bullyxtreme Chapter 274 Vita, I hate you!
Chapter 274 Vita, I hate you!
Pulled by the green light, Qiong suddenly fell into a pitch-black void, her body plummeting uncontrollably downwards.
After an unknown amount of time, the blazing sun shone on his face again, but...
"Wow ah ah!"
The intense feeling of weightlessness persisted, meaning he was falling at an acceleration of 9.8 meters per second. Facing the dome below, he couldn't help but scream at the top of his lungs as the ground (or rather, the mountain?) rushed towards him at a terrifying speed.
Yes, he wants to get off the train and go back to Earth, but not like this! If he does this, he'll turn into Sora-chan!
"You filthy snake, I hate you!"
In his panic, Qiong couldn't do anything. The only thing he could do was reach out and grab the snake that had crawled onto him—this snake could fly and might be able to carry him.
"Ouch, be gentle! Why do you hate me? It's all Vita's fault!"
Qiong just screamed and didn't continue arguing, because there was no point in arguing. Qiong had already foreseen what would happen to him: with a loud "bang", he and the snake fell heavily to the ground. His consciousness would gradually blur in the excruciating pain. Blood seeped from all over his body. He had at least suffered a comminuted fracture. If he was lucky, he would get the treatment of a super silly goose. If he was unlucky, he would die.
However, things did not go as Qiong had planned. A vortex that looked very similar to the one used to kidnap him appeared below. The man and snake who fell into the vortex reappeared in mid-air, but this time their fall changed from a vertical drop to a parabola.
boom!
Instead of hitting the ground directly, Qiong crashed solidly into a thick, large tree on the mountain—a tree whose name Qiong didn't know. The impact broke the trunk, but the tree cushioned the impact, slightly reducing the force of the collision, though it still made him wince in pain.
Fortunately, it didn't hurt as much as he had imagined.
"Cough cough..."
Still shaken, Qiong gripped the snake's head and vital spot tightly, looking up at the sky with lingering fear.
After a long while, Qiong, whose whole body ached, finally managed to climb up from the broken tree and check if he was missing any parts—luckily, apart from abrasions and possibly unseen internal injuries, he had nothing else, so it seemed he wouldn't die.
"Hey, what did you snake do?!"
"So many stars..."
Qiong's roar did not elicit the expected response of stubbornness or admission of wrongdoing; the snake (or she?) fainted.
Those starry eyes have turned into mosquito coil eyes; it'll probably take a while to recover.
"You almost got me killed!"
Qiong cursed angrily, then stuffed the snake into his pocket. Getting back was more important now.
"Strange, my body..."
As Qiong continued to examine his body, he suddenly felt very strange: falling from a great height without dying or getting injured could be explained by his good fortune or the snake's merit, but it was impossible for it to make his body lighter, right?
Qiong shook her head. She decided to leave the mountain first and not think about that now.
Although he didn't know where the stupid snake had gotten him, as long as he went down the mountain, he could always find his way back—he had a synesthetic beacon installed, so he was fluent in various languages. Even if he was thrown into some remote mountain far from the Far East branch of St. Freya, he could always find people when he got out, and then negotiate with the local police station and the Valkyrie squad stationed there to return to St. Freya.
Thinking of this, Qiong casually took out her phone from her pocket—this thing was completely undamaged, the quality is really good.
"No signal again... Isn't it supposed to be a global roaming service?"
Qiong reluctantly stuffed his phone back into the pocket where he had the snake, casually complaining about a certain mobile network operator that didn't even have a base station in the mountains, and started walking downhill... He hoped he hadn't chosen the wrong path, but he felt pretty good right now, so it wouldn't matter if he took the wrong turn, right? The weather was quite nice, clear and sunny, much better than the unpredictable downpours in St. Freya lately, and the temperature felt like it was in the teens? He figured he might as well treat it as a hike.
Snore!
Qiong suddenly heard a strange cry. Just as he was wondering what the sound was, a giant, fat chicken, about a meter long and covered in brown feathers... well, a creature that looked perfect for roasting, rushed toward Qiong from the bushes.
"Is this a chicken? Do chickens squawk like that?"
Seeing this "big fat chicken," Qiong became a little interested: should he kill it with a stick and make it into a roast chicken? He seemed a little hungry.
But a chicken this big must be a turkey, right? If it's a turkey... did this stupid snake bring me to North America?
Just as Qiong was pondering whether or not to kill the "chicken," the big, fat chicken suddenly collapsed, its head turning a deep purple-red. At the same time, a cute little rabbit with red eyes and long ears hopped over to the fallen chicken.
Qiong thought the rabbit was quite cute, until it opened its mouth—and inside weren't just two large front teeth, but a whole bunch of cone-shaped teeth! The "rabbit" ignored Qiong's presence, dragging the much larger, fat chicken away...
"Are rabbits in North America really that ferocious?"
Qiong muttered to herself, then took out her Flame Spear—it's always safer to have some fire in the forest…
Gurgling!
"What the hell!"
Qiong, who was initially somewhat interested, became paranoid after seeing "Rabbit Eats Chicken". As he pulled out his Flame Spear, a group of small lizards suddenly flew up from the surrounding bushes.
"Whose lizard can fly?!"
Qiong's interest vanished, replaced by unease—was this really North America? Could the lizards of North America fly?
Perhaps hearing Qiong's cry, the "lizards" all screech and lunged at him. Qiong, tense, swiftly swung his fire spear, unleashing a torrent of flames. The leading "lizards" were engulfed in flames, screaming as they plummeted to the ground. However, even more flying lizards surged forth from the bushes all around, their sheer number sending chills down Qiong's spine.
