I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 92

The sound emitted by the zombie whale was like fingernails scratching a blackboard. This sharp sound directly invaded the mind, rather than being transmitted through the ears.

The icy seawater also froze her limbs stiff. Although she wouldn’t die with a health bar, her body’s senses would not be weakened because of it.

Under the dual pressure, her health bar dropped rapidly. Every time it touched the thirty percent threshold, the system would automatically use an item to replenish her health.

That zombie whale kept circling her, not getting close, seemingly planning to wear Su Wenwen down to death this way. And unfortunately, because Su Wenwen was trembling from the cold, and the principle of thermal expansion and contraction made her muscles unable to stretch her limbs, she wished she could curl into a ball to preserve all the warmth in her body.

Her body sank little by little, and the water pressure also wrapped tightly around her chest cavity. The pitch-blackness beneath her feet was like the great mouth of an abyss; a single glance seemed to make even one’s soul tremble with fear.

Calm down, I have to calm down.

In terms of swimming, Su Wenwen was definitely no match for the zombie whale. So she pretended to be dead, her body stiff and motionless, letting herself be dragged down by the ocean.

The pressure of the seawater grew stronger and stronger, and her internal organs seemed to be compressed as well. A slightly sweet, fishy taste rose to her throat, which Su Wenwen desperately held back, not daring to spit it out.

She was afraid that the blood would attract more zombie whales, and it would be even more difficult to escape then.

As time passed, Su Wenwen grew more anxious in her heart. Fortunately, at this moment, the zombie whale could not resist the lure of food. It stopped its screeching, and with a flick of its tail, it swam towards her.

Its mouth opened slightly, a true blood-basin big mouth¹. Looking at those festering, sharp teeth, even though she couldn’t breathe, Su Wenwen felt a wave of stench assaulting her nostrils.

She endured it, calculating the distance as the zombie whale approached, bit by bit. At the final meter, she activated her equipment’s special skill.

A burst of power erupted from her body, a twenty percent boost to all attributes. Even if it only lasted for two minutes, it was enough for Su Wenwen to react quickly.

She raised both hands, grabbed those disgusting sharp teeth, and flipped herself up. Following the inertia of the zombie whale’s movement, she sat on its back. Then, she took out a dagger from her spatial backpack and stabbed it fiercely into that twisted face.

An unknown liquid flowed out from the cheek. It touched Su Wenwen’s hand, causing her to feel a strange stinging pain. But now was not the time to check the wound. She quickly gripped the dagger with both hands and cut the face open.

The zombie whale let out a sharp cry, and that face also opened its mouth, crying out “yiya”. Then, it twisted its back muscles, trying to throw Su Wenwen off.

Su Wenwen only felt a pain in her head. She pulled out the dagger and stabbed it into the mouth. The “yiya” sound came to an abrupt halt, but the zombie whale was still twisting its body, swimming rapidly towards the depths of the sea.

The pressure in the deep sea seemed about to crush her body, her bones making creaking sounds. But she still didn’t dare to let go easily, afraid that the zombie whale would pull a returning horse spear² and not give her a chance to get close, wearing her down in the sea.

But the dagger in her hand was too short. Su Wenwen stabbed several times in succession but failed to find the zombie whale’s vital point.

Just then, she seemed to hear the sound of water flowing behind her. She turned her head to look, and the iron cone, thrown down by someone at some unknown time, happened to be sinking in this direction.

The weight of that iron cone was about the same as Su Wenwen’s. Moreover, the cone was long and thin, and its sharp tip had only a small point of force application. Its falling speed was actually faster than the zombie whale’s swimming speed.

Su Wenwen’s bright eyes were like the only shining morning star³ in the endless dark night.

Then she reached out and grabbed it, using all her strength to stab downwards. Almost the entire iron cone was submerged into the zombie whale’s body.

It convulsed a few times, then stopped struggling, just like the dead and silent sea. Su Wenwen quickly retrieved the iron cone and, with a kick of her legs, swam towards the sea surface.

The moment she broke through the surface, Su Wenwen spat the blood from her lungs onto the ice, a patch of brilliant red, particularly glaring against the pure white snow.

Luo Xi quickly pulled Su Wenwen up. Seeing her pale face, trembling constantly, she held her tightly in her arms.

She said in a suppressed voice, “All of you, turn around. I need to change her clothes.”

Everyone very consciously turned their backs, forming a circle to block the wind and snow.

Luo Xi quickly took off her clothes. Not daring to delay to check her body, she took clean clothes from a waterproof bag and changed her into them directly. But even so, Su Wenwen’s body was still trembling.

Conditions were limited now. There was no hot water. Luo Xi could only hold her, rubbing Su Wenwen’s palms back and forth with both hands.

Su Wenwen’s hands were no different from blocks of ice.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine…” As soon as she opened her mouth, her teeth chattered, and she couldn’t speak a complete sentence.

Su Wenwen could only push Luo Xi with her hand, using her eyes to signal that everyone must leave this place as soon as possible.

The cracks in the ice were getting bigger and bigger. Luo Xi knew the priorities of the situation. She gave Su Wenwen a deep look, then instructed everyone to take their equipment and set off on foot.

There were only six wolfdogs left, so they simply arranged for the injured members who had been bumped and bruised to sit on the sled.

