Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 229 25

Qin Ke nodded in agreement after hearing Yan Xun's words, "Maybe."

He then looked at Yan Xun, "You're so concerned about the contents of the Book of Corruption...? Did you take it?"

Yan Xun thought to himself, Qin Ke clearly already had a guess, but he still insisted on forcing him to admit it. But would he admit it?

Definitely not.

“I’ve only ever seen it in White’s hands,” Yan Xun said.

After obtaining the Book of Corruption, he did not open the inner pages, but only looked at the text on the back of the book. The text matched the letters in the captain's cabin, which confirmed his identity as a member of the Angel Guild.

"Anyway, the one in the Bone Garden is very angry." Qin Ke didn't press further. "Even if White didn't die in that instance, he wouldn't survive if he left the instance."

“Those of you who have experienced the human-cat instance have all become His suspects.”

"Everyone?" Yan Xun thought for a moment, "Including Gu Jia and Sun Yue?"

Gu Jia's presence in that instance was not strong; he thought that the hatred in the Bone Garden would only be directed at a specific person.

For example, myself, Lou Yanchuan, and Li Wu.

Unexpectedly, this person has quite a temper and actually holds a grudge against everyone.

"It's better to kill the innocent than to let the guilty go free," Qin Ke commented.

"That sounds petty," Yan Xun commented.

“People who don’t understand that honest advice is hard to swallow are like this,” Qin Ke said. “They will fly into a rage at the slightest inconvenience.”

Yan Xun became even more certain of one thing: Qin Ke had no respect for the person in the White Bone Garden, only the resentment of an ordinary worker towards his leader. He even had a strange sense of déjà vu.

It was as if he and Qin Ke were from two different companies, seemingly irreconcilable enemies.

In reality, they would secretly complain about their difficult and petty boss, and how the company was inhumane and only focused on superficial projects.

Yan Xun looked at Qin Ke sitting next to him, pondering the other's intention in telling him all this, "You want to be like the Whale Speaker?"

“You don’t need that much blue gold,” Qin Ke said.

Just as Yan Xun was about to retort, Qin Ke said again, "As a human, you can't absorb too much blue gold."

"We all are."

Yan Xun looked at Qin Ke, "What I mean?"

"Interpret it however you like." Of course, Qin Ke couldn't be too explicit. Even with multiple layers of protection, and considering that the person in the Bone Garden had also been severely injured, he couldn't reveal his true intentions directly.

“You need Blue Gold to complete the mission.” He reached out and tapped Yan Xun’s chest. “Me too.”

"I need Blue Gold to complete the mission."

"And also to report to that person."

Yan Xun felt as if he could sense some of Qin Ke's intentions, but he couldn't ask him directly.

Perhaps Yan Xun's conflicted expression was too obvious, because after watching for a while, Qin Ke asked, "Do you want to confirm what I'm thinking?"

Do you remember the place I told you about?

"The place where I live."

Qin Ke said, "Actually, those priests and nuns are not bad. They are just too busy, too busy to take care of us children."

"One person has to take care of 50, or even more children."

"So we can only stay where we are, and it's best not to cry, make a fuss, or say anything."

"There wasn't enough food or toys. To survive, you could only pray that you didn't get sick, or that you could snatch more food."

"Nobody here will care about you."

Instead of directly answering Yan Xun's question, Qin Ke brought up an unrelated topic.

"The people I saw most often were the priests who led us in prayer and the nuns who took care of us. They were so tired that they were sometimes a little rough and wouldn't listen to our requests. After we realized that crying and making a fuss was useless, we stopped crying and making a fuss."

"You have to fight for what you want."

“But they are still things you subconsciously fear,” Yan Xun said.

This space allows people to confront their fears.

"Yes," Qin Ke replied.

“So I confronted my fear.” He made a throat-slitting gesture. “I dealt with it.”

Yan Xun was unsure whether Qin Ke meant resolving his own fears, or the fears of the priests and nuns, when he said "resolving it"...

"I wanted to live, so I joined the Angel Guild and worshipped that being."

"What I want, I can only strive for myself."

So what does Qin Ke want now? Blue gold?

Yan Xun thought that his target was most likely the same as the Whale Whisperer, but according to Qin Ke, he would take Blue Gold back to report.

What does Qin Ke want...?

