Chapter 118: I Pick Up Bandages to Take Care of You! (Extra Chapter with Generous Rewards!)

In the game.

When Lin Zijing saw Yang Hao lying on the ground, she froze for a moment as well.

Without thinking, she crouched down and reached out to help him up.

But the rescue was interrupted.

Yang Hao stopped her.

“Heal yourself first!”

Despite the chaos, Yang Hao’s mind remained calm, and he reminded her of that.

Only after hearing his voice did Lin Zijing realize that her own health was already dangerously low.

If she helped Yang Hao up now, the poison would knock her down before she could finish reviving him.

By then, not only would she be eliminated—Yang Hao would be eliminated as well.

They would both be left behind.

The only way out was for Lin Zijing to restore her own health first, then revive Yang Hao. Only then could they both make it safely.

A low-level mistake like that should never have come from Lin Zijing, whose mind was always clear. Yet for some reason, when she saw Yang Hao rush over without hesitation to save her, without even considering his own safety, she had lost her judgment.

Every time, he was like this—reckless and utterly selfless.

Perhaps it had already become instinctive for him. Even in a game, he would act that way without the slightest hesitation.

And that was precisely what moved Lin Zijing.

She realized that she had not cared for Yang Hao enough.

She began to feel that she loved him too, but not as deeply as he loved her.

Lately, she had often felt this way.

Perhaps it was because she had been away from the professional scene for some time, no longer consumed by the obsession she had once carried in her heart. As a result, she had been paying more and more attention to Yang Hao.

The more she came to understand him, the more afraid she became of losing him.

After taking a deep look at Yang Hao, Lin Zijing picked up the first-aid kit on the ground and began healing.

The first wave of damage was not too severe. Lin Zijing restored her health, and Yang Hao had not lost too much of his own. Soon, she had brought him back up.

Once Yang Hao was standing, Lin Zijing drank an energy drink. But when she turned around, she froze again.

She saw that after bandaging himself once, Yang Hao had pulled another bandage from his backpack.

Could bandages be all he had left?

The thought occurred to Lin Zijing at once. When she saw him use a third bandage on himself, she suddenly did not know whether to laugh or be angry.

Yang Hao had come from K City. There was no way he could have been carrying not even a single first-aid kit. The only explanation was that he had already given her every medical item he had except the bandages.

And that was entirely in keeping with Yang Hao’s character.

For her, he always gave everything he had.

A trace of sweetness quietly rose in Lin Zijing’s heart.

Without saying a word, she took half the first-aid kits from her own inventory and placed them on the ground.

Yang Hao stared blankly at the several first-aid kits that had suddenly appeared before him, then looked toward Lin Zijing.

Though they were separated by the internet, Lin Zijing seemed to feel his gaze. Slightly bashful, she said, “They’re for you!”

Her voice was soft, carrying a tenderness rarely heard from her before.

Hearing the change in her voice, Yang Hao was likewise taken aback.

A moment later, after both of them had restored their health to full, they quickly returned to the boat Yang Hao had driven over and set off again.

The damage zone had finished closing, and a new safe zone had appeared.

Since the first wave of damage was still not too severe, Yang Hao and Lin Zijing needed to reach the safe zone as quickly as possible. Otherwise, once the second wave arrived, the medical supplies they carried would likely be unable to keep up with their losses.

Because of the safe zone’s position, their return route was different from the one they had taken before.

While they remained outside the safe zone, their health continued to drain with time. Thus, every so often, they had to stop, heal back to full, and set off again.

They moved in fits and starts, gradually drawing closer to the safe zone.

They encountered no one along the way. Aside from them, nearly all the other streamers in the match had already made it inside the circle.

The only thing that frustrated them was that after reaching land, they could not find a vehicle. The safe zone was still far away, leaving them no choice but to run desperately through the damage zone.

At long last, just as they were nearing the edge of the safe zone, the zone began to close again.

The second wave of damage had arrived.

At the sight of it, Yang Hao’s eyelid twitched.

At the same time, since no fierce battles had broken out elsewhere, the director switched the broadcast feed back to Yang Hao and Lin Zijing as they ran through the damage zone.

Seeing their miserable predicament, the audience could not help but feel sorry for them.

“Our goddess has it so rough!”

“Ah, I can’t take it anymore—I’m crying!”

“Wah, wah, it’s so rare to see the goddess running through the damage zone.”

“This has to be the longest run through the damage zone in the history of the game.”

“My heart aches for them…”

The viewers expressed their sympathy for Yang Hao and Lin Zijing.

If not for the organizers’ mistake this time, the two of them would never have ended up in such a desperate situation.

It was only because they were Yang Hao and Lin Zijing that they had held on this long. If it had been anyone else, they might have given up already.

Just then, as Yang Hao and Lin Zijing passed a small hill, they spotted a wrecked buggy below. Their expressions darkened.

This was far from the first time they had encountered something like this.

Given how long they had been traveling, there was no way their luck could be so bad that they had failed to find even one vehicle.

The problem was that every vehicle they came across had already been destroyed.

Clearly, someone had done it deliberately.

With the arrival of the second wave, their health was falling faster than before, while the medical supplies they had originally stocked were now nearly gone.

Quite a few people had evidently noticed their predicament.

“Ah, Bluff Bro and the others are probably almost out of meds!”

“After all this time, they must have used up most of their first-aid kits.”

“This is outrageous. If I knew who blew up those vehicles, I’d make them answer for what they did to the goddess.”

“This match isn’t fair to Bluff Bro and the goddess.”

Seeing the wrecked buggy and thinking of Yang Hao and Lin Zijing’s current situation, many viewers could not help feeling that the two had been treated unfairly.

The match had genuinely left many people angry.

Inside the game.

Lin Zijing, who had been running, suddenly stopped as she looked at the figure ahead of her.

“We’re almost out of meds. I’ll give you everything I have. Let’s split up.”

Yang Hao was stunned when he heard her voice.

He understood what Lin Zijing meant.

There was still a considerable distance to the safe zone. Given their current situation, the supplies they carried were nowhere near enough to get both of them inside the circle.

So Lin Zijing planned to give all her medical supplies to Yang Hao and have him continue running through the damage zone, while she searched nearby locations where a vehicle might spawn. If she managed to find one, perhaps they would both still have a chance to make it into the circle.

But Yang Hao knew that possibility was vanishingly small.

In this desolate wilderness, how difficult would it be to find a vehicle?

Even if Lin Zijing found one, it was highly likely to be another wreck.

Following her plan, the most probable outcome would be that Yang Hao made it safely into the circle while Lin Zijing was eliminated.

She intended to sacrifice herself to save him.

Yang Hao knew that Lin Zijing was not someone who gave up easily. She was doing this entirely for his sake.

Though deeply moved, Yang Hao shook his head.

Having stopped alongside Lin Zijing, he suddenly walked toward her. Looking at her, he said with profound affection, “It’s all right. I’ll pick up bandages and keep you alive!”

With that, Yang Hao pulled out a huge pile of bandages in front of her.