In the cave.
"I felt something strange on the way to this cave just now. In the past, every time it got dark, the gods would give me a hint, but why did the light flicker several times during the whole process just now, but the gods didn't appear at all?"
Xia Jing's tone was very playful: "Have you just adapted to your status as a god and forgotten to fulfill your duties as a god?"
"After becoming a god, you gained some of the memories remaining in Jiangying's power."
The scene just now was clearly created by the current god.
It wanted Xia Jing to eat it, perhaps because it found the scene very interesting.
"But unfortunately, the memories you have obtained seem insufficient, and you don't understand him well enough."
The god did not respond to him.
Chai Feng reacted and said in astonishment: "You said the god has been replaced... replaced by a player?!"
He suddenly looked at Lu Chenfei and the others: "Who is it?!"
Lu Chenfei and the others also looked suspicious.
Bian Ya whispered, "Is it the mysterious man?"
Chai Feng suddenly looked at Fei Shengxiao and said, "Just now, when I was reporting your points, the god came out and interrupted me. Are you the mysterious man?"
Fei Shengxiao shook his head and said with a pale face: "It really wasn't me!"
Lu Chenfei asked, "How many people's points haven't been reported yet? Apart from Song Yang and Xia Jing, who are invisible, the remaining ones are Fei Shengxiao and Li Mian, right?"
Li Mian frowned and said, "My shadow is a doll. It has no attacking ability and cannot possibly attack You Ye."
Her face turned cold and she said, "I've also said that Sheng Xiao can't possibly be the mysterious person. Have you ever considered that the mysterious person wants us to be suspicious of each other, or even to attack each other?"
Chai Feng seemed to have suddenly been enlightened. He opened his eyes wide and said sternly, "There is another way that You Ye could be attacked without anyone gaining points. That is - she attacks herself!"
As long as she attacks herself and leaves the team, the remaining people will soon start fighting among themselves and killing each other!
At this moment, Feng Shi shouted towards the cave entrance: "Who's there?!"
Everyone turned around and saw You Ye lying in the corner at the entrance of the cave, with his head sticking out, staring at them silently.
When his eyes met theirs, You Ye instantly shrank back.
——She's actually fine, and when did she climb up?!
Fei Shengxiao exclaimed, and Li Mian immediately took out a sword and rushed forward.
At the same time, in everyone's mind, the god said sternly: "Whoever can protect the god will be sent out of this copy and out of the god's realm!"
This sentence almost confirmed You Ye's identity as a mysterious person.
This sentence also made Chai Feng's pupils shrink suddenly.
He clenched his fists.
After hesitating for just a second, he controlled the psychics around him to pounce and start fighting with Li Mian.
Song Yang glanced at Chai Feng with an obscure look.
Chai Feng said stiffly, "You can't beat the mysterious man at all."
The mysterious man has the power to control Smiley City, so how could he be easily defeated here?
The gods screamed in their minds: "Kill them all! The gods will help you!"
A strange feeling suddenly spread among everyone.
Chai Feng suddenly felt clearly that since the beginning of this copy, the anxiety and irritability in his heart because he could not easily pass the five-star copy began to surge at this moment.
Along with it came the desire, the strong desire to leave the Smiley City—
What time is it in the real world?
It's Tuesday morning.
Chai Feng is a scumbag. He admits that he has not been a good person since he was a child, but everything he did was just for survival.
In the workplace, you always put on a smiling face to your boss in order to survive, and you always use tricks on your colleagues in order to survive.
In Smiley City, trying every possible way to get head points is for survival, and helping the mysterious man at this moment is also for survival.
It's all just to survive.
A voice shouted angrily in Chai Feng's heart:
kill!
Kill without hesitation!
Kill all these people, leave the dungeon, leave Smiley City, and he will soon be able to see the bright sunshine of Tuesday morning!
When this fierce desire rushed out of his chest, his supernatural powers instantly increased several times.
Chai Feng took control of the only remaining bewildered kidnapped person without hesitation, and made him pounce on Li Mian with great swiftness. With the attack from both sides, Li Mian was quickly kicked out!
Song Yang finally moved.
He attacked the controlled person from behind, grabbed his raised arm and twisted it behind his back, causing the person to wail.
Then Song Yang pushed him back against the wall and threw a dagger at him.
The dagger pierced the opponent's calf and embedded itself into the soil, rendering the man unable to move instantly.
——The moment a person is controlled, he is already dead. In this copy, simply harming a player will not result in the player being punished, so Song Yang will naturally not be restrained anymore.
You Ye has been helped into the cave.
