and beauty. If you put it in a nine-square grid on Vblog, people would be curious about which large game was doing a version event.

Shen Ziqiong took screenshots while watching.

This one shows "Jingchen" fighting with the dungeon boss, while "Rongrong" hides behind a tree and reads a healing skill;

This one shows "Rongrong" lying on the edge of a cliff with a sad face, being watched by "Jingchen", and tremblingly reaching out to pick a small flower in the crack of the stone next to her;

The third one shows the two of them resting at the highest point of the ancient city, "Jingchen" looking up at the clouds, with the Tang sword and scabbard lying on "Rongrong's" knees beside him, being carefully wiped by her handkerchief;

The next one shows a disgusting monster with green pus that scares "Rongrong" pale, while "Jingchen" is amused by her pale face and flying tears.

The clear lake surface splashes with surging water, and "Rongrong" emerges from the water happily like a flexible little fish, with a few strands of wet hair sticking to her face, like gentle rain wetting the fur of a rabbit.

Liao Jingchen holds a mask to cover the lower half of his face, with a smile in his eyes.

Today is his lunar birthday.

As long as he can remember, Liao Jingchen has regarded his birthday as a public exhibition. When he was young, he would carefully prepare for the exhibition and be proud of it. Later, when he grew up, he found it more and more tedious and boring, and tired of socializing.

Qi Wan, Liao Jingchen's childhood friend, always uses his lunar birthday, which he doesn't care much about, as an excuse every year to try to soothe him with a relatively private party. Liao Jingchen is very considerate and does have some gratitude, so he always agrees to it, drawing some spiritual energy from social activities and those who admire and respect him.

He has to admit that he needs this, the affirmation from others, the gradually accumulated prestige... He was taught by Liao Hongjing to feed on this and got used to it.

But the appearance of "Rongrong" is like serving a bowl of clear soup noodles to people who are used to eating delicacies. After tasting the fragrant and sweet taste, the diners suddenly realized that the big meals they had eaten before were too rich and greasy. Although delicious, they had to accept the indigestible burden under the gorgeous appearance - it turned out that there was another choice in the world, light, sweet, and unrestrained, tempting him to immerse himself in it.

"Uh, cough, cough!!"

The sound of choking water brought Liao Jingchen back to his thoughts. He hurriedly looked at "Rongrong". At this moment, he had no restraint at all, and his eyes were surging with almost surging love.

Holding back his smile, Liao Jingchen fished her up, seemingly roughly grabbed a cloak-like equipment, covered her head and rubbed it randomly.

"Uh, uh, uh, uh... I'll do it automatically after I get ashore! Master!"

Jiang Rong, who was rubbed back and forth, was unaware of the bad taste, squinting his eyes to bear the weight from the top of his head.

A strange conversation came at this moment.

"Eh?" Jiang Rong turned around, and Liao Jingchen's expression was stern. The animal bone mask appeared in his hand and covered his face.

"Where is the place you are talking about?"

"Oh, it's in front, very beautiful--"

The conversation between the man and the woman continued. It sounded like the players of a guild were doing a cyber team building and were about to come here to take pictures and check in.

Jiang Rong put the cloak that Liao Jingchen used as a blanket into her backpack and asked in a low voice:

"Are you leaving?"

She knew that her master was a loner and didn't like to see people.

What's more, the "Demon King" is still a mysterious legend in the online game "Heart Shadow Link". The chats on the game forum are different every day. What never changes is the Demon King bounty issued by the busybodies and the curiosity of the "fans" who have nowhere to go--the latter will even pay more money to recruit warriors just to see what kind of face is under the mask of the black goat.

"Let's go."

Liao Jingchen simply responded.

In the past, he might have rushed out to kill them all, but with "Rongrong" here, the violent desire caused by irritability no longer exists, and there is no reason to take action.

Today is a good day, he is in a good mood, and the gentleness and consideration of "Liao Jingchen" suppressed the Demon King's previous violence, so he rarely considered the emotions of other players and didn't want to ruin their gaming experience.

However, it was very dramatic that the rare release of goodwill did not bring the desired peace.

A group of people rushed out from not far away, and an arrow was shot at "Rongrong" who was holding the teleportation crystal without saying anything. The two people in the team immediately entered the combat state passively, and the teleportation was interrupted.

"What?!"

