novelhk Chapter 29 Introducing a (Boy) Friend
Chapter 29 Introducing a (Boy) Friend
"Vote?" Wang Weiwen paced anxiously, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration and quickly said to Jiang Lin, "Can't the three of us just abstain this round? Yes! The system is malfunctioning! If we abstain this round, we can leave in the next round!"
"There are still two good players left on the field. Even if it's a tie, the game won't end." Jiang Lin's gentle words completely shattered Wang Weiwen's will.
"Two good people?" Wang Weiwen finally realized he had been deceived. He angrily rushed towards Jiang Lin, but Jiang Lin dodged him, and Wang Weiwen fell face-first to the ground, bleeding from his mouth and nose.
Jiang Lin: "What a pity, it was just a little bit short."
With blood streaming from his nose, Wang Weiwen looked regretfully at Lin Zhi's corpse at his feet. If he had been willing to cast 9, wouldn't they have won outright?
[System notification: Countdown has ended, nominations will begin! 10 seconds left!]
1—--910
[System notification: The number of nominees is 1.]
[System notification: The second round of voting has begun.]
[Please vote among the nominees. The person with the most votes will be: executed!]
[Countdown: 1 minute]
After being forcibly teleported onto a 2-meter-high stage by the system, Wang Weiwen could not accept the result and frantically banged his head against the invisible spatial barrier.
[Voting Ended: Player #1 is Executed.]
At the moment the time was up, Wang Weiwen instinctively looked up. He knew that a rope would hang down from the roof beam, and that the rope would quickly loop around his neck, suspending him high in the air and hanging him to death.
And indeed, a hemp rope hung from the roof beam; he could even see the rough texture of the rope and smell the decaying, withered grass. In his final moments, he uttered a hateful curse towards Jiang Lin:
"You demon! I'll haunt you even in death!"
[System notification: Evacuation point information updated.]
Evacuation point: The stage.
[Evacuation conditions: No additional conditions required.]
[Number of participants: Unlimited.]
[Evacuation point effective time countdown begins: 5 minutes.]
"Heh." Jiang Lin found it amusing. He wasn't afraid of living people, so why would he be afraid of dead people?
What's the difference between the curse of the incompetent and farting?
Turning to look at Ji Xingyi, Jiang Lin saw that the man's gaze was blank, and a thought struck her. She asked:
"Koichi, am I that scary?"
Ji Xingyi snapped out of her daze, sighed, and pulled Jiang Lin into her arms: "What are you thinking about!"
Apart from Ji Xingyi himself, no one knew that Jiang Lin's choice was extremely dangerous.
In the third night, Crimson, if Jiang Lin didn't kill Zhao Wei, the Ghosts would definitely win. Zhang Xu'an, Lin Zhi, and Wang Weiwen firmly believed in the existence of two more Ghosts in the final round because no player expected Jiang Lin to kill his own teammate.
If Wang Weiwen hadn't been a coward, Jiang Lin would have been executed in that round of voting!
However, as long as Zhao Wei was alive, he would threaten Xingyi's safety. Jiang Lin did not hesitate and chose to take the risk himself.
So no matter what the outcome, Ji Xingyi will not die, but the young man in her arms has a fifty percent chance of being executed!
As Ji Xingyi thought about Jiang Lin turning into a corpse hanging on the stage, she couldn't help but hug the person in her arms even tighter: "I just want you to live."
Jiang Lin's eyes were like an abyss that devoured light, and a wicked smile appeared where Ji Xingyi couldn't see.
The rain stopped, and sunlight seemed to pierce through the clouds, but the old house remained cold and icy.
After the two touched the floating crystal to leave the ancient house instance, not long after, crisp footsteps suddenly appeared in the silent ancient house.
"Da da da……"
It turned out that the paper figures that served as decorations in the various courtyards had come to life. They were brightly colored, with strange faces painted with ink, and manipulated stiff limbs, working in pairs to eat and chug away.
Some jumped onto the roof beams and lowered the four hanging corpses, while others found brooms from somewhere and swept up the traces in the yard. Still others worked in pairs, lifting the corpses and quickly heading towards the ancient bronze cauldron where the players had thrown offerings.
With a bang, Lin Zhi's body was thrown into the ancient cauldron, which then burst into green flames that devoured the body in just a few seconds.
Immediately afterwards, the traces of Zhang Xu'an, Song Nuan, Xu Lina, Tan Yu, and the other 10 people were completely erased. The paper figures quickly returned to their original positions, where they would await the next batch of interesting humans...
Back to reality.
[Evacuation successful from the instance "Ominous Night"]
Time taken: 68 minutes and 24 seconds
Rating: 4 stars (out of 5)
[Hidden rating: Traitor]
[Points settlement: Survival days +36]
Total survival days: 52 days.
Jiang Lin looked at the system settlement on his phone and revealed a disdainful smile.
The evacuation point opens in 5 minutes. Theoretically, Jiang Lin has one more chance to become a ghost. He guesses that to get a five-star rating, the ghost bride needs to kill the last survivor, Ji Xingyi.
Unfortunately, in Jiang Lin's eyes, a five-star rating is not as valuable as a single hair on Xingyi's head.
The instance ended, and Ji Xingyi seemed to have forgotten his promise before entering, forcefully squeezing into Jiang Lin's space. He was like a fish about to dry up, returning to the ocean to continue his life.
The next day, Jiang Lin returned to school, and life went back to normal.
Two weeks after the Phoenix Mountain accident, the University of Commerce and the University of Technology, together with other colleges, organized a memorial service. Jiang Lin, Wang Zhe, and Ding Xuehui, as survivors of the accident, all attended but declined media interviews.
Black and white photos of 19 students were displayed in the auditorium, and groups of guests dressed in black offered flowers, filling the air with grief and sorrow.
Finally, a seemingly ordinary-looking engineering student delivered a speech on the podium: "Dear relatives and friends, distinguished guests, today we deeply mourn the passing of our nineteen classmates with profound sorrow..."
Wang Zhe and Ding Xuehui, who were standing next to Jiang Lin, both looked terrible. They were grieving the death of their close friend, but more than that, they were worried about their own future.
What we fear is not the past experiences, but the upcoming one.
"...The waxing and waning of the moon, life and death are unpredictable. May the departed souls rest in peace. We pray to Heaven."
Jiang Lin, who had been keeping his head down and silent, showed a flicker of emotion in his eyes when he heard the last line of the eulogy.
After the memorial service ended, Jiang Lin asked Wang Zhe to investigate the student's identity.
Since their first encounter in the dungeon, the group had become much closer. Jiang Lin directly shared his guess with the two: "His eulogy was quite good, but the last line was a bit strange: 'Life and death are unpredictable, may the departed soul rest in peace, and pray to Heaven.'"
Death? Soul? Prayer (Island)?
Ding Xuehui rested her chin on her hand and pondered: "Perhaps there were more than just the seven of us participating in the instance back then; there were other players who participated in a different instance than us!"
"So, that guy was also a survivor!" Wang Zhe exclaimed excitedly.
"By the way, Jiang Lin, our time is almost up. How about we join the next dungeon together?" Ding Xuehui looked at Jiang Lin nervously.
Everyone wants a great teammate, especially a gentle young man like the one in front of them.
“Sure.” Jiang Lin smiled slightly. “I’ll also introduce you to a friend.”