Chapter 462 The Broken Wheel of Destiny

The defenseless human body is vulnerable.

Jiang Huaique's figure disappeared in the drifting golden flames in an instant.

“…”

Yu Xiu opened his mouth wide, his mind in a state of mental paralysis.

Everything happened too fast. He never thought that Jiang Huaique would die one day. When he came to his senses, there was only a small pile of black ashes in front of him, and the bone sword that he had just obtained fell to the side.

He turned his neck stiffly, his movements were a little slow, and it was only after a few seconds that he looked at Xu Zhiyan's face.

Something seems wrong.

Why burn Jiang Huai Que's body so quickly?

He felt his mind was in a mess and had several questions he wanted to ask, but he remained silent in the face of Xu Zhiyan's calm expression.

Yu Xiu took a deep breath and told himself:

Brother Xu must have his reasons for doing this...

He can't be distracted, he has more important things to accomplish!

Dou Hongshan, who had approached and saw that the situation was not good, couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw this.

She had previously worried that Jiang Huaique's death would be too much of a shock to Yu Xiu, causing him to become mentally unstable and do stupid things. But now it seemed that the chestnut-haired boy in front of her was not an impulsive person.

Dou Hongshan looked at Xu Zhiyan's calm profile, and his heart gradually calmed down.

She had seen the resurrected clown, who had left the game and taken over the mess that the summoner had left for Xu Zhiyan. He was in a state of anxiety every day. Although his memory was a replica and it would take some time to get used to it, overall everything was going well. Based on the clown's experience, she thought Jiang Huaique should also...

But just because Dou Hongshan knows it doesn’t mean others know it.

The audience in the live broadcast room was roughly divided into several groups and started to make noise.

【？ ？ ？ ？】

[Jiang Huai Que is dead? I don't believe it, it's impossible! ]

[How did he die? I didn’t see it clearly…]

[The number one dagger, I have seen that dagger many times, no NPC or monster can escape from that knife, and they will die soon after being stabbed. ]

[Brother, compared to the knife, Yan Chengfan's speed is more terrifying.]

[…How can someone move faster than the passive defense item? This doesn’t make sense! This is a bug! Even if the distance is infinitely changed, it’s impossible!]

[Is it possible that his characteristic is not distance at all...]

Jiang Huai Partridge's fleeting death had a huge impact on the players.

After all, the strength he had demonstrated before was impressive. Even though he did not have the awakening characteristics, no one dared to say that Jiang Huaique was not strong. And now such a recognized super player was killed in one blow.

Compared to the huge loss of combat power caused by spending money to change one's fate, some people also noticed Xu Zhiyan's actions.

[I don't understand why Xiao Baiwan wanted to kill Jiang Huaique one step ahead of time. The attack just now had already exhausted him. His face was pale, but he still insisted on using his skills.]

[+1, I don’t understand either. ]

[I think they are worried that the bodies will be tampered with. After all, the collector was... so shocked. If it were me, I would also make sure that the bodies of my teammates would not fall into the hands of the enemy.]

The safe house has never disclosed any detailed information other than the transaction to the public, and the morgue with the means to revive after leaving the copy was well hidden by Xu Zhiyan.

Yan Chengfan could naturally think of what the players could think of.

"Eh? Are you in such a hurry to cremate him?"

He looked at the black powder remaining on the ground with some surprise, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help laughing.

"I'm not Xu Yan. I won't do anything to the corpse."

"Besides, his death was not painful, but the loss of vitality brought him a little... fear?"

Playing with the rusty dagger, Yan Chengfan sighed as he watched the huge, multi-armed monster pick up the bone sword from the ashes representing Jiang Huai Que and hand it to Xu Zhiyan.

"I thought death would make you see reality."

The sudden recovery of his memory and emotions prevented him from killing Xu Zhiyan in person in a short period of time, but this did not prevent him from killing all the other players. He planned to deal with the small fry first, and then slowly deal with this annoying human.

Xu Zhiyan raised his head and looked straight at Yan Chengfan's face.

“Is it space?”

He spoke suddenly, and his tense brows not only did not relax, but became even tighter.

Xu Yan had previously used pseudo-space folding skills such as teleportation and mirror attack, but the opponent had limitations when using them. Even if he increased his speed to the extreme, he was unable to cross obstacles.

But Yan Chengfan is different.

He could easily pass through multiple layers of barriers without getting damaged; he could stab his dagger into the target's chest just before the passive defense item was triggered; he could stand in the blazing fire without getting hurt; he could appear behind Jiang Huai Que without causing any power fluctuations...

