Chapter 2004: My Teacher Will Definitely Be Interested in You
"Chi!" The spike-shaped prop ultimately pierced Zheng Yuci's other hand. At this moment, his two hands seemed to be controlled by two different people—one wanting to commit suicide, the other wanting to save himself.
Zheng Yuci naturally knew his own situation, but he had no intention of resolving his predicament immediately. He let the prop press against his temple in a stalemate, then his gaze darkened. Several spiritual gates opened before him, and a figure appeared in his field of vision.
The person teleported through the gate was a man maintaining the same posture as Zheng Yuci. The difference was that he was trying to stab the knife in his hand into his own head. The long coat uniform of an Agor psychotherapist fluttered in the air currents, and beneath that ordinary face was an ID card.
Zheng Yuci glanced at the name on the ID. The East District players who had gathered around but hadn't approached yet also saw the card:
"Zhang Xian? Who's that?"
Many people didn't recognize "Zhang Xian" because this person was a psychotherapist who had just joined Agor not long ago and had been captured during the previous Rebel Army "Strategist" attack, surviving by sheer luck.
The East District players had no idea when a player had infiltrated the psychotherapists, but they could see that the man intended to kill Zheng Yuci. Although Teacher Zhao had argued forcefully to convince others to restrain Zheng Yuci, he certainly didn't want anyone else to kill him. Therefore, seeing that Zheng Yuci seemed unable to shake off Zhang Xian's control, the player who had previously pulled Zheng Yuci and Xu Huo back to the ground struck again—this time pressing Zhang Xian into the earth.
"Boom!" Zhang Xian's legs were almost completely buried in the ground. In his stalemate with Zheng Yuci, Zheng Yuci couldn't move, and neither could he, so he could only passively take the beating. A defense prop helped him withstand this attack, but just as the East District players were about to deliver a killing blow, the Evil Ghost Mask appeared with the Rebel Army.
"Will never be extinguished!"
"Kill Zheng Yuci!"
The number of Rebel Army members that surged out was considerable, but compared to the lineup on the East District side, they were nothing to look at. Even D-rank and E-rank players had come out to make up the numbers. That didn't matter, because for both sides, strength was no longer the primary concern. Death was nothing to fear, as long as they could achieve their goal!
Of course, there were also those who wanted to pick up scraps—taking advantage of Zheng Yuci being immobilized and Xu Huo being severely injured to snatch their props. However, Zheng Yuci's spiritual realm was larger than they imagined. The hexagonal gates and hexagonal materialized objects instantly turned the city center back into a indiscriminate killing ground. Most people couldn't even get close to them for a while, including those carrying spiritual interference devices and props. But Zheng Yuci had no patience for them—whenever he detected someone using such items, he would pull them close and kill them.
This greatly alleviated the burden on Xu Huo. He used the Spiral Staircase to send Zhang Xian into his own spiritual gate, using materialized objects to carve out a relatively safe space, then directly came behind Zhang Xian, grabbed his arm, and pushed the knife forward!
The anticipated scene of blood splattering didn't happen, because a small hexagonal gate appeared beside the temples of both Zhang Xian and Zheng Yuci—to avoid the unpredictable consequences of this peculiar two-way control, Zheng Yuci had saved Zhang Xian as well.
"Don't worry about me! As long as it's through my hand, if I die, Zheng Yuci will die too!" Zhang Xian immediately said, urging Xu Huo to help him commit suicide.
Easy enough. Xu Huo didn't hesitate for a moment. He placed the knife horizontally in front of Zhang Xian's neck and said, "Does giving you a push count?"
Whether it counted or not wasn't clear, but this move infuriated Zheng Yuci. Spiritual gates opened chaotically. Aside from his blade-shaped materialized object flying wildly across the field, he himself came to Zhang Xian's side, grabbed his throat with his injured hand, and when he found that he wasn't affected, directly snapped his neck.
"Crack! Crack!" The man who had just died a second ago lifted his head again the next moment. He was smiling, a smile mixed with hatred. "As long as you can't die, I can't die!"
Zheng Yuci frowned. He was about to kill Zhang Xian again, but Xu Huo, who had been teleported out, had already returned. As soon as the Shadow Personality appeared, he had to retreat. Seizing this opportunity, Zhang Xian threw himself toward a short-arrow prop he had released!
The palm-length short arrow pierced through his heart, drawing a spurt of blood from both his and Zheng Yuci's chests. Both staggered but didn't fall. Blood dripped from Zhang Xian's mouth as he reluctantly looked up. "Consider this... removing a scourge from Jade Spring City..."
Zheng Yuci, who had already wrapped himself in the "Operating Room" at the first moment, used surgical props to seal the wound on his chest with the help of another Zheng Yuci. Performing surgery under these circumstances was naturally impossible, but Zheng Yuci was not only a Mental Super Evolver—the wound previously inflicted by the Shadow Personality had also healed in an extremely short time. However, this time his heart was damaged, and he had lost his previous composure.
The "Operating Room" glowing with golden light was impenetrable no matter what. After trying several times, Xu Huo stopped and said to Zhang Xian, who was still ready to fight to the death, "You've achieved your goal. No need to throw away your life."
"This is the limit of ordinary people that you wanted to see." He stared at Zheng Yuci.
Zheng Yuci took out a handkerchief and slowly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then said, "Indeed worth savoring. For the sake of their goal, willing to pay any price—I deeply respect such people."
"But people are different. You are different from me, and we are different from them."
"The limits of mediocrity are finite, insignificant to the entire game world."
"Wasting energy on them is worthless. Why bother?"
"The white blood from the White Bear Laboratory has already been destroyed. It looks like you'll have some trouble clearing the game."
"It doesn't matter. There's another place. Besides containing a large amount of white blood, it also has my surgical records."
As he spoke, he released a spherical communicator, directly making public the address and location where the white blood was stored. Then, facing Xu Huo's cold expression, he said, "A super evolver with split personalities who fits the mundane definition of 'normal' like you is absolutely unique. My teacher will definitely be interested in you. Come find us when you have time."
He handed over a new puzzle ball.
Xu Huo looked at him expressionlessly.
Zheng Yuci smiled tolerantly. "I have no friends. The person who led you here might have wanted to harm you. I'll go kill him. From now on, you don't need to bother looking for him."
"Until we meet again."
The "Operating Room" and Zheng Yuci disappeared, along with the materialized hexagons rampaging through the city and the overwhelming spiritual power. Everything vanished without a trace. Xu Huo's spiritual realm became relaxed and easy.
Confirming that the man had truly left, after a moment of hesitation, he grabbed the floating puzzle ball in front of him. (Chapter End)