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The real danger is that the wound is bleeding continuously, and if action is not taken quickly, the arm will soon become impaired due to excessive blood loss.
After calming down slightly, Nie Qingyun fixed his gaze on the ray of light close to the back of Cheng Yuqiu's neck, and deliberately spoke in a more relaxed tone:
"Your Highness, please close your eyes."
"The situation isn't as dangerous as you think. Just stay still and leave the rest to me."
"Hmm...I understand..." Cheng Yuqiu replied and immediately closed her eyes.
Immediately, Nie Qingyun gently tensed the muscles in his arms to ensure it wouldn't affect his movements, and then used [Resonance] to move Lingyuan Ellie to a slightly farther place.
Then they began to slowly drag Cheng Yuqiu's body backward.
For Cheng Yuqiu, who had already closed her eyes completely, the process may have been a bit long, but she trusted Nie Qingyun completely, so she didn't feel too sad.
But for the latter, this task requires a great deal of patience.
The infrared sensor is extremely sensitive to triggering conditions. Any obstruction during the process could trigger an explosion, and even a hair must be carefully avoided.
Time ticked by, and Nie Qingyun's movements resembled a disassembled slideshow, his body moving backward frame by frame...
After an unknown amount of time, Nie Qingyun suddenly exerted force, causing Cheng Yuqiu to fall backward with him.
The girl opened her eyes immediately and turned around to check on the other person, but the latter did not stop for a moment.
"Your Highness, please don't move," Nie Qingyun said, pressing down on the girl's shoulder. He stood up, walked to the front, took out the [King Killer] dagger from the data space, and then carefully pried open the iron door of the fire extinguisher box.
After more than ten seconds, he took out a semi-circular Claymore mine from it.
These retro gadgets have almost been discontinued long ago, and their presence here today can only be attributed to the various changes brought about by the digitalization of the world.
But none of that matters; what matters is how the enemy set it up.
It can be described as highly professional.
Perhaps a slightly more cautious and clever person would use transparent tape or other tools to set up tripwire traps, but an ordinary person would never set up an extra booby trap.
Furthermore, the placement of these booby traps is very particular.
If someone goes upstairs and triggers the tripwire, and then immediately runs downstairs, the structural damage to the stairs caused by the grenade will delay the attack.
If you try to escape upstairs, you'll trigger the Claymore Trap.
It can be said that they had gone to great lengths to plan, but in Nie Qingyun's opinion, it was still slightly lacking.
Why do I say that? Because he could clearly sense that the guy who set up the trap was a "formally trained rookie."
This statement doesn't mean the other party is weak, but rather that they are too academic.
Although the trap was perfectly planned and well-hidden, he overlooked the surrounding environment.
Because there is a window at the connection between the upper and lower floors of the staircase, sunlight can shine in, and due to the dust effect caused by the explosion, infrared rays will be visible.
If Nie Qingyun were to set up this booby trap himself, he would definitely have taken this point into account.
Thanks to this, Nie Qingyun completely ruled out the possibility that the other party was a commoner. These people who were observing in the dark were definitely some special and well-trained individuals.
Therefore, we cannot let them off easily.
However, before that, you need to treat your wounds.
Seeing that the crisis was temporarily averted, Cheng Yuqiu immediately went to Nie Qingyun's side. Seeing the steel bar still embedded in his shoulder, her eyes welled up with tears of heartache as she said:
"Does it hurt? I... I'll treat you right away..."
As she spoke, the girl prepared to summon the [Holy Contract], but Nie Qingyun interrupted her.
"I do need Your Highness's help with the treatment, but we need to remove this steel rod first..."
"【Holy Light Flash】 won't automatically remove it from the body."
Nie Qingyun spoke casually, but Cheng Yuqiu felt a pang of fear just by looking at the blood-stained clothes.
How painful would it be to pull it out by hand without anesthesia?!
But given the current circumstances, there doesn't seem to be a better solution.
