TL Note: For Xie Zeqing’s na, the Xie has the sa problem as Ye Qi in CR. The normal sites I use gave Xie but apparently when used as a surna, it is actually Ye. So from now on, Xie Zeqing’s na will be Ye Zeqing.
Chapter 141
Beyond the surveillance video, the papers with the experint on reincarnators were getting longer.
[There is an error in the experint.]
[Experints 003 (Hercule) and 005 (Kudo) had fled. The door was destroyed and they left the room with experint 001 (Shen Chenzhi).]
[No, wait, the doors of the experints’ room are being forced open. How did they do it? Numbers 0921-0942 were released and Area 0 was damaged. It isn’t possible to estimate the damage for the ti being.]
[The core operator’s station in Area 0 has been destroyed and it is out of control.]
...............
[Damn, who proposed to lock up experint003 (Hercule)?]
[...He shouldn’t have been allowed in.]
[Since it has reached this point, I suggest releasing 1-328 ’Bloody Butcher’ to kill experint 003 (Hercule) as soon as possible. Then return the experintal materials of Zone 0 to quell the chaos.]
...............
[Maybe if experint 003 (Hercule) can survive 1-328’s first wave, we can make a small deal with him...]
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In another area of the laboratory, Ye Zeqing and Lin Qili were running wildly together.
Ye Zeqing and Xiao Li were different. Ye Zeqing had been in another area of the laboratory when he ca in. In addition, most of the researchers were focused on analyzing Xiao Li. Therefore, Ye Zeqing didn’t encounter too much danger and was joined by Lin Qili.
Then as they were walking together, there was an explosion in front of them. There was a continuous roar, accompanied by the cries of ghosts and wolves. The entire underground passages shook violently and nearly collapsed. Lin Qili had to hold the wall to stabilize her body. She tiptoed to look into the grey smoke ahead. "Yanluo, what is the situation in front?"
Ye Zeqing’s face was very ugly. "Ghosts..."
"A ghost ran out?"
"I feel like this is ’a hundred ghosts at night’. This type of instance world is crazy and no one can complete the task in this situation!"
"It started well. Who let them out?" Lin Qili’s face was grey.
Speaking of this, the first person that appeared in Ye Zeqing’s mind was Xiao Li. Then he shook his head, telling himself that it was impossible even for Xiao Li. It was probably a problem with the laboratory.
"Run!"
The turbulence in front of them was becoming more and more serious. Lin Qili broke and she turned around and ran with Ye Zeqing. It wasn’t easy to escape in the shaking corridor. Just as she and Ye Zeqing were frantically running forward, a middle-aged man behind a glass door stopped them. "Hey, the two of you, wait—"
If Xiao Li was here, he would see with one glance that this man was Brother mories. Brother mories was very hungry after vomiting up Kudo’s mories. This ti, he saw the delicious food delivered to the door and couldn’t help saying. "There’s sothing wrong with the console over there. I can help you but the price is that you have to give sothing."
Ye Zeqing and Lin Qili exchanged glances. "What?"
"Then co in and I’ll tell you." Brother mories licked his lips and touched his stomach. "Don’t bla . Let remind you that there seems to be a situation in Zone 0. Their ghost domain coverage is very wide and you can’t escape from here. They will soon catch you and thoroughly kill you."
Brother mories’ appearance was ordinary. He was a fat and middle-aged old man. He was better than those monstrous ghosts but no one would trust anything in this place.
Lin Qili asked warily, "Who are you?"
"A ’person’ like you." Brother mories swallowed his saliva. "However, I was caught by a researcher. Ti is running out so you should think well. Those monsters usually don’t invade my territory..."
Brother mories’ bluffing words hadn’t finished when a familiar and strange voice was heard.
"—It turns out that you’re here."
This voice was actually very good to hear in accordance with human standards. However, Brother mories heard it and subconsciously covered his mouth as he recalled the fear brought about by Fujiang’s mories.
Ye Zeqing looked to the source of the sound and saw Xiao Li coming this way. Once he saw them, he raised his eyebrows. "I have been looking for you for a long ti."
In order to set up a big fight, Xiao Li along with Shen Chenzhi ca out of the room and started opening the doors for all the experints. In order to prevent his allies from being hurt by mistake, he had checked the inside of the room first. Now there was chaos behind him and it shook like a magnitude 8 earthquake.
The little black cat followed him at his feet, tail cocked high like the cat was on a street tour.
Ye Zeqing sighed with relief. He was at ease when he saw Xiao Li and pointed to the area behind Xiao Li. "What’s going on? What’s wrong with the laboratory?"
Xiao Li pointed to Shen Chenzhi. "He opened the door."
