No Tara Under The Horizon

Chapter 2's

Eeek…

Suddenly there was a scream in the street. We saw a woman lying on the ground, her lower body bleeding a lot. He must have had an accident!

“Eh?”

He Yi frowned and immediately slowed down.

“Please, I beg you, please save my wife. He was hit by a car. Please..” A middle-aged man of about 50 years old ran while crying. “Please, take him to the hospital.”

“Oh?”

He Yi stopped his car without hesitation. “Lu Chen, let's help them!”

“M N.”

I was just about to get out of the car when I caught something at the end of my sight. It was a black car that drove straight towards us from an alley! The driver even hit the road fence!

It's not good, it stinks. conspiracy!

The car was too fast, and there was nothing I could do but protect He Yi with my body. Shock appeared on He Yi's pretty face. “No..”

A BANG!

There was a loud noise, and He Yi's black sports car was thrown off the road. The impact is terrible. My mind went blank, and He Yi collapsed in his chair. Traces of blood slid down his pale forehead.

I shook my head with all my might to clear my head. Then, two wide-faced men rushed through the smoke towards us while swearing, “Check if the woman is dead!”

It was really an assassination attempt!

I hurried to take action. My limbs were not injured, and my back was just a little sore. I took the unconscious He Yi out of the car.

“Suck, he's got a guy with him! Chase them!”

Each one of them held an iron bar. They attacked us without any hesitation.

!

One of the sticks hit me right on the shoulder. The incredible pain went straight to my brain.

There is very little time to reflect. This place was quiet from the crowd, and very few cars passed through this area. He Yi and I had clearly fallen into a complicated death trap.

I kicked one of the men in the stomach and made him squat in pain. Holding He Yi protectively in front of me, I ran towards the road. I just wish someone would show up.

The pain came from my shoulder again. Fresh blood slowly but surely soaked my white clothes. He Yi was unconscious, and his eyes were tightly closed. Her long eyebrows made her look sad and beautiful.

“I'll protect her this time. I won't let him get hurt even if I lose my life!” I told myself again and again in my head.

When I finally stumbled and crawled into the street, I discovered that heaven did not leave us. A private car just moved towards us.

I immediately moved to the middle of the road to stop him. At the same time, the two assassins swung their iron rods and attacked us again.

“Open the door!” I'm yelling. Unfortunately, the middle-aged man in the car obviously did not want to deal with us. Scared and shaken, he did not dare to open the door.

“Open the fucking door!” I punched the car window and caused it to crack. The situation escalated, the driver had no choice but to give up.

I took the opportunity to push He Yi into the car before shouting, “Quickly, take him to the hospital!”

The middle-aged man had no choice but to nod again. Suddenly, his eyes widened in fear. It was because those two burly men had caught up with us.

There was no way I could escape this predicament, so I blocked them, letting the car go safely.

“Fuck! He ruined our plan! Kill him!”

The man with the knife scar all over his face jumped at me with a savage grin on his face.

I didn't do much fighting. I have received too much damage before, and have run out of steam. My knees slowly touched the ground.

Bang out!

I felt a burning sensation of heat behind my head, and the world spun from under my feet. I collapsed on the road after that.

Everything's dark. I can't see anything.

　　……

Am I dead?

I asked myself many times, but no one answered my question.

Despair and sadness suddenly overwhelmed me as I knelt in the darkness. I feel like I can almost hear my mother's last words: “Get yourself, Lu Chen ..”

“I'm sorry, mom, I broke our promise.”

“Bu, I'm scared.”.

I cried and cried, but I could not open my mouth or make any sound at all. My entire existence was filled with fear and despair.

Suddenly a voice sounded beside my ear—

“We don't even know who this kid is. What should we do?”

“What else? We buried. Fuck this busy guy, he brought this on himself! ”

　　……

It was late at night. On the farmland in the deserted and abandoned village, there was a place that seemed to have just been excavated.

Goody!

An arm suddenly exploded from the earth.

I crawled out of the hole and looked at my dirty hands. I can hardly believe I am still alive. How could I survive being buried for so long?

Surprised, I turned around and found that the hole was only about twenty centimeters deep. The earth also looked very loose. This may mean that there is enough air for me to breathe even when I am unconscious.

“Aduh..”.

I groaned as a splitting pain emerged from the back of my head. The punch that knocked me unconscious and almost took my life was very heavy. Still, I was lucky to survive this.

I looked around me and saw a sky full of stars. It's already night.

My phone is gone, and my clothes are blood red. Each movement caused a wave of terrible pain to shoot into my brain.

Still feeling happy to have survived this ordeal, inevitably I worry about He Yi. Was he sent safely to the hospital? Why are those people trying to kill him? There are so many unsolved mysteries…

Never mind, I have to go home first. God knows how long I've been hungry given how hard my tummy is.