Everyone could only rely on their own two legs to advance. Luo Xi held Su Wenwen’s hand the whole time, as if trying to constantly measure Su Wenwen’s body temperature this way. The wind and snow showed no sign of stopping, hitting their faces with great pain. Some people developed frostbite because of it, but they endured it without a sound.

After enduring until noon, Su Wenwen’s body had recovered a lot. She was no longer trembling, nor was she losing health. “Hey, let go. You’re making my hands sweat from holding them.”

Luo Xi glanced at her and released her hand, ignoring her. Suddenly, she heard someone shout from the back of the team. She looked back and saw someone had fallen onto the ice and snow.

Wang Kelin hurried over to check.

There were no healing-type ability users in the team. The only one who was a healing-type, Helian Yun, had gone to another base.

Wang Kelin took off the team member’s shoes and socks and found that his toes had already turned black. The blood had completely frozen, and if the toes weren’t amputated, he would probably get blood poisoning.

She touched the team member’s forehead again; he was running a high fever. She turned around and reported the situation to Luo Xi and Su Wenwen, saying, “We can only have someone accompany him back. Otherwise, with blood poisoning, he definitely won’t survive.”

Su Wenwen had no objection. “Then leave two people behind to take him back.”

Luo Xi glanced at Xiao Luo. “You stay.”

Xiao Luo’s face stiffened. He turned to look at Su Wenwen, trying to appeal, “I want to continue the mission. I don’t want to go back.”

Luo Xi said coldly, “What, in your heart, is the mission more important than a person’s life?”

“No, that’s not it…” Xiao Luo was clearly a bit anxious. He had no other meaning; he just wanted to go out on the mission and do his best to complete this high-risk task. But he was clumsy with words and didn’t know how to refute.

Su Wenwen knew that Luo Xi was a bit bothered by Xiao Luo’s presence, but a mission was a mission, and personal feelings shouldn’t be mixed in at this time. But if she spoke up to help Xiao Luo, what would Luo Xi think?

Looking at Xiao Luo, it seemed he was determined not to leave. This wasn’t the first time Su Wenwen had been caught in a dilemma. She vaguely remembered the last time was choosing between her parents and Helian Yun. At that time, she had chosen to run away from home without any hesitation. But this time, she was a bit at a loss. She simply looked at Wang Kelin and winked meaningfully.

Chen Zixuan saw through Su Wenwen’s thoughts and, not wanting to make things difficult for Wang Kelin, said with a grin, “How about this? Whoever volunteers to stay, the mission reward will still not be any less.”

Everyone looked at each other. Seeing that Luo Xi didn’t object, a man and a woman finally raised their hands, expressing their willingness to take the person back to the base.

The sled was left for the three of them. At the same time, Wang Kelin instructed the three not to tell anyone that Su Wenwen was an ability user. The three were puzzled, but as Su Wenwen was a member of the training camp, they would subconsciously choose to stand by her. Without hesitation, they chose to obey Wang Kelin’s command.

The rest of the people continued their journey on foot.

Su Wenwen followed behind Luo Xi. The wind and snow sometimes filled her goggles, as if blinding her, making it a bit hard to see Luo Xi’s back clearly.

The team walked for two hours.

They still couldn’t see the port. Wang Kelin checked the compass from time to time to make sure the team had not deviated from its course, then directed everyone to continue on their way.

Su Wenwen still followed closely behind Luo Xi. For these two hours, Luo Xi had not communicated with her, only occasionally stopping in her tracks to wait for the straggling Su Wenwen to catch up.

【Ding: Blackening Value +6】

Su Wenwen, who hadn’t heard the blackening value rise in a long time, reacted in the first instance by thinking that Luo Xi was angry, and quite angry at that.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have ignored her for two hours. The few times she had stopped were actually her waiting for Su Wenwen to take the initiative to talk. But Su Wenwen was like a block of wood, not noticing, just foolishly following behind.

Now that the system had reminded her, it was as if Luo Xi was beckoning to Su Wenwen, telling her to hurry over and coax her.

And Su Wenwen did indeed go over.

She caught up to Luo Xi’s pace, walking shoulder to shoulder. First, she lightly touched Luo Xi’s glove with her hand. Seeing that Luo Xi didn’t pull away, Su Wenwen then took her hand. Without any extra words, they just walked silently like that, stepping in the same rhythm, leaving identical footprints.

Even in this snowy weather, it couldn’t affect the warmth transmitted between the two of them.

Luo Xi said, “I thought you were going to speak up for Xiao Luo just now.”

“Why would you think that?”

“Because you’re an old good person⁴.” Luo Xi’s expression relaxed, just like when the two first met. When Su Wenwen saw her predicament, she would choose to do her best to help her.

“What do you mean, an old good person? I don’t help just anyone. Except for you. As long as it’s your business, I will help to the very end. Because, from the first time I saw you, I was already bewitched by your beauty.”

【Ding: Blackening Value -6】

【Host, if you know how to talk, then talk more.】

Su Wenwen coughed, a little embarrassed. “So, you really don’t need to be so concerned about Xiao Luo. My thoughts are all on you now.”

“What, did you think I was deliberately targeting Xiao Luo just now?” Luo Xi pulled her hand away from Su Wenwen’s. “If I were deliberately targeting him, I wouldn’t have tacitly agreed to Chen Zixuan’s proposal.”

Not deliberately targeting him?

Then it was…

“I can see that Xiao Luo cares a lot about you. Even if he returns to the sea base, he will definitely not reveal your ability. He might even be able to help you monitor the others.”

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