Chapter 66
How did he come back?
Wasn’t he stabbed in the heart by Wen Jiafei, who then gloomily told him, “I have already killed you”?
He didn’t die?!
Shen Shuyu felt his CPU was about to burn out. He looked down at his chest. The chest that was previously bloody with a gaping hole was now perfectly fine, intact, without a trace of pain.
What was going on?
Shen Shuyu didn’t quite understand, but he felt the ground start to vibrate again. No way? Big Brother Giant Wolf is coming again!
No time to think. He quickly scrambled up from the ground, looked left and right, and spotted a huge rock not far away.
Shen Shuyu glanced back, then grabbed his things and sprinted toward the rock. After hiding behind it, he panted slightly, observing his surroundings.
The wind and sand seemed to have stopped here, but the vibration on the ground grew stronger.
“Awoo—”
The wolf howl was loud and terrifying. Shen Shuyu rested for a while, his brain cooling down slightly.
Something was very wrong here. He must have been hit by something like a hallucinogen when entering the desert; otherwise, he wouldn’t be inexplicably left alone in the desert.
Although Chi Yanxun disliked and found him annoying, he was still dedicated to his team members. Even if Chi Yanxun didn’t want to care for him, Lin Xuyi, as his good friend, would definitely object.
So here came the question: since he was in an environmental loop, how could he leave here?
He guessed that his real body should be in a deep coma right now. He didn’t know if the others were like him, but a voice inside told him he had to leave the illusion immediately!
After all, the environment surrounding his real body was exceptionally poor. If all six of them entered the illusion, any random Zerg or another team could wipe them out.
As Shen Shuyu thought, he heard a slight sound. He followed the sound and saw a figure slowly walking toward him.
Wen Jiafei.
Wen Jiafei again.
Shen Shuyu’s heart beat wildly, but his body didn’t move. He just sat there honestly, waiting for him to approach.
Earlier, because he saw a familiar face and was being chased by a black wolf, he hadn’t noticed what exactly this illusionary Wen Jiafei was like.
Now he saw clearly. This Wen Jiafei had no vitality. Although it was the same face, he felt completely different from the real Wen Jiafei.
His steps were slow, his gaze fixed tightly on Shen Shuyu.
Honestly, that gaze really made one’s scalp tingle.
Soon, Wen Jiafei reached his side. Blood dripped continuously from the dagger held in his right hand. He looked at Shen Shuyu, his eyes devoid of emotion, like a machine. “Another one.”
Another what?
Shen Shuyu didn’t quite understand, but soon he saw Wen Jiafei swiftly raise the hand holding the dagger and stab ruthlessly at him!
Shen Shuyu executed a neat roll, escaping the knife aimed at him. Before he could stabilize his body, Wen Jiafei stabbed down again.
“Damn.” Shen Shuyu cursed in a low voice but had to dodge again.
Except the flat ground beside them had somehow turned into a cliff. With one step into thin air, he tumbled down.
Shen Shuyu protected his head. By the time he stopped rolling, seeing stars, he couldn’t get up anymore. Just then, Wen Jiafei, who had been following him, also came down.
But unlike Shen Shuyu’s wretched state, Wen Jiafei was elegant, as if he weren’t descending a cliff but walking a runway.
Shen Shuyu wanted to get up and run, but he had no strength left. He could only watch helplessly as Wen Jiafei got closer and closer, finally squatting beside him.
Fighting back the urge to vomit, he kept his eyes on Wen Jiafei. Wen Jiafei recited, “I have already killed you.”
Shen Shuyu said quickly, “You can’t kill me.”
Wen Jiafei raised the knife high in his hand. Hearing these words, he visibly hesitated for a moment. “I can’t kill you.”
“Correct,” Shen Shuyu said. “Because you won’t kill me.”
Not showing weakness, he met Wen Jiafei’s empty gaze. “We are friends. You won’t kill me.”
“Friends.” Wen Jiafei repeated these two words softly.
It was working!
A look of joy finally appeared on Shen Shuyu’s face. “Yes, we are friends. Didn’t we agree that you would tutor me?”
“Incorrect.” Wen Jiafei snapped back to reality. Looking at Shen Shuyu’s face, he said word for word, “You killed my mother. I will kill you too. Kill everyone involved.”
Shen Shuyu felt his brain was about to explode!
What did Wen Jiafei say?
He killed his mother?
But wasn’t that something that happened in the novel? His plot had just started; it wasn’t even halfway through!
Shen Shuyu felt cold sweat breaking out. Could it be that this Wen Jiafei in front of him ran out from the original text? And he clearly lacked normal reasoning abilities, acting like a walking corpse.
His brain spun rapidly. “When did I kill your mother? Before we entered, didn’t we agree that after the Survival Battle ends, I’ll give you the two hundred thousand prize money so you can pay for Auntie’s medical bills? If I die, you won’t get my share of the prize money!”
Sure enough, hearing the words “medical bills,” Wen Jiafei clearly calmed down. He still stared dead at Shen Shuyu. “Really?”
“Really!” Shen Shuyu looked at the knife in his hand. “Haven’t you noticed I’m different now? Wen Jiafei, I’ve realized that bullying you was a mistake. I asked you to tutor me, and I paid a huge tutoring fee. You know yourself that my tutoring fee is worth several of your part-time jobs. Asking you to cook for me was also to ask you to eat with me, not to let you eat bread. Haven’t you felt your body is healthier?”
“Your complexion is much better too!”
Shen Shuyu said sincerely, “You must have noticed it too, right? Our sincere friendship. Auntie isn’t dead. I’ve heard you say Auntie is much better and can even speak occasionally.”
Before entering the Survival Battle, when he went to the hospital to find Yue Ge for a checkup, he had slipped away to verify this. He found that Wen Jiafei’s mother was already much healthier than the previous two times he saw her. Her body had even gained some flesh, no longer frighteningly skin and bones.
So when he learned about the two hundred thousand prize money, Shen Shuyu also considered this point. After all, he had conditions; if Wen Jiafei really protected him, he could smoothly give away the two hundred thousand prize money.
He thought for a long time before coming up with this method. It was reasonable and justified, and the System couldn’t pick out any faults since Wen Jiafei technically earned it.
The Wen Jiafei in front of him looked confused. Mother… isn’t dead?
Shen Shuyu pressed his advantage and asked, “Are you having a nightmare? Wen Jiafei?”
Having a nightmare?
So, he was dreaming?
No wonder. He clearly remembered killing countless Shen Shuyus. Every Shen Shuyu trembled in terror upon seeing him, wanting to flee, only to be ruthlessly killed by him.
Except for the one he just met. That Shen Shuyu didn’t run; instead, seeing danger approach, he grabbed him to run together.
“Nightmare…” Wen Jiafei murmured. “Don’t want… to have nightmares.”
Hearing this sentence, Shen Shuyu opened his mouth to say something but didn’t know where to start. The book’s description of this big villain was sparse. It only wrote about how he was bullied by the original owner in the early stages and how crazily yandere he became in the later stages, but it didn’t detail the reasons behind it.
He couldn’t help but recall what Wen Jiafei said when he asked why his glands were disabled.
Shen Shuyu looked at the Wen Jiafei in front of him. He had already let go of the knife and was immersed in his own world. Shen Shuyu silently moved the short knife further away, then tentatively asked, “By the way, you told me your glands were disabled by your father. Can you tell me again, why?”
The moment he finished speaking, Shen Shuyu felt like prey being stared down. All the hairs on his body stood up.
At this moment, Wen Jiafei showed a ruthless expression again.
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