She was soaked to the skin and her hat was still on her head.
There was still a bright red blood stain on her chest, but she didn't look injured. She must have healed herself with medical spray long ago.
Song Yang took out a short sword from his space bag and said calmly, "You Ye, now that things have come to this, I won't be polite anymore."
You Ye stared at him and laughed.
On the other side, Lu Chenfei was unable to move because of his broken leg. Bian Ya and Feng Shi took out their knives and rushed towards Chai Feng together.
The entire cave was in chaos.
Swords clashed and bodies fought each other.
Fei Shengxiao supported Lu Chenfei, feeling extremely anxious.
Li Mian got up from the ground and took a breath.
You Ye is a mysterious person, and she has replaced the position of God. Is this the truth they are facing?
Can they win by killing You Ye?
At this anxious moment, Chai Feng suddenly heard the god whisper to him: "Aim all your supernatural powers at Xia Jing. You should be able to control him now."
Chai Feng's movements slowed down.
He blocked Bian Ya's attack and subconsciously glanced at You Ye.
As if feeling his gaze, You Ye cast a look at Song Yang while dealing with him.
Chai Feng calmed down instantly.
Okay, then he'll try it.
He took a deep breath, raised his eyes and stared at Xia Jing.
The young man stood in the chaotic battlefield, the air currents surged around him, but he remained motionless.
Because they were some distance apart, Chai Feng couldn't see his expression at this time, but for a moment, he actually felt something strange.
This strange feeling is hard to describe and is very faint.
Under normal circumstances, with Chai Feng's personality, he would definitely try to find out where this strange feeling came from.
But at this moment, with his anxiety and desire increasing several times, he found it difficult to remain calm and to be as cautious as before. He quickly put this abnormality behind him.
Chai Feng concentrated his mind and quickly twisted his supernatural powers into a rope.
With the help of the gods, this rope has become much thicker than before, reaching the peak he has never reached before.
Chai Feng suddenly felt an inexplicable confidence.
As long as he gathers his existing strength together, this power will be enough to pierce anyone, including Song Yang and Xia Jing.
As long as he controls Xia Jing, Xia Jing's soul will disappear and everything will be over.
Chai Feng's heart beat faster.
He further consolidated his power, transforming it into the shape of a sharp sword, and threw it fiercely out—
A powerful force pierced the air, and even the others could feel the dangerous airflow invisibly.
This airflow shot straight towards Xia Jing——
Li Mian turned around and growled, "Xia Jing, be careful!"
Song Yang suddenly turned his head during the fight.
Fei Shengxiao's face changed and she wanted to rush over, but Lu Chenfei suddenly grabbed her.
Fei Shengxiao froze there.
Feng Shi and Bian Ya looked at each other, and when Chai Feng was not paying attention, they knocked him to the ground and stabbed Chai Feng's left shoulder with a knife.
Once a psychic is injured, his strength will be relatively weakened.
Chai Feng found it difficult to control the others among them.
However, at this moment, he was neither panicked nor angry, simply because he had already thrown out his most powerful sword.
As long as they can control Xia Jing, he and the mysterious man will win...
Chai Feng knelt on the ground.
He was breathing heavily, his eyes bloodshot, staring straight at the young man in the center of the cave, his heart pounding, waiting for the sword to pierce the young man's chest.
Xia Jing's body shook.
Li Mian rushed over and supported him: "Xia Jing!"
However, the next second, Chai Feng opened his eyes wide and said in astonishment: "How, how is this possible?!"
——How did his ability pierce the sky? !
The young man was clearly standing there, his soul was there!
But just at that moment, his supernatural power passed through Xia Jing's soul, but didn't touch anything - how is this possible?!
If he was a human being, this situation should not have happened even if Chai Feng could not control the other party.
Even if Xia Jing was not a human being, the feedback he got when he used his supernatural powers to test this guy was not like this.
unless...
Xia Jing laughed softly.
Chai Feng suddenly got goose bumps all over his body.
He thought of something, and a thought flashed through his mind: "-Are you the extra one among the original twenty-eight people?!"
Xia Jing's shoulders trembled slightly with laughter, which almost confirmed Chai Feng's answer!
He fooled them all!
But why?
Why on earth did his ability pierce the air? Why wasn't this guy counted as a player in the dungeon this time?!
Chai Feng's pupils were trembling.
He's not smart, but he's not stupid either.
He shouted hoarsely, "You—you are no longer a body of pure force?! No, at least you are definitely not your original body. What on earth are you now?!"
Xia Jing raised his head.
He narrowed his eyes and smiled at Chai Feng.
