Chapter 100
Almost as soon as No. 9 took the two of them through the door, it became fully dark outside.
Except for the dead Shen Qiu’s, everyone else’s admission tickets were pasted on the door; like proof that they’d paid the protection fee.
Today’s room wasn’t big, with only one bed and five people in it. Inevitably, it was a bit too cramped.
It was quiet, the atmosphere was somewhat heavy and suffocating. A stark contract to their ambitiousness when they first entered the exam venue, except for Si Chen, everyone’s goal had now been lowered to simply making it out alive.
Si Chen was momentarily silent before he finally decided to take on the role of mood maker. He took out a set of playing cards from his bag and said, “Since we’ve got nothing else to do, why don’t we play Fight the Landlord?”
Chu Dongliu was quite shocked. “Why do you have something like that?”
Si Chen was too embarrassed to admit that it was because he’d been too bored on the car ride to Baidi City and so bought a deck of playing cards to play with the Eternal Life Abyss.
After several rounds, the amount of food Little Abyss owed him was already an astronomical figure times more its own size. It seemed like it would have to work its entire life to be able to pay off that debt.
No. 9 turned down the offer to play while the others took turns playing.
After a while, the atmosphere finally became lively. Now, everyone’s faces had something more than just numbness.
Song Ziyu couldn’t help but ask, “Where did Teacher White King go? To five.”
Si Chen: “Probably out to fight. To eight.”
Worried that the others wouldn’t understand, he briefly recounted his experiences of the past few days and what he’d learned about this world’s background.
Si Chen was being so generous since the test paper was of the experiential type. Knowing the background of the world was actually of little use. It only made you less afraid when facing pollutants but it won’t help you answer the test.
Though they’d all come in at the same time, some hadn’t even touched the door of the lab area, while some had already answered almost every question.
It could be seen that the gap between humans really is wider than the gap between some humans and pigs.
But Si Chen didn’t gain nothing out of this.
While playing cards, he asked the candidates one by one about their scores.
It was funny that the highest score was actually Lin Jiali’s. She didn’t get No. 5’s remains but she did get 10 points for defeating the No. 5 clone. Her total was 35 points.
When everything is done mathematically and you have some luck, Fight the Landlord becomes extraordinarily easy.
” Wang Zha.”
Si Chen threw down the last two cards in his hand and won his seventh consecutive victory.
He originally wanted to be more low-key and win less.
But then he thought about it, Chen Zhizhou, the only one who would be paying him a salary, wasn’t playing. Seemed he had nothing to worry about. He thus began to play Fight the Landlord very unrestrainedly.
Song Ziyu looked at the 2 in his hand that couldn’t be played and asked, “Si Chen Ge, what’s your score?”
Back then, when he was still studying in school, this was Si Chen’s favorite part.
With no trace of arrogance on his face, he calmly replied, “80.”
Sure enough, as soon as the words were out, the expressions of the students before him immediately changed.
But Si Chen quickly realized something wasn’t right. Rather than shock and admiration, the expressions on their faces were more like… fear.
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Chu Dongliu couldn’t quite describe what he felt at this time.
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Chu Dongliu pinched himself and realized that this was no illusion.
A cold breath came from behind Si Chen.
Kuafu’s breath was damp and cold, radiating undisguised murderous intent, “And tell me, how did you get these eighty points?”
*
When Song Bai entered the examination room, he did not immediately dig up the body.
Because he knew that from the moment Shen Qiu died in that exam venue, his body could be used as a vessel. Whether he got there early or late, it wouldn’t matter.
They were destined to have a battle. Then in this case, it was better to have their battle at night.
At night, both he and Song Kuafu would be stronger.
Song Bai left the Song family many years ago and changed his name to White King.
Many people speculated that he’d been completely parasitized by High-dimensional creatures and that the original Song Bai was dead. This was both true and not.
Song Bai had crawled out of his father’s belly and from the moment he was born, was already a First Step Evolutionary. He followed the path of biological evolution and born with him, was a brainless Eternal Life Abyss.
This was the dimensionality reduction process he had undergone in order to leave the Space Fold.
If one were to equate a low-dimensional world to a computer, this was like a new version of a software that could not run on an old computer. The software thus needed to be broken into different programs and stuffed into the computer’s hard drive.
As he grew older, Song Bai gradually recovered “Bai Di’s (Whtie King)” memories.
His experiences in human society formed the personality of “Song Bai”. But both White King and Song Bai have the same soul.
But it is undeniable that at night, there would be more of him that belongs to “White King”.
White King, holding his umbrella, stood at the top of the square tower.
The eye at the top of the tower was now completely closed. White King’s eyes were bright red, his long hair danced with the howling wind.
Kuafu will definitely come back.
There were still dismembered parts of his body left in this tower. These were what Kuafu wanted the most. Every time a part of the body is swallowed, Kuafu becomes stronger.
Therefore, White King need only stay here and wait.
Moreover, White King knew that Kuafu also wanted to kill him.
To call them old enemies would simply be unable to encompass the entirety of their relationship. At the same time, White King didn’t feel that Kuafu deserved to be called thus.
But White King stood there for a very long time and saw no sign of anyone heading to the Khaos Manufacturing Facility.
In the residential area though, the black mist seemed to be getting thicker and thicker. So much so that the outline of the crosses on the outskirts of the city had become much clearer..
White King looked towards where the black mist was gathering. Obvious astonishment covered his face.
That seems… to be where he’d come from?
*
Thick black mist poured into the room, like rolling sea waves, so thick they almost condensed into solid form.
Si Chen’s body was frozen instantly.