Yan Xun's thoughts were so obvious, practically written on his face, that Qin Ke could easily see his undisguised curiosity.

"What I'm thinking is..."

"Emperors take turns, next year it's my turn." Qin Ke looked up. "So..."

"We must complete the Blue Gold mission and obtain the Blue Gold."

Qin Ke really is a madman, Yan Xun thought, although his behavior is different from White's... Yan Xun looked at Qin Ke, "What happens if a player accidentally swallows blue gold?"

"You'll die," Qin Ke said with a smile. "There's a 1% chance you'll survive, a 9% chance you'll suffer a fate worse than death, and a 90% chance you'll explode."

"Nightmare fell into a deep sleep after consuming Blue Gold."

He pointed to himself, then to Yan Xun, "What do you think of us?"

"With a bang, we might explode," Qin Ke said, "like a balloon being stretched to its limit and bursting."

So even if there's only a 1% chance, Qin Ke would still choose to swallow the blue gold.

Yan Xun knew that in order not to anger the one in the White Bone Garden, Qin Ke would definitely find a reasonable excuse.

such as--

The nightmare suddenly awakens, and in order to defeat the opponent and seize the time to take away the blue gold, he has no choice but to swallow the blue gold to strengthen his body.

“I need your help,” Qin Ke said again.

“You know you can’t wake the nightmare up all by yourself,” Yan Xun pointed out to Qin Ke’s thoughts.

"The old man said before that the monster inside the ice wall is about to awaken."

Judging by the time, Nightmare is almost finished absorbing the power of Blue Gold. The angel in the Bone Garden is probably worried that Nightmare will start devouring Blue Gold again after it awakens, which is why she asked Whale Whisperer and Qin Ke to enter this instance and bring the Blue Gold back before Nightmare awakens.

But the Whale Whisperer betrayed Him, and Qin Ke even wanted to kill Him and take the throne himself.

Are the people in the Angel Guild either brainless or traitors?

—A thought suddenly popped into Yan Xun's head: even that angel seemed to be seriously injured and had to recuperate temporarily in the Garden of Bones.

"Yes, I do need your help," Qin Ke readily admitted. "So, can you help me?"

"In return, I can tell you even more secrets."

What a misfortune for the family! Yan Xun thought, the Angel Guild has really hit the jackpot by encountering such a traitor.

As the two were talking, another person emerged from the previously silent underground space.

It was the bearded man's henchman from before.

Upon seeing Yan Xun and Qin Ke sitting on the rock, the man reflexively raised his weapon, then looked around the space in front of him, and finally asked suspiciously, "Are you alive or dead?"

Yan Xun: "..."

"Then let me ask you if you're male or female?" Yan Xun couldn't help but ask. Why does everyone have to ask this pointless question?

Perhaps Yan Xun's speechless expression was too obvious, and even his follower felt that his question was a bit brainless, but he still didn't dare to approach the two of them, and could only stay in a corner furthest away from them.

"Were you here from the beginning?" the henchman asked.

“I am, he is not,” Yan Xun said.

"At first I saw a pool of blood and angels, as well as murals overhead." Qin Ke reverted to his previous taciturn demeanor. "But after I realized that those were all based on my imagination, I came here."

The henchman immediately thought it was a good idea.

He then looked at Yan Xun and said, "You've watched a lot of science fiction movies, haven't you? I think the ancient alien ruins in those movies all look like this."

"I won't hide it from you."

"I had only been inside the crevasse for a short time when I discovered that you were all gone."

"Then I came to a place of debauchery and savagery..." the follower said, a little embarrassed. "When I was in the ice crevice, all I could think about were the fairies and scholars I read about when I was a child."

But there aren't that many beautiful women and fairies in such a polar region, so the follower naturally sensed something was wrong.

"When those demons grabbed my hand, I imagined myself as Tang Sanzang," the henchman said. "I closed my eyes and thought I was Tang Sanzang..."

Even if his attendants didn't tell him, Yan Xun already knew what happened next.

Most likely, a TV series version of Tang Sanzang suddenly appeared out of the demons.

The follower wasn't a novice either. As soon as he saw Tang Sanzang from the TV series appear, he naturally understood the operating mechanism of that space and left the previous place without any trouble.

"What about you two?" After recounting his ordeal, the follower was still somewhat skeptical of them and decided to test them.

