Heroes' Prison

Chapter 223 - 219

Some players standing on the periphery even spaced out, getting killed by those skeletons without even knowing it.

Huang Yi turned his head and scrutinized the little girl closely.

The little girl was wearing a pretty dress, with bright eyes and white teeth, her long hair tied into twin ponytails. Her large eyes were tearful, and her long eyelashes curled upwards. She pouted slightly, seeming a bit aggrieved, like a cute little angel.

At that moment, the little girl was also staring at Huang Yi, her tears welling up more and more, about to roll down her cheeks as the two of them locked eyes amidst the swirling sand and the endless Skeleton Ocean.

The next instant, the little girl suddenly rushed toward Huang Yi, her petite body breaking through the dust. Her tears finally fell, trailing down her face.

After rushing to Huang Yi’s side, she pushed off gently with her legs and jumped, throwing herself into his arms and tightly wrapping her small hands around his neck, hanging onto him and refusing to let go.

Huang Yi couldn’t help but reach out to embrace her, patting her little head and asking with puzzlement, "Who are you?"

"I’m Xiao Chunzi." The little girl pursed her lips, her long eyelashes heavy with teardrops as she stared pitifully at Huang Yi.

"Huh? I’ve never heard of that name!" Huang Yi frowned, he had never heard that name before and thought she was a stranger, intending to put her down.

But looking up close at the little girl’s delicate face, staring into her tearful eyes, his heart melted, and in the end, he couldn’t bring himself to let her go.

At that time, Xiao Chunzi extended her small hand to wipe her tears and said with a plaintive tone, "Brother, you don’t want me anymore!"

"What?" Huang Yi was slightly startled, staring at her incredulously, "Are you... my sister?"

"Yes!" Xiao Chunzi nodded her little head and two more tears rolled down, burying her head in Huang Yi’s chest, "I heard your announcement yesterday and knew you were in danger, so I immediately asked Grandpa Bai Long to carry me over!"

"Then why are you called Xiao Chunzi?" Huang Yi stroked her head, finally applying some force in his arms to hug her tightly and asked gently.

"Because I like wearing dresses in real life!" Xiao Chunzi sniffled and said obediently.

"Huh? In real life..." Huang Yi appeared startled, as if it only just dawned on him, looking at Xiao Chunzi with disbelief as he asked with a tremble in his voice, "You, you’re a player?"

"Right!" Xiao Chunzi nodded earnestly.

"Xiao Chunzi, so that’s your name. I can’t believe I didn’t realize all this time that you’re a real little sister." Huang Yi held her close, repeating her name, memories of his times with Little White Cat coming to mind.

He had always assumed she was just a system NPC and never imagined she could be a player. They had never engaged in teaming up, trading, or attacking, and the system had never prompted anything.

However, this wasn’t strange; if a mother cat could give birth to one player, she naturally could give birth to a second one.

"So is this appearance virtually created, or is it your real look?" Huang Yi asked again.

"It’s my real look!" Xiao Chunzi reached out with her small hand to turn Huang Yi’s face toward her and asked, "Am I cute?"

"Indeed, very cute! But we should break out first!" There were still many doubts that Huang Yi had about Xiao Chunzi, but they had no time for questions at the moment. They were surrounded by the endless Skeleton Ocean and hadn’t yet managed to break free.

He picked up Xiao Chunzi and immediately strode towards the crowd.

At this point, everyone in the crowd stood on their toes, watching the Xiao Chunzi in Huang Yi’s arms. As soon as they saw her angel-like face, their hearts melted instantly.

"Sister, get down for a moment, I need to carry her out." Huang Yi came to Qin Shiyu’s body, patted Xiao Chunzi’s head, and spoke.

Xiao Chunzi obediently jumped down from Huang Yi’s embrace and stopped clinging to him.

Huang Yi picked up Qin Shiyu’s corpse again and commanded loudly to the team, "Everyone, follow my orders and continue to break through! We must take advantage of this time when Guifu Heilang is blocked to charge out! Victory is in sight, everyone hold on a little longer!"

After that, he carried Qin Shiyu, led Xiao Chunzi to the front lines, continued to clear the way, fought valiantly, and charged towards the final destination!

"Holy Light!" Xiao Chunzi joined Huang Yi’s team, stretched out her little hand, and waved gently towards the crowd.

A white holy light flew out from her little hand, turning into sparkling light spots that fell on every player.

Immediately after, everyone received a buff named [Holy Light], which increased All Attributes by 10% for an hour.

Seeing this buff, everyone was stunned!

In The Second World, no player had ever released such a powerful buff!

This buff directly boosted players’ All Attributes by 10%, covering every attribute, benefiting the entire team of six hundred thousand people.

"Sister, have you awakened?" Huang Yi couldn’t help but regain his composure and turned to ask Xiao Chunzi.

"Mhm, I’m even more awesome than you now!" Xiao Chunzi nodded her little head.

...

In the real world, that secret phone call connected once again.

"Mr. Zhuge, a powerful member of the Dragon Clan has just arrived, helping Number One break free from the threat of Guifu Heilang. Moreover, a very powerful little girl has arrived. Now their speed of breaking out is much faster than before, they can definitely break through successfully!"

"Good! Continue to buy time for Number One. Go inform Number Five; he is in charge of several banks controlled by our organization, he knows what to do."

"Got it!"

...

At the highly anticipated annual ceremony with all eyes turned towards the event, the awards ceremony was more than halfway through, with one more significant award than the last.

At this moment, a presenter was nervously opening a red envelope, pulling out a card from inside, with countless eyes and camera lenses focused on him, waiting for the moment of revelation.

The presenter took a deep breath, turned to the microphone, and declared to the whole world, "The winner of the Best Bard Award is—"

The world fell silent, everyone holding their breath, anxiously waiting.

"Jin Xu Qi Wai!" The next moment, the presenter raised his voice, announcing the name of the winner in Chinese.

Instantly, thunderous applause filled the room, numerous cameras pointed at the awardee sitting below, putting him in the spotlight for the entire world to see.

The awardee, in his twenties and wearing a sharp suit, stood up and embraced the people around him, with countless cameras flashing, capturing the joy of his winning moment.

People all around stood up, congratulating him, even embracing each other, even though they didn’t know him at all.