Chapter 134: Substitute
“This morning has been pretty leisurely.”
Zhou Zimo sighed while eating.
Inside the platform, passengers should timely replenish food and sleep when conditions allow, after all, they haven’t reached the point where they can maintain bodily functions without rest and eating.
Seeing no abnormalities for now, Zhou Zimo suggested whether to have lunch first before heading to the mourning hall, and Lu Jinzhao and Qin Wan had no objections.
“Is it possible that us being so leisurely means someone is carrying the load for us?”
Qin Wan took a sip of yogurt.
Lu Jinzhao didn’t eat much; due to martial arts practice, her body was already quite different from that of an ordinary person in both endurance and strength, so skipping one or two meals was actually fine for her.
At this moment, she noticed that urgent voice at the canteen entrance, so she spoke up to remind: “The person carrying the load for us has arrived.”
“It looks like they’re here to find us.”
After all, as soon as that person made eye contact with her, they immediately walked over here.
Hearing this, Zhou Zimo immediately shoveled rice, trying to finish the remaining food in his bowl before trouble arrived, while Qin Wan directly put down her chopsticks.
Du Yu’s movements were quick; by the time Zhou Zimo ate the last bite, she had already reached the three of them.
She was slightly panting, and it was evident she had perhaps run a distance.
“Is something wrong?”
Qin Wan put down the napkin, looking at Du Yu with vigilance.
“I’m Du Yu. I’m here to ask if I can act together with you all afterward?” Du Yu got straight to the point.
But she wasn’t just asking; she immediately threw out a condition: “Something happened on our side. If you agree, I can tell you what happened.”
This condition was quite tempting.
After all, the entire morning had been completely calm for Lu Jinzhao and the other two; they didn’t know what had happened, nor where the danger was now or in what form it would appear.
But Du Yu was from Fei Quan’s side after all.
The three exchanged a glance, then Zhou Zimo spoke: “Sure, you can act with us from now on, but you have to tell us what happened right now.”
Agreeing to act together didn’t mean cooperation; when necessary, this outsider Du Yu was not within the scope of mutual help.
Du Yu naturally knew this, but she knew even better that no matter what, she couldn’t be alone.
As for the information she gave
She had already thought it over on the way here.
“My companion encountered a ghost; the ghost possessed her. She looks no different from usual, but I noticed some abnormality and confirmed she probably isn’t human anymore.”
“Another colleague has been in frequent contact with her; I’m afraid she’s already been targeted by the ghost. I felt unsafe, so I came to find you all.”
After she finished, Zhou Zimo looked at her: “That doesn’t seem right?”
“You saying this is no different from saying nothing, is there a difference?”
Du Yu wasn’t surprised to be questioned; this was within her expectations, so she added: “I’ve probed; my teammate looks exactly the same as usual. If not for using fate, I couldn’t distinguish any difference between her and before.”
“Thinking, memory, temperature, heartbeat, even blood—all identical to a normal human.”
Among these, only “fate” was a lie.
But it was also the most fatal lie.
She wanted to leave these three with the impression that her fate could discern truth from falsehood.
“Oh?” Lu Jinzhao, who had been silent, slightly raised her head to look at her, expression calm, a faint smile at the corners of her mouth, pupils pure black, staring straight into Du Yu’s reddened eyes: “Then did you see clearly?”
“What?” Du Yu looked at her somewhat puzzled.
“Are we really human? Did you see clearly?”
As Lu Jinzhao’s words fell, Du Yu’s expression clearly paused; for an instant, she really thought about it, but the next second, she realized this girl was just bluffing her, so she adjusted her expression and said very seriously and sincerely: “I know you all are real people; otherwise, I wouldn’t dare come over.”
“Just kidding, don’t mind.” The smile at the corners of Lu Jinzhao’s mouth widened slightly, her tone kind, seemingly just casually joking.
Du Yu’s hand behind her back tightened, a flash of malice in her heart, but on the surface, she appeared nonchalant, even relieved.
“Then we’ve reached cooperation?”
“Wait, is that all you know?” Zhou Zimo stood up.
He was already tall and burly; due to spirit possession, his physical qualities were also constantly being honed, so now standing up, in the eyes of Du Yu who was only 1.6 meters, he was like a small mountain.
She really hated people who could oppress her, whether in ability or appearance.
The malice in her heart kept growing, but under the circumstances, Du Yu could only explain: “By the time I noticed something wrong, it was already a bit too late; I couldn’t do much, and in a short time, that’s all I found out. I really didn’t mean to hide anything from you.”
“Oh right, my teammate went to the restroom alone before the abnormality appeared and was gone for a while; does that count?”
Though this wasn’t a lie, it wasn’t the point at all.
Du Yu knew clearly in her heart that ever since hearing that sentence from Bai Xunyan, she could conclude that the ghost’s attack had nothing to do with being alone or not!
Bai Xunyan wouldn’t dare lie to her; she had really seen her, so her substitute had also appeared.
But she didn’t even know what taboo she had violated!
Why had another version of herself appeared?
Du Yu was now somewhat at a loss.
But she still provided this piece of information.
This piece of information that disrupted others’ perspectives.
Pit as many as possible.
Du Yu thought darkly; anyway, her fate would ensure she was the last one alive.
“I really don’t know anything else.” Her tone was exceptionally sincere.
“Alright.” Qin Wan exchanged glances with the two, then nodded.
“We’re preparing to go to the mourning hall now; do you want to come along?” she asked casually.
“Of course.” Du Yu immediately agreed as expected.
Lu Jinzhao didn’t speak again, just observing this person from Fei Quan.
She clearly looked like the leader of that small team, yet in just one morning, she had abandoned her teammates and fled, and now she had a timid appearance, insisting on sticking with them.
Was she really afraid of that ghost, or did she have other plans?
Even inside the platform, being alone wasn’t good, but no one was a newcomer anymore; it wasn’t like being alone meant certain death.
Why did she have to stay with them, these outsiders?
Simply for more sense of security?
This person, including the information she brought, had problems.
After a brief rest, the four left the company and prepared to head to Xiao Yue’s mourning hall.
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