Summary: After being selected for the ExTruth case reconstruction game, player Liang Qin soon finds herself trapped in a deadly amusement park setting governed by mysterious rules.With blood splatt...
Chapter 164 The Last Moment (Unedited) "Brother! Don't do anything reckless!"...
Since Liang Jun learned that she had twin guardian spirits, she and the two brothers have hardly had any disagreements.
Besides the fact that the two of them were basically completely obedient to her, the most important reason was that all three of them had a straightforward personality and were willing to do things immediately.
Zhu Shengqing's suggestion to "smash the surveillance cameras" happened to coincide with Liang Jun's idea.
However, the camera was positioned too high, and Zhu Shengqing and Zhu Bieming had no way to transform into mist. The three ordinary people, no more than two meters tall, looked up at the camera high above them, their hopes dashed as mere fantasies.
Liang Jun put her hands on her hips, gently biting her lip, which had bled from the fall. "Could you throw something up there and smash it?"
Upon receiving the order, Zhu Shengqing and Zhu Bieming immediately split up to find suitable props.
But the entrance they had just entered was shrouded in layers of fog, and the screens in the monitoring room couldn't be torn down. In the vast space, there wasn't a single tool they could hold in their hands.
Apart from the gauze paper tube that Liang Yan had left.
Liang Jun took out the crumpled paper tube and looked at Zhu Shengqing and Zhu Bieming with a slightly embarrassed expression.
"How about...give it a try?"
But the result was predictable.
Putting aside the fact that a light paper tube could pose a fatal threat to the camera, Zhu Bieming and Zhu Shengqing took turns using their spiritual power to try to move it up, but to no avail.
"This thing is too light; even spiritual energy can't detect it."
Zhu Bieming only used a little force, and the paper tube deflated completely. "Anything with a little weight can be successfully transferred with spiritual energy."
Upon hearing his explanation, Liang Jun didn't hesitate. She tore off a small piece of fabric from her clothes with her teeth and then wrapped it evenly around her arm.
Before the two could react, she decisively squatted down, her hands reaching out to touch the ground she had just stepped on, and began to carefully feel around.
What are you looking for?
Although Zhu Bieming couldn't understand, he quickly squatted down to search as well, asking, "Did you lose something?"
A thick fog still covered the ground. Liang Xun could feel the fabric on her arm gradually corroding and falling off. She had to find what she wanted in the last few moments.
“I’m looking for stones,” she explained to Zhu Bieming, who was following behind her, while catching her breath. “If this instance is based on the real world, then this ground should be the main road leading to the gate of our community.”
“There are many small stones on that road. We might be able to successfully throw those stones at the surveillance cameras.”
Standing to the side, Zhu Shengqing kept tossing the pebbles in his hand, his voice soft, "Right?"
Liang Jun was pleasantly surprised to find that the other party had been found sometime earlier.
A faint stinging sensation came from her arm. Before her skin was completely eroded, Liang Xun hurriedly stood up. "Where did you find this?"
Zhu Shengqing casually pointed and said, "I think most of these pebbles are concentrated along the roadside, so I was lucky enough to find some."
Liang Jun was equally unceremonious. She pulled Zhu Shengqing's outstretched palm over and examined the pebbles lying in his hand.
Although it's not very big, it's definitely much heavier than a gauze tube. If it hits you hard, it would probably hurt for several days.
She looked up at Zhu Shengqing, a glimmer of hope appearing in her eyes.
"Is this weight sufficient? Can the spiritual energy be transmitted?"
Zhu Shengqing didn't speak, but instead showed her the answer through his actions.
The few pebbles in her palm floated steadily in mid-air. Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, the pebbles suddenly shot into the sky at a speed that Liang Xun's eyes could not catch.
Before she could follow the sound with her eyes, she heard several crisp sounds coming from above.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Bieming grabbed her arm and pulled her back a little.
“Watch out,” he said, his eyes fixed on the heights, “there’s glass falling.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Jun heard the same crisp sound echoing from the ground.
The fragments fell, and the obsidian hanging high up no longer emitted its dazzling light as before.
A hint of joy crept into Liang Jun's voice, "Did we succeed?"
"Um."
Zhu Shengqing clapped his hands briefly, brushing the dust off his palms. "The camera has been destroyed, you can rest assured."
It's too early to say "don't worry".
Liang Jun jogged back to the screen wall and quickly located the nine-square grid of monitoring for her current instance.
The screen in the very center was already blurry, and after shaking violently for a few seconds, it went completely black under Liang Jun's direct gaze.
Liang Jun was still worried, so she poked the screen again with her finger, but found that there was nothing wrong with the screen. The progress bar and other selection boxes could still be triggered. It was just a simple video source interruption.
That's not enough.
But that's not enough.
Liang Xun took two quick, deep breaths, then turned to look at Zhu Shengqing, "Can you find any other stones?"
Seeing that the other person was about to reach into their pocket, Liang Jun quickly added, "Not small pebbles like before, but larger stones would be better."
