1TWITF[C Chapter 91

Chapter 91

Chapter 91

Lin Chu stood by the window, gazing at the deep, inky blackness outside, pretending to listen attentively while quietly observing everyone.

Her focus was mainly on a few individuals.

Behind Ximen Yuan stood a man with a very ordinary face, almost unnoticeable in a crowd. This was his friend, Tan Xu.

Several girls surrounded Shen Zhu, newcomers who subconsciously gathered around her. Lin Chu’s gaze lingered for a moment on a slender and delicate girl named Yan Haoyue.

For barely a second longer than necessary, Yan Haoyue turned her head, looked at her, and gave a well-behaved, shallow smile.

Lin Chu also put on a sweet smile, turned her head away as if embarrassed, and continued to observe using the reflection in the glass window.

It seemed the people who came were not simple.

Tapping her finger on the table, Shen Zhu said, “Since there are so many people here now, why don’t we divide up the tasks?”

“I agree. Sitting around isn’t going to help. Once we’ve discussed it, everyone should act as quickly as possible tomorrow.”

The dark-skinned Di Ying said, “If the information isn’t complete, then of course we have to find it ourselves. Instead of a chaotic swarm, we should divide into groups first.”

The only man among those sitting around who hadn’t yet spoken said, “I have only one question.”

He glanced at everyone present. “Whether it’s the missing target or the target to kill, there are only two in total. And there are fifty-three of us. It’s obvious that if even one person completes the task, everyone can be freed.”

The implication in his words was clear: everyone had the same goal, they could cooperate, so why be at each other’s throats?

The invisible tension in the atmosphere eased slightly.

Although fifty or so people was a lot, it was nothing compared to the unknown number of residents in the town. To that end, the few made detailed plans, dividing the area around the town center into east, west, north, and south. Each group would be responsible for one direction, and they would share information after returning each day to avoid omissions.

Lin Chu joined Shen Zhu’s team. Yu Huaiyao had originally planned to go to Ximen Yuan’s team, but he followed her over instead.

Jiang Yu didn’t speak again.

In a corner where they couldn’t be seen, the shadows of several people quietly changed, twisting into bizarre shapes.

Yi Zhenzhen sat in the corner, hugging her knees, feeling lost and confused. She now vaguely had some guesses about her mother’s death, but she didn’t dare to verify them, so she just stared at her toes.

As she stared, the gaze she caught out of the corner of her eye felt off.

Strange, these shadows…

Just as she was about to speak, a shadow that seemed to have been cut out from somewhere quickly moved and merged into her shadow. A segment of video immediately flashed before Yi Zhenzhen’s eyes.

It was… it was her mother.

Her mother appeared in a room that looked like a tomb chamber. She was badly injured, lying on the ground, still calling out to her.

Yi Zhenzhen’s eyes instantly filled with tears.

She didn’t know where the video she was seeing came from, but she vaguely had a feeling that it was real, that she really saw her mother.

Suddenly, a hand appeared in the video.

“No!!”

Yi Zhenzhen already sensed what was about to happen.

But the owner of that hand didn’t soften. With a forceful grip, the hand, almost completely turned into white bone, strangled the woman on the ground.

The last thing in the video was the man’s cold face, gradually disappearing into the darkness.

“No!!”

This time, everyone’s attention turned to the corner, looking at the girl who had suddenly burst into tears and screamed.

“No…” Yi Zhenzhen suddenly fell to her knees, wailing loudly.

She suddenly had another thought: the man who killed her mother was Lu Yanli.

Yes, it must be him! He is Lu Yanli!

Kill him… kill him!

“What’s wrong? Why are you suddenly shouting?” A woman standing next to Yi Zhenzhen asked her, “Did you suddenly have a nightmare?”

Yi Zhenzhen took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. “No, it’s not that.”

She glanced around at everyone. “I know what Lu Yanli looks like now.”

Yi Zhenzhen didn’t hesitate too much and told the illusion she had just seen in detail.

As she spoke, the others looked at each other, all feeling a little incredulous.

Could it be that this was a hint from the mission?

But why only give the hint to an underage girl?

The others couldn’t figure it out, but there was nothing they could do. They were even more dejected when they heard Yi Zhenzhen say she couldn’t draw.

And in a place that no one had noticed, a figure in blood-red clothes stood on a tree branch, staring intently at everyone inside the room through a crack in the open window.

*

Lu Yanli knew that the jade pendant wasn’t a copy, but had brought the future him. And now, he had sent a future version of himself to die, which meant he had to make changes before that future death node arrived in order to survive.