Ye Zeqing, "......"
He looked at Shen Chenzhi. There was a faint smile in Shen Chenzhi’s eyes as he looked at Xiao Li. "You wanted to open it."
Xiao Li explained, "I wanted to make a big scene as a greeting ceremony for the researchers."
Ye Zeqing, "......"
So the root cause was him! He didn’t have ti to say it when a shadow appeared above his head, followed by the heavy sll of blood. The shadow was in the shape of a black butcher’s knife. There were countless sharp cuts on the blade and a thick layer of blood and dirt. It was unknown how many people’s blood dyed it. The butcher’s knife was held in the hands of a man who was around two tres tall. His upper body was bare and he was covered in strange, dense writing.
The reincarnators didn’t have ti to react when Brother mories scread. "It is 1-328, Bloody Butcher! How did they let him out?"
Xiao Li asked, "Who is that?"
Brother mories couldn’t sit down. He ca out of his glass room and ran. "Don’t ask and run! Run away!"
Xiao Li kept up with the rhythm of Brother mories. "Do you know him?"
"Nonsense, I still rember the day he was brought in by those researchers." Brother mories’ voice was a lot higher. "He is different from other monsters. He is a natural killer, an executioner. The researchers lost a lot of manpower capturing him but successfully brainwashed him into a hunt. As long as he doesn’t die, he can regenerate and once he eyes his prey, there is no—"
As long as he didn’t die, he could regenerate... the murderous version of Fujiang?
Xiao Li stopped and looked back. The distant butcher was walking slowly but every footstep caused cracks in the space. In an instant, he was right in front of the reincarnators. The butcher’s knife was able to keep out the light. The incandescent lights above him started to pop and dark liquid flowed down the wall like it was sared with so flesh and blood. Cracks were created that seed to lead to the bottom of hell.
The butcher looked at Xiao Li, gripped the butcher’s knife in his hand and sped up his pace. The blade cut through the air and made a whistling wind. In that instance, sothing tangled around his feet.
Bang!
There was a loud noise and the butcher ended up staring at the incandescent lights of the corridor above his head. Why was he looking at the incandescent light? It was because he fell. Why did he fall? It was because Tan Li’s hair wrapped around his right leg and pulled hard, gravity causing him to fall back.
The butcher slowly stood up again, red eyes staring at the hair around his ankles. He didn’t choose to use the knife to cut the hair. Instead, he bent down to grip the hair with his hand and pulled tightly.
Tan Li turned into a normal sized human and stood far from the Bloody Butcher. However, it was clear that she was weaker and the balance slowly tilted toward the other person. The Bloody Butcher suddenly loosened his hand and Tan Li leaned back due to inertia. Then he slashed toward Tan Li.
Shen Chenzhi reached for the knife. His strength was so great that even Bloody Butcher couldn’t stand it after a while.
"It won’t work even if you have helpers." Brother mories cried out. "Bloody Butcher is too difficult and can regenerate—"
Xiao Li turned to look at him. "...However, you can stop him."
Brother mories, "???"
"Return his... his mories." Xiao Li spoke softly.
Brother mories scread, "...No way! I ate it. It is mine!"
His attitude was very intriguing. He wouldn’t be like this if it was completely impossible.
Xiao Li stated, "I have two more with mories like Fujiang. Would you like to think about it carefully?"
Brother mories holding back his tears, "......"
This threat, he considered it... bullshit!
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Due to the loss of Zone 0, the monitor was damaged. The researchers in the monitoring room could only guess the situation according to the state of Bloody Butcher. The only remaining cara reflected the figures of Xiao Li and his party but there was no shadow of Bloody Butcher. Thus, it was determined that the other party had endured the first round of attack by unknown ans.
According to the experint records, he should invite the other person. A researcher pressed the microphone button and his voice ran through the basent. "Experint 003 Hercule, we might as well make a small deal."
"You can be one of the researchers but you’re also responsible for cleaning up Zone 0 and sorting it out."
The researcher’s icy voice echoed through the laboratory and clearly entered Xiao Li’s ears despite all the ghost noises.
This should be the fork in the road point of the task. They had to choose whether to obey or destroy.
Xiao Li touched his chin. "You want to recruit ..."
"What is your answer?"
"It isn’t impossible to think about. It depends on your sincerity." Xiao Li’s eyes narrowed as he smiled, eyelashes masking the emotions in his eyes.
"What do you want in good faith?" The person from above asked.
"Tell how to get to the roof."
"What are you going to do there?"
"My friend is there."
"...No, the roof isn’t a shelter."
"Is this your sincerity?" Xiao Li wondered.
This person was silent for a mont before giving a location.
