Chapter 67: Seeing Through
The sky was dark and gloomy, and the dark clouds covered the only source of light in the sky, pressing down layer by layer, enveloping the entire earth in darkness.
From time to time, a bolt of lightning would flash across the sky, illuminating the entire world in that instant.
With the light of the lightning, Grandpa Gu saw the tragic scene outside.
The suddenly mutated zombies were staggering and chasing people. Those who ran slowly were directly pounced on, their necks bitten off in one bite.
From a lively and peaceful villa area to a pile of zombies, in just a few short minutes, the outside seemed to have become a living hell.
Blood splattered, and a sea of bright red blood accumulated. The severed limbs and flesh below were being gnawed on by a few zombies, which made Grandpa Gu’s stomach churn, and he directly covered his stomach and threw up all his dinner.
His face was pale, and his first reaction was to quickly go next door to find Gu Ze.
If the villains were really so deranged as to bring the apocalypse forward by more than a decade, then an old and weak person like him could only survive by staying by the male lead’s side.
He was about to rush out, but at the moment he gripped the doorknob, he hesitated again.
It was true that the male lead was powerful, but he was only three now, and he probably hadn’t even awakened his special abilities… Then he wouldn’t be a savior, just a burden.
Grandpa Gu’s eyes turned fierce for a moment, and he immediately made up his mind, running outside without looking back.
He ran desperately, with zombies roaring and trying to pounce on him from behind. His heart was pounding to the extreme, but he could only run forward and not look back.
Unfortunately, with his old arms and legs, there was no way he could outrun those zombies. In the end, he was surrounded by hundreds of them.
“No! Don’t come over! Ah!”
Screams of terror rang out continuously. Grandpa Gu’s face was filled with horror and pain, as if he were really being gnawed on by the zombies bit by bit, even his bones being chewed into dregs.
On the bed in the bedroom, Grandpa Gu’s eyes were wide open. In the illusion of being bitten by zombies, he struggled in pain over and over again.
Finally, he woke up, panting, his voice as hoarse as a broken bellows, rough and grating, exceptionally unpleasant to listen to.
His eyes gradually became clear. He trembled, his lips quivering. When he looked up and saw the one big and one small person who had appeared in the room, what else was there not to understand?
Fei Luo, the master of the City of Terrifying Dolls, whose ability was to create the most terrifying and frightening illusions in a person’s heart.
Those who entered the doll city, ten out of ten would not survive, because no one was truly fearless. As long as you were a person, there would always be something you were afraid of.
Even the Zhao Xiaodong from before, a child of four or five, was also afraid of the night that was so dark you couldn’t see your own fingers.
And Grandpa Gu, as a transmigrator, what he feared most deep down was failing to stop the villains’ plan of destruction, seeing a large number of zombies coming, and living a helpless life in this world.
Grandpa Gu gasped for breath. Having just come out of the illusion, he seemed to be unable to completely distinguish which was real for a while, and large drops of sweat were dripping from his forehead.
His skinny body was slightly curled up, as if at this moment, he really did look a bit like an old man in his seventies.
Fei Jing sat in the chair opposite him, his lips lightly curled. His exquisite and stunning face, under the flickering lights, was like a demon or a ghost.
His slender white fingertips caressed his chin. Fei Jing watched Grandpa Gu’s entire performance as if he were watching a good show and clapped his hands with great pleasure.
“Old man, to come uninvited, I’m really sorry for the disturbance. But your performance was very exciting. I liked it very much.”
Fei Jing’s cold smile was tinged with a bit of playfulness. He sized up Grandpa Gu, as if he were choosing where to strike.
Meeting his gaze, Grandpa Gu’s shoulders trembled violently. He took a deep breath before he spoke. “Who are you! What are you doing in my house?! My grandson is not to be trifled with. If you know what’s good for you, get out!”
Trying his best to stay calm, Grandpa Gu’s back was constantly trembling. His previously dazed and confused gaze became firm for a moment, and he clenched his fists and shouted at Fei Jing and the others.
At this point, he could only gamble, gamble that Fei Jing and Fei Luo didn’t know his identity, and didn’t even know that what had happened during the day was his doing, and were just here to test him.
So he had to be calm, absolutely not panic!
Putting on the appearance of a victim, Grandpa Gu’s fingers trembled as he slowly pointed at them. “You’re trespassing. This is a crime!”
Hearing this, Fei Jing didn’t get angry at all. Instead, he let out a light laugh. He was so beautiful that when he smiled, it was as if a whole field of roses had bloomed layer by layer, so stunning that it was almost impossible to look away.
But Grandpa Gu, who was familiar with the plot, knew this person’s wicked tastes. His trembling hands were quickly lowered at this moment, avoiding Fei Jing’s direct gaze.
“Trespassing, that’s indeed not right. I’ve never done such a thing before…”
Fei Jing paused for a moment and then leaned back in his chair, smiling unhurriedly. “But some people can just occupy other people’s bodies without any burden and feel no guilt. What’s this little thing I’ve done?”
