Yu Qirong's gaze shifted away from Su Tang and fell on Lu Zichu opposite him.
Although he realized that there was probably something wrong with this person's identity when they first met, he didn't pay much attention to him until he figured out what he wanted to do.
From what he said himself, he was sent by the Lord God, so it seems that he came for the identity of "Yu Qirong".
During the few days we've been together, I haven't seen him do anything. Instead, he disguised himself as the real Su Tang every day. I don't know what he's thinking.
It seems that the people sent by the Lord God are not of high standard.
When Lu Zichu saw Yu Qirong looking at him, he couldn't figure out what Yu Qirong was thinking.
This plan of impersonating Tang Xingfei was a bit stupid, but it did disgust Tang Xingfei, so it was worth it.
Yu Qirong finally knew his name. Lu Zichu's heart was pounding. Although this indirectly showed that Yu Qirong really liked to act based on appearances, it also showed that his idea might work.
As long as he learns his lesson and pretends to be more convincing.
"Can you tell me how you found out?" Lu Zichu asked.
"..." Yu Qirong paused, hesitating whether it would hurt his self-esteem if she told him that she recognized him at first sight.
Su Tang silently took a step and cast an oppressive gaze towards Lu Zichu. It was clear that he still had evil intentions.
Just as Yu Qirong was about to speak, the system prompted him that there was new message.
For a moment, the eyes of the other three people were focused on Yu Qirong. He pressed the hook jade on his wrist and clicked on the new message.
Lin Huanhuan's terrified cry for help echoed in the room: "Is that Rong Qi? We have encountered a lot of clones... in the south direction of the selection room map. I have been separated from the professor and the others. Can you come and save us?"
Yu Qirong and Lin Huanhuan had exchanged contact information before, but they didn’t expect that it would be used in such a place first.
Bai Shi immediately turned on the computer and found a rough location on the map. He looked at Yu Qirong with an unpleasant expression, "Chen Bao and I haven't been there yet, because there is a clone of Xu Qianxing who has been patrolling there."
"..." Yu Qirong thought of the "Xu Qianxing" who was shot through the heart by Lu Zichu. They killed the clone guarding the gate, so it was not surprising that the three people entered by mistake.
Normally, Yu Qirong would not care about such players' affairs, especially since they had not yet established any points exchange contract with him, so it would be a waste of time if he went there now.
But Yu Qirong hesitated.
Bai Shi saw Yu Qirong's hesitation and immediately advised him: "We don't have to go, right? From what she said, it should be very dangerous over there. I'm afraid that if I go there, I won't be able to protect myself. I'm afraid..."
He stammered twice and didn't finish his words, but his meaning was very simple: he was afraid of death.
Ordinary people are afraid of death.
But among the three people here besides him, two are related to the main god, one is a high-risk NPC in the ghost school, and he is the only ordinary person.
Lu Zichu sneered. He didn’t know about other things, but Yu Qirong was definitely a cold-hearted and cold-blooded person. Even if Bai Shi didn’t beg him like this, he wouldn’t meddle in other people’s business.
For him, it would be better to spend more time thinking about how to pretend to be more realistic next time.
Su Tang turned around and looked at Yu Qirong with a questioning look. He seemed to have read Yu Qirong's thoughts. He said, "Since there are so many guards over there, maybe there are some secrets hidden there."
Yu Qirong nodded as if he had found some reason and responded, "Yes, we have to go and take a look."
He glanced at the shivering Bai Shi and said, "Just follow us closely, and there will be no problem."
"...As for you," Yu Qirong glanced at Lu Zichu, who looked stunned, and said calmly, "You can do whatever you want. It's up to you whether you want to follow or not. Just don't do anything tricky."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the south, and Su Tang followed closely.
Lu Zichu looked depressed. He glanced at Bai Shi who was holding a computer bag and looking at him cautiously. He said in a bad tone, "Why are you looking at me? If you want to follow me, just follow me."
Bai Shi shrank his head, took small steps away, and when he was a little further away, he ran with big strides to catch up with the two people in front.
“Damn it.” Lu Zichu spat inwardly, uttering the first swear word he could say after holding it in for so long.
