It's All a Coincidence

Wu Zhangkong staggered to his feet, his gaze sweeping from side to side, yet he had no idea what had happened.

"Who are you? Do you dare act but not admit it? Get the hell out here and let me see who's playing tricks!"

"Why did you use Long Bing's voice to toy with me? Why did you make me kill my closest friend?!"

Wu Zhangkong's face was twisted with rage. He no longer possessed even a shred of reason.

Yet no matter how he looked around, he could not see a single figure.

He did not believe this was real, because everything had been too coincidental—so coincidental that it was nearly unbelievable.

He had never been in the habit of following Yun Luo. Even if the other man had seemed somewhat abnormal, he should not have followed him.

Yet, by coincidence, he had followed him this time.

More coincidentally still, he had been dragged into an illusion and encountered Long Bing—or rather, someone had used Long Bing's face to deceive him.

Then, when he appeared, he just so happened to see Yun Luo trying to kill Yun Xiao.

Finally, after he attacked, Yun Xiao had coincidentally attacked as well. Her fire ability combined with his ice ability, destroying Yun Luo's internal organs.

All these coincidences were so unreasonable, yet completely reasonable at the same time.

Every step could be explained. It was reasonable for Yun Xiao to erupt in desperation and gain control over greater power.

It was also reasonable for him to try to severely wound Yun Luo in order to stop him from killing Yun Xiao.

But when all those reasonable events were connected, they exposed the greatest absurdity of all.

As he watched Wu Zhangkong roar in place, Chen Ye calmly rose from the balcony, a video camera appearing in his hand.

He lightly tapped the Level Two soul-guided video camera in his hand, and his figure abruptly vanished.

In the cafeteria, Gu Yue sat across from Chen Ye. Before them were two portions of Grade A food.

"Grade A food really is the best. This tastes amazing!" Chen Ye exclaimed before digging in heartily.

Gu Yue glanced at him from the side and continued eating in small bites.

"The taste is good, but that's about it. I don't think it's all that exceptional."

"By the way, what are your plans for the next few days? The Class Promotion Tournament is the day after tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah. We'll see when the time comes. If anyone challenges our class, we'll fight them."

After saying that, Chen Ye let out a full belch, then stood and waved at Gu Yue.

"I'm done eating. I'm leaving first. Take your time."

With that, Chen Ye walked straight out of the cafeteria. Rather than heading to the training grounds, he looked toward the teaching building beside him.

At that moment, another Chen Ye stood atop the teaching building, waving at him.

The next second, that Chen Ye's body suddenly shattered. Before Chen Ye at the cafeteria entrance, a creature wrapped in black mist appeared.

"How was it? Did you do everything according to my instructions?"

Chen Ye looked at Alersuhode, unable to understand why it wore such a crafty smile.

"Did you do something bad? Why are you smiling so creepily?"

"No, Master. I did everything exactly as you instructed." Alersuhode blinked, a trace of grievance on its face.

It had merely added one tiny prank. Other than that, it had done nothing.

Chen Ye gave it a suspicious look, then lightly pointed at it.

Alersuhode's memories from just now poured directly into Chen Ye's mind.

Seeing what it had done, Chen Ye's mouth twitched.

"No, this isn't the world you originally lived in. The people here are very innocent. If you mess with them like this, they'll go insane."

Chen Ye looked at Alersuhode with utter helplessness. This was not that world, where madness and chaos formed the foundation.

No matter how bizarre or insane something was, it would be perfectly reasonable in that world.

But this world was different. Even if Alersuhode did not anger Wu Zhangkong to death, it would still drive him to the brink of fury.

"He won't just hack Yun Luo into mince, will he? Probably not. After all, Yun Luo is his closest friend."

Chen Ye muttered, helplessness still lingering on his face.

"Follow my plan and deliver the videotape to her. From now on, that little girl is yours. You'll be responsible for training her."

As Chen Ye spoke, he raised the videotape in his hand. Alersuhode froze for a moment.

Then its form changed back into Long Bing's appearance, and it took the videotape.

"Isn't this just playing the role of a mysterious old master behind the scenes? Master, I'm very good at that. Just watch—I definitely won't disappoint you this time!"

As Alersuhode spoke, its body slowly twisted, directly passing through the dream realm and leaving.

Chen Ye remained where he was, stretching lazily before returning straight to the dormitory.

Inside the dormitory, three people were seated together, clearly having a little tea party.

The three whispered among themselves one after another, all keeping their voices low.

"How did you think today's class went?"

"Average."

"The Class Promotion Tournament is the day after tomorrow. I wonder how they'll perform. Do we even need to step in?"

"Whatever. With Chen Ye around, does it matter whether we step in or not?"

"Oh, speaking of Chen Ye... he's practically inhuman... All he does is bully the three of us!"

"Exactly! Isn't it just because he's stronger than us? Once the three of us reach three rings, our Martial Soul Fusion Skill will definitely blow him away!"

As Wang Jinxi and Zhang Ziyang spoke, both wore excited expressions.

Only Wei Xiaofeng, sitting beside them, inexplicably shuddered before hurriedly speaking up.

"Brother Chen is a good person too. Without Brother Chen, we wouldn't be living this well."

"Brother Chen is the strongest among us. It's normal for him to have a bit of a temper. We should understand him."

"Are you out of your mind? Didn't he bully you the worst?"

Wang Jinxi glanced at Wei Xiaofeng, unable to understand whether something had gone wrong with this guy's brain. He had been bullied so miserably, yet he was still speaking well of Chen Ye.

"Yeah, Chen Ye bullied you the worst. Why are you still saying good things about him?"

Zhang Ziyang also stared at Wei Xiaofeng, his face full of confusion.

Yet Wei Xiaofeng unusually said nothing. He merely sat there and swallowed.

Just then, a calm voice suddenly rang out behind the two of them.

"I didn't know Brother Zhang and Brother Wang had such big complaints about me. How about we go outside and spar a little? Let the two of you vent your emotions."

There was a trace of teasing and mockery in that voice, but upon hearing it, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Ziyang fell abruptly silent.

They stiffly turned their heads and looked at the third person sitting on the lower bunk, where only two people had been seated before.

They wanted to scream that there was a ghost, but when they saw the youth's amused gaze—

Zhang Ziyang immediately yanked up his blanket and covered himself with it, while Wang Jinxi swiftly stood and climbed straight onto the upper bunk.

Watching their cowardly display, Chen Ye rolled his eyes.

He looked toward Wei Xiaofeng, only to find that the other boy had already retreated into his blankets and wrapped himself up tightly, pretending to sleep.

"What a bunch of cowards. No fun at all." Chen Ye rolled his eyes as he spoke, then lay down on the lower bunk as well.

As he pulled his blanket over himself, an illusory figure of Chen Ye appeared where he had been and slowly headed toward the training room.

He was going to find Yun Luo, but not to make him his clone just yet.

Instead, he intended to wait until Wu Zhangkong personally buried Yun Luo before turning him into his clone.