"Flame Spear, charge!"
……
Looking at the roasted lizards scattered on the ground, Qiong breathed a sigh of relief—although some of them were aggressive and could even fly, they were ultimately just a group of lizards.
It's a Honkai energy infection variant... right?
Just in case, we should still confirm if it isn't. Qiong decided to wake the snake first.
"Get up, get up! If you don't get up, I'll give you some soup!"
Perhaps shaking helped, or perhaps she was afraid of being scalded, in any case, Kiana woke up from the rice cake that Qiong had stuffed in her pocket.
"Oh, you're alright? That's wonderful! Then let's discuss our contract—"
"You still have the nerve to talk about contracts? You almost got me killed!"
Qiong was furious when faced with the "rice cake".
"Where have you been? Is this St. Freya?! Take me back right now, or I'll never acknowledge your so-called contract, even if it kills me!"
"Nian Gao" flicked its tongue, its starry eyes growing even brighter.
"If you put it that way, it seems my service was somewhat inadequate..."
"Didn't you refer to yourself as 'this young lady' before?"
The starry eyes of "Nian Gao" flickered.
"Oh dear, you misheard!"
Rice Cake casually wagged its tail and immediately changed the subject.
"Ahem, let me reintroduce myself. I am the number one divine beast under the Moon Goddess, who governs love and the New Year—Lord Mochi!"
After saying that, "Nian Gao" emitted a red light, but then the light suddenly flickered and then went out.
"Uh, it seems I'm running low on energy; I can't afford to waste any more..."
"Nian Gao" awkwardly stuck out its tongue. The holy marks and multiple dreamscapes it had previously constructed, the forced condensation of the pirated Feather Dust, the interception of the Starry Sky Train, and the pulling and small-scale teleportation with Vita to prevent Qiong from falling to her death—this tiny bit of the power of the end was almost exhausted. If it were to manifest itself in front of Qiong again, it would probably dissipate in less than three uses.
Qiong: ...
Qiong stared at the "rice cake," which was curled up in a ball, and Qiong sighed helplessly.
"Can you take me home?"
"That's still enough."
"Nian Gao" nodded frantically, then a bright red light shone from its body, enveloping Qiong, who also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mei, everyone, wait for me!"
"Wait a minute, something's not right!"
Just when Qiong thought he was about to go back, "Nian Gao" stopped.
What are you doing?
Qiong's tone sounded somewhat agitated; was this stinky snake playing a trick on him?
Little did she know, Kiana was even more anxious: she couldn't contact the location she came from! The last link with her main body had also been severed! While it wouldn't affect her main body, it would cause her to lose track of Sora's location! And the reverse teleportation point wasn't right either…
"Um, um..."
"What's wrong? Say something!"
Seeing "Nian Gao's" awkward and hesitant manner, Qiong Wei shouted anxiously.
"This isn't Earth..."
"Huh? You're kidding me, today isn't April Fool's Day or Children's Day!"
Kiana: ...
The "mochi" in front of Qiong didn't speak. Knowing she was in the wrong, she didn't dare to look at Qiong. She wished she could contact the original body immediately to send a message and then go find Vita to settle the score!
Vita, I hate you!
Unfortunately, we can't contact the main body...
Staring at the rice cake, Sora pieced together the strange things she had encountered earlier—she felt much lighter, it was due to gravity, not 9.8 meters per second; there were unfamiliar fat chickens, rabbits with cone-shaped teeth that might be poisonous, and lizards flying everywhere…
Did they really throw him onto another planet?
"Hey, where are we?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't know—and the timing isn't quite right..."
"What do you mean? You mean I've not only been transferred to another planet, but the timeline isn't even the present we came from?"
"Haha, you're so smart, I totally understand now!"
"Nian Gao" flipped over in mid-air, and if conditions allowed, Qiong believed she would have clapped her tail to appease him—but that didn't appease him.
Qiong silently pointed his fiery spear at Nian Gao.
"You stupid snake, you've ruined everything! I'm going to feed you!"
"No, no, no! I'll figure something out! Besides, this isn't my fault, is it? It's all Vita's fault!"
"Nian Gao" was so frightened that it darted around in the air, its tail wagging wildly.
"Vita? Which Vita?"
A perfect opportunity! Kiana seized the chance and began to bombard Xiao Wei.
"It's that wicked Venusian woman with gray hair! She's incredibly powerful and has a terrible relationship with the goddess behind me. To harm her, she sabotaged my work!"
"Nian Gao" tried to explain urgently, but Qiong frowned: Vita, goddess, performance?
He felt that something was not quite right.
"So it was she who interfered with you, which led us to this unknown planet, and possibly even time travel?"
"That's right, that's right! It's all her fault!"
"Nian Gao" nodded quickly, after all, it was the truth.
After a moment's thought, Qiong put down the Flame Spear.
"So what do we do now? Do you have any ideas on how to find our way back?"
Qiong glared at "Nian Gao" as if she would turn into roasted snake or snake soup the next moment if she said "no".
"Yes, yes! Give me—I need some time, you have to give me some time, I'm absolutely sure I can find my way back!"
"Fine, I'll give you a chance. If you can't come up with a solution, I definitely won't let you off the hook."
Kiana responded with "Rice Cake," but inwardly she was cursing Venus God for offering to help—she regretted not listening to the judgment of class monitor Seele and the others!
Vita, I hate you!
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Logical analysis concludes that the Dawn Machine carried by Kephar is actually... a star core?