Collapse Iron: What does it mean to broaden the fate of four people in one sentence?

As for saving face?

Can face be eaten? Can it be used as ammunition? Can it be exchanged for physical strength?

No.

Why bother with saving face?

As he ran, he glanced back and saw that the monsters had indeed not caught up with him.

"Perfect."

Chapter 5 Robbery! Hand over your valuables!

"Why doesn't this crappy game even have a map?"

Lin Si wandered in the wind and snow, constantly opening the game system interface and searching over and over again.

System Menu

[Character Information]

【mission】

【Backpack】

【Configuration】

Exit the game

.......

That's all?

Where's the map? Where's the small map? Where's the large map? Where's the navigation?

He repeatedly exited and re-entered the game system, reorganizing it several times, but the system interface still had the same few options, without any change.

"A bug?"

Lin Si muttered to herself.

"Even though it's a closed beta, they shouldn't be so stingy as to not even provide a map, right? Where am I supposed to go?"

He looked up and around.

Everything was a vast expanse of white, nothing but white. The sky and the ground in the distance merged into one, making it impossible to tell which way was which.

There were several identical rocks covered in ice and snow nearby, which he had passed by three times already.

Lin Si fell silent.

As a gaming legend, he can complete various Souls-like games in one life, make professional players question their existence in the top-ranked matches, and drive opponents to despair in any competitive game.

But now, he faces an unprecedented challenge.

I can't find my way.

"Could it be that I, the Demon King, am so wise and never fail in any game, that I can overpower Silver Wolf, who has been dominating the rankings for years, and push her to second place in just one game?"

He paused, his tone carrying three parts tragic, three parts unwilling, and four parts frustrated.

"In this kind of Souls-like game, the first time you die, you have to die on a mapless area?"

He kicked the snow beneath his feet, sending up a flurry of snowflakes.

It would be so frustrating to have my "first time" taken away like this!

Bronya: "........."

She fell silent, completely silent.

She listened to Lin Si muttering all the way, and then she figured out something.

It's a stone hammer.

This guy called the Demon King treats all of this as a game!

This is not a metaphor, not an exaggeration, it's literally a game!

He thought Belloborg was a game instance, the Rift Creatures were game monsters, the Silvermane Iron Guard was a game NPC, and he thought Bronya was...

Game character?

Bronya's composure completely collapsed at this moment.

Ruined!

Is he treating this like a game? Could he be manipulating her body to do some strange things?

After all, in his eyes, this was just a game!

In the game, characters can do whatever they want, cause trouble, and...

She thought back to that JoJo pose, that suddenly hardened face, and that melodramatic line, "Here comes the Demon King!"...

Bronya felt that the future was bleak.

and many more.

She suddenly thought of an even more terrifying question.

If he thinks this is just a game, would he use her body to do something indecent?

For example... taking a bath?

For example... going to the toilet?

For example... your hands are a bit restless when you're sleeping?

Bronya's consciousness turned deathly pale instantly.

She screamed frantically in her mind: Stop! Don't use my body for anything anymore! Do you hear me! Stop!!!

pity.

Lin Si couldn't hear it.

He was still wandering around in the wind and snow, muttering curses as he went.

"What awful weather! My stamina keeps dropping."

He glanced at the system panel.

Stamina: 76%

[Status: Cold (Continuing to decrease)]

[Friendly Reminder: Please find a warm place as soon as possible, otherwise your stamina will continue to decrease until it reaches zero.]

Lin Si sighed.

Even if he is a gaming master, he is helpless in the face of a situation where there is no map and the environment is so bad that his stamina keeps depleting. He can only figure it out little by little.

He looked around; all he saw was a vast expanse of white, with howling winds, and it didn't look like there was anywhere he could find warmth.

"I need to find a place to warm up and recover my strength as soon as possible."

He randomly chose a direction and continued walking forward.

Bronya screamed frantically in her mind: You're going the wrong way! That's an even more desolate wilderness! Berlberg is behind you! Behind you!!!

pity.

Lin Si still couldn't hear it.

He walked further and further away, further and further astray, heading towards the desolate wilderness.

Bronya was desperate.

She gave up. Whatever, let it be. She couldn't control it anyway.

Just then,

"what?"

Lin Si suddenly stopped and exclaimed in surprise.

There seems to be something moving in the snowdrift ahead.

It was a small snowdrift, buried among several rocks. If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't notice anything unusual.

But at that moment, the snowdrift was trembling slightly.

Lin Si narrowed her eyes.

As a gaming expert, he has top-notch awareness of preventing ganks.

In this desolate wilderness, in this terrible weather, a moving snowdrift suddenly appears, looking exactly like a trap.

It's possible that some kind of monster is waiting for people to get close before launching a surprise attack.

Lin Si controlled Bronya's body and tiptoed over, holding a spear in her hand, ready to deal with any emergencies.

Closer, closer.

That snowdrift is definitely moving! There's something hiding inside!

Lin Si took a deep breath, slowly raised the spear, and poked the snowdrift with the spear blade.

The snowdrift suddenly stopped moving.

Lin Si: "???"

He poked it again, but the snowdrift still didn't budge.

He didn't believe it and poked it hard.

"what!!!"

A scream erupted from the snowdrift.

Immediately afterwards, the snowdrift exploded, and a figure darted out from inside.

Blue hair, red shirt, blue pants, and quite tall.

Lin Si subconsciously took two steps back and raised his spear, aiming it at the uninvited guest.

Then he froze.

Dude, tell me, how did such a small snowdrift perfectly conceal a tall man who looks to be 1.8 meters tall?

Is this reasonable?

The blue-haired man straightened up, grumbling as he brushed the snow off his body. He was about to start cursing when he saw the muzzle of a gun pointed directly at him.

He was silent for two seconds, then slowly raised his hands.

"...No, sister, let's talk this out. Don't point a gun at me, or it might go off accidentally."

His voice had a slick, oily tone, and his face was plastered with a fawning smile.

Lin Si did not lower her gun, and asked coldly,

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

The blue-haired man breathed a slight sigh of relief when he saw that Bronya was able to communicate and did not intend to shoot directly.

He lowered his hands, rubbed them together, and revealed what he thought was a very genuine man's expression.

"Sister, let's talk this out, don't resort to violence."

He shook the thing in his hand; it was a red sausage, frozen solid.

"I, Old Sambo, just came here to bury some red sausage. You know, red sausage tastes even better when it's frozen. Bury it in the snow and freeze it, the taste is absolutely amazing!"

He chuckled twice.

"I haven't broken any laws, have I? It's inappropriate for you to point a gun at innocent citizens in this freezing weather, isn't it?"

Lin Si narrowed her eyes upon hearing this.

Old Sambo?

This name doesn't sound like a good person.

He carefully examined the man in front of him.