Jiang Rong was shocked, and before he could react, Liao Jingchen grabbed his shoulder and dodged the attack.

"Chatting is a cover." They are coming for us.

Liao Jingchen hurriedly left a sentence, his eyes cold.

Before he finished speaking, his figure appeared a few meters away. The rhythm of the warm and leisurely picture just now soared in an instant, and the rapid drum beats sounded, grabbing the audience's heart together with the dazzling special effects.

The visitor is not friendly.

While running, Liao Jingchen dodged the flying knife sideways, raised his right foot, and kicked the bottom of the flying knife like a shuttlecock, returning it to its owner.

The white light symbolizing death bloomed, killing him in one blow, but there was no scream, only a muffled groan. At the same time, the offensive formation formed by other players was not disordered at all, and the air was full of a solemn atmosphere.

There is no doubt that this group of people came prepared.

Liao Jingchen frowned slightly. He was really a little irritated at this time, not only because his kind speculation just now was slapped in the face by reality, but also because the rare date night was disturbed by uninvited guests.

Another counterattack, Liao Jingchen ducked and swept the man down with a kick, grabbed the man's collar with one hand and threw him forward, acting as a temporary live target.

With a "bang", the human shield fell in front, quickly clearing a space.

Liao Jingchen's pupils moved quickly, no one on the opposite side came to pick him up, all of them dodged directly, and no one even exclaimed or expressed concern. This either means that this team was formed not long ago, the members have no feelings for each other, and it is a makeshift team without any cooperation; or it means that they are all high-level players, with full analytical and adaptability capabilities, and have established sufficient psychological expectations before taking action, and know what to do and when.

The answer is already very obvious, the situation is not optimistic.

Liao Jingchen's face sank.

This time is different from the past. None of the players who appear in the field of vision are heavy-duty and anti-injury. On the contrary, they are all high-attack and high-speed warriors, obviously wanting to kill by force.

Huh, kill by force?

The arrogance and ferocity that had not been seen for a while returned to Liao Jingchen's eyes. He jumped onto one of the few big trees in the lake area in a few steps, turned over and jumped back in a variety of gorgeous attack special effects, bent his knees and jumped away the moment he landed, and attacked in an unexpected and tricky direction.

Using local materials, he raised sand and soil to create fog, causing two melee players who attacked at the same time to collide with each other; he sneaked around and attacked from behind, hitting the back with a dagger; he rushed forward and then stopped suddenly, cutting the opponent's throat while the skill was in the back swing, and then stepped on his shoulder before he was surrounded by the light of death, and floated in the air--

"There is another one here!"

The shout suddenly broke Liao Jingchen's silky combo, his eyes tightened, and he changed his tactics in an instant, stepping on people to gain leverage during the jump, trying to prevent the enemy from turning its target to "Rongrong".

An emergency message window suddenly opened in front of him.

[Rongrong]: Master, there is a positioning prop transfer on the opposite side, but it is useless!

There were no punctuation marks or expressions except for the exclamation mark. It was obviously a line of words typed quickly in a hurry.

Liao Jingchen immediately understood. "Rongrong" was raised by him from a novice. Although she was a little squeamish, she had accumulated experience in online games and had learned to move while adding blood and buffs to herself. It was impossible for her to make the low-level mistake of standing still and getting hit. This message once again confirmed that the opponent was well prepared and it was difficult enough.

Since you can't avoid it, just go for it!

The floating black goat twisted its body and threw out a hidden weapon like a fairy scattering flowers. It immediately landed and leaned back to avoid a slash from the blind spot. The Tang sword "ding" blocked the opponent's next attack.

An arrow with a lingering azure light hit his shoulder. The attack and defense icon named "Excited" instantly appeared below the blood bar and skill bar of [Jingchen] in the team panel. Jiang Rong drew back the bow neatly and ran to the right. After running a few steps, he turned left again. The Z-shaped movement was very skillful.

A shrill scream sounded not far away. It sounded like the blood was too thick, and the fatal blow failed to kill him, so he could only endure the torture worse than death. Jiang Rong, who was moving his position, frowned when he heard the sound. With his expression and the actual action of continuing to buff "Jing Chen", he explained what "I sympathize with you so you should get rid of it quickly" meant.

A black and red fireball suddenly exploded in front of her eyes.