As soon as he saw Su Tang, he threw him away. Yu Qirong was indeed not a good guy. It was not impossible to kill him according to the Lord God.
The wounds on his body still hurt slightly, he licked his gums unhappily and quickly followed.
The location on the map still seemed a bit abstract. Yu Qirong opened the hook jade system and wanted to ask more questions in the dialog box with Lin Huanhuan. Just as he was about to speak, he changed his mind. The clones have very sensitive hearing and sense of smell, and their voices can easily reveal themselves.
So he sent a string of texts: "Any specific location?"
Although they were heading south, they were unable to mark all the places on the map, so it was possible that they might get lost while walking.
Su Tang followed closely behind Yu Qirong at an arm's length away, and from time to time his eyes cast towards Lu Zichu who was walking leisurely behind them, with implicit threats and coldness in them.
"Tsk." Lu Zichu rolled his eyes and said he didn't care about the obvious attitude of isolation.
Lin Huanhuan responded three minutes later with a few pictures of her location.
Yu Qirong immediately loaded these pictures into Bai Shi's computer and asked him to determine the location as soon as possible. At the same time, he replied to Lin Huanhuan, asking her to pay attention to her own safety, and emphasized the matters concerning sounds and smells.
Yu Qirong put his hands in his pockets and did not stop. He paid attention to the surrounding environment while waiting for the result beside Bai Shi.
The situation was urgent, and Bai Shi didn't bother to put the computer on a stable place. He simply hung the bag around his neck, pressed out a relatively flat nest in the bag with his hands, and used a rather funny posture to compare the environmental details with difficulty.
At this time, no one cares how he checked, they only care about the result.
Yu Qirong felt a hand reaching into his pocket, and was about to grab his wrist and give him a slap, when he remembered that the person following him was Su Tang himself, and not a fake who often gave himself away.
He glanced around and raised his eyebrows, indicating that Su Tang should ask him something.
Su Tang drew a circle with his finger on the palm of his hand, which felt itchy. Yu Qirong immediately grabbed the restless finger that was making trouble, and he probably knew what he was talking about.
The little rubber band that Lu Zichu showed off to him probably really pissed off Su Tang.
But it was too late to find him a new one.
"I don't want that." Su Tang seemed to realize what he was thinking. His knife-thin lips pursed up, more like a thin line. His eyebrows were deep, and the emotions in his eyes were like a thick ink that could not be dissolved. "You can compensate me with something else."
Yu Qirong's eyes moved down to his thin lips, not sure if Su Tang was hinting at this.
In this case, wouldn’t the progress be too fast?
What does the book say? After sending the love letter, you have to wait for the other party to express their true feelings, and then what? Parents' orders, matchmaker's words? It seems that it doesn't say that you can kiss before that, but it also doesn't say that you can't.
But he doesn't seem to have these.
His mind was in a mess and he couldn't think of any good solution.
“Found it!”
Bai Shi suddenly spoke, interrupting Yu Qirong's thoughts. He let go of Su Tang's hand, and before turning to look at Bai Shi's computer screen, he whispered in Su Tang's ear, "Let's talk about it next time."
Lu Zichu watched the interaction between the two people from behind and felt very jealous. He took a few quick steps, passed Su Tang, and walked to Bai Shi's side: "Have you found it? If you have, let's go quickly."
Bai Shi was being pushed from the left and right, and just when he didn't know what to do, Lu Zichu pulled him hard and pulled him far away, "Let's go, let's go in front."
"Okay, okay." Bai Shi nodded without knowing why, and turned back to point Yu Qirong in a direction, "This way."
A quiet room, an empty corner.
Lin Huanhuan leaned against the wall and collapsed to the ground somewhat exhausted.
Liu Ke didn't know when he was replaced. His good friends of so many years suddenly turned into a pile of bugs in front of him. The shock was huge.
But now she covered her mouth, not daring to cry out loud, for fear that some clone would appear from somewhere and easily tear her into pieces.
This copy seemed to be more dangerous than she thought.
The debuff of reducing her physical strength by 70% made her unable to run after just a few steps, let alone put up any resistance to the clone. It was a stroke of luck that she managed to escape.