Seeing the girl's worried expression, Nie Qingyun guessed what she was thinking, so he deliberately comforted her in a more relaxed tone:
"It doesn't hurt much. Just distract yourself a little and bear with it and it will pass."
Such a wound would indeed be unbearable for others, but Nie Qingyun's willpower is unmatched by ordinary people.
He was eaten by zombies again and again while he was fully conscious, and the pain he endured was countless times greater than what he is experiencing now.
Although Cheng Yuqiu still wanted to say no, she had no other options at the moment, so she could only try her best to think of ways to help Nie Qingyun alleviate her pain.
After all, the man in front of her was her first love, so it would be a lie to say she didn't feel sorry for him.
But what can you do to distract the other person from such intense pain?
A moment later, Cheng Yuqiu seemed to remember something. Suddenly, she grabbed Nie Qingyun's hand, stuffed it inside her clothes, and then pressed the other's hand onto her full, white breasts. Her face flushed, she stammered:
"If it hurts a lot, then... then pinch it..."
"It's okay... I'm not in pain either..."
The girl's eyes were serious, conveying a sense of "sharing the pain of burning moxibustion".
Feeling the softness in his hand, Nie Qingyun's eyes narrowed!
A surge of heroic spirit welled up within me.
In ancient times, Guan Yu played Go without changing his expression while undergoing bone-scraping surgery; today, I, Nie Qingyun, concentrate intently on kneading dumplings and pulling out steel bars!
Chapter 235: No skill is mediocre.
While Her Highness's proposed method may indeed divert attention in the current situation, it is not very effective in practice.
Because being able to endure pain and completely ignoring pain are two different things, Nie Qingyun couldn't guarantee how his body would react when in pain. If he kept holding onto the young lady's soft, large breasts, he would inevitably hurt her.
So Nie Qingyun simply pinched her lightly and pulled his hand out of the girl's clothes. Then he grabbed his own shirt and stuffed it into his mouth, while giving Cheng Yuqiu a comforting look.
"I think this method is more effective... Uh, of course, it's not that Your Highness lacks charm."
"In any case, it's best if you don't watch what's coming next..."
"No!" Cheng Yuqiu immediately refused. She knew, of course, that Nie Qingyun was doing this because he cared about her, so even if she couldn't transfer the pain to him, she had to do what she could. Therefore, she immediately summoned the [Holy Contract] and said:
“I can prepare the incantation beforehand, and I will heal you as soon as you pull it out.”
This was a fairly effective solution. Nie Qingyun didn't hesitate any longer. Seeing that the other party was ready, he took a deep breath and then held the end of the steel bar with one hand.
"puff!"
The next second, a steel bar about half a meter long was cleanly pulled out, bringing with it a trail of blood from the wound.
Nie Qingyun groaned and bit her collar.
Then a soft light enveloped his entire body.
The wound began to heal slowly, and Nie Qingyun's slightly painful expression eased considerably.
Although the young lady's [Holy Light Flash] was only a relatively low-level healing spell and did not have the life-saving effect of [Noise of Causality], it still played a very strong role at this moment.
The speed of wound healing is secondary; the most crucial aspect is that this magic can alleviate the patient's pain the moment it is applied.
This effect alone is extremely useful. For ordinary people, losing an arm in battle is essentially equivalent to losing most of their fighting ability.
While [Flash of Holy Light] can't make an arm grow back, it can quickly restore calm to a person in pain...
Perhaps due to his personality, Nie Qingyun always habitually engages in similar thought processes.
On the other side, Cheng Yuqiu saw that the other person's complexion had eased a lot, so she immediately squatted down and came closer, took out a clean white handkerchief from her bag, and then lifted Nie Qingyun's clothes to help clean the bloodstains around his wound.