When these clues are connected together, Yan Chengfan's abilities are no longer a mystery.

"When the embers are burning, you separate the space you are in from the burning space, so you will not be harmed." Xu Zhiyan's soft voice was clearly heard by everyone.

There was a game panel lit up beside him, with an advisory message about the features hanging on it.

This game originally had time and space characteristics.

But such a powerful feature has never appeared before, and even if it did, it would only be short-lived.

No, it's more than just time and space.

If you think about it carefully, apart from the mediocre features, the entire player group seems to have no particularly powerful features. Even Lu Yaoling's originally useless fusion feature was quickly targeted and deprived after there was a chance to reset it.

The indifference of the mimics towards humans, the laboratory in Xu's house, the innocent humans who were captured and forced to awaken their characteristics without entering the game, and the means by which the auction house can trade characteristics and skills...

"Ah, that's right."

Yan Chengfan put the dagger on his waist and looked at Xu Zhiyan with a complicated expression. He originally wanted to announce it himself, but someone else said it first.

Tsk, that unpleasant feeling comes back again.

"But what can we do even if we know?"

"Your tools can't defend me. You are helpless and can only wait for death."

He put aside all the random thoughts, smiled heartily, and looked at the people opposite him as if they were a group of ants.

Yan Chengfan's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared behind Yu Xiu with a chuckle.

“Puff——”

After the attack, Yan Chengfan felt that his hand felt a little strange. When he saw clearly what was stabbed in front of him, his expression froze for a moment.

It was a piece of monster body, without a head, only a body and arms.

The body, which was originally still twitching alive, suddenly shrank violently the moment the dagger penetrated it. All the flesh and blood twitched visibly, and it became corrupted and darkened, losing all vitality in the blink of an eye.

"...protect...protect..."

Intermittent sounds came out of Liuliu's mouth.

It is a true monster with a hundred limbs. Although it cannot sense the enemy's position in advance, its mission is to protect Yu Xiu. So after learning about Yan Chengfan's power, the moment he disappeared, it used its power without thinking, and at the cost of sacrificing part of its body, it replaced Yu Xiu with its side in advance.

Liuliu may not be smart enough, he speaks haltingly, and he is straightforward and even a little silly in his actions.

But it's the monster of the safe house.

It can always complete the tasks assigned by Xu Zhiyan.

…

“The blood pressure is normal!”

"Heart rate is stable!"

"Comprehensive testing completed, memory copying begins..."

In a trance, Jiang Huaique heard a voice coming from his ear.

He opened his eyes and stared at the spotless white ceiling. He was suddenly confused and didn't know what year it was.

Chaotic memories were churning in his head, and pictures flashed through his brain frame by frame, even the small incident when he failed an exam as a child and was beaten by his sister came flooding back, no matter how big or small. Yet everything seemed unreal, as if separated by a layer of plastic film. If it weren't for the familiarity and peace of mind that surged in his heart, he would probably have thought he was being caught and used in some kind of experiment.

Soon, his memory entered a later stage. When the game came, he lost his sister and fell into trouble...

Then, he met Xu Zhiyan and Jin Sheng.

As the scene progresses, he has a new reason to live well.

Until the final copy.

The joy of reuniting with my sister is still vivid in my mind. I played perfectly with my teammates until the situation took a turn for the worse. The fear and powerlessness of life slipping away came over me again. It was clearly a virtual shadow between us, but it was so real that it was deadly.

He sat up suddenly, and his body, which had not yet fully adapted to the current situation, subconsciously made a "hehe" sound from his throat.

Only then did he realize that a masked humanoid monster was standing in front of his bed with a loudspeaker in his hand.

"Mr. Jiang, are you feeling okay now?"

The system can communicate with the brains of safe house members such as Xu Zhiyan, but if it wants to communicate with other people, it needs a medium.

It briefly introduced the function of the morgue and threw an envelope to Jiang Huaique.

"Although all my memories have been restored, it may take some time to adjust to my new body. Inside is a message from the host for you. Of course! Not only you, but everyone else who paid to change their fate also has an envelope."

After saying that, the system left the space for Jiang Huaique, and before leaving, it considerately left a spare mobile phone in the safe house for him to watch the live broadcast conveniently.

[Jiang Huai Que, if you read this letter, you must have died once.]

[I know you are very tired and need to rest, but it costs money to keep a body. It is charged by the minute, which is expensive and not cost-effective. You should get up and stop taking up space.]

Looking at his own name, Jiang Huaiqie reached out and stroked the letter paper. Xu Zhiyan's first sentence was unusually serious, as he actually wrote his full name, but his true colors were immediately exposed in the second sentence.