This smile stimulated Chai Feng.
He snapped, "You monster!"
After shouting this, Chai Feng froze.
...monster?
His eyes widened: "...You are a monster now?"
"...My ability can't control dungeon monsters, so it can penetrate you directly... You're a monster, so the dungeon can't recognize you as a player... Is this why you didn't choose to awaken your shadow until the end?"
"Just because—" Chai Feng said in shock, "As long as you kill the NPC, the reaction of 'Jiangying' will reveal your identity to everyone."
"Jiangying" will only awaken the player's shadow, and will not awaken the shadow of the dungeon monster.
Xia Jing opened his lips.
He said in a nice voice, "Bingo."
The cave suddenly fell into dead silence.
The next second, the god laughed shrilly: "--You are a monster now? Isn't the monster's body constructed by Jiang Ying's power? So I just need to devour you directly?!"
Before anyone else could understand the meaning of this sentence, a powerful sense of oppression suddenly descended upon the entire copy world.
This feeling of oppression was like a huge mountain falling from the sky, pressing down on Xia Jing.
In an instant, several cracks appeared on Xia Jing's body and blood flowed out.
"Xia Jing!"
"Xia Jing!"
Several exclamations were heard.
Xia Jing remained calm and said calmly, "Song Yang."
The psychic controlled by Chai Feng pounced on Song Yang.
You Ye's eyes darkened and she wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of him.
However, Song Yang kicked the psychic away with one kick, turned around and twisted You Ye's hands, and cut You Ye's neck with the dagger. You Ye immediately fell to the ground, and blood spurted out.
The oppressive feeling in the cave dissipated in a second.
It happened so fast that before many people could react, it was over.
The cave was eerily quiet for a moment.
Chai Feng said sluggishly: "...dead? The mysterious man... just died like that?"
Two seconds later, he said slowly, "...Is the god dead too? Have we cleared the level?"
But the option of exiting the copy did not come to his mind?
Lu Chenfei came back to his senses and said coldly, "We still don't know how You Ye seized the godhood, but judging by the situation, the god may have had a real monster body. You Ye is dead, but the monster's body is still alive in some corner, so that's why the dungeon has not been cleared."
Chai Feng was stunned for a moment, then looked at Song Yang: "...Then why are you okay?"
Aren't players not allowed to kill each other in this dungeon?
Or is it that because You Ye has become a god now, Song Yang can kill her without paying the price?
Li Mian reacted, she helped Xia Jing up, and asked worriedly: "Xia Jing, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Xia Jing raised his hand and wiped the blood off his face.
The several bloodstains on the young man's face did not make him look any more miserable, but instead blended in a strange and beautiful feeling.
He smiled casually and answered Chai Feng's question, which also answered the questions in everyone else's mind at the moment:
"In fact, after You Ye seized the qualification of God, she must have changed the rules of the dungeon."
Xia Jing spoke lightly.
"She may have thought that she could dominate me by seizing the godhood, but the gods of this dungeon clearly don't have the right to directly kill players."
"She wanted to kill me, but in the end there were only two ways: one was to kill me physically, and the other was to devour me with her own power."
However, just now in the middle of the conversation, You Ye said something.
"So I just had to devour you?"
Before this, You Ye seemed to have no idea what Xia Jing's current body was.
She wasn't sure if she could devour Xia Jing.
Therefore, among the two methods of killing Xia Jing at the beginning, she might be more inclined to the former.
Either she uses other players, or she goes on the field herself and kills Xia Jing to win.
Xia Jing smiled. "Becoming a god won't erase her player identity, because 'players can replace gods' is clearly one of the ways to win this dungeon. If players become gods, they lose their player identity. Wouldn't that mean they can't leave this dungeon?"
"She understands this, so she must have erased the rule 'players can't kill each other' to protect herself."
"If Song Yang kills her, he won't be punished in the dungeon."
After hearing this answer, Chai Feng was still stunned.
Things just happened too fast, with too many twists and turns. At this moment, his brain can hardly keep up.
Lu Chenfei also said: "My mind is a little confused now. Xia Jing, I want to ask first, what exactly is going on with your body? In the game hall, didn't you say that your body was condensed from the last part of your remaining strength? Why did You Ye hesitate to devour you?"
"In the game hall, I told a lie," Xia Jing raised an eyebrow. "Chai Feng's answer is almost the truth, but there's a slight deviation. My current body is not that of a monster, but that of a prop."
"As for the whole process from beginning to end, it's a bit complicated. Let me recover first, and then I'll tell you."
The young man said this, raising his hand and opening his palm.
