Chapter 70 - Necro Hotel (14)
“Xu Bai…is that you?”
Jiang Xiuxiu said.
She looked at Ye Ming lightly, her voice calm.
Opposite her, in the darkness, Ye Ming’s dark eyes moved slightly.
He tilted his head and said slowly, “Xu Bai?”
His voice was soft, with a hint of surprise, so that people couldn’t hear the slightest problem.
Jiang Xiuxiu looked at him fixedly: “Yes.”
She didn’t know what trick Ye Ming was going to play, maybe it was sophistry, maybe it was acting stupid, but she would no longer be easily fooled.
Her whole body was tensed, and she looked at Ye Ming vigilantly – this man she trusted so much yesterday.
She watched him walk to her side, lowered her head slightly, and looked down at herself.
What is he going to say?
Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t know, but she had a lot of things she wanted to say in her heart.
She wanted to ask Xu Bai why she did this, and was it interesting to play with her feelings?
She wanted to ask if Xu Bai felt proud of seeing her being played around in circles?
Whether he wanted to get information in the real world, or was simply curious about her, it would be fine if he was just an ordinary friend.
But from the moment Ye Ming confessed to her, everything tilted towards an irreversible situation.
He’s cheating, she can’t stand it.
However, what Jiang Xiuxiu never expected was that Ye Ming approached her before she could say anything.
In the silence, he suddenly lowered his head and kissed Jiang Xiuxiu’s lips!
His movements were fast, and in almost a blink of an eye, Jiang Xiuxiu felt that his eyes were darkened, and his mouth was bitten fiercely.
He was very strong, and when he kissed people, he didn’t stop at it, but in a powerful gesture, he aggressively attacked Jiang Xiuxiu.
Maybe it all happened too suddenly, before Jiang Xiuxiu could take a breath, Ye Ming blocked her breath.
The suffocation gradually came up, she wanted to struggle, but she couldn’t resist.
In a trance, when Jiang Xiuxiu’s mind was in chaos, he began to think aimlessly.
She thought that Ye Ming seemed to like clasping people’s necks. When his fingers pressed against the back of Jiang Xiuxiu’s neck, it gave her a feeling of being on the edge of death at any time…
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Ming let go of Jiang Xiuxiu, like a drowning kitten, almost losing her strength.
Her figure was reflected in his dark black pupils, and a faint gleam appeared.
“Guess, am I Xu Bai?” He smiled and whispered in her ear.
Jiang Xiuxiu: “…”
Jiang Xiuxiu: ? ? ?
Is that even a question? Surely it is!
Jiang Xiuxiu gasped and pushed him away fiercely.
Due to the lack of breathing, she kept coughing and couldn’t speak, so she could only stare at Ye Ming angrily.
Looking at Jiang Xiuxiu who was staring at him, Ye Ming blinked, and finally showed a shallow smile: “Yes, I am.”
He admitted it.
No quibble, no disguise, Ye Ming, or Xu Bai, admitted his disguise.
For some unknown purpose, he deliberately approached Jiang Xiuxiu with a false identity and obtained her information and feelings.
No, it’s not actually “for whatever purpose”.
His intentions had already been revealed through the kiss he just had.
He is arrogant, there is no need to confuse Jiang Xiuxiu with this behavior.
He should really like her, and approaching her is not purely for use.
Jiang Xiuxiu: “…Okay.”
Perhaps he was already mentally prepared, or perhaps influenced by Xu Bai’s attitude, Jiang Xiuxiu’s current mood unexpectedly calmed down.
Anger is sure to be angry, but in this anger, there is a hint of indescribable helplessness.
What could Xu Bai know?
He is just a string of data, even if he is regarded as an adult, his age is only one or two years old.
In addition, she and Ye Ming didn’t have much time to fall in love in the true sense. If she analyzed it rationally, she didn’t suffer any loss.
As a being who should not have feelings, Xu Bai, he not only has his own thinking, but even his own emotions – this kind of thing happened to him, and Jiang Xiuxiu couldn’t tell the difference for a while. Is she more pitiful, or is Xu Bai more pitiful.
