nMu Huixue smiled and said, “In addition, if drinking together refers to secretly attending the same party and performing different tasks while seeing each other from afar… Hey Fly, I can count many people who drank with me.”

nBai Ruoyao didn’t look embarrassed about being exposed.

nHis expression was very helpless.

nHe stared at Mu Huixue and Mu Huixue just smiled at him. Bai Ruoyao knew it was impossible for this woman to help him but he didn’t give up. Instead, he made a betrayed expression. “There aren’t many people in the circle who survived. After more than half a year, you are the only one I’ve seen. Deer, how can you be willing to watch me die…”

nMu Huixue didn’t answer. Bai Ruoyao grasped the moment when Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo slightly relaxed their vigilance to suddenly run in the direction of the Temple of Heaven.

nIn the hot daylight, a black figure struggled to escape at a fast speed. Tang Mo was slightly stunned but Fu Wenduo immediately chased. He lowered his body so it was parallel to the ground, almost clinging to the ground. His elbows and knees collided with the ground, making a faint metal sound.

nMu Huixue was amazed. Her dynamic vision let her see that Fu Wenduo’s body would become a small piece of metal every time it touched the ground. Every collision was an acceleration. Bai Ruoyao’s speed was very fast and Mu Huixue believed that she couldn’t catch up with him once he escaped a few metres. Yet Fu Wenduo could actually catch him.

nHe waved his right arm and the black triangular weapon stabbed at Bai Ruoyao.

nBai Ruoyao seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. He weighed whether he could escape or not and immediately gave up on fleeing, turning to block the blow. Two silver butterfly knives collided with the black weapon and both of them slid back half a metre.

nThe pink parasol arrived in an instant and Bai Ruoyao once again blocked.

nNext was a close combat fight close to the top of the human level.

nOn the square in front of the Temple of Heaven, three people kept approaching and hitting each other. Soon, all three had small wounds on them. Bai Ruoyao had the most injuries. He kept smiling as he calmly stared at Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo’s actions, carefully evading.

nOnly Mu Huixue could see the movements of the three people.

nAs the first continued, her expression gradually became more serious. There seemed to be a golden light flashing in her eyes. Every place she stared at, the next second one of the trio would attack.

nBai Ruoyao’s wrists moved and two butterfly knives flew at Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo’s eyes. Then he turned and ran, no longer needing his weapons. Unexpectedly, Tang Mo pulled out a piece of glowing stone from his pocket. This stone wasn’t amazing but the moment Tang Mo threw it into the air, the two butterfly knives flew towards it. It was like a magnet and the butterfly knives firmly stuck to it.

nBai Ruoyao’s expression was dark. His butterfly knives attack didn’t work and he was quickly captured by Fu Wenduo.

nFu Wenduo didn’t give him the opportunity to struggle, directly taking out the causality rope and tying the baby-faced youth up. Bai Ruoyao’s face was gloomy and unpleasant as he was tied up. He looked at Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo before smiling awkwardly. “Major Fu, your skill when tying people up isn’t good at all. I have a particularly interesting binding method. Do you want to try it?”

nTang Mo put away the small parasol and caught the stone falling from the air. “Untie your rope and tie it up again? Bai Ruoyao, what are you saying?”

nBai Ruoyao made an innocent expression. “I didn’t say you had to untie me. Tang Tang, that’s what you said yourself.”

nTang Mo didn’t care about him. He took the stone and tried to remove the two butterfly knives stuck to it. The two knives clung to the glowing stone for half a minute. Once 30 seconds passed, the magnetic force was suddenly lost and the knives fell to the ground. Tang Mo reached out to pick them up but Bai Ruoyao exclaimed, “Come back.”

nThe speed of the butterfly knives was faster than Tang Mo and they flew into Bai Ruoyao’s sleeve.

nTang Mo’s eyes narrowed.

nThis prop had to at least be a rare quality!

nTang Mo thought about how many good props he could get after killing Bai Ruoyao. He looked down at the baby-faced youth and his eyes sank when he saw the expression on the other person’s face.

