MMO: Pierce Heaven Til' It Breaks

“Sob sob sob…”

Jiaojiao kept at it for over ten minutes yet Li Yi still lay there motionless, leaving her on the verge of tears.

“Oh right! To the hospital! To the hospital!”

Jiaojiao grabbed Li Yi’s arm and pulled it over her shoulder before arching her body up with force and dragging him out.

Jiaojiao may not weigh much but she had superhuman strength. It was not too strenuous for her to drag and pull Li Yi.

“Mm? Mm?”

Jiaojiao suddenly noticed that Li Yi had opened his eyes.

“Oh, you! You’ve already regained consciousness, yet you played dead…”

Infuriated, Jiaojiao was about to turn and strike Li Yi when he burst out laughing. He then caught her by the waist and tossed her onto the living room’s couch.

“Pft hahaha—”

Jiaojiao was still flipping out but when she noticed the dark circles around Li Yi’s eyes, she too burst out laughing.

“Does it hurt?”

“What do you think?”

Jiaojiao pouted, “Serves you right. Who told you to sneak up behind me…”

“How was I supposed to know that your self-defense skills were this good…” Li Yi rubbed his eyes as he put on a helpless look on his face.

It was then that Fire Ice returned home. She had gone downstairs to run some errands and was stunned to come home to Li Yi’s panda eyes.

She thought the both of them were at odds and the fight became physical.

“Guild… Guild Master, what’s going on with you guys?”

“Nothing. We were just fooling around.”

“Really?”

“Of course, we’re always like this, aren’t we, Lil Yi’zi? It doesn’t hurt you one bit,” Jiaojiao smacked Li Yi’s shoulder with all her might, pinching and twisting his skin to the point of a grimace.

“Yeah, it doesn’t hurt me at all. Just take a look if you don’t believe,” Li Yi pinched and pulled back Jiaojiao’s cheeks with both hands into a character from The Scream painting.

Looking at the boisterous act unfolding on the couch, Fire Ice sighed, “I’ve got to give it to you two…”

When it came to dinner time, Jiaojiao showed her caring side to Li Yi by filling up his bowl with food and asking if his eyes still hurt. Li Yi felt the warmth in his heart. This lass may act all tough but her feelings towards him were genuine.

As Fire Ice was present, Jiaojiao naturally brought up that night…

“I’m stuffed, I’ll leave you two to your meals…”

Jiaojiao had just opened her mouth when Fire Ice ran into the bedroom with her cheeks flushed red.

Li Yi tapped Jiaojiao’s head with his chopsticks, “Stop yapping and eat!”

“I have already discussed it with her,” Jiaojiao mumbled back.

“Discussed?”

Li Yi leaned in and stared into Jiaojiao’s eyes.

“What?”

“Are… Are you speaking the truth or are you lying?”

“Of course, it’s the truth.”

“Why?” Li Yi did not understand.

“One day…” Jiaojiao cupped her chin and was lost in her memory.

Fire Ice had a quiet character, so it was impossible for her to take things too far. However, one would unconsciously blow up when they were too repressed. Fire Ice was such a person. She may not say anything about it but often enough, she was found mumbling in her sleep.

Jiaojiao had heard all her ramblings in her sleep after staying together with her a long time.

Jiaojiao spread her hands apart, “So, that’s the story.”

Li Yi was flabbergasted.

“Why are you looking at me like that? You think I’m joking with you?”

“Uh huh,” Li Yi forcefully nodded.

“F*ck!” Jiaojiao gave him the middle finger.

Jiaojiao carried a tray of food to Fire Ice while Li Yi bit the head of his chopsticks as he fell deep into thought…

…

Li Yi went online after his meal. He was still in Conquer and still, the determined mogu cat flew over to return his equipment.

With a mogu cat lending a hand by his side, everything went by quickly.

He moved forward and was met with another mini checkpoint. Like Top Gun’s checkpoint, this was a speed race. The only difference was, Top Gun’s competition venue was in the sky while this mini checkpoint was held on the ground.

The challenge was simple enough. Players were to take out their mount and compete with NPCs and other players by putting the strength of their mount’s limbs to the test. Whoever ran the fastest and arrived at the destination within the specified time would pass the checkpoint.

Players in possession of Epic and Legendary-level land mounts were ready but those without mounts were sighing over their misfortune.

This was a challenge without any difficulty. Unlike Top Gun that was a variety of surprises, this checkpoint was straightforward but as the race was hosted once every half an hour, the wait time was a little long.

Li Yi arrived when the race had just begun. He had to wait for the next round.

With nothing better to do, he tuned into the world channel. Ever since he was spammed by Fluttering Rain Purple Water Chestnut in world, he turned off the channel. This was the first time in forever that he opened this channel.

“Invincible Continent’s trashy Archer Dark Wing is a bully that steals a young woman’s eggs. Despicable, treacherous b*stard without manners, assh*le…”

“Invincible Continent’s trashy Archer Dark Wing is a bully that steals a young woman’s eggs. Despicable, treacherous b*stard without manners, assh*le…”

Two identical messages appeared on his screen the moment he opened world channel. The person who wrote the message was Fluttering Rain Purple Water Chestnut.