“I want to eat potato chips.” Yan Xun held up a bag of cucumber chips in his hand. “And then a bag of potato chips actually appeared here…” He briefly explained how he discovered it.

"I discovered that my dead parents had come back to life," Qin Ke whispered, "while I was praying in my heart that they would appear soon."

His words made Yan Xun immediately turn to look at him.

Qin Ke blinked.

Yan Xun immediately understood that he was referring to the priest and nun.

The henchman, now free of suspicion, slowly emerged from the corner. "Have you seen Blue Gold along the way?"

Yan Xun and Qin Ke shook their heads together.

The follower was just asking casually; this place was so mysterious, he figured it was normal that the two on the other side couldn't find the blue gold.

"I wonder what Blue Gold looks like?" the henchman said, looking around. "Have you guys seen this place?"

“No,” Yan Xun said. “I’m waiting for you to come so we can all work together.”

The follower wasn't surprised by Yan Xun's answer, "That's true, there's strength in numbers."

“But the things inside this ice wall are quite eerie.” He trembled slightly as he spoke, clearly indicating that he had seen more than just demons and Tang Sanzang in the previous place; he had most likely seen something else as well.

Or perhaps he did something else.

Time ticked by, and Yan Xun and Qin Ke sat there in a daze, while their attendants gradually grew impatient.

"How about we go look for it first?" He turned to look at the two of them. "Waiting like this isn't a solution."

"Maybe the remaining few... are already dead." He muttered to himself.

"How could this be?" Yan Xun immediately put on an incredulous expression. "Gao Wen and Gu Jia are so capable, they won't die."

“Let’s wait for them,” Yan Xun said again. “They might come out in a little while.”

Seeing this, the follower muttered something under his breath, but did not continue to persuade him.

He found an open space to sit down, glancing around from time to time, as if afraid something might jump out.

His mind started replaying what had happened before... No, he couldn't think about it, the thought immediately popped into his follower's head and stopped him.

But the more he tried not to think about those things, the more likely the images he had just seen would reappear in his mind.

When he escaped, he saw the bearded man being smashed into a pulp by the monster, and he also saw Wen Yuanzheng's body being torn apart... Even though he knew it might be his imagination, the henchman still dared not gamble. What if the monster inside the ice wall really had awakened?

The tremor just now was a signal that thing was waking up.

The more he tried to avoid thinking about it, the clearer these things became.

It was so clear that he seemed to see the bearded man's eyeballs popping out—

"Get out of the way."

As Yan Xun spoke, he jumped off the boulder and chopped down the bearded man who had suddenly appeared with an axe.

Qin Ke then took care of Wen Yuanzheng, who seemed to have been pieced together.

Yan Xun walked over and chopped his follower between the legs with an axe. "If you keep thinking nonsense, this is where I'll chop you next."

The henchman was terrified. "But...but I really saw it..."

As he spoke, he began to become uncertain again.

After all, he also knew that much of the space they inhabited was a product of their imagination.

The bearded man and Wen Yuan were still some distance away when they entered the crevasse... they probably wouldn't catch up so quickly.

So it must be a hallucination. Thinking this, the henchman relaxed a little.

"What do you mean by saying you really saw it?" Yan Xun asked.

"It might be a hallucination," the henchman hurriedly said, but still described what he had seen: "After I saw those things, I ran forward as fast as I could, telling myself it was all fake."

"But the blood splattered on my face felt so real."

As he spoke, he raised his sleeve, saying, "There are still marks here from when I wiped away the blood."

"This doesn't mean anything," Qin Ke said.

"What happens in a dream is real to you in the dream."

When he and Yan Xun were chatting, nothing appeared in the space because they were controlling their thoughts and not imagining those things, or perhaps their thoughts flashed by so quickly that the nightmare hadn't had time to catch them.

Yan Xun listened to Qin Ke's words and looked thoughtfully at his axe.

Soon, the axe transformed in the sight of the remaining two, becoming a combination of an axe and a shotgun—

Yan Xun: "!"

"It really works!" he said, pulling the trigger of the shotgun.

However, what came out of the gun barrel was not a bullet, but a small stone, which flew 2 meters away in the sight of the three people before falling down.

Yan Xun: "..."

Qin Ke couldn't help but laugh, "It seems Nightmare doesn't quite understand what a shotgun is and is mistaking it for a slingshot."