Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

No matter what, my mental age is still 12 years old...

"Under the moon...?"

Seeing that Yuexia was still hugging him tightly, Jiang Ming thought for a moment and suddenly spoke.

"Well... How about this, if Yuexia can hold back her tears and try to be stronger, I'll take Yuexia out for shaved ice?"

"Shaved ice...what...is that...?"

The intermittent sound under the moon came from Jiang Ming's chest, and he could clearly feel the vibration in front of him.

"Oh, yeah, I think I haven't taken you out to eat yet."

Jiang Ming raised his head and thought for a moment before explaining to Yuexia.

"In short, it's something similar to ice cream, ice cream cones, and popsicles, but it's mainly made by shaving ice cubes into small pieces and then pouring a layer of juice of various flavors on them."

"In some ways, it's even better than an ice cream cone."

"......"

As the seductive words reached his ears, the cute little tuft of hair on Yuexia's head trembled quickly, and the slight sobbing stopped in an instant.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Ming couldn't help but chuckle twice and praised her.

"Haha, Yuexia is indeed a good kid. Let's go quickly so as not to miss the subsequent activities."

"......Um."

Yuexia sniffed and nodded slightly.

............

"Under the moon, are we here——?"

"Ok?"

I stopped and looked at the shop not far away under the moonlight. It was a shop selling shaved ice. Countless tiny, sparkling ice flakes flew out from the huge shaved ice machine.

"So beautiful......ah."

Yuexia opened her eyes wide in surprise. After all, if you saw it without any prior knowledge, shaved ice as a food was indeed too beautiful.

"Well, that's shaved ice. Do you want to try it?"

"Yeah! I want it!"

After Jiang Ming finished speaking, Yuexia nodded in affirmation.

"In that case...what flavor would you like?"

Jiang Ming walked to the shaved ice shop holding Yuexia's hand and asked with his head down after seeing the signs with flavors such as strawberry, cantaloupe or mango.

Yuexia tapped her lips lightly and looked at the various flavors on the sign as if she was thinking, but in the end she shook her head, and looked at Jiang Mingdao with anticipation in her ruby-like eyes.

"Human, can you help me choose?"

"Eh? Am I coming? Then..."

Jiang Ming looked at the sign with various flavors written on it again, and after thinking for a while, he came to the boss.

"Excuse me, please give me a deluxe strawberry milk shaved ice with watermelon and mango."

"Ok!"

After paying the bill, the boss piled an iceberg on the cup with skillful movements, poured a layer of red sauce on it, put two large spoonfuls of vanilla and chocolate ice cream balls on it, added a lot of the fruit that Jiang Ming had just mentioned, and handed it over.

"Come on, Yuexia, this way you can not only taste shaved ice, but also ice cream scoops and fruits. This alone is much better than ice cream cones, right?"

"Thank you very much......"

For some reason, Yuexia suddenly used honorifics. Perhaps she was really shocked by the luxurious shaved ice.

But if you ask Jiang Ming why he chose this flavor...it's not because he particularly recommended it.

Jiang Ming ordered this flavor because he felt that the red and white colors under the light were very suitable for the moon.

As for other ingredients, they are mostly just for embellishment or to allow Yuexia to enjoy more flavors.

Yuexia took the shaved ice from Jiang Ming and scooped up the red ice chips and a small piece of vanilla ice cream with a plastic spoon. After looking at it carefully, she put it into her mouth.

"—!!"

The melt-in-your-mouth texture and strawberry flavor fill your entire mouth, and the icy and sweet taste makes your taste buds cheer.

Then he quickly opened his eyes wide as if in surprise, looked around, then raised his head to look at Jiang Ming's face, and patted Jiang Ming's body hard with excitement.

But soon her shoulders shook, and an apologetic expression appeared on her pretty fair face.

"S-Sorry, I got a little too excited..."

"Haha, do you like it?"

After Jiang Ming asked, Yuexia nodded vigorously.

"It's icy and sweet... but it's different from ice cream. It's delicious."

"It would be great if you like it."

Then Yuexia started to enjoy the shaved ice in big mouthfuls.

"Hey, hey... I told you that this will..."

It was too late to say anything. Yuexia once again put on a bitter expression and rubbed her forehead with her hands.

"So... so cold, so painful..."

"Haha, have you forgotten what I said before? The ice cream headache has come to you again."

"Woooo..."

Facing Jiang Ming's unconscious ridicule, Yuexia immediately looked at Jiang Ming with a resentful expression, which made Jiang Ming feel a little uneasy. Before Jiang Ming could speak, Yuexia scooped a large spoonful of shaved ice and then put it to Jiang Ming's mouth.

"Forehead..."

The actions of his hands were self-explanatory. Looking at Yuexia's unyielding expression, Jiang Ming had no choice but to close his eyes, open his mouth wide and swallow the shaved ice in one gulp.

"Ugh..."

