Elysia: Find Him / Lin: The Feeling of Killing Someone...

Elysia giggled, while Mei, clutching her smoking head, sat down.

Finally, she sighed softly, "I need to calm down."

"You two better behave yourselves, especially you."

Lin, his face grim, grabbed the little head of the eroded creature that was trying to escape. He turned her head back and looked at her bright, pretty face with a sinister expression, saying, "If you dare to deliberately make that kind of noise to attract others again, don't blame me for teaching you a lesson."

"It was clearly Mei's lust that led her to peek, how can you blame me~" Erosion smiled brightly, completely unconcerned. "Besides, Lin probably had bad intentions too, right? Otherwise, he would have stopped long ago. Honestly, he even used me as a watering can, how perverted..."

A rare blush of embarrassment appeared on her rosy cheeks.

"Hmm? What did you two do last night? What made my lovely Mei react so strongly?" Upon hearing their description, Elysia immediately pretended to be angry and stared at the two of them.

"You are the culprit."

Lin tapped her smooth forehead.

He shook his head helplessly. Although he had teased Kiana before, it was out of revenge. This time, he really didn't intend to let Mei see these things. He wasn't some kind of psychopath.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry anymore, kiss~"

The cool, eroding lips felt soft against the skin, effectively sealing their mouths. The two girls occasionally showed the same expression, making it impossible to tell who was who.

But the eroded lips will feel slightly cool, like eating jelly, while Elysia's will be warmer, like nectar.

Elysia tackled Erosion to the ground, pinning the two girls tightly together, their faces showing mischievous smiles as they looked at the forest behind them.

"Come on, come and 'teach' us a lesson."

Chapter 40 Elysia: Find Him

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Chapter 41 Lin: The Feeling of Killing Someone

Today is...

Lin got out of bed, feeling utterly exhausted.

In the empty room, light from the Tyndall effect diffused through the glass windows, turning the world into two dimensions, stretched into a comical shape by an invisible hand.

The cars passing by outside honked their horns loudly, and a complex cacophony of sounds echoed in my mind.

He was frozen in place by the bedside, his hair roots digging into his scalp, a sharp, painful sensation spreading beneath his skin.

"Call--"

As if pulled from a rushing river in an instant, with a breath exhaled in his ear, Lin's pupils dilated in the darkness.

Another "me"... the night before last?

Lin's memory was hazy; she couldn't recall what happened at the hospital the night before last.

"Time to go to school."

The sun was shining brightly, and just like yesterday, everyone's face was filled with the same joy and smiles.

Only the black-haired boy, carrying a bag, walked silently along the street, looking out of place. The shadow behind him seemed not to belong to him, blending into this joyful atmosphere that seemed to have come from nowhere. He always felt that the scene he saw every day had become somewhat discordant.

A beautifully crafted painting has been filled with messy colors by a child.

That's roughly the feeling.

Why didn't I run into Kevin today...?

"MSA-079".

"..."

As Lin searched for Kevin, a girl with long, light gray hair and wearing the uniform of the Chienyu Academy came into view. She had approached him at some point and uttered a string of letters and numbers that Lin found incomprehensible.

"You're looking for me? Who are you?"

Lin had no recollection of this person. If they had interacted, he would surely remember her. Her delicate features did give Lin a vague sense of familiarity, but even if Lin had completely erased his memory, he couldn't recall ever speaking to her.

Seahorse Effect?

Or is it because a classmate in the same grade saw it before that they had this feeling?

She calmly glanced around and said to Lin, whose brows were already furrowed, "My name is Qianqi. You asked me to come find you."

"Did I send you to find me?"

"Right."

Lin had no memory of it. Usually, encountering such a thing would only make people feel like they were about to be scammed, but Lin Cong sensed something strange about it. The girl named Qianqi in front of him did not have any of the micro-expressions or micro-movements that one would have when lying.

"My name is Lin, not MSA-079. Are you sure you have the right person?" But Lin still trusted himself more. It was hard for anyone to believe something strange that someone told him directly.

Kevin said that the two of them had previously gone to see another version of him, a claim Lin also found skeptical.

"I can't be wrong, you are MSA-079."

"..."

His peaceful life was like a storm brewing at sea; though it appeared calm on the surface, undercurrents were already surging beneath.

"Phew..." Lin decided to listen to what she had to say. "Then let's come to the rooftop after school."

"Good."

Qianqi didn't say much. She gave Lin a deep look, then turned and disappeared into the crowd.

Kevin didn't come to class.

While the teacher was lecturing, Lin glanced discreetly at the empty seat in the corner of the classroom, and a terrible feeling welled up inside him.

Something significant is about to happen... no, it's more likely that something that has already happened and cannot be ignored.