As I staggered down the street, a new question came to my mind. Why am I defending He Yi with my body without hesitation when he is in danger? What exactly am I expecting?

I threw those thoughts out of my head. Who knows what I was thinking at the time?

There was very little public transport going through the countryside, and I had to wait more than half an hour before I finally saw it. The driver looked at me like a ghost when I got on the bus. “Friends, did you fall into a gutter or something?”

I nodded and smiled at him. “More or less. Bad luck, trust me.”

The way home was bumpy and uncomfortable, and my phone was nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, I still have the card He Yi gave me, so my livelihood has not been in danger. “Heavenblessed” will start tomorrow night. Maybe I'm not good enough to do whatever I want, but making a living is definitely within my reach.

I touched the wound on the back of my head. It still hurts a little. All this time, I couldn't stop thinking about how I managed to get out of all this alive. I was hit on the head with a blunt object, and the blow was probably heavy enough to break my skull. Then, I was buried in the ground for some time. Seriously, how am I supposed to get out alive?

I looked back at the area where I was buried and noticed that it was an undeveloped area. It looked very much like a grave filled with small and short tombstones.

A long time later, I suddenly laughed at myself. “Well, who cares as long as I'm alive?”

　　……

By the time I finally returned home, the sky was already completely dark. I live in an apartment consisting of a bedroom, living room, and toilet. The monthly rent is 2200 RMB. Yeah, if a brother doesn't help me, I'll default on my rent last month. Of course, the cost of the aid was a low-tier god-level weapon, precisely a two-handed sword. That being said, “Spirit of Grief” is turned off in a few days, so it will eventually become worthless.

I walked up the dark stairs and made a familiar move to produce my keys. Suddenly, a body rushed out of my apartment.

“Fuck, man! What took you away so long? Where have you been for the last two days? You didn't pick up my phone!”

I already know who that figure is from his voice.

Du Thirteen is the best brother I have ever had. We are so close that we will not hesitate to share our valuables with each other. Du Thirteen and I were friends since elementary school, and we practically shared everything with each other besides our girlfriends. We barely have the secrets we keep from each other. Of course, the reason we never shared a boyfriend was because of one, I never had one to share, and two, Du Thirteen changed partners faster than a girl who changed her clothes.

Du Thirteen peered at me through the dim lighting before exclaiming in surprise, “What exactly happened to you, Lu Chen? Oh yeah, I heard you were hunted by Candlelight Shadow until you had to delete your account. Right now Candlelight Shadow was like the sun in the sky, and there was practically nothing she could not do on the Chinese servers. It was no wonder that the Ancient Sword Dreaming Soul could not fight it.”

I smiled at him and patted him on the shoulder. “I'm fine. More optimistic, huh? Candlelight Shadow might be at its peak right now, but no prime number would last forever. Moreover, this is just an account deletion; a minor issue. Young people should be optimistic, you know?”

“Optimislah your sister ..” Du Thirteen replied without power. “Only who entertains who now ..”

“By the way, why are you here, Thirteen?” I glared at him. “Tomorrow release day. Why are you here instead of preparing? ”

Du Thirteen bit the cucumber before looking at me in surprise. “Did someone hit you in the head? Heavenly release tonight at 12 a.m. What do you mean tomorrow?”

“What? Today?! What...what date is it today?” I was a little confused.

“Today is 10th, right?”

“Date 10..”

I'm dumbfounded. He Yi and I met on the 8th, but today is the 10th. Am I unconscious all day? On ground? How is that possible?!

“Hey, brother, are you really okay?”

Du Thirteen patted my shoulder before asking, “What's with the confusion on your face? Today is the 10th. Is there something wrong with that?”

I took a deep breath before smiling at him. “Nothing. Anyway, today is a day, right? So why are you wandering around here? ”

“You're heartless!” Du Thirteen's saliva flew everywhere. “I came here because I couldn't reach you for the last two days! I'm worried that you're dead or something! Anyway, I'll be back now that you're here. I should have gotten home before 12. See you at the game, okay? Now hurry up, what's your new ID? Is it still Dust Falling?”

“I don't know, I'll change it this time I think. How're you? What is your ID later?”

“I don't know either. Too many people signed up, you know? I want to register myself as Brother Cool or Handsome Hero or something, but to be honest, the possibilities are quite small.”

“Then, you should go back first. We can always contact each other after we leave the village early. ”

“Alright, I'll go. By the way, I brought you a few hundred grams of sliced beef. I was going to drink with you, but you're late. Other time.”

I looked inside my apartment and saw a bag of sliced beef and a bottle of Erguotou on the table. I want to feel a wave of warmth in my heart. If there is one thing I have gained throughout my life, it is this good brother of mine.

Thirteen left, the street lights cast a long shadow on the ground. He is not a game professional. One might even have the right to call it a noob. Where others left their travel stories, he simply left a desolate look on his back.