Everyone saw a ray of bright white light appear from the void and slowly descend into Xia Jing's palm.
At the same time, the bloodstains on Xia Jing's face disappeared visibly.
This touch of power...
A playful laugh suddenly rang out in everyone's mind.
"You have finally summoned the last bit of strength back into your body."
"Now, I can finally devour you."
Something strange happened suddenly, and amid several exclamations, Xia Jing turned around.
Darkness came towards us.
Devoured him.
…
…
What level of disaster is the explosion of power?
Normal people can't imagine it.
Normal people don't know that there are so many people with special abilities in this world.
Even the psychics were unaware that such a powerful individual existed among them.
Someone can create a huge and strange city.
Someone can awaken this city and devour this city.
Some people...
——This person is not a psychic.
He is just an ordinary person.
An ordinary person who is slightly smarter.
He once discovered a loophole in the psychic and closed the city.
Now he can naturally find the loophole of another psychic and close the city for the second time.
wrong.
This second time, the loophole he found was even bigger.
He completely crushed the city in his palm.
…
…
For the remaining people in the cave, it was a thrilling yet silent second.
Chai Feng was stunned, his eyes wide open.
Lu Chenfei, Fei Shengxiao, Bian Ya, and Feng Shi all tightened their hands and tensed their bodies.
The "killed" You Ye was not dead at all. She was lying on the ground, but suddenly she raised her head and stared towards the center of the cave.
Song Yang took a step forward, his breathing almost stopped, and his eyes turned dark.
It was a strange second.
No one knows what happened to the young man in the center of the cave or what he did.
They only saw that the young man suddenly disappeared on the spot.
It was as if it was swallowed by an invisible giant beast.
In the dead silence of one, two, or three seconds that followed, their souls felt a huge explosion that was enough to destroy everything.
It was an invisible impact that could not be described in words.
Like a huge wave on the sea.
Like thunder in the sky.
Like the collapse of a snow mountain.
All this silently shook their souls and made them uneasy.
After those three seconds that were so long that even breathing seemed to slow down.
The slender young man reappeared in the cavern, reappearing at the same spot.
And at this moment, everyone can clearly feel——
The invisible, huge power that enveloped them had been shattered into sand and was floating throughout the world.
The young man fell down, and his black hair flew up.
Song Yang finally rushed forward, caught Xia Jing, and said in a hoarse voice: "Xia Xia!"
Chai Feng's face suddenly turned red, and his whole body suddenly exploded. With a "bang", blood and flesh splattered everywhere!
Li Mian fell to the ground in front of Song Yang and Xia Jing.
Blood was oozing from her mouth and her eyes were bloodshot.
She gasped in embarrassment, turned her eyes little by little, looked at Xia Jing, gnashing her teeth, full of hostility, like a devil.
"...What did you just do?"
Why did she devour this young man, but he did not die, but her own power exploded and disappeared?
Why did this young man's calmness and composure make her feel that all this had already been calculated by him?
This guy was just waiting there for her to jump into the pit? !
Xia Jing was helped up by Song Yang.
With a light cough, his lips turned bright red.
Raising his hand, Xia Jing wiped away the blood with his fingers, took a long breath of fresh air, and slowly exhaled.
He narrowed his eyes.
"Now, let me tell you everything again."
*
The day Xia Jing first stepped into Song Yang's personal space.
After Feng Shi and Jia Qing left, the two came to the beach outside and sat down.
Xia Jing handed Song Yang a space bag and said, "Song Yang, I know your concerns, so I have something to give you first for safekeeping."
Song Yang opened the small space bag, took a look inside, and was stunned.
Lying there... was Xia Jing with his eyes closed, and a golden retriever that also showed no signs of life.
Song Yang almost immediately determined that these were two props.
They are two props that are activated and transformed into the appearance of Xia Jing and Tuanzi.
When Song Yang thought of an item with such power, the first thing that came to his mind was the Heart of the Robot, a secondary monster, that they had obtained during their adventure in the "Bionic" dungeon.
He had heard Xia Jing say that once this prop called "Robot Heart" was activated, it could completely transform into the appearance of the person who activated it.
Skin, flesh, blood vessels, bones, everything will become exactly the same as the other person.
The only thing is that it has no soul and needs to be controlled by someone to "come alive".
At that time, Song Yang realized what Xia Jing was planning to do.
Only a few days later, when they discussed the important plan, did Song Yang realize that Xia Jing's idea was far bolder than his.
At that time, Song Yang and Xia Jing were huddled on the sofa.
