You've Seen a Movie Before, Haven't You?

And so, Yiqing was coaxed into going to the movie theater with the two of them.

They were instantly surrounded by the virus. This time, even Yu Xing could feel something spreading from his respiratory tract into his body through his breathing.

Then it began to contaminate his blood.

"Be careful, Brother Jiu. The most dangerous thing is the virus. Those infected people aren't important. Before they were infected, they were just ordinary humans who had evolved over a longer period of time." Yu Xing rubbed his temples and turned to remind Zhao Yijiu.

Zhao Yijiu nodded silently, shaking her head to dispel the momentary daze she had just experienced.

He didn't know why Yu Xing knew about the existence of such a movie theater; he simply believed that Yu Xing wouldn't do something without being sure of the outcome.

Since Yu Xing said he was here to find infected people for him to complete his mission, he just needed to listen. Sure enough, people tend to degenerate once they find someone to rely on. When acting alone, he still had to consider tactics and plans, but with Yu Xing by his side, he didn't have to worry about these two things at all.

It's the frustration of not being able to help, and the relief of not needing help.

Zhao Yijiu walked along the corridor covered with a cashmere carpet, following closely behind Yu Xing.

The cinema lobby had seats for resting, a counter selling popcorn and drinks, and automatic ticket machines. The ticket counter was just ahead. Yu Xing didn't even glance at the useless things next to her and went straight to the ticket counter.

Because of the large number of vengeful spirit viruses, Yu Xing's curse power was affected. Just like moving in water, where water itself can slow down a person's movements, the viral factors also blocked the release of curse power, causing it to feel resistance.

Yu Xing had tested it. Every time he used the power of the curse, the nearby viral factors would become restless and agitated. Some would move away out of fear, while others would become more excited, exhibiting a certain degree of aggression and converging towards him.

This was, of course, described by Yi Qing.

But it wasn't just him, Yu Xing thought. All the deducers felt a kind of stiffness when using abilities related to ghosts. The higher the density of the vengeful spirit virus factor, the more obvious this feeling would be.

In short, for the sake of caution, Yu Xing did not use the power of the curse to directly investigate the movie theater, nor did she stop Zhao Yijiu's suggestion to blend into the shadows and quickly move around. Instead, she chose to walk.

This is the slowest, yet most unsolvable, investigation method.

The two walked past the empty ticket booth, behind which was a corridor with screening rooms 1, 2, 3, and so on arranged in order on both sides.

Yu Xing opened each door and looked inside. Some halls were pitch black, cold and empty, while others were lit up. Popcorn boxes and sunflower seeds lying on the floor were left unattended, maintaining a messy state.

None of these were the rooms he had "seen".

"Phew..." Zhao Yijiu beside him let out a long breath, finally controlling the frustration and pent-up emotions that had inexplicably gathered in his heart.

He knew he shouldn't breathe heavily at this time, because the main route of transmission for the vengeful spirit virus was through the mouth and nose into the respiratory tract, where it would dissolve and disperse throughout the body.

But the sudden oppression and depression made Zhao Yijiu want to take a deep breath, as if a huge rock was pressing on her heart, and she would suffocate if she didn't breathe.

"Have you seen the movie?" someone asked him.

Zhao Yijiu was startled at first, then realized that no one had actually made a sound; he had only heard fragments of his memories.

Even though the timing wasn't right, a childhood memory suddenly resurfaced in my mind.

He had just been rescued from the dark room by Zhao Mou not long before, and the Zhao family was still very interested in him, sending a group of people to monitor him every day.

Those people pretended to bump into him by chance, acted friendly, and even pretended to be Zhao Mou's friends, and took extra care of him. But when Zhao Yijiu came out of the dark room, he was only confused and gloomy, not mentally challenged.

Those people were acting so fake.

They didn't see this as a conspiracy or any other task that needed to be carefully planned. Approaching him was like approaching a different kind of animal. Every friendly and gentle word they said to him was like a compassionate person on the street reaching out to a meowing kitten and feeding it a sausage.

Do you know how to eat with chopsticks?

"Are you not used to wearing these clothes?"

"Hey, Yijiu, wanna go to an amusement park this weekend? Hmm... an amusement park is one of those places with lots of fun rides, maybe you'll like it?"

Wow, you actually want to buy a wallet?

Zhao Yijiu always felt bored at times like this.

Who is really mentally challenged?

Has he never eaten before, never worn clothes, never been to an amusement park with Zhao Mou, or does he not know what money is?

He was trained as a weapon by the Zhao family in the dark room, but that was after he had developed his own consciousness. Before his father's accident, he and Zhao Mou had already been to many places and tried many things.

When will it be the turn of this group of idiots of Zhao family's age and older morons to look at him like he's an animal?

If Zhao Mou finds out, he'll definitely give them a thorough dressing down.

Unfortunately, at that time, in order to bring Zhao Yijiu back from the Zhao family, Zhao Mou agreed to many disgusting conditions, one of which was that he should use his intellectual advantages to work for the family.

Zhao Mou was also a teenager back then, and he was always busy. He wanted to take care of his younger brother, but he was always distracted by various work commitments.

Zhao Yijiu never responds to the idiotic remarks of those mentally challenged people. This is not because he has a good temper; on the contrary, having merged with the consciousness of a vengeful ghost, he has an even worse temper than when he was a child. The reason he hasn't rioted is because he despises those mentally challenged people.

They don't take them seriously at all.

One day, a girl his age, who seemed kind to him on the surface but actually had a sense of superiority, brought him a movie ticket and asked with a smile, "Have you seen a movie?"

Zhao Yijiu had forgotten what he replied, but in the end, the girl seemed embarrassed and annoyed by the rejection, and she blurted out, "This is a movie I've been picking out for a long time. I only asked you to go with me because you're handsome. Who else do you think would take you to the movies besides me? You probably don't even know what a movie theater looks like!"

The girl tore up the movie ticket and deliberately tossed it in front of him, letting it float down into the air.

Zhao Yijiu remained expressionless. He remembered that he wasn't angry at the time; he just found it ridiculous.

However, as he stood in the movie theater now, watching Yu Xing push open the doors of the screening room one by one, a feeling of anger suddenly welled up in his heart after many years of delay.

Suddenly I felt very wronged.

"Yu Xing." Zhao Yijiu didn't know what was wrong with him. His voice was deep and somber as he looked at Yu Xing, who had been called back by him.

Yu Xing a little confused, but when she turned her head, she suddenly noticed that Zhao Yijiu's eyes were strange.

Within its dark, gloomy gaze, tiny specks of light seemed to flicker, eerie and terrifying, possessing a bloody beauty.

This is... an infection.

Zhao Yijiu is currently infected and has begun to fight off the virus.

The resistance is complete; the virus in the cinema will no longer pose any threat to Zhao Yijiu. The resistance has failed...

Yu Xing smiled; he believed that Zhao Yijiu could not possibly fail.

"What do you want, Brother Jiu?"

Zhao Yijiu seemed unaware of his own situation. He simply looked towards the screening room and asked Yu Xing, "Have you seen a movie, Yu Xing?"

Zhao Yijiu was also unaware of how aggrieved and trembling his voice sounded at that moment.