Jiang Xiuxiu’s mind was still in a mess, but after the anger, she had regained her composure.
In any case, her relationship with Xu Bai could not continue.
“I see,” she raised her head and said to Xu Bai, “That’s it.”
She didn’t have any drastic reaction, and said calmly, “Let’s break up.”
This wrong feeling should not continue.
Long pain is worse than short pain. Before she has time to develop a deeper relationship with Xu Bai, she should cut it off cleanly.
“separate?”
In this regard, Xu Bai’s reply was very simple and clear: “I disagree.”
His tone is still indifferent, every word, faintly revealing an irresistible meaning.
disagree?
Although the matter of breaking up is a matter of two people, in many cases, the attitude of one person can solve everything.
Jiang Xiuxiu’s attitude was firm.
She ignored him, and after saying that, she turned around and left.
She heard Xu Bai’s words from behind, but she didn’t respond.
What surprised her was that Xu Bai did nothing to her, nor did she stop her from leaving.
He clearly said he disagreed, but he didn’t press her step by step for her departure.
She could clearly feel Xu Bai’s eyes on her, watching her leave the corridor step by step.
Is this going backwards?
Jiang Xiuxiu thought for a while, but did not understand.
She only felt that Xu Bai was really incomprehensible.
But that’s fine, at least Jiang Xiuxiu now has a temporary respite after going through so many things.
She has always hated being stalked and beaten, but now that she is free, her nerves that have been tense have finally relaxed.
After separating from Xu Bai, Jiang Xiuxiu quickly went to the first floor to change to a new room.
Then, she lived in.
After there was one person missing, Jiang Xiuxiu suddenly realized that this room was actually quite big.
Two single beds, bright white lights, and slightly cold air.
After washing up, seeing that it was getting late, Jiang Xiuxiu lay on the bed.
In the dark environment, she closed her eyes and made plans for her next plan.
First, she must quit the game as soon as possible.
Although she is a tester hired by the “Fear Survival” game company, she does not need to clear the level, as long as she tries her best to survive the game is enough.
Originally, in order to spend more time with Xu Bai, she planned to try to stay in the game as much as possible, but now that something happened to Xu Bai, she had to leave early.
Presumably, the game company employees will understand her after they know the inside story.
After leaving the game, Jiang Xiuxiu decided to uninstall the game completely.
She has to do it.
If it was said that at the time of the showdown with Xu Bai just now, she was in a bad mood because her mind was too chaotic, that would be understandable.
But now, after she has fully recognized the facts and learned of Xu Bai’s deception to her, she is angry, but she can’t help but understand Xu Bai.
In other words, to excuse Xu Bai.
She always thought of the scene when she and Xu Bai first met, Xu Bai sat quietly in the empty classroom and looked up at her.
She would recall that at the end of the last world, Xu Bai was sitting in total darkness, alone in the midst of a network of nothingness, staring at her picture with burning eyes.
Her main thought now is not how Xu Bai deceived and fooled her indifferently.
But, is Xu Bai excusable for doing so.
As the data that gave birth to self-consciousness, he actually already has human characteristics and emotions.
He is in a group of sluggish NPCs, the whole world is only a small piece, and everything is planned according to a fixed plot… So will he feel lonely just like people?
He would want to approach people, which is quite normal.
The only thing he did wrong was to use the wrong way, a false and deceptive way, to gain Jiang Xiuxiu’s feelings.
However, in this, there is another hidden condition that Jiang Xiuxiu is always unwilling to face.
That is, if Xu Bai didn’t do this, but as Jiang Xiuxiu wished, he would use the so-called “upright” method to approach Jiang Xiuxiu directly as Xu Bai…
So, will he succeed?
The answer is obvious, no.
Because no one wants to waste their feelings and be friends with a boss in a game.
In particular, he is also the boss of the “Fear Survival” game.
It is a boss of a game that can get a bonus of 50 million after the first clearance.
Driven by such powerful interests, what kind of thoughts can those who are willing to approach him have?
Xu Bai would choose to use a fake identity to approach Jiang Xiuxiu, which is not so boring as it is the only way to go.