This injury was nothing to Nie Qingyun; even if his body were blown to pieces, he could still revive. But the young lady didn't know this, so Nie Qingyun smiled, took the girl's hand, and gently squeezed it, saying:
"Your Highness has been a great help; things are much better now."
Seeing that her wounds had indeed healed, Cheng Yuqiu finally felt a little better. Looking around at the mess, she couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.
"These guys are so despicable!"
Is it despicable...?
Nie Qingyun chuckled upon hearing this, finding it normal that the enemy was troublesome.
After all, these are the basic qualities one should possess to survive in the apocalypse, and besides, the other party is not an ordinary person.
Thinking of this, he reached out and touched the wound on his shoulder before responding in a joking tone:
"Do you think everyone else is a pre-designed monster in a game, whose only purpose is to give the protagonist experience points..."
"Besides, we're not the kind of protagonists who can remain invincible and fool fools forever by getting something for nothing."
"Alright, it's time to make those lurking in the shadows pay the price."
Nie Qingyun stood up as he spoke.
However, Cheng Yuqiu still seemed a little resentful. As she helped Nie Qingyun to her feet, she said with some guilt:
"I wish I were a little better."
"If only my skills were like that guy Liu Chengyuan's..."
“If that guy were here, he would be dead by now,” Nie Qingyun patted the girl’s hand and turned to say seriously.
"We survived the trap, not because of our skills."
As he spoke, he tapped his head with his finger:
"It is the knowledge we have long absorbed from higher education."
Then, changing the subject, he continued:
"Liu Chengyuan's [Silence Ban] is indeed very powerful. Even now, I still think it's an outrageous thing."
"But has Your Highness ever considered why this skill is only rated C+?"
"C+? How is that possible!" Cheng Yuqiu's almond-shaped eyes widened slightly.
"My [Holy Summoning] all have C..."
"If you weren't here, I... I have absolutely no chance against him."
“Well, that’s true,” Nie Qingyun readily admitted, then continued:
"But the battles in the apocalypse are not just between humans."
"Most of the time, we're dealing with zombies."
"Zombies and monsters are the common occurrences in this world."
"Let me give you a more straightforward example."
"Imagine Your Highness, you and Liu Chengyuan are surrounded by a hundred zombies at the same time."
"Even without using any weapons or taking any counterattack measures, you can escape safely by simply casting [Holy Light Flash] on yourself continuously."
"But what about the [silence ban]?"
"It does not enhance the owner's abilities, nor can it cause any real damage to zombies."
"If we don't count the attribute enhancement effects outside of the skill, with this skill alone, you probably wouldn't even need 100 zombies. You'd be surrounded by a dozen or so and wouldn't be able to escape."
Cheng Yuqiu listened blankly to Nie Qingyun's words, and after thinking about it carefully, it really made sense.
Skills like [Silence] are indeed very powerful against humans, but they are utterly ineffective against monsters...
"By the way, Lulu's skill is also C+," Nie Qingyun added, tidying the girl's hair.
"Lulu?" Cheng Yuqiu obviously didn't recognize the name immediately, and only after a moment did he remember the straightforward girl who spent all her time with Bai Yelin:
"Yuwen Chaolu? What skills does she have?"
"It's a bit complicated to explain, but in short, it can enhance many weapons at the same time, but the attack power is limited." After confirming that Cheng Yuqiu was not injured, Nie Qingyun turned around and continued to check Ling Yuan Ellie.
"Compared to Liu Chengyuan's [Silence Ban] and your [Holy Summoning], her skills are utterly mediocre."
"But it is precisely because of this skill that the other frail girls were able to fight zombies with just a weapon."
"Thanks to this, they have been able to live to this day unharmed."
"So, don't envy others. Every skill has its unique aspects."
"Your Highness is already very capable, and besides, you still have me."
Upon hearing the last sentence, Cheng Yuqiu automatically ignored everything before and couldn't help but step forward and hug Nie Qingyun's arm. Although she had a happy smile on her face, she asked a rather dangerous question.