Lee Sin's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 43 Live Together
The battle plan succeeded without any risk, but Li Qing discovered a somewhat embarrassing little problem:
He, it seemed, had to die here too.

The magma chamber buried deep underground was knocked out of a big hole from the top by the piece of meat, and the massive magma stored in it rushed upwards rapidly from the gap in the top under the action of this pressure.

It was like a volcanic eruption whose power was countless times smaller.

This fiery magma wave first swallowed the meat, then flooded the vertical tunnel connecting the underground cavity and the magma room, and then poured upwards into the underground cavity like a backwash of toilet water.

The underground cavity that was empty not long ago has now become a lake of magma overflowing with lava and heat waves.

But this is not over yet.

The "water level" of the magma lake was constantly rising, and the upwelling lava quickly filled the underground cavity with limited space, and began to rush upwards, the tunnel connecting the underground cavity and the ground.

This tunnel soon became a well of magma with a rising "water level".

And Li Qing is here now.

"It seems that my luck is not so good."

While he was struggling to climb up the nearly vertical tunnel to the ground, he looked helplessly at the magma water that was approaching him constantly:
"I'm not a supercomputer with precise data. I can't predict the upwelling speed of this magma."

"And worse"

"The rising magma is getting closer and closer to me, but I can't use my skills to escape!"

According to Li Qing's original idea, he would start climbing up the moment the meat block started digging into the magma chamber, and then climb out of the meat block's perception range before the magma poured up.

However, the spewing speed of the magma was not what Li Qing could have expected in advance.

He can only gamble.

Unfortunately, the "gambling game" that Li Qing hadn't thought of before was unintentional, but the "handicap" that Li Qing was thinking about at the moment was deliberately planting flowers and not blooming——

The speed at which the magma surged was far beyond his imagination.

If he continued to climb up with his hands and feet slowly, Li Qing would soon be overtaken by the magma that came first, and would be washed down to slag by the thousand-degree lava.

The only way is to use the two high-speed displacement skills "golden bell cover" or "echo strike" to escape directly to the ground before being engulfed by magma.

However, this skill cannot be used.

Because the magma was rising so fast, before Li Qing had time to climb out of the perception range of the meat, he was almost swallowed by the rising "water level" of the magma well under his feet.

"I'm about 80 meters directly above the piece of meat, and I'm still 20 meters away before I can completely escape its sensing range."

"If I use the displacement skill to escape now, it will definitely chase after me and rush to the ground with me at a speed far exceeding the magma wave!"

"In this case."

"All the efforts Giorno and I have made before are in vain!"

Li Qing clenched his fists, and a firm determination surged in his heart:

"You can't release skills, you can only climb up slowly."

"Climb out the last 20 meters and I'll be rid of that piece of meat forever!"

The lava surged up, and the heat wave hit.

This vertical tunnel that was just opened by the meat block has now turned into a full-fire alchemy furnace.

Li Qing is now the "monkey grandson" who was thrown into the alchemy furnace, but he doesn't have the invulnerable and indestructible body of the Monkey King - he has already begun to lose blood.

Even if the rising lava hadn't directly touched his body, he couldn't bear the endless heat wave rushing straight up from his feet.

There is no need to stick the meat directly on the charcoal for roasting kebabs, just put it on the charcoal.

The terrifying heat rushing straight up from the magma will naturally heat the air until it twists and deforms, turning it into a powerful invisible oven.

"Damn."

Li Qing could feel that the air around him must be at least a hundred degrees Celsius.

Bathing in such hot air is actually more painful than touching the soldering iron directly with the skin.

And although Li Qing was able to shield the pain that was enough to make people crazy, he couldn't ignore the huge damage that the scorching air brought to him.

"Hold on. Hold on!"

"It's only the last 10 meters!"

Li Qing forced himself not to look at the rapidly descending health bar, and focused on climbing upwards.

10 meters. 9 meters. 8 meters. 7 meters.
He seemed to be able to escape the perception range of that piece of meat immediately and gain a new life.

However, the distance between life and death is often only so short.

When Li Qing was only six meters away from the detection range of the meat, his HP was also burned by the high temperature air, leaving only 12%.