She was afraid that Zhu Shengqing wouldn't understand what she meant, so she gestured the area with her hands.
Perhaps amused by her action, Zhu Shengqing chuckled softly, "I know, I know."
Then, he led Zhu Bieming to a corner of the room.
When the fabric is corroded by the mist, it will make a crackling sound like burning firewood.
Liang Xun's eyelids twitched along with the sound. Just as she was about to give up and tell the two of them to stop looking, Zhu Bieming suddenly pulled Zhu Shengqing to his feet.
"Found it!" Zhu Bieming shouted.
This stone was indeed large enough that, in Liang Jun's memory, it was even regarded as a stone pier.
In addition, Zhu Bieming's injured hands were already tightly bandaged, and he was not able to lift the boulder properly. It looked as if it would fall on his feet at any moment.
Liang Jun exclaimed in surprise. She was about to go up and help take the hand when Zhu Shengqing stopped her.
Most of Zhu Shengqing's injuries were concentrated on his forearm, so he was much more relaxed than Zhu Bieming. "Don't move it, this stone is too heavy."
Seeing Liang Xun's mischievous look, Zhu Shengqing said helplessly, "Tell me, what place do you want to smash?"
Without any hesitation, Liang Jun pointed decisively to the dazzling screen wall.
Zhu Shengqing did not express his own opinion, whether he agreed or disagreed, as there was absolutely no need for that.
All he needs to do is one thing—
Absolutely obey all of Liang Xuan's orders.
Seeing that he was about to smash the stone against the wall, Liang Jun couldn't help but stop him, "Let me do it."
"Such a meaningful moment should be witnessed by me personally."
Liang Xun glanced at the haunting images. "After all, I've wanted to get rid of the system for a long time." After repeated insistence, Zhu Shengqing had no choice but to hand over the heavy stone block to Liang Xun.
He only let go after confirming that the other person had caught him completely and was able to hold him securely.
The stone was very heavy, and Liang Jun had a hard time lifting it.
But she didn't want to give up; instead, she thought that with more training in the future, this weight would be nothing to worry about.
Destroy the system, destroy the root of all this misery, and they will have countless bright futures ahead.
Liang Jun gritted her teeth and persevered, taking firm steps toward the screen wall.
The dense fog seemed to sense the approaching danger, surging towards Liang Xun like a tide, trying to use its powerful corrosive properties to keep her fragile body at bay.
Zhu Shengqing and Zhu Bieming naturally noticed the threat as well. Ignoring their own festering and infected wounds, they stood firmly by Liang Xun's side, shielding her from layer after layer of surging poison gas.
Standing just inches from the screen wall, Leung Yung took a deep breath.
It's both a way to cheer myself up and a way to build up my strength.
There's no need for the same old countdown; the best time to strike is when Liang Yan is ready.
Compared to the massive, heavy stone pillars, those tiny screens, which were as precise as research instruments, were utterly insignificant.
The sound of shattering glass rang out again. Liang Jun instinctively retreated, avoiding the sharp shards of glass and the giant boulder that had rolled to the side.
Before her eyes, the oppressive screen wall began to shatter, and the first cracks appeared, causing it to collapse violently. Countless screens fell one after another from the height, crashing to the ground and creating dazzling fireworks.
Behind them, short-circuited wires were crackling and sparking, more and more screens were destroyed in a radial pattern, and the dizzying world around them slowly transitioned into complete darkness.
Looking at the smoke-filled scene in front of her, Liang Jun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness..." She finally had her major worry resolved, and her whole body began to unconsciously weaken. "It's finally over..."
Her vision went out along with the last screen in the room.
The unconscious Liang Jun fell backward onto the ground, but Zhu Bieming, with quick reflexes, slid in and caught her, preventing more serious consequences.
Zhu Bieming's bandaged wound began to tear, and fresh blood gushed through the gauze, forming a sticky blood film on his skin.
The intense pain overwhelmed everything else. Zhu Bieming panicked, cradling Liang Xun in his arms on the ground, trying to wake her, "What's wrong? Wake up! Wake up—"
Clearly, Zhu Shengqing had not anticipated this situation either. He rushed forward, ignoring the thick fog that was relentlessly encroaching around him, and suddenly knelt down beside Liang Xun.
A hint of ferocity flashed in his eyes that Liang Jun had never seen before. "So, the system did make a move after all, is that right?"
The only thing separating the two was an unconscious Liang Jun, but Zhu Bieming felt that the other person was extremely unfamiliar at this moment.
Perhaps he had thought of something, for his arms around Liang Xun's body tightened involuntarily, and even his tone became urgent, "Brother! Don't do anything reckless!"
Zhu Shengqing seemed to say something again, but Liang Xun, lying on the ground, could no longer hear it. She could only feel the restraints on her body gradually tightening, and her trembling increasing—
Perhaps Zhu Bieming was in a complete panic.
At the last moment, she heard someone calling her name repeatedly.
Liang Jun tried to sense something more, but ultimately her consciousness faded away.
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Author's note: Tomorrow I'm going on a trip to Anhui with my parents!