Chapter 74: What Are You Laughing At?

The journey had reached its end here.

However, there was a narrow path about twenty centimeters wide, shrouded in darkness, making it impossible to see inside.

Judging by its width, a person could probably squeeze through sideways.

“Hongchen, you two go first.”

“Ah?” Hongchen Rumeng nervously hesitated, fidgeting uneasily.

“Captain, um… I have a bit of claustrophobia. I’m afraid to go in.”

Chen Xiaoyan couldn’t help but laugh and push her toward Liudao’s side.

“Let Liudao hold your hand. I guarantee you won’t feel scared at all.”

Hongchen Rumeng’s face instantly flushed crimson.

It was hard to tell whether she was angry or embarrassed.

“What do you mean ‘my hand’? Captain, don’t randomly play matchmaker.”

Chen Xiaoyan rolled her eyes.

As a modern person, why was she acting like she was in a Qiong Yao drama?

“Let’s go.”

Liudao grasped Hongchen Rumeng’s left hand, put his spear back in his backpack, and led the way carefully into the narrow path.

“Hey, hey, wait, don’t pull me so hard.”

The path was very narrow, only wide enough for a person to slowly slip through sideways.

After seeing the two of them enter, Chen Xiaoyan also tried to squeeze in sideways.

At first, it was fine, but after a few steps, a pressing sensation hit her chest.

She instantly froze.

Feeling the rocky wall of the path, she found a protrusion about ten centimeters wide and of unknown length, perfectly wedged in the mountain peak.

“Damn!”

Chen Xiaoyan tried to squeeze through several times but failed each time.

Seeing Mu Qingxue and the others also come in, she grew anxious.

Taking a deep breath, she tightened her chest and forced herself forward.

“Hiss—”

A sharp pain made her instantly lose all strength.

“Xiaoyan, what’s wrong?”

Mu Qingxue, who was right behind her, noticed she wasn’t moving and asked with concern.

Chen Xiaoyan’s eyes lost focus and light.

She knew she was about to be socially mortified today.

“Xiaoyan?”

Seeing no response, Mu Qingxue worriedly gave her a gentle push.

“Don’t push, I’m stuck and it hurts.”

Mu Qingxue was stunned, her gaze dropping to Chen Xiaoyan’s chest.

The pink bustier was pressed into an oval shape, trapped against the rocky protrusion.

“Pfft!” She immediately covered her mouth and leaned her forehead against the rock, laughing heartlessly like a mischievous little goose.

“What are you laughing at?”

Chen Xiaoyan glared at her fiercely.

“Why aren’t you moving?”

Chongchong, following Mu Qingxue, along with Xianyun, Liu Yue, and Sanxue, caught up behind.

She laughed as she pounded on the rock wall, “Hahaha, this is killing me, hahaha… I can’t breathe, you all better get out first.”

The others, confused, slowly backed out.

Once outside the path, Mu Qingxue bent over, clutching her stomach and laughing heartily.

“Hey, why are you suddenly laughing?”

Chongchong gave her a look like she was a fool.

“You’ll understand once you try going in.”

Chongchong hesitated, then poked inside and came out laughing as well.

Everyone else was baffled.

How did one by one they all end up laughing like someone had hit their ticklish spot?

“Chongchong, what exactly happened?”

Xianyun couldn’t help but ask.

“Goose goose~ Sister Xiaoyan’s too big, got stuck inside.”

Xianyun froze at those words, instinctively touching her own chest and breathing a sigh of relief.

Thankfully she was… well, a ghost. Was having a small chest really something to be happy about?

Liu Yue withdrew her Eight-Faced Han Sword quietly and slipped inside.

Looking at Chen Xiaoyan, who was covering her face, and the oval-shaped chest crushed against the rock, her expression held no humor but instead grew serious.

“You’re laughing at me too? Go ahead, laugh. This damn game is really messed up.”

“This isn’t funny.”

“Hm?”

Liu Yue’s serious tone surprised Chen Xiaoyan.

“Does it hurt a lot?”

Chen Xiaoyan forced a bitter smile.

“Yeah, I didn’t expect it to hurt this much.”

“Didn’t expect?”

Liu Yue ignored those words and reached out beside her.

“Want me to help? If you can’t get through, we won’t be able to clear this dungeon.”

Chen Xiaoyan fell silent.

Then Liu Yue realized her words could be misunderstood and quickly added, “Of course, clearing the dungeon isn’t a big deal for me anyway.”

Chen Xiaoyan didn’t catch the implication in her words, her mind fixated on how to escape.

“How can you help? Just don’t push me.”

Liu Yue carefully examined the protrusion on the rock wall and gently touched it.

She took out the Eight-Faced Han Sword from her backpack and raised it overhead with both hands.

“Try tilting your face a bit.”

Chen Xiaoyan seemed to understand what Liu Yue was about to do and turned her head to look at her.

Then Liu Yue gripped the hilt and repeatedly jabbed the sword tip at the protruding rock in front of Chen Xiaoyan.

“Clang clang clang.”

One strike, two strikes, ten strikes.

Those outside who heard the noise came back in. Seeing Liu Yue helping Chen Xiaoyan escape, Mu Qingxue and Chongchong immediately felt regretful.

They had only thought about laughing and hadn’t realized Chen Xiaoyan was trapped inside.

Within minutes, Liu Yue had chipped away the protruding rock in front of Chen Xiaoyan.

“Phew~” She blew the dust off the rubble falling onto Chen Xiaoyan’s chest.

“All done. Try stepping up a bit. You should be able to get through now.”

“Thank you, Xiaoyue.”

“No problem.” Liu Yue smiled faintly.

Chen Xiaoyan stood on her tiptoes, straining to push her ‘mountain peak’ up.

Liu Yue used her left hand to gently assist the upward push.

She watched the ungraspable ‘peak’ intently, pursing her lips in admiration.

No wonder she’s the top healer.

That healing power is no joke.

The widened gap made it easy for Chen Xiaoyan to slip through.

The pressure on her chest suddenly eased.

She took a deep breath. “Phew~ Finally, I can breathe properly.”

Then she glanced sharply at Mu Qingxue and Chongchong behind Liu Yue and glared fiercely.

You two better remember this grudge.

You didn’t help when I was stuck and just laughed. Hmph.

Faced with Chen Xiaoyan’s sharp gaze, Mu Qingxue and Chongchong awkwardly looked away.

***

Past the narrow path,

the group found that it was not the boss arena, but a cliff.

Below the cliff was a canyon.

The canyon floor was littered with animal skeletons, the cracked ground had several fissures emitting deep purple smoke, filling the air with a foreboding atmosphere.

“Huh, the boss should be down there, right?”

Hongchen Rumeng swallowed nervously as she gazed at the eerie environment below.

“Who knows? Just use lightness skill and jump down to find out.”

At their level, every player learned a form of body technique or lightness skill.

Of course, there were always some oddballs.

Fortunately, none of those weirdos were in their team.

Soon, the ten of them arrived in the canyon below the cliff.

“I feel like something is watching us.”

Xianyun shrank her neck, eyes vigilant as she scanned the surroundings.

“I feel it too.”

Chongchong nodded timidly in agreement.

If the monster village’s environment was similar to a familiar ghost village, then the Abyss Canyon was a strange and unknown world.

The terrifying atmosphere was far more oppressive than before.

But Liu Yue remained calm and unshaken.

She wasn’t interested in any of it.

No matter what monster appeared, she’d just cut it down with a single sword.

However, the next words made her heart skip a beat.

“Do you think there might be ghosts here?”

Chongchong muttered nervously.