However, she couldn’t say a word, which made her even more uncomfortable.
Moreover, the other party did not blame her. Not a single harsh word, no complaints or sighs... It seemed as if he faced his destiny calmly and accepted it just as calmly.
"Hey, could you give me a hand..." At this moment, Gu Mo spoke up, reaching out his hand to the girl, "Let’s go down the mountain first, back to the riverbank where we were just now..."
The temporary health boost that had come from the skill activation earlier had mostly faded away now. He once again felt that slight sense of weakness creeping back, his hands and feet starting to go cold, and his vision dimming slightly. He realized that his health bar was critically low.
At the same time, Gu Mo also understood, luckily, he had previously added two points to his constitution, reinforcing his basic life force and body strength. This made him much more resilient than an average person. Otherwise, he might not have even been able to muster the condition for survival in death—
If he hadn’t increased those two points, his body strength would definitely be much weaker. He probably wouldn’t have lasted through the first attack from the Demon Ghost. If he had been instantly killed, then nothing would have followed.
And if his basic life force hadn’t been improved to a certain extent, then the temporary fake health bar might not have been enough for him to hold on until now.
These details might very well have been the critical factors in determining success or failure.
But now, he had to take the final step in his self-rescue. Because this damned system, which seemed designed to trick the user, required him to see his own character modeling in a third-person perspective to trigger the interaction options on the level-up page. He didn’t have a mirror with him, and he had already tested his phone to no avail... He could only rely on the reflection on the water’s surface.
Back to the riverbank?
The black-haired girl was puzzled as to why this was necessary.
"Yes, back to the riverbank. I need to wash my hands; I’m covered in blood, all sticky..." Perhaps seeing Ah Xiu’s confusion, Gu Mo explained, urging her, "Hurry up, hurry up, I can’t wait a moment longer..."
Hidechika walked forward dazedly, supporting him, feeling his life force becoming increasingly faint.
She still somewhat doubted if she had heard correctly. This man could collapse and die at any moment, yet at this time he asked her to take him to the river to wash his hands?
......
Under Gu Mo’s insistent request, the black-haired girl brought him to the river as quickly as possible.
In his reddened and darkened vision, he gasped, looking at his reflection in the water, and opened the level-up page as fast as possible while touching the water’s surface.
Just as he expected, he had almost filled the experience bar previously, and after defeating a Demon Ghost more powerful than a small Hungry Ghost, his experience was just enough to raise his life level to Level 4... That was his plan.
Without any hesitation, he pressed the plus sign behind the Physique Attribute and confirmed.
Though there was no shower of light, no melodious music played, nor were there any dazzling level-up effects, Gu Mo did Level Up in an instant! In the heat flow burgeoning within his body, he slightly closed his eyes, as if feeling every shriveled cell in his body rapidly swelling and becoming full.
"..."
The black-haired girl beside him stared blankly, her Sakura lips slightly parted beneath her mask, her pupils full of shock.
She sensed that the man’s life force, which had been as frail as a candle in the wind, was suddenly rising again, not only returning to full strength swiftly but also a bit stronger than before.
But he hadn’t done anything—just dipped his hand into the water, stirred it a bit, and washed his hands...