This amount of blood is not enough for him to live for two seconds.

At this moment, he has only two choices——

One, directly target Giorno and use Tiansonic Wave or Golden Bell Cover to return to the ground.In this way, the piece of meat will follow him back.

Two, stay and wait to die, and sleep forever in this underground purgatory together with that piece of meat.

What to choose?

"Hahaha"

"If you choose the second one, you will be GameOver directly. Normal people will definitely choose the first one, right?"

"When a person dies, there is nothing left. When a person dies, it is useless to say anything."

In the flash, countless thoughts flashed through Li Qing's mind.

He even planned the life-saving measures he should take after returning to the ground:

"Even if the piece of meat is brought back to the ground, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive with the little blood I have left, but..."

"But there's Giorno Giovanna, isn't there?"

"That idiot will definitely save me subconsciously. As long as he is determined to use him as bait, I can still survive with residual blood."

"The first road is such an easy and easy life!"

"but."

Li Qing's climbing movement suddenly froze: "I refuse!"

It may be because of impulsiveness, or because of rationality, but after all, Li Qing was unknowingly infected by the too real environment of this game, so that he learned some skills from that 13-year-old kid named Giorno. Something that kills itself.

He gave up his escape and chose to stay.

"Since you call yourself an advanced player, you shouldn't let your teammates bear the responsibility for the mistakes you made!"

"It's just a life"

"Anyway, it's playing games, haha, maybe you will be resurrected after death, right?"

A complicated smile appeared on the corner of Li Qing's mouth.

He slowly let go of his hand clinging to the rock wall, ready to plunge himself into the endless lava:
"Although the game time is only half a day, I have to say"

"This is really a wonderful game (Good Game)!"

"Hey!"

"Climb up, here I come!"

At the moment Li Qing typed GG with a smile, a slightly hasty voice suddenly called his consciousness back from this purgatory.

This is Giorno's voice.

"what?!"

Li Qing's face froze, and he couldn't help being shocked:

He had been paying attention to the "water level" of the magma below him and the location of the meat, but he didn't realize that Giorno had climbed down from the ground at some point!
"Why are you running here? Send me to your death!"

Sensing Qiao Luno who was less than five meters above him, Li Qing was so annoyed that his tone changed.

"I saw your crippled blood bar."

"You need help, don't you?"

Giorno's slightly rough voice came from above his head. Obviously, he had already felt the scorching air in the lava well.

And Li Qing could still tell from the voice that Giorno was getting closer to him.

"Don't go down anymore, the air below is hotter!"

"Even my digital body can't support it, if you climb down again, you will die!"

Li Qing cursed angrily.

But Giorno still came down.

The lava is rising, but Giorno and his golden experience are climbing down:

"Li Qing, you are already my recognized companion."

"I, Giorno Giovanna, will never give up on my friends!"

"Wood, big, big, big, big, big!"

Brilliant golden fist shadows bloomed in this lava well, and its light could even surpass the magma that contained infinite light and heat.

This fist hit the rock wall.

The golden experience first punched the soil on the rock wall, and then like a naughty child playing with his companions, he poured the soft soil that had been beaten into mud all over Li Qing's body.

"What are you doing?"

Li Qing was stunned and puzzled for a while.

Then, he immediately discovered that the mud splashed on him by the golden experience seemed to come alive:
They kept growing, deforming, and interlocking to form one piece. In just a short breath, they covered Li Qing's whole body with a layer of strange "armor".

Only then did Li Qing notice that
The outlines of Giorno and the golden experience are slightly different from usual, and they seem to be wearing the same "armor" as themselves.

"It's stony coral."

Giorno, who was only mortal, trembled in the fiery furnace:

"These corals have a natural foam structure with lots of tiny cavities -- even if they die in the heat, the foam's calcium carbonate shell remains permanently."

"And then there's the simple principle of foam insulation:"

"Air has very low thermal conductivity when it is not flowing, so it can temporarily help us block the burning of high-temperature air."

"Although it won't last for a few seconds, it's enough."

"Let's go."

Giorno stretched out his hand to Li Qing:

"Let's live together!"

(End of this chapter)