Chapter 242: Whoever Hits Me, I Hit Lan Shiwen

Damn it.

The moment he heard this voice, Lan Shiwen's nerves tightened abruptly.

Everyone in the circle of Gridders knew that Lan Shiwen of Yundu possessed the ability to foresee the future. He had stayed in the parking lot for too long; the assassin hiding in the shadows had clearly realized that he had realized something was wrong.

"Xiao Lan?"

The girlfriend's voice sounded again. Lan Shiwen leaned against the seat, not daring to turn back.

"Hiding and covering up—are you afraid to show your face?" Lan Shiwen tested with a feigned casual tone. He had made a mistake in his operation and was prepared to die here; as long as he could probe a little more information before dying, it would be worth it.

The voice behind him was silent for a moment before sounding again:

"Xiao Lan, what are you saying? I don't understand."

A familiar voice, a gentle tone, soft enunciation as if she were acting coquettishly toward her boyfriend. Even the subconscious tongue-tip sound at the end of the sentence was imitated perfectly, with no difference from the owner of the voice herself. If he hadn't prepared himself mentally through the death return, Lan Shiwen would never have held the slightest doubt about this voice.

"When you turned into Van Daike before, I didn't think much of it, but until today, witnessing someone close to me being replaced by a ghost skilled at imitation, I realized that this ability of yours is truly terrifying..."

Lan Shiwen waved his hand and sighed: "Stop playing god and ghost, Yeyao. I know it's you. Don't be impulsive, okay? If there's anything, we can sit down and talk. Calm and peaceful negotiation can lead to a result that satisfies both parties, right?"

"Of course I don't want to make things so unpleasant with you." The gentle voice rang out eerily again, but this time it lacked any emotional color: "But I have no other choice, do I?"

"What do you mean?" Lan Shiwen asked.

"Can't you foresee the future?" Ning Zhe asked back: "Do you want to foresee what I'm going to say next?"

"Ah, this..." Lan Shiwen gave a bitter smile. If only he could truly foresee the future.

After a moment of silence, Lan Shiwen spoke again: "Because of Fen Wu?"

"Don't you already know?" Ning Zhe smiled slightly and said softly: "This person Fen Wu is like a dragon that shows its head but not its tail; you told me that. You also know I have a grudge against Fen Wu. So, do you know that I seem to have discovered Fen Wu's identity recently?"

"You discovered Fen Wu's identity?!" Lan Shiwen was shocked upon hearing this: "How is that possible!"

Seeing his reaction, Ning Zhe became even more certain of his thoughts: "It wasn't confirmed, just a suspicion. But not long after I started believing this suspicion, this 'identity' died."

With things said to this point, there was no need for further explanation.

Lan Shiwen pondered slightly and understood the reason Ning Zhe came to kill him: "Yeyao has a grudge against Fen Wu. He went to Qinzhou some time ago to try to harness a ghost that could compensate for his own defects..."

The old defect was about to endanger his life, and the new rule had not yet been harnessed. This was the most vulnerable time for a Gridder, and also the most dangerous time. Fen Wu took advantage of this opportunity to make a move on Ning Zhe.

As for the outcome of this clash, he was sitting alive in the back seat.

"He actually survived Fen Wu's pursuit... This means Yeyao has already compensated for the defect in his core rule." Thinking through the joints of this, Lan Shiwen's attitude became more serious.

This wasn't a simple matter of having one more ghost or one less ghost, but the connection of rules and the completion of defects. A Gridder harnessing a new ghost that met their own needs—what did this mean?

It meant this Gridder could use the abilities of their original ghost almost limitlessly and wantonly, until the new ghost began to manifest defects.

A supernatural ability without defects, without having to bear side effects, and capable of infinite use. This was an essential transformation, a promotion in life level, the starting point of... ascending to a 'god.'

"You really did take that step." Lan Shiwen released the steering wheel, leaving two wet handprints on the handle.

"Yes, so I came to find you." Ning Zhe said indifferently: "I have a grudge against Fen Wu, a life-and-death grudge where only one can survive. But just as I was about to lock onto his identity... this identity had a car accident, and he died."

And the location of the car accident happened to be Yundu.

Too coincidental.

Lan Shiwen nodded; it was indeed too coincidental.

"Bai Fugui... So he was Fen Wu's public identity? He hid it quite deeply." Lan Shiwen turned off his phone screen and continued: "Just as the identity was locked onto, he chose to commit suicide to escape, a cicada shedding its skin... So, do you think I used my ability to foresee the future to tip off Fen Wu?"

"No, I didn't think that." Ning Zhe denied this claim: "I just came to kill you."

"Ah?" Lan Shiwen couldn't figure this out: "Since you don't suspect me, why?"

"Because you, Lan Shiwen, are Tu Yu's adopted son." Ning Zhe said with a smile:

"Lan Shiwen, a natural Gridder. In 1996, Tu Yu picked up the newborn you from a hospital shrouded in strange events and raised you. Four years later, in 2000, Tu Yu, holding the 4-year-old you, entered the Juxian Garden with Fen Wu and Ji Bochang, killing everyone in the Yin family."

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"Your ability is too dangerous, Lan Shiwen. At the same time, your relationship with Tu Yu and Fen Wu is too close. Do you know? Actually, there was more than one Gridder who set a trap to kill me in Qinzhou; there was also Tu Yu. If my luck had been worse or my mind weaker, I would have been trapped to death there by Tu Yu."

Hearing this, Lan Shiwen couldn't help but say: "Tu Yu just takes money to do things. As long as he's paid, he helps anyone. You know this, don't you?"

"Yes, I know." Ning Zhe's smile became brilliant: "So if Fen Wu finds you and asks you to provide help, will you help him?"

Lan Shiwen was silent.

Because his answer was: Yes.

"Then you might as well think again. Perhaps I'm in good condition now, but what about later? The defects of the newly harnessed ghost will begin to manifest, urging me to find new rules to extend my life. That is the second weak phase of a Gridder. By then..."

"Think about it, Lan Shiwen. One Fen Wu has already made me so exhausted. If you and Tu Yu add your help, do you think I can live until I harness the next ghost?"

Lan Shiwen remained silent.

Because he knew the answer was: No.

"You are too dangerous, Lan Shiwen. That is the reason I am killing you." Ning Zhe said, the smile on his face quietly disappearing:

"Foresee the future, Lan Shiwen. Foresee how I am going to kill you next?"

Lan Shiwen remained silent, because he simply could not foresee the future.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 243 =====