Chapter 16: Sixteen: Alive

Sixteen: Alive

Yu Lianyun's words were shocking, and the expressions of He Jia'an and the others changed drastically. They could never have imagined that Yu Lianyun would actually be capable of such an act, and that the so-called Curse could be released so easily.

Facing the darkened expressions of the group, Yu Lianyun was silent for a moment and said, "This well can be seen as the source of the Blessing. If they are not released outward, the power of the Blessing will easily kill those of us who have watched the videotape. But if the Blessing is distributed to everyone in the world, then the Blessing cannot erupt at a fixed point, and it won't be so terrifying."

She looked at the three people in front of her sincerely: "This is the only way to solve the Blessing. I hope you can understand."

"Can you guarantee what you said? Who told you about this method of resolution?" He Jia'an took a deep breath, his face solemn; he tried his best to suppress his anger and remain calm.

Yu Lianyun sighed: "I cannot guarantee it, and I do not deny that I have my own selfish motives in this."

On one hand, she wanted to save her own life; on the other, she truly wanted to save Yao Zhenzhen's soul.

"Yu Lianyun, from this moment on, you are under arrest. You will face the strictest imprisonment of the Xuanmi Group. Pray that the world will be as you wish and nothing happens." He Jia'an looked at Yu Lianyun with disappointment. He had originally seen from Yu Lianyun's performance these past few days that she was a talent, and he had thought that if Yu Lianyun could survive the "Seven-Day Death" Curse, he would consider recommending her to the higher-ups to let her become a member of the Xuanmi Group.

Yu Lianyun remained silent. She was already prepared to be imprisoned, and she was also prepared for death.

At this very moment, the three members of the Xuanmi Group could not perceive the Abnormal presence on Yu Lianyun. Only Yu Lianyun, who had been in close contact with the desperate source of the Blessing in the well, could feel it. Although the Blessing would radiate across the entire world, the Blessing that existed on her had not disappeared; it had only slightly lessened.

She might still die tomorrow.

It was just that from now on, no one would ever die from watching the videotape again.

From this perspective, she had sacrificed herself to protect humanity; it was actually a great achievement, it was just that there was no guarantee it would definitely succeed.

"Lin Laoban, I hope there will still be a chance to see you again." Yu Lianyun thought to herself. She had already done as Lin Ling said, following the "best of both worlds" method. She had not tried to resolve the resentment that could not be eliminated at all, but instead helped to spread and channel it. This must be the result Lin Laoban wanted.

Lin Laoban was not a good person; Yu Lianyun was very clear about that. But as she recalled everything Lin Laoban had said, he was not a liar either.

This point also came from her keen intuition. Perhaps it started from when she heard from Haimofen that he had solved his own trouble; she believed that following Lin Ling's words would definitely allow her to survive, though it required the courage to confront the Abnormal and a one-in-ten-thousand chance of luck.

Now, the courage had been spent, and the luck had been mortgaged; it just depended on whether her points were higher or if death was more skilled on this gambling table of life.

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Watching Yu Lianyun, who had shaved off her long hair and changed into prison garb, being taken away by the Xuanmi Group members responsible for the escort, He Jia'an, Li Yingqi, and Wei Jiang all returned to the Xuanmi Group headquarters with complex emotions.

Upon returning to headquarters, the three of them received news that the Xuanmi Group members who had been affected by the nameless female corpse had all woken up today, and the Abnormal dimensional lifeforms had also stopped their attacks on them.

He Jia'an and the others were extremely surprised by this. They had originally thought that this time would at most only lift the hallucinatory state of those few members; they had not expected that even the attacks of the Abnormal dimensional lifeforms would be "cured."

Faced with this situation, the three of them naturally wanted to find someone to ask for clarification, and it just so happened they were going to report their work to the Group Leader.

Facing the Group Leader's inquiry about what exactly happened during their mission, the three of them looked at each other, then supplemented each other's accounts to spill the entire matter, including Yu Lianyun's final act of releasing the "Blessing" to the whole world.

After listening to the story of what happened during their mission, the Group Leader fell into a long silence.

The leader's silence made the three employees feel a sense of inner anxiety, their hearts pounding.

After a long while, the Group Leader finally spoke: "That Blessing may have already begun to take effect, influencing this world in an unknown way. Those few members who escaped the influence of the nameless female corpse actually all saw screenshots of a certain segment of the recording."

"The recording, wasn't it deleted!?" He Jia'an was somewhat shocked, and then he realized that this matter might have been done intentionally by the Group Leader.

"Yes, but a few pictures were kept." Sure enough, the next second the Group Leader explained.

The three of them couldn't help but clench their fists.

"I know it is hard for you to understand." The Group Leader looked at the three, shook his head, turned his back, sighed slightly, and said slowly, "People like us in the Xuanmi Group are destined not to have a good end. If I can give them a better way to find release, I don't mind doing it. Rest assured, after letting them escape the attacks of the Abnormal dimensional lifeforms, those few screenshots were also completely destroyed. Anything related to the videotape circulating outside truly does not exist now."

The Group Leader turned around and continued: "The state of those few people after watching the screenshots was similar to Yu Lianyun's initial state after watching the videotape; every day they would have a nightmare about a female ghost with a life countdown appearing in her eyes. But as luck would have it, after the day Yu Lianyun released the Curse, they did not see the figure of the female ghost in their dreams again. It seems the Curse has truly disappeared. Of course, I cannot guarantee it; the point is that we must see what happens today."

Hearing this, the three of them immediately became solemn, because today would be the time for Yu Lianyun's "Seven-Day Death" to take effect. If she died from the Curse today, it meant the Blessing of the videotape had not been lifted. Conversely, Yu Lianyun would have performed a great service; she would not only be able to leave prison but would also have the opportunity to officially become one of them.

Before long, the three of them, along with the Group Leader and a group of core members from the organization's headquarters, arrived in a conference room and began to watch a real-time surveillance video.

The protagonist in the video was none other than Yu Lianyun, who was currently imprisoned in a cell with no sense of time. She seemed to know that her death was imminent, pacing back and forth in the room, restless.

When the moment of Yu Lianyun's death finally arrived, everyone observed the bizarre phenomenon occurring to Yu Lianyun from the surveillance.

They saw Yu Lianyun suddenly widen her eyes, looking at a mirror, and immediately after, it was as if she saw something approaching. She kept backing away, shouting in terror: "No! Don't! Don't come over!"

Amidst a tragic scream, Yu Lianyun was suddenly lifted into the air by an unknown force, then her eyes rolled back. Her entire limbs were subjected to immense force, twisted by force, and then she fell from a height, landing crookedly on the bed, life or death unknown.

Subsequently, the guard who had been observing the interior of the room from outside the cell immediately rushed in after receiving the order to check Yu Lianyun's current state.

The next moment, the guard's voice made the three of them in the room breathe a sigh of relief.

"Report! She is still alive!"