CHAPTER 7: CHAPTER 7: THE SECOND SOUND TALISMAN [UNYIELDING]

[The girl’s learning ability far surpasses your imagination. She can almost memorize things at a glance. In just half an afternoon, she memorized an entire basic textbook. At this moment, she has already mastered the basics of using the Mystic Text, and her pronunciation is even more standard than yours.]

[Chen Long’Er is very grateful for your teaching.]

[Current String of Destiny connection degree: 60%.]

[Tip: You have obtained a Sound Talisman [Unyielding].]

[Unyielding: Despite being covered in wounds and with freedom far out of reach, not for a moment did you yield. (Recovery ability and resilience increased by 50%.)]

A Sound Talisman floated out and entered Chen Long’Er’s name.

At the same time, the background music began to play, slightly low and oppressive, somewhat melancholic, but the main melody was heavy and strong.

Like an old pine tree enduring the wind and snow, though battered by storms, its form remains upright.

The background scene changes.

Chen Long’Er has grown up, but she still remains in that prison of steel.

The only difference is, her parents are no longer present, and some scales have faintly appeared on her body, along with dragon horns on her head, suggesting the awakening of her bloodline has begun.

Someone found her.

[Number 146, as long as you are willing to join our group, with your Talent, you will surely be put to good use.]

Chen Long’Er remained silent, without any response, only watching coldly at the other person.

The person appeared somewhat displeased.

[Reaction Experiment Number 2415, prepare to start....]

In the scene, Chen Long’Er was once again bound and taken for a new experiment.

After an unknown amount of time, she was sent back to her room.

At this moment, many of her scales were broken, clearly having suffered some inhuman torture.

Chen Long’Er curled up, lying on the cold iron bed, gritting her teeth to endure the pain in her body.

The scene ends here.

[Tip: Chen Long’Er’s information has been updated, checkable through the String of Destiny.]

Lin Qianxuan clicked on Chen Long’Er’s name, and it contained a new memory.

It was titled [Hidden Dragon in the Abyss].

Lin Qianxuan clicked open, and in the scene, Chen Long’Er raised her head to look at the cold ceiling, her voice followed.

[I really want to leave here, to the outside world, to return to my hometown.....]

Lin Qianxuan gained more understanding of Chen Long’Er’s situation.

He speculated that Chen Long’Er was likely imprisoned in an experimental environment since childhood and grew up with her parents accompanying her.

However, in her early years, with her parents’ protection and guidance, she established her worldview, gaining some understanding of external affairs. As she grew, her parents seemed to have disappeared due to experimental reasons.

Because of her special Talent, she was recruited, but because she established her worldview early, having notions of right and wrong, she was unwilling to yield to Ni Country’s power, no matter how they tortured her.

To be honest, under such torment without seeing the hope of freedom, if Lin Qianxuan were in her place, he might have pretended to comply.

Pretending along might even make the pretense real.

He felt he wasn’t as strong as Chen Long’Er.

The strategy continued.

Lin Qianxuan let the game character tell jokes to Chen Long’Er, shared stories, and accompanied her through a rather fulfilling day.

Until night, Lin Qianxuan had the game character say goodnight.

He glanced at the connection degree.

[Current String of Destiny connection degree: 72%.]

Lin Qianxuan was confident that if given one more day, he would certainly be able to completely guide Chen Long’Er.

This being in a romance game setting,

complete guidance should mean the ability to change Destiny.

It’s just uncertain what would happen then.

(Go to bed and wait for the dawn of the next day.)

[After experiencing such a day, you feel quite fulfilled. Despite not being weary because of sharing Dragon Bloodline, you still habitually lay down on the bed, preparing to sleep.]

[At two in the morning, you connected a call from Golden Mary.]

[Golden Mary (anxiously): Mr. Lin, Purple Flower Street has been blockaded by the military, saying they’re capturing a dangerous fugitive. Is there a problem with your friend.....]

Lin Qianxuan frowned, military?

How can people of Ni Country mobilize the military of Chao Li Country?

Chao Li Country has a close relationship with Xuan Country; it’s plausible if someone from Xuan Country came to seek military assistance, but where did Ni Country get such authority?

[Lin Qianxuan (calm): She’s fine, thank you for the warning.]

(Hang up and go to Chen Long’Er’s room to inform her of the impending capture, preparing to flee.)

[You hung up and went to Chen Long’Er’s room, informing her of the approaching capture. She was a bit nervous, and you quickly gathered some things, preparing to leave.]

(Consider where to escape to.)

[You pondered for a while, deciding not to act rashly, to see first, what if they’re not after you?]

"Is there still hope? Right, the military of Chao Li Country being driven by Ni Country’s power to capture Chen Long’Er is indeed unreasonable," Lin Qianxuan muttered.

From an outsider’s perspective, Lin Qianxuan felt there’s at least an eighty percent chance they’re after Chen Long’Er.

Could it be political cooperation?

Or perhaps... Extraordinary Power!

As long as it’s connected to Extraordinary Powers, anything could make sense.

Demonstrating Martial Power, controlling the military’s upper ranks, perhaps could mobilize part of Chao Li Country’s army to some extent.

"I’ll trust you once more," Lin Qianxuan said.

(Hide in the room, carefully observe surroundings through the window, temporarily make no moves.)

