My face felt a bit cool.
It seemed like... it was raining?
Consciousness gradually returned.
In my ears was the noisy rain, at the tip of my nose was the damp air, and facing me was the icy wind.
Cheng Shi slowly opened his eyes, and found that in front of him, mist was swirling and clouds were spreading.
It was indeed raining.
A light rain.
A continuous, fine rain, gentle and not urgent.
He didn't mind the drizzle wetting his hair and clothes, nor was he in a hurry to take out an umbrella from his Portable Space, but instead looked around in all directions the first moment.
This seemed to be on the mountainside of a high mountain. Looking around, there were mountains everywhere.
Lush green, dense vegetation, the long-lost breath of the wilderness made Cheng Shi feel refreshed and invigorated.
Natural scenery, it really is a purifier of negative emotions.
Just as he spread his hands and embraced the raindrops falling into his arms towards the sky, his teammates also opened their eyes one by one.
"Whoa, brother, what are you doing, praising someone?"
"Outdoors?"
"Ah cough cough... cough cough cough..."
"The humidity is too high, the air pressure is very low, heavy rain is coming."
"Although this is our first meeting, I have to interrupt everyone's enjoyment of the rain and tell you a not so good news:"
"Our Portable Space is locked."
"?"
Cheng Shi was stunned, quickly retracted his hands, and his consciousness began to connect with his Portable Space.
However, the space that used to be freely accessed and stored, now, had no response!
"!!!"
What this person said was true, the Portable Space was actually locked!
This is truly a sight to behold, every time a new problem, and the problems are never the same, right?
Most of annihilation's Trials are about survival, and even Life-and-death escapes.
In His Trial grounds, there are all kinds of survival dead ends, so after many beatings, Players will purposefully prepare some survival tools.
The Portable Space is not large enough to pack all household items, so more and more people like Cheng Shi are "sharpening their spears on the eve of battle."
But they didn't expect that with countermeasures from below, there would be policies from above.
This time, the Trial actually sealed the Portable Space.
This was something never heard of before.
Cheng Shi glanced at the ring on his hand and secretly thought he was lucky.
Fortunately, he didn't put this half-artifact in his Portable Space because he was reluctant to part with it, otherwise he would have been directly in trouble.
The things in his space were only icing on the cake in terms of their role in the Trial. Losing them would not cause Cheng Shi's strength to plummet or lead to death.
And this was something Cheng Shi had always guarded against.
No external object is as real as becoming stronger oneself.
Of course, this excludes holding onto a thigh that can be hugged until death.
"Damn, seriously?"
A male Player tried for a long time, but couldn't take anything out, so he cursed and wiped the rain off his face.
Although his face was ugly, he wasn't desperate.
Clearly, this person also had confidence.
But for others...
Cheng Shi rubbed the rain off his face, and by the way, rubbed his expression to make it look a little scared, then through the gaps between his fingers, quickly and sneakily glanced at the other few people with small eyes.
There were a total of five teammates. Apart from the gentleman just now, there were three other men and one woman.
The expressions of these few people were different.
A white-haired Lao Tou had been coughing, leaning on his knees with his head slightly lowered, his entire face contorted into a ball, making it impossible to tell if he was happy or sad.
But Cheng Shi noticed that his lower body was very stable. Even though he was coughing like that, his feet were rooted in the mud wet by the rain and didn't move at all.
A young boy with a backpack on his back frowned slightly and unfolded his clothes to protect his bag. From his appearance, it seemed that there was something inside that couldn't get wet.
Cheng Shi glanced lightly, and guessing from the outline of the bag, he speculated that there was probably some kind of weapon inside, and it was the kind that was short, small, and multiple.
The one who reminded everyone was a strong man with distinct facial features. His sharp and spirited eyes and powerful arms showed at a glance that he was a damage-dealing class.
There were thick calluses from a bow on both of his hands. If he guessed correctly, he should be a Hunter.
As for the last one...
