Chapter 129: Where is Your Ambition?

Chapter 129: Chapter 129: Where is Your Ambition?

In the end, it was all about conjuring supplies out of thin air to cement her title as the Sea God’s Envoy.

There were very few children in the tribe. As luck would have it, a child came down with a fever that day. Shi Zhile took out some ibuprofen suspension and had him drink it, and his fever completely broke within half an hour.

They called anyone with medical skills a Witch, and because she came from the Sea God’s side, they called her Master Witch.

The two sisters had so much they wanted to say, but Wang Peng and the others had already come in, so Shi Zhile brought her sister into the Planting Space.

Shi Zhiyi’s face was a picture of pure contentment as she ate a sweet and delicious tomato.

"How’s your leg? One heroic act of recklessly saving someone is enough. You’re not allowed to do that anymore."

She had been truly stunned when she first entered the tribe and saw Shi Zhile kill someone. While she was relieved, her heart also ached for her sister.

Her little sister had always been timid and obedient. Whether she was framed after saving someone or beaten and cursed by their younger uncle and aunt, her choice was always to endure it in silence.

She had taught her to fight back, but her sister would just smile and say she was repaying the debt for raising her.

Shi Zhile did two little hops on the spot, a rare, genuine smile gracing her face.

"Don’t worry, my leg is completely healed. At least, it’s fine inside the game."

Shi Zhiyi seized on her words. "What do you mean, ’inside the game’? Lele, tell me the truth. Do you know something about this game?"

"I’ve made some discoveries, but I can’t be sure yet. Sis, do you want to go to Huaxia Base after we clear this instance?"

Shi Zhiyi answered without hesitation, "Yes! When the instance started, Wen Bai and I were already at sea.

Wen Bai found a locator in a treasure chest. It can cross between regions, and the route it provides can lead to a designated location.

And I got a world map. On the map, the islands for Huaxia Base and Jiuzhou Base are the largest. Jiuzhou Base is too far away, so we chose to head for Huaxia Base.

Lele, what’s your island’s name? We’ll come get you after this instance is over."

A smug little look appeared on Shi Zhile’s face. "No need to pick me up. Your world map is impressive, but my island can move.

Is Wen Bai your boyfriend?"

Shi Zhiyi didn’t deny it, instead telling her the story of how she and Wen Bai met and got together.

The night passed quietly. At dawn the next day, the small team set out again.

This time, they chose to head out to sea.

The morning sun spilled across the sea, shimmering flecks of gold rising and falling with the waves. On the distant horizon, a light mist dissipated, and everything seemed to promise a beautiful day.

Rafts and small boats were launched one after another, and the players began to fish, each relying on their own skills.

Standing on Jiang Yuxing’s sailboat, Shi Zhile took out a fishing net and cast it into the sea. After letting it sink for a moment, she began to haul it back up with all her might.

Seeing Shi Zhile struggling to pull, Jiang Yuxing rose from his deck chair and joined in.

The heavy net was hauled onto the boat. Mixed in with the flopping, wriggling sea fish were two or three sparkling treasure chests.

Shi Zhile put the fish into her Breeding Space, then made a show of "finding" the Wish Drifting Bottle in the net.

"Triple the treasure chests!"

The treasure chests didn’t change. The bottle didn’t change either.

"Triple the supplies!"

The Wish Drifting Bottle was completely unresponsive, and even the system remained silent.

Shi Zhile handed the Wish Drifting Bottle to Jiang Yuxing, then shook the water from her hands, sat down on the deck, and watched him with her chin propped in her hand.

"You people designed this game. I’m filing a complaint now about fraudulent items. You should be able to process that, right?"

The corner of Jiang Yuxing’s mouth twitched, and a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes as he glanced down at the bottle.

’So clever!’

’She already knows to test me.’

’If I acknowledge the Wish Drifting Bottle now, it’s an indirect admission that I was involved in creating the game.’

’If I pretend not to recognize it, she’ll definitely take the chance to bring up my promise to tell her how to quit the game after this instance.’

’Unless I ignore her completely, she definitely won’t let it go.’

’She didn’t send Shi Zhiyi away just to come out to sea with me and cultivate our relationship. She did it to have a better opportunity to act unhinged.’

’If I don’t cooperate honestly today, this girl will probably risk her life to test the truth of Chuyi’s words.’

Knowing what she was up to, Jiang Yuxing was willing to reveal some information. But when he recalled how she had indiscriminately ignored right and wrong the day before, he seethed with anger.

"Process it? Process what? Should I be the one to process it? I wouldn’t dare.

Yesterday, I took it upon myself to block a slap for you, and you threw my good intentions right back in my face."

Shi Zhile poured him a glass of water. "Since you’re so angry, I’ll just give up on my sister today. We might as well die together in a lover’s pact.

How should we do it? Let’s go feed ourselves to the giant python.

Our bodies ripped to shreds by the python, our two corpses corroded by stomach acid, melting into a pulp and fusing together... That’s a beautiful way to die, isn’t it?

I just wonder, if our bodies are destroyed, can we still be revived?"

She had been crushed to death by the giant python in the first instance; that feeling of nearing death and completely losing consciousness was not unfamiliar to her.

She had attempted suicide in the hospital multiple times. If the doctors hadn’t saved her again and again, she would have been reincarnated long ago.

But in the game, when they had both lost consciousness and faced certain death with no one there to treat them, how exactly had they survived?

The questions she hadn’t been able to figure out before now made perfect sense when combined with what Chuyi had said.

’I can’t die! Or to be more precise, Jiang Yuxing, or the game’s creators, won’t let me die.’

’Making the boldest guess, I must be connected to the game itself in some way.’

’Possessing both spaces couldn’t be explained away as a mere coincidence.’

Jiang Yuxing smiled but said nothing. He suddenly found this side of Shi Zhile—desperate and threatening him like a cornered animal—to be somewhat cute.

He downed the water Shi Zhile had poured for him in one gulp.

’She’s determined to test me. If she didn’t know about the coming war between the interstellar alliance and Earth, she would absolutely go through with her threat.’

’At the very least, she would use her own life to confirm whether death was the way to quit the game.’

’But now, she has too much on her mind. She cares about too many things.’

’A madwoman who wouldn’t hesitate to drag the entire interstellar community down with her for revenge... yet when her own nation is on the brink of destruction, she doesn’t dare to die!’

’She doesn’t dare to gamble. She doesn’t dare to gamble with the lives of everyone on Earth.’

’Ah, the Huaxia people... that inexplicable faith always enables batch after batch of them to shoulder their heavy burdens and press onward.’

’I understand that kind of faith, which is why someone like her deserves more from me.’

Shi Zhile suddenly leaned close to Jiang Yuxing. If she moved just a little bit closer, she could easily kiss him.

"Jiang Yuxing, how do we kill that giant python?"

Jiang Yuxing: "..."

He looked up at her, utterly speechless.

"Shi Zhile, where’s your backbone? Go on, keep threatening me!"

"Threaten you? Me? Why, I’m too weak to even tie up a chicken!"

Jiang Yuxing burst out laughing—not one of his fake smiles, but a genuine, hearty laugh.

He shoved the Wish Drifting Bottle into her arms and leaned back lazily.

Shi Zhile looked thoughtful for a moment, then, as realization dawned, she broke into a knowing smile.

’He’s reminding me to use the Wish Drifting Bottle.’

’In the past, all her wishes had been for supplies. The one time she’d used it to heal her body, the system had screwed her over.’

’Since he’s giving me a hint, I have to try it, whether it’s real or not.’