Chapter 76 Cherry Tomato

Xie Songlan actually died.

It was clear that yesterday, the little girl was still waving goodbye to Gu Qiufeng vividly.

When Gu Qiufeng followed Yu Chi'ang to the room where Xie Songjin was, he saw at a glance a lifeless corpse lying on the floor behind Xie Songjin.

However, the bodies of human players in the dungeon are rarely brought out.

A doubt flashed through Gu Qiufeng's mind.

Xie Songjin heard Gu Qiufeng's movement, and when he raised his eyes, there were hideous red bloodshot in his eyes.

"I didn't expect that the Third Guild President would defect to X. He followed us into the A-level dungeon and suddenly attacked us at the end." Xie Songjin said tiredly and numbly. His voice didn't sound sad, but it made him look more like a dying zombie. "I don't know when Xiaofanqie found out about this, but she wasn't surprised at all before she died."

Yu Chiang said: "Miss Xie is very capable. Even at the last moment, she eliminated the traitor for mankind."

Xie Songjin curled the corners of his lips, but it was hard to tell how much he was smiling: "Once the Third Guild President died, their guild was bound to be in chaos. At this critical moment, it can be considered a retribution."

Gu Qiufeng kept staring at Xie Songlan's body from beginning to end, with a frown on his face.

Xie Songjin noticed his performance and said, "Did you see anything?"

Gu Qiufeng said: "Miss Xie, it's actually a puppet, right?"

He suddenly spoke because of an intuition that emerged in his heart.

In fact, after Xie Songlan's death, her body remained the same as before she died. She didn't look like a dead person. It was more like the little girl's soul had been taken away by something and she was sleeping peacefully.

"You can really tell my skills," Xie Songjin said, "I still don't understand why. Is this your talent? You are always so sensitive to souls."

Yu Chiang frowned, somewhat surprised by this novel development: "But when President Xie was alive, he was exactly like an ordinary person."

How could it be a puppet without self-awareness and controlled by others?

"She is not my puppet. I just served as a vessel for her body." Xie Songjin sighed, "Maybe I did it wrong from the beginning."

Gu Qiufeng raised his eyes suddenly: "No wonder you knew how to register the identity of the copy NPC in the player living area from the beginning."

"Xie Songlan, is this NPC from which copy?" he asked.

Xie Songjin sighed: "She is both an NPC and my sister."

Yu Chi'ang couldn't help but say, "After some players die, they will become NPCs and live in the dungeon. Miss Xie..."

Is this also the case?

"No, to be precise, Little Tomato, she died before she was born." Xie Songjin said, "When my parents were liquidated ten years ago, my mother was pregnant with my sister. After her death, she became a ghost fetus in the copy."

Xie Songjin searched for several years and finally found his sister in a copy.

"I was possessed by the devil and did something very wrong." Xie Songjin covered his head in pain. "I knew there would be retribution in the game, but I didn't know it would happen to my sister. If that were the case, I would have..."

But if Xie Songjin were to start over again, would he really abandon his only relative and become a monster?

Gu Qiufeng rolled his Adam's apple and said, "So just like what you said in Xiaozhougang, you used the skin of a living person to make a body for your sister?"

Yu Chi'ang asked: "Where did this living person come from?"

"Where else could it be?" Gu Qiufeng looked at Xie Songjin, who was kneeling on the ground, holding his head and gasping for breath, and said, "He must have hunted down a lot of human players at that time."

So after hearing the prophecy of the prophet Duan Chouyu, Xie Songjin didn't dare to let Xie Songlan go to the dungeon, because he didn't expect that the retribution would fall on his sister.

Xie Songlan will die because Xie Songjin has committed too many sins of murder.

But without Xie Songjin, Xie Songlan might never have appeared in this world.

"But Xie Songlan's skills..." Yu Chiang asked in confusion, "She is the strongest player. Does Miss Xie know about these things?"

Gu Qiufeng stopped looking at Xie Songjin on the ground and said, "After the dungeon NPC leaves the dungeon, they will also have their own skills. It's just a matter of whether the size is limited or not."

As for the second question, Gu Qiufeng paused and did not answer for a while.

Did Xie Songlan know? Maybe she did.

He remembered what Xie Songlan said in Xiaozhou Port. Gu Qiufeng obviously did not pay special attention to Xie Songlan's expression at that time, but he remembered it clearly now.

Xie Songlan was not happy when she told him about her funeral arrangements.

"I know a prop repairman. If you have the courage to cross the fog and water, you can go to City D to find him. That prop repairman should have been an A-level player." Gu Qiufeng said, "Maybe he can repair Miss Xie."

Xie Songjin said: "It's useless, the soul is gone."

The most important thing about a puppet is its soul.

"So that's why you asked me to come?" Gu Qiufeng said, "You want me to use the card to deposit the puppet first."

"Where did her soul go?"

Xie Songjin moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but his eyes turned red first.

