CH 79.2

Wen Ziqing clasped his palm over his chest. He did not feel his heartbeat as he should have.

In order to feel the heartbeat, he even unbuttoned his collar and directly put his palm over his chest.

Even after several attempts, there was still no sound of a heartbeat.

Dead?

He was dead?

When did he die?

The system said four people died, but how could he be among them?!

The forgotten memories flooded back into his mind.

He remembered!

They were attacked by beasts after teleporting to the beast territory. He and three other players fled through the grassland in a panic.

But how could their speed compete with the beasts who ruled the grasslands? So he used the other three players as bait to get rid of the beasts.

As a result, he did not escape and died as a result.

There was a brief period of disconnection before he awoke and discovered that his strength had increased for some reason. When a beast leader appeared, he immediately beat down those beasts and prepared to strike hard. He surrendered, led him to the beast territory, and provided him with a small troop.

He remembered, he remembered it all.

Wen Ziqing panicked and opened his friend bar. His name had turned gray.

The system ruled him dead?

When the beasts attacked him earlier, they pierced his heart, and he died as a result.

But how come he could still move freely? He was conscious and was stronger than before.

“You can still move because you’ve now become an undead,” Bai Lixin explained, seeing Wen Ziqing’s confusion, “but in a physical sense, you’re already dead.”

“You will soon see your body rotting without being able to do anything about it. You’ll start out as a walking corpse, then wither down to bone.” Bai Lixin harshly gave him a detailed account. “Your career as a player has come to an end, Wen Ziqing.”

The undead?

He turned into an undead?

How was that possible?

“Impossible, impossible, impossible.” Wen Ziqing had hideous eyes. He had long forgotten his disguise, and his bloodshot eyes were filled with rage as he stared at Bai Lixin. “You have to be lying to me. I’m still me, I have control over my body, I can talk and walk, how could I be dead?”

“Can you feel the wind on your skin? Can you still feel pain?” Dijia immediately understood what Bai Lixin meant when he patted his shoulder.

A whirlwind began to swirl around the three.

This was something Wen Ziqing had noticed at the palace. At the time, the High Priest had used this to kidnap Bai Lixin.

He looked at Bai Lixin anxiously. “Didn’t you say that you came for Zhou Guang? Zhou Guang is also dead. Did he also become a part of the Undead race? If you have a way to save him, there must be a way to save me as well, right?!”

Bai Lixin’s cold and arrogant voice reverberated in the wind: “Wen Ziqing, do you think I’m a saint? Or do you think I’m a God? You will live with your ugly bones for the rest of your life.”

Bai Lixin’s voice was muffled by the strong wind. It raised gravel and blocked Wen Ziqing’s view.

The gravel dispersed and there was nothing in front of them.

Wen Ziqing exclaimed in disbelief in his head.

[System, system!]

All he got in return was a long silence.

He tried to open the system backpack to get something, but every single thing had turned gray and nothing could be taken out.

Wen Ziqing staggered back and collapsed to the ground in dismay.

It’s over, it’s all over.

One of the tasks was to survive in the copy for seven days and seven nights. He is no longer considered alive. Even if he obtained the four secret treasures, he would be unable to escape.

Why? Why should he sit there and wait for Bai Lixin to clear the copy? If he couldn’t get out, they should stay and be buried alongside him!

Wen Ziqing stiffened and quickly opened his backpack.

By the way, wasn’t the Undead Race’s secret treasure in his backpack?

If he couldn’t take it out, then no one could.

Wen Ziqing hurriedly opened his backpack and walked over to the column where props are stored.

But, to his surprise, the column containing the props was empty.

The second task, which had 2 out of 4 treasures collected, had become 1 out of 4.

A small line appeared at the end of the task bar.

[The secret treasure has been returned to the task location due to the death of the player holding the secret treasure prop.]

Shit!

Wen Ziqing punched the ground, but there was no pain.

———————-

In the live broadcast room.

[Wow, Wen Ziqing is really shameless. What kind of confidence does he have, thinking that God Xin would believe his bullshit?]

[I didn’t expect such a thrilling ride, but I still have a vague sense of a court battle.]

[I was scared to death, he was really going to kill Xia Chi. Xia Chi would have died if he hadn’t had a replacement doll. Is Wen Ziqing insane? He is a fellow player, but he has the ability to kill so easily!]

[He is not human at all. I’m not sure how many times he used that camouflage to deceive and kill players inadvertently. It would be preferable if he died rather than come out and harm others.】

【Sand Sea Guild should reflect on itself. A big guild should have principles as a big guild. You can’t recruit people by looking at their faces. 】

[Wait a minute, Xia Chi jumped off the cliff but how did he survive? 】

[I think someone saved him? Who was it?]

[Who else could it be? It must be the God Xin. You guys just missed it.]

[… Uh, it seems to be God Xin?]

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“Brother, was it you that I summoned using the summoning card?” He didn’t know why, but as a consumable card, it should have disappeared after use.

Although damaged, the summoning card remained in his hand and did not vanish

He stroked the damaged card in his hand in confusion. He had feeling that something was not right.

The Beast race took place in the north of the Sibi continent, where the nights are particularly cold. Thus, Bai Lixin built a fire in the cave.

They weren’t sure if the food around here was edible, so the group sat around the bonfire, boiled water over it, and hastily ate some compressed cookies .

Bai Lixin fiddled with the firewood with a branch as he nodded and said, “Yes, you summoned me.”

Xia Chi: “But how did the card become like this?”

