Cang Si tried to struggle. “Didn’t you all go to Area B yesterday to rescue the players trapped inside? As long as you are willing, I can pay anything! By the way, points. You need points, right? I have a lot of points. As long as you can keep me alive, I am willing to give you all the points I have! 3 million! Is 3 million enough?”
Yue Ren looked at him and then at Chi Ting’s indifferent expression. He said in his usual incendiary tone, “Hey, 3 million is a very tempting number.”
Such a tone made Cang Si feel that their hearts were moved. He put on an apologetic smile. “Of course, we can still negotiate. If it isn’t enough, I can add more. 5 million, 5 million is fine!”
Yue Ren exclaimed, “5 million points. You have quite a lot of savings.”
“……” Cang Si gritted his teeth and said fiercely, “8 million! How about 8 million!”
Yue Ren was about to tease him a bit more, but Chi Ting said calmly, “No matter how much you offer, I won’t save you.”
This sentence made Cang Si’s expression look completely ugly. “Are you kidding me?”
Chi Ting smiled without saying anything and made a gesture of invitation.
Yue Ren didn’t understand the specific reason but he cooperated very well and folded his arms in front of him, putting on an expression of watching the show with interest.
Such a conversation obviously fell into Jael’s ears. He turned around to glance at the two people who were obviously not prepared to attack. Then he raised his knife and pierced Cang Si’s chest directly.
Blood splattered along with the sound of flesh and bones breaking. In an instant, a rich and gorgeous picture blossomed around the white wall.
Jael was somewhat surprised that the other party didn’t resist. He turned his head to look and the half of his face left on his skull was slightly furrowed.
His gaze slowly swept over Chi Ting and Yue Ren, his expression revealing a strong interest. “The degree of alienation has reached such a high level but you actually came out?”
“Not only did we come out, but we are still alive and kicking.” Yue Ren glanced at Cang Si, who had stopped moving. Then he met Jael’s gaze and smiled slightly. “I haven’t been able to wait for you to show up. I almost thought that you were a person who didn’t keep your word, Doctor. Now it seems that you were delayed by some unimportant people. So can we have a good chat now about some of the things that we want to know?”
“…Since we’ve agreed, go ahead and ask. What do you want to know?” After a brief silence, Jael answered.
However, when he looked at Chi Ting and the others, he didn’t hide his desire to recruit the two of them as volunteers.
Chi Ting took a quick look around when he entered the main monitoring room.
He seemed to be completely unaware of Jael’s unaware gaze. After thinking for a moment, he asked bluntly, “When did you realize that you were trapped in an instance?”
Yue Ren couldn’t help laughing.
In the office, he naturally discovered that Jael addressed them as ‘players.’ He just didn’t expect Chi Ting to choose to be so straightforward, which was a bit too simple and crude.
He could only say that this was indeed Captain Chi’s style.
Such a question made Jael show a very complicated expression.
So many emotions were squeezed onto the remaining half of the human face in an instant, which seemed a bit forced. After a long time, they finally converged into one sentence, “How did you know?”
“You should’ve been in control of our whereabouts since we entered the instance. In that case, you should know that we discovered your manipulations in the database two days ago.”
Chi Ting met Jael’s gaze. “I did wonder what could’ve happened to cause the NPCs in the instance to proactively block the players’ access. I never really thought about it in this way until in the office when you took the initiative to call us players.”
At this point, Chi Ting smiled slightly and glanced at Yue Ren beside him meaningfully. “Of course, this isn’t an easy association to make. It is just a coincidence that I met a friend who experienced the same thing as you when I entered the first instance of this unlimited world.”
Yue Ren lowered his eyes silently when he heard these words. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking from this expression.”
“Friend?” Jael seemed to re-examine Chi Ting and laughed in an ambiguous tone. “Do you players actually consider NPCs as friends?”
Chi Ting asked, “Why not?”
The overly matter-of-fact question actually stunned Jael.
After a brief silence, he answered very concisely, “Three instances ago, I realized that something was wrong with this world.”
