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Chapter 67 Un Entertainment (End) On the small [Terminate Contract] button...
Meng Jiang, as the team leader, was the first to react and stepped forward to stop the farce, pushing Jiang Yang towards Ji Yang.
Jiang Yang was still baring his teeth and brandishing his claws, and Ji Yang, afraid of hurting someone by using too much force, couldn't escape taking a few punches himself.
Cain helped Wu Yibai up; Wu Yibai's face still bore the bloodstains from Jiang Yang's scratches.
The physical harm wasn't great, but the insults were real. Many people were curious about the "scumbag" Jiang Yang had mentioned, keeping their eyes fixed on him, but their ears were perked up, afraid of missing anything.
Wu Yibai remained silent. Jiang Yang was sobbing so hard she almost choked. Aside from the sounds of the wind and waves, the only other sound on the deck was Jiang Yang's constant sobbing. After she finally calmed down, Xingye suddenly added, "The person you hit was the Tower's agent, you know~"
Jiang Yang had heard of the agents before. In terms of hierarchy within the tower, an agent was only one level below the highest-ranking person in charge. He grabbed Ji Yang's sleeve and asked frantically, "What should we do? Will I die?"
As she spoke, she burst into even louder sobs, "Can the Tower Agent really deceive people's feelings? You scumbag! You big liar!"
Jiang Yang's face was still flushed from the alcohol. Ji Yang pulled her into his arms and gently comforted her, "Don't be afraid, even the tower is reasonable."
His words also confirmed that Wu Yibai, the agent of the Tower, had deceived people's feelings, which led to his current predicament and retaliation.
There is a reason for everything, and the logic is self-consistent.
Wu Yibai's face darkened, and he felt a tightness in his chest as he asked stiffly, "How did I deceive your feelings?"
The young man angrily broke free from Ji Yang's embrace and ran forward, his hand uncontrollably reaching out to strike him.
Wu Yibai stepped back slightly, his eyes hardening as he looked at Jiang Yang. "You asked for it," he said, as a talent card appeared between his fingers. Then, the air twisted and transformed into countless sharp blades that rushed towards him.
Jiang Yang was somewhat stunned. Ji Yang reacted quickly, raising his sword and cutting most of them in half. However, several others seemed to have locked onto their targets, carrying a chilling aura as they rushed towards them.
A sharp blade sliced through Ji Yang's cheek, blood trickling down his jawline. He stood with his back to Wu Yibai, shielding Jiang Yang. Before him were Jiang Yang's trembling eyelashes, beneath which he silently held back tears. Ji Yang touched Jiang Yang's face and whispered, "Don't be afraid."
Turning around, the Justice Card hovered in mid-air, firmly fixing the sharp blade in place.
He shouted, “Agent, I ask you with the power of justice in the Tower.”
[Un Entertainment Observation Room - Ji Yang's Perspective]
"No, Ji Yang even used the power of justice, so it's true that the Tower Agent is manipulating the players' feelings?"
"At first I thought Jiang Yang was acting, oh my god, they're going all out!"
"What kind of chaotic scene is this?! Aaaaaaah!"
The so-called power of justice is a just judgment that stands above the tower of judgment and recognizes only right and wrong.
Right is right, and wrong is wrong.
But the premise is that what Jiang Yang said is true. Only if Wu Yibai is indeed his ex-boyfriend and has indeed betrayed his feelings as he said, will the power of justice be able to effectively attack Wu Yibai. Otherwise, it will completely backfire on Ji Yang.
This shows Ji Yang's unconditional trust and tolerance towards Jiang Yang, but it doesn't stop Ji Yang's heart from bleeding.
"No need to ask anymore," Wu Yibai said, withdrawing his strength, and the sharp blade fell to the ground.
This meant acknowledging the matter. Ji Yang felt the pain intensify. He silently withdrew the card and forced a smile, saying, "Since that's the case, let's settle our personal grudges. I don't think the agent wants to hear words like 'domestic violence' in the future."
Wu Yibai was provoked again. Forcing himself to calm down, he turned to Cain and asked, "Should we still sign?"
Cain naturally agreed wholeheartedly and quickly took out the prepared contract. At this point, Jiang Yang still objected, saying, "I don't agree."
Wu Yibai was furious. "What exactly do you want?"
Jiang Yang declared righteously, "Now, as the highest-ranking holder of Un Entertainment's authority, I represent Un Entertainment in refusing your contract, understand? I won't sign with a scumbag!"
After going around in circles, Jiang Yang's real purpose is right here.
Wu Yibai's appearance signifies that Gaota is determined to acquire and cannot relinquish Un Entertainment. Jiang Yang, as a player standing in Gaota's position, has no reason to refuse. Therefore, he intends to turn it into a personal grudge and refuse to sign with Wu Yibai on his own.