"Woo!"

Jiang Rong felt pain and slapped her shoulder with her backhand as a conditioned reflex. The green light wrapped around her petite body, and the blood volume lost due to the spell splash was immediately restored.

There are still people here!

With no time to send a message, Jiang Rong rolled on the ground to avoid several bullets fired by the gunman in the distance, then suddenly accelerated, sprinted and slid, stretched out his calf to trip the nearest mage, and then raised his hand to hold up the low-key "Demon Sword Shattered·Seven", shouting "Sorry!" while stabbing her heart fiercely.

"24, 13; three in a semicircle, two far and one auxiliary!" Jiang Rong raised the volume.

The first two numbers are coordinates, and the second half of the sentence is the enemy intelligence here: there are three people ambushing in the semicircular area from left to right in front of her, two ranged attacks, and one ranged support.

There is no need to mention the dead mage, that is the part that will be praised by the master after the counterattack is over, not the content to be considered now.

As if in response, a loud wail sounded again not far away.

"..." Jiang Rong, who slipped into the shadow behind the tree, looked up, "Master, your bad taste is here again..."

But, so handsome!

[Rongrong]: Master, come on! ! ! (*)

This cute and encouraging message was enough to explain her safety at the moment. Liao Jingchen, who was in a group battle, took out his hand and pressed the lower half of his goat mask - just like when someone sheds tears, he would pretend to be sleepy and yawn. This was a habit he had recently developed, and he would subconsciously cover up his smile.

The apprentice he taught personally understood his tactical intention of wanting to kill him head-on at the first time, so he immediately changed his treatment to adding buffs and providing assistance, while not forgetting to pay attention to his own safety and clearing away his worries... Although it was a bit that, the feeling of having a good wife really made Liao Jingchen feel comfortable.

He wanted to quickly get rid of this group of people and then hug her to dance by the lake.

And if possible... hold the little guy in his arms and take a nap on the soft grass.

The momentary distraction quickly made Liao Jingchen pay the price, and the pain from his ribs made him frown.

A new message popped up immediately: [1or2? 】

1 is to prioritize healing, 2 is to still focus on assists, add blood when there is a chance, and don't consider it if there is no chance.

This is the result of the communication between the two after "Rongrong" used a powerful healing skill in a hurry in the quest chain copy, causing hatred chaos and then the team was wiped out, and was scolded by Liao Jingchen.

Liao Jingchen, who was accidentally injured, pretended to be hit by the subsequent control skill, curled up and fell to the ground, using fake moves to deceive the opponent's two killing moves, then turned up with a carp jump, picked up the weapon in the hand of the nearest swordsman, and cut it off with a dagger.

[2] He typed back.

Jiang Rong did not hesitate after receiving the order, holding the bow and arrow in his hand, and rushed out from behind the tree when he saw the opportunity.

The camera quickly switched, on one side Liao Jingchen moved left and right, harvesting lives, on the other side Jiang Rong focused on self-protection, making up for the duration of the buff effect whenever he could.

Shen Ziqiong outside the screen was so happy that his scalp tingled. For a moment, it was hard to imagine that he was just watching an online drama at home instead of sitting in a movie theater watching a popcorn special effects movie.

Fighting side by side, it's so handsome and sweet, it's so cool!

Ever since Qin Jue smashed Jing Xinghe to pieces and returned to the crew, the battle scenes in "Heart and Shadow Link" have never failed. The fifth episode is still the same. The post-production special effects are full, the rhythm is so fast that it's hard to keep up. There are only a few pauses, and Jiang Rong and Liao Jingchen are communicating by sending messages. There are no slow shots, no gaps, no fragmented editing, and the viewing experience is more than a little bit better than the two segments of Wu Xingyang and Gan Xiaoyu in the previous campus part.

The only thing to find fault with is that this segment is too dazzling and contains too much information. If the audience wants to see all the details clearly, they have to watch it repeatedly at 0.5 times the speed manually.

As for those who like to watch dramas at double speed, they may have been dizzy by the fast-paced scenes at this time, and they may even post barrages to complain.

Shen Ziqiong was still thinking about these things and making herself laugh.

... Ouch! Why did I lose my mind!

She came to her senses, slapped her forehead in annoyance, pulled the progress bar back, adjusted it back to the original speed, and started watching from the beginning of the group battle.

