Chapter 159 Confrontation
Chapter 159 Confrontation
As night falls, the last rays of the setting sun disappear below the horizon, and the world is swallowed by darkness.
Crows circled in the sky, their black silhouettes standing out starkly in the moonlight.
The sound of wings flapping echoed throughout the vast amusement park, creating an eerie and oppressive atmosphere.
Their eyes gleamed with a chilling light, sending shivers down one's spine.
The eerie atmosphere of the night intensified, filling them with unease as they stepped into the amusement park.
Jiang Qi instinctively took the lead, while Cheng Cuo and Yu Hansheng consciously followed at the back.
This is to protect the girls in the middle.
They walked cautiously down the street, their eyes scanning their surroundings warily, in case of any unforeseen events.
Suddenly, a crisp "click" broke the silence.
The six people stopped abruptly, and five of them turned to look at the culprit.
Lu Xue looked down and realized that she had accidentally stepped on a dead branch.
The branch had been dried up by the years and was too fragile to withstand the weight of the young girl; it snapped in two.
She gave an awkward laugh, revealing her white teeth, trying to break the tension.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to."
"Lu Xue, it's okay. Maybe we were just too nervous and easily startled."
Jiang Qi responded to her softly.
"Haven't you noticed? The air is so quiet, it's almost eerily quiet."
"Yes, we all feel that way."
Lu Xue squinted and glanced unintentionally behind Jiang Qi.
This glance was quite something; it startled Lu Xue.
She couldn't help but gasp, then covered her mouth in horror.
With a trembling finger, she pointed behind Jiang Qi, her words stuttering.
"Brother Jiang, behind you..."
Jiang Qi's heart skipped a beat; his ominous premonition came true at that moment.
Everyone looked behind Jiang Qi, but the moment their eyes met, they looked away as if they had been electrocuted.
The first figure to emerge from the darkness was another Jiang Qi; the two were practically identical.
Next came Lin Wanchu, who crossed her arms and gave a soft hum, and Lu Xue, who smiled sweetly.
Cheng Cuo, with his ever-infuriatingly smug smile, Yu Hansheng, with his eyes lowered and a cold expression, and Chi Miaomiao, radiating a gloomy aura.
Jiang Qi glanced around and, finding no sign of Lu Zhi, inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.
The two sides were locked in a standoff, leaving the viewers in the live stream completely dumbfounded.
"Jiang Qi, no, the Jiang Qi from the other world, you've been so hard to find!"
"I'm not interested in playing any real or fake games with you. Whoever survives is the real one."
Across from him, "Jiang Qi's" eyes were filled with nothing but pure coldness.
Although he spoke with a smile, a ruthless aura emanated from his eyes and brows.
Before the six people could even see "his" figure clearly, "Jiang Qi" had already teleported to Jiang Qi's back.
Jiang Qi moved swiftly, pressing the peach blossom hairpin against "his" stomach with his other hand.
A knife was now pressed against his neck, gleaming coldly.
"The action was faster than I expected; I was surprised that they were able to react so quickly."
Jiang Qi's Adam's apple bobbed, his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, and he said in a hoarse voice, "You guys go first, he's coming for me."
Even if Lu Xue can't help, she won't abandon Jiang Qi and won't leave him alone.
"Brother Jiang, I'm not leaving."
“We are the real ones, they are the copies.”
"What's so scary about them?"
Lin Wanchu's expression was tense, ready to attack at any moment, her voice firm.
“Jiang Qi, ever since we met, you saved me and Xiaoxue, so we’ve been companions. You can’t be so selfish.”
Cheng Cuo toyed with the prop gun in his hand, rolled his eyes at them, and his face showed a rare hint of solemnity.
"President Jiang, abandoning your companions so casually is not the style of the number one on the Nightmare Newcomer List."
"Now that I've joined your guild, I..."
Jiang Qi interrupted their seemingly sentimental words with a stern voice.
"I never intended for any of you to leave alive."
"Enough with the nonsense, today is your death day."
A trickle of blood was already seeping from Jiang Qi's fair neck.
The peach blossom hairpin couldn't harm Jiang Qi in the slightest.
Lin Wanchu and her counterpart on the other side started wrestling.
"Lin Wanchu" pulled her hair, forcing Lin Wanchu to tilt her head back.
"I didn't expect you to still protect her so unconditionally."
The response to "her" was a punch from Lin Wanchu.
Lin Wanchu easily neutralized her attack, swinging her fist and knocking Lin Wanchu's head to the side.
"Oh, I've hit a nerve."
"Little white flower, in the nightmare game, you'll be eaten alive, leaving not even bones behind."
Lin Wanchu felt a burning pain on her cheeks.
She faced "her," scoffed at "her" statement, and spat a mouthful of bloody saliva at "her."
In contrast, Cheng Cuo didn't talk much; they just exchanged glances and got to work.
Almost every punch landed squarely, with kicks and tugs.
They know each other very well.
But it was clear that Cheng Cuo was still at a disadvantage.
"Yu Hansheng" was different; while beating Yu Hansheng to death, he said provocative things to him.
"Yu Hansheng, you have truly disappointed me."
"Your thoughts are truly filthy and despicable; you're still clinging to Cheng Cuo."
"By the way, you didn't know this, did you? He's never paid attention to you in any of these timelines, and he's even married."
He leaned close to Yu Hansheng, gripped his hand tightly, and whispered like a demon.
"You and he are ultimately from different worlds; you can never, ever be together."
"This was true in the past, and it will be true now and in the future."
"I know you don't like hearing this, but it's the truth."
"And there's more..."
Yu Hansheng curled his ten fingers into his palms, clenching his fists tightly, his knuckles cracking.
A surge of intense anger welled up in his chest, mixed with a hint of barely suppressed fear.
The two surged at almost the same time, catching him off guard and leaving him at a loss.
Looking at himself pinned down, Yu Hansheng's face showed a pained expression, but he was extremely happy.
He wanted to say something more to provoke him, but Yu Hansheng suddenly roared, swearing for the first time in his usually refined manner.
"Bullshit! Do you even know what unrequited love is?"
If we say that others are like apples that God has taken a bite out of, then...
So, Yu Hansheng is like the apple core that God ate.
From birth, he was destined to be imperfect.
Nobody cares, nobody is concerned.
He was just a timid and insecure admirer who never dared to hope for a happy ending.
He only wished for Cheng Cuo to be happy; what did it matter whether Cheng Cuo cared about him or not?
The moment Yu Hansheng realized he had fallen for Cheng Cuo, he had already completely lost him.
And Cheng Cuo will never know the spring that a weed lives in fear.
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