Tsk, a bit eye-catching.
She was a thin and weak pink-haired young girl.
Her bright eyes blinked, and she looked around with a smile on her face, seemingly not too concerned that her Portable Space was sealed.
Cheng Shi's gaze quickly swept over her face. He always felt a bit familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere.
But because his action of rubbing his face and looking around was too fast, he didn't have time to think carefully.
But he didn't expect that the next second, someone would call out her name.
"You are... Tao Yi!?"
Who?
Cheng Shi looked at the girl in surprise, only to see that everyone was looking at her with a slightly surprised expression.
The pink-haired girl narrowed her eyes and smiled, revealing a mischievous smile like a little fox.
"Hello everyone, I'm Tao Yi."
Hearing this clear voice like an oriole, Cheng Shi finally remembered who this familiar-looking girl was.
A new generation female actress who debuted as a Singer, sang for seven or eight years without much fame, but became popular all over the country because she helped a friend by guest-starring as a small maid in a palace comedy - Tao Yi.
This palace comedy was called "Spring Wind is Inevitably Unsatisfactory," and it tells a bizarre ethical love story where an extremely outrageous passerby girl is accidentally forced into a prince's mansion but eventually falls in love with the cross-dressing prince.
Tao Yi played the maid of the vicious female second cousin who had a crush on the female lead.
Because she was mischievous and always caused trouble, the entire plot basically helped the male (female) lead and female lead win.
So the audience's favorability towards her soared, even surpassing the female lead at one point, becoming the most popular female character in the drama.
Cheng Shi never watched TV dramas, but he couldn't stand his colleagues talking about it all day, so he heard about this person.
He looked at the celebrity from the TV screen appearing next to him and couldn't help but sigh:
She's even thinner than in the photos.
Tsk tsk, the world is truly amazing, you can even meet a big star in a Trial.
"Damn, it's the real person. I almost didn't recognize you with the pink hair. It's a shame your acting career just started, and this damn game descended..."
The man who recognized Tao Yi kept talking incessantly, as if he had endless things to say.
"Uh, actually, compared to acting, I prefer singing."
"So... you are probably a Singer?"
"Uh, I'm a Mage."
"?"
Hearing this, Cheng Shi really couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
Brother, if you hit on her like this, whatever you want to do probably won't happen.
Tao Yi also smiled with narrowed eyes and pointed to herself:
"Let me reintroduce myself, Tao Yi, Life, Mage, 1783."
Tao Yi, Life, Mage, 1783
The man who was talking was still rambling on:
"That's really a coincidence, I'm also a Mage, and I'm also an actor."
"I've loved the starry sky and science fiction since I was a child, and as I grew up, I became even more immersed in it and couldn't extricate myself. After entering the acting industry, I always wanted to act in a science fiction movie in my heart, but unfortunately I missed the casting opportunity for the 'Three-Body' crew, so I could only enter some small crews first to gain experience."
"I've acted as the male third lead in many dramas, the one with the most views is called 'The Great Starship Immortal Emperor'. I played the Demon Realm Great General Zhu Chao in it. I rank quite high on the list of funny characters. Tao Yi, have you seen it..."
As this guy's speech became faster and faster, everyone's expressions became stranger and stranger.
Cheng Shi's face was almost stiff from holding back. He really wanted to squat down and see if the sole of his shoe had been worn out from scratching.
It was too awkward.
Brother, I don't think you're suitable for acting in "Three-Body", go act in "Three-Body Syndrome" instead, I guarantee you'll be the male lead!
Perhaps seeing that everyone's expressions were a bit constipated, this rambling Demon Realm Great General Zhu Chao finally realized that he had introduced himself in the wrong setting. He awkwardly laughed twice, touched his head, and said:
"Sorry, sorry, I was too excited to see Tao Yi. My name is Su Yida, existence, Mage, 1864."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows in surprise.
This Demon Realm Da Jiang lied.
Su Yida, existence, Mage, 1864
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