As she watched, Shen Ziqiong exclaimed "Huh".

She pressed pause, looked at the screen carefully, and finally confirmed her thoughts.

The group of players who attacked "Jingchen" and "Rongrong" came with a mission!

The battle scene changed too quickly, and she only noticed at this moment that there was a short shot showing the enemy's perspective.

In this perspective, there is a task panel in the upper left corner, which clearly states "Task Chain 4·Encirclement and Suppression Operation". In connection with the context, it is probably that this group of people are also doing a large-scale task, but it is different from the hidden high-level task chain like [Searching for the Heart·Searching for the God]. Theirs is more ordinary, and one of the links is to find a certain NPC to get the task item, but the NPC said "The things you want are on other adventurers (players), and you can only rob them if you want to get them" blah blah...

Shen Ziqiong suddenly felt familiar, wait, where have I seen this setting before...?

"Oh!" She clapped her hands suddenly, "Isn't this what I said in the third episode!"

Classic faction confrontation, positive and negative mission collision link!

I almost forgot it after two weeks. If I remember correctly, in the third episode of "Heart Shadow Link", the relationship between "Rongrong" and "Jingchen" was still very stiff. It was "Rongrong" who tried hard to describe the fun of this task chain, and then "Jingchen" failed to unbind the relationship. Considering that the game officials would arrange this kind of PVP (player vs player) bridge in the task chain, it would be convenient for him to kill people when he was unhappy, so he reluctantly agreed to "Rongrong"'s request to do the task together.

However, not long after, Liao Jingchen in reality broke down because he discovered Liao Hongjing's secret. When he was almost collapsed from self-doubt, he grabbed "Rongrong" as a life-saving straw. The originally rigidly bound task chain journey also became a young couple's ambiguous period adventure flirting road blockbuster because of Liao Jingchen's affection and Jiang Rong's hazy affection.

After sorting out this foreshadowing, Shen Ziqiong watched this group battle again and immediately found more funny points.

For example, Liao Jingchen was very irritable at the beginning, and he didn't like "Rongrong" and just wanted to kill and kill in the game. Now the enemy he expected has come to him, but he has lost his bloodthirsty temper and just wants to be alone with "Rongrong".

Isn't this a kind of retribution in this life! Liao Jingchen, look at you!

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She was so happy that she continued to review, and saw that "Jingchen" and "Rongrong" cooperated with each other tacitly and intimately. She couldn't help but think of the previous time when "Jingchen" got angry and cursed because the dungeon was wiped out, but she was choked by "Rongrong" instead. The embarrassing moment made her smile even more.

Oops~ How come you two have developed to this point in the blink of an eye~

Shen Ziqiong sighed.

Then I suddenly discovered that the drama "Shadow Link" was progressing incredibly fast, and it was different from the idol dramas that found a reason at the beginning for the male and female protagonists to live together, kiss, and have a relationship. Does it include each other or strangers? The "encounter", from stranger to familiar "acquaintance", from the "acquaintance" of acquaintance to understanding, is about to advance to the "love" of mutual understanding...

Looking at it this way, the development of the emotional line is unexpectedly complete? !

Shen Ziqiong even pressed pause again and counted on his hands.

"Heart Shadow Link" has a total of twelve episodes, and this is only the fifth episode. Not even halfway through, the male and female protagonists are already just short of the last layer of window paper. What will the next seven episodes be about?

Could it be that the online game establishes a relationship, and then switches to the real world where the excruciating "When are you going to fall out of favor with each other?"

Shen Ziqiong felt itchy with curiosity.

The phone beeped, which was a recommendation notification for an application. Shen Ziqiong crossed it out and ignored it. Then he accidentally caught a glimpse of the clock on the screen and immediately opened his eyes wide and took a breath.

Why is this so important!

"I don't think about it anymore. It's 0.5x speed, I watch it over and over again, and I think about this and that... Shen Ziqiong, don't take this opportunity to waste time and fish, I'm warning you!"

Shen Ziqiong shook his head and warned himself.

She closed her eyes and took two deep breaths, cleared her mind, and pressed play again with concentration and solemnity. At the same time, she stared at the screen, trying not to miss any details in the exciting group battle.

Not long after, something changed suddenly on the screen.

7100+, updates for 9.5, 9.6 and 9.7.

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