This leaves Gaota with two choices: either replace Wu Yibai or give up signing the contract. However, no matter what they choose, it's not something that can be resolved right now, so there's still room for maneuver.
He glanced at Ji Yang's disappointed expression, but Ji Yang had unexpectedly become an unstable variable in his plan. He was unsure whether to involve Ji Yang or not.
Jiang Yang was worried that it would harm Ji Yang.
...
The contract was never signed, the banquet was forced to end, and Wu Yibai somehow left the cruise ship. Everyone temporarily returned to their respective rooms to await the end of the trial.
The ship suddenly began to shake violently, and the wind whipped up waves several meters high, creating a sharp roar. Jiang Yang stood by the window, where a huge, heavy cloud covered the dark sky outside, so thick it seemed to suffocate him.
Something seemed to be surging on the sea, but he couldn't see it clearly. Just as he was running frantically to the deck, someone came running back in a panic, shouting, "There's a whirlpool ahead! We're going to get sucked in!"
Jiang Yang ran to the fence, and this time he could see clearly.
A light rain began to fall, wetting Jiang Yang's hair. Ji Yang, who was following behind him, found an umbrella from somewhere and held it over his head. Ji Yang quickly assessed the situation and said, "If we don't change course, we'll be caught in the vortex in half an hour at most. If we're lucky, we'll escape; if we're unlucky, we'll be torn to pieces."
The young man looked up, his gaze falling on the top deck, where Cain stood alone.
But Jiang Yang is not alone.
Jiang Yang's eyes gradually hardened, and for the first time, he spoke frankly with Ji Yang about his plans: "I want to find Cain to get the remaining permissions, but I need you to help me figure out how to return." This time, he included Ji Yang in his plan.
Ji Yang took Jiang Yang's hand and placed the umbrella in her hand, just as he had always supported her. "Be careful. Nan Ke and I will go to the control room to check. I'll have Nan Ke send you a message if anything happens."
As Ji Yang turned to walk into the rain, Jiang Yang couldn't help but softly call out his name.
The person turned to look at him, half of their body extending beyond the umbrella, raindrops falling on their shoulder. For a moment, Jiang Yang really wanted to explain Wu Yibai's situation. He opened his mouth, but Ji Yang leaned down and whispered in his ear, "Good boy, see you in a bit."
...
When Jiang Yang went up, Cain didn't react at all.
As Ji Yang rallied everyone to move, Cain suddenly burst out laughing, his disdainful gaze sweeping over the tiny humans, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust. "Don't waste your energy, they can't get off the ship."
Jiang Yang stood beside Cain, the feeling of being above him making him uneasy. Turning to look at Cain's calm demeanor, he asked, "Why did you kill Ali?"
“What’s the point of keeping a traitor around?” Cain retorted, referring to Ali stealing his files.
"But you kept her for a long time, didn't you?" According to the timeline Jiang Yang knew, Ali first stole the documents, then got pregnant and had an abortion, and finally became Ali, so Cain kept her for a long time.
Cain sighed, "Yes, I kept her around for so long," he gritted his teeth, his eyes fierce, "but how could she be so ungrateful, actually inciting others to have abortions?"
"I don't know why she wanted to have an abortion." Jiang Yang only guessed that it was related to Yu Tu's desire to take over. Da Jiang gave Ali a small knife with a copper handle for self-protection. Yu Tu stole it and killed the Rat Doctor. In the end, it came back to him after many twists and turns. It can only be said that fate is playing tricks on people.
He then added, "But I know she gave birth to a holy child."
"What!" Cain's emotions cracked slightly.
It started with a soft laugh, then grew louder and louder, almost manic, and his body trembled with the laughter. He spoke in a hoarse voice, muttering in disbelief, "Impossible, this is impossible."
"They're all lying; they're all just trying to escape!"
"Why can she love her own child? Why is she a mother who loves her own child?"
"Mother, oh Mother, are you the only one who doesn't love me?"
Jiang Yang waited quietly for him to calm down. Cain slumped to the ground, looking up at the glaring light that forced him to squint. "I gave them a chance, to terminate the contract after the Holy Infant was born, but it was too difficult. No one loves their own child."
"like?"
Cain stood up. "Yes."
He opened his arms to welcome the even more violent downpour, saying, "All the children who have received their mother's love, I will give them a new life in this building. How about that! Aren't you excited? Hahahahaha."
Looking forward to it? Jiang Yang felt it was incredibly ironic.
A child who receives love is a holy child; a child who does not receive love is a commodity.
