Chapter 52: My Ending Is Really Quite Terrible
“Hahahaha! Charge!”
“Stop pressing the accelerator! There’s a slope ahead! Ugh…”
“No problem! Young Master Jun Cheng, I’m a level 400 veteran driver! Watch my Whirlwind Apex Tornado!”
“Don’t use your game level to prove your driving skills! This car isn’t a four-wheel drive, drive normally! I wouldn’t get motion sickness normally, but you’re making me sick!”
“Oh, right, Young Master Jun Cheng, where are we going?”
“You don’t even know the destination and you’re charging recklessly like this!”
“Mm! It’s rare to have a chance to drive, so of course I have to seize it~ Today is really lucky! Not only did I meet Young Master Jun Cheng in person, but I also got to drive to my heart’s content, it’s super enjoyable~”
Enjoyable, you say!
I’m about to cry because of you!
This maid named Bai isn’t the type to listen to people. The moment her hands gripped the steering wheel, she seemed possessed by an evil spirit, becoming a kamikaze bomber!
In the back seat, I held Ruo Bing with difficulty, using the seatbelt to tie my legs and body, which finally stabilized me and stopped me from being thrown around by inertia.
However, my stomach was still extremely uncomfortable. Fortunately, I didn’t eat much at the fast-food restaurant earlier, otherwise, I would have thrown up by now…
“Jun Jun…”
“Hey, hey, Ruanruan, are you okay?”
Although I could still hold on, Ruo Bing seemed unable to bear it anymore. Her face was flushed, her eyes were closed, and her lips were tightly shut as if she was very uncomfortable.
“No… I just feel a bit hot…”
No! You don’t look like you just feel a bit hot! Is something wrong with your body?
“Young Miss, Young Master Jun Cheng, it’s okay if you want to have car sex back there! I’ll add the right amount of up and down vibrations!”
“Car sex your sister! Stop the car immediately! Your Young Miss seems to be in trouble!”
“Huh?! Young Miss!”
As expected, when her maid heard that her Young Miss was in trouble, Bai didn’t dare to be negligent and immediately stopped her reckless driving. She turned the car…
I quickly unbuckled my seatbelt, sat up, and held Ruo Bing, calling out.
“Ruanruan! What’s wrong! Ruanruan!”
“…I don’t know, my body has been so hot since just now… My chest and…”
“Could it be a fever? Let me feel…”
I reached out to touch her forehead… but it didn’t feel hot, nor did her lower abdomen. There were no signs of fever.
But the way she was suffering didn’t seem like she was faking it. What could be wrong?
Right! I can see her status now!
I concentrated and looked at Ruo Bing’s head again. Besides her title and name, there was indeed a line of text indicating her status.
Only special states and strong emotions would appear in this status bar. And the status above Ruo Bing’s head right now… was called [Resonance Induction Pre-awakening].
…What does that mean?
Damn it! Can’t it be more detailed like the description box in an RPG game!
What can I understand from just these few words!
“There’s no choice… Ruanruan, hold on for now! After we finish here, I’ll take you to the hospital immediately!”
I opened the car door, held Ruo Bing up supporting her with one hand, took out my phone and opened the app to confirm the location of Miss Akiko’s corpse.
The occasionally moving red dot was probably the target’s location. Lanhua was synchronizing the target’s location to my phone in real-time.
Judging from the distance, it wasn’t far from here. In fact, I could already see the Undead in sight.
At this distance, I didn’t need the car. Running there directly would be faster.
All I want now is to finish things here quickly and get Ruo Bing out. Miss Shirley might know what’s wrong with Ruo Bing.
Seeing me get out of the car holding Ruo Bing, Bai also got out of the driver’s seat. I immediately instructed her.
“You stay here and watch the car. We’ll need your help when we get back! Don’t drive so fast when we get back!”
“Yes, I understand… Ah, no! Wait a moment, Young Master Jun Cheng! I mean, your finger is injured again, let me heal it for you!”
Hearing that my finger could be healed, I turned back and asked.
“Can you heal my finger?”