[You chose to hide in the room to observe, soon, you found the room surrounded by a large number of armed soldiers, and not far away, you saw an approaching armored vehicle. You ceased any hope, and understood the opponent was indeed coming for you.]

"Damn it!"

Lin Qianxuan cursed.

At first, he thought about contacting the Chao Li Country officials.

Now it seems their military has been compromised.

If he had chosen to report in the beginning, he’d probably have been met with cheers and laughter as they declared GG.

(Carefully observe the surroundings, take Chen Long’Er downstairs, and choose a direction with fewer people to escape.)

[You quickly and carefully scanned the surroundings, determining that the southern end of Purple Flower Street is narrow and difficult for vehicles to pass, with not many pursuers, so you decide to lead Chen Long’Er to escape from there.]

[You quickly go down the stairs and encounter enemies.]

In the scene, Chen Long’Er and the game character leap directly from the fourth floor, and the soldiers below immediately aim their rifles at Chen Long’Er and the game character.

"Dut-dut-dut-dut~!"

Without much hesitation, the enemy pulled the trigger.

"Ding-ding-ding~!"

Bullets sparkled off Chen Long’Er and the game character, bouncing off them.

Lin Qianxuan raised his eyebrows slightly at the sight.

The game character’s connection level with Chen Long’Er is currently at 72%, and with the added attribute of the Sound Talisman, he also possesses strong resistance to attacks, at least on the surface, seemingly not inferior to Chen Long’Er.

[You quickly repel a few soldiers and then flee to the south.]

In the scene, Lin Qianxuan and Chen Long’Er dodge through a hail of bullets, swiftly repelling several soldiers before rushing towards the southern alley.

The two quickly escaped, and the scenes transitioned rapidly like flipping through photos.

Soon, they rushed out of the alley, only to face more armed men outside.

At this moment, a special bullet flew out.

"Bang~!"

In an instant, a bloody hole burst open on the game character’s right leg, with Chen Long’Er nervously watching the game character, scanning the surroundings.

[You were shot through the right leg by a large-caliber sniper rifle, significantly reducing your mobility. Seizing this opportunity, more enemies cornered you in the narrow alley.]

The strong light shone into the alley, illuminating it as if it were daylight.

The injured game character was helped by Chen Long’Er, with a somewhat complex expression as he looked at the countless people surrounding them.

At this moment, silhouetted in the strong light, a figure appeared.

It was the flamboyant man in the white suit with the slicked-back hair.

[Toujou Shougo (looking at Chen Long’Er with disdain): Do you know how much trouble your escape has caused us?]

Chen Long’Er remained silent, glaring at Toujou Shougo with murderous intent in her eyes.

Suddenly, Toujou Shougo looked at Lin Qianxuan.

[Toujou Shougo (raising an eyebrow): It’s you, isn’t it? Because of you, it took us so much longer to find her!]

A dialogue box appeared in front of Lin Qianxuan, indicating that he had a chance to perform a turn-based action.

He knew that threatening the enemy wouldn’t work.

Fighting directly was also unlikely to succeed.

Not to mention that Toujou Shougo was an elite foe.

And there were snipers targeting this area in secret.

They had just shot through the game character’s bullet-resistant right leg, probably using an anti-material sniper rifle.

The game character’s frame likely couldn’t withstand it.

It was almost a hopeless situation.

So now, what he could do was to gather information while the villain was in high spirits, for use in the next playthrough.

[Lin Qianxuan: How did you find us? Let me die knowing!]

[Toujou Shougo (surprised): A Xuan Country person?]

As soon as the game character spoke, Toujou Shougo recognized his identity.

Indeed, during the first playthrough, Toujou Shougo also understood everything the game character said without needing translation; he understood Mystic Text.

[Lin Qianxuan (smiling): What? Are you scared?]

[Toujou Shougo (shaking his head): It’s just that it’s a bit of a hassle, getting involved in this; you still have to die.]

[Chen Long’Er (anxiously): No way!]

Chen Long’Er’s interjection caught Toujou Shougo’s attention.

[Toujou Shougo (with interest): You seem to care a lot about him? How about this, if you’re willing to obediently come with us and cooperate with our experiments, I’ll let him go.]

Hearing Toujou Shougo’s words, Chen Long’Er found herself in a dilemma.

"Damn~! The Ni Country people are such perverts! Doing stuff like this!!"

Lin Qianxuan felt disgusted even through the screen.

Fortunately, a dialogue box appeared before him, indicating it was his turn.

[Lin Qianxuan (firmly): Don’t trust him; he’s lying to you.]

This played to his high favorability advantage immediately.

Almost without hesitation, Chen Long’Er believed the game character.

[Chen Long’Er (nodding): Okay.]

[Toujou Shougo (sighs): How boring, I originally wanted to let you live a bit longer.]

[Toujou Shougo feels uninterested and decides to kill you.]

In the next moment, Toujou Shougo snapped his fingers, and a milky white wind cone appeared, heading straight for the game character’s head.

The wind cone moved quickly, and the game character couldn’t seem to avoid it.

However, this time was different from the first; perhaps due to the game character’s defense buffs, the wind cone only pierced through half of his Celestial Spirit, unlike the first time when it penetrated completely.

The final image froze on the somewhat panicked and sorrowful face of Chen Long’Er.

[The String of Destiny snaps, initiating Destiny Restart... Restart successful!]