As they were talking, Brother mories was covering his mouth. He had just vomited out an amount worth several years. Even if he didn’t vomit, he still felt nauseous. Xiao Li glanced at him fondly, patted his back and bypassed two areas to arrive in front of an elevator.
The elevator was controlled by researchers and equipped with monitoring. It opened slowly. Xiao Li and the others entered and went up to the top floor. The elevator couldn’t reach the roof. It was only possible using the escape stairs. Xiao Li went out of the elevator and up to the roof.
Ye Zeqing wondered, "Are you sure Zheng Yi is here?"
Xiao Li replied, "I’m not sure but the wind told ... he shouldn’t be in a building."
He opened the door as he spoke. The building was very high. It was in the centre of the city and the wind blew Xiao Li’s clothes. The collar of his shirt opened wider, revealing his fine collarbones.
Zheng Yi was really standing on the roof and holding his mobile phone tightly with a face full of vigilance and grief. Then he saw the door open and imdiately rushed to Xiao Li like a mother bird returning ho.
Xiao Li avoided Zheng Yi’s over-enthusiastic embrace and looked at the other person. The man was wearing a silver robe and had red eyes.
Pseudo-Logoi clapped. "So fast. Thank you for letting see another good play."
Xiao Li slightly raised his eyebrows. "Is it you?"
The god of lies asked, "Are you surprised?"
Xiao Li, "........."
Not surprised. He wanted to beat this person up.
He turned his head and asked Zheng Yi, "He tied you up?"
Zheng Yi cried out, "I don’t know what is going on. I was wandering around the laboratory when I t him. He asked if I knew you. How could I say that I know? It is unknown if this is a bad guy who wants to get revenge on you. As a result, he said I was lying. I said you are the most intelligent and he said I must know you. He captured and brought here."
He spoke a long string of words very quickly and Xiao Li had a slight headache as he touched his temples. "Get to the main point."
"Oh, he said he would give a chance to call for help. I could only say a word. If you didn’t co then he would tear apart. I said my phone doesn’t work so he did sothing to it and it worked. He said this call can go through ti and space. I don’t know your number and then I thought of the ’’ who previously appeared in the radio and I called the radio’s hotline..."
This was the question of whether the chicken or the egg ca first. If Zheng Yi hadn’t chosen to call the midnight radio right now, they wouldn’t have received the call previously and Xiao Li wouldn’t be here. However, if he didn’t receive the call for him then Zheng Yi wouldn’t have thought of killing the midnight radio. This was an endless circle and finally, Zheng Yi chose to complete this circle of ti and space.
Xiao Li inquired, "You ca to to say what?"
He rembered that he didn’t seem to know the god of lies very well... he seed to be on the other person’s blacklist.
Pseudo-Logoi looked like he had seen a good play. "It isn’t a big deal. I just ca here to see others being wronged while also getting sothing. I must thank you for this."
"...Thank ?"
"You have disrupted the order of the city and damaged all defenses, giving a chance to get the ’brain core’ of the laboratory." Pseudo-Logoi waved his hand and a light blue ball appeared in his palm.
Xiao Li had never seen this thing. "What is it?"
"In words that you humans can understand, this is the core of the world, similar to a sub-universe. It has so use to gods like us." Pseudo-Logoi explained. "Every universe has a core and here in the laboratory, it is under strict supervision. Under normal circumstances, I can’t touch this thing. Well, it isn’t impossible but it isn’t very good."
Xiao Li wondered, "...What are you saying?"
If his bad heart wasn’t touched then the god of lies seed to speak well. He patiently replied, "This laboratory belongs to the side of the god of death. In accordance with the agreent of the gods, we can’t fight each other. Thus, one of my friends was unable to obtain it. I told him that I could succeed this ti but he didn’t believe . You see, my eyes are still the best."
Xiao Li, "........."
If it wasn’t for the words in the little yellow book that ntioned the ’hatred value increasing,’ he would almost think that the god of lies was his friend.
Pseudo-Logoi’s lips curved and he suddenly turned to look at the centre of the roof. "They ca looking for you."
He put away the nucleus and hid his figure. The researcher’s projection appeared in the centre. He was a young man in a white coat. He looked ordinary but his face was serious. He was like an AI. He asked, "Hercule, have you thought about it?"
Behind him, the figure of Bloody Butcher stood aside, holding the butcher’s knife in his hand. He looked at the others like they were lambs to be slaughtered.
Xiao Li t the researcher’s eyes and sighed. "The answer is naturally a no."
"We’ll release one experintal area for test subjects who aren’t obedient—"
He hadn’t finished speaking when the Bloody Butcher slashed down at this false shadow. There were endless screams from the corridor as well as banging and explosions.
