Chapter 29: The Death of Cheng Shi

The Death of Cheng Shi

It was strange; there was no grief in Cheng Shi's eyes.

Or rather, he didn't care about Bai Fei's death at all.

He kept accelerating his metabolism, attempting to use the magic of time to smooth out the control effects brought by the negative states.

But unfortunately, the real world was not a turn-based game. While Cheng Shi struggled, the guard was not idle.

As a singer, applying negative states to enemies was his specialty. He kept releasing his tricks, squeezing the little survival space Cheng Shi had left.

Before long, Cheng Shi felt he was running out of strength. In the tug-of-war on the edge of death, he was defeated and could only wait for death.

The guard walked to Cheng Shi's side. Seeing that he had no further movements and his eyes were dull, he shook his head and sighed:

"Underground bugs should stay underground, but sometimes, bugs have their uses. I both like you and hate you. Sigh, how contradictory."

But before he finished speaking, the guard suddenly thrust his sword down, piercing Cheng Shi's chest like a thunderbolt.

He didn't give him any chance to turn the tables.

"Ssh!"

The sword tip pierced the heart.

Cheng Shi's eyes widened, his pupils shrank, and after not lasting more than a few seconds, the spirit in his eyes collapsed with a bang.

The second before his vision fell completely into darkness, he saw the door directly opposite suddenly kicked open with a "bang," and a familiar face came into view.

"Brother Cheng!!??"

It was A-Ming.

But he was a step too late.

Cheng Shi smiled unwillingly and closed his eyes completely.

As soon as A-Ming entered the door, he felt the rich power of 【Order】. He looked at the two fallen teammates and killed the horrified guard with a crazed expression.

"Kill you! Kill you!!"

"How is it possible? This is the domain of 【Order】. How can you not be bound!?"

"【Order?】 I am 【Order】!"

This was clearly a blasphemous statement, but A-Ming did not face divine punishment!

He was crazily muttering something in his mouth, his expression twisted and fierce, and he flashed behind the guard.

The guard couldn't react in time, and the terrified expression on his face became even more exaggerated. He seemed to want to shout something, but before he could, a blood-stained dagger pierced through his back.

Then, it went straight through his chest.

A turbid yellow light flashed and vanished on the dagger. The guard looked at the blade tip in front of his chest, spat out a mouthful of filthy blood, and died with his eyes wide open.

"Brother Cheng! I've avenged you!"

A-Ming's voice was twisted and sobbing. He kicked the corpse in front of him away and slumped powerlessly on the ground, his eyes vacant.

Just at this moment, Fang Shiqing rushed in from outside the door with Xu Lu.

A-Ming looked up at them, tears still in his eyes.

Seeing such a tragic scene, Xu Lu's face turned pale, and she pulled tightly on Fang Shiqing's sleeve.

Although she didn't like Cheng Shi, the identity of being a fellow player made her feel a sense of "rabbit dying, fox grieving."

Fang Shiqing looked at everything in front of her, looked at the dead Bai Fei and Cheng Shi, and bit her lip hard.

She was almost bloodless.

"How could it be like this..."

But she reacted quickly, immediately turned around, closed the door, and said with a serious expression:

"What happened?"

"I don't know. I came a bit late. I was exploring on the second floor when I heard movement in this room, so I rushed over. By the time I entered the door, Brother Cheng and Birdie were..."

A-Ming seemed very self-reproachful; he rubbed his hair and hung his head to hit the ground.

"Who is on the bed?"

As soon as she asked, she saw Xu Lu's face change, and she pointed at the person on the bed and exclaimed:

"It's him! The person who died in the prophecy is him!"

Fang Shiqing was shaken all over and looked back at Xu Lu in disbelief.

She suddenly realized that the deceased on the bed was very likely the Duke who had been missing.

Seeing that the scene was exactly the same as the blurry image in the prophecy, Xu Lu muttered to herself in a daze:

"So it wasn't us who were going to die, but... the Duke died. That guy surnamed Cheng..."

Although no players died in the prophecy, now, two players had indeed died.

Looking at this scene, there were only two possibilities:

Either Cheng Shi stumbled upon the guard killing someone, and the guard silenced him.

Or the guard stumbled upon Cheng Shi killing someone, and Cheng Shi failed to kill him back.

As for which one it was...

Just as Fang Shiqing finished stating her guess, Xu Lu, who was to the side, lowered her head and said:

"I think... it should be that the guard saw Cheng Shi killing someone..."

Fang Shiqing's face turned stern, and a flash of disdain appeared in her eyes. She asked in a cold tone:

"Why?"

"Maybe he wanted to steal the Duke's identity... He, he looks like... looks like that kind of person."

Even though she knew it wasn't good to say these things now, Xu Lu didn't know why, but she still gathered her courage to say her guess.

Fang Shiqing frowned, but she held back and didn't flare up.

"Sister Fang... what... what do we do now?"

Fang Shiqing looked at her watch; nearly 7 hours had passed, and only 5 hours remained.

