"Ahhhh help uurrghhh—"
Li Haisheng was plummeting fast in free fall, his mouth compressed by the surrounding wind and almost unable to speak. He "fancy" spun past Qian Qi as he fell, his expression dramatically changing when he saw Qian Qi floating in mid-air.
Why is she able to float in the air? Is she an Awakener from the Flying Assistance System?!
No, that’s not the main point. The main point is save me! He’s about to crash to his death!
Li Haisheng desperately waved his limbs, intending to catch Qian Qi’s attention. He shouted frantically, but because he was too far away, his voice couldn’t reach her ears.
Li Haisheng genuinely wanted to curse; he was already regretting why he entered this stupid broken instance, and that idiot Chen Tong, who made him act weak to get Qian Qi’s protection, damn it, at least let him deliver a message!
Now Qian Qi couldn’t hear his voice, and the distance between them was widening, leaving no opportunity to signal for help!
At this point, Li Haisheng could only pray that Qian Qi is a good person. He held on to a thread of hope and looked up, only to find Qian Qi coming closer to him.
Huh? Is she really coming?
Could she really be as kind as Chen Tong said, planning to save him?
If Qian Qi knew someone praised her kindness, she’d surely laugh with her features jumping around and then shyly slap the person saying, "You’re speaking too straightforwardly."
Unfortunately, she didn’t know, so upon seeing Li Haisheng, she immediately gripped the system panel, her little face brimming with excitement and a monstrous smile, "Tongzi! Chase him quickly! He has a Defense Armor on, definitely a rich guy!"
The system wasn’t initially happy to follow her command, but upon hearing the word ’rich guy’, it abruptly tilted the panel and accelerated toward Li Haisheng!
Long live the rich guy!!!
As the system panel leveled with Li Haisheng, Qian Qi met his expressions of shock and joy.
"Qian Qi, save me—" Li Haisheng was like a drowning man trying to grasp a straw, shouting frantically, wriggling in mid-air trying to reach Qian Qi.
The system quickly retreated a bit.
It refused to carry a second person.
Qian Qi glanced at Li Haisheng; in this acceleration, she couldn’t hear the other person’s voice, so she opened the Light Brain and typed a line of bold, accelerated, large characters, gesturing for Li Haisheng to see.
Li Haisheng stared blankly; what did she draw? Why couldn’t he understand?
"Hmm? Can’t understand? Seems like not an R-country person." Qian Qi deleted the foreign language above and switched to another.
Li Haisheng: ??? What is this again?! Completely unintelligible!
"Can’t understand this either? Seems like not an H-country person; could he be from France?" Qian Qi racked her brain and finally dug out a bit of French from the deep recesses of her memory.
Although I don’t understand the front part, I sure get the latter part!
Li Haisheng looked at the bottomless abyss getting closer beneath him, hastily waving his hands, "Help me, dammit, can you save me first—"
Qian Qi didn’t understand lip reading, but she recognized the mouth pattern of "dammit", and instantly she slapped her thigh, "Turns out you’re a local! Should have said so earlier! I thought you were playing extreme sports, assumed you were from abroad!"
Stop pretending, you know there are only two languages in this world, yet you’re still teasing him?
"Alright, alright, it’s easier to communicate with locals." Qian Qi deleted the French just now and wrote in native Chinese, very politely asking:
[Hello, bro, do you need help? If not, press 1; if needed, press the English version of the "Memorial"~]
Memorial? What is the Memorial? Why has he never heard of it?
If you don’t want to save, just say so; why make things hard for me, Li Haisheng!
Li Haisheng was really about to cry without tears; he was like a little turtle trapped in a glass tank, desperately flailing his limbs, trying to grab Qian Qi to save himself.
But alas, Qian Qi moved back, refusing to let him grab her. Leisurely, she deleted the font on the Light Brain and chatted with Li Haisheng:
[Why are you ignoring me? Do you look down on me? I tell you I hate when people pretend not to hear me; no manners at all!]
[Is this your first time in this instance? Why not bring a parachute? No way, no way, you can’t even afford a parachute, right?]
[Heard this instance hasn’t had anyone for over 20 years; why the hell did you enter? Are you contemplating something? Would saving you ruin your plans? You wouldn’t blackmail me because of that, right?]
Qian Qi quickly shook her head, [Forget it, forget it, better not meddle in other people’s business.]
Li Haisheng looked at the words on the Light Brain, about to cough up blood. Probably it was the wind messing with his intellect, he only thought to open his Light Brain to reply to Qian Qi after ages.
[Save me! I’m not here to commit suicide! I’m a brave soul here to conquer the instance for the people’s benefit!]
Qian Qi shocked, her mouth wide open: [Where’s this idiot from, what skill level, trying to tackle a hell instance?]
This is not what he planned, right? Even the idiot Chen Tong’s words are unreliable, Li Haisheng hurriedly deleted words off the Light Brain and typed again: [Save me first! I’ll reward you!]
These words finally hit the mark for Qian Qi, she looked at Li Haisheng again, [How much you planning to give?]
Li Haisheng: [How about 500,000?]
Qian Qi clicked her tongue: [So your life is only worth 500,000 huh...]
Li Haisheng: [...1 million! I really don’t have much money! I’m just a D-level Awakener!]
Qian Qi shook her head: [1 million, I have dogs worth more than that.]
Li Haisheng started to freak out: [3 million! 3 million, is that enough! It’s really all I have! Please save me!]
Qian Qi stroked her chin; 3 million could be acceptable, [Then pass me your Defense Armor as a down payment, and I will save you.]
She eyed Li Haisheng, really didn’t seem like a good guy; after all, it’s been over two decades since anyone entered this instance, yet suddenly someone shows up on the day she enters?
Following right behind her, it was hard for Qian Qi not to suspect something.
Nonetheless, no matter how dubious it might be, it wouldn’t stop her from exploiting a windfall~
Qian Qi eyed Li Haisheng’s Defense Armor, laughing slyly, this Defense Armor didn’t look cheap, likely costing a few million to acquire, right?
Li Haisheng: [...Sure, but after landing, you must return the Defense Armor to me!]
This instance level was unknown; without the Defense Armor, facing a Magic Beast would make Qian Qi’s rescue worthless, so he could only offer money, not the Defense Armor.
Qian Qi pursed her lips: [Okay.]
Only then did Li Haisheng take off his Defense Armor and hand it to Qian Qi.
He gave it up so easily because he had thought it over; after all, falling from such a height, even with the Defense Armor he would be smashed to pieces, better to gamble on Qian Qi’s integrity.
Fortunately, Qian Qi didn’t have many virtues, except strength of character; she took the Defense Armor from Li Haisheng, grabbed his arm, and landed safely together.
As soon as Li Haisheng touched the ground, he went to snatch the Defense Armor from Qian Qi’s hand.
Qian Qi retreated a step, "Where’s the money?"