Song Yang said in a hoarse voice: "...You will be defeated by external forces and become scattered forces to escape from the safe house."
Xia Jing said slowly, "In order to avoid being discovered by the new ruler of Smiley Face City, I need to completely destroy most of my power, leaving only the weakest trace of strength. When the other party thinks he has won, I can escape."
"At that time, the other party is most likely to let down their guard and expose their weaknesses."
Song Yang whispered, "After that, you will... be reborn in the body transformed from that mechanical heart."
Xia Jing smiled: "Yes, I will inject my spiritual consciousness into this body."
"I think that even if the mysterious new controller carries out major changes in the process of controlling Smiley City, it is impossible for him to completely erase everything that was originally in Smiley City."
Because what the other party is interested in must be the original structure of this place.
In fact, regardless of whether the opponent will make big moves in the later stage, the fact that he is so cautious in the early stage is already a signal.
Monster props are a very important part of countless dungeon settings. The opponent may not touch it, nor may they have the ability to touch it.
Of course, this is also a gamble.
If the existence of the monster props is really completely erased by then, then Xia Jing will naturally have other methods.
For now, they will only discuss the way for him to be resurrected with the help of props.
"By that time, I will no longer possess a body of pure strength. If I get injured, I won't be able to recover automatically, and if I die, I won't be able to be reborn."
"Song Yang, we only have one chance."
"We have to get rid of Smiley City and the new controller behind it. In the process, we have to find a way for you and I to leave this place together."
…
After the turmoil in Smiley City ended, four entrepreneurs, eight bodyguards, four kidnapped people, and Jiang Hui appeared in front of everyone.
Under the performance of the mysterious man, the five-star copy began to be constructed.
However, when the construction was halfway through, things suddenly changed. The five-star copy sucked in all seventeen people and three psychics including Chai Feng.
At that time, Song Yang knew in his heart that Xia Jing must have found an opportunity.
While the other players were confused and talking, he secretly took Xia Jing out of the space bag.
Xia Jing, who reappeared in front of him, was sober and capable of thinking.
This also means that Xia Jing's spiritual consciousness has been successfully injected into the body of this prop.
Song Yang breathed a sigh of relief, hugged Xia Jing from behind, and felt his heart finally at ease.
At that time, everyone in the game hall was surprised and delighted. Lu Chenfei murmured: "So Xia Jing's way of rebirth is..."
Xia Jing paused.
He smiled and lied, "As long as I can retain a little bit of strength, it can be reunited into me. However, my current strength is much weaker than before."
…
At this moment, in the cave.
Xia Jing stood in front of Li Mian, coughed twice, and then spoke.
His voice was slightly hoarse, but he was as calm and gentle as usual.
"I woke up in Song Yang's space bag and heard the whole process. I was very curious about how Jiang Ying was reborn."
"Because of this slight doubt, I decided to temporarily conceal my true method of rebirth, because—"
The young man paused and chuckled, "If that was a Zhenjiang Camp, they would already be inside the dungeon, so I wouldn't need to lie to everyone in the game hall."
"But if that really was a fake Jiang Camp, then there must be someone behind it. Where was that person at the time?"
Li Mian stared at him intently.
This young man had actually already considered this step at that time? !
"Of course, if there really was someone behind this, they would be very different from Jiang Ying and very smart. They should have been able to detect that I was lying at the time."
"I didn't rely on the last bit of strength I had left to be reborn, because the last bit of strength I had was still within this five-star dungeon."
"But as long as I don't tell the truth, he/she will never know—"
"What on earth was that 'thing' that I was in front of everyone at that time?"
Xia Jing's power separated from his spiritual consciousness.
The power remained in the five-star copy, and the spiritual consciousness gathered in this new mysterious body.
What exactly was the latter strange thing? This question puzzled Li Mian at the time and made her hesitant.
After all, in this strange world, she has not yet become an omniscient and omnipotent god.
The answer to this question is actually very simple -
If Xia Jing wanted to create a new body, he had to use the existing tools or power in Smile City. No matter which one it was, how could Li Mian not devour it?
She is very smart, but because she is too smart, thinks too much and thinks too complicatedly, she ends up trapping herself in the same place.
This is naturally what Xia Jing took advantage of.
Xia Jing took a step forward, looked down at her, and smiled: "You must have regretted it at that time, right?"
Once upon a time, his power and Jiang Ying's power were separated from each other.
His power has consciousness, while Jiang Ying's power has no consciousness.
The mysterious man spent a lot of effort just to devour Jiang Ying's unconscious power. It would take him a lot more time to devour Xia Jing's conscious power.
