Chapter 193 Backstabbing each other
Lu Jiamu listened to it talking quietly.
Although Diary doesn't have much character as a monster, it has to be said that he does have some insights on certain things.
Although Yu Leng didn't fully understand what was going on, he had heard the general idea and knew that Lu Jiamu and Diary seemed to have reached some kind of consensus, which should be the one they reached in their private chat just now, but they hadn't told him yet.
But this consensus did not threaten his personal safety, so he was cautious not to refute the diary and planned to ask Lu Jiamu again when he had the chance.
The two men simply packed up their plates, used the same excuse of "going to find dad" to get through, took the elevator to the fourth floor, and arrived at the armory of the Black Tower.
Lu Jiamu asked Diary to walk in front of them and not to lose their sight.
Diary walked in front of him, obedient and sensible, and occasionally turned back to say a few witty words. Lu Jiamu stared at it while looking at the surrounding environment.
This entire floor is crowded with various storage objects. Some are completely dead, while some will move when they see people coming.
The first five floors contain the most precious abnormal items accumulated by the institute over countless generations since its establishment. They are also important strategic materials for the Black Tower to fight against the weirdness and survive in the weird world to this day.
Lu Jiamu walked closer and took a closer look. Most of the objects in storage would have a label on them, which simply classified the objects into safe, medium, unknown, and dangerous categories, and the approximate capabilities of the objects would be recorded on the label.
He tried swiping the card again and found that most of the security and medium-level items near the edge could be swiped open. Some security-level items were not even locked at all, probably so that when an emergency occurred, everyone could quickly get a special item.
If you want to use unknown and dangerous things, you will be prompted to submit an application.
Lu Jiamu walked around the perimeter for a while and then stopped, signaling with his eyes to Yu Leng to take a few unlocked safe items first.
He had no intention of heading to the central area to look at the advanced items, so he just searched around nearby.
The diary continued to draw for a while, but didn't get much response. Feeling bored, he walked further inside and carefully observed the unknown and dangerous objects.
Lu Jiamu searched along the way and found several portable storage boxes.
He calmly glanced at the back of Diary's head, then at the suitcases, selected them, and then picked up a suitcase of the right size and asked Diary: "Have you ever thought about how your aunt would accept the truth if you went back this way after leaving once? Do you want her to feel like she's losing you a second time?"
"My mother..." Hearing him suddenly bring up his vision for the future, Diary absentmindedly continued, "Isn't it the best outcome for her that you and I go home together? She doesn't need to know the truth, she just needs to continue living happily. And with me and us around, she will only be more respected than before."
Lu Jiamu also took a fancy to a short knife with a label that read "Safety - Anemia Blade, Special Effect: Causes the victim to become anemic and bleed profusely" and put it in his pocket. He walked over to look at the collection that the diary was looking at and sighed, "There are so many good things, and they don't seem to pose any threat. Why can't we take them all back and use them as our resources?"
Why can’t we take them all away?
The diary snorted with a bit of disdain.
The reasons are complicated, but to put it simply, many special items are byproducts of the arrival of weirdness. The deeper the world is invaded by weirdness, the more powerful the byproducts will be.
Moreover, most of the by-products are still in an unconscious neutral state and can be used by humans.
It is easy to imagine what kind of shackles the special items that were born in a world that has been immersed in strange invasions for many years will be when they are all taken to a strange world that has just taken shape.
Why does it have to make things difficult for itself and cause others to confront it in advance?
It is not like what it says, a obedient child who would be manipulated by others and would not hand the knife that could hurt itself to other people.
The corners of Diary's lips slowly and secretly raised up a crazy arc.
And today, it actually had no intention of leaving anyone alive. Everyone had to die.
After all, friends of the same kind are best, aren't they?
Just like my mother said before, how can there be disputes between friends? How could it really allow Lu Jiamu to become the savior and fight against it in the rest of his life as it said?
Friends should not be mortal enemies who fight to the death, but should be family. Friends should be exactly the same.
Death is not the end of life, nor is it the end of friendship. After death, they can still meet again in another more perfect form.
There is no illness, no aging, no loneliness, no fear. It carries it and them to live together in a perfect world. Everything is the same as before, only happiness. How wonderful.
When does a diary tell the truth? It rarely does.
And now is not the time for it to be honest with Lu Jiamu.
On the one hand, it still needs a reliable living person to act in the open. On the other hand, everything in the Black Tower is only theoretical after all. It must go to the top floor in person to verify whether it can go home directly through the Black Tower. Otherwise, Lu Jiamu and Yu Leng are still its plan B, and it must not tear its face off now.
The crazy thoughts were not expressed out loud, the diary still looked normal, and he was still thinking rationally about how to express them.
But Lu Jiamu had already walked behind it and took action first.
He said nothing, but suddenly rushed forward and stabbed Diary's head three times in the back without mercy, almost cutting off Diary's head.
But Diary reacted quickly, arched his body to get rid of the blade, and barely saved his head.
This sneak attack completely tore the two men's faces apart.
Diary reluctantly turned her head and saw Lu Jiamu's cold and ruthless gaze. She understood everything in an instant: "Fuck!"
