Chapter 23

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nFairytale Town 7

nXie Xi had never trusted Zhong Jin.

nOn Central World, Zhong Jin had shown too much enthusiasm. Although Xie Xi was young, he had seen many types of people and had extra vigilance towards strangers.

nTo Zhong Jin, he was just a newcomer who didn’t understand anything. The information of the person who cleared the S-grade world was unknown. It was impossible for Zhong Jin to know it, so what was his purpose in approaching Xie Xi?

nNow it was certain that he deliberately led Xie Xi to this D-grade world.

nXie Xi had thought there was a problem with this D-grade world but he had no choice. It was likely that X’s next world was filled with even more traps. This was only a D-grade world and he brought a bunch of items that newcomers couldn’t afford. Zhong Jin might be untrustworthy but it was definitely safer than that damn Lost Atlantis.

nIn order to get rid of the X-designed game, Xie Xi worked very hard.

nIn a way, Jiang Xie seemed to be worse than Zhong Jin in Xie Xi’s heart since the -173 must be respected. Oh, it was already -175. After all, Xie Xi thought about X once again.

nZhong Jin’s face sank and he was holding a short blade that flashed blue.

nSong Qi was shocked. “What are you doing?” He was trying to buy time.

nHow could Xie Xi not understand? He was always on guard and the moment he saw Zhong Jin’s malevolence, he used the character freeze while Zhong Jin was off guard.

nSong Qi exclaimed, “Fuck, I was scared to death!”

nXie Xi didn’t say anything and just took Zhong Jin’s weapon. This short blade didn’t look special. In the eyes of modern people, a hot weapon might be better than a cold weapon. However, Central World couldn’t be judged using conventional science. The short blade wasn’t necessarily weaker than the gun.

nSong Qi untied the hemp rope around his waist and tied Zhong Jin up. This was taken from the dungeon. After all, he was a collector and naturally had to scrape every place he went clean.

nSong Qi said he didn’t want to be a collector but he actually had a collection fetish.

nHe was afraid of Zhong Jin waking up early so Xie Xi used the character fix on him twice to ensure they had plenty of time.

nSong Qi’s movements were more skillful than expected and Zhong Jin was still frozen by the time he was done.

nXie Xi glanced at Zhong Jin before saying to Song Qi, “Let’s go.”

nSong Qi was surprised. “You don’t want to ask anything?”

nXie Xi didn’t want to delay the time. “There is nothing to ask. We have less experience and asking him questions is too dangerous.”

nHe strode away and Song Qi had to catch up, blinking in a confused manner.

nAs they were walking, Xie Xi asked him, “Have you ever killed anyone?”

nSong Qi immediately shook his head. “No!” What killing people? He was too scared to even kill a chicken!

nXie Xi replied, “Zhong Jin is different from us.”

nSong Qi vaguely understood and he tensed up. “The reason for your caution…”

n“We have to take advantage of this time to find Sun Yunren.”

nIt was meaningless to question Zhong Jin. He wouldn’t give them any clues about this game.

nMoreover, they knew too little about Zhong Jin’s situation. Just now, they took advantage of when he wasn’t prepared to freeze his body. If they delayed until the time limit of the freeze was over, who knew what would happen?

nAs for killing Zhong Jin, Xie Xi wasn’t going to try it.

nHe was worried about the fatal injuries immunity.

nA newcomer was able to buy a fatal injuries immunity uniform for 50 silver coins. How could the veteran Zhong Jin be unprepared? If he was unprepared, why was he willing to give away ‘one life’ as soon as he entered the game? Admittedly, it was a crafty escape plan but if he only had two lives, he wouldn’t be so casual.

nBesides, Xie Xi and Song Qi had no fighting experience. It was obvious that Zhong Jin’s posture of holding the blade wasn’t normal. If they couldn’t kill him, they might be the ones killed instead!

nThus, the smartest move was to run quickly!

nSong Qi asked while running, “What is going on? Didn’t he enter the game with you?”

n“To be precise, he led me in.”

n“Oh my god!” Song Qi remembered. “I was also pulled in by Liu Sheng!”

nThe two of them spoke about what they remembered.