That's why at that time, he chose to destroy Xia Jing brutally, which eventually led to the escape of a trace of Xia Jing's power.
"This also makes you decide that if you really want to kill me this time, you will only choose to devour me."
"-Yes, this time you actually didn't even consider other ways to kill me."
Li Mian slowly clenched his hands, his face cold.
Xia Jing continued, "Not only must you understand the truth about my current body and ensure that I can be devoured before devouring me, but you must also uncover the power that roams within the five-star dungeon and devour it as well."
"But at that time, the last bit of my conscious power had already merged with Jiang Ying's unconscious power."
Speaking of this, Xia Jing sighed softly: "I was just giving it a try. I didn't expect that once his power and mine merged, we could jointly construct an out-of-control yet solid copy world."
Xia Jing tilted his head: "Perhaps, everything still proves that as long as people can work together, they can become stronger."
Of course, for this five-star copy, Jiang Ying's power is just an inorganic, unconscious tool that can be triggered by Xia Jing. This is basically a "forced cooperation."
However, forced collaboration is still collaboration.
Xia Jing smiled like a fox.
"You have no way to deal with this dungeon, and you don't know how to deal with me for the time being. In the end, you can only choose to enter the dungeon with us and then think of a way to act."
"You are not Li Mian at all." Xia Jing squatted down and lifted up Li Mian's sleeves.
Something like a nail was stuck in the middle of her slender arm, but the woman seemed to feel no pain at all.
Seeing the nail, Fei Shengxiao's eyes turned red and he asked in a trembling voice, "What on earth is this?"
"This is also a monster item," Xia Jing, the safe house manager, said. He knew the most items in Smiley City. "It's a soul-transforming item."
"As long as this 'antenna' is inserted into each other's bodies, their souls, points, and even a small portion of their special abilities will be exchanged. Only when the person who activated it removes it themselves will the exchange cease and the two souls return to their original positions."
The reason why this person interrupted Chai Feng's observation of their points was probably because the points on Li Mian had already changed into this person's own points after the exchange of souls.
She was afraid that her identity would be exposed immediately after Chai Feng reported the number.
"Li Mian" finally felt something at this time.
She quickly turned her head and looked at the people standing around her. Except for Chai Feng, everyone else looked very calm. Even Fei Shengxiao only had red eyes.
She said gloomily, "You all know this? Were you just acting?!"
Lu Chenfei said coldly, "We're just acting. I don't know the whole situation, but as things progressed, I slowly developed a premonition. It wasn't until Xia Jing told me now that I realized you replaced Li Mian's soul with a prop."
Song Yang said calmly, "Everyone here is not stupid. With the mysterious man's identity unknown, everyone knows that there are some things Xia Jing and I can't tell them for the time being. If they find anything, they can't discuss it openly."
"In this dungeon, all of us remained silent and acted in tacit understanding."
Just like the night that falls again and again in this copy.
In the dark, they couldn't make a sound.
Tacit understanding is the only sword they can hold in their hands.
…
Yesterday, Lu Chenfei, Song Yang and Xia Jing discussed whether the mysterious man would want to awaken the shadow as soon as possible.
Xia Jing suddenly said, "Song Yang, I believe you. In fact, I also said that I believe in the partners you choose."
He crossed his arms, looked at his other companions, and said softly, "I don't think your vision is wrong."
Lu Chenfei was stunned for a moment and said, "So what you said before..."
Xia Jing smiled at him and said, "Actually, there is another possibility."
Before Xia Jing could open his mouth, Lu Chenfei suddenly said, "Wait, wait."
He raised his hands, drew an X in front of himself, and said, "It's better not to tell me. After all, you can't be sure whether I am the mysterious person or not. You should remain vigilant."
Xia Jing raised his eyebrows.
Lu Chenfei scratched his head, thought for a moment, and said, "Actually, I always feel that if we are true partners, we should be able to sense each other."
"As for the possibility you mentioned, I feel like I can already guess it..."
If everyone has the right perspective on people.
Then the only possible scenario is that one of them was swapped.
The guy who appeared in front of them with the face of their most familiar friend was a completely different person.
Who could that person be?
They couldn't discuss this issue openly. Firstly, it was meaningless as they still couldn't come to a conclusion. The mysterious man could easily use various methods to hide his identity. Secondly, keeping quiet would prevent the mysterious man from making more dangerous moves.
…
Later, the troops split into two groups, one group consisted of Lu Chenfei, Fei Shengxiao, Li Mian, Bian Ya and a kidnapped person.
Fei Shengxiao and Li Mian awakened their shadows one after another.
