Qi Xiu watched Chi Ting unpack the box and take out the reagent. His eyes gradually darkened. “Is it necessary to go to this extent? Obviously, you only need to use your ability to take me over like you did last time. Then everything here can be resolved smoothly.”
“Indeed, it isn’t difficult to take you over, and I can use you to control these alienated players.” Chi Ting slowly rolled up his sleeves. “But what happens after that? Will I be affected by your high alienation state during the takeover process, finally becoming a complete monster as you wish? Qi Xiu, I don’t know what your ultimate goal is, but you should know that the more eager you are to invite me, the more you show your guilty conscience.”
He paused and glanced sideways with a meaningful smile on his face. “Since my alienation level is bound to exceed the limit no matter which method I use, why do you insist on stopping me from using the reagent injection method? The only possibility is that you know very well that the rules for using this potential catalyst contain the last way to pass this instance.”
Qi Xiu was silent for a moment.
This reaction further proved Chi Ting’s speculation, and he smiled. “It is clearly stated in the usage rules that this potential catalyst is only effective for one hour. It is reasonable to speculate that the effect of multiple injections at the same time will cause the effective time to overlap. Judging from the number of reagents allocated to each player, it will take less than an hour to completely lose its effectiveness. It can only be said that the core of this Doomsday Tower Defense instance is indeed time. This is the real countdown to the end of the game. The time when the reagents injected by the players take effect.”
“Wait a minute. Captain Chi, you mean that our captain and the others can still be saved?” The series of reversals made the members of other teams dizzy. It wasn’t until they heard this that someone finally realized what was going on and exclaimed, “That’s great! They chose to use the medicine for our sake. Please save them!”
“Of course,” Chi Ting replied. “That’s why I just said that the so-called cooperation again isn’t really the best choice. Since I have already decided to be the savior, I should choose a more peaceful way. We are all players who entered the instance together to experience the test. Meeting is fate. We should always save each other when we can, right?”
His nonchalant demeanor seemed particularly harmless as if what he was talking about at the moment was just a very ordinary thing.
Qi Xiu saw this scene and suddenly laughed out loud. “I take back what I said before. You are still the same as before. You haven’t changed at all.”
He laughed to the end, but his expression couldn’t help revealing a bit of regret. “Why do you have to reject my invitation? Even if you can resist these out-of-control people after injecting the reagent, can you guarantee that you can still retain absolute sanity? Ah Ting, you should know better than anyone that once you also enter the out-of-control state, I’m afraid that everyone here will die before the effect of the medicine wears off in one hour.”
“Then you won’t have to worry about it.” Chi Ting gently patted Lou Yueren’s shoulder to indicate that everything was fine. Then he took a step and slowly walked to Qi Xiu.
It had indeed been a long time since he last saw his first-generation partner. As a result, he ended up in such a position. He was still a bit dazed as he stared straight at this person.
Finally, Chi Ting let out a long breath. He stretched out his hand and pinched Qi Xiu’s throat bit by bit.
One thing that wasn’t wrong was that Qi Xiu’s body was indeed on the verge of collapse. It was so much so that he had no intention of struggling at all in this situation. Chi Ting felt that he could be completely crushed with just a bit of effort.
At this distance, he could clearly see every distance facial contour of his former partner. His voice was filled with regret when he spoke again, and it was as light as a whisper. “Let’s end it like this before you are completely alienated.”
The cold touch of his fingertips passed through QI Xiu’s neck. QI Xiu’s eyes didn’t show any fear of death. Instead, he chuckled. “Ah Ting, this is the second time you’ve saved me. I will never become a real monster as long as you are here.”
“Of course.” Chi Ting lowered his eyes slightly. “Because you are just like me. You are too dangerous.”
The power of his fingertips slowly closed.
At this moment, he could hear the slight sound of bones breaking.
Qi Xiu’s body slowly fell as his strength was completely drained away. He glanced at the face that was gradually losing its color. Then Chi Ting whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “Right, No 7?”
The response he received was a low, hoarse voice that was almost squeezed out from his broken neck. “I… will… see you in the final instance.”
By the time Chi Ting looked again, Qi Xiu had fallen completely silent after he finished speaking the last words.
Only those eyes were still staring at him with a clear smile, as if they wanted to see his final outcome in this instance.
Did he really become the savior who saved everyone, or did he completely forget himself under the effect of the medicine and turn this place into the ultimate hell where no one could survive?
