CHAPTER 108: CHAPTER 108: VIRTUAL

After the robot left, Xu Mo asked in confusion, "What is a sweater?"

Ruan Li pointed at the clothes on her body, "It’s a type of clothing made from wool, very warm."

Xu Mo picked up a piece of the red fox fur that had fallen from him and showed it to Ruan Li, "Fur."

Ruan Li couldn’t help but laugh, "This kind counts too."

So, when Ruan Li was idly following a video tutorial to learn how to knit a sweater, she suddenly found a small pile of red fox fur beside her hand.

"Xu Mo!"

Ruan Li exclaimed.

The fox, which had just plucked out a piece of fur with its mouth, wagged its tail with patches of fur missing enthusiastically, as if asking for praise.

Ruan Li saw his pitifully bare tail.

She lovingly patted the fox’s head, "Silly fox, why are you plucking your own fur?"

The fox squinted its eyes, thoroughly enjoying her touch.

When he turned into a person, a faint blush appeared on his fair cheeks, and his eyes shone brightly as he looked at Ruan Li.

"Next time, don’t pluck your own fur, got it?"

The boy nodded confusedly, but he clearly felt that the little female quite liked it.

Ruan Li put on several jackets and took some balls of yarn with her.

"Let’s go."

She had already tied one end of the yarn to the door handle, intending to walk forward holding the yarn ball.

She took Xu Mo’s hand, the snowfield silent, with even the wind softened significantly.

On the other end of the monitoring, Lan Ruo discovered Ruan Li holding a yarn ball, walking forward with her eyes closed.

She urgently called Ruan Ying.

Ze pushed Ruan Ying’s wheelchair in, her expression calm, even a bit relieved.

"Not too foolish."

Lan Ruo was a bit surprised, "Should we stop her?"

Ruan Ying smiled, "Sometimes, self-deception leads to suffering, but sometimes guilt is the best lesson."

Lan Ruo understood.

The boundless snowy plain suddenly began to snow heavily, with howling cold winds mixed with snowflakes stinging Ruan Li’s exposed half-face, and the temperature started to plummet.

Even Xu Mo furrowed his brow, turning into a large fox, wrapping Ruan Li as much as possible with his tail.

But no matter how fierce the wind and snow, it didn’t stop her steps from leaving. Ruan Li walked forward with her eyes closed and finally touched something cold, feeling like a wall.

She guessed right.

No matter how the fabricated virtual world could confuse human perception, as long as she abandoned those perceptions, she wouldn’t be affected.

Ruan Li pinched the fox’s ear and shouted over the wind, "Xu Mo, I found it!"

The fox’s ears twitched, itchy and hot from the sudden warm breath.

Ruan Li traced along the wall felt by her palm, trying to find the real exit when she heard the fox beside her let out a warning growl.

The sound seemed to be warning some unknown monster.

Ruan Li hesitated for a moment but opened her eyes anyway.

The door could wait for another time; losing her life meant it was truly over.

She looked against the wind and saw a snow-covered monster rushing toward them not far away.

Ruan Li couldn’t help grabbing Xu Mo’s ear, "Let’s go, quickly!"

She couldn’t gamble on whether this monster was real or fictional.

The fox lifted the small female onto his back, sprinting toward the only patch of green on the snowy plain with all his might.

The white snow spread under the roaring wind.

In the blink of an eye, there was no trace of any other color on the snowfield.

The fox was forced to stop, and Ruan Li realized they couldn’t find the house they had originally stayed in.

She gritted her teeth, understanding this was a warning.

The snow-creature monster was getting closer, and the fox retreated slowly, but he was not afraid. The proud young man protected the female on his back, not wanting to show any sign of retreat, preparing the best attack posture, ready to meet the monster head-on when it charged.

Xu Mo put Ruan Li down, standing in front of her.

The monster was almost three to four times the size of the fox.

Just by standing there, it blocked almost the entire sky.

Ruan Li felt like she was about to have gigantophobia.

The snow-creature monster lifted its fist like a boulder and smashed it down. The fox twisted its body, agilely leaping behind it, then pounced into the air to launch an attack.

The clumsy snow-creature monster’s fist hit the ground, sending snow and dirt flying, creating a huge crater, while the fox behind opened its mouth to spray fire at it.

Sizzle—

The snow instantly melted under the flames, and the air was filled with heavy steam.

However, as the snow layer melted, a hard rock surface was revealed, and aside from heating it up, the flames did no other damage.

The monster turned to attack the fox.

For a time, the clumsy giant monster and the agile, cunning fox were evenly matched.

Ruan Li knew they must be in a space under nearly complete surveillance, perhaps on a certain floor of the research institute, or maybe in an unknown place.

The monster that suddenly appeared in front of her was just the beginning. If she tried to find the exit again, this area would surely release more monsters to stop her.

But if things continued like this, they would truly be trapped here.

The wind and snow grew stronger, and Ruan Li raised her hand to shield against the snow blowing in her face.

The ice-crystal-like snowflakes decorated her lush raven-like eyelashes, forming beautiful frosty flowers.

Her brown pupils narrowed slightly, just like the fox burning like a flame in the swirling snow, constantly attacking the monster with little effect.

Ruan Li closed her eyes again, this time without holding the yarn ball.

She reached out her hands, touching forward, abandoning sight and sound, and after taking dozens of steps, she touched the cold, smooth wall once more.

Ruan Li heard the monster roaring and charging toward her.

She felt her way along the wall.

The fox saw the monster charging at Ruan Li, leaping up with all his strength and hitting the monster to the ground, buying some time.

Ruan Li finally touched the handle...

With a click, unexpectedly, the door opened.

In Xu Mo’s vision, the small female vanished instantly.

He dodged the monster’s attack, frantically sniffing the remaining scent in the snow.

Gone... why is it gone...

In the boundless snowfield, only a fox and a monster remained.

Outside the door was a white wall, the dim light illuminating the overly white space.

The sound of machinery whirring filled the massive room.

The door behind her disappeared, even though she hadn’t let go of the handle.

This mechanical room was full of small robots, working in an orderly manner.

As Ruan Li took just one step, countless eyes instantly looked at her.

The small robots had two round red dots flashing on their heads.

[Alert! Alert! Unknown creature intrusion!]

In an instant, countless small robots swarmed toward Ruan Li.

Almost instinctively, she pressed against the wall.

The door handle reappeared out of nowhere. She pressed the handle and turned around to run inside.

"Puff—"

The boulder easily injured the Beastman after exhausting his strength.

On the white snow, crystal-like splendid blood-colored flowers sprayed out in an instant.