When they arrived at a new cave and went up the cliff to deal with the NPC, Fei Shengxiao suddenly walked up to Lu Chenfei, was silent for a moment, and said, "Mianmian's shadow is a bit strange."
Lu Chenfei's eyes turned and he whispered, "What do you mean?"
Fei Shengxiao bit her lip and hesitated, "It's hard to explain. Actually, ever since entering this dungeon, I've felt that Mianmian is completely strange. It's clearly her, but she always gives me a strange feeling. Also, my shadow is always a dagger, so how could Mianmian's shadow be a doll?"
In the past, Fei Shengxiao was a weak person.
She always needs Li Mian to protect her.
It was not until she entered the Smiley City and realized that if she did not become stronger she would be a burden to Li Mian that Fei Shengxiao gritted her teeth and stood up. Her soul was forged into a sharp shape.
As someone who is sharper and more pointed than her, how could Li Mian's shadow be a doll?
Jiang Ying's response to Li Mian was: "What is this doll stuffed with? I can't see clearly."
Li Mian walked back and said, "When I was a child, I loved dolls. One of my favorite dolls was stuffed with lavender, but later it got bugs, which made me sad for a long time."
When Li Mian talked about this, he gave an awkward smile.
The expression is very natural.
At that time, Fei Shengxiao said this, and Lu Chenfei listened calmly.
Fei Shengxiao suddenly asked, "Has Mianmian ever come to you and talk about my shadow?"
Lu Chenfei paused and said, "Yes."
Just recently, Li Mian also came to see Lu Chenfei and said hesitantly that she felt Fei Shengxiao's shadow was a little strange.
She felt that for someone as gentle as Fei Shengxiao, the shadow shouldn't be a dagger.
After hearing Lu Chenfei's answer, Fei Shengxiao said, "...So, now Mianmian and I are the most suspected?"
Lu Chenfei laughed and said, "There's also Bian Ya, this guy's shadow is actually a bundle of ropes?"
Bian Ya walked back, his expression unchanged, and he smiled softly, "I really like bondage."
Lu Chenfei laughed and scolded: "You pervert."
No one discussed the shadow anymore.
In silence, those who know the answer will naturally know the answer in their hearts.
…
Just ten minutes ago, You Ye was hit and fell into the rising water below.
Song Yang jumped down, held his breath, tried hard to open his eyes, and looked for You Ye in the turbid rain water.
He found it quickly.
Fortunately, You Ye had a protective prop on hand, which was a glass ball that covered You Ye.
You Ye just sat in the glass ball, sinking in the water.
She beckoned to him as she sprayed medical spray on her chest, quickly tending to the wound.
Across the glass ball, You Ye said calmly, "I let myself get hit on purpose. The person who attacked me should have been waiting for an opportunity, but when they activated their shadow, I still felt a slight draft. I could have easily blocked it."
"I'm using their own tricks because I was wondering," You Ye said with a lazy smile, "Is he trying to use me?"
"If they just wanted to kill one of our members, then they wouldn't have chosen me when they could only kill one person."
"He might not dare to touch you or Xia Jing easily, but if he wants to kill someone, he should kill Lu Chenfei first. If that guy dies, we will lose a great helper. Oh, isn't this a coincidence?" You Ye smiled mysteriously. "Although Lu Chenfei is not dead, he does have a broken leg now."
"There's no point in him killing any more of the remaining people. He must have some other motive for doing this."
"They stabbed me in the chest, but didn't go for my left chest. I was killed instantly. Perhaps it was to prevent the dungeon from claiming my life in their hands."
"If I drown in the water, none of you will gain points. They can try to pin the identity of the mysterious man on me. I won't be able to defend myself anyway."
"If I didn't die here and crawled back, he could still say I stabbed myself and staged it myself."
"At that point, it'll be hard for you to trust me again," You Ye said after treating the wound. "But the fact that he chose to take this step also means that he's about to make a big move, right?"
"How about we just take advantage of their trick?"
Song Yang nodded in the water.
He surfaced, climbed up the rope, and told others that he didn't find You Ye.
Everyone was silent.
That's because almost everyone felt that You Ye would never die so easily.
What is going on here?
Song Yang's steady voice and resolute attitude calmed them down.
Let's wait and see.
They believe in each other, believe in each other's abilities, and believe in each other's tacit understanding.
…
After arriving at this last cave, the final scene is about to begin.
Xia Jing squeezed Song Yang's hand, signaled with his eyes, and then cooperated with him throughout the process and not to panic no matter what happened.
Believe in him.