Chi Ting knew he couldn’t wait for more explanations, so he nodded and continued to ask, “Then the first question is, there has been such a commotion since the restart of this instance. Professor Jael, what is your plan?”
Jael’s tone remained calm. “It is simple. I can prevent this instance from restarting again and let it run forever.”
Yue Ren listened with pleasure. “Remove the way to pass the level and trap all the players who come in here. Is this how you fight against the restart?”
“What else?” Jael was indifferent to such sarcasm and even revealed a trace of contempt in his expression. “You don’t understand the significance of the Ark’s existence at all. Infinite restarts will only make all research stagnate. I don’t know how such an instance world came into being, but I shouldn’t belong here. The pursuits of the first half of my life have been proven wrong. The second half of my life should inherit Wenguang’s legacy and follow this correct path to create a better future for humanity! The Ark has always been the last hope of humanity! It shouldn’t be trapped in such repeated restarts.”
“It is hard to judge.” Yue Ren looked puzzled as he turned to look at Chi Ting. “What do you think?”
“Wenguang. Is it Ling Wenguang? Your student?” Chi Ting felt that he finally understood Jael’s true obsession. After thinking for a while, he said, “Professor Jael, I don’t know what changed your original belief. However, if the right path you are referring to is to try and use genetic science to make humans actively embrace alienation, I must tell you that the Ark Laboratory might be the root cause of the complete extinction of humanity in 40 years.”
Jael’s expression was clearly stunned. “Humanity will be extinct in 40 years? What are you talking about?”
“Let me introduce myself again. I am Chi Ting, leader of the Selby District’s Human Rescue Patrol Team. The assigned team codename: Dawn.”
Chi Ting stated calmly, “Around a month ago, as the last rescue team of humanity, all members died and came to his unlimited world. We are luckier than you. We didn’t become NPCs in an instance but obtained the identity of players. For us, the Ark Laboratory was a great existence 40 years ago. It was also recorded in all the books. It wasn’t until I came to this instance that I had a guess. The year when the Ark Laboratory disappeared from human view perfectly matched with the first and largest alienation outbreak in our world.
He looked at Jael and said this cruel conclusion, “I’m sorry, Professor Jael. Considering your current experimental route, I have to make a very direct connection between the two. With all due respect, let alone the fact that this place has become an instance in the unlimited world—even if it was still in the original world, the Ark is destined not to become the hope of humanity. Your current belief is completely wrong from beginning to end.”
Jael: “……”
In the deathly silence, even Yue Ren couldn’t bear to look at this NPC’s expression.
Every word in this statement was too cruel, like holding a knife and precisely stabbing someone’s heart.
He suddenly felt that Chi Ting was extremely gentle when speaking to him.
Jael was obviously unwilling to believe Chi Ting’s words, but he did know the existence of the Selby District.
When the symptoms of alienation were first discovered, the first generation of the alienation special coordination department was created in that area. If it was just an ordinary player, it would be impossible for the person in front of him to know this.
Jael stared at Chi Ting for a long time without saying anything. His unpredictable expression was enough to show that he was struggling fiercely with the gradually collapsing faith in his heart.
Chi Ting seemed to see his struggle and sighed softly.
In fact, the contents he found in this instance did make him feel complicated.
After a pause, he finally decided to say some words of comfort, “If you still don’t believe me, maybe you can ask the person next to you?”
“The person next to you?” Yue Ren naturally knew Chi Ting wasn’t talking about him. He was slightly stunned and turned to look in the direction of the corner.
At this time, Chi Ting’s gaze had already fallen on Cang Si, who hadn’t responded for a long time. He said calmly, “You have been listening for so long. It is time for you to get up. I know you aren’t dead.”
The knife wound that pierced through the chest had drained almost all his blood. However, in this shocking scene, the arm that was hanging there lifelessly moved slightly.
Finally, under everyone’s eyes, the young man slowly looked up. As if feeling no pain, he reached out and pulled out the long knife that pierced his chest. Then he stood up shakily. “How did you know?”