The mission takers had already entered, and the world had become normal again.

Lu Yanli looked at him.

In the eyes that were exactly the same as his were the same coldness and defensiveness. He nodded, handed one of the jade pendants to the other him, and watched him leave.

What information had the future him learned that the present him didn’t know? What choices would he make? Lu Yanli knew that he must have discovered something in the future, which was why he was being targeted.

Now, what did he need to do before he was drawn into the mission?

Over there, the other Lu Yanli was walking down the road.

He was back, successfully called back by his past self. Before this, he had used various methods to rewind time, but he was never successful. Making a wish to that god came at a great price. Therefore, after he had requested the wish to return to the past once, he had made preparations in advance to make the him in this time period have the idea of using the Twin Fish Jade Pendant.

Now, he needed to take the next step.

As someone who had returned from the future, he naturally knew what the mission was this time, but to minimize the butterfly effect as much as possible, he didn’t reveal it.

Lu Yanli rented a car, preparing to leave.

“Master, go to Spiritual Medium Town.” The entrance to that town was in this city, and it wasn’t too far by car.

The driver in the front row responded and turned the steering wheel, driving in another direction.

There was silence all the way.

But… the car didn’t go to Spiritual Medium Town as he wished. Instead, it suddenly spun on the road, the tires screeching sharply.

He raised his head alertly. In the rearview mirror, the driver in the driver’s seat had suddenly disappeared.

Crap!

Lu Yanli immediately reached for the handle of the back seat, but the back door seemed to be sealed. He couldn’t open it no matter what. He pulled out a metal knife from his pocket and forcefully scratched a gash in the glass, then used his elbow to smash the window. Immediately afterward, he jumped out of the opening.

As soon as he landed, the out-of-control vehicle crashed into an unknown dark vortex that surged forward and was wrapped in a thick ink color.

Lu Yanli turned around and ran back.

The taxi had driven to an unknown location, and the surrounding area was silent and desolate. High and low shrubs stood on both sides of the road, casting sharp, black silhouettes in the darkness.

Lu Yanli kept running forward, almost reaching his maximum speed. However, that thing seemed determined to take his life. As he ran, he came to his senses and realized that he had actually run into a graveyard.

And on the other side, the familiar darkness surged again.

Crap!

Lu Yanli vaguely knew what that thing was. He wanted to leave, but the grave directly in front of him suddenly exploded, and endless blood poured out, instantly soaking him.

After that, he couldn’t move anymore.

There were no dates of birth or death. The tombstone was engraved with his name in blood-red letters, and below it was a single large character—Death!

Lu Yanli, Death!

One tomb after another exploded, submerging him. A cry of extreme pain came from the darkness.

Lu Yanli, who had started over, had never expected that he would die sooner than the last time.

But he couldn’t do it again.

There was no telepathic function between the main body and the future body.

He could only hope that the past him could find the clues he had given him.

Under the gaze of that thing, he couldn’t do too much. Otherwise, the other him would also be strangled in advance.

Hurry up… find it.

*

Lu Yanli felt uneasy.

He always felt like something was watching him.

Ever since the entire world had changed, he had vaguely sensed that he might have some special qualities, but he didn’t know exactly what was special about him, and could only explore it bit by bit. Later, when the mission takers from another world descended, he noticed the common ground between the two worlds. Therefore, he constantly made efforts, hoping that he could find a way to restore the world to normal.

However, after five or six years, he still had nothing to show for it. Now his goal had changed, and he no longer had extravagant hopes that the world would become normal. Because… this was simply the world of the dead, and he only hoped that he could go to that normal world.

Was it because of his thoughts?

Because his thoughts had caused his future to change, threatening the thing behind it. So, it started targeting him?

Sensing that ubiquitous gaze, Lu Yanli’s body tensed, but he could only pretend not to know.

What had the future him discovered?

Was he in danger?

Lu Yanli subconsciously wanted to replicate another version of himself, but the sense of crisis that followed made him forcibly resist the impulse.

He would die.

If he did that, he would definitely die.

He suddenly shuddered.

Lu Yanli had always trusted his intuition. If he had such thoughts, then… the other him was probably in danger!

Lu Yanli had already run to the edge of the road, feeling a chill in his heart.

If he were still in that room, he would probably also…

The driver’s seat of that car was actually empty!

Lu Yanli immediately turned to the side and fled to the other side of the road, letting the car crash head-on into the gas station not far behind him. The car body burst into flames.

Wait! Gas station!

He ran as fast as he could. Soon, a deafening explosion came from behind him, and flames billowed.

He was being targeted!

Lu Yanli could only keep running.