Chapter 174
Yu Leng's eyes were evasive and jumping, and he was trying hard to think in a mess of thoughts.
He said he lost it, who knows if it was true or not. As long as Lu Jiamu couldn't openly take out the ghost diary and burn it, and completely cut off all ties with him, it would not be a good thing for him.
Once suspicion arises, one can't help but want to enrich the details of the conspiracy.
Moreover, the monster's current actions only proved that it was a bad species, but it could not prove that the fragmentary information it had revealed before was not true. Yu Leng only vaguely felt at this time that although they were friends who had known each other for a lifetime, they had known each other for too short a time.
What if what the diary said about Lu Jiamu killing previous players and then creating it was true? Then he had to run away as soon as possible.
In such a harsh environment, the probability of survival alone would indeed be greatly reduced, but continuing to rely on Lu Jiamu might be a direct disaster.
You only have one or two seconds to make up your mind whether to attack him and then escape alone.
But the unethical, dark and upside-down world outside made him afraid.
Yu Leng licked his dry lips to calm down, forced a smile, and hypocritically said to Lu Jiamu: "We are just friends, I don't mean that."
But his childish face couldn't hide his thoughts, and his face showed that he said one thing and meant another, which showed that he didn't think that way.
Lu Jiamu was silent for a moment: "Then do you want to look in the mirror now?"
"Um?"
Lu Jiamu: "I think your expression seems to express something else."
Yu Leng was choked.
Seeing him like this, Lu Jiamu felt that the bond of solidarity and friendship between them had been broken, and now he had to make things clear.
If the two of them didn't get along and broke up, that would be exactly what the diary wanted.
Being unexpectedly stabbed in the back by his former best friend who turned into a ghost did not affect Lu Jiamu's mentality too much. He began to seriously think about the crux of the problem that destroyed their relationship.
Even though Lu Jiamu had just helped Yu Leng avoid the harm caused by the diary, the diary that caused harm was, after all, his personal belongings.
He couldn't explain this point clearly.
And before that, the diary must have contained a lot of malicious and divisive words.
Although Lu Jiamu didn't actually hear what the diary had said, based on his understanding of it, he could probably imagine the diary smiling and acting like a big shot with his eyes closed.
First, throw in some half-truths and then confidently make a big fuss about why he has it, like saying he was responsible for it getting trapped in the diary, leaving him with no way to explain.
Lu Jiamu had only just made some guesses about the state of the diary, and he didn't fully understand what it had been through. If he were to explain what was going on now, the truth he told might not be as convincing as the lies made up in the diary.
It's so exquisite.
The diary had been well behaved in Lu Jiamu's hands for such a long time, so well behaved that sometimes Lu Jiamu really thought it was simply the will of his former friend that had come into being.
I didn't expect it to be so malicious. It would be fine if it didn't cause trouble, but once it did, it showed its ability to alienate people and destroy unity at critical moments.
If he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation, judging from Yu Leng's expression, he might have already figured out how to stay away from me.
Once the two people are separated, not only will the difficulty of their survival increase greatly, but the target of the diary itself is Yu Leng. Once he loses track of Yu Leng, he may never find the diary again.
Having the two of them go their separate ways after a disagreement might have been something the diary would have liked to see.
But Lu Jiamu didn't want to open his heart to Yu Leng and let him review his memory to prove his innocence. After all, the contents of the diary that he could understand the most recently revealed ominous information.
If Yu Leng knew about those contents, he would most likely become a new destabilizing factor, which would affect Lu Jiamu's future path.
After a brief thought, Lu Jiamu decided that since he couldn't explain it clearly, he would put aside the facts for now and just say something that could quickly calm Yu Leng's emotions.
"I don't know what it said to you... but ghosts are not to be trusted. Don't believe them. They love to sow discord." Lu Jiamu shook his finger gently and said in a condescending manner, "Although you may not be very powerful, you are still a human being, and so am I. So we will always be on the same side. I will not harm you. You must remember this."
Lu Jiamu continued, "As for me, I am indeed trustworthy, and I have never lied to you. It's just that I am just like you, a newcomer here, and everything here is unfamiliar to me. Before this, I didn't even know it was a ghost, so don't think too much of me."
Although his heartfelt statement didn't explain much, it still made Yu Leng feel more at ease.
Traveling with ghosts is like seeking the skin of a tiger. It seems that the other party is still clear about this point, so everything will be fine. The atmosphere eased slightly.