Chi Ting glanced at his blood-stained cuffs. “The Type XI injection hidden in your sleeves, which is used to subdue the alienated species, should be successfully developed in 30 years at the earliest. This isn’t something that should appear in the Ark Laboratory. But if you are back here from a later timeline like me, it is impossible for your supernatural ability to be recorded in the library and for me to have no impression of you. What’s more, you obviously have other intentions in this instance.”
He looked at Cang Si with a bit of scrutiny in his expression. “Even if you fail to pretend to be pitiful to induce us into taking action, you won’t be able to resist at all in the face of death. So the only thing I can think of is that you know you definitely won’t die. Immortality or a substitution ability:? What are you here for?”
“Of course, I came here to end this instance smoothly, just like you.” A harmless smile gradually emerged on Cang Si’s pretty face. But due to the hideous wounds on his body, it looked subtly distorted. “It was indeed my fault for not telling you honestly before. In fact, I just hope to solve everything here in the simplest manner. No matter what, our goal is the same. For players, these NPCs are our common enemies, aren’t they?”
He looked at Chi Ting with a sharp gaze and handed him a needle hidden in his sleeve. “Now that you know what this is, you should know that once it is injected into Jael’s body, everything will become very simple. Let’s work together?”
Chi Ting said calmly, “Not good.”
The overly decisive refusal caused Cang Si’s smile to freeze and his expression to turn cold. “Why?”
“Of course, it is because you still haven’t told me the truth.” Chi Ting smiled slightly and gave Yue Ren a look.
Before Cang Si could react, shadows roared in and tightly locked his limbs. He hung from the air in a weightless state.
Tentacles silently wrapped around his neck.
The assessment that NPCs were their common enemies reminded Yue Ren of certain circumstances in the Love Apartment. This made a cold smile appear in his eyes.
At this time, he only needed an order from Chi Ting, and he was willing to twist this person’s slender neck very happily.
Chi Ting raised his eyes and looked at the teenager who was still struggling. “Due to the strong side effects, the Type XI injection was directly discontinued after three months of successful research and development. You should be well aware of this, but you chose to take it into the instance. It looks like you knew about Professor Jael’s awakening and came in specifically to solve this problem. Or shouldn’t you explain why you have permission to bring things from my world into this instance?”
His tone was as gentle as ever. The corners of his lips also curved up slightly. The redness in his eyes gave his face a strange appearance at this moment. “I will give you one last chance to convince me. Tell me, who are you?”
With such words, the shadows around the young man became more and more impatient.
The tightness around his neck brought a strong feeling of suffocation. Cang Si finally squeezed out a few words with all his strength. “Designer… I am the designer of this instance. As long as you are willing to complete my task, you will definitely be rewarded generously after you leave. Absolutely!”
Finally, he felt the shadows around his neck loosen a bit. His expression was faintly arrogant when he lowered his eyes.
Sure enough, these lowly players were creatures who bullied the weak and feared the strong.
It was really hateful. If it wasn’t for the restrictions of this instance that forced him to choose only two abilities to bring with him, he would never have accommodated these ants to the point of revealing his true identity! Originally, he wanted to get rid of the troublesome NPC called Jael without anyone noticing, fixing this instance and restarting it. Now, new troubles had been added.
Well, after leaving this instance, he would find a way to get rid of these two guys who knew about it.
After catching his breath, Cang Si slowly looked up. There was a sneer in his eyes along with the curve of his lips. “Well, not you know. There is indeed a problem in this instance. You just need to cooperate with me to solve it. Once it is over and you leave…”
His gaze accidentally swept across Yue Ren’s face. This caused Cang Si’s smile, which hadn’t taken shape yet, to suddenly freeze.
In this glance, Cang Si saw the terrifying abyss in the man’s eyes that seemed to absorb everything.
Instead of feeling the awe Cang Si had imagined, Cang Si instead felt the temperature around him drop by several degrees in an instant.
“Oh? The designer of the instance? “ Yue Ren smiled when he looked at Cang Si. It was as if he accidentally captured a prey that made him very excited. “I have to say, this is really a disgusting identity.”
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Should I laugh or feel regret that our poor designer stepped on such a large landmine when he revealed his identity? Though I have to say, I wasn’t expecting it.
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