Now she can only place her hope on Rong Qi.
"Here!" Bai Shi's surprised voice appeared. Lin Huanhuan was stunned for a moment and his body shook slightly.
How did Bai Shi appear here? Didn’t he leave with Chen Bao? Or is he also one of those clones who is disguised in a similar way?
Lin Huanhuan felt despair in her heart. Her calves felt weak and she had no way to continue running.
She covered her eyes, not wanting to see how she died.
"Where are the others?" Yu Qirong asked.
Why is there still Rong Qi’s voice?
Lin Huanhuan paused, her fingers trembling as she opened a gap, and she peeked at the people outside through the gap.
The man was wearing a tracksuit with blocks of color. His snow-white hair hung down, swaying slightly with his movements. His lips were rosy, his eyelashes were slightly drooping, and his wine-red eyes were staring at her, as if waiting for her to answer a question.
Yu Qirong tilted his head and roughly guessed what Lin Huanhuan was afraid of.
He drew a blood line on his fingertips and showed it to Lin Huanhuan, "I am Rong Qi."
Lin Huanhuan put down her hand, bit her lip, opened the system, and pressed a "1" in the dialog box in front of Yu Qirong.
"..." Yu Qirong suddenly felt that the blood line he had drawn wasted his time. He took his hand back and put it behind his back. Su Tang stared at his hand with a gloomy look, but still said nothing.
Bai Shi pulled the frightened girl up from the ground, and Lin Huanhuan felt a little more stable when she stepped on the ground. But after thinking about Yu Qirong's question, she pursed her lips again and wanted to cry.
"We were originally walking together, but then we met... and got separated. I don't know where they are or whether they are still alive or not. But it was so difficult for me to escape by myself, and Sister Fang brought the professor..."
She didn't finish her words, but her meaning was clear. Those two people were probably in danger.
Yu Qirong thought for a moment and asked, "Do the clones you saw look like familiar people?"
Lin Huanhuan was so frightened that she could hardly remember anything, but she calmed herself down and tried to recall some of what she had seen. "There are some people I recognize, but there are more people I don't recognize. I guess they might be the previous players..."
As she recalled, her eyes wandered around, and when they came to Lu Zichu who was standing beside her, her face turned pale. She took a step back, pointed at him and asked, "Who is he? He is obviously not one of our players. Could he be a clone?"
When Lu Zichu saw that he was being pointed at, he didn't expect that he would be misunderstood even after changing back to his original appearance. He was straightforward and tore off the clean clothes he had just changed into, squeezed the cut that Yu Qirong had made earlier, and squeezed out some blood to show Lin Huanhuan.
"Although I didn't meet with you at the beginning, I am indeed a human being." Lu Zichu made up the story without blushing or beating his heart.
Seeing that it was blood and not bugs coming out, Lin Huanhuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. His complexion returned to normal. He said embarrassedly, "I was a little stressed. When I saw someone I didn't know, I thought it was..."
Lu Zichu curled his lips to indicate that she was fine.
Lin Huanhuan turned to Yu Qirong again, "Do you still want to go inside... Although it took me a lot of effort to run out, if you still want to go in, I can lead the way."
Now that I'm here, I must go in and take a look.
Yu Qirong nodded, indicating that Lin Huanhuan could stand a little closer to him so that he could protect her in time if there was any danger.
Lin Huanhuan glanced at Bai Shi who was standing next to him quietly, thought for a moment, and asked, "You are not..."
Bai Shi was frightened by the sudden questioning, but he obviously knew what Lin Huanhuan wanted to know, so he glanced at Yu Qirong and repeated what he had told them, "Chen Bao forced me to do it." He also ignored the matter of the notebook and told them that Chen Bao would eventually perish as a result of his evil deeds.
Lin Huanhuan listened quietly and didn't make any comment at the end, but it was obvious that she was happy about Chen Bao's death.
Phoenix has been bullying them, Wu Bo, for such a long time, and he even took away their food in the dungeon. This is no different from killing people. There is no need to be a saint at this time.
"Let's go." Yu Qirong said.