nAfter a moment of silence, Tang Mo asked, “Do you still have a means to save your life?”

n“I was caught by Tang Tang? How can I still have a life-saving means? The baby-faced youth smiled at him, his eyes dark and still laughing. He asked this question but he knew the answer better than anyone else.

nBai Ruoyao had a means to save his life.

nHe was a person afraid of death. Now Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo really wanted to kill him. He was angry but he didn’t feel that he would die.

nTang Mo didn’t understand how this person had confidence that he could live.

nMu Huixue came over. “I am also very curious. This lucky person, can you still escape? Don’t plead with me. We don’t know each other.”

nBai Ruoyao was ‘hurt’ by her remark. If he wasn’t tied up then he might’ve made a gesture of wiping his tears. After playing for a while, he saw that Tang Mo and Mu Huixue didn’t respond to him. Bai Ruoyao shifted his gaze to Fu Wenduo and smiled. “Hehe, Major Fu, I want you to spare my life.”

nFu Wenduo looked indifferent as he made a noise. “Hrmm?”

nBai Ruoyao told him, “I’ve had enough of games. I want to save my life more than having fun. I won’t deliberately make trouble for you in the future. IF I accidentally run into you in the same game, it isn’t my intention. Of course, I also won’t deliberately harm you.” The baby-faced youth looked wrong. “In fact, I’ve never killed anyone. Tang Tang, in the Queen of Hearts’ Gem Corridor, I thought about taking away your moon flower but I didn’t succeed. Even if I took it away, you could rob the child and still clear the instance.”

nFu Wensheng cried out angrily, “Why should he take my moon flower to clear the instance!”

nBai Ruoyao replied, “I’m just saying it. This didn’t happen at the time.”

nFu Wensheng wanted to rush over to kick this psychopath but Chen Shanshan stopped him. “You can’t beat him.”

nFu Wensheng, “…”

nThe weak had no human rights!

nThe wronged child retreated behind Fu Wenduo and decided to tell his parents. “Big Brother, help me beat him up.”

nFu Wenduo stared at Bai Ruoyao. “Is that it?”

nBai Ruoyao continued to watch Fu Wenduo. “Second, I have a message about the black tower. Let me go and I’ll tell you. Tang Tang, this news is definitely worth it. You haven’t listened to me. How do you know it is useless?”

nTang Mo gripped the small parasol and smiled. “Then tell us what it is.”

nBai Ruoyao paused for a while before selling himself. Sunlight shone from the Temple of Heaven, casting a shadow on him. The sound of his laughter was a bit mysterious. “Six months ago, the black tower was online and there was the three day player selection period. I performed a secret mission in Chongqing. Halfway through, I found my heartbeat speeding up. I thought I could control this physical change but I couldn’t bear it and fainted on the dark road.”

nTang Mo’s eyes narrowed as he realized what Bai Ruoyao was talking about.

n“At that time, my heartbeat reached 194 at the maximum.”

nFu Wenduo asked, “Is that real?”

nBai Ruoyao blinked. “You guess.”

nOf course it wasn’t real data.

nSix months ago at the Shanghai Attack base, Luo Fengcheng told Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo about the ‘accelerated heartbeat phenomenon’. At that time, the two of them told Luo Fengcheng that they experienced it but they didn’t fully trust each other at the time. Thus, they told each other false information.

nTang Mo’s maximum heartbeat was 532 but he said it was 169. Fu Wenduo said it was 171 but this number was absolutely impossible.

nThat wasn’t the point.

nTang Mo said, “A very small number of people have the heartbeat acceleration phenomenon. We all know this. What about it?”

nBai Ruoyao said, “I know what this heartbeat acceleration means.”

nTang Mo was surprised and he glanced at Fu Wenduo.

nMu Huixue wondered, “What does it mean?”

nBai Ruoyao didn’t speak and just smiled at Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo.

nFu Wenduo asked, “What is it?”

nBai Ruoyao spoke to him. “Major Fu, do you promise to let me go?”

nFu Wenduo was silent for a long time as he exchanged looks with Tang Mo. “Okay.”