After he lowered his head in frustration, Gu Qiufeng and Yu Chiang heard his vicissitudes and hoarse voice: "Stay in the A-level copy."

"From now on, all players can safely clear the A-level dungeons."

The little girl's soul remained in the copy, like a guide, ensuring a smooth journey for all players.

After leaving Xie Songjin's residence, Gu Qiufeng and Yu Chiang looked at each other.

Yu Chiang asked: "Senior, if that's the case, why didn't Xie Songjin pass the level perfectly?"

"He probably couldn't get over his own hurdle." Gu Qiufeng asked, "What are your plans for the future? Are you going to set off immediately to conquer the A-level dungeon, or...?"

"I'll spread this news first. As for upgrading, I'm not in a hurry yet. I want to go with my senior." Yu Chiang said, "It will be more reliable if two people can take care of each other."

Gu Qiufeng said: "But I have to wait until the game mechanism of the world server is made public. If there is nothing serious, I have to go to the world dungeon first."

Gu Jiu said he wanted to meet him, so he must have something to tell him.

And if possible, Gu Qiufeng wanted to bring out Gu Jiu's real body.

"I'll go with senior." Yu Chi'ang said, "My skills are for output. Although senior has many cards, his restrictions are also relatively large. Just in case, let's go together."

Gu Qiufeng nodded in agreement.

He said, "Xiao Yu, go back and announce the news first. I'll go find someone."

*

According to the address given by Xie Songjin, Gu Qiufeng came to a glass greenhouse.

He did not enter the door, but knocked on the glass first. Duan Chouyu, who was sitting quietly inside, moved his fingers slightly, and the branches on the side curled up to open the door for Gu Qiufeng.

"Mr. Gu, what's the matter?" Duan Chouyu asked.

She covered her eyes again, her face was pale, her body was thin, and it looked like she would fall apart in the next step.

"Your president is dead." Gu Qiufeng said.

Duan Chouyu sighed: "I roughly guessed it."

"Xie Songlan is also dead."

Duan Chouyu's fingertips, which were resting on a vine leaf, trembled slightly.

She said, "I understand."

Gu Qiufeng added: "Miss Duan, if her body is seriously damaged, you can team up with us when you enter the A-level dungeon. The current A-level dungeons are no longer fatally difficult."

Duan Chouyu replied: "Okay."

She seemed to have turned into a numb robot.

Gu Qiufeng said, "Miss Duan, don't blame yourself too much. You also said that what you predicted was only a certain possibility of the future. Moreover, predicting something does not mean that you can change anything. At least for now, every prediction of Miss Duan is helping us."

Duan Chouyu’s prediction is certainly one-sided, but it is definitely absolutely authoritative and correct.

She didn't know what Gu Qiufeng would go through in Yucheng University, but she definitely predicted that Gu Qiufeng would be able to pass Yucheng University perfectly. So Duan Chouyu left an NPC to help Gu Qiufeng, which reduced a lot of obstacles for him and helped Gu Qiufeng discover Xie Xin's abnormality and obtain the same skill as the Divine Tears.

She also didn't know what Gu Qiufeng would encounter in Huajuan, but she predicted that Gu Qiufeng could help many players pass Huajuan, so she took the initiative to propose a team, and finally allowed Gu Qiufeng to successfully meet Gu Jiu in the game.

Many careless coincidences may actually be the future that has been destined.

It was because Xie Songlan knew that he was destined to die that he was determined to realize his greatest self-worth before his death, so that countless players no longer had to sigh in despair at the A-level copies.

Duan Chouyu then revealed a slight smile, but for some reason, her whole temperament still looked extremely sad.

"It's okay, Mr. Gu. I just suddenly felt that having feelings is not a good thing for a prophet." Duan Chouyu said, "I will be swayed by emotions and interfered with by feelings."

"I can no longer predict the future with any degree of fairness and accuracy."

When Gu Qiufeng came out, he had a small basket in his hand.

In the basket are crystal clear and small cherry tomatoes, which have just been picked and still have the unique fragrance of the plant.

Gu Qiufeng still remembers their last conversation.

Duan Chouyu handed him the basket and said, "If you like it, Mr. Gu, please have some."

"Is this a cherry tomato?" Gu Qiufeng asked.

Duan Chouyu sat in the lush greenery, raising her eyes covered by white gauze, and murmured, "I originally planned to raise it as a birthday present, but it's useless after all."

In Duan Chouyu's opinion, cherry tomatoes are delicious. They are sweet and sour, but too fragile. They look so fresh and lively on the outside, but in fact, they will rot if you squeeze them lightly.

After saying goodbye to Gu Qiufeng, she sat among the green plants for a long time, as if she had become a tree that did not need to breathe or feel sad.

The author has something to say:

Duan Chouyu was covered with a white cloth when she met Gu Qiufeng because she had used her last prophecy.

She wanted to ask whether Xie Songlan would survive after the game ended in the future.

But she didn't see Xie Songlan's future.

*

It's friendship between girls TT