"Xu Zhiyan, you..."

He murmured softly, and his fingertips holding the paper exerted a little force.

Obviously his memory was still in the process of being adjusted, and obviously his soul and flesh still had some discomfort as they were not fully adapted, but after just reading a few lines of text, he no longer had any doubts. Every character was familiar, and he seemed to see the flamboyant and cunning black-haired young man standing in front of him, smiling slyly.

[You and Yu Xiujinsheng's acting skills are too poor, so I can't tell you about the morgue in advance, for fear that you will show abnormality.]

[If nothing unexpected happens, you should be the first one to be killed. ]

[No way, guys who don't need to expend mental energy to fight will often become a thorn in the enemy's side. Let alone the people of Utopia, if I were to oppose you, I would kill you first.]

Seeing this, Jiang Huaiqie felt mixed emotions.

He couldn't control his body well yet, and it took him a lot of effort to click on the live broadcast.

The scene was extremely tragic.

Yan Chengfan was much more serious when he started to fight than before. He did not use any natural characteristics, but showed unprecedented aggressiveness.

A slash that ignores space and distance, an action that is faster than the triggering of the passive defense module.

Blood, limbs, pain.

In order to protect Yu Xiu, Liu Liu's huge body was cut into several parts, and the scattered body parts were cut everywhere, making it extremely messy. If it weren't for its large enough size, there would probably be nothing left by now.

The bloody scene contrasts sharply with the calm and gentle handwriting in the letter.

[I don’t know what you are thinking right now, but you must be blaming yourself for being so stubborn.]

[Don't think too much, you have done a good job. ]

[You have to know that your death is also part of my plan. If you really feel bad about it, just come and work for me for free! ]

Xu Zhiyan left a letter and tried to comfort his teammates with words.

After a full while, Jiang Huaique finally recovered from his near-speechless state, and his lips moved slightly.

"…What a bullshit plan."

While cursing, he revealed an expression uglier than crying. He looked away and stopped watching the live broadcast.

In the letter, Xu Zhiyan had already begun to predict who would be the next person to die.

[The next one is probably Yu Xiu. His ability is much more difficult to deal with than Jin Sheng and Dou Hongshan.]

[Among the many projects I have worked on, Yu Xiu has been the core the most times.]

[If the people in the ideal country are not stupid, then after you die, you will definitely kill him first. ]

Jiang Huaiqie put his forehead on the letter and dared not read it again.

The sounds coming from the screen echoed in his ears, it was Yu Xiu's low and hoarse roar and the sound of the monster's body being torn apart. He could imagine the young man's eyes baring with anger without even looking.

The knuckles of his fingers, which were holding the letter paper tightly, turned white due to the force. Jiang Huaiqie couldn't imagine what kind of mood Xu Zhiyan was in when he wrote this letter.

"How abominable." Jiang Huaiqie smiled bitterly.

"You've even prepared for your teammates to die..."

After a few minutes, he recovered. Without looking at the pictures in the copy, he continued to read the letter.

[Yu Xiu will definitely cry.]

[When he comes out, you must comfort him, and don't let him watch the live broadcast. ]

Even though he had been in the dungeon for a long time, Xu Zhiyan still treated Yu Xiu as a child.

"……good."

Jiang Huai Que answered in a low voice and looked at the content below.

[This battle will not be easy. ]

【Sacrifice is inevitable.】

In the center of the live broadcast screen, Xu Zhiyan's face was expressionless. His pale face was coated with a layer of golden light by the fire, and the flames licked his slender fingertips.

The battle continues.

But everything came to a standstill.

As expected, this battle was extremely difficult.

Jiang Huaique lowered his head and glanced hesitantly at the last few lines of words.

【Wait for me, wait for me to come back. 】

【Everything will be over then.】

[By then, there will be no more games that consume human lives in the world. Let Yu Xiu get into a university that is closer to you, so that he won’t go to school and leave you as an empty-nester...]

Xu Zhiyan wrote eloquently about his beautiful vision for the future.

But before they can achieve this, they face an almost invincible enemy.

Jiang Huaique wanted to speak, but when he opened his mouth he found that he couldn't speak. The scene in front of his eyes became blurry, and his whole heart seemed to be held in someone's hand. He felt suffocated and couldn't breathe.

Only those killed by Xu Zhiyan can be resurrected.

What if he died?

Having experienced many ups and downs in his life, Jiang Huai Que has never believed in God.

But at this moment he closed his eyes devoutly, praying that his teammates would return safely.