Chapter 580 Above the Posa (116) [VIP]

"Hiss...it's not very round." Zhao Yinglai crossed his arms and muttered in a low voice.

Xu Ke is not stupid. Wen Qi did not simply let the cat out of the bag. Once he said this, it was almost the same as admitting that Wen Qi in the underworld and the living world were both himself.

Not long ago, they staged a scene for Xu Ke in which "Wen Qi did not return to the world of the living", but not long after, Wen Qi let the cat out of the bag, and now it is difficult for them to make up for it.

What's more, Skao didn't seem to have any intention of helping.

Just as she thought of this, she heard Skao's voice coming from beside her.

"If it's hard to explain, then just don't explain it," the long-haired young man beside her raised his eyebrows, as if he was suddenly interested in her opinion. He turned around and asked, "What do you think Xu Ke would think at this time?"

"It's hard to say. It depends on how he views Wen Qi," Zhao Yinglai said frankly without hesitation. "I'm not optimistic. If he still thinks Wen Qi is a loser, then we are the bad guys who teach the loser bad things and take advantage of her. If he starts to doubt Wen Qi's character to the outside world, then we are probably the bad guys who are in cahoots with her."

The use of the word "them" is very subtle. There are obviously three people standing here, but Xu Ke only chooses to have a one-on-one communication with Wen Qi, ignoring Zhao Yinglai and Skao standing next to them. This is enough to prove that other people have long become untrustworthy in front of him.

"Anyway, he is not a good person." Zhao Ying came to conclude his speech.

But they are not good people, and Wen Qi's credibility is not high now. No matter how you look at it, after the deception is established, Xu Ke will definitely question everyone's motives and identities.

Zhao Yinglai turned his head and looked to his side. He saw a long-haired young man standing at the edge of the street lamp, looking calmly in the direction of Wen Qi and Xu Ke, as if he had expected this to happen... or in other words, things had developed to this point, and Skao's push was a big part of it.

If it weren't for the fact that Scarao's interference in the world of the living could only be carried out through Wen Qi, Zhao Yinglai would almost doubt whether Xu Ke's return was also part of Scarao's plan.

"Skao, hey, Skao," Zhao Yinglai stretched out his hand and pushed Bai Jinshu's arm a few times, "Tell me the truth, what do you want to do?"

Wen Qi pretended to be well behaved for the past seven days, but on the last day, Scario suddenly tore off her mask to show Xu Ke, or he pushed Wen Qi to tear it off herself step by step. It was definitely not out of simple bad taste.

"My purpose..." The long-haired young man raised his eyebrows, "Wasn't it very clear from the beginning?"

It's already this late and you're still playing Riddler. Zhao Yinglai sighed and resigned himself to trying to understand Skao's motives from his actions.

After learning that the Wen Qi in the two worlds is the same Wen Qi, Xu Ke will inevitably become suspicious of everyone, and suspicion will expand rapidly once there is any sign.

If the Wen Qi in the underworld is the Wen Qi he met in the world of the living, then from Xu Ke's perspective, he who does not know that Wen Qi has two souls can only speculate based on the information he knows - that is, Wen Qi can appear in the underworld after being captured by the underworld messenger, there must be some way to travel between the Yin and Yang worlds and be 100% successful.

Wen Qi was able to enter here by accident in the beginning, at least in Xu Ke's opinion, she had no idea what this "other world" was like them, she was just forced to play a psychic game and accidentally entered it.

As a person who "also entered by mistake", Xu Ke found out through various sources that this was the underworld after he returned to the world of the living. Before entering the underworld again, Xu Ke and the person who conveyed the message were not aware of the unspoken rules of the underworld that had not been explicitly mentioned by anyone.

So in his opinion, if the underage Wen Qi, whose connections and experience are far less than his, wants to know so much, the only way is for others to tell him.

Transmitting this kind of information is inherently extremely risky, so unless under special circumstances, those who know the information will not spread it for no reason and tell people they are not familiar with or who don't need to.

Therefore, since Wen Qi knows so much, she must be deeply involved with Skao and the others.

Looking down from this angle, Wen Qi couldn't possibly be unaware that Skao and the others were using this method to wake up their teammates trapped in the underworld.

Since Wen Qi is an insider, according to Xu Ke's impression of Wen Qi, no one would believe that an underage high school student like her has the ability to kill someone, especially to get away painlessly without being discovered, regardless of her social relationships or physical condition.

Thinking about Wen Qi in the two worlds, since there is a way to travel between the Yin and Yang worlds, it is not only Wen Qi who can travel back and forth, but others can as well.

Compared with Wen Qi, Tang Ling, Di Xueni, and Bo Jiren, these adults are more like criminals who can kill and get away with it.

Zhao Yinglai initially thought that Scarao wanted to drag Wen Qi into the water before leaving, but now he doesn't think that's possible.

Wen Qi's age and outward personality are too confusing. Skao will not leave any chance for her. If he really wants to drag Wen Qi into this, he would not be so ambiguous and let Xu Ke guess for himself.

Barrage:

[So does anyone understand what Aoshen is trying to do? ]

【Want to see whether Xu Ke chooses to believe Wen Qi or not? 】

[I don't think so. If you want to see something like this, there's no need for Skao to start planning it a few days ago, right? ]

[Layout? What layout? ]

[Xu Ke and Wen Qi, if Aoshen had expected Wen Qi to reveal her true identity from the beginning, then he had calculated that Wen Qi would be overwhelmed by her emotions when Xu Ke did not stand on his side. This also means that Aoshen had Wen Qi attack Xu Ke in the past few nights in order to make Wen Qi dependent on Xu Ke.]