nPreviously, Zhong Jin was called Liu Sheng and he also pulled Song Qi into this D-grade assembly mission. Song Qi had just broken up with a slag man and was angry. Then he met a sunny and handsome person and chatted with him. After a few words, they decided to do the task together.

nThey entered the game and spent a day in the forest. Song Qi was embarrassed by his task and didn’t team up with anyone. He sneaked around by himself and was unexpectedly caught and locked up.

nSong Qi shivered. “An 80% death rate will reset the task… then out of the last batch of players, only Zhong Jin and I survived?” The name was confusing so they decided to call him Zhong Jin.

nXie Xi said, “He completed the main task and successfully left the world.” That’s how Zhong Jin entered the world again.

nSong Qi couldn’t understand. “Why did he return to this world? What’s the point of repeating D-grade tasks?” The Central World’s rules were clearly written. Repeating tasks in the same world would lead to a decline in rewards. In a low-level world where the rewards were weak, there would be no rewards after clearing it two or three times.

nSong Qi thought about it. “Is it to clear the world?” Clearing the world required completing the core main task and side tasks. Some players would enter the same world in order to get the special reward from clearing a world, gaining new tasks in the hope of reaching the conditions to clear the instance.

nThen Song Qi thought it was impossible. “It is just a D-grade world. The instance clearance reward isn’t comparable to the general reward of a C-grade world. Isn’t it a waste of time?’ Zhong Jin’s strength was sufficient to challenge a C-grade world.

nXie Xi didn’t speak.

nSong Qi asked again, “Why did he lead us into this world? Where are the others? Did he bring them in as well?”

n“I’m afraid he has entered more than twice.”

nIf the person in the photo was Zhong Jin then he hadn’t entered the game only three days ago.

nEven if Sun Yunren didn’t eat for three days, she wouldn’t have the current thin appearance.

nSong Qi’s scalp was numb. “What the hell is he trying to do!” It was too strange! The town’s residents hunted the players and there were people like Zhong Jin with unknown intentions. What was going on in this world?

n“It doesn’t matter what he wants to do.” Xie Xi stated, “As long as we clear this world, he can’t enter again.”

nSong Qi heard this sentence and realized the meaning. “Brother Xi…”

n“Let’s go and see Sun Yunren first.”

nThey returned to Aunty Sun’s residence and saw the girl standing alone in the yard.

nShe was immersed in a fantasy, praying for the person in her dream to come and pick her up.

nOnce Xie Xi appeared, her eyes brightened and her voice grew sweeter and softer. “Brother Bai Xia, I knew you wouldn’t leave Yunren behind.”

n“I’m not Bai Xia.” Xie Xi stared at her. “You really can’t tell?”

nSun Yunren seemed to freeze and a panicked expression crossed her face. “You are… no, you aren’t Bai Xia. You just borrowed his body. I know, I know… I won’t admit it. As soon as you came, Bai Xia will become different…”

nSure enough.

nSun Yunren couldn’t distinguish between Xie Xiand Zhong Jin because they entered Bai Xia’s body and became Bai Xia.

nIn the eyes of the people of this world, there was no difference between the two Bai Xias. However, players weren’t confined to the world and they clearly understood.

nXie Xi told Sun Yunren, “I’m not the person you know. I’m someone else.”

nSun Yunren stared blankly.

nXie Xi’s voice was a lot lighter. “You can tell right?”

nTears fell from Sun Yunren’s eyes and the girl seemed on the verge of collapse. “Why… why… don’t you love me? You said you would marry me and take me away from this broken place…”

nXie Xi raised an eyebrow. Broken place?

nHe hadn’t spoken yet when a boy’s voice was heard. “Sister Yunren!”

nSun Yunren trembled and unleashed amazing strength and speed to grab the boy who suddenly appeared. “Xiao… Xiao Feng, don’t tell the mayor, don’t…”

nThe boy shook with anger. “You are with outsiders again. You are crazy!”

nSun Yunren’s mental state was unstable and she held the boy’s hand like she was a tree root.

nXie Xi told her, “You will hurt him like this.”

nThe boy immediately looked up.

nThe two people stared at each other with startled expressions.

nThe boy didn’t expect to see such a good-looking person and Xie Xi was surprised by the boy’s golden pupils.

nThe boy gritted his teeth. “A pretty boy like you is bullying Sister Yunren! The dragon god will punish you!”

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