Chapter 16: Alive
Yu Lianyun’s words were shocking, and He Jia’an and the others’ facial expressions changed drastically. They never expected Yu Lianyun to actually do such a behavior, and that the so-called curse could be released so easily.
Facing everyone’s darkening facial expressions, Yu Lianyun was silent for a while, then said: “This well can be seen as the source of the blessing. If they are not released outward, then the power of the blessing will easily kill people like us who have seen the video tape, just like those we’ve seen. But if the blessing is distributed to everyone in the whole world, then the blessing cannot burst at a fixed point, and it won’t be so terrifying.”
She looked sincerely at the three people in front of her: “This is the only method to resolve the blessing. I hope you can understand.”
“Can you guarantee what you said? And who told you this method of resolution?” He Jia’an took a deep breath, his face serious. He tried his best to suppress his anger and stay calm.
Yu Lianyun sighed: “I cannot guarantee it. I do not deny that there is my selfishness in it.”
On one hand, she wanted survival herself, and on the other hand, she really wanted to save Yao Zhenzhen’s soul.
“Yu Lianyun, from this moment on, you are arrested. You will face the strictest imprisonment by the Mysterious Group. Pray that this world turns out as you wish with nothing happening.” He Jia’an looked at Yu Lianyun with disappointment. He had originally seen from Yu Lianyun’s performance these days that she was talented and thought that if Yu Lianyun could survive the “seven-day death” curse, he would consider recommending her to the higher-ups to make her a member of the Mysterious Group.
Yu Lianyun remained silent. She had already prepared to be imprisoned and had steeled herself for death.
At this moment, none of the three Mysterious Group members could perceive the anomaly existing on Yu Lianyun. Only Yu Lianyun, who had been in close contact with the desperate blessing source in the well, could feel it. Although the blessing would radiate the entire world, the blessing existing on her had not disappeared; it had only lessened slightly.
She might still die tomorrow.
But from now on, no one would die because they watched the video on the video tape.
From this perspective, she sacrificed herself to protect humanity, which was a great merit; it just couldn’t be guaranteed to succeed for sure.
“Boss Lin, I hope there will be a chance to see you again.” Yu Lianyun thought to herself. She had already followed Lin Ling’s “win-win” method. She did not try to resolve that fundamental resentment that could not be eliminated, but instead helped to spread and divert it. This must be the result Boss Lin wanted.
Boss Lin was not a good person, which Yu Lianyun knew very well, but upon careful recollection of everything Boss Lin had said, the other party was not a liar either.
This point also came from her keen intuition. Perhaps starting from hearing from Haimofen that he had resolved his own trouble, she believed that listening to Lin Ling would certainly allow her to stay alive. It just required courage to confront anomalies and luck against nine deaths and one life.
Now the courage had been used up, and the luck had been wagered. It depended on whether her points were higher or death’s skill was superior on the gambling table of life.
……
Watching Yu Lianyun, who had shaved her long hair and changed into prison clothes, being taken away by the Mysterious Group members responsible for escorting her, He Jia’an, Li Yingqi, and Wei Jiang all returned to the Mysterious Group Headquarters with complicated moods.
Upon returning to headquarters, He Jia’an and the other two received the message that the Mysterious Group members influenced by the nameless female corpse had all awakened today, and the dimensional life had also stopped its invasion of them.
He Jia’an and the other two were extremely surprised by this. They originally thought that at most it would just lift the hallucination state for those few members, but unexpectedly even the invasion by dimensional life had been “cured.”
With this situation occurring, He Jia’an and the other two naturally wanted to find someone to ask for clarification, and coincidentally they were going to the group leader to report work.
After the group leader inquired what exactly had happened on their mission, He Jia’an and the other two exchanged glances with each other, then supplemented each other to drag out the entire thing, including Yu Lianyun’s final act of releasing the “blessing” to the entire world.
After hearing the story of what happened in their mission, the group leader fell into a long silence.
The leader’s silence made the three laborers feel a wave of inner unease, their hearts pounding.
After a long time, the group leader finally spoke: “That blessing may have already begun to take effect, influencing this world in an unknown manner. Those members who escaped the influence of the nameless female corpse had actually all seen screenshots of a certain segment in the recording.”
“The recording—wasn’t it deleted!?” He Jia’an was somewhat shocked, then he realized this might have been deliberate by the group leader.
“Yes, but a few pictures were retained.” Sure enough, the next second the group leader explained.
He Jia’an and the other two couldn’t help but clench their fists.
“I know it’s hard for you to understand.” The group leader looked at the three, shook his head and turned away, let out a slight sigh, and slowly said, “People like us in the Mysterious Group are destined not to have a good ending. If we can give them a better way to escape, I don’t mind doing it. Rest assured, after letting them escape the invasion of dimensional life, those few screenshots have also been completely destroyed. Things related to the video tape video circulating outside truly do not exist now.”
The group leader turned around and continued: “Originally, the state of those people after seeing the screenshots was similar to Yu Lianyun’s initial state after watching the video tape. They would have a nightmare every day of a female ghost with eyes showing a life countdown, but oddly, after the day Yu Lianyun released the curse, they no longer saw the female ghost’s figure in their dreams. It seems the curse has truly disappeared. Of course, I cannot guarantee it; the key is still today.”
Hearing this, He Jia’an and the other two immediately became solemn, because today would be the outbreak time for Yu Lianyun’s “seven-day death.” If she died from the curse today, it meant the blessing from the video tape had not been lifted. Conversely, Yu Lianyun would have performed a great merit; not only could she escape prison, but she would also have a chance to formally become one of them.
Soon, He Jia’an and the other two, following the group leader and a group of core members from the organization headquarters, came to a conference room and began watching a real-time surveillance video.
The protagonist in the video was none other than Yu Lianyun, who was now imprisoned in a cell with no sense of time at all. She seemed to know her death date was approaching, pacing back and forth anxiously in the room.
When the moment of Yu Lianyun’s death finally descended, everyone observed the eerie phenomenon happening to Yu Lianyun through the surveillance.
Yu Lianyun suddenly widened her eyes, looking at a mirror. Then, as if she saw something approaching, she kept retreating, shouting loudly in terror: “No! Don’t! Don’t come over!”
Amid a bout of horrific screams, Yu Lianyun was suddenly lifted high into the air by an unknown power. Then her eyes rolled back, and her entire limbs were mutilated by a tremendous force, twisted a full circle alive, before falling headfirst from the height, collapsing crookedly on the bed, unknown if alive or dead.
Immediately after, the guard who had been observing the room’s interior situation from outside the cell rushed in upon receiving the order to inspect Yu Lianyun’s current state.
The next moment, the guard’s voice made He Jia’an and the other two on site all breathe a sigh of relief.
“Report! She is still alive!”
Please collect and recommend~~~~
