Chapter 146
"...I'm sorry." Leif took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and put on a kind mask: "I misunderstood you."
The black-haired boy didn't say "it's okay" directly, or simply stopped answering, but just looked at him quietly.
"...Why don't you speak?" Leif couldn't help but ask.
Based on the character that Su Xingyuan just showed, shouldn't he just say "It's okay" cheerfully and let the matter go?
It is true that most of the time, Su Xingyuan is too tempting to touch. Even if he does something that makes people feel that he doesn't deserve a beating, he has a kind of completely disregard for the sense of distance and is essentially doing whatever he wants. Leif's true form is the third demon king, and he knows very well what certain actions represent.
So now, the other party was quiet for a while, and Leif actually felt a little unnatural.
"After all, there's nothing much to say." Su Xingyuan smiled, he stood up and said, "You said yesterday that you wanted me to help you eliminate the monster and save the people who were about to be sacrificed, right?"
Leif licked his back teeth in dissatisfaction.
Judging from Su Xingyuan's nonchalant attitude of letting the matter go, it was obvious that the other party had easily made the decision to use "Leif" only as a mission guide in the sect - or an NPC.
In this case, no matter what Leif says or does, it has nothing to do with Su Xingyuan. He just needs to complete the task.
Leif sneered in his heart, and even felt an inexplicable desire to win.
His purpose was to betray Su Xingyuan after becoming his best friend. How could he let Su Xingyuan get away with it so easily?
Leif pretended to be unaware of what he had done and replied, "Yes, the next sacrifice will be the day after tomorrow. We don't have time."
Su Xingyuan: "That means we still have today to gather intelligence."
After saying this, Su Xingyuan also fell into deep self-reflection.
If it were the original him, and he came to a new copy full of crises, he would indeed do as he said, try his best to collect complete intelligence and ensure that his success rate reaches a certain level before he would act cautiously.
But ever since he started playing the game, the various blue and red bottles of different sizes, the save and load files, and his increasing strength, have allowed him to act more freely.
Su Xingyuan repented.
But Su Xingyuan still feels that it is more fun to use his invincibility directly in a group of enemies.
"Let's go check on the other hunter first." Su Xingyuan said.
Orion nodded in agreement: "If his condition allows, perhaps he can move with us."
In a portal like this, it is actually safest to act together. It's hard to say what will happen if we leave the injured hunter here alone.
And...he probably also knows some information.
Orion followed behind Su Xingyuan, and for some reason, a strange feeling flashed through his mind.
When he was about to reach the unconscious hunter's residence, he suddenly realized -
Had he told Su Xingyuan about the coordinates of the unconscious hunter before?
As soon as this thought came to Orion's mind, a layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on his body. He raised his eyes and looked forward. The black-haired boy who was walking in front of him, with broad shoulders, narrow waist, and slender figure, who gave people a great sense of security just by looking at him, seemed to have suddenly changed his aura.
That sense of security seemed to have turned into an elusive aura of danger. His hand was still resting lightly on the dagger at his waist, ready to pull it out at any time and kill someone before anyone could react. The long black hair that swayed slightly behind her also looked like a living poisonous snake.
Orion squeezed his eyes shut.
When I opened my eyes again, everything in front of me seemed to have returned to normal.
However, the picture is normal now, but this experience is not something that can be easily forgotten.
Orion was still sweating.
This Su Xingyuan...is it really the Su Xingyuan he knows?
...No, no one can accurately imitate Su Xingyuan's temperament.
Orion felt relieved for a second.
But the next moment, he began to get anxious again.
Su Xingyuan cannot be imitated by anyone, but the feeling just now was obviously not an illusion. What if the illusion becomes more and more serious and I mistake Su Xingyuan for an enemy? Or did Su Xingyuan mistake himself for an enemy?
Thinking of Su Xingyuan's undefeated record that had been praised for a long time, Orion swallowed his saliva and felt that his situation was precarious.
"Xingxingyuan Hunter," he thought about it and decided to speak out his doubts, but the wording still stumped him, "I just felt... that you were dangerous, like an enemy."
The black-haired boy turned around: "?"
Orion met the other person's gaze and stiffened involuntarily: "What, what's wrong?"
The green eyes stayed on him for a moment.
Then, there seemed to be a flash of smile.
At this moment, Orion's intuition suddenly issued an extremely dangerous alarm!
The alarm made his brain buzz. Before his body could automatically process the information and react subconsciously, he suddenly felt an icy chill in his neck, as if it pierced through his flesh and blood, ruptured his arteries, and reached his bone marrow.
