Civilization Guardian Front

Forgetting that part of her chin was under the surface of the water, Ai Si, who opened her small mouth in surprise, was suddenly choked by the pouring pool water.Fortunately, Curios held her hands tightly to prevent her from sinking above her shoulders, otherwise such absurd things as drowning in shallow water might happen.

After a long while, the blond girl finally calmed down from her panic, and stood firm at the bottom of the water.

Even though it was a false alarm, she looked at the young man with an unbelievable light in her eyes.

Did she really, just overcome the shadow?

"That's right..." Understanding Ais' eyes, Chios gave an affirmative reply.

After speaking, he pulled the girl and slowly drew water to retreat into the depths of the water.

Based on the experience accumulated in previous practice, Aisi instinctively controlled her body to float, and followed the direction guided by Chios.

Not long after, the two came to the center of the lake with a water depth of more than three meters.No matter how hard you try to reach down with your feet, it is impossible to touch anything solid.

The strange thing is that she doesn't feel uneasy at the moment...

Aisi still remembers the layer upon layer of fear that surged through her when Tifa brought her here in the first place.

"Inhale, dive."

Hearing this, Ai Si did it without thinking, and buried her face in the water with a "plop".

The blue tones of different shades came into view, and the foam leaking from the corner of her mouth shot up quickly, and the linear light and shadow shining into the water continued to sway and sway as if gaining life.

It is changing all the time, and it seems to be constant...

Isolated from the almost ubiquitous noise on the land, the tranquility flows through the body and mind with the cool pool water, which even slows down time.

What a nice view...

She is used to seeing the blue sky on the surface, the dark labyrinth, or the roof of a building growing glowing crystals...

But never enjoyed this picture.

Without struggling to sink, Ais held her breath and looked at the surrounding scenery.

Only when there was no more air available in the chest cavity, Jian Ji felt distressed, and then raised her neck.

"call..."

"How..." came the youth's voice:

"Swimming is not as difficult as you think, is it?"

"Um."

The blond girl nodded repeatedly.

Obviously there is no emotional feedback on the expression, but the pair of golden pupils seem to be shining.

It was obvious that she was very excited about her sudden learning to swim, and she couldn't wait to start exploring on her own.

The young man smiled lightly.

With the excellent physical fitness of Jian Ji's first-level adventurer, it is not difficult to learn to kick and swing arms, and the most important thing is to overcome psychological obstacles.

Thinking of this, Chios cooperated and let go of the girl's hand.

However, beyond the expectations of both parties...

"Puff blah blah blah blah!!!"

Ace drowned again.

"Forehead..."

Faced with this situation, Chios was dumbfounded.

why?

Wasn't it fine half a second ago?

In any case, now is not the best time to think.

"Odd...save...pululululu..."

Struggling violently while sinking miserably, the blond girl desperately reached for the young man with her last ounce of reason.

Chios did not disappoint Aisi's efforts and caught the opponent with precision.

The moment he came into contact with the young teacher, a strange scene happened...

Ace quickly got rid of the panic, and her legs stepped on the water regularly, allowing her head to resurface.

It can be called a textbook-level self-help method.

People who are usually caught in a drowning situation, no matter whether they are good at swimming or not, are basically unable to achieve such a standard response out of fear of death.

(It was put together...)

Chios smiled wryly.

If it weren't for holding Ais with both hands now, he really wanted to slap his forehead with a palm.

She claims to be proficient in acting, but she didn't expect to be fooled by a natural girl...

Chios would not be annoyed by this, in fact, he found it more interesting.

I never thought that there would be a day when I would be deceived by Aisi's almost real acting skills.

"That's right, your impromptu performance this time really fooled me..." Chios looked at Ais, who was panting heavily in front of her, with a trace of post-mortem paleness remaining on her delicate face, and sincerely praised her.

But just when the young man wanted to clap his hands to applaud him, Jian Ji suddenly grabbed him tightly.

Suspicious temperament makes the vigilance of young people climb to the highest point.

"Wait! Ace, what are you doing..."

Before he could finish his words, the other party quickly approached with his slender body.

The upper body is close to Chios' abdomen, and the side face is pressed against his chest. Crystal water drops slide down along her slightly trembling shoulders.

The blond girl's cherry lips parted lightly:

"Chios..."

The sound is softer than ever before.

"It won't work if you're not by my side and holding my hand..."

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Under the guidance of Chios, Aisi, who has initially learned the skills of floating, diving, backstroke, etc., is completely enough to get rid of the title of "landlubber".

However, it may be because the youth education method is too fast-tracked and fails to understand the origin of Jian Ji's inner shadow. There is still a crucial prerequisite for girls to use the above swimming skills correctly:

Must hold at least one of her hands...

Once Aisi is let go, her water-based zero characteristic will immediately return, forgetting all the knowledge taught by the teacher.

Tifa, who completed the work of destroying the maze wall, personally tested it and found that this "connection" has an absolute certainty about the person it is bound to, and it will directly fail if it is someone else.