Yu Leng hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously: "So that...what is that?"
"Like I said before, the belongings of a friend who died suddenly are a thing of the past."
He did say that before, but Yu Leng saw that he had no expression when he said that, so he didn't know whether he was joking or serious. Now it seems that he really didn't lie to him. The crisis of trust eased slightly.
Yu Leng knew that there were outsiders present and it was best not to talk too much in private, so he stopped asking questions and turned his attention to the child behind Lu Jiamu.
The child shrank back a little when he saw him looking at him, and immediately a very deliberate and flattering smile appeared on his tender face: "Hello."
He came over eagerly to show concern for Yu Leng, and his attitude seemed even more flattering than when he was treating Lu Jiamu.
Although the child didn't know their background yet, based on what Yu Leng showed, he had guessed that he was most likely a psychic with special abilities and a very thick thigh.
The child was listening to what the two of them said just now, and he definitely couldn't understand their very brief discussion.
But every kid here has a lot of ghosts in their mind. It's still necessary to pick out the key points from their fragmented information. Combined with the fact that the two of them seemed to be fighting when they came over, it is speculated that it is very likely that their team was approaching here, and some ghosts mixed into their team, which eventually triggered a big battle and caused them to be separated from their teachers and classmates.
Just now, these two people were accusing each other and then started fighting, which led to the scene they saw when they came over. It is estimated that their anger has subsided a lot by now.
I just don’t know if their teacher is still alive.
They migrated from such a far place, so their team must be streamlined and all of them are elites. And the powerful adult superpowers must be very powerful.
Combat power is exactly what these stray dogs lack the most. If we win them over, we may have a chance to turn the tables. I will ask more about this later.
Lu Jiamu nodded, and with some social grace, he extended his hand to introduce the child to Yu Leng: "This friend is a local survivor in this area. Like us, he has organized a group and has a teacher. He said that because of what happened on the ground just now, his teacher wants to meet us. What do you think? Do you want to go?"
After hearing this, Yu Leng didn't need him to explain anything. He roughly guessed what background story Lu Jiamu had made up to fool people. He had to cooperate with him from now on and couldn't show his weakness in front of outsiders.
Yu Leng pondered for a moment before he said with some worry, "We just got separated from the teachers and don't know enough about the rules here. It would be best if we could communicate with the local survivors."
"Well, we can go meet your teacher." Lu Jiamu looked at the child, "In exchange, we can also give you some information about the outside world."
When they spoke, their choice of words and every detail of their movements inexplicably revealed an aura of ease, which made people subconsciously feel that they were the elite survivor children, different from the children here who were like stray dogs.
The child's eyes lit up and he immediately turned around and led the way.
Lu Jiamu asked as he walked: "So, what exactly happened here? Why are people killing people?"
"It's because the institute has made an unprecedented major scientific research achievement that can help us get out of our current situation. Your teachers and parents probably started migrating to us because they heard the news."
The child did not suspect anything and explained honestly: "Half a month ago, the institute issued a pass law, and conducted a comprehensive ability screening of residents within the institute, and issued passes based on merit. Those who get passes can stay in the institute and wait for immigration to begin. Those who don't get passes must evacuate the institute within three days. Those who don't leave within the time limit will be captured and killed by patrols."
Lu Jiamu asked calmly: "Immigration? Where to move to?"
The child answered very obediently: "I don't know much about the details. I just know it's far away and hard to get there. I heard that it still maintains the way it was before the Cataclysm and the environment is very good. The teacher must know more."
With the ruins outside, it was easy to tell that this was a world that had reached the end of its abnormality, where civilization had broken down and it was only a matter of time before it completely fell into darkness. There should be no pure land in this world anymore.
The immigration the kid was talking about was very interesting. Coupled with the major scientific research results of the institute, Lu Jiamu came up with a bold idea.
Their team has been traveling between different worlds through some unknown means, and has experienced several worlds with varying degrees of anomaly.
They are just hurried spectators. Even if they see a world heading towards destruction, they will not feel the kind of despair that is similar to watching themselves being irreversibly corrupted bit by bit, because that is not their world and they can always pull themselves away from those bad places.
For the inhabitants of a decaying world, this is probably an extremely enviable ability.
Could it be that some ambitious people have noticed the existence of people like them and regarded this ability to travel between different worlds as the key to breaking through? Is this possible?
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