Chapter 689: Mission Failed

Chapter 689: Mission Failed

Rustle. Noises came from behind Chen Ying. She turned around to see Goldthread slowly pick himself back up.

Chen Ying didn’t panic, as if she had already foreseen everything.

Goldthread brushed snow off his body and removed his sunglasses, revealing deep dark red eye sockets covered in dead brown muscle tissues and cold blue eyes.

He laughed hoarsely. “This is what happens to the host when an awakening is forced. Still, I don’t have any other choice if I want to complete the mission.”

He stared at Chen Ying. “Are you a friend or a foe, Chen Ying?”

“Dust! So you are hidden in Goldthread’s body!” Uncontainable rage flashed through Chen Ying’s eyes. “Did you kill Ba Qiuchi and Green Tea?”

“So you are no friend.” Goldthread scoffed, but it only pleased him further. He admitted easily, “Yes, they came to suspect me, and I had to silence them.”

“Your ability...” Chen Ying’s gaze turned derisive for a moment. “You aren’t human.” T/his chapter is updat/ed by nov(ê(l)biin.c/o/m

The derision enraged Goldthread—or what had been hidden within him. He proudly raised his head. “In your language, I’m the king of overtaker, the overtaker prime.”

Greed monster, overtaker prime... So that’s what this is!

Chen Ying figured out many things then.

“Goldthread” took a step forward. “Ha, so how did you think Goldthread survived the fire? If not for me turning him into my host, he would’ve died already.”

“I didn’t force his soul out. I shared this body with him. When he was awake, he was himself, and when he fell asleep, I took over. If I forced myself to wake up, this would happen.”

“I’ve long grown tired of the body. I’ve always wanted a healthy, young, and beautiful body that matched my sex.”

“Goldthread” looked at Chen Ying with unbridled desire. “Fret not. I’ll make it quick. You won’t remember anything once you wake up. You won’t sense my presence. You’ll be you during the day, and I’ll take over during the night. Everyone will think that Dust has died...”

Chen Ying took a step back. “Don’t even think about it!”

“You don’t want your soul detonated, do you, Chen Ying?”

“Goldthread” made a threat. “I saved you back in the Walled City of Ten Dragons.”

Chen Ying tensed. When the ceiling came crashing down in the meeting room of the Black Tortoise building, Goldthread had tackled her out of the way, thus getting into contact with her. This meant that even when Goldthread was awake, Dust could leave a secret curse on someone they had physical contact with.

Chen Ying noticed something then. She quickly calmed down. “Give me a moment to consider it.”

“Haha, no rush...”

Then countless fierce air blades came from above.

What?!

“Goldthread” could no longer continue forward. They quickly moved back and made three backflips, narrowly dodging the string of translucent air blades coming toward him.

They looked up to see a tall, slim ponytailed girl in a black outfit approaching at high speed, riding a long blade. Standing behind her was a girl with medium-length hair, wearing a parka with her arms wrapped around the ponytailed girl’s waist. They were the real Qing Ling and Can.

The two of them had been hiding on the rooftop of a building three kilometers away, watching everything play out with binoculars. Once the plan succeeded, they would immediately come as reinforcements.

With Qing Ling’s control of her blade and Can boosting her with wind, it took only 90 seconds for them to arrive at the scene.

Goldthread quickly put the pieces together with what they knew.

Qing Ling, with level 6 God of Blades and Level 6 Metal.

Can, with level 5 Invisibility and level 4 Gale.

Fake Can—Gao Yang—may still be able to put up some fight after saving the fallen.

After three minutes, Chen Ying, Little Tian, and Fake Gao Yang—whose real identity was unknown—could wake up.

I’ll be outmatched, and now that I’ve exposed myself, the mission is a failure.

“Goldthread” bolted without hesitation.

“Hop off. I’ll chase after Dust.” Qing Ling made a decisive call.

“Got it!”

Can let go of Qing Ling and jumped down to the snowy ground by the artificial lake. Making a sharp turn on her Tang Dao, Qing Ling chased after “Goldthread”.

Five seconds later, Can slowly landed beside “Can” with powerful wind propping her from under her feet, her hair dancing.

“...Captain!”

It was strange to see someone identical to her, to say the least.

Disguised as Can, Gao Yang finally finished Time Reset. He gasped for breaths with a pale face and dim eyes with all his energy exhausted, about to pass out. Can quickly caught him and jabbed his chest with an adrenaline shot.

“Hmph...” Gao Yang felt a warm current shooting to his head along his spine before spreading to the other parts of his body. He had recovered much of his strength and energy.

“Go...check on the three of them,” he said a little weakly.