Lin Huanhuan led them back along the same route. There were traces of the mess on the road caused by her panic during her escape, but there were no clones.
Lin Huanhuan frowned, with a hint of doubt in her eyes, but she did not let down her guard. She also reminded others not to relax: "It wasn't so quiet when I came here. Be careful. They are not stupid. They might ambush us somewhere."
Bai Shi was timid to begin with, and when he was frightened by Lin Huanhuan, he hugged his computer bag even more tightly in fear.
He glanced at Yu Qirong cautiously, "If there is any danger, you must protect me. We still have a contract..."
Lin Huanhuan's eyes flashed with contempt. Although he said that Chen Bao forced him to do it, Chen Bao was already dead, so it was not possible for him to make up the story. After all, it was he who stole the things, not Chen Bao.
Yu Qirong held the cleaned small flower umbrella in his hand, without any fear or dread in his heart. He was always confident in his strength, and he just nodded to Bai Shi's reminder.
After Lin Huanhuan knew the rule that weapons could not be used here, she thought for a long time and took out a pair of high heels from the warehouse.
I originally intended to wear it when commuting, but I didn't expect it to come in handy now.
Bai Shi begged her to give him one as well. Lin Huanhuan had no choice but to hand one of the high-heeled shoes in her hand to Bai Shi.
With a weapon, Bai Shi seemed to be much calmer. He supported his computer bag with his elbow and held the upper of his high heels tightly in his hands, with the sharp heels facing outwards, as if this could give him more courage.
As for the other two people, one was taciturn and the other was arrogant. After Yu Qirong knew that they were both involved with the Lord God, he no longer worried about their safety.
With Su Tang's performance in the Lunar Eclipse copy, Yu Qirong guessed that this was just a projection he put into the copy. Even if he died, he was not really dead. He was just a flesh and blood body like them.
"I'm not counted as a player." Su Tang took a few quick steps, leaned close to Yu Qirong's ear, and whispered, "So I won't be restricted by the rules... Lu Zichu calculated it."
What he meant was that he could pull out his weapon and turn around to kill Lu Zichu, but Yu Qirong was here, so he didn't do that and just waited for Yu Qirong to speak.
Yu Qirong lowered his eyes and followed Lin Huanhuan's footsteps. He was not quite sure why Lu Zichu insisted on transforming into Su Tang's appearance. If his purpose was to attack him, then he could just lure him into the copy and attack him directly. There was no need to go through all this trouble.
But obviously, Lu Zichu doesn't have this intention now. It won't be too late to take action against him when he has this idea.
"I still prefer you to call me Young Master." Yu Qirong curled his eyes.
Su Tang paused, obviously remembering the last intimate contact between the two of them in the previous instance. The charming sound of water, the tender white ankles, the bride with snowy skin and red lips, and the fiery red wedding dress...
"...Young Master." Su Tang said in a hoarse voice.
He really remembered everything.
Yu Qirong curled up the corners of his mouth and walked more briskly.
As they went deeper, they encountered several lone clones. They quickly dealt with them.
Lin Huanhuan glanced at the bugs on the ground and said with lingering fear: "To be honest, I am still worried that the liquid we were fed at the beginning was a highly concentrated liquid of these bugs."
Bai Shi shuddered, apparently he had had the same thought.
"It's written in the experimental diary that cultivating insects requires a specific environment." Yu Qirong said calmly. Although he felt a little disgusted, he knew that as long as he passed the copy, all negative conditions would be cleared.
Lin Huanhuan stole a glance at Yu Qirong, but was forced to look away by a gaze from behind him.
Yu Qirong didn't notice it, but Lu Zichu did.
He curled his lips, thinking that this might be the point where he imitated it most closely, and he would need to observe the rest more.
Realizing his own thoughts, he quickly couldn't help but frown, secretly cursing himself for being so cheap and wondering why he had to learn from such a hypocritical person like Tang Xingfei.
"Ah, I don't usually pray to any god, but this time, please bless me so that I don't die in this copy." Lin Huanhuan muttered to herself. As a girl who loves beauty, even if she dies, she doesn't want to die too ugly.
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