The passive defense mechanism caused flames to burst out around him but these burning flames too slowly froze in the black mist.
Lin Jiali raised Klein Blue with trembling hands. But the light arrow, shot with all her strength behind it, could only briefly illuminate the black mist.
Kuafu took a step forward.
Just a meeting face-to-face and his soul seemed to already float out of his body.
Si Chen suddenly understood why White King called Kuafu a lucky piece of garbage.
Some people are born bad. They have no regard for life and do all kinds of evil but by fortune of being born to the right family, they are able to inherit wealth passed down generation after generation. They are able to enjoy a life that difficult for any ordinary person to achieve even after several lifetimes of hard work.
Just like Song Kuafu. He was obviously a horrible person but he still obtained unparalleled power.
The Eternal Life Abyss in Si Chen’s body agitatedly resisted the influx of mist.
No. 9 took a decisive step forward and took Si Chen into his arms. A translucent black barrier opened before them up.
The barrier gave off a dim light, like a dying candle.
This barrier was just enough to cover the students and cut off the incursion of the black mist.
“Chen Zhizhou?!” Chu Dongliu couldn’t hide his shock.
Although Chu Dongliu and Chen Zhizhou were engaged, their relationship wasn’t very good.
He had noticed before that something seemed to be wrong with Chen Zhizhou but he thought the other party just didn’t want to talk. He didn’t expect that he was now serving as a vessel for some bigshot.
The expansion of this barrier obviously caused strain for No. 9. Dark blood flowed from his nose and dripped onto Si Chen’s face.
Si Chen’s mouth opened in shock. “You——”
He didn’t even know No. 9’s name.
No. 9’s fingers pressed on Si Chen’s lips. “Don’t distract me.”
No. 9 was indeed protecting them, just like he had protected so many humans in the past.
It started with gratitude.
Although he was constantly plagued with splitting headaches due to his biological modifications, No. 9 was indeed a very gentle person and had a better temper than his companions. Therefore, whenever humans encountered mutants, they always hoped that the one who comes to save them was No. 9.
Then, came fear.
When the pollution disease was resolved and the mutants gradually died, they, these inhuman monsters, could no longer find a place in society.
The Children of God became the new source of pollution. No matter how hard they tried to control it, they nevertheless, subtly contaminated surrounding creatures.
In the third year after they managed to get the pollution disease under control, No. 1 killed a researcher in the survivor base.
The researchers then required them to wear handcuffs when walking around the base.
Maybe it was done by Kuafu’s instructions. But what’s done was done and to say anything else would be in vain.
Some people spoke up for them while others had become extremely agitated, saying that the Children of God were all mutant monsters and monsters should be put back in their cages.
Therefore, a tall tower was built in the Science and Technology City. They didn’t yet know what other conspiracy was brewing in the tower.
No. 13, who, in the eyes of everyone, was strong and determined, before entering the tower, once asked him, confused, “Why is this happening?”
No. 9 said he didn’t know why.
“If you could do it again, would you still save them? The people?”
No. 9 gave no answer.
But now, he probably had his answer.
No. 9’s memory has been in a terrible state since he started having nightmares. He could not remember the bad things others had done to him, only the good things.
Taking a step back, before he became a pollutant, No. 9 had grown up in society, amongst people. His parents were long dead but he still had his younger generation relatives; friends and classmates; many strangers he didn’t recognize.
He loved them all equally.
No. 9 once said that his mutated form was similar to Chen Zhizhou’s.
Where his snake’s tail connected to his waist, a second head split out, a snake’s head. Then came the third, the fourth…
White scales fell to the ground.
No. 9’s body grew bigger and bigger. The snake’s tail wrapped around Si Chen, gently pushing him into the group.
His original body was like a chrysalis, shedding a layer of translucent white scales. A hydra emerged from this original chrysalis, roaring threateningly at Kuafu.
His body was so immense that it almost filled the entire room.
The exam candidates were protected in the circle formed by his snake’s tail.
Were No. 9 in his prime, his body would be as tall as a mountain. But now, he was just a little taller than the students.
If the sky falls, a tall man will hold it up. A little taller was enough.
Kuafu sneered. “Don’t overestimate your capabilities.”
The black mist poured in, cracking the wall, directly flattening the metal safe house.
Thick tentacles emerged from the mist and wrapped around No. 9’s body. The discs on the tentacles, mouths, opened wide, revealing the sharp teeth inside, tearing off pieces of skin and flesh.
Blood exploded into clouds of bloody spray, splattering on everyone’s faces.
The enormous snake struggled violently and bit down on Kuafu’s body.
But the disparity between the two was too great and the great white snake was almost knocked to the ground.
Everything happened in an instant.
…
…
When White King arrived, this was the scene that greeted him.
The weak human beings were being protected behind the dying No. 9.
He felt a bit of anger stir inside him.
The author has something to say:
The image of No. 9 can refer to Xiangliu/Yama no Orochi.
Oh I hope he survives this 😟
I hope no.9 and host is ok
No. 9!!!!( ｡ﾟДﾟ｡) idk if it’s just me wanting to have fluffy scenes or plots even though I greatly enjoy novels with a more mature and solemn setting. I’ve become really attached to No. 9 he seems like a chill and nice guy to be around. He doesn’t deserve to become one of the experiments and die. I kinda want him to continue to live on and live life outside the space fold.
Thanks for the chapter~~~
Hope No. 9 survives… Thanks for the update ❤️❤️❤️
“A little taller was enough.” Made me tear up 🥹😢
Oh no, babe 🥺
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No.9 needs to be protected T^T He’s so cute and kind, sadly he had to suffer this kind of life