Chapter 174 Abandoned Pawn
When Luo Huayi and Xin Que rushed back to the villa, they happened to run into Cheng Zheng, who had just woken up, coming downstairs to check on the situation.
"Mr. Luo, Ms. Xin," Cheng Zheng greeted the two.
Luo Hua breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that Cheng Zheng was indeed alright.
"Why were you suddenly so nervous just now?" Luo Huayi turned to ask Xin Que, "Is there any danger nearby?"
Xin Que was direct: "Luo Huayi, your current way of thinking can subtly influence the entire map, and the sudden appearance of dusk today is proof of that."
"The restart of the time system is probably just the beginning. If the prison doesn't interfere, it's only a matter of time before the city returns to its previous order."
"but……"
When she fought Qu Huan, both sides fought to the death. Now, under the ruins of the entire city, countless enemy surveillance programs and her own weapons are buried.
What if Luo Huayi's ability wasn't just to restore the map, but could also influence the program to resume operation?
When the time comes, will it be not just the residents who will be revived, but also the regulatory procedures?
Will a city that is gradually returning to normal operation despite being under signal isolation attract the attention of prisons?
Xin Que must prepare for the worst.
Luo Huayi understood what Xin Que meant.
“I don’t know why I can suddenly do this,” he said, also wondering why he could suddenly influence the map. “And I don’t seem to be able to control time to stop again.”
“Because you are the central figure in the city’s interrogation program.” A gentle male voice suddenly sounded beside me.
Luo Huayi suddenly looked to her side.
A disheveled man appeared silently on the single sofa, as if he had just crawled out of the ruins, but his dignified posture and refined demeanor made people subconsciously ignore his disheveled appearance.
Luo Huayi searched through her memories but couldn't find any trace of this person. She turned to look at Xin Que, who was leaning against the island platform.
But Xin Que's face immediately darkened.
"The King of Five Senses?" Xin Que pulled a pistol out of thin air from his waistband, cocking it while coldly looking at Mr. Zhen.
Luo Huayi understood immediately; the other party was an enemy who had escaped death.
Just as he was about to subdue Mr. Zhen, the man said helplessly, "Xin Que, apart from my ability to move freely through shadow mediums, I have no authority whatsoever and pose no threat to you—"
"Bang."
As the man raised his hands, a blinding spark flew from the muzzle of Xin Que's gun.
Mr. Zhen fell to the ground immediately.
Luo Huayi looked at the dark bullet hole on the man's head, but there was no sign of bleeding. "What happened? How come the gun didn't kill him?"
“Yes, only similar procedures can completely eliminate the other side for these managers.” Xin Que put away her gun. “I did it purely to vent my anger.”
Xin Que remembered every single one of the losses she suffered in the Five Senses King's hell.
"You really hold a grudge." Mr. Zhen opened his eyes, sat back down on the sofa, and the bullet hole on his forehead was gradually restored by data.
"To make a long story short, I'm not the King of Five Senses... or rather, I'm not the complete King of Five Senses." He quickly dodged to the side before Xin Que could fire again. "I'm just a part of the King of Five Senses that was abandoned on the map..."
Luo Huayi seized the opportunity, grabbed Mr. Zhen's neck with her left hand, and delivered a powerful knee strike to the man's lower back.
Cheng Zheng had just come out of the laundry room when he witnessed the crime scene. Without saying a word, he turned around and went back inside.
"Is the score even this time?" Mr. Zhen was once again brought back from the brink of death. He simply stopped struggling to get up and lay down on the ground to show his sincerity. "I really have no hostility towards you."
"What exactly is your purpose?" Xin Que squatted down in front of Mr. Zhen, her sharp gaze seeming to see right through him.
Luo Huayi grabbed the back of his neck with one hand and pressed his knee down on the man's lower back to prevent him from getting up.
“I don’t know what the meaning of my existence is now,” Mr. Zhen answered truthfully. “To you, it may just be an empty excuse, but to me, this is why I took the initiative to appear in front of you.”
"The Ten Kings of Hell, each of whom exists in a different form, some are integrated into Hell, while others appear in person before the prisoners..."
"But what the ten administrators have in common is that they all have a divine statue and a human form, which makes it easy for them to switch forms and travel between hell and the human world."
"I am the human form of the Five Senses King. My core operating command is to unconditionally cooperate and execute all of my actions."
"It had always been like this before."
Mr. Zhen's eyes remained calm and his expression serene. "But now, the entire map has been cut off from the signal, and this place has been completely abandoned...including me."
"I have become a complete expendable pawn."
"Why weren't you taken back?" Xin Que caught the key point. "The cost they paid to build this hellish system of yours is enormous. Even if it's for profit, they would prioritize taking back pawns like you who are related to the managers."
Mr. Zhen shook his head laboriously, "My memory is fragmented."
“You can come and check for yourself… I have absolutely no memory of being abandoned here.”
"All I remember is receiving orders to return to the database of the main body and cooperate with Him and another administrator to guard the map boundary—to prevent you from escaping."
"When I woke up again, I was in the ruins."
Xin Que remained silent for a while.
He wasn't lying.
The data records extracted from his brain were indeed fragmented.
“Only you are the only ones on this entire map who still possess independent consciousness. I had nowhere else to turn but to come to you,” Mr. Zhen sighed and said.
Xin Que remained silent.
...
When he emerged from the shadows, Mr. Zhen had changed his clothes.
Luo Huayi almost fought him, yelling, "Who gave you permission to touch my wardrobe?!"
Mr. Zhen stepped aside from Luo Huayi and politely handed the dirty clothes in his hand to Cheng Zheng, "Are you the housekeeper?"
Cheng Zheng "..."
Seeing that Cheng Zheng didn't intend to answer, Mr. Zhen's polite expression remained unchanged. "Could you please tell me where the laundry room is?"
Xin Que frowned as she watched Mr. Zhen, who seemed to be a ghost, sometimes walking in from the shadow at the entrance of the laundry room, and sometimes walking out from the shadow next to the refrigerator.
His way of moving was somewhat frightening.
Especially when Xin Que opened the kitchen cabinet door, their eyes met those of the half-human figure in the shadow inside the door.
"I'm sorry," Mr. Zhen said politely, still holding the cereal box that Luo Huayi had previously put away. "Did I scare you? I was just getting familiar with the environment..."
Xin Que slammed the cabinet door shut with a loud bang, her face expressionless.
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