Xiao Li spoke to the fragnts of the researchers that hadn’t completely disappeared. "...However, your experints have been instigated by ."
Brother mories had spat out all the mories he swallowed under the threat of Fujiang. Once the mories were returned, this group of ghosts collectively ford an alliance of betrayers. The days of the researchers were coming to an end.
A clapping sound ca from where Pseudo-Logoi was hiding in the corner. Xiao Li ignored him. He placed his hand in his pockets and stepped to the edge of the roof, standing on the ledge. From this place, he could almost see the entire city. On the side of the highway, a neon sea of high-rise buildings stretched endlessly, almost like burning flas. He stood at such a height with thousands of shining lights, a bright river of seas below him.
Xiao Li smiled lightly and took a step forward. He stepped off the building and fell from it. The wind blew his clothes and made a loud sound. He seed to embrace it but eventually disappeared into the fall.
[The reincarnator Xiao Li has completed the task. The evaluation is S-grade and the task completion degree is 93%. You chose to destroy the laboratory of death and restored the mories, gaining the gratitude of the experintal subjects. You will be able to summon an experintal subject for five minutes. 4,000 survivor coins have been acquired.]
【 Scenario conversion. 】
【 3, 2, 1—】
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Zheng Yi and the others had been shocked the mont Xiao Li had fallen. They subconsciously wanted to rush forward to catch him but disappeared before they could. Pseudo-Logoi saw there was nothing exciting to watch and originally wanted to leave directly, but the only remaining person on the roof attracted his attention.
The task was over but Shen Chenzhi hadn’t left yet. He stood in the place where Xiao Li jumped down, eyes shining with a golden light as a sharp expression remained.
Shen Chenzhi looked at the sa scenery as Xiao Li and closed his eyes.
He was originally standing very close to the other person and wanted to reach for him, but Xiao Li’s expression at the ti was very gentle. Thus, Shen Chenzhi almost imdiately understood the aning. He restrained himself from reaching out and watched the other person before the task completion ti ran out and he returned to reality. But...
Watching the person he loved fall was still engraved on his retinas. Shen Chenzhi didn’t look back as he directly disappeared into the air.
Hidden in the corner, Pseudo-Logoi smiled. The force on Shen Chenzhi’s body made him perceive sothing but... the one who could possess this power, the god of all gods, should still be suppressed in that place in the main universe...
The god of lies turned around silently and left the instance world.
Once Xiao Li returned to reality, he didn’t appear on the ghost bus but the bus stop waiting for a bus. It was still late at night, not long after he left. The night sky wasn’t as beautiful as the instance worlds but it was more realistic and beautiful.
Xiao Li’s entire body still had the residual weightlessness brought about by the excitent and even wanted to run in circles. It took him a while before he pulled out his phone and called a taxi to take him to the door of the community. He got out of the car and walked through the corridor.
His house was very dark because the sound activated lights weren’t good. Others might be a bit afraid but Xiao Li was fine. Just as Xiao Li was approaching his door and opened it, a hand firmly grabbed his shoulder and pressed him against the wall.
The sound controlled lights above his head turned on from the motion. The teenager’s eyelids lowered. His skin colour was white like fine, white jade. The button of the shirt undone by the excitent was wide open, showing the lines of his neck and his collarbone.
The young man raised his chin, his arteries pulsing. Sothing soft and cold touched his lips. Xiao Li’s nasal cavity was filled with the sll of ice and snow belonging to Shen Chenzhi. The other person was very strong, causing the places where he touched to turn slightly red. Then the young man soon relented, burying his head into Xiao Li’s neck and holding his waist.
"I’m sorry," Shen Chenzhi muttered. "But..."
"I felt sorry to see you fall. I knew you wouldn’t die but..."
"I was still worried."
"I wanted to et you to see that you still exist."
Shen Chenzhi’s scorching breath hit his shoulders, making him lean his head to the side in an uncomfortable manner. Xiao Li froze for a mont as he realized his current situation. The soft touch still remained on his lips. It was very strange and unexpected...
It wasn’t annoying. Xiao Li hadn’t thought too much when he chose to jump. He just calculated the ti it would take to return from the task and wanted to feel what it was like to embrace the lights. He was so used to it that he didn’t feel anything.
Before entering the instance world, he occasionally went to the Internet cafe to play gas. When he went ho after midnight, Xiao Yuzheng was never ho, Xu i had gone to sleep a long ti ago and no one would say to him, "Co back earlier."
However... such a move would make those who loved him worry. Xiao Li thought about it. He lowered his lashes, selectively ignoring the kiss just now and extended his hand to Shen Chenzhi’s back.
"I’m sorry." In the end, he said the sa thing.
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