nBai Ruoyao explained, “The maximum number of the heartbeat acceleration doesn’t matter. It just means how powerful the person who once had this ability was. The higher the heartbeat, the more powerful the former owner.”

nTang Mo turned to look at Fu Wenduo and Fu Wenduo was also looking at him.

n‘…Your ability note?’

n‘Yes, my ability note.’

nChen Shanshan was shocked. “Once owned the ability?”

nBai Ruoyao looked at her. “Yes, the previous owner. There are seven billion people on the planet. Some became Earth survivors and some became returnees. Among the Earth survivors, the official players and stowaways will gain an ability from the beginning. For the reserve players, some of them cleared the black tower floors and gained an ability. The situation of the returnees…” Bai Ruoyao looked at Mu Huixue.

nMu Huixue wasn’t stingy with her own intelligence. “In that world, on the seventh day, all returnees cleared the black tower’s first floor. At the time, there were 1.6 billion people left.”

nThis meant that at least 1.6 billion returnees gained an ability. Although there were currently only 300,000 returnees surviving, there were also the Earth survivors who had abilities. Bai Ruoyao said, “Humans with abilities… there are at least 1.7 billion? 1.8 billion? Hehe, that doesn’t matter.”

nTang Mo whispered, “Bai Ruoyao!”

nChen Shanshan asked him, “Is it true that before us, there were humans who had abilities?”

n“Who said the previous owner was a human?”

nChen Shanshan couldn’t speak.

nFu Wenduo questioned it. “Then what are they?”

nBai Ruoyao replied arrogantly. “I don’t know.” He didn’t wait for Tang Mo to start and hurriedly continued, “I do know that every player who had their hearts accelerate was because a player once had the same ability and that player cleared the black tower’s seventh floor. My Mortal’s Death…” Bai Ruoyao paused and said helplessly. “My ability isn’t a secret. Since Tang Tang already has it, the others should know it as well.”

nMu Huixue glanced at Tang Mo.

nBai Ruoyao leaked the information of Tang Mo’s power to Mu Huixue and Tang Mo just sneered at him.

nBai Ruoyao said pitifully, “My Mortal’s Death, your mysterious ability and Major Fu’s inexplicable ability to become Iron Man. Previous players had similar abilities and they passed through the black tower’s seventh floor. As for whether they cleared our black tower or different black towers… I don’t know either.”

nHe was clearly a prisoner and begging for his life but Bai Ruoyao still had ways to make people want to hit him.

nTang Mo’s brain worked quickly before he said, “Why should we believe your words?”

n“I’m not lying.”

n“We don’t know if you are lying.”

nBai Ruoyao’s eyes narrowed and he decided to reveal something else. “This information was told to me by a black tower boss. She is very senior and very strong. Hey Tang Tang, look at your face. I know what you want to ask. Why would a powerful black tower monster tell me such an important thing? Hehe, it is probably because I am kind and cute.”

nTang Mo was ready to kick him and Bai Ruoyao hurriedly said, “It is because I completed a hidden mission. She and I have the same surname. She is also surnamed Bai (TL: White) so she decided to tell me this interesting information.” Bai Ruoyao’s eyes were sincere. “I’m really not lying.”

nTang Mo definitely knew he wasn’t lying. This news contained a great deal of information for Tang Mo. He closed his eyes and swallowed his doubts. He was ready to finish off Bai Ruoyao before discussing it with Chen Shanshan and Fu Wenduo.

nYes, Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo never intended to let Bai Ruoyao go.

nTang Mo generally didn’t break his promises. Most of the time he would keep promises to others. This was especially true for Fu Wenduo.

nHowever, this was Bai Ruoyao.

nTang Mo knew that Bai Ruoyao was a person who would keep his promises. He promised Ning Zheng that he wouldn’t threaten him again and would help him keep the secrets. Despite Ning Zheng not helping him against Tang Mo, he didn’t divulge Ning Zheng’s secret.