Li Yi was at a loss of words. Just what force drove her to spam for so many days in world? If she had this much time and money, she should be able to get her hands on the eggs through farming monsters or purchases. There were much better things she could have spent her money on.

Li Yi, as the party involved, found her actions difficult to comprehend.

Li Yi was about to turn off the world channel when a message popped out and caught him off guard.

“Attention everyone. Brother Windcloud Nine’s c*nt wife, Sister Windcloud Nine is a cheater. She uses her body to get equipment, a cheating prostitute. F*ck the women of her family.”

Sister Windcloud Nine? Cheater?

Li Yi was flabbergasted.

“Who the f*ck is fabricating stories? Show yourself! Who dares spread lies about my wife. If I can spend 5 hundred million playing Pantheon, I can motherf*cking spend 1 billion to kill you!”

Brother Windcloud Nine started a verbal war on in world.

“You heard me right. I teamed up with Sister Windcloud Nine to steal Deathcharger but she’s so naughty. She only slept with me for one night and took Deathcharger from me. Oh, how sad.”

A seasoned cheater, It’s Me sent a message in world.

Watching them engaging full on verbally in world, Li Yi was muddled.

Unsure of the events that led up to it, he used the chat system in Traveler’s Tale to message Sister Windcloud Nine.

“What are you up to?”

“Crying…” Sister Windcloud Nine’s sad sobs were heard.

“What happened?”

“I’m being scolded.”

“Who? What’s going on?’

“Do you know who I am?” Sister Windcloud nine asked.

“I don’t know,” Li Yi lied through his teeth.

“I’m Sister Windcloud Nine and the person being scolded in world channel is me.”

“You cheated?”

“No, I… I don’t know how to explain this,” Sister Windcloud Nine was full of grievances but she was honest with Li Yi. Perhaps she was feeling the heat, so she gave a detailed account of the truth to him.

The issue came from the Tyrone’s Deathcharger that Li Yi gave to her. Sister Windcloud Nine returned to the Western Continent and it was after a few days of her strolling on Deathcharger in the city streets that sh*t happened.

Tyrone’s Deathcharger’s earliest master, Bird in the Warehouse had deleted his account. However, he did not stop playing. He created another Western Continent account and started playing again.

He grew suspicious when he saw Sister Windcloud Nine riding on Deathcharger. He went to question and was enraged when he heard her say it was picked up in the North Pole Continent. This mount was only dropped in one place so how could it end up in the North Pole Continent?

After a series of investigation, he established that Sister Windcloud Nine teamed up with It’s Me and swindled his Deathcharger. Seasoned cheater, It’s Me had his own agenda and just went with it, admitting this as the truth. This was also why he joined in in world channel.

Brother Windcloud Nine was rich and stayed true to the code of brotherhood but he had many enemies. Would his enemies let him off the hook easily with such leverage on hand? Each of them was counting on this to blow out of proportion.

“Mr. Ulumuchi wouldn’t lie to me, but he… But I, I can’t find him. If he doesn’t show up, nobody’s going to believe what I say,” Sister Windcloud Nine’s voice was cracking. She was on the verge of tears.

Li Yi had a splitting headache. He did not think that a kind gesture would turn out this way.

Li Yi sighed, “Girl, even if Ulumuchi were to show up, no one would believe anything he says.”

“Then what am I supposed to do? I don’t care about my reputation but my husband’s really angry. It’s been three days since he ate anything.”

“Let me think about it…”

“Thank you, you really are a good guy…”

WTH? The problem did not lie with what Sister Windcloud Nine said but It’s Me who, for whatever reason, admitted a partnership between Sister Windcloud Nine and him…

No one else knew he swindled the Deathcharger apart from It’s Me. How could he absolve Sister Windcloud Nine from this?

Would Brother Windcloud Nine’s wife do such a thing with him being so loaded with cash? Li Yi would not believe this, but the majority of players would not think the same. In their eyes, anything was possible. They would believe it, even if, the fabrication was about Brother Windcloud Nine being a cheater.

“Have you come up with something? Oh right, what’s your name? I… I still don’t know what’s your name.”

Li Yi did not respond to Sister Windcloud Nine as he was lost in his thoughts.

There were many ways to exonerate Sister Windcloud Nine from blame, but Li Yi was worried he would be swept into this mess. His reputation was the least of his troubles. He was more concerned Brother Windcloud Nine would misunderstand.

Pleasing the public and preventing a misunderstanding with Brother Windcloud Nine made the ordeal hard to deal with…

The second round of the race had begun but this was completely occupying Li Yi’s mind. He was still between two minds on how to help Sister Windcloud Nine. Although he was drawing up a blank, being the cause of it all, he was not about to look on with folded arms.

Bird in the Warehouse’s newly established Western Continent alt account was out of Li Yi’s reach as he was no longer under the Little Drunk Cat Guild. Hence, whatever loss he sustained was his personal matter.

It’s Me is such *sshole!

The gears in Li Yi’s mind were spinning and spinning until finally, they were locked on It’s Me.