Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

But Xiao Qiao was also curious, how did competitor 099 know that his wife was over by the lake?

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Xu Xingguang sat by the lake, roasting fish over the fire. The game was almost over, yet she remained there, enjoying roasted fish by the fire.

She appeared less like someone participating in a competitive survival game, and more like someone on a camping trip, enjoying the great outdoors.

When some players noticed the newcomer, Competitor 100, hadn’t moved from the central lake by the Toy Pool, they went over to check on the situation.

Those players assumed that Competitor 100, like Competitor 022, was hiding here to pass time.

However, when they followed the locator to Competitor 100, they found her eating roasted fish!

She was even sprinkling pepper and chili powder, along with crystal clear salt!

And the member known as ’God Doesn’t Kill You Because You’re Ugly’ wasn’t scolding people in the live stream chat because he was too busy watching Xu Xingguang’s live stream, eating roasted fish, and had no time for anything else.

Ninety percent of the players were discussing the combat situations of the Combat Dolls, so the few comments about Competitor 100 were drowned in the crowd of messages.

When they saw Competitor 099 approaching the lake, a large group of players flocked to the freshwater lake.

Then they discovered that several Combat Doll avatars were flickering around the freshwater lake, and the ’Trash Doll’ who Huo Wen’an was looking for, who enjoyed tormenting opponents for fun, was also nearby.

She...

She was always hiding behind Combat Doll 100.

And several other surviving, top-ranking Combat Dolls were also hiding around the lake.

None of them moved.

Although the survival game wasn’t over, they seemed as if they had pressed the pause button, completely forgetting the concept of a survival game.

Why?

Because after gaining enough points to clear the round, they were all hiding in the grass watching Competitor 100 roast fish!

The scent of the fish was truly enticing.

The aroma of the roasted fish wafted from the lake, spreading to the surrounding grassy area, making all the Combat Dolls drool.

Ah, they wished they could eat it.

Xu Xingguang had long been aware of the people hiding in the grass around the lake.

She had a strong sensing power for the emotions of all creatures and could sense that these Combat Dolls bore no malice or intent to kill her, so she ignored them.

She knew that many of the Combat Dolls in the Toy Pool were pitiful people like Huo Wen’an, framed and sold here.

To survive, they had no choice but to kill.

But she also sensed a pure malevolent intent directed at her.

That malice came from behind her.

Heh.

A venomous snake.

Xu Xingguang loved catching venomous snakes.

After enjoying her roasted fish, Xu Xingguang sat by the lake, warming herself by the fire.

The flickering firelight cast shadows across her face, making her mesmerizing beauty surreal on this eerie night. She seemed less like a person and more like a mystical creature from a monster tale.

How could a human possibly be as stunning as her?

Behind Xu Xingguang, in the tall grass, a woman was hiding. Her golden hair, long neglected, was as dry and brittle as straw.

The woman’s appearance was rather plain, but something about her features was inherently unsettling. Slanted eyes, bulging eyeballs, a high yet overly narrow bridge of nose, and a mean-spirited crooked mouth.

They say appearances reflect one’s heart; this woman’s mind must be twisted beyond normal comprehension.

She was No. 004, a natural-born psychopath who took pleasure in gruesomely killing her opponents. Before being sold into the Toy Pool, she was already a murderous psychopath.

Later, the father of one of her victims offered a hefty sum for a superpower user to capture her and sell her to the Toy Pool.

In the Divine Martial Realm, she had a notoriously infamous nickname, the ’Snow White Killer’, so called because she especially liked to cruelly kill those who were fair-skinned and beautiful.

She spared neither adults nor children.

In the darkness, 004’s eyes resembled the venomous gaze of a snake, fixating on the exquisite beauty by the lake.

004, like a madwoman, softly marveled: ”Her face is so beautiful. Her skin is so smooth. I really want to cut her pretty face, slice by slice, and peel off her skin to keep as a trophy!”

By the lake, Xu Xingguang, whose hearing far surpassed that of ordinary people, subtly curled her lips upon hearing 004’s fond fantasy.

She yawned and lay directly on the pebble ground to rest.

Seeing this, ’God Doesn’t Kill You Because You’re Ugly’ was practically anxious to death: [Foolish girl, with such a pretty face, you’re nothing but a dumb sweetheart! That psycho, 004, is hiding in the grass behind you, and you still dare to sleep!]

’God Doesn’t Kill You Because You’re Ugly’ continued: [Truly a dumb sweetheart! If you’re not a dumb sweetheart for having the nerve to eat roasted fish after being sold into the Toy Pool, then no one can claim to be one!]

After posting this, ’God Doesn’t Kill You Because You’re Ugly’ hastily removed his holographic helmet and dashed down to the second floor, frantically banging on his grandfather’s door.

”Grandpa!”

”Grandpa! Something’s happened to Xu Xingguang from Wuyuan Town in the Central Yu Alliance, the little girl you took me to meet last time!”

”That silly girl has been sold to Bai Ze Island’s Toy Pool and is about to be tormented to death by the psycho ’Snow White Killer’!”