Liu You'er quickly walked out of the classroom and pulled Liu Yue to the water room. After looking around and confirming that no one was there, she released him and said coldly, "What are you doing here?!"
Liu Yue noticed that Liu You'er seemed a bit nervous despite her indifferent demeanor, which confirmed what Liu Yecheng had said about his silly older sister.
He recalled how Liu Yecheng always pretended to be disdainful of Liu You'er when he mentioned her, and a smile crept onto his lips. The warmth in his smile caught Liu You'er off guard.
Unfortunately, the charm didn't last long. The next moment, he jokingly said, "Of course, it's because the scholarship and living expenses here are higher than at my previous school~ That's why I came!"
"Oh!"
Liu You'er maintained a cold expression, indicating her disbelief. But what did it matter to her?
She left him with a "Do as you please" and turned to walk away.
However, after just a couple of steps, Liu Yue caught up with her again, blocking her path and saying, "Alright, alright~ I came here because of you~"
"For me?"
Liu You'er gave Liu Yue a cold glance and replied, "Heh~ No need."
After saying this mercilessly, she ignored Liu Yue and started to walk away. But who would have thought that Liu Yue would once again block her path with a cheeky expression and say, "You may not need me, but I need you!"
"...Huh?"
Seeing Liu You'er’s bewildered expression, Liu Yue felt inexplicably cheerful and broke into a bright smile. The morning sunlight streamed through the window and illuminated him, making him look like a sunflower basking in the sun.
Unfortunately, he took the sun's goodwill for granted and said in a nonchalant tone, "Since we share the same plight and you happened to save me, I'll just consider you my brother from now on. You have to protect me always!"
Now
Escaping from the base using Teleportation had already caused the energy within Liu You'er’s body to wreak havoc on her meridians, damaging them by half.
Finally, she could no longer hold on and knelt on the ground, yet her expression was calm. She tightly clutched a pendant resembling a small sun, her gaze seemingly unfocused as she stared at the snow slowly falling from the sky, lost in thought. Then, she slowly closed her eyes and collapsed onto the grass.
After a while, a tall man with an elegant demeanor, wearing a mask and a white trench coat, approached Liu You'er. He observed her for a moment, sighed, and said helplessly, "Didn’t I remind you to be careful? Why did you only focus on the second half of that sentence?"
He crouched down beside Liu You'er, conjuring a small glass vial in his hand. After pouring the blue liquid inside into Liu You'er’s mouth, he whispered in her ear, "This is a gift from W Doctor. Remember, you owe him a favor."
After saying this, he stood up and hesitated for a moment as he heard crawling sounds not far away. He softly said, "Good luck," and walked away in the opposite direction of the sound.
At that moment, an ant about ten centimeters long quickly crawled out from the bushes. It paused beside Liu You'er, curiously turning its antennae toward her before cautiously approaching and tentatively touching her face with its antennae.
"Ugh..."
Liu You'er groggily woke up and found herself in a cave. She didn’t react much at first, thinking she had Teleported here since she had randomly escaped in any direction due to her critical condition earlier.
She touched her throbbing head when suddenly a nightmarish voice echoed in her ear: "This is a gift from W Doctor. Remember, you owe him a favor."
Upon hearing this voice, Liu You'er immediately sat up from the ground and looked around, realizing there was nothing there.
She frowned slightly and murmured to herself, "A gift...?"
A hint of disdainful laughter curled at the corners of her mouth. After stretching her limbs, she realized that although the chaotic energy within her had completely dissipated, her abilities had returned to mid-second level. However, due to the excessive consumption of energy, she estimated that even a single Second-Level Zombie could easily take her down.
"Hmph~"
She stood up from the ground with a cold expression, thinking to herself, "I accept the gift; as for the favor, we'll talk about it later."
Liu You'er temporarily set this matter aside and cautiously surveyed the wall made of leaves in front of her, feeling as if she had been here before...
"A wall made of leaves..."
"Half a year ago at the Ant Nest! Damn!!!"
Liu You'er's dark red pupils instantly contracted, and at the same time, a scorching gaze came from her left side.
Her expression darkened as she quickly jumped away from her original spot and turned to look. There, in the open space on her left, stood a Queen Ant being carried by a massive Worker Ant.
Liu You'er was startled to realize that the leaf wall on her left was fake, crafted by these ants to look just like the real thing—seamless and truly dangerous creatures.
She narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing the Queen Ant before her. Although its eyes appeared intact, its brainwaves were identical to those of the previous Queen Ant. This indicated that this Queen Ant, which was one-third larger than before, was indeed the one she had nearly killed!
Silently extending her consciousness outward, she discovered that this entrance was surrounded by countless ten-centimeter ants. Not only that, but this cave had also been expanded by more than ten times...
Liu You'er glanced expressionlessly at the Queen Ant as her thoughts raced. Then, at the moment when the Queen Ant's antennae moved, she vanished from her spot.
She lay in bed and slowly sat up, looking around at the space she hadn't entered for half a year. For some reason, despite it being a moment that should have brought joy, there was not a trace of emotion. Numbly standing up, she picked up an Ant Egg and began to eat it, relieved that the items stored in this space did not spoil.
The Ant Egg transformed into a warm energy that drilled into Liu You'er's Dantian, but it vanished instantly like a drop of water in the desert.
She needed more!
She stuffed the Ant Eggs into her mouth one by one, as if she were a starving ghost reincarnated. In the laboratory, Wei Yuan only fed her 500 milliliters of some animal's blood twice a day and provided nothing else to eat.
If there had been a living person in front of Liu You'er at that moment, she would have undoubtedly killed and eaten them without hesitation!
Due to her frantic eating, the liquid from the Ant Eggs flowed continuously from Liu You'er's mouth, but every drop that fell to the ground was absorbed completely by the floor, including the broken eggshells. However, Liu You'er remained oblivious.
Finally, she had recovered most of her energy and let out a quiet sigh of relief. She glanced to the side and noticed that all the Ant Eggs piled there had been consumed. It seemed that only two secondary Ant Eggs, which she had set aside for herself, remained.
"I need more!"
The surge of energy had expanded Liu You'er's meridians completely. If she could replenish her energy now, it would undoubtedly be the best outcome! Perhaps she could even leap from the third level to the fourth level in one go!
The two pieces of white cloth on her body were already soiled, stained with blood and dirt, along with the remnants of ant egg liquid, emitting a foul odor. Yet Liu You'er was completely unaware, her eyes fixated solely on those two secondary Ant Eggs, beckoning to her.
She picked up the two Ant Eggs and slowly placed one into her mouth, chewing it with a crunching sound.
As the liquid from the Ant Egg flowed down her throat, it felt as if a massive warm current entered her Dantian through her mouth and then coursed through her limbs and bones, replenishing the lost energy in her meridians.
Peak early stage of Third Level! A cold light flickered in Liu You'er's eyes as she placed the other egg into her mouth. Indeed, another massive warm current surged into her body, flowing through her limbs and bones, providing immense comfort. But in the next moment, a look of pain appeared in her eyes...
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