Chapter 060
Shijiu hadn't seen Wayne for two days.
This world wasn't a place with advanced information technology, and there were no communicators or anything like that. Shijiu could only contact Wayne through the magic envelope he'd given her. Wayne had always replied to her messages, no matter what he was doing, but this time, Shijiu hadn't received a single word from him.
She didn't know why, but she always had a bad feeling.
Shijiu was still out on missions. They'd encountered a lot of trouble in the past few days, even encountering an ambush from a trainee. Shijiu was clearly in a bad mood, and all the trainees who came to ambush them were immediately eliminated by Shijiu.
We had been on a mission outside the city for two days. It was very cold outside at night. Someone found some dry wood and started a fire. Everyone sat in front of the fire to keep warm.
An Qi was very sensitive and noticed that something was wrong with Shi Jiu. During the evening break, An Qi brought some food to Shi Jiu and asked quietly, "Jiu, what's wrong with you? I feel like you've been a little unhappy these past two days."
Shi Jiu still held the magic envelope with no reply in her hand. She glanced down and said softly, "Wayne hasn't replied to my letter yet."
Hearing Shi Jiu's words, An Qi was slightly stunned. "Wayne?"
She then asked, "Who is Wayne?"
Shi Jiu looked up at An Qi in disbelief. An Qi's expression was very serious and she didn't seem to be joking at all.
Shi Jiu's hands instantly turned cold, "You don't know Wayne?"
An Qi looked confused: "I don't know him."
“............”
Shi Jiu didn't want to believe it. She asked many people, including Qinglang and some people in the army. But without exception, none of them knew Wayne, as if this person had never appeared in this world.
[Bullet screen]: Oh my god, it can’t be that cruel, why doesn’t everyone remember Wayne?
[Bullet screen]: It’s so strange, why did Wayne suddenly disappear?
【Bullet screen】: Wayne is missing, what should we do with Ajiu?
Shi Jiu immediately returned to the edge of the city and went directly to Wayne's dormitory. But when she opened the door of Wayne's room, she found a female officer living inside.
The female officer said she had lived there for a long time and she didn't know Wayne at all.
Everything changed, as if Wayne's existence was just a dream she had.
Almost all the audience thought that Shijiu would be sad after Wayne disappeared. But to everyone's surprise, Shijiu was extremely calm. In the next few days, Shijiu never mentioned Wayne's name again, as if even she had forgotten Wayne.
However, those who knew Shijiu well noticed that she had changed a bit. She spoke less and smiled less often. While others were chatting, she would often sit in a corner and stare blankly.
"Ajiu." Every time Anqi saw Shijiu daydreaming aside, she would come over to keep her company.
"Is Wayne a very important person to you?" Angel looked up at the moon in the sky and asked softly.
Shi Jiu never answered.
Just when An Qi thought she didn't want to talk about it, she heard Shi Jiu say, "Well, it's very important."
"He was my first friend." Shi Jiu raised his eyes to the sky. "I was very lonely when I was little. I was in poor health and had no friends."
"Then he appeared beside me. We shared the same hobbies. He took good care of me, went out with me, and studied with me." Shi Jiu said with a slight laugh, "He's actually very smart and talented. But he just deliberately didn't study hard. Whenever he encountered a problem, he liked me to teach him."
"We have won many awards together and traveled to many places together."
"Childhood sweethearts?" An Qi asked with some envy.
"Um."
Shi Jiu seemed to be reminiscing about something, and she spoke softly, "We lived together for almost seven years... until I..."
Before Shi Jiu could finish his words, a loud noise suddenly sounded not far away. A flock of black crows flew out of the woods in panic.
"What's going on?" An Qi immediately became alert.
“Gather, gather!”
"Oh no, the one coming here is not an ordinary puppet!"
A light mist appeared in the forest, and the dark forest became a little weird.
"No, retreat immediately!" the commander gave the order.
Qinglang turned to look at Anqi and said in a deep voice: "This kind of aura is very likely from the leader... Do you want to..."
A figure flashed by, and Qinglang didn't even finish his words.
An Qi recognized the figure. She glanced at Qinglang and immediately chased after him, "Ajiu!"
The forest was filled with fog, and the further you went inside, the clearer you could hear the strange noises.
"Where's Shijiu?" Anqi looked everywhere but couldn't find Shijiu.
"Be careful, something is wrong here." Qinglang stood beside Anqi.
There are no human soldiers here now, and all their teammates have evacuated.
“Click, click, click.”
Hearing this strange sound, Qinglang immediately stepped back and said in a deep voice, "A puppet is coming."
Qinglang threw the folding fan in his hand, and the silver folding fan drew a beautiful light in the air.
A few seconds later, the roar of the puppet was heard not far away.
A strange, shriveled hand appeared in the mist, reaching out to the clear sky behind it.
"Careful, Qinglang!" When An Qi turned around to look at Qinglang, she saw such a strange scene, and she immediately warned him.
But Qinglang did not dodge, his chest was pierced, and a shriveled hand appeared on his chest.