Later, Xia Jing pointed out that the gods had changed.
Who would secretly seize the godhood and be hostile to Xia Jing? Chai Feng didn't have this ability, only the mysterious person could.
Then, You Ye appeared, a strange feeling spread among everyone, and Chai Feng's ability increased greatly.
According to everyone's understanding of Song Yang——
When the situation develops to this point and Xia Jing is in danger, this man will definitely try his best to run to him and protect him at the first possible moment.
But at that time, Song Yang looked very anxious, but he was still entangled with You Ye.
This is clearly not right.
And what about Xia Jing?
He just stood there in the middle of the cave, an obvious target.
so--
Bian Ya and Feng Shi, who were fighting with Chai Feng, looked at each other, quietly let go, and let Chai Feng shoot the supernatural sword at Xia Jing before they pinned him down and subdued him.
so--
Seeing that Xia Jing was about to be pierced by the supernatural power, Fei Shengxiao couldn't help but want to step forward, but Lu Chenfei held her back.
Why?
Because the person closest to Xia Jing at that time was Li Mian.
It was Li Mian who had no reaction at all and just anxiously called Xia Jing's name.
Li Mian is a little weird.
Xia Jing needs to act.
They need to cooperate.
…
"It's true that your god status in this dungeon won't help you much, and it's also true that you still need to rely on your own strength to devour me. But fortunately, you can use your god status to transmit your voice directly to our brains. You can also use this to fool us for a while."
"After using Chai Feng to figure out that I am a tool and you can devour me without worry, your first problem has been solved."
"The second question is, how can you capture my power that roams throughout this dungeon world?"
"You ultimately chose to induce me to take action myself."
Xia Jing stood up, his words spoken slowly and steadily, echoing throughout the cave.
"You always thought that I didn't know that your true purpose was only to 'devour'."
"I would suspect that you have other options to kill me besides devouring me."
"And if you want to keep other options to kill me, then as I analyzed before, you have to remove the rule that 'players can't kill each other'."
"In fact, you did."
"Then at the critical moment, I will give the order to let Song Yang kill You Ye without hesitation."
At this moment, recalling what Xia Jing, Song Yang and these people had just performed, the veins on "Li Mian's" forehead and neck stood out, and his breathing became heavier.
"Once you have a plan, you start to act."
"After knowing that my current body was a tool, you immediately used your power to suppress me."
"This power didn't actually attack me. It just caused cracks in my body because I couldn't bear the weight. I can't use this power to identify you."
"But I will think I'm under attack, so I will naturally eliminate the threat immediately. Once Song Yang 'kills' You Ye, you will immediately stop and pretend that the mysterious man is really dead."
You Ye touched his neck.
Just now, Song Yang pretended to scratch her neck, but didn't leave any mark on her skin at all.
The blood that spurted out was a prank-style monster prop that she had once obtained in a certain copy.
"At that time, I will think that everything has calmed down and I can safely recall that last bit of strength back to my body."
"My body and strength are completely united. You can finally act boldly and swallow everything I have in one go."
"My power is separated from Jiang Ying's power. This dungeon world is finally no longer solid. You can finally devour the last bit of Jiang Ying's power, close this dungeon, and let everyone else die inside."
After that, no matter whether people outside know the identity of the mysterious man or not, he will no longer be afraid.
Because he has 100% control over Smiley City, once a player wants to resist him, he can completely mobilize the power of the entire world and easily kill the opponent.
"What a pity..." Xia Jing looked down at "Li Mian" with a smile that gradually deepened, "You successfully reached the last step and devoured me."
He also successfully reached the last step and shattered her power.
At this moment, "Li Mian's" eyes were filled with a bloodshot look filled with hostility.
Just now, she did feel that everything was going too smoothly.
It seemed that You Ye had no chance to explain before she started fighting with Song Yang. She didn't even have to put in any effort during the whole process, as You Ye was easily "killed" by Song Yang.
She was so excited about achieving her goal that she didn't notice any clues at all.
All of this is simply a trap set by these people.
"The game hall outside should be collapsing by now."
As Xia Jing's gentle voice fell, everyone felt something and looked up.
The copy world they were in began to show a sense of transparency.
They seemed to be able to see stars floating out from the game hall world outside, like shooting stars passing through their world.
The 99% of power controlled by "Li Mian" -
Those forces that once belonged to Jiang Ying——
These forces were defeated by Xia Jing, and countless images overflowed in the collapse.
"By the way, the answer to the question you want to know most is how I crushed you just now, right?"
Xia Jing pointed at the images in the sky and said, "Tang Yi, look."