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Chapter 39 Doubt

Ye Lingchuan used the bronze long sword to smash five of the water tanks in the back room in order. When the water tanks were broken, black smoke rose into the air, but nothing unusual happened other than that.

He reasonably guessed that if a player couldn't remember the prompt given by the illusion just now and smashed the wrong water tank halfway, something terrible would leak out of the water tank, which would prevent the burning of the corpse oil from proceeding smoothly.

He kept vigilantly watching the movement around him, until the black smoke hovering above gradually gathered, and finally...

It turned into a black shadow hanging upside down on the beam.

A black shadow took shape, and it was Boss Wang, who was drenched all over and had a swollen face. He hung there unsteadily, opened his eyes suddenly, and glared at the two of them.

It was too late to speak, its body was swaying without wind, and its severely rotten limbs stretched out in an instant, like a python drilling a hole, or like a monster's tentacles, twisting and entwining towards the target.

At the very moment, Ye Lingchuan made an extraordinary reaction. He suddenly grabbed the jar from Xiang Zhifeng's arms, and without giving Xiang Zhifeng any chance to dodge, he directly rammed it head-on to where Boss Wang was.

... Then Xiang Zhifeng uttered the desperate and terrified scream just now.

At the same moment, Ye Lingchuan shattered the jar, and the corpse oil quickly spread along the cracks in the ground, and the disgusting smell of rot filled the entire space in an instant.

He didn't expect Wen Zhuo to come so quickly, or in other words, he underestimated how much Wen Zhuo cared about Xiang Zhifeng.

In fact, Wen Zhuo was always paying attention to Xiang Zhifeng's situation in the house, and the first time she heard Xiang Zhifeng screaming, she rushed in with her sword in hand.

Behind her, the oil lamps at the four corners went out at the same time, and Zhao Qianxue was holding up a match to light it urgently.

As soon as she opened the bamboo curtain, she saw the tentacles formed by Boss Wang's limbs, snarling towards Xiang Zhifeng's neck and waist.

Xiang Zhifeng was unavoidable from such an angle, and Ye Lingchuan, who was standing not far away, didn't seem to have the slightest sign of helping him.

The hilt of the sword was flipped in the palm of her hand, and she decisively slashed at the tentacle closest to Xiang Zhifeng. Unexpectedly, Boss Wang in the final level is far more powerful than she imagined, because its setting is almost impossible to be ignored by players. Annihilation by force—unless specified fire is used.

Its tentacles broke and healed in less than two seconds, and only two seconds were left for Wen Zhuo.

Everything happens in an instant.

The match dropped from Ye Lingchuan's finger, the orange-red light and shadow flashed by, igniting the corpse oil spreading under his feet in seconds.

He originally wanted to forcibly pull Wen Zhuo along with him, but Wen Zhuo turned the hilt of his sword upside down to separate him.

The situation was critical, Wen Zhuo flew up decisively, and kicked the panicked Xiang Zhifeng out of the back room, and she took Xiang Zhifeng's place, and was swept towards the ceiling by Boss Wang's tentacles on the spot.

The rule of the heart team is that as long as the customer successfully clears the level, the task is considered complete, while bounty hunters are allowed to be eliminated during the process, at most a part of the hunter points will be deducted.

Points are useful for those hunters who want to climb the rankings, but she doesn't care much, after all, she is an Ace of Hearts, and a few points will not affect the ranking.

It doesn't matter if she dies, as long as Xiang Zhifeng lives, how can she get the final payment?

According to common sense, Ye Lingchuan could actually follow Xiang Zhifeng out at that moment, but he was dazed for the first time.

Standing in the raging flames, he looked at Wen Zhuo with a complicated expression, hesitating to speak.

Wen Zhuo also stared at him, her eyes were calm and unwavering, and as the tentacles tightened, she clearly heard the "click" of her neck bone breaking.

She seemed to smile, and then let go of her hand, and the sword fell into the flames.

……

Zhao Qianxue lit the last lamp in the outer room.

When the oil lamps at the four corners were relit, the bamboo curtain was like an enchantment, completely sealing Boss Wang inside.

Naturally, along with Boss Wang being engulfed by the flames, there was also Ye Lingchuan standing there.

This round is over.

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A month later, Xiang Zhifeng appeared on the industry's most prestigious fashion weekly, and officially announced the new identity of a luxury brand ambassador.

To a certain extent, this is related to the effect of his clearance of the previous game. Of course, the final payment afterward was also credited smoothly.

But these are all later.

……

Wen Zhuo came back to reality from the game that day. He obviously had something on his mind. As a best friend, Tang Chunen definitely couldn't hide this from Tang Chunen. Tang Chunen was determined to ask clearly.

"What's the matter, Ah Zhuo, the game is not going well?"

"It's not bad, it's not bad." Wen Zhuo poured himself a glass of milk, and lazily leaned back on the sofa, "Anyway, the customer should have cleared the customs."

"Isn't it a good thing to clear the customs?"

Wen Zhuo added slowly: "It's just something went wrong, I was strangled to death in the end."

"Ah?!" Tang Chunen straightened up instinctively, with a worried face, "Will it affect your ranking on the list?"

"At the moment, it doesn't look like it will. I don't have many points deducted for being out of the game, but only for mission failures. Besides, there is no hunter in the Hearts group who is biting me hard on points."

"Oh, that's good, then what are you worried about?"

Wen Zhuo said, "I'm not worried, I'm just thinking about one thing."

"what's up?"

"Do you know who I met in this game?"

The two have known each other for many years, and the tacit understanding between them is so extraordinary that Tang Chunen guessed it on the spot: "Uh, don't tell me, did you meet that actor surnamed Ye again?"

"Correct."

"...What kind of fate is this! We just met in reality, and we cleared the game together again in the game?"

"I'm also wondering, with so many players in Vanity Fair, the probability of our match is a bit high."

Tang Chun'en thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "Don't worry about the high probability or not, anyway, we should be happy to meet again in the game, why are you so depressed?"

It could be seen that Wen Zhuo was also distressed, holding the milk glass for a long time without taking a sip, she hesitated a little.

"It's hard to say, I feel that something is wrong with him this time."

"What's wrong?"

"He is too murderous."

Tang Chunen was speechless: "Where did you come to this strange conclusion? What does it mean to be too murderous, and he wants to kill you? Did you get strangled to death by him?"

Wen Jue sighed: "No, he has always been nice to me, I mean he is very serious about my clients."

"Isn't your client Xiang Zhifeng? What kind of hatred does he have with Xiang Zhifeng? Xiang Zhifeng took his role before?"

"Xiang Zhifeng doesn't know him at all, but if there is a festival, he shouldn't have the slightest impression."

Tang Chunen tore open a bag of potato chips with a serious expression: "Congratulations, you have successfully confused me."

"Actually, I don't quite understand why he always seems to be looking for opportunities in the game, trying to put Xiang Zhifeng to death."

"Maybe it's because you are getting too close to Xiang Zhifeng, and he feels uncomfortable?"

Wen Zhuo was silent for a long time, then slowly shook his head: "No, I don't think he is such a narrow-minded person."

"so?"

"So, he must have other secrets."

(End of this chapter)