Chapter 828

Calculation

They were ready, but no one drank.

Cheng Shi and Zhang Jizu each took a vial of potion, exchanged a glance, and then looked at Watching Ai Si simultaneously. The meaning was very clear: until the supervisor drank the potion, the two steady-types would absolutely not drink a drop.

Watching Ai Si's eyelids twitched violently. She raised the potion in her hand and said with a slightly mocking look:

"You two are being too cautious. This potion is definitely real.

Of course, I can drink it first, but I must also state that to ensure the effect, I must depart immediately and sprint toward that theater the moment I finish drinking. Barring any accidents, I will be the first of the three of us to reach that theater.

However, I have no illusions about the gains from this trial, so what I want to say is, if you two follow up and find that the 'treasure' buried in the theater has problems, remember to verify it carefully. That will definitely not be something I tampered with."

After speaking, Watching Ai Si tilted her head and drank the potion in her hand, then used her giant blade to clear the way, cutting through the barbed wire, and sprinted directly in the predetermined direction.

Her violent figure caused the frozen earth beneath her feet to crack, yet she didn't emit a single sound.

Her speed was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared into the mist.

It seemed the potion was real. Cheng Shi raised his eyebrows and signaled for Mi Lao Zhang to go first. Zhang Jizu chuckled, poured the potion in his hand onto the ground, and shook his head.

"Whether the potion is real remains to be studied, but the person is definitely fake."

Cheng Shi wasn't surprised, just smiled with the corners of his mouth hooked: "Why do you say that?"

"She was too anxious. Since she has no expectations for the gains of this trial, the supervisor could have tested the effect on the spot after drinking it, and then waited for us to return from the theater. Why did she have to be the first to rush in, and even issue some 'protesting too much' disclaimer?

I have long felt that she had problems. Now it seems that the one under the supervisor's skin should be you, Cheng Shi."

"None of my business." Cheng Shi curled his lips, looked at the direction where the figure disappeared into the mist, and said thoughtfully, "The one standing in front of you is me. As for who that Watching Ai Si who ran in is, who cares."

"Another you ran ahead of you, and Zhen Yi might also be ahead of you. Are you not anxious at all?"

"Anxiety is useless. As long as Zhen Yi hasn't appeared in front of me and said 'hee' to me, it means she hasn't gained anything yet.

Besides, I don't believe that Zhen Yi, who deceived everyone, would fail in front of an impersonator. This supervisor might not necessarily be able to outplay her.

Of course, it would be best if they both end up suffering mutual losses, and then we arrive to reap the benefits."

Saying this, Cheng Shi hooked his fingers at Zhang Jizu quickly: "The item, take it out. I know you definitely have one."

"My items are not as useful as yours, Cheng Shi. It's time to take out the things you've been hiding at the bottom of your box." Zhang Jizu smiled with narrowed eyes, like a cunning fox.

"?"

Hearing this, Cheng Shi began to feel that something was wrong. He mimicked Mi Lao Zhang's posture, narrowed his eyes tightly, scrutinized the other party with a sharp gaze, and said in a strange tone:

"Mi Lao Zhang, I hear it now—you are testing me again!

Fine, fine, fine. Revolutionary camaraderie always breaks from within first. We have been almost inseparable along this journey, and you can still doubt me?

This makes me have to suspect whether you are still the Mi Lao Zhang I know from the very beginning!

I remember that before meeting you and the supervisor, the other three teammates had all disappeared.

So, are you really Mi Lao Zhang, or are you Long Wang, or perhaps... the one surnamed Zhen?"

Zhang Jizu laughed, shaking his head.

"Your suspicion comes too late. Doubting at this time looks more like a cover for yourself.

But since you mentioned revolutionary camaraderie, I would like to ask: Cheng Shi, what kind of revolutionary camaraderie do we have?"

Zhang Jizu's eyes narrowed even tighter. A scalpel tip even poked out from between his fingers. Clearly, his suspicion of the Cheng Shi in front of him had reached its peak.

