Chapter 597: Chapter 596: Could It Be That Move

The description that was originally a bit eerie took on a hint of humor after Shi Yuhuai’s "Oh my god."

Guan Yu couldn’t hold it in: "Brother Huai, you’re kind of cute like that."

Shi Yuhuai glanced at her, raised his fist: "I can make you cute too."

"...Forget it, a painful makeover isn’t worth it."

She coughed awkwardly and turned to Mu Qiu under Shi Yuhuai’s cold gaze.

"That, that 813, is it life or non-life? How can it parasitize? Does 813 refer to a bunch of special glass shards?"

"Do you think ghosts are life forms?" The ghost possession isn’t different?

"But you got the latter part right, 813 isn’t just any random glass shard; they’re rare to see ordinarily. In a nutshell, it means you’ve likely been parasitized."

"Then why don’t I feel anything?" Chu Qiu blinked hard, winking to test his eye sensitivity.

"That’s a good question," even Guan Yu, as a teammate, couldn’t help but retort, "If the monster is a demon, do you have to let it carve out your heart to believe it?"

Come on, man, this is just a variety show, albeit a realistic one.

Chu Qiu scratched his head with an awkward smile: "Maybe your post-pregnancy stupidity for three years got transferred to me."

"You guys are really calm."

Li Yang, freed but unable to leave, could only participate in the entire process of "Cheng Zhirang being exposed." He was rather impressed that they didn’t panic at all after hearing they were parasitized.

"You’re parasitized, your lives are soon ending, and you could be eliminated at any moment; don’t know when your team will be the first to be judged out.

You’re the last one! Sister Guan Yu, aren’t you afraid? The next episode you’ll be downgraded to a fixed NPC!"

"Young man, don’t panic."

Guan Yu placed her hand flat, pushing it down: "From what it sounds like, we still have some time left to live after being parasitized, right, Mu Qiu?"

Shouldn’t that kind of question be directed to the big guy, Cheng Zhirang? Why ask her? Do they see her as a walking encyclopedia?

Though she was complaining internally, she still nodded.

"Good, since we have some time left, we can deal with the others during this time. My wish isn’t high; just not being the last is enough."

Shu Ran sneered: "So who are you planning to eliminate first? How?" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"..." Right, damn, she doesn’t have a single monster. How to deal with others?

Thinking of this, she became sorrowful, sliding weakly down against the wall to sit on the ground.

"Brother Cheng, you’ve put us in such a bitter position!!! Boohoo, I’m going to die soon! I won’t let you go in the next episode as a fixed NPC, Brother Cheng!"

Cheng Zhirang: "..."

Though not as exaggerated as Guan Yu, those possibly parasitized were getting quite agitated.

Especially Shu Ran, one second she was thinking about how to salvage the situation so her agent could organize some praise releases, and the next she was told she was about to die and could very well end up last.

She was simply furious, but she couldn’t show too much on her face, leaving her stiff-faced.

Only Cheng Zhirang, Li Yang... and the pretending-to-be-parasitized Mu Qiu and Zhao Yu were unlikely to be parasitized in the room.

To add authenticity to their recent bragging, Mu Qiu and Zhao Yu started to act anxious too.

Mu Qiu: "What do we do?! In just a few hours, we’ll be offline!"

Zhao Yu: "I thought being with your team would last till the end, who would’ve thought! Sob sob sob, what do we do now?"

Mu Qiu: "Looks like we can only use that trick."

Zhao Yu: "You mean... the legendary move, capable of darkening the skies, reversing the seas, and turning back time for ultimate victory?"

"..." Mu Qiu forced herself to go along despite the shame, "Yes, I secretly learned it from the Beggar Gang master."

Li Yang, quietly eavesdropping next door: "..."

Why did he think these two were actually making sense just now? He must be too young.

Giving an eye-rolling expression, he looked up at the last normal person here.

"Brother Cheng, I shouldn’t be parasitized, right?"

Cheng Zhirang smiled: "Yes. So the next one to deal with is you."

"... Can’t you spare one? If you catch them all, there’ll be nothing to shoot later!"

"Don’t worry, even after being parasitized, you can move freely for a few hours."

"..." Did he have to consider this so thoroughly.

He sighed, sat with Mu Qiu and the others, and fell into a state of irritability.

A group leaned against the wall, sat, squatted, with only Cheng Zhirang standing in the middle, in a good mood watching them.

Guan Yu, annoyed, asked with heavy lids filled with resentment:

"Brother Cheng, can you leave first? Leave us the soon-dead team, and go hang out with Shen Zhousong, you’re affecting our mood just standing here, not like we can make much of a splash anyway."

"It’s not a complete success until the last moment," Cheng Zhirang bent down to lift Li Yang by his collar, "Come, time to deal with another one, you."

Quail·Li Yang, grabbed by the neck: "...Please spare me, Brother Cheng! I’m the last lively long-lived person!"

"Your liveliness doesn’t mean much to me, come on, let’s head to the school snack shop to find Guo Yin, then I’ll take you to the museum corridor to appreciate art paintings."

Boohoo, such a scary itinerary plan!

Also, how does he know Guo Yin is hiding?!

Cheng Zhirang didn’t bother giving him a prior explanation, pulling him out, and before leaving the doorway, gave Mu Qiu a glance back.

His favorite pair of shimmering eyes showed an inexplicable smile.

Mu Qiu swallowed nervously, patiently waiting for him to drag Li Yang out to the alley before she patted her chest and took a deep breath.

He likely figured out she wasn’t parasitized at all.

Actually, it’s easy to deduce; assuming she went to the museum after guessing the monster was 813, she surely wouldn’t enter and thus wouldn’t be parasitized.

But at this point, everything could only be guessed in uncertain terms like "maybe," "probably," "most likely," and "should," without a definitive conclusion.

Although he figured it out, why didn’t he drag her and Zhao Yu to the museum for infection like Li Yang?

Could it be...

"I think Brother Cheng left so straightforwardly; there’s surely more to his plan," Zhao Yu said.

"No need to panic, we still have that trick."

"..." Here we go again, it’s getting so corny that it’s almost hard to face the camera.

The group of them, while crying and moving slowly to the doorstep, halfheartedly acted sad, then immediately turned back to pounce on Mu Qiu once Cheng Zhirang had taken Li Yang far away.

"Quick! You surely have a solution, right?! You’re so familiar with this monster, is there any loophole we can exploit?!"