My left hand is a bit inconvenient now that a finger is missing. If it can be healed, it would be a great help.
“Yes! I have a special ability called ‘The Ship of Theseus’, which can replace old things with new ones! Last time I repaired Young Master Jun Cheng’s…”
“Oh, so it was you who healed it. How long will the treatment take? If it takes too long, then never mind.”
“No problem, it won’t take too long!”
“Then hurry up.”
I put Ruo Bing down, extended my left hand, and was a bit curious about how she planned to heal my finger.
The Ship of Theseus, I remember it’s a paradox, right? It’s one of the ten thought experiments, related to identity or something.
“First, I need to find something to replace the finger… Ah, here it is!”
“Yes! This is your new finger, Young Master Jun Cheng!”
What the heck!
But Bai didn’t seem to be joking. She seriously tore open the packaging of a chocolate bar, took a bite, leaving only… and placed it on my severed finger.
‘The Ship of Theseus’
Instantly, I didn’t even notice what happened, and then my finger was back.
To be precise, that chocolate bar turned into my finger!
Replacing old things with new things, but not limited to the same things!
This ability is truly amazing… No, now is not the time to be amazed by such things.
Since my finger is back, let’s go!
“I will wait for your return here. I wish you a safe journey~”
“Oh! I’ll be back soon!”
Holding Ruo Bing again, I ran towards the ‘wave of Undead’ and stopped.
Do I have to enter such a place again… Has fate been playing tricks on me, putting me in this situation again? And this time, it’s even more terrifying than last time…
I swallowed, looking at the dense crowd of Undead fighting each other, my scalp tingling.
They were fighting because of the corpse of Miss Akiko’s command… That place where black blood splattered and rotten flesh and dry bones flew everywhere was a place ‘living people’ shouldn’t enter. Every cell in my body warned me so.
The Zombies and ghouls all looked at me, their eye sockets gleaming with blue flames, as if warning me, ‘Leave the dead alone’.
I looked at Ruo Bing in my arms. Her face was already flushed, she was breathing heavily and having difficulty breathing.
It’s okay, these guys just look scary… Stay calm.
Holding Ruo Bing in a princess carry, I resolutely walked forward, shouting at the same time.
“Make way! Your Princess is passing through!”
I didn’t use my mental coercion because I remember the Skeleton King saying last time that my mental coercion would only agitate these unawakened Undead.
It’s better not to cause extra trouble now. If my guess is correct, as long as Ruo Bing is here, they won’t attack me. As expected, the Undead stopped fighting and made way for us, spreading their hands upwards as I passed, kneeling devoutly.
…I understood this from the beginning.
Back then, the ghouls in the graveyard at the start didn’t intend to attack Lianbing. They just gathered around her and held out their hands in a ‘pleading’ gesture.
As for why the ghouls attacked me, that’s easy to explain. It’s because I forcibly took away Lianbing, whom they regarded as a god…
After Lianbing receives the thing the Skeleton King wants to give her… what will happen then?
Perhaps she will become the queen of the Undead and the ruler here. Speaking of which, why was Ji Lianbing chosen? Just because she is a ‘[Necroph]’?
Why Lianbing, why me…
The surrounding environment made it difficult for me to remain calm. Although I wanted to focus on the map and the path, distracting thoughts kept popping into my mind.
Yes, I’m just an ordinary person. I shouldn’t be in this situation at all. I should let someone braver and more suitable to…
I really want to run away, but I can’t let go of her…
Mechanically, I confirmed the map and moved towards the red dot, but the red dot kept moving, and I couldn’t pinpoint it.
Stop it! I don’t have time to play hide-and-seek with you…
Perhaps my prayer worked, and the red dot actually stopped, right behind us!
Good, as long as I subdue her with my mental coercion, this incident will be over!
As I approached, I finally broke free from the sea of corpses and arrived at an open circle. The Undead were gathered around. It was then that I noticed that the Undead, who had been killing each other, had all stopped.
Did the corpse issue a new command?
The next second, a path opened up from the other side of the Undead, and a woman with long black hair walked out.