[Looking further ahead, there are many members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau who entered the underworld, but it is also very subtle that Ao Shen specifically asked Qiu Zihan to choose Xu Ke first on the first night. There were obviously so many people to choose from, but he chose the most upright and principled deputy captain among all the members. ]

[I second this. I think Xu Ke was definitely targeted by Aoshen a long time ago. Maybe when Wen Qi first approached him to pity him, Aoshen had already figured out what to do on the last day.]

[On the surface, the person that Aoshen is interested in is Wen Qi, who is just like him. In fact, the person that Aoshen is interested in is Xu Ke, who is upright and principled.]

[I can imagine what Aoshen wants to see. He just wants to see principled people break through their principles and do things they wouldn't do.]

[I understand the truth, but Xu Ke would never kill for his teammates, right? ]

Of course not.

The long-haired young man raised his head and said nonchalantly, "So when he finds out that Wen Qi is very likely related to this matter, he will move on to the next choice."

At present, the only way to rescue teammates is to kill people. Not to mention whether there are other ways that Xu Ke doesn't know. First, he can't kill people himself. Second, he doesn't have the ability to tell whether others are residual souls who have taken over other people's bodies and continue to live in the world. Even if he wants to kill someone, he doesn't know who to kill.

——But Skao and the others can.

So, in a sense, if Xu Ke wanted to rescue his teammates but didn't want to kill anyone himself, then Skao and others who could and had done such a thing became his best choice.

Xu Ke didn't even have to do it himself. He could just help out a little the next time they took action, or just pretend he knew nothing and allow them to continue like this, and his teammates could be saved.

Conversely, to stop them is to prevent one's own teammates from being rescued.

At this point, he came to the fork in the road where he had his second choice.

Human nature is very interesting. If you directly ask others to betray their beliefs and principles and do something they don't want to do, most people will refuse. Even if the things on the other side of the scale have enough chips, a considerable number of people will still choose to refuse after thinking about it.

But if you simply ignore the things that others do that go against your own principles, and you can achieve your goal by turning a blind eye and doing nothing, then most people will choose to ignore it even if it is in line with their own beliefs and principles.

For the same thing, as long as "it was not done by oneself", a person's guilt can be alleviated to a large extent. If other quite objective chips are added on the other side of the scale at this time, the guilt can be even lower.

Xu Ke is now in such a situation. As long as he chooses to ignore it, his teammates will be able to return to the world of the living soon.

And if he chooses to stop it, regardless of whether he can stop it or not, his teammates will definitely be doomed before finding other solutions.

"So you just want to see Xu Ke go against his own principles and do or condone others to do things that he himself would not do?" Zhao Yinglai thought for a while and expressed the same doubt as the barrage.

It sounds pointless, but considering that it was Skao who wanted to do such a thing, it is normal.

"No," Bai Jinshu said calmly, "Xu Ke will still refuse."

Zhao Yinglai blinked in confusion.

"You don't understand this kind of person." The long-haired young man shook his head.

Or in other words, Zhao Yinglai in the native world of the Gu Field could not understand why there were people like Xu Ke in the world.

"Even if he could achieve his goal by condoning it, it would be difficult for Xu Ke to cross his bottom line and allow such a thing to happen."

"So..." Zhao Yinglai thought about it.

"So my purpose was clear from the beginning," he said.

Exposing these things to Xu Ke was not done to see Xu Ke's reaction, nor was it done out of spite to frame Wen Qi.

From the beginning to the end, Bai Jinshu understood that with just a few days and a Wen Qi who had no foundation at all, it was not enough time to deal with the big shot. Even if they could deal with the big shot, they could not deal with the group of wandering souls represented by him who were living in the world of the living.

All his preparations, the training of Wen Qi, the hints to Xu Ke, the layout spanning two worlds, and every driving force that pushed the events forward step by step, were for this final step.

"I have always been willing to pay back a hundredfold to those who have hurt me."

What's more, this was the only time Huai Jiamu almost died in the unknown space.

The “big shot” is going to die, and those who are with the “big shot” can’t even think of hiding.

Telling Xu Ke all this was not to make him make a choice at the moment, but to implant a concept in his mind now, a subconscious thought that he could only kill people if he wanted to rescue his teammates.

With people like Skao around him, he would doubt Wen Qi and think that she really knew part of the story, but he would not think that she was the one who killed the person.

The disappearance of the real murderer Skao will become a thorn in his heart. As long as he does not show up, Xu Ke will never forget this incident. The only person he can contact is Wen Qi. He will only observe carefully. If he confirms that Wen Qi is indeed involved, he will take the next step.

In this high-pressure situation where the greatest helper has become a bomb that could explode at any time, even if they leave, Wen Qi, who has inherited the family property after the death of her parents and suddenly returned to her rightful class, does not dare to get carried away and lose her sense of proportion.

And if Wen Qi accidentally exposed herself and made Xu Ke realize that she was involved in many of the previous murders, this would be the time for him to really start making a choice, and it would also be Skao's last resort -

Wen Qi died or was punished, but the damned person is still at large. Given her personality, it is absolutely impossible for her to just admit defeat and leave quietly.

Regardless of whether Xu Ke will be involved in the handling of Wen Qi at that time, she will definitely try her best to hand the list to him.

If this day really comes, after many years, Xu Ke finally reaches the crossroads of the third choice.

He may choose to take action, but what is more likely is that he will still try to use legal means to try and punish them legally.

By that time, it is still unknown how many of the remaining souls in the world will still be alive and how many will have power, but the energy that can be mobilized will definitely be much less than what it is now.

Skao planted a seed in Xu Ke's heart, and in return...

A group of people will never have peace.

The author has something to say:

Ahhhhhh, this book that's been killing me is finally going to end.

I will finish writing all the unfinished stuff in one go.