The mother who gave birth to the Holy Infant can break the contract, but the Holy Infant will be trapped in this high-rise building forever.
"But why didn't she tell me about this?"
Cain's eyes were glazed over and his expression was confused. He still remembered the scene of his first meeting with Ali. It was an extremely humiliating night for him at Un Entertainment. Someone jokingly asked him if he wanted to pick up his self-respect, on the condition that he thrust a certain part of himself hard into Ali's body.
They reveled in Ali's fear and the pleasure of dominating him.
Ali was proud and wise. While she went along with things, she would find opportunities to smash the wooden sticks hard on the onlookers. She was always like this. Even when she was schemed against countless times, it would inspire her to resist countless times.
Therefore, when the tower, which resembled a god, chose him, he killed everyone who had seen him in his wretched state, except for Ali.
But Ali stole his secret.
He controlled the urge to kill her, only punishing her by turning her into those lowly rabbits.
She said she loved the child, and he chose to tolerate it once again, until news came that she had led the rabbit to have an abortion.
Liars! They're all liars!
He made Ali lower her stubborn back until news came that Ali was going to reveal the secret.
Betrayal! Why did she betray me?!
"Here, take it back," Jiang Yang said, taking out the folder.
Cain's gaze gradually focused on the folder. This file was something he had been unable to destroy even after killing everyone, as if it were nailing him to the pillar of shame, constantly reminding him of the aspect he could not let go of.
He reached out and took it, his hands trembling, his lips quivering, "Why...why is it with you..."
Jiang Yang shook his head without explaining.
Ali is dead, and telling Cain her never-before-seen thoughts has become meaningless.
He hoped that, "Teacher, once Un Entertainment is no longer under the control and influence of the Tower, we can live a good life."
Cain realized something and kept backing away until his body was pressed against the railing. "There's no going back, there's no going back."
"Tian Yu asked me, which I think was also Maple's wish, if she transferred the management rights of Un Entertainment to me, would I treat the lonely souls in Un Entertainment well?"
“I said, I cannot bear the weight of so many souls, but I will release all the bound souls.”
"So let's start over, teacher."
Jiang Yang pleaded humbly, "Just like when we first met, okay?"
"No," Cain's emotions vanished, his eyes vacant. "It was I who killed Ali, who killed Maple."
“Look, Mother, I really did it,” Cain said, spreading his arms and falling backward. Jiang Yang’s hand passed through his body as she watched his body crash into the ship, blood splattering everywhere, before finally falling into the sea.
[UnEntertainment's authorized holder, Cain, will transfer his privileges to Jiang Yang, the current highest-level authorized holder. Do you accept?]
The waves surged, and the shadow of a large fish appeared on the seabed; even its corpse had completely disappeared.
Jiang Yang stared blankly at the sea. Ji Yang and Nan Ke, having received no reply from him, ran up and dragged him away.
Nan Ke scolded, "What are you daydreaming about? Are you going to end up buried with this ship in a bit?"
He remained silent, tears falling silently. Nan Ke awkwardly comforted him, saying, "Okay, okay, I won't scold you anymore. Why did I make you cry?"
The cruise ship had a set route, which Nan Ke and Ji Yang couldn't change. Fortunately, after some searching, they found a few speedboats that could barely accommodate everyone. However, they discovered that some people couldn't disembark.
"It's okay, I know what to do," Jiang Yang said calmly, regaining her composure.
After opening the panel and clicking "Accept Permissions," I realized that Cain had just mentioned the issue of contract termination, which was likely the main permission he had to grant.
Jiang Yang's fingers moved quickly across the panel, and sure enough, it was true.
So many souls are bound by that tiny "cancel contract" button, so go home as soon as possible.
As the sea rose, many shadows emerged from the surface. Jiang Yang parted his lips and uttered two words: "Furnace."
...
There is less than an hour left until the end of the seventh day.
Of the 160 players, fewer than 60 retained their player consciousness and identity in the end. This is a significant breakthrough considering that the survival rate in each trial is less than 10%.
While everyone gathered in the lobby waiting for the end, Jiang Yang took the elevator alone. There was a key on the panel, and he roughly knew which lock it corresponded to. The elevator eventually stopped on the twelfth floor.
They walked up to the office door that they had never opened from the outside, inserted the key into the lock and turned it slowly. There was nothing inside except an ordinary desk with a letter on it.
It was left behind by the soul that Cain had always misunderstood.
The truth is that Maple only occupies a small part of his body, but that's not important.
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Author's Note: I originally thought the moment the second dungeon ended would be very relaxing,
But today was really heavy. I've been feeling okay lately, and I'm trying to keep up with daily updates, hehe~
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