Bai Lixin: “Maybe it’s because I was near you. Who knows, there are a lot of bugs in the system.”

Xia Chi finally accepted this explanation. He stuffed the card back into his backpack and sighed deeply. “I told you I was fortunate, didn’t I? Even if this is the end of the road for me, all evil has been turned into good fortune, and I can summon my brother to save my life.”

“I honestly did not expect Wen Ziqing to die and had no idea. He chased me so fiercely. That trash!” Xia Chi burst into anger once he thought of Wen Ziqing.

Li Cancan and Liang Xi sat quietly by the bonfire, trying to shrink themselves into two small balls so that they were far away from the mysterious and frightening-looking man.

Only Xia Chi was brave enough to look at the High Priest recklessly.

Dijia was unafraid of the cold, and did not go over to huddle at the bonfire. He leaned against the stone wall and if it hadn’t been for his white bones, his entire body would have blended into the darkness.

Xia Chi secretly peeked at Dijia for a moment before cautiously approaching Bai Lixin’s ear and whispering: “Brother, why do I feel that he looks a bit familiar.”

Bai Lixin cast a sidelong glance at Xia Chi and said, “That person is the high priest. You saw him at the practice field.”

“That’s not what I’m talking about,” Xia Chi said with a wave of his hand. He made a bat shape with his hands by holding out an index finger from each hand. I’m discussing this.”

Bai Lixin was surprised.

Little brother, which of your eyes found them similar?

Bai Lixin did not refute and Xia Chi’s eyes lit up. “Brother, isn’t this too enviable?” he said, putting his arm around Bai Lixin’s shoulder.

“You are clearing levels and experiencing love through the ages? I don’t believe that he’s not here for you.”

Bai Lixin was torn.

To tell or not to tell……

“There are many beasts at night, so we shouldn’t put out the fire. One person should remain on patrol while the rest sleep,” Bai Lixin said as he stood up from the bonfire.

Li Cancan asked in a small voice, “Where are you going, God Xin?”

Bai Lixin: ” I want to go ahead and see if I can find anything else while it is still dark. I’ve come from the Night Elves, and the disease there was most likely brought here by the Beast Race.”

Liang Xi: “Then we …..”

He was halfway through his sentence when he stopped abruptly.

He wanted to say, “then we’ll come with you,” but he remembered his own level and realized he’d just slow Bai Lixin down. As a result, he decided to close his mouth with self-awareness.

Bai Lixin: “It’s okay, you guys are doing great. Wait for me to return.”

With these words, Bai Lixin walked to the entrance of the cave.

However, he didn’t leave right away, instead standing at the cave’s entrance, as if waiting for something.

Dijia emerged from the darkness seconds later and approached Bai Lixin.

The two didn’t say much as they walked out of the cave together, blending into the darkness.

“We can’t always wait for God Xin to save us like this,” Liang Xi said, turning his head back and looking into the blazing bonfire in front of him.

“We came to this copy to help, not to hold him back.”

“Without us, I believe God Xin would have moved a little faster. We are the ones slowing him down.”

Li Cancan’s eyes were also filled with remorse and guilt. “You’re correct. When I completed the trial copy and entered the first copy, I thought I’d grown a lot. But this copy reminded me that I’m still useless.”

“Uh, actually, it’s not that you’re useless,” Xia Chi said awkwardly, scratching his head.

“You know that brother has an unlucky physique. Don’t say that you’re useless, even players above the 200th level feel useless when they meet brother.”

“I’m used to hugging his thighs anyway.” He stared at the bonfire in front of him for a moment before slapping his thigh.”Who said we are useless? We can think of something to help brother at a critical time, ah.”

Li Cancan: “Like what?”

Xia Chi pointed at the bonfire in front of him. “Wind, fire, and wood elements “Aren’t the three of us a formidable fighting force?”

Li Cancan and Liang Xi suddenly lit up, “Good idea.”

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Dijia was very silent along the way, attempting to keep a safe distance from Bai Lixin.

Bai Lixin was puzzled and he said, “Master, you have a word written all over your face.”

Dijia: “What phrase?”

Bai Lixin: “Rejection.”

Dijia stopped in his tracks, “Uh…I’m afraid of making you look at my ugly bones.”

Bai Lixin also stopped in his tracks: “What?”

His brain went into overdrive, and he immediately realized what was wrong.

He was mocking Wen Ziqing and seemed to have said that the other party would become ugly after turning into a skeleton.

Ah…

He was so preoccupied with mocking Wen Ziqing that he forgot Dijia was also half a skeleton..

With embarrassment, he leaned over and tugged at Dijia’s sleeve, coaxing, “How can Master be ugly?!”

Fingers naturally went into the cuffs, and Bai Lixin interlocked Dijia’s fingers with his. “I clearly like Master, can’t you feel it?”

Dijia’s body stiffened as the small warm hand clasped his and the soft body approached.

Dijia remained silent, quietly giving Bai Lixin consent to continue.

In fact, he was already reconciled, but he was really curious about what this little thing would continue to do to him.

Seeing that Dijia did not respond, Bai Lixin’s hand had gradually moved up along Dijia’s hand.

Dijia’s hand and arm were bony, but the area before the shoulders was gradually covered by flesh.

Two hard bones connected the hand to the shoulder blades. Bai Lixin’s long, nimble fingers reached into the gap between the bones, carefully and gently moving along it. The soft fingers tormented the bone seams that Dijia would be unable to touch.

Dijia’s body became stiffer.