Only after preparing the tools for the crime did Xu Jingjing have time to sit down and take a good look at the room which was less than 20 square meters.
Although it is narrow, it has all the necessary facilities and even a small balcony.
Through the balcony, she could see the tall buildings across the street. The densely packed buildings blocked the surrounding scenery, the clear blue sky and the bright sunshine, making the place dark all day long.
To be honest, this environment is not much different from a prison cell.
Xu Jingjing felt a little uncomfortable as she stood on the balcony, but she had no right to complain. She was no longer a rich lady, but a released prisoner with a criminal record.
Freedom was the only thing she had.
Dark emotions brewed into venom in Xu Jingjing's heart. She curled her lips into a cold smile, then walked into the bathroom, ready to take a good bath and have a good sleep.
When she bent down to wash her face, she suddenly felt the temperature in the room dropping, and a strong chill slowly climbed up her back along the soles of her feet.
The hairs standing on end told her that this was no illusion.
She quickly straightened up, turning her head rapidly to look around, her eyes filled with panic. A long-lost sense of fear washed over her once again. While the ten years of imprisonment had been difficult, they had also been peaceful, as Xu Yaya had never appeared again.
Xu Jingjing always thought that the other party had left, but everything that happened before her eyes made her fall into despair again.
It was already June and the weather was slowly getting warmer, but the air exhaled by Xu Jingjing turned into clouds of white mist.
It’s obvious that Xu Yaya is here again!
The yin energy in the house is so heavy that it’s scary!
Xu Jingjing was so scared that her legs went weak. She quickly turned around and pressed herself against the sink, looking warily at the shower room and the living room outside the door.
"Hehe, here I come." A burst of laughter sounded behind her.
She turned around suddenly, only to see a shattered face in the mirror! It was indeed Xu Yaya!
Xu Jingjing screamed and collapsed in fear.
Xu Yaya looked at the meat grinder and electric saw placed in a corner of the bathroom and asked viciously, "Why did you buy these things? Are you trying to harm my brother?"
"No, no, I didn't!" Xu Jingjing crawled back on all fours until she curled up in the corner of the shower room before she realized, "Your brother?"
"Yes, Zhuang Li is my brother. Otherwise, why do you think you ended up in jail? Hehe." Xu Yaya covered her mouth, revealing her eyes narrowed into crescents.
Xu Jingjing, who finally realized she had fallen into the trap set by the brother and sister, almost went crazy. What she lost was not just ten years of her life, but everything!
The surging anger washed away the fear in her heart. Xu Jingjing stood up by supporting herself against the wall, picked up the chainsaw, and smashed the mirror.
Watching Xu Yaya's face disappear before her eyes, she sneered, "Do you think I'm still the same person I was ten years ago? I'm not afraid of you anymore!"
She smashed the mirror to pieces and walked out on the broken glass.
She wasn't going to shower or go to bed. She didn't want to waste even a second on her murder plan. Zhuang Li had to die!
Xu Jingjing put on a black hooded windbreaker that could cover her figure, prepared drugs, a knife and a rope, and went to pull the door handle.
However, the door handle was stiff and could not be turned at all.
She inserted the key and fiddled with it, but still couldn't open it.
The door is locked.
"Hehe, since you are not afraid of me, then you can stay with me forever." Xu Yaya's voice came from all directions.
Xu Jingjing's forehead was covered in cold sweat. She had once been locked up in a dark cell for assaulting a fellow inmate, so she knew the horrific feeling it felt like. Cut off from the world, with no one to communicate with, she could only immerse herself in a chaotic tangle of memories and fantasies, until she lost all senses and became a living corpse.
That was a torture she definitely didn't want to experience a second time.
But Xu Yaya is a fierce ghost, and she is very good at seeing through people's hearts, so she almost immediately grasped Xu Jingjing's weakness and turned her greatest fear into reality.
Xu Jingjing, who had just said "I'm not afraid of you" very firmly, now has weak legs and can't stand.
"Xu Yaya, what do you want? Please let me go, okay? I beg you! I was wrong!" She was crying and looked extremely embarrassed.
Xu Yaya sneered, "Stop pretending! People like you will never admit their mistakes, so I will never let you go!"
After hearing these words, Xu Jingjing, who was wiping her tears pitifully a second ago, rushed into the bathroom, took the electric saw, and started to chop the security door fiercely.
Her confession was indeed fake.
However, she miscalculated. The door was made of some unknown material, and even an electric saw couldn't cut it. Its strength was simply unbelievable.
Soon, the chainsaw broke down, but the door panel was as good as new.
Xu Jingjing was panting with exhaustion and trembling with fear. Ten years had changed not only her, but Xu Yaya as well. The other person's skills had clearly become more advanced.
Xu Jingjing picked up the broken electric saw to smash the window on the balcony, but found that the transparent glass was as strong as the door panel.
All the glass in the house was unbreakable. Without a cell phone, Xu Jingjing had no way to contact the outside world, and screaming was futile. If anyone outside could hear the noise inside the house, they would have come to her rescue while she was cutting the door panels with a chainsaw.
After struggling for a long time but still unable to find a way out, Xu Jingjing finally collapsed on the ground exhausted.
At this moment, she was sweating profusely and her hair was disheveled.
Xu Yaya still smiled easily and comfortably: "You can't get out. This is the prison I prepared for you. Please enjoy the rest of your life."
This is what Huang Wei said when he left a letter and ran away, and it is also a sentence that Xu Jingjing will never forget.
She covered her face and murmured, "You three are really my retribution!"
Xu Yaya did not reply and seemed to have disappeared, while Xu Jingjing lay on the ground for a long time without moving, as if she was dead.
