novelraw Chapter 635: You Just Got Here, and You've Already Let Her Down?
Chapter 635: You Just Got Here, and You've Already Let Her Down?
Can't tell... which side is actually right!?
Jiang Yuan's forehead was dripping with cold sweat. He didn't feel any pressure from battle, yet it seemed he was enduring some immense pain.
He was a man who had experienced failure. A world had slid toward annihilation before his eyes. He struggled to be its tomb keeper, only to wait for the end of everything.
He knew all too well the consequences of making the wrong choice, of misjudging.
He was terrified. Terrified that he was aiding and abetting evil, that all his efforts were having the opposite effect.
Just like back then...
The Master could not be wrong. Those beings called "Gods" were the culprits behind his world's destruction. He came here precisely to take revenge on them.
This twisted, narcissistic guy next to him seemed clearly to be an enemy of the "Gods," so he should actually be considered an ally.
But he also seemed like a conspirator, the culprit who turned the world into this state, a villain controlling the people.
And yet, after awakening, the people also seemed to have gone mad, attacking him...Blank should be considered an ally, right? After all, he had already joined her organization, and she also didn't get along with this purple-masked guy...
The relationships between the characters in Jiang Yuan's mind were far too chaotic, like someone opening *One Hundred Years of Solitude* for the first time, utterly unable to sort it out!
"Looks like you're lost in confusion again, pitiful fellow."
However, at this moment, Jiang Yuan, whose mind was already a tangled mess, received no guidance. Instead, he got a very sharp, mocking laugh.
If Pride from the last game had become his guide, then Lust from this game had completely become the existence that disturbed his mind.
"Used up by that woman, and now you've easily fallen into my rhythm again."
"Falling into my rhythm is normal. But the fact that you were tricked by that woman's few words into selling yourself out shows you truly have no skill."
"You know, your actions just now were actually helping your enemies..."
"Shut up..." Jiang Yuan said through gritted teeth.
"Oh?"
"I said shut up!" Jiang Yuan shouted, his mind in turmoil. "Aren't you afraid of getting hit yourself?"
"So what if I am?" Lust shrugged with an indifferent expression, tilting his head to the side.
A pink laser beam grazed past his ear, dangerously close.
Down in the city below, an Apostle, seeing such a golden opportunity miss, was so angry he looked like he wanted to slap his thigh in frustration.
So close!
Earlier, Leader Blank had already told them that the final score in this game was mainly based on contribution.
They had already given all their identity information to Xie Antong as a backup.
As long as they hit "Sin," regardless of the final outcome, they could eliminate "Sin's" identity to a certain degree.
That in itself was already an extremely high contribution, not to mention he had a certain chance to eliminate "Sin" entirely!
Even Jiang Yuan, ranked fifth in the world, had already been bewitched by Blank into restraining the strongest player. It was a shame his shot just now, which had such a good chance, missed.
"They... so many people are ganging up on you," Jiang Yuan said to Lu Ce, his tone ambiguous.
"Of course, I completely understand. After all, if you take down the highest, you get a chance to stand at the top yourself," Lust said with great nonchalance.
"From the moment you enter the game, everyone is essentially stepping on others' heads to climb up."
"However, I just so happen to be standing on top of everyone's heads."
Jiang Yuan's expression was somewhat numb. Just as he was about to speak, a furious roar suddenly erupted from the ground in the distance.
"Freeze!"
A pitch-black card exploded in the air, dissipating into points of starlight. Simultaneously, a powerful force of rules enveloped Lu Ce's body.
He couldn't move!
Someone had obtained another one of those cards with special abilities.
Lust continuously spread its power throughout the city. Besides helping people deal with Lu Ce, it was also helping them find ways to obtain the Rule Cards.
If people had truly succeeded in acting out happiness before, not only could they have obtained Ability Cards, but it could have also increased the power of His Lust.
But that was shattered by "Sin's" flamboyant actions. Everyone's emotions were thrown into chaos, like mental patients.
As a result, now it even had to expend its own power to be able to utilize the people here.
Fortunately, it was still having some effect now.
After the Ability Card took effect, the badge of the Rule Meat Grinder instantly lit up, beginning to resist this mandatory rule.
But that still required a bit of time...
The Apostle who had used the ability stared with maddened eyes. How could he let go of such a hard-won opportunity?
"Ah, thanks to you, someone is probably feeling quite smug right now~."
Even though his body was completely immobilized, Lu Ce showed not a trace of panic. He even had time to open his mouth and add more pressure to Jiang Yuan's fragile psyche.
In the blink of an eye, the pink light was already upon him!
Suddenly, a figure flashed.
*Zzz~*
The laser hit instantly, but it struck... Jiang Yuan's body!
In that split second, hearing Lu Ce's voice, a panic surged in Jiang Yuan's heart, as if he had done something wrong.
Immediately, he dodged, knowing this laser couldn't be blocked by anything else, and actually used his own body to take the hit for Lu Ce.
Instantly, the world fell silent.
A few seconds later, a pink bubble appeared around the distant Apostle and slowly began to rise into the air.
He was eliminated.
An intense, unbelievable emotion flooded that Apostle's heart. He stared fixedly at Jiang Yuan in the sky and, before rising completely, let out a shrill, agonized scream:
"You! What are you doing!!?"
"Ah!!"
The sound cut off abruptly, isolated by the pink bubble.
But that shrill cry echoed clearly in Jiang Yuan's mind, making his heart tremble.
What had he done? He caused someone else's elimination.
"My, my, what a mess this is~."
"You gave them hope, then eliminated them yourself."
Behind him, Lust's voice, which sounded exceptionally grating and sarcastic, appeared once more.
"He cried out so pitifully, like he caught his husband cheating."
"What, you just arrived in this world and you've already let them down?"