Let's Go! Time to Play at the Base

Zhao Yijiu looked at Yu Xing, waiting for Yu Xing's rejection.

Knowing he would be rejected, he still brought it up, simply to express his stance. He wanted Yu Xing to know that he could be not only a breakthrough point but also a sharp weapon to break through the enemy.

He can step in anywhere when needed.

Yu Xing said, "Alright, since you've completed the third stage of the mission but the fourth stage hasn't been released yet, you might as well come with me to the base."

Zhao Yijiu: "?"

Zhao Yijiu didn't immediately understand what Yu Xing had said.

Yu Xing turned around and gave Zhao Yijiu a strange look. "What's with that expression?"

"..." Zhao Yijiu choked for a moment, "I thought you wouldn't agree."

Yu Xing laughed, "Why wouldn't I agree? Is it because I think you're too weak?"

Zhao Yijiu: "..." Who knows? Haven't you been "disliking" it all along?

Yu Xing seemed to read Zhao Yijiu's mind through his eyes, touched the tip of his nose, and smiled helplessly, "We haven't seen each other for a year, and I don't even know how much you've grown, but to advance to the Despair level in just one year, you don't need my approval to know just how strong you are."

He had just been worried that Zhao Yijiu wouldn't be able to recover from the virus contamination in the movie theater, but it turned out he was overthinking it. If he had entered Zhao Yijiu's mind any later, Zhao Yijiu would have come out on her own.

This shows that Zhao Yijiu has not only made great progress in the areas of shadow and ghost power systems, but her intelligence and acuity have also not been neglected.

"Brother Jiu is already very good, how could I have the nerve to say that Brother Jiu is not good enough?" Yu Xing never hesitated to praise Zhao Yijiu, just as he never hesitated to mock Zhao Mou.

"What if the Lingren uses me to threaten you?" Zhao Yijiu brought up this topic, because that's exactly what the Lingren did during the live stream of "Death Parallel Line."

He was powerless to resist at the time, and although he wasn't left with any psychological trauma, he still harbored resentment about it.

Because he was unsure whether he now possessed the power to resist the Lingren, the extent of the Lingren's strength remained a mystery, and no video footage could reveal Lingren true strength. Zhao Mou had tried his best to study the Lingren thoroughly, but still couldn't gather enough intelligence.

Most people's wariness of Lingren comes from divination by Tian Ji. Normal divination records involving Lingren reveal nothing at all. Lingren only show the public what they want others to know, and others can't even tell which parts are deliberately misleading.

"Heh, it seems you've come to understand him too." Yu Xing wasn't surprised at all that Lingren's scoundrel behavior had become known to everyone. Lingren seemed to have never hidden his badness, and he didn't even use underhanded tactics; he always employed open schemes, the kind of schemes where you knew exactly what he was up to, yet you still couldn't guard against them.

That's the most terrifying kind.

However, Yu Xing was already immune to this.

He shrugged. "I have faith in you, and you have to have faith in me too. After all, you came to the base with me. How can he bypass me to target you? Even if he wants to use you to threaten me... do you think I'll give him that chance?"

The Lingren are incredibly clever.

But he had it too.

He admitted that if Carlos were killed or maimed because of Lingren, and then Zhao Yijiu suffered irreversible damage right in front of him, he might really break down.

That chaotic, monstrous period he once lived in had not disappeared from his mind. Those memories, and the thoughts he had at that time, had simply been sealed deep within his soul with the passage of time. It did not mean that he would never experience that situation again.

Reason is the only rope that restrains Yu Xing.

Although he was a "madman," with Personality Assimilation Degree far exceeding the Fallen Path, the fact that he could maintain his sanity under such circumstances only underscores the importance of reason to him.

If he breaks down and loses his composure, he might do things that he could never have imagined in his current sober state.

Perhaps this is exactly what the Lingren wanted to see.

However, Yu Xing would not give the Lingren that opportunity. The Lingren was clever, and Yu Xing was not stupid either. Whatever tactics the Lingren wanted to use, he would play along. With him there, it was impossible for Zhao Yijiu to fall into that situation, much less for him to fall into that situation.

Zhao Yijiu understood.

Yu Xing not only had confidence in his growth, but also absolute confidence in her own wisdom and strategy. The shadow cast on Yu Xing by the existence of the Lingren was gradually fading away.

This is a great thing.

Thus, Zhao Yijiu fully embodied the meaning of trust; a faint smile even appeared on his lips, clearly indicating his great joy.

Even the dire situation of Carlos potentially being in danger couldn't dampen their joy. They didn't rush to the base immediately, but instead had time to analyze the situation, knowing that Carlos couldn't possibly be instantly killed.

Among the entire Broken Mirror Squad, besides Qu Xuanqing, whose true form is a soul, the one with the strongest survival ability is Carlos, who can exchange lives with paper dolls.

Carlos is very adept at magic tricks such as making people disappear, changing positions, and visual deception.

He's as slippery as an eel, not to mention his expertise in spatial manipulation; even Lingren would have to put in a lot of effort to catch him.

Moreover, the Lingren wouldn't kill directly; he would at least wait until he was sure Yu Xing would receive the message... His goal was to induce negative emotions in Lingren Yu Xing.

Having decided to go to the base, Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiu quickly left the movie theater.

It was already evening, and the sky was a dazzling orange-red, possessing a breathtaking beauty.

They spent a long time resisting the pollution in the screening room, and before they knew it, a long time had passed.

Yi Qing was probably toying with the vengeful spirits of the movie theater. Just now, when Yu Xing watched Zhao Yijiu complete the task of killing the infected, he could feel that the viral factors in the movie theater seemed to have thinned out considerably.

The fact that the vengeful spirit virus factor does not decrease with the death of the infected person can only mean that the vengeful spirit that formed the virus has encountered problems and has consumed a lot of factors to maintain its existence.

It's clear that Yiqing hadn't had enough fun yet, otherwise the vengeful spirit would have dissipated long ago.

Yu Xing looked at the warm sky outside the movie theater and the other postmodern buildings that were shimmering under the orange-red light, chuckled softly, and touched the wristwatch on her wrist.

When Zhao Yijiu killed the first infected person in the screening room, Yu Xing took off the infected person's wristwatch and put it on her own wrist.

The Absurdity System had regained its attention to him, contacted him almost immediately, and... re-established a connection.

A series of background information about this simulation instance had been transmitted to him. The system's attitude was excellent, as if welcoming a child who had been missing since childhood and had now unexpectedly returned. It not only congratulated him immediately but also apologized to him.

The system also stated that it would send compensation to Yu Xing when he leaves the instance and returns to reality, and would also send him the rewards he deserved for his performance in the previous Yu Xing Dead Silent Island event where the two systems were at odds.

Yu Xing sensed a strange undercurrent behind the system's reaction, as if the system was plotting something and needed to show him enthusiasm.

Perhaps it was the Last Supper? A trap?

Because the Absurdity System is not a benevolent thing, Yu Xing only imagined the worst-case scenarios.

However, he saw through it but didn't say anything, because what he needed at this time was a friendly attitude from the system. Since he had entered the simulation halfway through, the system hadn't assigned him any tasks, only saying that he could teleport away with the surviving simulation participants when the simulation ended.

Although the Persona Mask, previous reward settlements, and promised compensation would all be restored and distributed only after returning to the real world, his contract with Yiqing was activated by the system immediately.

Yu Xing and Yi Qing were back to being able to feel a connection with each other. He smiled and left a message in his mind for Yi Qing, who was currently tormenting the vengeful spirit, before leaving with Zhao Yijiu. (Fastest mobile version update URL: [website address missing])