Jiang Ming couldn't help but frown, his expression twisted instantly. The low temperature of the shaved ice made him feel like he had lost sensation in his tongue.

Unable to bear it any longer, Jiang Ming subconsciously swallowed his tongue after the shaved ice melted in his mouth, trying to restore the temperature of his tongue with his lips.

Seeing that Yuexia was still trying to feed him, he quickly turned his head and raised his hands in surrender.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have laughed at you, let's go somewhere else!"

"Hmph~, bad human."

"Yes, yes, I am a bad guy. Can Miss Yuexia take me away? I am not familiar with this place at all."

"Humph! There's really nothing I can do with you..."

Yuexia turned her head away, but still held Jiang Ming tightly in her hand and continued to take him for a stroll in the amusement park.

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Chapter 142 Thank you for letting me find you

In a dark room.

"Human... Human, it's so quiet here... Is it really okay...?"

"It's okay, Yuexia, it will be fine soon."

There was a trembling moan under the moon, and one could clearly hear her inner fear and anxiety. At the same time, there was a sudden and orderly sound of collision in her ears.

Jiang Ming comforted her softly and performed the movements with his hands.

"Human...really...are you still not well? I'm so scared under the moon..."

"Just a little while longer, just a little while longer, Yuexia, just bear with it a little longer. If you give up now, all your efforts will be wasted!"

Jiang Ming's tone became a little anxious, his brows unconsciously wrinkled slightly, but his hands did not stop moving.

The collision sound behind me also became a little impatient...

"Woo..."

Under the moonlight, her eyebrows were slightly bent, she bit her teeth lightly, her beautiful eyes were tightly closed, she looked like she was enduring something and didn't dare to make a sound.

Just like that, a while passed.

"Still... not well yet, human...?"

"It will be ready soon... Take it out!!"

Jiang Ming suddenly took out the key from the box, pretended to escape, and turned back to say to Yuexia.

"Under the moon! Let's go!"

"Oh!!"

Upon hearing this, Yuexia hurriedly followed Jiang Ming and ran towards a place where there was still a glimmer of light. They could still hear blood-curdling screams and wails.

When they ran to the end, there was another door in front of them. When Jiang Ming put something similar to an access card in the designated location, the door opened instantly. Jiang Ming quickly grabbed Yuexia's hand and took her out.

“Haha ...

"Finally it came out——"

After taking a last look at the dim secret room behind them, Jiang Ming and Yuexia sat down on the ground leaning against each other as if exhausted, gasping for breath and talking about the difficulties they had experienced during this period.

The staff on the side looked at them with incredible carelessness.

That’s right, after eating shaved ice, Yuexia accidentally saw this escape room. Adhering to the principle that children are curious about everything, Jiang Ming brought her here.

Although the staff here originally wanted to persuade Yuexia due to her young appearance, after Jiang Ming showed him the proof that he was a student of St. Freya's Academy, although they were very surprised when St. Freya's Academy recruited male students, it was impossible to fake it, so they still agreed.

The result was that the game, which was originally supposed to take about an hour and a half, was completed in 50 minutes under Jiang Ming's leadership.

However, even so, it still left a great shock in Yuexia's heart.

The greater fun and challenge, the exciting situational experience, the rich plot, the just-right eerie music and the terrifying howling of the NPCs all add a tense atmosphere to this escape room.

As for...

"No, no, no, no matter what, there's no way we can just cut the time in half, right? This has already broken the fastest record!"

"I know you're surprised, but we're not blind, are we?"

"Is this the student from St. Freya Academy?"

"Don't worry about what kind of student he is. Why couldn't the door be opened when we NPCs went to arrest him? Wasn't he solving a puzzle?!"

"From the surveillance video...it seems that the little girl has been blocking the way..."

“Hah——?! You mean this little girl who’s less than 150cm tall? None of us three pushed her——!!!”

The staff's doubts about life and so on are a thing of the past.

.............

"How do you feel, Moonlight?"

Jiang Ming handed Yuexia an opened bottle of vegetable juice and asked with a smile. Yuexia took it with both hands and took a big sip to calm herself down, then nodded with a satisfied smile.

"Well, unlike the haunted house, the atmosphere here makes people feel more terrifying, more tense, and more exciting. The long period of reasoning does not make people feel boring, and the moment of successful escape makes people want to cheer..."

"And no matter what, humans never abandoned Yuexia and always stayed by her side. Even though she was frightened sometimes, she also looked at Yuexia many times when solving puzzles, which made Yuexia feel very involved..."

“This place is really interesting!”

"Haha, I knew you would like it."

"only......"

“Just what?

Seeing Yuexia looking thoughtful, Jiang Ming asked subconsciously.

"It's just that this game is a bit difficult. It took us nearly an hour to complete it."

"Ah, is that so? Haha..."

"Ah! Compared to this, haven't you been looking forward to the fireworks under the moon? Now it seems like the time is almost up, yo?"