Chapter 157.2: Eerie Blood Shadow (28)

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Outside the villa, the fog no longer spread slowly but rapidly engulfed the entire Yang family villa.

This also included the back of the mountain.

Although the view was obstructed by the fog, Ruan Qing could sense two more presences around him.

One was the puppet of the vice president, and the other was the male player chosen by him.

There were even other people, but they weren’t close enough for Ruan Qing to discern who they were.

Shen Baiyue looked at the surrounding people, reached out, and held Ruan Qing’s hand.

Then Shen Baiyue lowered her voice, speaking so softly that only Ruan Qing could hear, “Brother Yu Qing, hold your breath.”

Ruan Qing hesitated for a moment, but ultimately followed Shen Baiyue’s advice and held his breath.

In the instant he held his breath, the doll in Shen Baiyue’s hand quickly transformed into a humanoid figure.

The figure and appearance were exactly like Ruan Qing. Even the breath was strikingly similar.

Apart from those hollow eyes that could indicate this was not a real person, there was hardly any difference from a real person.

Due to the absence of an additional person’s breath, coupled with the lack of awareness from anyone nearby, this detail went unnoticed.

Then, a sudden sensation of weightlessness came, and Ruan Qing instinctively closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer in the middle of the array.

Ruan Qing looked around in astonishment.

This was... the rooftop of the Yang family’s villa?

Ruan Qing walked to the edge of the rooftop, looking at the fog that only spread to the third floor, and then glanced at the distant fog-shrouded back mountain.

Confirming that this was indeed the rooftop of the Yang family’s villa.

Obviously it had just been engulfed by the fog just now. Why was the fog bypassing it now?

There’s only one possibility for making the fog avoid something.

That would be Yang Wenmin’s token.

According to the information about that token, it belonged to the god.

However, this token was usually on Yang Wenmin, and there was no chance of stealing it.

Not even Feng Ye and the player similar to the advanced male player had thought of stealing the token.

But unexpectedly, Shen Baiyue dared to take it.

Ruan Qing turned to look at Shen Baiyue with a shocked and puzzled expression. “What... have you done?”

“Brother Yu Qing, I already know.” Shen Baiyue approached Ruan Qing slowly, looking at the exquisitely beautiful young man in front of her. “You are a player, right?”

Ruan Qing paused at her words, withdrew the false expression, and looked at Shen Baiyue calmly.

Revealing to the NPC in the instance that he was a player would result in a deduction of points.

But in the end, Ruan Qing lightly nodded in acknowledgment.

Evidently, admitting to being a player was confirming what Shen Baiyue said.

Shen Baiyue seemed unsurprised by this. She looked at the person in front of her and slowly spoke, “Brother Yu Qing, actually, I lied to you.”

“I am not a girl.”

Ruan Qing had actually guessed it a long time ago; even if Shen Baiyue’s bones resembled those of a girl, ‘she’ obviously was not one.

Probably ‘she’ had been taking growth-inhibiting drugs since childhood or something similar.

Shen Baiyue’s tone was extremely calm. “I know that I’m just a vessel the Yang family will use to ‘create god’.”

“Just a clone of Shen Jinzhao used to seize divine power.”

“Since I was little, no one treated me as a person because I’m just my brother’s clone. My only purpose is to be a vessel for divine power.”

“After this funeral, no matter who gains the power of the god, I will completely disappear.”

“Because I’m just a container.”

Even though Shen Baiyue spoke calmly, you could hear the unwillingness in his heart.

He was unwilling to disappear like this.

Tears welled up in Shen Baiyue’s eyes as he looked straight at Ruan Qing, expressing his thoughts, “I don’t want to disappear, so I want to steal the power of the god and become a truly independent existence.”

“Even if the hope is very slim, I still want to survive.”

As Shen Baiyue spoke, his tone changed, and there was a hint of indescribable complexity in his eyes. “But I didn’t expect to meet you.”

“But I don’t regret meeting you.”

He didn’t regret using his substitute puppet for this person, even if it affected his own plans.

Because he couldn’t bear any accidents happening to this person.

After all, anyone influenced by that power in the formation would cease to be human.

Shen Baiyue looked at Ruan Qing with tears in his eyes, his tone full of gentleness and affection. “Thank you for eating breakfast with me, thank you for sitting beside me, thank you for not abandoning me.”

“Thank you for... treating me like a person.”

Ruan Qing shook his head lightly.

As if determined, Shen Baiyue looked up at Ruan Qing, a resolute expression in his eyes. “Brother Yu Qing, I like you.”

“I don’t want to disappear. I want to be with you forever.”

“I really want... to be with you.”

After saying this, tears uncontrollably streamed down Shen Baiyue’s face.

He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and with a radiant smile, he looked at Ruan Qing. “But I also don’t want you to be trapped in this instance.”

Ruan Qing just looked at Shen Baiyue, silent, being a quiet listener.

Shen Baiyue looked at the person in front of him, his eyes filled with deep reluctance.

He took two steps forward, then placed his hands on Ruan Qing’s shoulders, gently tiptoed, and slowly approached Ruan Qing.

As if he was about to kiss him.

Ruan Qing didn’t avoid it, just lowered his eyes, looking at Shen Baiyue.

But Shen Baiyue seemed to have second thoughts, stopping before the kiss.

He glanced at the young man who usually disliked being touched by others and gave up.

Even though he was nearly desperate to kiss him.

But he didn’t want to force him like others.

He knew this person didn’t like being forced.

Shen Baiyue took a few steps back, ultimately turning away, his gaze fixed on Ruan Qing.

Ruan Qing watched as Shen Baiyue walked away.

The essential factor for this duplicate to absorb divine power was the puppet, whether it’s determined by the main system in the game or functions as a vessel.

After all, Yang Wenmin wouldn’t allow the creation of an unruly god, so he would certainly intervene.

That power must not truly enter his own body.

The doll in Shen Baiyue’s hand should be his puppet.

If the divine power entered not his own body but the puppet’s…

Maybe he would really succeed.

But to avoid being noticed that Ruan Qing was no longer in the formation, he directly used that puppet.

Without the puppet, Shen Baiyue probably wouldn’t succeed.

“Shen Baiyue.”

Shen Baiyue turned around at the sound, looking at the young man who called him.

Ruan Qing showed a faint smile. His gaze softened. “Do you believe in miracles?”

Shen Baiyue seemed not to understand Ruan Qing’s words, just standing there looking at him without speaking.

“To repay you for saving me...” Ruan Qing said as he walked, taking off the white flower from his chest.

Standing in front of Shen Baiyue, Ruan Qing waved the white flower in his hand, and it instantly turned into a red flower.

He placed the red flower next to Shen Baiyue’s ear and gently spoke, “How about I give you a miracle?”

Shen Baiyue subconsciously touched the flower by his ear and asked, “What?”

Ruan Qing smiled without saying what the miracle was.

Shen Baiyue didn’t press for more details because something was about to happen on the hill behind.

If he didn’t go now, it would really be too late.

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