HBWnovel Chapter 226 "You will die at the hands of Blue Star player Chen Yi, time unknown.
Chapter 226 "You will die at the hands of Blue Star player Chen Yi, time unknown.
Although she knew that the death mentioned here meant falling into hell and becoming a Hell Player, not actual death—after all, only dying as a Hell Player is true death—she never wished to become a Hell Player.
Fighting her way back out would be no simple matter.
But...
Ever since she left Chen Yi's live stream not long ago,
her predicted death for the next entire half-month had only one description!
"You will die at the hands of Blue Star player Chen Yi, time unknown."
It never changed!
She swore!
She wouldn't provoke Chen Yi for any reason, absolutely not, things like provocation were out of the question; having no family, there wouldn't be any revenge plot. So why would she die by Chen Yi's hand?
There was only one reason!
She was dragged into this by that damn beast!
Someone must have provoked Chen Yi, and then Chen Yi conveniently killed her too!
This kind of death was unclear and extremely unjust.
It made her irritable during this period. She did nothing, so why should she die at Chen Yi's hand?
"..."
The best friend who was about to say something fell silent for a moment then nodded quite seriously, "It must have been Mr. Sun who dragged you into this. I'll go with you."
"That's what I think too."
Li Peiqi nodded emphatically, agreeing wholeheartedly.
All her relatives had passed away; the Annihilate Nine Clans skill couldn't possibly drag her into this, which meant she wasn't affected by some unknown AOE but was specifically targeted and killed by Chen Yi.
No matter how fearsome, Chen Yi wouldn't kill without reason; there had to be a causality thread somewhere.
She had to sever all possible causality threads that could involve her before Chen Yi left Newbie Village!
This Mr. Sun was the first one!
Just as she was preparing to leave,
"Thump."
She suddenly noticed a cell phone had fallen out of the cabinet.
"Hmm?"
Li Peiqi picked up the cell phone subconsciously, wiped the dust off it—it was from seven or eight years ago. After the screen broke back then, she bought a new one, and she had no idea where she had tossed the old one. It unexpectedly fell out today.
On a whim,
she plugged the charger into the cellphone and turned it on. Inside the gallery, she found many photos she took seven or eight years ago and some diary entries.@@@@
"Hey, I won't show you!"
She pushed away her best friend who tried to peek over her shoulder.
"I remember now."
Her best friend, with mischief sparkling in her eyes and the corners of her mouth turned up, teased, "I recall you were in university then, and you teased a middle school boy, using this phone, didn't you?"
"Seems like it, indeed."
Reminded by her best friend, Li Peiqi also recalled such an incident when she met a cute young boy at 14 in a game during her university days.
When gaming, she kept teasing that young boy,
"But by then, this boy would have already become an enemy to Chen Yi, who casually killed me along with him!"
"Do you think there's a chance there's a causal thread where I die at Chen Yi's hand?"
"Could this boy possibly still be in hell right now, just not able to climb out?"
"..."
Her best friend, moved a moment before, suddenly stiffened, wiping away the tear at the corner of her eye, and spoke expressionlessly with a faint voice: "So you plan to run to Neutron Star's hell, have this infatuated boy killed, and thus sever a potential love thread that could lead to your death by Chen Yi's hand?"
"Isn't that a bit too heartless?"
"No, my point is, we could talk to him, ask him not to provoke Chen Yi in the future, to avoid this causal link."
"I'll contact 'Ghost Exterminators' right now, to help us find this boy in the Neutron Star's hell."
'Ghost Exterminators', a special force on Neutron Star!
Its main business includes seeking revenge in hell, searching for people, and so on—basically undertaking only tasks in hell.
The core members of the force are all in hell, with only a few peripheral members taking orders on Neutron Star. This force possesses a special prop, enabling Hell Players to communicate with players in the living world.
The woman in the slip dress sitting on the bed turned to Li Peiqi, who was beginning to be bewildered, couldn't help but sigh, looking up at the ceiling helplessly.
Sometimes, learning about the way you will die is actually not such good news.
Like Li Peiqi.
Anxious from tens of days ago and still is now.
She just couldn't figure out how she would end up dying by Chen Yi's hand.
But... aren't there many things in the world that don't make sense?
...
Meanwhile—
Chen Yi and his companions had successfully returned to the rooftop.
The hotpot on the rooftop, which was still hot but lighted, hadn't solidified together; they didn't really like spicy hotpot, preferring clear oil hotpot instead.
Afterward, the few of them sat on the rooftop, chatting idly.
Until, the time reached eight in the morning.
"Ding, global announcement."
"The special limited-time event 'The Founding of the Army Day' starts at..."
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ps:
I slacked off for a day yesterday, took a day off the day before.
And yet, no one scolded me, which made me feel much better...
As for comments in the comment section like, talking is as useless as farting, threatening to delete the book and rest, promises about the monthly tickets being as good as farts.
I always take such comments as compliments.
At least it shows that everyone likes reading, hence the outrage. I checked your IPs, and you're indeed all original residents of Black Trench City.
This hide and seek map was actually due to a lack of inspiration, forcibly produced. I thought everyone would berate the map for being abrupt and boring.
But I only got berated for the update, which makes me feel much better.
I'll make up with three more chapters today to find a bit of my writing rhythm, and slowly it'll get better.
Love you all, your little treasure, Wang Xin.
Trojan horse.