"You guys go out first and find a way to guard the door. As companions, we must send them off."

A-Ming looked at Fang Shiqing in a daze, seemingly remembering that this "big thigh" was also a singer.

Singers record stories, and the protagonists of stories are often all kinds of people.

Of course, this also includes all kinds of dead people.

Therefore, they are good at singing funeral songs and chanting eulogies for people.

Xu Lu felt that this kind of ritual might be a waste of time, but seeing Fang Shiqing's firm expression, she bit her lip and walked out.

A-Ming followed closely behind, hanging his head so that his expression couldn't be seen.

When Fang Shiqing passed him, she patted his shoulder to show comfort.

After the two walked out of the room and closed the door, the grief on her face disappeared instantly, replaced by a flash of anger.

She opened her book, tore off a page, and flicked it gently. The entire room instantly fell into stagnation, and even the curtains blown by the breeze froze.

There was not a sound in the room, and even the sound of breathing disappeared.

Then she walked to Cheng Shi's side, looked at Cheng Shi who had been pierced through the heart, and laughed in anger.

Fang Shiqing remembered the scene when she woke up from Cheng Shi's arms in the thick fog and felt an extra note on her chest.

At that time, she took advantage of everyone not paying attention and secretly read the note.

It read:

"Respected Lady Fire-bringer,

Seeing the letter is like seeing me, even though I am right beside you.

But please don't look at me, and don't laugh.

This is a request for help from the future me.

If I die and you happen to run into me, please save my life.

Any healing spell can pull me back from hell. Please, for the sake of the moment I was once a reserve Fire-bringer, lend a helping hand.

Your little brother is deeply grateful.

Also, in a group of three, one must be careful."

Looking at Cheng Shi at her feet now, wasn't he just dead?

This bastard, how did he foresee his own death?

"How dare you trust me so much?

How could you be sure I could come to save you?

You already rejected me, aren't you afraid I'd reject you too?

Bastard!"

Fang Shiqing raised her eyebrows and scolded Cheng Shi for a while.

The space was muted, and no one could hear it, like a silent trial.

But in the end, she resigned herself to fate, tore another page from the book, crumpled it into a ball, and applied it to Cheng Shi's wound.

As soon as the page touched the wound, it turned into a green light carrying the aura of 【Life】, piercing into Cheng Shi's body.

Cheng Shi, who had originally had no breath, opened his eyes instantly under the nourishment of the light of life.

"Uh—huff—uh—huff—"

The sound of violent gasping rang out, but no one could hear it.

Seeing Cheng Shi's comical appearance, Fang Shiqing couldn't help but smile.

Streams of fresh air were inhaled into his lungs, and the long-lost feeling of the living world surged into his limbs, making Cheng Shi greedily take a few more breaths.

Alive!

He was alive!

He looked up at the first opportunity, not looking at Fang Shiqing, but taking out the watch in his bosom to see how much time had passed.

When he saw that it had only been twenty-some minutes since his death, he let out a long breath of relief.

Releasing all the pressure in his heart.

Then he looked at the dead Bai Fei to the side, as well as the guard who had died with his eyes wide open in anger, and suddenly laughed.

He laughed without sound, like a clown in a silent play.

The big thigh was indeed reliable.

Or rather, the City Defender was indeed reliable!

Seeing Cheng Shi laughing happily by himself, yet ignoring her, his savior, Fang Shiqing kicked him twice in anger.

Cheng Shi hurriedly climbed up, put his hands together, and bowed to express his gratitude, then pointed to Bai Fei to the side.

Fang Shiqing's face darkened, she pointed to the book in her hand, and mouthed:

"Wasting book pages, you are a priest, save her yourself."

Cheng Shi was helpless and had to snap his fingers.

As the silent snap fell, Bai Fei's crushed body slowly became plump again. In just a few breaths, her eyes opened again.

Retroactive healing, a gift from 【Time】!

A pair of clear eyes were full of shock the moment they opened. She stared blankly at Cheng Shi and muttered:

"It was... real..."

Fang Shiqing read her lip movements, turned to look at Cheng Shi in confusion, as if asking "What was real?"

Cheng Shi spread his hands, indicating he didn't know either.

Bai Fei watched the big boss still playing dumb and followed suit, laughing foolishly.

The bloodstains on her body wouldn't disappear because of the retroaction, but the blood-stained dress added a bit of color to Bai Fei.

Having "gained rebirth," she seemed to have become even more... alluring.

Fang Shiqing frowned, feeling that things were not simple.

The smell of 【Filth and Fall】 had become stronger.

Her gaze jumped back and forth between Cheng Shi and Bai Fei, attempting to see what had happened between them.

But Cheng Shi hid it well, and there were no clues to be seen at all.

Bai Fei was not good at disguising, but her gaze couldn't leave Cheng Shi, which was disgusting to look at...

She didn't know what she was thinking.

Fang Shiqing naturally didn't know what Bai Fei was thinking, because right now, her mind was full of the scene between her and Cheng Shi in the wardrobe earlier. ===== CHAPTER 30 =====