That woman’s pupils were pitch black, looking terrifying, but her appearance was undoubtedly Miss Akiko. The title I saw also confirmed this. Although the title was different, the name was the same.
I don’t know why she appeared voluntarily, but now is the best opportunity!
I must shout her true name and suppress her immediately!
“[Qiu He! …..”
As I shouted Miss Akiko’s true name, Ruo Bing in my arms struggled to open her eyes.
Then, looking ahead, she said something that left me speechless.
“Mom…”
…!”
What did Ruo Bing just say? Mom?!
Meaning, Miss Akiko is Ruo Bing’s mother!
…How could such a thing happen!
This astonishing fact stunned me for a few seconds. During this time, Ruo Bing broke free from my embrace and walked towards her mother.
For the next few seconds, I regretted my negligence.
Ruo Bing opened her arms, a dazed smile on her face, wanting to embrace her mother.
Miss Akiko’s corpse also opened her arms, but not to hug her daughter, but to kill her! The title above her head suddenly emitted a blinding red light. I instantly understood the situation, but my body couldn’t react in time! Dodge quickly!
It’s just a monster formed by a corrupted corpse!
I didn’t even have time to shout this. I saw Miss Akiko’s corpse stab Ruo Bing in the abdomen with a hand chop. When it was less than ten centimeters away, I entered the Thought Acceleration state.
It wasn’t activated by myself, but by Kuuga.
Kuuga said nothing, and I didn’t discuss with it what to do, because there wasn’t any time.
Even with Thought Acceleration, time flowed slowly, and that ten-centimeter distance was constantly shrinking.
Move. Move! Move, damn it!
Connect, damn it! My body! Connect with my spirit!
I struggled desperately, trying to break out of the frozen time, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t take a single step…
Damn it–
What a joke!
I won’t let her die here! Absolutely not!
“As your wish.”
It was my voice, no, it was Kuuga’s voice. It didn’t sound in my mind, but behind me.
Then I felt someone push me from behind, and this force successfully broke me free from the restraint.
In the time compressed to its limit, my body took the first step!
Then the second, the third…
At an extremely slow, snail-like pace, enduring unimaginable pressure, my connected body seemed on the verge of falling apart, its every part groaning.
Finally, my hand touched Ruo Bing before hers, and then I took another step forward, pushing her shoulder forward.
Thought Acceleration dissolved. Ruo Bing was pushed away and avoided death, while that hand chop stabbed into my abdomen… She pulled out her hand chop, looked at her hand blankly, and didn’t attack further. I took a few steps back, hunched over, and clutched my abdomen.
Blood gushed from my abdomen and throat with a burning sensation. I almost knelt down, but I held on.
These efforts were not in vain. At least Ruo Bing is fine…
Ruo Bing, who had regained consciousness, let out a heart-wrenching scream. It sounded a bit distant to my ears. Oh no, if I…
…I don’t know if I can… I remember Dad taught me some first aid techniques… No, I can’t remember… Oh, right, there’s also maid Bai. Her ability can definitely save me…
“At this level— I can’t—”
“Then how about another stab?”
A voice sounded from behind again, but it was no longer Kuuga’s voice, but that annoying voice.
I widened my eyes fiercely, wanting to move, but my body wouldn’t obey.
The movements in Thought Acceleration earlier had completely paralyzed my body.
My throat was bleeding, but I still managed to shout.
“It’s too late!!!”
He grabbed my neck and plunged the blade in his hand directly into my chest from the front, piercing my heart deeply. The entire blade was embedded in my flesh.
…”
“Hehe.”
His wrist left my neck, and I lost my support. I fell backward…
The last title that came into view was… [Shinigami]… I see… This guy… By letting a ghost possess…
“Haha, hahahahahahahahahaha…”
Blood sprayed from my mouth. The ground and my body were very… very cold.
“Ah hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ahahahahahahaha!”
Laughter… echoed endlessly. Thus, I faced the final… of my life.
It’s really quite a terrible ending.
If I were a spectator, I would probably have thrown my popcorn at the screen.
Sigh, is it okay to think about such things when I’m about to die?
Ha… Whatever. Let me die…
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