Speaking of which, Lin also had a bizarre dream last night.

As night falls, it seems that whenever you look up at the sky, you can see a familiar yet unfamiliar night sky.

Like a curtain that cannot be lifted from everyone's head, beneath which countless things are stirring.

"Da, da, da..."

Hurried footsteps echoed from the dark alleys of Changkong City. A head of long pink hair swept across the pitch-black night. It seemed as if something was chasing her from behind, making her nervously look back every now and then.

"Boom!"

A bolt of lightning struck, and the pink-haired girl stopped in her tracks.

At the exit of the intricate alley, a figure that seemed to devour the light stood silently, blocking the way and blocking hope.

"Elysia, where are you going?" His hands were empty, yet he was like an omnipresent grim reaper, radiating death around him.

"Forest..."

The pink-haired girl still had a warm smile on her face, but the moment she saw the man, she slowly backed away.

The man slowly took a step forward, and light shone from behind him, casting a shadow like a slithering python that gradually engulfed the pink-haired girl.

"Lin, can you let me through?" the pink-haired girl asked softly as she watched the man approaching.

The two were very close, and no matter how capricious the request, the man would sigh and do as she pleased. But now, a shadow that was unfamiliar to her was shrouded in the man's face.

"What's the use of that?" The man's utterly indifferent expression left her with not a trace of warmth. "Personal experience and the future you can foresee—none of these things can change anything."

"At least we should try, shouldn't we? You yourself said you wouldn't give in to fate, but what are you doing now? This isn't a pointless endeavor."

The pink-haired girl made the man pause for a moment, but his gaze remained unchanged.

"Don't waste time. If this continues, even more people will die." The man quickened his pace, chasing after the pink-haired girl. "Or do you want to die too?"

The pink-haired girl looked at him gently and shook her head.

"... No, Lin, the solution to this impasse lies right here."

"You..."

The man stared at her with an extremely somber expression. She finally had nowhere to hide, and then—

"Laugh!"

A pure and innocent smile was stained with blood.

The pink-haired girl slowly fell to the ground, still gazing tenderly at the man who had pierced her chest with his arm. Slowly, her once bright, firefly-like pupils went out.

The man stood up unsteadily, feeling dizzy.

His legs gave way, and he plummeted straight into the transparent sky.

"Ring ring..."

Lin shook his head, his attention returning from recalling last night's dream to reality. The bell had already rung, and he looked up at the time, first sending Kevin a message asking why he hadn't come to class today.

Kevin didn't reply. Lin put away his phone, tidied up his desk, and prepared to go to the rooftop.

Could it be that he skipped class to play games? Impossible. Even if Kevin wanted to skip class, he would drag Lin along. They were practically inseparable, the only thing missing was that they would relieve themselves in the same toilet.

Could Mei know something?

Lin's gaze shifted to the long-haired girl beside him who was writing something in her notebook. After a moment's thought, he asked, "Mei, do you know where Kevin went today?"

No, he didn't tell me.

Mei didn't look up; she was focused on her own work, but she paused when she heard Lin's question.

"I saw you two walk into the school together last night, and I thought you would know where he was."

"Me? Last night?"

Lin was stunned.

He didn't go out at all last night.

Chapter 42 Qianqi: The End of a Boring Daily Life

"Eee-ah!"

Stretching comfortably, the gray-haired girl marked the end of her school day.

Sure enough, it was not much different from yesterday.

"Qianqi, want to go out and play together?" the classmate at the next table asked the smiling girl.

"No need, you can go ahead," Qianqi politely declined. "I'm going home now. See you tomorrow."

"All right."

Qianqi walked out the door with her schoolbag on her back, and heard whispers behind her, "I heard she has very strict parents, I've never seen her go anywhere else after school..."

Qianqi's faint smile faded slightly. She looked indifferently at the students walking in groups and silently headed towards the stairwell.

A life that remains unchanged, neither good nor bad, where yesterday is today and today is tomorrow, will continue throughout one's life.

Perhaps the most authentic and free moments for a person are the loud cries when they are born and the motionless corpse lying in a coffin.

Is it boring? Not really.

But Qianqi knew very well what she was thinking deep down.

"Let's go, Lin, to the arcade?"

"... Didn't we just go there yesterday?"

"If I went yesterday, can I not go today?"

"The exam is coming up soon, you'd better start studying."

"You didn't study either."

"... Do you think our scores will be about the same?"

When Qianqi heard the cold voice, she stopped at the top of the stairs. She pretended to look at the scenery outside the window, but secretly glanced at the two people passing by her.

Her attention was focused on the hooded boy.

She and the boy didn't know each other, or rather, he didn't know her, but Qianqi had been paying attention to him for a long time.