An Qi opened her eyes wide: "Sunny!"
He could obviously dodge it.
Qinglang lowered his eyes to look at his hand on his chest. He suddenly reached out and the silver folding fan in his hand returned.
With a snap, Qinglang cut off one of the puppet's fingers.
The puppet's hand gradually disappeared. An Qi rushed to Qinglang's side, supported him, and asked anxiously, "How is it? Are you okay?"
Qinglang said helplessly: "It was all pierced through."
“.......”
An Qi: "Hold on a little longer. Jiu's healing ability is very strong. She can save you!"
Qinglang, whose body was covered in blood, shook his head. He smiled and stuck out his tongue: "No need, my mission is accomplished."
An Qi: “Hmm?”
Qinglang opened his hand. There was a shriveled finger in his hand. "My mission."
"Go help A Bar, she may be trapped by the leader." Qinglang said to Anqi before disappearing.
When Anqi found Shijiu, Shijiu was covered in blood.
Under her feet was a puppet that could no longer move, with green vines entwined around it.
Tick-tick, bright red blood dripped from her hand.
Shi Jiu's expression was frighteningly cold, and in her hand, she held a still-trembling heart.
Shi Jiu turned to look at An Qi. She walked to An Qi's side and said, "This is Ling's heart. If I'm not mistaken, this is also your mission."
An Qi opened her eyes slightly, and her eyes said it all.
What Shijiu said is correct.
An Qi knew her own strength. She was extremely lucky to have made it this far. So she didn't expect that she could complete the task.
By now, the players had probably figured out the rules. Only three trainees could complete the final mission. They would be the top three. An Qi had no ambitions; even if she were eliminated now, she would be perfectly content.
"Are you sure about this?" Shi Jiu had already handed the glowing red heart to her.
An Qi subconsciously took a step back: "No, Jiu."
Shi Jiu lowered his eyes and said softly, "I can't leave the game yet. But there's something I want you to help me with."
An Qi seemed to have guessed something. She asked, "Is it about him?"
Shi Jiu: “Yeah.”
An Qi hesitantly reached out and took the leader's heart from Shi Jiu's hand. The heart was soft and still had some residual warmth.
Shi Jiu took out a folded paper from his pocket and said, "When you get out, I want you to find out about someone for me."
"who?"
"Gu Yuxiu."
"I want to know if he's awake." Shi Jiu said, handing the piece of paper in his hand to An Qi. "This is how to send me a message. Follow the steps above and I'll receive your message."
An Qi nodded, took the paper from Shi Jiu's hand, and responded seriously: "Okay, don't worry."
Shi Jiu: "Thank you."
An Qi's eyes were red. "Tell me thank you, then I will take it for granted. You are fine."
"Um."
About half a day after Anqi disappeared, Shijiu received her message.
Just as she thought, Wayne did not come back and Gu Yuxiu did not wake up.
Moreover, An Qi also found out that Gu Yuxiu's health suddenly deteriorated and he has been sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.
There was a reason why Wayne suddenly disappeared.
Something was holding him back.
Shijiu never gave up looking for clues. She found out one thing these days: Wayne and Naya had been missing.
Shijiu had only met Naya a few times, and she always gave her a strange feeling. Naya didn't look like an NPC in the game, nor did she look like a player.
What made her feel the same as Naya was the wine.
In the evening, a few blood-red clouds floated in the sky.
In a corner under the city wall, Shijiu was tied up and locked in a cage.
There were layers of vines wrapped around Jiuli's body and he couldn't move at all.
"Tsk." He remained calm in his alcohol, with no sense of being kidnapped at all. "He is indeed a high-powered game player, impressive."
Shi Jiu lowered his eyes indifferently, a faint green light appeared on his hand, and the vines on his body became tighter.
He hissed in his wine, then raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Attacking the messenger of God will bring punishment from God."
Shi Jiu heard some useful information, "God's messenger?"
At this point, there was no need to hide anything anymore. He grinned and said, "You are very smart."
Shi Jiu only cared about one question. She asked coldly, "Where is Wayne?"
Jiu Li twirled his wrist, which had just been released: "If you repeatedly violate the rules of the game, you will most likely be wiped out."
"Eradicate?"
Jiu Li's expression was a little serious. He looked at Shi Jiu and said word by word, "You don't really think that Wayne is a human, do you?"
Shi Jiu didn't say anything.
He chuckled softly in his wine and continued, "That guy Wayne is stubborn and obstinate, even challenging the Lord God's bottom line repeatedly."
"A few years ago, he escaped from the game, and the Lord God didn't pursue him. But I didn't expect him to do something even more outrageous later."
Shi Jiu frowned: "What?"
Jiuli lowered his eyes to look at Shijiu, and he asked softly: "How do you think you came back to life?"
“............”
"The Lord God sent Naya and me to take Wayne away, but we can't beat him. If he doesn't want to leave, there's nothing we can do."
"So it was him who took the initiative to accept the penalty."
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