Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 141: Chapter 64 Preparing to Encircle and Suppress_2

And...what should we play?

Just imagine—a girl wearing an oversized T-shirt revealing her slender, beautiful legs, sweetly asking what to play late at night... That would definitely lead to misunderstandings; you can’t exactly suggest playing with her legs, can you?

It even made Li Yelai think that he was standing before Cheese, the experienced player.

As for the Doll... she probably really did want to play some games to pass the time.

But her expression made it easy to misinterpret.

Fortunately, Li Yelai was a gentleman; otherwise, who knows where his thoughts might have wandered.

So, Li Yelai silently recited the three biggest misconceptions in life and then replied, ”Anything’s good.”

The Doll immediately smiled, then mysteriously pulled Li Yelai by the hand to the living room.

She opened a cardboard box in front of the TV.

”Dum dum dum~ dum.”

The Doll held up what seemed to be a gaming console.

Li Yelai took the controller she handed to him.

He asked curiously, ”You know how to play this?”

This was new territory for Li Yelai.

The cost was said to be in the thousands of Giant City Coins.

Before becoming a Processor, that was his salary for a month. He couldn’t dare dream of such a luxury.

”Yeah... I usually have no one to play with,” the Doll’s face flashed with loneliness.

Since she couldn’t interact normally with colleagues offline.

Thus, she was very engaged online, active in official forums and group chats.

During her usual rest times, she’d stay home and play games to pass the time.

Then, with some anticipation, she looked at Li Yelai and asked, ”Can we play this?”

”Of course,” Li Yelai nodded. ”Let’s have a blast tonight!”

It wasn’t anything difficult, just playing a game with a fellow gamer.

”Mmhm!” The Doll’s beautiful eyes curved up, revealing a tender gentleness like flowing water.

She crossed her jade-like legs and sat on the couch, while Li Yelai sat next to her.

They started the game.

It had to be said, the Doll was very skilled.

She rapidly pressed the buttons on the controller, her character on the screen swiftly and agilely dodging the enemy’s attacks and immediately counterattacking. The whole set of movements was smooth flowing.

As for Li Yelai, no matter how he maneuvered, his character still ended up being surrounded and defeated.

He was a complete novice who had never played on such a console before.

If not for the Doll’s character protecting him from the sides, Li Yelai would have had no gaming experience at all.

”It looks like I have to cling to the expert!” Li Yelai commented as his character was saved yet again.

This was the eleventh time the Doll had rescued him; he had completely become the weakest link, worse than an AI!

The Doll nearby hesitated upon hearing this, unsure if she should extend her leg for Li Yelai to cling onto.

Seeing Li Yelai struggle with the controls,

The Doll leaned closer and began teaching him some operational techniques.

Li Yelai had high spiritual talent and notable combat skills, but his gaming skills were indeed lacking.

Even with the Doll’s instruction, he still often made mistakes.

This frustrated Li Yelai, who had promised to play games with the Doll.

As it turned out, the game was playing him instead; he was not living up to his role as a gaming companion.

Then, Li Yelai felt a silky, moist warmth on the back of his hand and fingers.

He turned instinctively and saw the Doll’s beautiful face close at hand.

As he turned, their eyes met.

The girl’s warm breath brought Li Yelai a mesmerizing intoxication.

Indeed, the Doll was addressing the problem with Li Yelai’s technique by using a direct method.

She placed her hand over Li Yelai’s hand and fingers to help correct his techniques,

And this brought her closer to Li Yelai’s shoulder.

The contact between their shoulders and fingers made her cheeks flush red again.

”I’ll teach you...” she whispered softly, her lips slightly parted.

At the same time, she was experiencing some regret. She feared her actions might have driven Li Yelai away.

But initially, she truly hadn’t considered that.

Li Yelai felt his heart racing severely, just as when Cheese had leaned on his shoulder.

He even suspected for a moment that the girl was tempting him, but he quickly snapped out of it.

Suspecting everyone of seducing him was giving himself too much credit!

Li Yelai, you need to realize who you are.

So, Li Yelai responded, ”I’ll figure it out myself...”

However, just then, two alarms went off simultaneously.

Breaking the strange atmosphere, making the Doll move swiftly away.

It was Li Yelai and the Doll’s communicators that had rung.

Li Yelai quickly connected the communicator; from the other side came the inquiry, ”Night General, where are you?”

”In... the Dollhouse.” Li Yelai hesitated for a moment but still told the truth. The mission was urgent.

”Dollhouse... at this hour?” The person on the communicator seemed shocked but then immediately said, ”Please come to the sub-branch immediately!”

...

Just about ten minutes before, in the basement of an abandoned factory on the northeast side of Border City.

A figure covered in blood swiftly crawled out of the ventilation duct.

Then, suddenly stopped.

Because there were already two people who had arrived there before him, blocking his escape route.

One was a man wearing a Sheep Head bone mask.

The other was a young man, with a bare chest adorned in crimson-red tattoo lines.

”I knew you’d catch up eventually,” the bloodied man spat out a mouthful of blood, ”If it weren’t for my bad condition, I’d have killed a few more today.”

”You traitor...” the Sheep Bone mask spoke coldly, ”Have you forgotten who saved you from the mundane life? It was the Church! Your brethren! And yet, you betray the Church!”

”Why waste words on a dead man?” the Tattooed Man sneered, ”Killed six believers, but his organs are shattered, he won’t live for more than a few minutes.”

The bloodied man, fully aware of his condition.

He had been deep undercover in enemy territory to gather intelligence. Upon discovery, he was severely wounded and used all his strength to escape to this place.

Now, the last bit of motivation that supported him was to pass the intelligence in his hands.

However, it seemed even that last hope was extinguished.

”It’s a pity, just a step away!”

Before his words died away, the man had already made his move, raising both hands to strike. A massive Ancient Crocodile Illusion appeared.

Mimicry·Fierce Crocodile Bite!

The giant Ancient Crocodile Illusion snapped at the two men, seemingly swallowing them whole.

The Sheep Head Mask quickly retreated, but the Tattooed Man, instead of retreating, advanced furiously and drew his sword.

The sword’s light was incredibly fast, reaching the man before the crocodile’s bite could close.

’Sssla’

The man stopped moving, and his severed body fell heavily to the ground.

The crimson blood quickly stained the ground.

The man, bisected at the waist, struggled to roll over, but ultimately failed.

He could only sigh, ”Had I not been injured, being both Third Awakening... you wouldn’t be a match for me. Well... my comrades, will avenge me.”

The Tattooed Man sneered, stepping forward and stabbing the man in the back.

The Sheep Head Mask looked at the man, who had lost all signs of life, shaking his head, ”He’d been undercover for so long. In the end, he couldn’t even send out the intelligence. Such a waste of life.”

”Hmph. You better watch yourself,” the Tattooed Man said, cleaning his broadsword and sneering, ”To think there’s an undercover Processor in the sub-branch! How did you manage that?”

”I assure you, there won’t be another such incident...” the Sheep-Headed Man sighed, ”Just in case, let’s burn down this factory.”

Yet, both of them hadn’t noticed.

As the man died, a snake with a swollen belly had already slithered out of the factory.

It crawled into the sewer...

A few minutes later, the snake appeared in Ben Lei’s hands.

Ben Lei’s eyes were red. He knew that receiving intelligence in such a way meant that one of his comrades had sacrificed themselves.

”Ember Church...” Ben Lei clenched his teeth, ”Notify the sub-branch, assemble the Processors, prepare for a crackdown!”