Wu Yu's throat tightened.
What else can we do...?
One body, one soul; the missing one is, of course, gone.
"explain."
“…I ate it.” At this moment, Wu Yu fully displayed his bullying and cowardly nature, not even daring to look at Shi Jinzhe.
They were in cahoots; they killed their own comrades, so it's easy to imagine what their fate would be.
To everyone's surprise, Shi Jinzhe didn't say anything, but simply stood up without any expression and said, "You can leave now."
"I can walk?" Wu Yu's face lit up with surprise. "Really?"
"Really." Shi Jinzhe made Shehe release Wu Yu. "Let's go."
The black and gold spikes were retracted, freeing Wu Yu's limbs. He immediately got up from the ground. "So, I'm really leaving?"
Schech ejected the corrosive liquid: "If you ask again, you're not leaving."
"Let's go, let's go, we're leaving now."
Wu Yu scrambled out, and as he grabbed the doorknob, he heard someone behind him say, "Be a good person from now on. You still have a chance to correct your mistakes before others find out what you did."
Wu Yu turned around and saw Shi Jinzhe standing at the door of the room. His expression was no longer as cold as before; it was very sincere.
"You are also victims of the world becoming like this. The repetition day after day has numbed you, leaving you only able to seek stimulation through voyeurism. I don't think you wanted this, right? Anyway, you've already lost your eyes. Just consider this God giving you a chance to change and become a person who can be true to yourself from now on."
Wu Yu was stunned by this unexpected remark: "Why...why are you telling me all this?"
“You were very objective when you talked about those people, especially when you were evaluating the teacher. You disliked her behavior of delaying rent payments, but you weren’t influenced by your subjective feelings because of her profession. When you evaluated 202, you didn’t just say things you didn’t understand. You weren’t completely bad.”
Shi Jinzhe's cold and aloof demeanor was so deceptive that Wu Yu felt an instant connection with him after just a few words.
This was the first time someone had said such comforting words to him. The man in front of him said he was objective, but in fact, he was also very objective in his self-assessment, and he was not affected by what happened in the hallway.
For some reason, Wu Yu was suddenly very moved.
"To know one's mistakes and correct them is the greatest virtue."
Faced with Shi Jinzhe's encouraging gaze and seeing him take the initiative to stop Shehe, Wu Yu thought that perhaps this was a case of becoming friends after a fight.
At that moment, Wu Yu regained a sliver of his conscience.
He reminded Shi Jinzhe: "Don't go out after 11 p.m. It's dangerous at night. Sleeping is the safest way to spend the night. Don't overthink before you go to sleep."
"Thank you for reminding me, I'll remember it." Shi Jinzhe 'struggled' to press down on Shehe's hand. "You should go now."
"Okay!" Wu Yu nodded emphatically, then strode into the dark stairwell.
The security door clicked shut behind him, and Wu Yu walked upstairs with a sense of relief.
"Plop—"
His body exploded without warning.
Blood splattered with impurities filled the air, and a whole person instantly disintegrated, shattering into a blood mist.
The scattered bloodstains were caught by the all-encompassing golden array before they spread, preventing any area from getting dirty.
Within the blood mist, the black-gold liquid that had completed the mission dispersed and coalesced, transforming into mist along with the blood mist and returning to 402, entering the crystal.
Shi Jin retracted the scepter, ignoring the surprised looks of Zhou Xiao and Ban Cun, and stroked Shehe's hair.
"Thank you for your hard work in acting in such a childish play with me."
"You're the one who does all the good work, I don't have a choice."
Shekh had long seen through it all; Shi Jinzhe was the one who knew best how to take advantage of others, and he could make the dead seem alive with a single word.
However, he can get a lot of information out of people with his mouth, so it's not a bad deal to let him pretend to be a good person.
Wu Yu must die. The persuasion he showed earlier was only temporary. When he reminded him, it didn't necessarily mean he realized he was wrong; he just felt that he had received recognition.
A ghost who can see the true appearance of players is always at risk of betraying everyone. Considering his last shred of conscience, sending Wu Yu to an early death and rebirth is the best we can do.
The clock on the wall pointed to 10:45, just a quarter of an hour away from 11:00, as Wu Yu had said.
Zhou Xiao and Ban Cun suggested leaving. Before leaving, Shi Jinzhe instructed them, "Next time you see me, pretend you don't know me. Among the residents Wu Yu knows, most of them are office workers who leave early and return late."
Wu Yu said that we weren't familiar with each other, and that a simple greeting from him would be enough, but he could send me any news about other players.
Zhou Xiao quickly agreed. He understood; he needed to gather information on other players and then compile the information they found for Shi Jinzhe.
No need to face ghosts and monsters directly, and there's a powerful figure to guide you – that sounds great!
When saying goodbye to Jin Zhe and Shehe, Zhou Xiao and Ban Cun, who were back on the third floor, exclaimed, "We were really lucky this round. You said that it was risky for me to take the initiative to recognize players, but risk is opportunity."
"It's just a coincidence. Don't take any chances. You still need to be more vigilant later."
Ban Cun thought to himself, "If Shi Jinzhe is the kind of player who says one thing to one person and another to another, he'll probably sell you out and you'll still be counting the money for him."
And the blindfolded woman next to him, although she wasn't very eloquent, could easily kill a ghost just by standing there, without using any talismans or props.
Players with this level of skill don't need to reason with them; they can kill them without any defense.
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