Chapter 390: Old Zhang, do you dare to bet?

Old Zhang, do you dare to bet?

Facts have proven that in the face of immense terror, no contingency is more effective than staying far away.

When he saw Gou Feng, Cheng Shi suddenly wasn't so afraid anymore.

He looked around and discovered that the corpse of the Squinting One seemed different from before he left; this discovery made his tense heart suddenly relax.

This Zhang Wenjian really didn't die!

I knew the Chosen of 【Death】 had to have some tricks up his sleeve, otherwise, he wouldn't be worthy of that Lord's title.

However, why are Scorpio and Gao Ya both missing?

The little assassin likely went to chase after him, but what about the Soloist?

Scared off?

That shouldn't be; she shouldn't have the guts to run away.

Gou Feng, standing to the side, saw Cheng Shi's confusion and, after catching his breath, said in a muffled voice:

"The Gravedigger borrowed the Soloist's body to return from the dead and has already gone to find you."

"?"

Old Zhang the Squinting One used Gao Ya as a host to resurrect?

Then isn't he...

Tsk, does this count as "hunger knows no choice"?

The shock and fear in Cheng Shi's heart vanished upon hearing this news, and he shook his head and chuckled while looking at the Squinting One's corpse.

Fine, if he killed her, so be it. But since two helpers have gone, the outcome of this gamble might still be uncertain.

Cheng Shi pondered for a moment, said "thanks" to Gou Feng, and then disappeared again.

By the time he returned to the cell where Tulading had died, two figures were already in the otherwise empty room.

The assassin Scorpio, and the Gao Ya-version of Zhang Jizu who had occupied the magpie's nest.

Zhang Jizu was not surprised by Cheng Shi's sudden appearance; he was already squatting beside Tulading, beginning an "autopsy." His practiced manner reminded Cheng Shi of the time he had said, "The graveyard is livelier at night."

"..."

Brother, you really have guts.

Seeing Cheng Shi appear, Scorpio greeted him with a pale face: "Brother Cheng, are you alright?"

It looked like he had been scared out of his wits too.

As long as I'm not the only one who was afraid, it's not embarrassing.

Cheng Shi's face still bore traces of fear; he wiped his face with a smile, patted Scorpio on the shoulder, and said with gratification: "I didn't misjudge you, young man, you have a future."

Then he walked straight to Zhang Jizu's side and scolded him irritably:

"Old Zhang the Squinting One, can't you be faster next time you resurrect? You had me so worried, I almost wanted to go explain to that Lord that your death had nothing to do with me!"

Zhang Jizu squinted his eyes and hummed a laugh:

"I don't think you were worried; you looked scared. Before we broke in, we heard someone screaming and cursing—that was you, right?"

You have to admit, Gao Ya's face looks better when squinting than when wide-eyed, but thinking that Zhang Jizu's soul was inside Gao Ya's body made Cheng Shi feel a bit strange.

"How did you think of using the Soloist's body to resurrect? Did you kill her?"

"I didn't kill her, just temporarily suppressed her consciousness. This is a type of parasitism.

I have many contingencies for resurrection, but this curious 【Idiotic】 teammate triggered the one most unfavorable to her first. I was in a hurry, so I had to wrong her.

Also, don't change the subject; we are talking about the screaming."

"..."

I have many contingencies for resurrection...

Listen to that, is that human talk?

So low-scoring players die so easily because you've snatched up all the resurrection methods?

I don't think you, Zhang Wenjian, are a good person either.

Cheng Shi curled his lips and selectively went deaf: "What? Bad signal, say it again?"

"..." Zhang Jizu shot him a sideways glance and, instead of stopping, continued to tear him down: "I said someone was scared off by an unborn child."

"How come everything you say while in the Soloist's body tastes like 【Idiotic】..." Cheng Shi muttered, then exaggeratedly tilted his ear, pretending the phone had no signal: "Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?"

Seeing him acting like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, Zhang Jizu shook his head and laughed, pulling the topic back on track.

"It's not dead yet."

Cheng Shi's gaze sharpened, his expression turned serious, and he said in a low voice: "Yeah, I noticed too!"

"What, you have a signal now?"

Zhang Jizu turned to look at Cheng Shi with a teasing expression, and Cheng Shi's expression instantly froze on his face.

"I'm not joking with you anymore.

It really isn't dead yet, but it's close.

I can feel its state slowly deteriorating; it's struggling unconsciously, trying to grab onto anything that would allow it to be born. But it's futile; I've tried. Afluosi's belly is no longer ordinary flesh and blood; a scalpel cannot cut it open.