In other words, only Chios is capable of this role.

At the moment of confirming this point, the glint in the eyes of the black-haired girl caused the strongest female swordsman of Olalie to take a few steps back nervously.

Even Chios felt a chill down his spine for a moment...

Fortunately, the cold stopped in the blink of an eye.

Tifa sighed.

She understood that with Ai Si's natural personality, it was basically impossible to achieve such a freely retractable acting skill.

Besides, based on what she had seen and heard in the past two years, if she still couldn't let go of such a bad incident, she might have fallen ill a long time ago.

Jian Ji's temporary swimming special training came to an end with a result that she didn't know whether it was a success or a failure.

Back in the camp, it was almost noon.

Approaching the walnut cabinet next to the stove, the black-haired girl did not forget to ask:

"Are the ingredients stored in the cupboard over here?"

Chios nodded affirmatively.

Excluding the short-term use of changing clothes before, according to the background identity information, Tifa, who had no intersection with Chios in the past, has no reason to know the details of the tent.

Noticing the haze remaining in his partner's eyes, Chios, who knew he was responsible, took the initiative to step forward.

"When it comes to cooking, I can more or less..."

"Trust you wouldn't mind multiple helpers?"

Seeing the young man asking for help, the black-haired girl pursed her lips slightly, and the last layer of frost on her face melted away.

Jian Ji, who was not good at cooking, could only sit on the sofa and wait, looked at the tacit interaction between the two in front of the stove, and tilted her head.

Pressing her right hand lightly on her left chest, Aisi's eyes were full of confusion...

It was different from the throbbing that the young purple eyes felt when he looked at her tenderly earlier.

It was as if a branded red needle had been slashed against the surface of the heart. In addition to the slight burning pain, there was also lingering anxiety.

Two strange feelings pour into the heart lake, and the wrinkled ripples overlap to form waves.

More than half an hour later, the three dishes of balsamic vinegar cream pasta served with fried duck breast, Marseille fish soup, and grilled bamboo fish tomato tower were finished.

I don't know why, when Ai Si put these delicious-looking foods into her mouth, she tasted another taste...

If there is a faint bitterness that seems to be absent.

...

After eating, the three of them changed back into their adventurer outfits, put away their tents and left the water pool, and headed towards their original destination—the food bank in the southwest of the 25th floor.

The blond girl holding the sword of despair rushed to the front of the team.

Swish swish!

Countless sword lights slashed across, and the life body whose power core was destroyed suddenly stopped moving like a paraffin figure, and immediately weathered into dust and fell to the ground.

Every shot is aimed directly at the magic stone, finishing the opponent with one blow.

The problem is, in this way, you can't get any income from defeating the enemy.

(Compared to the vanguard's duty to open the way, no matter how you look at it, it looks more like venting.)

Looking at the sword girl who was raging and sweeping away monsters like a typhoon ahead, Chios shook his head secretly.

Women's hearts go up and down...

Just resolved Tifa's little awkwardness, this time it's Ais's emotional situation.

Forget it, just leave it alone.

The future is long, and he doesn't need to rush to bet on the battlefield that is not good for him.

Water it occasionally, and it won't be too late to take care of it when the seed that sprouted in Aisi's heart grows strong.

Realizing through rich experience that fighting fires at both ends in the current situation is not only half the effort, but also doomed to exhaustion, the young man decided to let the other side go for a while.

Chios, who was in the center of the team and didn't have to worry about threats, quickly focused on the business...

The phenomenon that the frequency of monster rebirth is accelerating, the mutation areas he has confirmed so far include the upper, middle and lower levels.

Leaving aside the "deep layer" that needs to be further explored, based on the existing information, the increase in the number of monsters should far exceed the hunting capabilities of adventurers of the corresponding floor level, thus seriously hindering the efficiency of the main road traffic.But after his actual visit, he found that the situation was not as expected.

Indeed, although the increase in the speed of the monster spawned by the maze wall has aggravated the exploration pressure of adventurers, it is still within the scope of handling.

Compared with the more dangerous large-scale monster collective attacks, small and medium-sized gangs attack in waves is the norm.

Chios believed that the large number of monsters bred in the labyrinth would not disappear out of thin air. Even if there was an upper limit on the number of monsters that each floor of the self-contained ecosystem could accommodate at the same time, it was by no means limited to the number seen on the surface.

Therefore, he has good reason to suspect that a considerable part of the monster is actually hidden.

Otherwise, it would be meaningless to spend so much time to cause an abnormal situation...

If you want to eradicate the intruders by relying on the difficulties that even ordinary adventurers can overcome with caution, it is more effective to create a few enhanced species to attack the opponent.

Since it has a numerical advantage and does not use it, the main concern of the will of the world can probably be estimated.

It can be roughly summarized into the following three points:

First, the goal is only for foreign invaders, and it is not expected to cause too many irrelevant casualties.