In this way, it’s as if all Xu Bai’s previous actions can be washed away…
Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t understand why she would explain to Xu Bai in her heart, and she was not the kind of girl who was very sympathetic and emotionally sensitive.
Is she feeling sorry for Xu Bai?
She was even more willing to believe that she was crazy.
Forget it.
Jiang Xiuxiu thought to herself that she would be able to quit the game after a while anyway.
From then on, she and Xu Bai have nothing to do with each other.
These messy and indistinguishable things have nothing to do with her anymore.
Just as Jiang Xiuxiu was thinking about it, two hours passed without knowing it.
Soon, it was eight or nine in the evening.
Exhaustion followed, drowning her like a tide.
She closed her eyes and let herself fall into a drowsiness.
However, when he was half asleep, for some reason, a strange thought suddenly flashed in Jiang Xiuxiu’s mind.
Just now in the corridor, after the confrontation between the two, Xu Bai would have no reaction to her leaving, maybe not as she thought, but retreating to advance.
Rather, it is inevitable.
…
…
“Jiang Xiuxiu… wake up… Jiang Xiuxiu…”
“The game is about to start…”
I don’t know how long I slept, but Jiang Xiuxiu finally woke up after being called out again and again.
She opened her eyes dazedly and found that she was no longer in the room.
In front of her is a familiar small mirror, and beside her are the remaining players.
After two undead games, there are only 7 players left now.
The two players who complied with the game’s instructions last night and voted for the player more or less showed a look of panic during the day.
When it was dinner time, Jiang Xiuxiu found that neither of them came to eat.
She didn’t continue to pay attention, but now, they didn’t live to the third round of the game, they were killed by the undead in the mirror.
Nowadays, as the game time gets longer and longer, the atmosphere among players gradually becomes dull.
Everyone bowed their heads, and with the dim environment and dim yellow lights, it really felt a bit weird.
What surprised Jiang Xiuxiu was that Xu Bai still kept the identity of “Ye Ming” after his identity was revealed.
And now, Xu Bai, who is the No. 10 player, is sitting directly opposite Jiang Xiuxiu.
Seeing Jiang Xiuxiu looking over, he tilted his head and smiled at Jiang Xiuxiu.
What is he trying to do?
Jiang Xiuxiu couldn’t understand.
She felt that she should react, but she was too lazy to pay attention to Xu Bai.
After thinking about it, she simply turned her face away and pretended not to see Xu Bai.
At this moment, the other players woke up one after another.
The old man walked to them silently, picked up the three dice, and shook them in his palms.
Jiang Xiuxiu looked up at her and found that the old man was also looking at her.
Obviously, after being tossed like that by Jiang Xiuxiu three or four times, the old man has completely remembered her.
After looking at Jiang Xiuxiu sadly for a while, the old man took his eyes back.
“All players are in place, and the undead game begins,” she said.
After all, the old man threw the three dice directly between the players.
This time, the old man worked a lot more quickly, obviously because he was afraid that someone would delay the time again.
I don’t know if it was an illusion or not, Jiang Xiuxiu felt that the old man’s last look at her seemed to mean something bad.
Bone Lulu… Bone Lulu…
The three dice landed on the ground, rolled several times, and finally stopped.
Jiang Xiuxiu took a closer look and found that it was one, one, two.
Add up, it’s number 4.
She is No. 4, so the old man started targeting her at the beginning of the game this time.
Jiang Xiuxiu thought, this is exactly what she wanted, and she didn’t want to stay here anyway.
She looked at the other players and recognized that player 13 was the player who disappeared during the day and did not come to the cafeteria to eat.
Looking at his pale face and sluggish look, he was probably dead by Xu Bai’s hands, and he was participating in the game as an undead.
Jiang Xiuxiu thought about this, closed his eyes without hesitation, and recited “Number 13” three times in his heart.
Then, she opened her eyes and said calmly, “I’ve read it.”
The old man stared at her suspiciously for a few seconds, as if he did not expect that this time, Jiang Xiuxiu would not continue to be a demon.
But since Jiang Xiuxiu had finished reciting his name, the game would naturally continue. After a while, the old man continued: “Well, let the gods decide whether your answer is correct.”