nYet Bai Ruoyao only said that he wouldn’t deliberately make trouble. He didn’t say what would happen if the two of them actually encountered each other in the same game. His strong strength made Tang Mo wary and people who were afraid of death were always vengeful. Bai Ruoyao was extremely afraid of death and he would be even more vengeful.

nBetween death ends all troubles and the tiger finding him again, Tang Mo chose the former.

nFu Wenduo helped him make the promise because Bai Ruoyao believed that Major Fu would keep his promise. He didn’t believe in Tang Mo. Tang Mo also admitted that he wouldn’t care about these things in necessary moments. Fu Wenduo was different.

nHowever, when Fu Wenduo replied to Bai Ruoyao, he used his eyes to tell Tang Mo that it didn’t matter.

nTang Mo quietly touched his small parasol while Fu Wenduo stood calmly to the side.

nTang Mo was just about to grab the handle when Bai Ruoyao looked at Fu Wenduo and suddenly said, “There is a third thing.”

nTang Mo’s actions stopped.

nMu Huixue smiled. “Surely enough, a lucky person’s means of saving his life will always be amazing. This is really interesting. I want to know what else you can pull out that will stop them from killing you.”

nBai Ruoyao blinked and stared sincerely at Fu Wenduo. July 18th, 2014, Myanmar, Myitkyina.”

nFu Wenduo’s expression changed. “It was you?”

nBai Ruoyao grinned and winked. “I’m your F.”

nFu Wenduo was silent. A long time passed before he said, “Let’s go.” He raised his hand and took back the prop tying up Bai Ruoyao. Tang Mo was surprised but didn’t say anything.

nThe baby-faced youth made a heartbroken expression as he asked Tang Mo, “Tang Tang, do you really hate me?”

nTang Mo held the small parasol and sneered. “Bai Ruoyao, do you really want to die?”

nBai Ruoyao spread open his hands innocently. Then he turned and ran, quickly disappearing from the Temple of Heaven park.

nMu Huixue spoke emotionally, “It was Fly who sent that letter four years ago.”

nTang Mo looked at Fu Wenduo. “What did he do?”

nFu Wenduo explained what happened four years ago.

nTang Mo didn’t expect that Bai Ruoyao, this disgusting guy, would actually save people. He saved two of China’s elite special forces at the time.

nFour years ago, Fu Wenduo received a special tip. He lead his Xiaolong Group and another special forces team to Myitkyina, Myanmar, reader to catch a big drug lord. The night before they were going to move, someone gave them a lollipop through a local child. Once they opened it, a note was hidden in the heart of the sugar.

nPlease enter the boiling pot.

n—F

nThere was also a drawing of a big tortoise with a basin covering its face, struggling on its belly.

nThis F originally referred to Fox.

nMu Huixue added, “Fox was probably performing another mission in the area. He discovered this by accident and reminded you of it. Everyone in the circle is unaware of other missions and the whereabouts of their colleagues. We don’t even know each all of us look like. This incident was quite famous in the circle. I didn’t expect him to be the one behind it. Don’t worry, Fly’s ability is keep promises is as famous as his popularity. He never breaks it so he shouldn’t make trouble in the future.”

nXiao Fu muttered, “You should’ve beaten him up before letting him go. He wasn’t hit hard enough…”

nTang Mo and Fu Wenduo glanced at each other. They decided to discuss the important information Bai Ruoyao gave them after leaving the Temple of Heaven.

nThe bright sunshine shone on the five people. The sun had passed the middle of the sky and was tilting slightly to the west. Mu Huixue was tall but she was a woman after all. Her height couldn’t compare to Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo. Tang Mo lowered his head and looked at the long string of golden numbers on her neck.

n『260,126.』

nIn Santa’s Quirky Commercial Street, all players had their abilities and identities restricted. They couldn’t use abilities and their identity was Santa’s customer. After leaving the instance, Tang Mo found that Ning Zheng had become an official player and lost the status of returnee.

nMu Huixue was still a returnee.

nEliminate five players, including but not limited to the game mode, and they could become an official player. It was very simple for Mu Huixue to become an official player. Yet she was still a returnee.

