Chapter 453: Playing the Open Hand

Did this guy go with Bai Mu Yun after taking hormones?

Yang Yixie looked at the huge "Lv. 45" after Luo Jinyou's name and couldn't help falling silent.

Ying Duo barely scraped up to the current level after exhausting himself, and Luo Jinyou became an Aberrant Species and immediately caught up with the Co-Absorption troops?

He stared at the crimson rooted in Luo Jinyou's eyes and began pondering how to deal with Luo Jinyou.

Although the talk he had with Luo Jinyou before did give Luo Jinyou the idea of shielding him, honestly, the current Ying Duo could not fully trust him.

If it's Xi Ren Sheng and the others, after all they're old acquaintances from the real world who have known each other for years and share the same situation, Yang Yixie can trust them with some reservation.

But Luo Jinyou…

Ying Duo has only spent at most half a month with them, Yang Yixie barely two weeks, and with the "god" inside Luo Jinyou, he's a troublemaker no matter how you look at it.

But the cards he currently holds are indeed limited.

"I'm not a person of this world," Yang Yixie said, not lingering in indecision.

"In your terms, I'm an Undead from the Old World; to me, this world, even everything we previously experienced together, is just a part of a game."

Luo Jinyou's pupils suddenly contracted at the words, but his body did not move.

"…I guessed it."

When Ying Duo had just returned to the Dome and immediately teamed up with the entropy‑increasing people to cause trouble, Luo Jinyou had already guessed this possibility.

Because of his uncontrollable Mutation, Luo Jinyou spends most of his time playing games alone.

So he can keep up with and understand some of the gaming terms Ying Duo says, but sometimes Ying Duo also mentions games he knows nothing about.

In hindsight, Ying Duo really had no intention of concealing his abnormality at all.

Luo Jinyou just wants to confirm one thing.

"When did you replace the original Ying Duo?"

He still doesn't know; in fact, even the name Ying Duo is an alias.

"On the day of the entrance exam."

It seems Luo Jinyou indeed did some prior investigation.

Luo Jinyou let out a sigh of relief, his body reacting before his brain.

"That's good," the crimson in his eyes looked a bit sickening, "so that means the Ying Duo I met from start to finish was you."

He lifted his head to look at Ying Duo, "You said before that although I became an Aberrant Species, I'm still the Luo Jinyou you know, and the Ying Duo I know was you from the very beginning."

Luo Jinyou walked up to Ying Duo; despite saying that, he was actually very afraid of being rejected by Ying Duo.

"Just like when we partnered in the Mercenary Corps before, I'll raise a shield and won't let anyone hurt you."

For Yang Yixie, that truly was impossible to refuse.

Any ADC with explosive output but very weak self‑defense would want a good support.

Not to mention this support is completely devoted to you, constantly thinking of how to keep you safe and create the best output environment for you.

Ying Duo pulled his hand from his pocket and rubbed Luo Jinyou's head.

Although what he saw was still a rough pixel block, his fingertips conveyed a real warmth, and the hair‑like sensation was very delicate......

The playing cards on the table suddenly grew hot; the joker on the face widened its eyes, two pixel dots shifted from dark green to bright green, the card body shook violently, then bounced off the table, exploding into a puff of pink smoke.

"WTF, who are you—!"

"Stealing a base right in front of me!"

Xi Ren Sheng burst out of the smoke, and when he landed his foot stepped on a chair leg, causing his whole body to tilt to the side.

After steadying himself, he immediately pushed his mask up to his forehead, his eyes staring fixedly at Luo Jinyou, and Luo Jinyou turned to look at him.

"You're the previous—" Luo Jinyou didn't finish, as Xi Ren Sheng lunged toward him.

Luo Jinyou's reaction was swift, or rather, he had already prepared for Xi Ren Sheng.

His right hand sliced through the air, and a piece of jade floated in front of him.

Xi Ren Sheng, seeing this, remained unflustered; a surge of energy enveloped his whole body, and the next second his very existence became uncertain.

His form flickered in the air, then darted straight through the jade toward Luo Jinyou.

Luo Jinyou sidestepped, Xi Ren Sheng missed and fell flat onto the ground.

"You—" he pointed at Luo Jinyou, moved his lips a few times, then saw Ying Duo beside him and lunged to clutch Ying Duo's thigh.

"Partner—! He's bullying me—!"

His voice carried a sobbing tone, and a bell rang ding‑ding‑dang on his head, making a terrible noise.

"Partner, have you abandoned me? Are you running off with him? Do you despise me… I can also raise a shield; although my shield isn't as thick as his, I'm more fun than him!"

"I can turn into playing cards, perform magic, breathe fire, and..."

Ying Duo stared expressionlessly at Xi Ren Sheng clutching his own thigh, while Luo Jinyou stood beside the ineffective jade, glanced at Xi Ren Sheng, and fell silent.

"He… has always been like this?" Luo Jinyou asked in shock; for a moment, he actually recalled some of the feelings he had when facing Ying Duo back in Tianmian City.

Only now the one being harassed has turned from him into Ying Duo.

Ying Duo looked down at him, Ying Guang Lu fragments of hair hanging from the hood's edge; he reached out and patted the back of Xi Ren Sheng's head, "Get up."

"Won't get up!"

Xi Ren Sheng's wild rolling and flailing is always quite skillful.

Ying Duo decisively ignored him, turned to Luo Jinyou, and got straight to the point.

"Weren't you taken away by Bai Mu Yun before? Why did you return to the Dome?"

Luo Jinyou glanced at the still wailing Xi Ren Sheng, while Ying Duo, expressionless, handed him a few familiar round‑disk devices.

Whether you've gone dark or mutated, coming to Ying Duo still means doing the grunt work.

After installing the sound‑proof device, Xi Ren Sheng got even noisier, and Ying Duo calmly asked Luo Jinyou about the situation.

Luo Jinyou told Ying Duo the situation in detail: basically Fang Zhiyan suddenly brought him back, and aside from forcing him to stay here, nothing else was done to him.

As he spoke, Luo Jinyou would still from time to time have his gaze drawn to the incessantly noisy drama of life.

Honestly, Luo Jinyou's mood is very complicated now.

When he woke up from the wilderness, he felt that Ying Duo was acting a bit off.

How to describe it? If the previous Ying Duo was a robot that followed commands strictly, with clear objectives, yet its execution defied the heavens, the current Ying Duo seems…

…has more of a living person's vibe?

Even though the expressionless face remains the same and the tone of speech hasn't changed much, the impression it gives is worlds apart.