civilwarnovels Chapter 438: The Trio, and the True Identity of the White Ghost Masked Man
Chapter 438: The Trio, and the True Identity of the White Ghost Masked Man
Jiang Ran couldn't care less if you were called Hu Wusong, Hu Linchong, or Hu Songjiang.He only knew that if he didn't fight back now, he was really going to die.
Because the Danger Warning System in his mind was constantly, without a moment's pause, reminding Jiang Ran that the person opposite had already developed murderous intent toward him and was preparing to make a move:
[Ding! Host detected to be about to encounter danger, points +20! Points +20! Points +20!]
This was the highest point reward Jiang Ran had ever encountered in his life, even higher than the points +15 when Robert wanted to kill him.
The higher the points, the more dangerous the opponent.
But there was no other way.
It wasn't possible to just kneel down and beg for mercy at this moment, was it?
"Ahhhhhhh! Die!"
Jiang Ran swung the fire axe and hacked toward Hu Wusong.
Now was the time for mutual destruction, and Jiang Ran felt that even if he accidentally hacked the other guy to death, it served him right.
Hu Wusong watched as Jiang Ran got closer and closer to him.
The red-tasseled spear in his hand shot forward like a swimming dragon.
The spear tip instantly met the head of Jiang Ran's fire axe. With just that one contact, the fire axe that Jiang Ran was gripping tightly actually flew out of his hand.
It clattered to the ground with a clang.
Jiang Ran was stunned.
And before he could even pick up the fire axe from the ground, Hu Wusong's second spear thrust had already arrived.
Jiang Ran dodged to the left, avoiding a fatal blow, but was still stabbed in the right shoulder by the spear tip.
When the spear tip pierced him, Jiang Ran saw this red-tasseled spear clearly.
Especially the spear tip area—white and gleaming, so long, so sharp. It felt completely different from watching it on TV. If it stabbed someone in the stomach, it could probably pierce right through.
At the very least, Jiang Ran's right shoulder was pierced through.
As Jiang Ran's right shoulder was being pierced, the sound of rapid footsteps echoed from behind him.
It was the White Ghost Face Mask Person who had emerged from Room 304.
That is, the second White Ghost Face Mask Person.
This person quickly closed the distance. The knife in his hand turned out to be a long dagger.
After rapidly approaching Jiang Ran, he thrust the dagger into Jiang Ran's back from behind, directly aiming for the left side of Jiang Ran's chest.
Stabbed in the right shoulder from the front, stabbed in the left side of the back from behind.
Blood gushed out like a fountain from the two wounded areas, flowing incessantly.
It dyed Jiang Ran's entire body red, dripping down his body and pattering onto the floor.
Inside Jiang Ran's inner landscape world.
Within the inner landscape world, these alternate personalities were unusually not paying attention to the situation outside.
Groups of five or six alternate personalities were searching for something, it seemed.
Ever since Dead Jiang Ran was sentenced to death by the other alternate personalities last time.
Dead Jiang Ran, unable to match them, had hidden away.
It was also from that time that all the other alternate personalities began searching for Dead Jiang Ran's trail.
They rarely paid attention to the outside situation anymore.
Blue-haired Jiang Ran and Smoky Makeup Jiang Ran, the two of them as a team, were searching for Dead Jiang Ran's trail.
While they were searching, they happened to pass by a villa.
This villa looked extremely normal from the outside.
A large Western-style villa.
But what was abnormal was that this villa had no doors or windows. The places where doors and windows should have been were all filled with concrete.
Each alternate personality had a villa to live in within the inner landscape world.
And the situation with this strange villa before them indicated that inside was an alternate personality forced into slumber.
It was also at this moment that a golden light descended from the sky, landing on this villa. The entire villa instantly became resplendent and magnificent.
"Is this... the main personality encountering danger again?"
Blue-haired Jiang Ran blew upwards on his own bangs.
The blue bangs floated up from the puff of air, then slowly settled back down.
Smoky Makeup Jiang Ran didn't make a sound, merely pausing his search for Dead Jiang Ran and starting to focus on the situation outside.
He suddenly spoke a sentence that made Blue-haired Jiang Ran freeze.
What he said was:
"Blue Hair, do you think we still have hope?"
"Even if one of us ultimately succeeds in permanently taking control of the body, there's only one victor. The rest are just sacrificial casualties."
"And with this System here, I feel the final victor absolutely won't be any of us."
"He's been helping the main personality from start to finish. If that's the case, what's the meaning of us struggling so bitterly like this?"
...
New apartment building, 3rd floor.
Time seemed to stand still.
Seeing Jiang Ran caught between two attackers, his head drooping.
The Hu Wusong in front retracted his spear.
The second White Ghost Face Mask Person behind also withdrew his dagger.
Instantly, without the support of their force, Jiang Ran directly collapsed onto the ground, his posture twisted and contorted, as if dead.
"You two, do you lie in ambush here every day?"
The first White Ghost Face Mask Person, seeing Jiang Ran fall to the ground, relaxed completely and walked forward, asking the two standing men.
Hu Wusong did not answer.
Instead, the second White Ghost Face Mask Person took off his own mask and also pushed back the hood of the black robe.
He spoke as he removed it: "Yes, we lie in ambush here every day."
When he completely removed the mask.
A completely unexpected situation was revealed.
The person before them was not one of those deranged criminals or deranged serial killers from within the apartment at all.
Instead, he was the lab rat number 5 of this round—Huo Yun.
The White Ghost Face Mask Person said: "So that's why you told me to come here if I encountered danger."
The White Ghost Face Mask Person also took off his mask at this moment, revealing a very young face.
Estimated to be only around twenty years old.
This person was called Liu Xiaoqiang.
Male, 20 years old.
Just like that lab rat from the same round as Jiang Ran back then, Qin Fei.
Both were internet-addicted youths.
However, that internet-addicted youth Qin Fei, compared to this internet-addicted youth Liu Xiaoqiang.
Was simply a small fish next to a big fish.
That internet-addicted youth Qin Fei just recharged games, spent money in games, exhausted his parents' several hundred thousand in savings, and then owed a huge pile of online loans.
Liu Xiaoqiang was different.
He was born in a rural village. His parents and grandparents all made a living by working odd jobs and farming.
A poor family.
Therefore, he didn't have much pocket money either.
In order to go online and play games.
He often engaged in petty theft and pilfering.
For example, sneaking into construction sites late at night to steal steel rebar to sell.
Later, he learned the skill of stealing electric scooter batteries from a hoodlum and started stealing batteries to sell.
After stealing a lot, both these areas became strictly monitored, obviously becoming difficult to do.
He started breaking into houses to steal with his buddies.
Or stealing property from classmates and teachers.
As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, your shoes will eventually get wet.
He had been caught by the police, and also discovered by the school. Minor demerits, major demerits—he had far too many of those.
Until eventually he was expelled from school.
He spent all day soaking in internet cafes.
The neighbors living near his home, the villagers, all knew what kind of person he was.
They all guarded against him.
So, gradually, he couldn't steal much to sell either.
Therefore, he could only ask his family for money.
His family gave him money at first, but later, seeing he spent it too wildly, they stopped giving it.
They wouldn't give it, right?
Liu Xiaoqiang started stealing money from his own home.
Until one time, while he was stealing money from home, he was discovered by his parents who had returned.