nChen Shanshan asked, “Why?”

nMu Huixue was particularly patient with the child. She bent over to look at Chen Shanshan and smiled. “Why what?”

nChen Shanshan wondered, ‘Am I that short?’

nThe little girl spoke again. “Why are you still a returnee?”

nIt was possible for anyone in this world to still be a returnee except for Mu Huixue. She was superior to the other 350,00 returnees and her rest time was several times larger than the second place. There was only one possibility for why she wasn’t an official player yet.

nMu Huixue laughed. “What is the difference between a returnee and official player? In any case, I’ll be dead soon.”

nThis woman really wanted to die and she had no interest in becoming an official player.

nPerhaps it was because he spent a long time with Mu Huixue and she helped him get the number 5 die. Xiao Fu was a lot more courageous and asked curiously, “The number on your neck, did you really kill so many people?”

nMu Huixue happily answered the child’s question. “Kill a returnee who has no rest time and you can get the other person’s 10 minute break.

nKill a person with rest time and in addition to the 10 minutes, you can get half of the other person’s rest time. Child, how many people do you think I’ve killed? Oh yes, I don’t know your name.”

nFu Wenduo answered, “He is Fu Wensheng.”

nMu Huixue instantly understood as she glanced back and forth between Fu Wenduo and Fu Wensheng. “So I was cheated by you from the beginning.” She looked at Tang Mo. “You pretended not to know this little friend in the candy house and I really believed it.” She found the reason and laughed. “Perhaps it is because Earth is too peaceful. The longer I stay here, the more I let down my guard.”

nFu Wensheng looked at her strangely. Xiao Fu never felt that Earth was peaceful. Although, compared to the world of the returnees, Earth might be more ‘comfortable.’ However, the players who lived to the present have also experienced life and death.

nMu Huixue pointed to her neck. “I didn’t remove this for two reasons. First, I am too lazy since I am going to die anyway. Second, I moved from Guangzhou to Beijing. People didn’t dare lay a hand on me when they saw this number. It is useful.” She spoke Cantonese at the end and seemed to be in a good mood.

n“You want to find Fu Wenduo so he can kill you?” Tang Mo asked.

n“Yes.”

n“Why?”

nMu Huixue replied, “There are two reasons. First of all, in the world of the returnees, everyone is very fond of their lives. If they aren’t certain then they won’t easily challenge the players higher than them on the time leaderboard. I haven’t fought a strong person in a very long time. I like to fight.”

nTang Mo hadn’t seen it at all. Did Mu Huixue like fighting that much?

nFu Wenduo spoke up. “The second reason?”

nMu Huixue looked seriously at him. “This is related to my ability. Before I tell you my ability, I’d like to make sure. Major Fu, do you agree to fight with me?”

nFu Wenduo didn’t answer, asking instead, “How many people have you killed.”

nMu Huixue had long guessed he would ask this and quickly answered, “76 people.”

nXiao Fu exclaimed, “So few?”

n76 people sounded like a lot. After the earth went only, Tang Mo hadn’t killed more than 20 people. However, Mu Huixue was a returnee and was at the top of the brutal food chain with 260,000 minutes of rest time.

n“Of the 260,000 minutes, 120,000 of it was from killing the previous first place on the time leaderboard. The man had 240,000 minute of rest time and I got half of it.” Mu Huixue pointed to the string of golden numbers. The number was completely transparent and floating beside her neck. There were too many numbers and it rolled gently, giving off a faint bloody smell. “As for the other 140,00, there were many people who wanted to kill me when I first became number one. I killed them and got half of their rest time. Most of the challengers were high ranking players on the time leaderboard.”

nMu Huixue touched her neck and smiled. The hint of killing intent contained in it couldn’t be ignored. She recalled that period. “I had no name on the time leaderboard before I killed the first place person. I suddenly appeared and immediately jumped to third place. A strange female player who killed the first ranked person, perhaps with luck… isn’t she an attractive target?”

nMu Huixue grinned, revealing sharp tiger’s teeth.

n