Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Yang Wenxin's pupils constricted, and her heart swelled to the point where it felt like it was about to burst through her skin barrier.
Her soul was like a pool of water filled with black ink, with venom churning and spreading within it, though the reaction did not appear severe on the surface.
Only Yang Wenxin herself knew that the curse carried in the venom had completely extinguished her life force. Her soul was burned into a black charcoal shell in the scorching heat. With a push of her finger, this lifeless shell would shatter into pieces, leaving behind a pile of ashes.
Her scattered soul vanished, and her peculiar body fell straight down, her backward-facing glass pupils reflecting the hopeless figures of her teammates.
Of the seven people, only one survived.
Less than six hours into the game, the only high-level player was eliminated, making the chances of winning in this division slim, tantamount to being eliminated.
Shekh picked up the item from the ground; no skill cards were lost, and the item itself was mediocre.
Yang Wenxin has been worn down too much, and all the good things in her have been worn away.
She used her tail to curl up the stiff body and placed it on a relatively clean open space.
Yang Wenxin's resentment was fully revealed in the look in her eyes before the transfer. She was a worthy opponent, but she could not live.
Unlike Jiang Wenxin, whose resentment in committing suicide was not directed at her and Shi Jinzhe, Yang Wenxin was someone she and Shi Jinzhe attacked first in order to seize the crystal, so she had ample reason to resent them.
Letting go of such a powerful opponent will only lead to endless troubles. Since we've already taken it, there's no need to feign compassion and leave behind problems.
As for the blue-haired guy, he's well protected. He probably has a skill that's useful but has high limitations. We'll talk about it when we encounter him.
Sheh handed both the real and fake crystals to Shi Jinzhe, and at this point, Shi Jinzhe had collected three crystals.
He took the two items, the authenticity of which was unclear, and handed them to Jiang Yi, saying, "You'll have to figure out how to tell the difference yourself."
"Thank you." Jiang Yi didn't refuse.
Whether she defends herself or not, she thought she wouldn't get anything from this fight.
Out of five kills, she only got one braid; the players who dropped crystals were all killed by Sher.
She tilted her head. "If you just share the stuff Shekh makes with your teammates, won't she mind?"
Shi Jinzhe was wiping Shehe's mouth with a tissue when he casually replied, "Ask her."
Shekh turned his head. "What's given to him is his; how it's distributed is none of my business."
Whether it's props or anything else, none of these are of much use to her. She just takes what's useful to him while protecting him.
Shi Jinzhe: "Look, she said I can make the decision."
Jiang Jin: "..."
I get it, he did it on purpose.
He could have answered her directly, but he made her say it herself.
Ah, what a cunning man.
She shoved the crystal into Jiang Yinxue's hand, saying, "Take a look and see which one is real and which one is fake."
Jiang Yinxue glanced at it a few times and shook her head: "Your skills are not good enough to tell."
Jiang Yi exclaimed, "If you're not skilled enough, do I have to repeat the entrance exam for junior high? Besides, aren't you a top scholar? Shouldn't you be knowledgeable and talented?"
"A scholar is only considered a top scholar when he's alive; once he's dead, who will recognize him?"
Jiang Yinxue ignored the question and turned to walk out: "Two genuine crystals. Besides taking the one for the Rat, they should have also taken the one for the Pig. They are both in the vicinity. The Pig is located in the northwest-northwest water position of the Rat. We can skip this place and go directly to the next one. I will go and scout ahead for your female ghost who was affected by the sword energy."
After saying that long sentence, Jiang Yinxue left Jiang Yi with only her receding figure.
She stood there blinking, realizing that Jiang Yinxue showed no intention of stopping to wait for her.
“He doesn’t look very happy.” Shi Jinzhe passed by her. “The sun is moving westward. We need to conserve our energy and find a place to rest for a while, so that we won’t be too tired to deal with the city if it collapses.”
Jiang Jin: "?"
How did Shi Jinzhe realize he was unhappy?
She caught up with Shi Jinzhe and Shehe, gazing at Jiang Yinxue's retreating figure, and asked, "How did you find out?"
Shi Jinzhe: "You're more measured in your words now than you were before we fought."
Jiang Jin: "What's the connection?"
"His renewed awareness of propriety proves that he is intentionally restraining something." As for what he is restraining, Shi Jinzhe doesn't know this person well, so he didn't say much about things that were uncertain.
Jiang and I are, in the end, teammates, but we're still a step away from being friends. One word of advice is enough.
After a moment's thought, he said, "If you chase after him now, he might feel better."
Jiang raised an eyebrow. "You know so much?"
Shi Jinzhe nodded: "You'll know once you try it."
Jiang Yi chased after her with some doubt, and when she was far away, Shi Jinzhe put his arm around Shehe's shoulder and kissed her ear.
After the kiss, I finally felt relieved, having released that pent-up urge to be close to her that I felt was inconvenient with others around.
"Why am I unhappy when I'm being careful? I don't understand either." Shekh raised his hand, pressing the back of his hand against his face to block the second kiss. "And did you deliberately send her away?"
"It was intentional, mainly because of the way Jiang Yi looked at us every time..." Shi Jinzhe tried hard to think of an adjective, but couldn't come up with one.
Shech spoke for him, “She has this expectation that you won’t be so polite with me.”
"...That's a very accurate description; that's exactly what I think."
"That's exactly what we did."
After Shekh finished speaking, he suddenly had the idea to observe Shi Jinzhe's face, as if he was making a comparison to confirm something.
After a moment, she nodded in agreement: "It is indeed not elegant at all."
“This is not something that can be done politely.” Shi Jinzhe’s thought process was now perfectly aligned with Shehe’s, and he knew exactly what she was talking about as soon as he heard her.
Having overcome his initial discomfort, he had long since begun to align himself with her, becoming increasingly straightforward with her.
"If a close person is always gentle and calm towards you, without any emotional fluctuations, then you are definitely not even dispensable in their life."
Shi Jinzhe slowed down, waiting until he was further away from Jiang Yinxue before continuing.
"Besides, if you think it's impolite, do you think it's ugly?"
Shekh shook his head. "It's not that it looks bad, it's just quite different from how I maintain my composure and politeness in public."
"That's it. Strip away all the coverings and expose your naked body and expression to the other person. When emotions run high, those appearances are not very attractive, but if you are willing to give the other person the right to observe, then this kind of feeling will make these imperfections more attractive. Apart from physical instincts, psychological satisfaction will also bring people into an indescribable state. That's why humans are always so enthusiastic about this kind of thing."
Shi Jinzhe concluded, "That's why I can't be polite to you. If one day I become very polite, then you can start thinking about how to kill me."
"Is it because once you become the same as before, it means that the feelings have been completely worn away?"
"yes."
Shekh remained calm: "I will."
Shi Jinzhe was not intimidated by her frankness; this was the answer he wanted to hear.
He asked, "Now do you know why I said Jiang Yinxue was unhappy?"
“Hmm.” A side of Sheh that she had never encountered before was opened up, and she concluded: “Jiang Yinxue doesn’t dare let Jiang Yi see her completely because she’s afraid, so she simply doesn’t want to.”
"That's impressive. Although I'm not sure which one he's afraid of, the reason is pretty much the same."
Shekh looked up ahead and said, “Treat thinking lives as tools devoid of freedom, and you will naturally be timid.”
She heard Jiang Yinxue say those words during the battle, and now that she was in contact with Jinzhe, she finally understood what they meant.
Time and again, they were forcibly controlled, with the game placing itself above these unconventional lives that were already restricted. Who knows, one day their master might be replaced.
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