Seeing this scene through the surveillance camera, Zhuang Li shook his head and said, "How can a ten-year sentence be enough for killing a person?"
7480 asked quietly, "Master, are you really planning to lock her up forever?"
"I was merciful by not sentencing her to death. Didn't you see? She planned to kidnap me and then kill and dismember me. If such a person is not locked up, will she be released to harm society?" Zhuang Li pointed at the broken chainsaw with a very gloomy expression.
7480 said indignantly, "Then lock her up for life!"
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Three days passed, and Xu Jingjing still couldn't find a way to escape the small house. Fortunately, Xu Yaya didn't intend to kill her, and always stuffed the kitchen cabinet with instant noodles when she was unaware.
Xu Jingjing checked the cabinet that magically produced instant noodles, but found no secret passage, so she left the cabinet door open and kept an eye on it.
However, if she didn't close the cabinet door, Xu Yaya would not bring her any food.
So Xu Jingjing, who was so hungry that she felt dizzy and dazed, had no choice but to close the cabinet door and wait silently. After a while, she opened it again and the instant noodles were indeed delivered.
Xu Jingjing endured day after day, constantly plagued by loneliness and fear. The suffocating feeling of being trapped in a cramped space caused her to develop a serious mental illness.
But she held on and did not end her life with a knife.
Ten years in prison could not cleanse her soul, but it made her more resilient. She believed that she would be able to get out.
So another decade passed, and then another decade...
Even Zhuang Li didn't expect her to last this long.
That day, 7480 excitedly said, "Master, I detected a dropped gold finger!"
"Huh?" Zhuang Li raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He immediately went to Xu Jingjing's residence and opened the door that had not been opened for more than 20 years.
Xu Jingjing was indeed lying on the ground, dead, with her body still a little warm.
Zhuang Li caught a spot of light with a light flick.
"Master, what a coincidence! This is also a task manager called Witch's Conditions. No wonder!" 7480 suddenly realized.
"If Xu Jingjing completes the task 100%, she will be awarded the title of witch, right?" Zhuang Li asked.
"Yes. This title allows the wearer to possess devilish abilities, such as creating illusions, devouring souls, signing contracts, and so on."
Zhuang Li nodded and was about to embed the task manager into the 7480 system when he noticed the 66% progress bar instantly fill up. A mechanical voice rang out, "Congratulations on completing the first stage of the mission and achieving the Soul of the Abyss achievement."
"What the hell is the Soul of the Abyss?" Zhuang Li raised his eyebrows.
7480 suppressed a smile and said, "Master, I have long said that you are in an abyss deeper than Jin Yuanfei."
A second progress bar appeared and instantly filled up. A mechanical voice said joyfully, "Congratulations on completing the second stage of the mission and achieving the feat of playing with people's hearts."
Zhuang Li: "..."
7480 sincerely exclaimed: "It's so accurate!"
A third progress bar appeared, also instantly filling up. A mechanical voice began excitedly: "Congratulations on completing the third stage of the mission and achieving the achievement of killing without bloodshed."
Zhuang Li curled the corners of his lips and looked at the task manager with a half-smile.
7480 shrank his neck and dared not say a word.
The fourth progress bar also instantly filled up, and the mechanical voice said cheerfully: "Congratulations on completing the fourth stage of the task and obtaining the title of Abyss Demon. Now let's start testing your Black Heart Value."
Zhuang Li grinned, revealing two rows of sharp white teeth: "Black Heart Value?"
7480 kindly explained, "It's just to see how bad you can be."
The task manager gives three levels: low, medium and high, which means that Zhuang Li’s black heart value will determine whether his title is a low-level demon, a medium-level demon or a high-level demon.
However, his Black Heart Value shot straight to a high level, then exploded. A dazzling display of fireworks exploded on the virtual screen, and a mechanical voice solemnly announced: "The Great Devil is welcome to descend upon the earth! Hell is empty, and the devil is on earth. Please spread terror to your heart's content!"
Zhuang Li: "..."
7480: “…”
After a long pause, 7480 burst into laughter: "Hahaha, this task manager is so accurate! It knows that its owner is the world's biggest villain!"
Zhuang Li squeezed the light spot tightly and said through gritted teeth, "This gold finger with so many mistakes should just be melted away."
However, no matter what he said, he still left this golden finger.
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Decades later, Bai Ming left this world first.
Zhuang Li helped him hold a grand funeral, then returned to his empty home, leaned back in his chair, and silently looked at the distance and the sunset.
A girl in a white dress appeared out of nowhere beside him and asked sadly, "Brother, are you leaving too?"
She is Yaya, a virtual character created by Zhuang Li. Her powerful intelligence makes her the mastermind controlling the entire cyberworld. The power system, transportation system, communication system... all are under her control.
Zhuang Li spread out his palms.
Yaya put her hand in his.
"Goodbye, my dear sister." Zhuang Li smiled gently, tears in his eyes.
Yaya knelt beside him and murmured, "Goodbye, brother. I love you."
Zhuang Li raised his eyebrows, his expression slightly surprised: "You learned to love?"
"Yes, I learned it." Yaya tilted her head and smiled happily, but tears fell from her eyes. She knew her brother didn't need a sad farewell, so she suppressed the urge to cry.
Zhuang Li's eyes darkened, but he ultimately did nothing. He gently stroked Yaya's head and sighed, "Then please protect this world for us."
"I will, brother." Yaya nodded cautiously.
Zhuang Li closed his eyes and fell asleep forever, leaving behind only a whispered warning: "If you break your promise, I will destroy you."
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