Fei Jing’s eyes were filled with a cold chill as he stared at Grandpa Gu’s face, watching him go from shock to panic, and finally, with a gray face, lean against the head of the bed. Fei Jing’s mood instantly improved a lot.
“You… you all know…”
Grandpa Gu said in a small voice, his chest heaving, his hands tightly clutching the corner of his clothes, as if he were about to die in the next second.
“No, impossible. How could you possibly know?”
Grandpa Gu’s soul was not really old, after all, and his mind was still quite sharp. He panted as he desperately thought.
Could it be that there’s a traitor among them?! Grandpa Gu thought, his heart sinking.
But that was also impossible. Before they came, they had all taken on the mission. To defect and join the villains midway, if the mission failed, the consequences would be simply unimaginable for them.
Fei Jing propped his face in his hands, bored, and watched the changing expressions on Grandpa Gu’s face. Finally, he raised an eyebrow and let out an impatient “tsk.” “What’s so impossible about it? Do you really think we’re stupid?”
Hearing this, Grandpa Gu suddenly looked up.
His fingers tightened fiercely. At this moment, he could no longer deceive himself into thinking that the other was just bluffing. These villains, they had really guessed it all!
When Grandpa Gu had done missions before, every time he played a cannon fodder, he would feel a little indignant. He felt that those protagonists were just lucky, that heaven had chosen them, which was why they could smoothly become the chosen ones. There were even countless transmigrators like him who had to play cannon fodder to push the plot forward, step by step achieving them.
This thought was not unique to him. Almost all the people who had transmigrated had a bit of disdain and arrogance. They felt that if the world’s will had chosen them, they would definitely be more successful than those protagonists and villains!
But Fei Jing’s words had dealt a heavy blow to Grandpa Gu.
They were too self-important, too naive and childish, to really think that after transmigrating and holding the future plot in their hands, they could play the villains and the protagonist in the palm of their hands.
But, among those who could stand at the top, which one was really stupid?
Even the three-year-old Gu Ze, Grandpa Gu had to admit, was calmer than an adult in some aspects.
As if all his energy had been drained, Grandpa Gu slumped against the bed, his eyes staring blankly at the sky, as if he were still thinking about how to make a last-ditch effort.
“I’m very curious. Did you come to this world just to stop Father’s plan? To prevent the world from being destroyed?”
Fei Jing took a sip of his teacup. The steam from the hot air wafted over his brows and eyes, making him look even more enchanting in the haze.
But Grandpa Gu was in no mood to appreciate it. The remaining Fei Luo just stood to the side, holding his doll, his eyes staring at Grandpa Gu with a cold glint.
Although Grandpa Gu knew these villains were very powerful, hearing that Fei Jing had even guessed this, his heart still skipped a beat.
Seeing Grandpa Gu’s expression, Fei Jing let out a light laugh. “It seems I guessed it all right.”
More than two years ago, Grandpa Gu, like the other nineteen transmigrators, was just a diligent member of the Transmigration Department who did missions.
They were bound by the system and worked hard to push the plot forward in exchange for points and energy. Points could be used to buy some system props for self-defense, and energy was the source of life that sustained their conscious bodies, indispensable.
But one day, the Transmigration Department suddenly received a special mission from their superiors, asking them to go to a very dangerous world and stop the development of the plot.
The transmigrators, who had always been pushing the plot forward, were suddenly energized. And when they saw the reward for completing the mission, their eyes all lit up, wishing they could go immediately.
But after seeing the level of that world, almost ninety-nine percent of the people backed down.
An S-level world. There had been similar missions before, but most of the transmigrators who went never came back.
But wealth moves people’s hearts. There were always people who thought they were omnipotent. What’s more, this world had a very special feature—it gave a complete plot line.
Including the abilities of various villains and the growth of the protagonist, it was all described in great detail.
It should be known that in all the missions they had done, there had never been one that gave such a detailed future.
Everything was constantly changing. Even if you knew the other was the protagonist and would eventually reach the peak, before that, no one could guarantee that they could easily predict the development of every event.
Even the world’s will couldn’t.
Therefore, even though it was dangerous, there were still people who signed up and came to this world.
Before Grandpa Gu came, the other transmigrators had even said they would reveal a big secret to him, but the premise was that they had to join them and devour the system’s energy.
The energy consumed by this transmigration was so huge that even their artificial intelligence system had to temporarily lend them a part of its energy.
Even after transmigrating, those systems would be forced into a shutdown state due to lack of energy, leaving only the mechanical system’s operation panel for them to check their energy and mission progress.
This world was so dangerous, and without a system by their side, the cunning and greedy people naturally wanted to take the system’s energy for themselves.
They had even violated the transmigrator’s regulations and occupied their bodies without signing an agreement with the original owner.
For no other reason than that the energy required for soul transmigration was much less than for physical transmigration.
But Grandpa Gu was a veteran task-doer after all. In the face of great temptation, he still endured it, found a loophole, and transmigrated into the body of a person who had just died.
This way, he would not violate the transmigrator’s regulations and could also save a lot of energy.
But who would have thought that even though they thought they had done it flawlessly, they were still seen through by the villain in front of them.