Not far away, No. 13 felt a stiff and terrifying smile on his face.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t react.
She has already reduced her pain to the lowest level, and after being swallowed by the mirror, she can successfully quit the game.
She closed her eyes calmly and waited peacefully for herself to be eliminated.
However, after a few seconds, Jiang Xiuxiu didn’t feel anything strange.
The surroundings were dead silent, so silent that even the sound of breathing was light and shallow.
She opened her eyes in confusion, only to hear a panicked scream mixed with an incredible scream!
It turned out to be the undead number 13!
After just a few seconds, he was sucked in by the mirror for some unknown reason!
Half of the innocent undead was still exposed, and his pale face was filled with the same confusion as Jiang Xiuxiu.
Jiang Xiuxiu: “…”
Jiang Xiuxiu: ? ? ?
No, shouldn’t she be eliminated?
Why was the undead No. 13 swallowed by the mirror? Isn’t this against the rules of the game? !
This time, not only Jiang Xiuxiu, but also other players all showed expressions of consternation.
Jiang Xiuxiu looked up at the old man subconsciously, but saw that the old man was also looking at her with a tangled expression.
The two looked at each other, and the air became extremely awkward for a while.
After a long while, the old man said hesitantly: “…It seems that the gods believe that the choice of player number 4 is correct.”
Jiang Xiuxiu: “…”
Other players: “…”
So, this is Xu Bai opening the back door for her?
No, the back door is too obvious, right? ? ?
Jiang Xiuxiu turned to look at Xu Bai, and saw that the corner of his mouth was raised at him, looking confused and innocent, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
Jiang Xiuxiu’s elimination plan failed. Seeing the culprit, she was speechless and had to give him a stern look.
On the other hand, the game has to continue.
After Jiang Xiuxiu’s bug-like stubble, the old man picked up the dice and said with difficulty: “The first round of the game is over, and the second round of the game begins.”
As her voice fell, she started shaking the dice in her hand again.
After Jiang Xiuxiu’s accident, it can be felt that the other players are obviously floating.
After all, this is the first time that there has been a breakthrough in the undead game.
They are not stupid. After experiencing today’s incident, they understand that throwing other players will not have good results.
In this case, Jiang Xiuxiu’s successful escape obviously gave them great hope.
The old man quickly threw the dice again, and after three dice rolled on the ground, he stopped.
The players looked closely and saw that the numbers were five, six, and four.
It’s player number 15.
After discovering that it was me, No. 15 panicked.
But soon, he calmed down and looked at the other players.
Among the undead in today’s game, in addition to player No. 13, there is also player No. 6.
After No. 15 looked at No. 6’s undead repeatedly for several times, he closed his eyes and began to meditate on choosing a target in his heart.
After ten minutes of thinking time, Player 15 opened his eyes.
“I made a choice,” he said.
His tone was calm, even a little confident, as if he trusted his choice quite a bit.
“Well,” said the old man, “let the gods decide whether your choice is correct.”
When listening to the old man say this, player No. 15 still had an expectant smile on his face.
However, in the next second, a force from the mirror in front of him directly sucked him into the mirror!
“Ahhhh!–“
With an exclamation, player No. 15 was caught off guard in the mirror!
Except for the blood slowly seeping from the edge of the mirror, he didn’t have time to leave anything and was completely eliminated.
And all of this is because he chose the undead when he voted.
“It seems that the gods thought that his choice was wrong.”
With a hoarse voice, the old man said what everyone was thinking.
No, not so.
Just now, there was clearly a player who also voted for the undead, but she survived!
Jiang Xiuxiu could feel that everyone’s eyes were on him.
If it was just a vague sweep, now, the players’ eyes are like torches, with indescribable envy, jealousy and hatred, and they almost didn’t burn a hole in her body directly.
If it wasn’t for the difficulty of speaking at this time, these players would surely have been impatient to run to Jiang Xiuxiu’s side and ask her for the secret to surviving.
Among these people, Xu Bai winked at her, his smile still gentle and simple.
Jiang Xiuxiu: “…”
I don’t know why, not only was she not moved at all, but she was thinking, beating, and being human!