Now, what we have to face is not delivering a normal child, but delivering a transcendent freak!

I've roughly guessed it; it really might be the life the trial mentioned that shouldn't be born. As for why this life came from our hands...

You might have to ask yourself, Cheng Shi."

Cheng Shi gave two dry laughs, not knowing how to respond, but soon he sighed and asked seriously:

"Then do you think this child...

Should be saved, or shouldn't be saved?"

This question seemed like he was asking, but the moment Cheng Shi asked it, Zhang Jizu already knew his thoughts.

He wanted to save it. Also, having been busy for so many days, it was all to win the trial.

To be honest, in Zhang Jizu's segment, there are plenty of people obsessed with various goals, but people who work hard just to win a trial...

Are too few.

After all, points are perhaps the easiest resource to obtain in this 【Faith Game】; just fight a bit, and the points go up. There's no need to take it so seriously.

He looked into Cheng Shi's eyes and pondered for a moment, then said thoughtfully:

"Do you know how I died? My vitality was sucked dry.

This child in Afluosi's belly is very dangerous; it's no longer the Holy Infant you and I wanted to forge; it has become a terrifying freak.

As for how this freak came to be, whether it belongs to 【Filth and Fall】 or still believes in 【Birth】, it's hard to say.

I can only infer from my own death that Afluosi, as a mother, simply cannot provide enough energy for it to be born, which is why it's like this, why it wants to 'break out of prison' itself."

Zhang Jizu pointed at the strangely shaped belly of the corpse, his expression serious.

"But it has absorbed too little vitality, not enough for it to break this flesh-and-blood cage that nurtured it!

Cheng Shi, if you want to save it, you must pay a huge amount of vitality for it. This kind of vitality is not easy to obtain, unless you have..."

"The divinity of 【Prosperity】?" Cheng Shi raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, unless you have the divinity of 【Prosperity】.

You don't have to look at me; I do have some 【Prosperity】 divinity sealed on me."

Zhang Jizu smiled and took out a cluster of emerald light from his body.

"I once intended to approach Him, so I collected some. But judging by the speed at which I just died, the divinity I have on me is probably not enough to feed the monster in this belly.

It has already transcended the category of ordinary life; I cannot be sure how much trouble this kind of life will bring after it is born...

But if you want to save it, or rather, want to deliver it, it's not impossible.

If you can produce the same magnitude of 【Prosperity】 divinity as what I have sealed on me, combined, I can try.

But it's just a try; I'm not confident."

Listening to the Squinting One's sincere and earnest heart-to-heart talk, Cheng Shi laughed happily.

He saw Zhang Jizu's dilemma. Indeed, in this segment, taking huge risks for a few points, and even paying a large amount of 【Prosperity】 divinity to deliver an unidentifiable child, this behavior is too stupid.

To put it bluntly, pure idiocy.

So it's no wonder Zhang Jizu spoke so tactfully; his meaning was obvious, he was persuading Cheng Shi to give up.

However, he was also quite a brother, at least willing to provide half of the 【Prosperity】 divinity for his obsession. But what he didn't know was that the "Vitality" authority in his own body might very well be able to save this child directly.

So for Cheng Shi, the method to save "people" is not the problem; the problem is whether there are risks after saving it.

If not, then passing the level smoothly after the delivery can't be called a huge profit, but at least it's not a loss.

But if the situation collapses after saving this freak, putting himself and Old Zhang in danger again, then that would be losing the wife and the army.

Cheng Shi can accept a small loss for himself, but he cannot accept his generous brother losing money with him.

He frowned and pondered for a moment, weighing it several times, and came up with a relatively safe plan.

"I might have a way to save this child, but the situation we face is too complex. I need help. Old Zhang, do you dare to bet with me?"

Zhang Jizu's eyes widened, then narrowed tightly again, and he asked in disbelief:

"You have confidence? You have a safer method than infusing 【Prosperity】 divinity?"

It's not that the "Vitality" authority can't be told to Old Zhang, but it's not suitable right now, so Cheng Shi could only change his phrasing. Seeing the Squinting One was extremely shocked by his response, he shook his head and nodded:

"I have a method, but I'm not confident.

I can make up for the vitality the child lacks, but I can't be sure if delivering him will cause greater danger, even greater danger than your instant death just now.

So,

Old Zhang, do you... dare to bet?" ===== CHAPTER 391 =====