Yi Qing Thinks Carlos Is Really Fun

"..." Upon hearing Yu Xing's words, Yi Qing knew that he had figured something out, so he stopped pretending and directly reached out to Yu Xing, "Help me up, be gentle, don't tear me apart."

Yu Xing raised an eyebrow, took Yi Qing's hand, and used the black mist to support him from below, lest Zhen Yi accidentally "shatter" the Sheqing Ghost.

Only when he held Yiqing's hand did he realize that Yiqing's temperature was even colder than before. If she was like a blue stone before, she was now like an ice cellar.

The scholar's hands were originally very beautiful, just like when he pierced Yu Xing with his fingers in the Haunted Bar. But now, the pale hands had turned bluish-purple, and there was even a patch of decay on the back of the hand.

Yi Qing noticed the black mist holding him back. His expression shifted, but he didn't say anything for the time being. He was pulled ashore, revealing his legs that had been submerged in water.

It shouldn't really be called legs. Below Yi Qing's waist, there were no body tissues at all, but rather a thick mass of blue mist.

Once ashore, Yiqing was in much better condition than he had been in the sea. At least he could float on his own, unlike before when he was in the sea, where he was supposed to be an intangible ghost but couldn't float.

"How could this be so tragic?" Yu Xing helped Yi Qing to her feet and couldn't help but laugh.

He could certainly tell that Yi Qing was injured, and not just slightly, but since they had already reached the shore, this injury wouldn't shake Yi Qing's true foundation.

"What do you know... Yes, if you really thought I was miserable, you wouldn't have left me here all alone."

Yi Qing wiped her face in annoyance. As the green mist surged, it materialized into a pair of new legs and a green robe. The rot on her hands also began to heal.

The seawater clinging to him began to be driven away by the blue mist. In just over ten seconds, Yi Qing transformed back into his usual elegant and refined gentleman. Apart from his hair not being tied up and the jingling crystal ornaments on his body being gone, there was no difference between him and his usual self.

Yu Xing narrowed her eyes, but could vaguely sense that Yi Qing was somewhat transparent.

Knowing he was in the wrong, he raised his hands in surrender. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. It's all the fault of this Absurdity System. It's heartless and cruel. It abandoned me here and didn't care about me, and along with me... you couldn't go back either."

After making up this nonsensical excuse, Yu Xing seized the opportunity to say, "Tsk, do you think the Absurdity System might have been annoyed with you all along, and is using this opportunity to dump you in this world?"

"That statement is more fitting for you." Yi Qing snorted coldly, then sighed softly, "I knew you went underground halfway through, but I didn't expect you to be gone for so long. Your companions are all gone, and I was abandoned because I possessed the dagger. I even helped your friends..."

"It's true what they say, good deeds go unrewarded; this world is so unfair to good people..."

"First of all, you're not human, and secondly, whether you're a good ghost is questionable." Yu Xing tell that Yi Qing wasn't in a particularly bad mood, so she smiled and lowered her hand. "Besides, aren't you also a member of our Broken Mirror Squad?"

"What kind of member of the Broken Mirror Squad? He's just a useless tool who works for free." Yi Qing disdainfully exposed him, glanced back at the sea, and suddenly felt that compared to the sea, Yu Xing was quite handsome.

"Leave here first. I don't want to see this filthy sea at all." He turned his head and floated two decimeters off the ground, drifting away towards the inner shore on his own.

Yu Xing followed him, gazing at his slightly transparent back, and couldn't help but wonder, what was Yi Qing's purpose in going into the water?

Since the sea is so dangerous, even if Yi Qing wanted to go down and play, he would weigh the consequences carefully, unless he had a compelling reason to go down into the sea.

Two minutes later, the human and the ghost found a relatively flat spot and sat down.

Yi Qing also sat down. It seemed that in the face of exhaustion and weakness, his obsession with cleanliness and aloofness had to be put aside.

They hadn't seen each other for several months... Yu Xing tentatively asked, "It suddenly occurred to me that the flow of time might be different here. How long have I been gone in your eyes?"

His own experience included two months underground, two months in a hotel, and an unknown amount of time spent teleporting to another world—at least four months in total.

"Ten years." A hint of sadness appeared in Yi Qing's eyes. "I've been alone on this island for ten years; it's been incredibly boring."

"... You must be joking." Yu Xing's breath hitched.

"Just kidding," Yi Qing admitted quickly, then added, "Is it funny?"

"Haha." Yu Xing laughed heartily twice without any emotion, nodding in agreement, "It's especially funny, a dignified Sheqing, catching fish for ten years."

"Do you believe I'll kill you right here, without the contract binding us?" Yi Qing said angrily, then remembered that the person in front of her couldn't be killed, which made her even angrier.

Yu Xing, unusually, coaxed him for a couple of minutes before steer the conversation back to the main topic.

Leaving aside the two months underground, the time flow in the hotel world and Dead Silent Island is indeed different. Two months in the hotel is equivalent to four months on Dead Silent Island. All things considered, Yu Xing has been missing for half a year in Yi Qing's eyes.

Yu Xing briefly explained to Yi Qing where she had been for the past six months, and Yi Qing replied, "It's a pity I didn't go with her; I missed out on a lot of fun."

Then he learned from Yi Qing that after he entered the underground, Yi Qing met up with Zhao Mou and others, leisurely helped him with several tasks, and even helped Carlos retrieve all the offerings from the hospital building.

Others' offerings were more or less missing, but it is said that the Absurdity System won the original event, and as the heroes, the Deducers will receive rewards that are much better than the lost offerings.

Yi Qing knew about the collaboration between Yu Xing and Yu Fengchen, but instead of getting the itch to mess with the other experience testers, she focused all her energy on messing with Carlos. In Yi Qing's words, Carlos was particularly interesting, had a lot of secrets, and acted in a unique way, making him perfect for teasing.

Yu Xing didn't participate in the aftermath of the bet between the two systems, but she heard most of it from Yi Qing, like listening to a storyteller.

Yu Fengchen needed his help, so naturally he would extend goodwill to his team. As a result, they didn't take the Dead Silent Island mission seriously at all. The remaining experiencers were naturally at a disadvantage, and the strategists were bound to win. Later, the "mysterious man" destroyed the island, and the outcome was a foregone conclusion.

Having gotten the general idea, Yu Xing became curious about what was happening before her. "Tell me, how did you get beaten up like this?"

"What do you mean by being beaten like this? The underwater world is the domain of other ghosts, so naturally I was at a disadvantage there." Yi Qing was clearly much weaker, but he still spoke stubbornly. However, judging from the result, he may not have actually suffered a loss.

"I borrowed the dagger for a bit." Yi Qing flicked his wrist, Sheqing Dreamscape appeared in his hand. He handed the dagger directly to Yu Xing. "Here you go. I went into the water because after wandering around the island for several months, I vaguely sensed that there was treasure underwater. I was getting bored waiting for you, so I went down to investigate."

He pulled out another pearl from somewhere. Normally, pearls freshly taken from the oyster are dull and unremarkable; only after washing them can their luster be seen.

But the one in Yiqing's hand was incredibly clear. Not only was it large and round, but it wasn't the common white color either; it also had a hint of greenish hue. It was clearly something Yiqing would like.

The pearls and the wisps of blue mist blended together, as if they were one.