However, the next words dispelled his suspicion slightly.

"That Him on the Bone Throne, and that Him in the 【Void】—do you need me to be more specific?

Pfft—

Trying to fish for information from me?

Ask yourself this same question, Mi Lao Zhang: what kind of revolutionary camaraderie is our revolutionary camaraderie?"

This final counter-question made Zhang Jizu pause for a moment. It was this slight pause that allowed Cheng Shi to seize the opportunity. A flash of brilliance shone in his eyes, and he backhanded a scalpel toward Zhang Jizu's neck.

This strike was incredibly sharp; even Zhang Jizu couldn't help but take this close-range sneak attack seriously.

But just as he wanted to retreat and defend, a giant blade—no, two giant blades—flew in from the periphery simultaneously, slashing directly between the two.

Cheng Shi raised an eyebrow, Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes, and both retreated backward. As they retreated, they turned their heads to look, only to see two Ai Sis staring at each other on the nearby open ground, neither willing to give way.

This was interesting: three Cheng Shis had turned into three Ai Sis.

Zhang Jizu's eyes squeezed into a slit again. He frowned and pondered for a moment, still finding it hard to believe: "You are actually real?"

Cheng Shi also rolled his eyes with a dark face and said with annoyance:

"Otherwise? Old Zhang, has your 【Truth】 brain failed?

If it weren't for the appearance of these two Ai Sis, your actions today would have made me suspect that you have ulterior motives in this round."

"..."

Zhang Jizu twitched the corners of his mouth and said nothing more. He immediately took out two pages inscribed with 【Silence】 techniques, handed one to Cheng Shi, and said to the two Ai Sis:

"Supervisor, your opportunity has arrived.

The biggest mistake our teammate made was impersonating you. I know that one of you two must be real.

Now, you only need to drag the other party down as much as possible to fulfill the promise you made to me at the start.

Rest assured, you will never die. I said so."

After speaking, Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes, used the page, and stepped into the mist one step ahead of Cheng Shi.

"The 【Silence】 talent recorded on the page is infinite in time, silencing all sounds emitted by a living body. The effect disappears after speaking voluntarily. Let's go, we can't fall too far behind."

For the always-steady Zhang Steady to be willing to take the first step was already the greatest degree of apology shown to Cheng Shi. Cheng Shi clearly felt this sincerity. He curled his lips with a strange expression, muttered a few words to Mi Lao Zhang, and then used the page in his hand to follow the other's pace.

And just after the two disappeared into the mist, Watching Ai Si looked at the fake self in front of her, put away her serious expression, and shook her head with a laugh.

"To complete the mission, I will only drag you for 30 seconds.

But you should know that this doesn't count as stalling at all, since rushing in now carries the risk of bumping into them.

I think you are lagging behind step by step just to avoid direct conflict with them, and to take the opportunity to create chaos, attempting to be the final oriole, right?

Rest assured, I am a person who knows how to keep a sense of proportion; I won't hinder you. After all, the one who shook me off by impersonating me was not you.

It's just that I don't know if I have the honor to know which peak... liar my teammate is?"

"Tsk, you've got something, but not too much.

Remember, blindly sticking to a sense of proportion easily leads one into a quagmire of stagnation, unable to struggle out.

A little desire is the seasoning of life, especially since a mortal's life is so short; one must strive to live more interestingly."

After speaking, this Watching Ai Si with a smile on her lips quietly shed her disguise, and Cheng Shi's face slowly appeared in the other's field of vision.

A Cheng Shi wearing a casual suit.

Looking at Watching Ai Si's increasingly astonished eyes, Cheng Shi smiled brilliantly.

"You can call me Cheng Shi, or you can continue to call me the one surnamed Cheng. A name is just a code name.

Of course, if you want to stand in a higher position to see a more distant scenery, then you might as well call me...

【Envoy Envoy Yu Xi】.

The 'foolish' of fooling, the 'play' of playing.

Fooling and playing—this is Envoy Envoy Yu Xi."