Sure enough, friends who grew up together always have a tacit understanding and similar interests!
It didn't want him to live, but he didn't want to keep it. It was lying to him, but he didn't believe it at all, and was still thinking about waiting for an opportunity to trick it back.
That’s right, how could playing the emotional card with someone like Lu Jiamu have any good results?
Lu Jiamu never believed any promises in the diary, and believed that the diary had no good intentions.
When Fang Gu was alive, he was Fang Gu; when he died, his diary was a diary; Lu Jiamu made the distinction very clear from the beginning.
All his emotions were fake, just like all the emotional cards in the diary were fake.
Lu Jiamu didn't know what the diary was waiting for since it had been so well behaved until now, but Lu Jiamu was just waiting for a place with few people where it would not cause any trouble, and a suitable storage box.
He couldn't keep the diary to move freely as a ghost, but he wanted to get Fang Gu's last words, so he had been missing a chance to explode.
Now that all the conditions are met, he no longer needs to pretend to compromise. This is the best time to strike first.
The diary still wanted to run away, but its arms had already been cut off, so it was impossible for it to outrun Lu Jiamu, who had already grasped the diary cover tightly.
The man and the ghost were thrown several times in an instant and hit the containment chamber, and then they quickly fought into a ball.
Lu Jiamu glanced at the back of the diary's head. No blood flowed out from the place where it was stabbed by the dagger. The blood of the body it was parasitizing might have really dried up when it cut off its arms.
Lu Jiamu temporarily gained the upper hand. He held the diary cover tightly with one hand and began to cut its skin with the other hand, trying to forcibly separate the diary from the human body: "Come down!"
He didn't feel any pain when he cut off his arms before, and he didn't react when he was stabbed three times. But now he seemed to be in great pain and was screaming and crying. It was mostly a performance, as if he wanted to awaken Lu Jiamu's conscience towards his old friend, but it didn't work at all.
The diary has no arms but it will never sit still and wait for death.
Its neck was almost completely broken, but it did not affect its ability to move.
Its remaining two legs suddenly clamped down on Lu Jiamu's neck, trying to strangle him directly or force him to let go.
Lu Jiamu's ability allows him to turn himself into a virtual being to avoid Diary's fatal blow, but when he is in a special state, he can't continue to cut Diary's face.
The diary wanted to mind control him and then kill him, but he was like a constantly refreshing previewer and could not be caught.
It is difficult to tell who is better between the man and the ghost.
Yu Leng was still picking up equipment when he saw the two of them suddenly start fighting each other, and then both of them tried to kill each other in an instant. Although he didn't know what the specific conflict was, he rushed over immediately.
He didn't dare to grab the cover of the diary and cut its face like Lu Jiamu did, so he started cutting its neck directly.
Diary immediately gave up strangling Lu Jiamu, and Lu Jiamu took the opportunity to start cutting its neck.
Diary activated his ability to temporarily control the two people, and used this opportunity to climb out.
But two legs were still no match for four hands and four legs, and Lu Jiamu caught up with him and stabbed him in the neck again.
Seeing that the head was about to be separated from the body, the diary threatened angrily: "If you kill me, everything in the diary will be gone! You won't be able to see anything!"
Lu Jiamu didn't believe it. It didn't look like it was still alive. It wouldn't make much difference whether it was just a head or multiple bodies.
He must contain it today.
The diary began to howl again: "Lu Jiamu, why do you want to live so long? Everyone will die, but death is not the end! Now there is a chance for me to take you away personally, which will help you save sixty years of detours! Why don't you understand!"
"Give up your current life, and I will protect you from now on. Can't we still be like before? We will own the whole world!"
Hearing this, Lu Jiamu was not surprised. He knew that the diary finally spoke the truth at this time.
Everyone he met along the way taught him a lesson with their lives: never believe in ghosts, because ghosts' cognition and values are inherently distorted.
This is indeed the case. Only a fool would believe in nonsense.
If you try to get something from an evil spirit, you will surely suffer the consequences.
The blueprint described in the diary is certainly beautiful, but when the desire is endless and you start trying to take shortcuts through ghosts, you will only become the prey of the ghosts. Lu Jiamu is not so confused.
Whatever helped him build his base, helped him become who he wanted to be, and listened to him during his lifetime, it was absolutely all lies.
Once the tiger is released back into the mountains, Diary will definitely go back on her word and kill him first and then Ms. Fang. Ghosts always subconsciously start harming the people closest to them.
As for the friendship between them that it has always claimed to have grown up with?
It makes perfect sense that Fang Gu would not harm Lu Jiamu who is still alive, and that the diary would not harm Lu Jiamu who has turned into a ghost.
Just when the three of them were in a mess and Lu Jiamu was about to take away the diary and head, the entire area suddenly had red lights flashing and alarms rang.
The piercing broadcasting voice instantly resounded throughout the entire space: "Emergency broadcast, an emergency disaster has occurred. The first floor area will be completely blocked. All researchers on the second floor and above are requested to stay away from the disaster area as soon as possible. I repeat, an emergency disaster has occurred..."
Diary suddenly burst into crazy laughter during the broadcast.
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