Chapter 1789
by 林方方Chapter 1789 Longbai’s Plan
Body of the gymnasium.
“Life hanging by a thread~ Breath held tightly in hand~~ Dead ends not worth a laugh~ Soul broken for whom does the blade unsheathe
To announce to the world
The general has returned triumphant~ Building the strongest fortress~~”
Ai Meimei held the microphone in one hand, her light green skirt dancing in the wind, her passionate singing voice swirling above the venue.
“What song is this?” Lin Qiye stood beside Shen Qingzhu in the audience, raising an eyebrow and asking curiously.
“…I don’t know, but it sounds pretty good.”
Shen Qingzhu shook his head.
“Never mind… let’s follow Longbai’s strategy.” Lin Qiye’s eyes focused as he quickly leaped from the crowd and landed steadily on the stage.
The moment Lin Qiye stepped onto the stage, the LED screens on the floor quickly turned red. The crimson light illuminated Ai Meimei’s face from below, giving her originally cute and pretty face an indescribable eeriness.
“During the performance~ fan interaction on stage is not allowed~~”
Ai Meimei’s voice rang out, followed by a blink. Lin Qiye was prepared and promptly shifted his gaze elsewhere.
—Skill 1 judgment in progress… judgment failed.
So far, everything was proceeding exactly as it had when Shen Qingzhu first went on stage. The beautiful girl in the distance was like a BOSS program executing commands according to rules, even the intervals between skill activations were exactly the same.
Lin Qiye strode toward Ai Meimei!
“Don’t hurt Meimei!”
“Meimei, I’ll protect you!!”
Several voices called out. From both sides of the T-shaped stage, several audience members unhesitatingly stepped onto the stage, some shielding Ai Meimei, others charging headfirst toward Lin Qiye!
But this time, Lin Qiye didn’t use any weapons at all, and even raised both hands in a gesture of surrender.
Several audience members, like a wall, filled the narrow stage walkway. Just as Lin Qiye was about to do something, a dark golden hand like a millstone grabbed his shoulder from behind.
Lin Qiye looked back to see the bald security guard had arrived behind him, his face extremely fierce.
Without a word, Lin Qiye swung his fist at the bald security guard’s face, but it was blocked by the latter’s hands. Just as the bald security guard was about to counterattack, a slap landed precisely on his cheek!
Slap—!
This slap had almost no damage, but was extremely insulting.
The bald security guard was stunned, feeling one side of his face swelling. Looking at Lin Qiye’s mocking expression, he became furious!
Lin Qiye didn’t linger to fight, turning to jump off the stage and rushing toward the indoor venue, with the bald security guard in hot pursuit!
On the other side of the stage, Yuzuri Longbai’s lips curved slightly upward.
The first phase of the plan was executed perfectly by Lin Qiye – through provocation and attack, he lured the most troublesome bald security guard away from Ai Meimei, weakening her defensive forces… in Yuzuri Longbai’s words, this was called “tank initiating combat, drawing aggro, and kiting the monster.”
Ai Meimei’s performance didn’t stop because of this small incident. As the stage returned to its normal color, her singing continued to echo throughout the venue.
After the audience members also left the stage, Shen Qingzhu exchanged glances with Yuzuri Longbai in the distance, who nodded at him.
Yuzuri Longbai turned and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
Ai Meimei’s singing ended with the music. After finishing the song, she was again covered in sweat. She smiled and waved continuously to the audience below, eliciting many cheers.
“Did everyone like ‘Before Ten Thousand People’~”
“We!! Love it!!”
“Everyone look at the camera with Meimei, let’s record this precious moment~”
As she spoke, Ai Meimei and the audience appeared on the giant screen, and a countdown quickly began.
“Three… two…”
The shouting of Ai Meimei and the entire audience could be clearly heard by Lin Qiye even from the indoor venue.
He slashed a wound on the bald security guard’s arm, and a line of small text floated above the latter’s head:
Under the bald security guard’s block, the damage from this slash was not ideal. Two dark golden fist shadows like millstones whistled toward Lin Qiye’s face, but were consecutively dodged.
Lin Qiye glanced in the direction of the venue countdown, his eyes narrowing, showing no intention of rushing into the venue for the group photo.
“One! Cheese…”
Just as the [Group Photo] countdown reached zero, the entire venue suddenly went dark, and the photo image on the giant screen disappeared.
By the main power switch, Yuzuri Longbai lowered his gun, his cross-star-like eyes flashing with light!
He turned and sprinted toward the venue!
Step two… interrupt the BOSS skill casting!
Almost simultaneously, a figure with gray wings on his back rose from the crowd!
The confused audience in the darkened venue only felt a gust of wind rushing overhead as Shen Qingzhu crossed over the crowd and arrived directly above Ai Meimei!
During the first probe, not knowing the skills, Shen Qingzhu had stood at the edge of the stage, with a small distance between him and Ai Meimei, which allowed audience members to climb onto the stage… but this time, Shen Qingzhu wouldn’t make the same mistake.
Using his flight ability, he could fly directly over the T-shaped stage and land right in front of Ai Meimei. In this power outage, even if the confused audience members reacted, they wouldn’t have time to rush to Ai Meimei’s side to protect her.
These ten seconds of power outage were their best opportunity to kill Ai Meimei!
Bang—!!
A crisp gunshot echoed through the venue, sparks erupting from behind Ai Meimei as a bullet engraved with crimson patterns shot straight at Shen Qingzhu’s face in mid-air!
Even though Lin Qiye had lured away the bald security guard and the audience was left behind, there was still a gunman security guard protecting Ai Meimei. As the gunshot rang out, Shen Qingzhu immediately dodged sideways, a red line grazing past him and exploding into a ball of intense fire behind him!
The gunman security guard showed no intention of stopping, firing both guns continuously, sending a hail of bullets toward the six-winged Shen Qingzhu in the air.
Shen Qingzhu was not Lin Qiye and dared not directly withstand these bullets. The gunman security guard’s damage value was the highest among the three security guards, and even he couldn’t take more than a few shots… because of this, his figure was forcibly blocked in mid-air.
Given time, dealing with this gunman security guard would not be a problem for Shen Qingzhu, but the power outage would only last ten seconds.
Shen Qingzhu couldn’t use large-scale damage skills, nor could he withstand the hail of bullets, so he could only continuously dodge in the air, and eight seconds had already passed.
But Shen Qingzhu wasn’t panicking, because he knew that keeping the gunman security guard occupied was his original task.
Bang bang bang—!!
Three more gunshots rang out, but this time the direction of the gunfire didn’t come from the gunman security guard.
At the edge of the venue, a sweating figure in white clothes, holding a silver-white handgun, appeared as if he had just finished an intense sprint, with wisps of blue smoke drifting from the gun barrel…
The next moment, three bullets pierced through Ai Meimei’s temple, heart, and abdomen!
Ai Meimei’s health bar was instantly emptied!