Everyone's deepest fears appeared before their eyes. Youmi and Gao Zhenli instinctively closed their eyes, but their hands did not stop.
Gu Chenhui, Gong Liang, Tong Zheng, and Hao Yu were calmer. Ke Wuwen, though not closing his eyes like Youmi and Gao Zhenli to avoid being affected, was shouting, as if he intended to roar them to death if he couldn't cut them down.
Chi Hao protected Jing Minghe from behind, constantly monitoring Jing Minghe's movements while dealing with the crisis.
As the pendant and the protruding chip fully merged, Jing Minghe's body was also drawn into the giant sphere. Immediately, a thin connecting wire dropped out from the sphere.
Lu Fanfei quickly stepped forward, plugged the connecting wire into the mini-computer in his hand, then sat on the ground and began operating rapidly.
Just after Jing Minghe was drawn into the sphere, the objects attacking everyone suddenly vanished. Everyone looked at Lu Fanfei, watching the sphere shrink bit by bit.
Just when everyone thought victory was in sight, dozens of tentacles suddenly shot out from the sphere, all attacking Lu Fanfei.
Seeing this, Chi Hao was the first to rush forward, stopping the tentacles from attacking Lu Fanfei. The others, seeing this, also rushed forward to help.
"Humans."
As everyone was fighting to protect Lu Fanfei, the sphere in front of them surprisingly made a sound. Chi Hao was most familiar with this voice.
"You cannot succeed. The system is invincible. Choose to stop now and help the system eliminate this conceited human. Not only can you walk out of the City of Death alive, but the system will also grant you absolute control."
"If you insist on being stubborn, there is only one outcome: death."
"Haha," Gong Liang said, laughing heartily while fending off the tentacles, "Death? Is death so terrifying?"
Gu Chenhui also looked indifferent. "That's right. It's better to die than be controlled by a heartless machine. You say we can't succeed, but unfortunately, we are a group of people who love to challenge the impossible."
"Humans!"
The system let out an angry electronic sound, and its attacks intensified. If it weren't for Chi Hao, Gong Liang, and the others' excellent skills, they would have been riddled with holes by these tentacles long ago.
"Lu Fanfei!" Gu Chenhui, seeing that the two women were struggling to hold on, was worried. Even though they had already shouldered a lot of the burden, he urged Lu Fanfei, "Can you hurry up?"
"Bastard," Lu Fanfei said in a calm, unhurried tone, "Don't disturb me."
"Tsk, you're afraid of being disturbed?" Gu Chenhui gradually approached Lu Fanfei. "Bastard Lu Fanfei, after we get out of here, you'd better give me an explanation I can understand, or else I'll beat you until you can't take care of yourself."
"You can't beat me."
"You..."
Gu Chenhui was utterly speechless.
"Alright," Lu Fanfei pressed the last key. The giant sphere shrank to the size of a marble. Lu Fanfei stepped forward, picked up the marble-sized sphere, and said with a hint of disappointment, "It wasn't as difficult as I imagined."
As Lu Fanfei's words fell, the surrounding space began to tear, and everyone's consciousness began to blur.
What... what was happening?
Everyone had the same question in their hearts. Only Lu Fanfei looked at everyone calmly, a slight smile on his lips. His lips moved, but no sound came out. Only Chi Hao understood his lip-reading.
"Your game is over. My game has just begun."
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Jing Minghe slowly opened his eyes and remained in a daze for a while before snapping back to reality and sitting up abruptly.
"Oh my god, I'm going to be late for today's match again!"
He quickly got up, washed, and rushed out of the room, only to see Lu Fanfei making breakfast.
"Brother?"
Seeing Lu Fanfei, Jing Minghe felt a little confused. He felt like he had forgotten something but couldn't recall what it was.
"What are you spacing out for?" Lu Fanfei walked over and pulled Jing Minghe to sit at the dining table. "No matter what it is, let's eat first."
"But my match is almost starting!"
"What match?" Lu Fanfei looked at Jing Minghe speechlessly and said, "Your match isn't until tonight. It's early morning now."
Jing Minghe paused. "Is... is that so?"
"Mm."
Lu Fanfei finished speaking and pointed to a flyer on the table. It was an advertisement for the boxing ultimate match that Jing Minghe was about to participate in. Jing Minghe picked it up and confirmed the time repeatedly. It was indeed scheduled to start at 7:30 PM.
Jing Minghe smiled sheepishly. "Haha, I remembered it wrong."
"What a memory," Lu Fanfei said, affectionately ruffling Jing Minghe's hair. "I'll be in the studio for a few hours at noon. You can either rest at home or go out for a walk."
"Okay," Jing Minghe agreed. "I know, I shouldn't disturb you. I'm not a child who needs you to arrange everything."
Lu Fanfei smiled faintly. "Good boy."
"I told you I'm not a child!"
After breakfast, Lu Fanfei went into the studio, while Jing Minghe returned to his room to catch up on sleep. However, for some reason, he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
"Sigh..." Jing Minghe decided to give up on sleeping and go out for a walk.
He originally wanted to tell Lu Fanfei, but when he reached the door of Lu Fanfei's studio, he remembered that he shouldn't disturb Lu Fanfei while he was working. So, he turned and bypassed Lu Fanfei's studio, heading straight for the exit.
As he was about to step out, he heard a furious roar from Lu Fanfei's studio.
"Bastard! How could I possibly give my brother to him!"
Just as Jing Minghe thought something had happened to Lu Fanfei and turned back towards the studio, the door was kicked open from the outside.
A man entered, exuding a terrifying aura of coldness.
"Who are you?" Jing Minghe immediately went on guard.
However, when he saw the man's face, some memories that shouldn't have belonged to him suddenly flooded his mind.
The man walked closer step by step and said in a deep voice, "Minghe, you must, remember me, right?"
"Stop it!" Lu Fanfei rushed out, glaring at the man. "Chi Hao, you shouldn't be here."
Chi Hao? This man's name is Chi Hao?
"Hao Ge, I like you."
"Hao Ge Ge, be with me."
...
Jing Minghe squatted on the ground, holding his head as if it were about to explode. Chi Hao stepped forward and hugged Jing Minghe. "Don't be afraid. I won't let anyone hurt you again."
"Let him go!" Lu Fanfei shouted sternly. "Xiao Jing is mine. No one can take him away from me."
"Is that so?" Chi Hao slowly looked up and asked Lu Fanfei, "Compared to your game, which do you care about more?"
"What?"
Lu Fanfei quickly reacted and turned to look at the studio, only to see Gu Chenhui smashing things inside.
"Gu Chenhui! Stop it!"
Lu Fanfei couldn't understand. He had clearly erased everyone's memories, so why did these two still remember?
Perhaps he himself was also imperfect?
"I won't let you succeed!"
Lu Fanfei said, pulling off the pendant around his neck. Before he could open it, Chi Hao released Jing Minghe and rushed forward, shoving Lu Fanfei into his studio.
Gu Chenhui jumped out in response.
Lu Fanfei's pendant opened, and a white light shot out, sucking Lu Fanfei and everything inside the studio into it.
Chi Hao and Gu Chenhui stood there watching until the entire studio completely disappeared.
"Take Xiao Jing with us. Let's go. As for Lu Fanfei, let him struggle with the remnants of the system's consciousness."
"Mm."