There was a hint of emotion in Chi Ting’s eyes.
What he felt wasn’t Qi Xiu’s gaze that was unwilling to close his eyes, but…
Tsk, it really was No 7.
Chi Ting couldn’t help sighing in his heart.
Originally, he just guessed that the only person who could grasp everything in this instance so clearly was the designer who created this instance. However, once he really got the response he wanted after testing it, he felt mixed emotions.
[Superpower: Puppet Control.]
So, was Qi Xiu really No 7, or was he just a puppet controlled by No 7?
Just as he was thinking about it, Chi Ting felt the weight on his body lighten slightly. Then he realized that a shadow had appeared out of nowhere and had picked up Qi Xiu’s body that was leaning against him. Then it threw the body aside without any courtesy.
The moment the body hit the ground, it stirred up a faint cloud of dust. Lou Yueren never glanced at it from the corner of his eye. It was only when his eyes met Chi Ting’s that he smiled. “Okay, this annoying guy has been dealt with. Now, let’s do the final finishing work. You can go and rest. Leave the rest to me.”
The smiling expression seemed quite relaxed, but Chi Ting saw the deep meaning in Lou Yueren’s eyes.
This person naturally also heard the conversation between him and Qi Xiu just now. He didn’t say a word, but his attitude showed that he wanted to stop Chi Ting.
“Qi Xiu’s ability is to control alien species with a high degree of alienation and turn them into puppets under his command. In other words, it is because the captains of these teams have greatly increased their alienation level after the potential catalyst that he got the opportunity to take advantage of it.” Chi Ting didn’t directly answer Lou Yueren’s words but stated calmly. “Even if I kill Qi Xiu, all the puppets will continue to execute the final instructions they received before they get rid of the control. In other words, before those potential catalysts completely fail, these out-of-control captains will do their best to attack all of us.”
“So?” Lou Yueren had obviously guessed what Chi Ting was going to say, and his brow furrowed in advance.
Chi Ting caught this change in expression and smiled slightly. “So what we need to do now is to hold on until the medicine loses effect. Given our current state, I’m afraid it is almost impossible to do that. This means that as I said before, it is imperative to inject the potential catalyst to resist this potential state stimulated by the reagent. Of course, the person who does this might not be me. It might indeed be you.”
Lou Yueren’s expression remained unmoved. “But?”
“But—” Chi Ting continued. “You have already experienced the corresponding rapid alienation state in the Ark Laboratory. Obviously, I definitely have more experience in dealing with it than you. You shouldn’t be able to deny this.”
Lou Yueren didn’t say anything.
“They are almost unable to bear it, and we can’t drag it out any longer. Let’s put it this way. No one can guarantee that the situation of losing control due to the injection that Qi Xiu mentioned won’t happen to us, but I can guarantee one thing. After the injection, I have absolute confidence that I can stop everyone’s attacks. The biggest problem is after this fight is over. Once I relax, whether I can still control myself within the remaining one hour of the medicine’s effect is the most uncertain. If there is a mistake, I’m afraid I will really kill everyone here with my own hands.”
As he said this, Chi Ting glanced at the expression on Lou Yueren’s face and said slowly, “Then I only have one question now. Lou Yueren, if I really lose control completely at that time, can you guarantee that you can at least control me until the effect of the medicine wears off?”
Their eyes met.
After just a few seconds, Lou Yueren was defeated and smiled helplessly. “My dear, you are really… You insist on injecting this potential catalyst yourself, but you asked me to give you such a guarantee.”
Chi Ting repeatedly asked, “So, can you promise?”
“……”
Lou Yueren sighed deeply. He met this person’s gaze again and said slowly, “I promise.”
“Then I’ll leave the rest to you without any worries, Brother Ren.” Chi Ting smiled in response. His eyes swept across the battle situation in the distance, which seemed unsustainable. As if he really had no worries any longer, he took off the needle cover on the potential catalyst. He neatly injected it into the blood vessel in his hand and pushed it all the way to the bottom.
As he did this, he walked quickly toward the combat zone where Ji Xingque and the others were.
As the effect of the medicine was quickly stimulated, the fanatical emotion that faintly emerged from his eyes could be clearly seen through the big screen and by all the onlookers outside.
Then the corners of Chi Ting’s mouth curled up as if he was freed from shackles.
The two worlds inside and outside the instance seemed to be clearly silent at this moment.
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