Chapter 60: Do as I Say If You Want to Live
Li Muyan was losing her mind!
What time was it now?
How could he still be joking?
"Can't move even an inch like a turtle"?
How could he be so calm?!
She watched as Jiangnan calmly tore off the barbed wire!
Then he hoisted Li Muyan onto his shoulder!
He even turned back to glance calmly at the 20-meter-tall Great Earth Bear!
And flipped it off with his middle finger!
"Peace out!"
"BOOM!"
The ground trembled as the massive bear paw slammed down violently, sending dirt and rocks flying everywhere!
The force was jaw-dropping!
If he’d taken that hit—
He’d be a flat color-printed photo for sure.
A hundred meters away, Jiangnan wielded his blade, slashing through the flying rubble!
"Where are Li Xiang and the others?"
Li Muyan stiffened, biting her lower lip so hard she drew blood without even noticing...
"I... I didn't see them."
She didn’t know what she felt inside.
Li Xiang, whom she trusted most on normal days—that decent-looking class monitor—had abandoned her without hesitation in a life-or-death crisis.
And now, it was Jiangnan, the one who always picked fights with her, who had saved her.
She hated him...
But she had to admit.
His series of actions, along with that brilliant smile under the bear’s paw, were really quite handsome.
Li Muyan, carried on Jiangnan’s shoulder, felt a strange sense of security.
She just wanted to stay like this forever.
But Jiangnan wasn’t having it!
"Hey hey hey! I say you’re a turtle, and you really just stay still?"
"Get down! Move yourself!"
Li Muyan: ???
Move myself?
Hmph! Fine, I’ll move myself!
Wait... no!
Why did those perfectly good words sound completely different when Jiangnan said them?
[From Li Muyan: Resentment +333]
But as she looked at the rampaging Great Earth Bear, Li Muyan’s eyes were filled with terror.
"Wh-what do we do now?"
At that moment, Jiangnan was her only pillar of support.
Jiangnan curled his lip. "What do you mean 'we'? It’s you! If you follow me, you’ll die!"
Li Muyan immediately grabbed his arm, clutching it tightly to her chest!
"No!"
"Don’t leave me alone!"
Feeling her trembling, Jiangnan sighed helplessly. "I’m serious! If you follow me, you really will die."
No kidding!
The White Sharks were targeting him!
Who knows how many traps they’d set behind the scenes?
Let Li Muyan stick with him?
She wouldn’t even know how she died.
They were classmates. Even if they usually didn’t get along, Jiangnan couldn’t just leave Li Muyan to die.
Besides, everyone had parents. How devastated would they be if their child died in the Spirit Ruins?
He tried to pull his arm away.
But Li Muyan held on tight, refusing to let go.
"Are you made of sticky plaster or something?"
Why was this girl so clingy?!
Damn it!
Just then—
The Great Earth Bear gave a slight sniff.
Its blood-red gaze locked onto Jiangnan and the others.
It strode over, charging straight at them.
Jiangnan’s eyes went wide.
Dammit! With so many people around, why did it have to pick me?!
Hey! Are you jealous of my handsome face?
With no choice, Jiangnan hoisted Li Muyan up again.
Blink-teleported and ran.
But the Great Earth Bear actually chased after him!
A million horses trampled through Jiangnan’s heart.
If only he’d had this kind of luck when buying lottery tickets...
...
The Great Earth Bear was lured away by Jiangnan.
With the pressure off, most of the students at the ruined outpost managed to escape.
By now, An Ning and Chen Chen had regrouped with the arriving Mountain Cat.
Mountain Cat’s face was icy. "What happened?! Where’s Jiangnan?"
An Ning said anxiously, "I saw him getting chased by that Great Earth Bear!"
"There’s a Gold-rank Earth Spirit Martial Artist among the White Sharks."
Mountain Cat said coldly, "The White Sharks have more than just these people. The other retreating students have also been ambushed."
"You two work with the Dark Night Army. Prioritize covering the students’ retreat. You can die yourselves, but the students must not be harmed. Got it?"
Chen Chen saluted. "Yes, Captain!"
An Ning was frantic. "But what about Jiangnan?"
The Spirit Ruins were huge.
Finding one person was like looking for a needle in the ocean.
Plus, the White Sharks were lurking in the shadows.
If the Dark Night Army had to escort the students out, they wouldn’t have time to search for Jiangnan.
That was practically a death sentence for him.
Mountain Cat gritted her teeth. "Sacrifice the few for the many. Everyone’s life is precious—I can’t let all these students be endangered just to save Jiangnan."
"This is exactly what the White Sharks want—to tie up the Dark Night Army’s manpower with the students."
"I’ll go find him myself."
"If Jiangnan dies, I, Luo Tianhong, will bear his life myself."
With that, she crouched, unleashing wild power.
The solid ground shattered beneath her as she shot forward like a bullet from a cannon, stirring up a gale.
An Ning was full of worry.
Chen Chen said solemnly, "Carry out the order."
...
On the other side, Jiangnan was fleeing with Li Muyan on his shoulder.
In the pitch dark, he barely recognized the terrain.
He took Li Muyan and hid in a stalactite cave.
They both caught their breath.
In the distance, they could still hear rumbling.
The Great Earth Bear was still looking for them.
Jiangnan was puzzled.
Why the hell does it have to chase me?
How does this big guy track me all the way?
I even used Blink and couldn’t shake it!
He glanced at Li Muyan beside him.
Li Muyan was huddled against the cave wall, hugging her knees.
Tears filled her big eyes.
Her usual arrogance was gone.
She was quietly sobbing.
At that moment, Jiangnan’s gaze swept over her like a razor.
Li Muyan gave him a weak look and shrank back.
Wh-why is he staring at me like that?
Is he thinking about something weird?
Just as she grew worried, Jiangnan said, "Take off your jeans!"
Li Muyan: !!!
Take off my pants?
At a time like this, you want me to take off my pants?
What else could he be thinking?
Sure enough! Jiangnan hadn’t saved her out of the goodness of his heart!
And he’d specially brought her into this cave...
Terrified, Li Muyan scrambled backward, her eyes full of panic. "Stay away from me!"
"Jiangnan! I never thought you were this kind of person!"
Jiangnan: ???
What the hell?!
What did I do? What kind of person am I?
All I told you was to take off your pants!
Sure enough, women who self-insert dramas are terrifying.
Jiangnan had noticed that Li Muyan’s jeans were stained with a large patch of pink slime.
That was exactly the stuff from Ivanov’s exploding grenade—the cause of the beast tide.
Just then—
The Great Earth Bear found them. The cave entrance was small, so it started pounding the cave with its paws, making Li Muyan scream in fright.
Jiangnan urged, "Hurry up! Take off your pants!"
Li Muyan wiped her tears. "Can we run first? I’ll let you do whatever you want when we get back, okay?"
"Just listen to me, please?"
Her tone was pleading.
Jiangnan: ???
Huh?
I don’t get it!
"No! Take them off now!"
Li Muyan shook her head desperately.
There was something she absolutely could not let Jiangnan see!