For a moment, Orion's heart stopped beating and he almost thought he was dead.
The scenery in front of me is blurry.
Only the pair of green eyes curved slightly, and then the chill on the neck faded away, and the knife was taken back by its owner.
Orion was stunned for a few seconds, and then asked in disbelief: "...I'm not dead?"
How could he not be dead? That murderous intent, the ruthlessness of the black-haired boy, and even Su Xingyuan's signature ruthless killing move... It didn't seem like a performance at all, it was a complete assassination!
The force and coldness of the knife tip touching the flesh and blood are real!
"Of course you're not dead." The culprit still looked calm and composed, as if he had never attacked his companions before. He just smiled and said, "As long as you stay like this, there's no place safer than by my side."
Orion, still puzzled and frightened, said: "Is that so?"
He slowly reached out and touched his neck, and sure enough, it was smooth without a single scar.
How is this done? How did Su Xingyuan do it?
——Also, as expected, when there is no danger, the most dangerous person is Su Xingyuan! !
Orion thought about it again and broke into a cold sweat again.
His intuition was indeed sharper than that of ordinary people, but when Su Xingyuan attacked just now, even before the conditioned reflex brought about by his intuition... he did not see any movement of Su Xingyuan during the attack. What remained in his retina at that time was even the pair of green eyes with a smile on their faces when the black-haired boy turned his head slightly when he heard his voice.
...What a terrifying speed this is?
Wait, could it be that Su Xingyuan really stabbed him, and just took advantage of his speed to heal him before his pain nerves could react?
Orion's suspicion gradually slid in a weird direction.
"Of course it is like that, don't worry." The black-haired boy spoke calmly, not knowing that his image had once again slipped into an angle he had never imagined: "Keep calm so that you won't be taken advantage of. Otherwise, although I won't hurt you, you may not be very comfortable."
"I see." Orion calmed himself down.
Perhaps Su Xingyuan's method is really useful. At least Orion now feels a great sense of security because of the opponent's strength - Su Xingyuan either has a means of instant healing or a special method to protect his teammates. In short, he really just needs to stay calm.
This is the best approach for everyone if you are not sure what exactly causes the hallucinations.
"Xingyuan Hunter, aren't you affected?" Orion couldn't help but ask.
If you are the only one affected, then you can rule out some things.
Su Xingyuan blinked.
In the field of vision, various blocks of color distorted with each other, and the figure in front of him turned into something like a twisted monster.
Su Xingyuan said calmly: "No."
The monster with the green name "Orion" on its head gave an impudent grin.
Su Xingyuan: “…”
I really don't know who thinks who is mentally retarded.
The beauty of this illusion is that it not only changes your vision, it also changes your cognition.
Even though Su Xingyuan knew that it was Orion who was behind him and no one else, and that it was obvious that he had been tricked by someone else, his brain still continued to feed him wrong information. He even wanted to stop thinking about related matters and erase the fact that he had been tricked from his mind.
After a while, it is very likely that his cognition will make him identify "red" as "safe" and "green" as "dangerous" - the change in cognition is often one of the most terrifying and most difficult to detect means.
Su Xingyuan's condition was more serious than Orion's. He guessed that this was also related to the fact that he ate more food sent by Leif, which should contain some related toxins.
However, even so, Su Xingyuan was not panicked at all.
What changes is perception, not reality.
When he said "massacre the village", he was not just talking. In his opinion, there was really nothing worth saving in this village.
When you really start to experience cognitive confusion, wouldn't it be enough to just chop down every creature you see? Anyway, those who won’t die won’t die, and those who are going to die will definitely not escape.
Su Xingyuan's action just now, which seemed like he was going to assassinate Orion, was not only for the other party to see, but also for himself to see, in order to strengthen his impression of this matter, so that in the subsequent impact, he can be steadfast, happy and energetic in choosing to go invincible.
Even if I didn't emphasize it, given his personality, he would choose to kill them all. Su Xingyuan still has some self-awareness.
Under the gaze of the house that had been twisted into a monster, Su Xingyuan calmly knocked on the door of another hunter's recuperation residence, and opened the door without waiting for a response.
As he turned sideways to make way for the two people behind him, he met Leif's scrutinizing eyes.
Su Xingyuan was not annoyed at all, he just gave a perfect smile.
He is very much looking forward to what plot Leif will arrange next.
After all, if Leif hadn't wanted to sacrifice himself and save the lives of Su Xingyuan and his companions in exchange for trust, he would have really used the excuse of cognitive error to start a killing spree.
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