NOVEL NEXT Chapter 339 Drenched in Sweat
"Uh..."
As he looked at the girl before him, staring at him with surprise, Xiao Yi felt a strange... a wonderful sensation well up inside him.
Xiao Yi pondered for a moment and decided that this sense of not knowing how to act, what to say, or what attitude to take... perhaps could be called awkwardness?
Xiao Yi had thought that he had moved on from his past.
But to his surprise, when he truly faced his blood-related past encounter, it turned out to be so uncomfortable...
Is this the inevitable connection between people?
No... he couldn't jump to conclusions too quickly.
That odd feeling might just be an illusion of his own. Upon further reflection, it was clearly just an unfounded hunch, untrustworthy.
Or rather, to feel related to someone just by looking at them seemed quite silly.
With this thought, Xiao Yi's mind calmed down a bit.
Then, Xiao Yi reached out his hand to the girl.
"You... are you alright?"
"Ah..."
However, for some reason, the girl tensed up like she'd been shocked and didn't respond to Xiao Yi.
"...Hmm?" Xiao Yi was puzzled and came up with a possibility, "I'm not dangerous, rest assured, I won't harm you..."
"Ah..." Luo Muyao finally snapped back to reality and hurriedly said, "No! That's not what I meant! I wasn't worried that you were a bad person, actually, I... recognize you."
"...Ah?" Xiao Yi was taken aback.
She knows me? What does that mean? Could it be... she heard about me from her mother? So, she really is...
At that moment, Luo Muyao continued, "You are... Xiao Yi, right? I'm pretty sure I couldn't have mistaken the person."
...How does she even know my name? Didn't I make it up myself? In theory, she shouldn't know it, right?
Xiao Yi almost malfunctioned.
Xiao Yi, almost subconsciously, asked, "How do you know my name?"
"Hm?" Luo Muyao was taken aback for a moment and said, "Isn't that obvious? I think there are hardly a few people in the world who don't know your name, given how... uh, distinctive you were in the Analog Horror instance."
"Oh, I see." Xiao Yi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that he was really overthinking it. How could there be such a coincidence? It was all an illusion.
Now, Xiao Yi finally calmed down and reached out to Luo Muyao again.
"Anyway, let's get you up first."
"Ah... Thank you." Luo Muyao finally came back to her senses and stretched out her hand, somewhat excitedly grasping Xiao Yi's hand.
Xiao Yi then gently helped Luo Muyao stand up.
"You... Hmm?"
As Xiao Yi was about to ask something else, he noticed that the girl kept holding onto his hand and was staring at his hand, her eyes seemingly moistening,
And even... her cheeks were tinged with a touch of redness.
"This..."
What... what does this mean?
"Ah." Luo Muyao then snapped back to reality, hurriedly withdrew her hand, and said with some embarrassment, "Sorry... I spaced out for a moment."
"Oh... just distracted, that's fine then." Xiao Yi continued, "By the way, I still don't know your name."
"Me?" Luo Muyao then properly introduced herself, "My name is Luo Muyao."
"Luo Muyao?" Xiao Yi paused and then continued, "So, Muyao, I have something to ask you."
"What is it?" Luo Muyao responded, her expression becoming solemn, "The task you're undertaking now must be to resolve the crisis upon Blue Star, right? In that case, I will tell you everything I know seriously."
"Alright..." Xiao Yi then asked, "Actually, I wasn't in Dragon Country before, or rather, I wasn't even on Blue Star, so I don't know much about Dragon Country. However, others have told me that the Tower might be the key to this Analog Horror. Do you know anything about this?"
"That Tower?"
Luo Muyao also looked toward the Tower, but then shook her head and answered,
"Sorry... I don't know much about the Tower. I've been hiding in an underground space for a while and am not informed about the outside world."
"I see..." Xiao Yi nodded, thinking it made sense.
Under such circumstances, ordinary people without special abilities would be long gone, so her survival was already impressive; it was too much to expect her to know anything else.
So, Xiao Yi continued with another question, "Then, do you know where in Dragon Country people are gathering?"
Xiao Yi didn't believe that Dragon Country had perished, even with the Tower looming overhead. The presence of Luo Muyao before him solidified this belief and also gave him a sense of relief.
At least... it confirmed that there was still another Dragon Country person alive.
"People's gathering place?" However, Luo Muyao shook her head and said, "I don't know about that either, as I have been hiding in an underground space, just as I said earlier, totally unaware of external affairs. But..."