Chapter 293: He killed himself... the protagonist?

Although she had stood for ten days, standing until she lost consciousness, with Yun Ruoxi’s recovery ability as a Three-star energy user, she had recovered almost completely after less than two hours in the treatment capsule.

She crawled out of the treatment capsule, dripping wet, stumbled a few steps on the ground, and then slowly steadied herself, regaining control of her legs, which had lost sensation from standing for so long.

‘I don’t know what else is waiting for me after this. I just have to grit my teeth and get through them one by one. These trials are getting more and more insane.’

Yun Ruoxi sighed inwardly.

Right now, she would rather return to the abyss of death row. The living conditions there were almost non-existent.

But at least she was somewhat free.

She didn’t need to scheme against Dr. Forefinger, didn’t need to rack her brains to complete his trials.

To test her loyalty, he made her stand for ten days?

This trial is utterly ridiculous!

Yun Ruoxi used her telekinesis to lift her body, floating back to the previous A23 sealed training ground.

But the moment her feet touched the ground.

The surface not far away suddenly cracked, and a figure was pushed up from underground onto the surface.

Yun Ruoxi slowly looked up.

The moment she saw the person clearly, her pupils contracted sharply.

Black hair, black eyes, wearing a familiar battle camp-style Starforce Battlesuit.

Handsome face, determined eyes.

This person was… Lin Zhen?

“Ye Lan, your next task is… to kill him.”

Dr. Forefinger’s voice sounded from all directions.

But Yun Ruoxi could no longer hear it clearly.

She stared fixedly at Lin Zhen, who was looking at her with a face full of surprise, her heart roiling with a tempest of shock.

She could only rely on her Ultimate Acting to ensure her reaction wouldn’t show any flaws, thus being seen through by the doctor, Behemoth, and the Shengcai hiding in the shadows.

Why is it Lin Zhen? How could it possibly be Lin Zhen?

Yun Ruoxi’s mind was in turmoil, utterly baffled.

As early as two years ago, she had obtained the rough outline for the second season.

The protagonist of the second season was still Lin Zhen, the female lead was still Zi Jiu, and she was undoubtedly the primary female antagonist.

She had already verified in the first season that as long as she didn’t actively make major changes to the plot.

Everything would develop according to the rough outline.

But… Lin Zhen was clearly alive and well in the second season, so how could he appear in the Saints’ hand society now?

Could it be that he came to rescue her and got caught?

This fool, this idiot!

What should she do now? This anime can’t be without its male lead! Should she just betray them on the spot and rescue him?

No!

Yun Ruoxi’s eyes sharpened as she suddenly realized something and couldn’t help but laugh inwardly.

I really panicked too much because I thought the plot had changed drastically.

Does Lin Zhen have dwarfism, or was he frozen for three years? How could he not have changed at all in three years?

They say girls change a lot as they grow up, but isn’t it the same for boys?

So it was obvious, this Lin Zhen was fake!

She didn’t want to hesitate too much and make Dr. Forefinger and the others suspect that her mind control wasn’t thorough enough.

Thinking this, Yun Ruoxi hesitated no longer and immediately acted.

She used her telekinesis to firmly clamp onto Lin Zhen, lifting him into the air.

“Xiao Xi, it’s me! It’s me, Lin Zhen!”

Clamped and unable to move, Lin Zhen struggled frantically, tears streaming down his face as he pleaded with Yun Ruoxi.

“Don’t kill me, Xiao Xi, don’t! The plan failed that day! It failed! There was a Saints’ hand society outpost at the spaceship’s warp location, wuwuwu!”

“We were all caught, we all died, only I’m left!”

Listening to Lin Zhen’s pleas, Yun Ruoxi grew increasingly irritated inside.

The real Lin Zhen wouldn’t plead and cry like a child like you!

The real Lin Zhen is stronger, never giving up!

If you’re going to pretend, at least do a better job!

Don’t insult the protagonist Lin Zhen in front of me!

“Shut up!”

Yun Ruoxi squeezed out two words through her teeth, her face full of murderous aura as she tilted her head slightly.

A terrifying telekinetic force erupted from within Lin Zhen’s body. His body swelled up like a balloon.

His skin stretched, becoming as transparent as a thin film.

Then.

Bang!

After a loud noise, Lin Zhen exploded into pieces of flesh all over the ground, only his head rolling on the floor.

“Huff, huff, huff!”

Yun Ruoxi panted slowly, a drop of sweat trickling down her forehead.

“A bit unlike you. A First-tier star energy user like that, you should be able to solve with a snap of your fingers.”

Dr. Forefinger’s voice sounded from behind Yun Ruoxi.

“Ye Lan… you seem quite agitated?”

A large hand pressed on Yun Ruoxi’s shoulder, a terrifying pressure sweeping over from behind.

Yun Ruoxi’s body trembled. She lowered her head, speaking in a dazed tone:

“I, I don’t know. When I saw that person, I felt very irritable in my heart. I felt he had wronged me, I just wanted to kill him.”

Hearing Yun Ruoxi’s answer, Dr. Forefinger’s expression softened slightly, and the hand on her shoulder quietly withdrew.

“Your feeling of irritation is correct. He once deceived you and almost killed you. He is your greatest enemy in this life. Your performance just now was very good.”

“But the Shengcai has some words for you. Look up.”

“Look up!”

A voice like a great bell sounded from above.

Yun Ruoxi instinctively looked up.

A figure wrapped in white light, so dazzling its features were unclear, appeared above the training ground.

“Ye Lan, you have done very well!”

The Shengcai’s voice wasn’t loud, but it struck Yun Ruoxi’s heart like a heavy hammer.

It wasn’t that his words were particularly impactful, but his voice contained a certain power.

Yun Ruoxi’s legs went weak, shaken to the point she directly fell to one knee.

“You have personally executed the traitor who fled the battle camp, erasing all sins from Xinglan’s existence. From now on, Xinglan’s existence is completely gone. You are only Ye Lan, and the Saints’ hand society only has Ye Lan!”

“Devote everything to the Saints’ hand society!”

As the words fell, the white light figure in the air instantly vanished, taking with it the force that had been pressing on Yun Ruoxi’s heart, allowing her to breathe a sigh of relief and gasp for air.

She remained in the kneeling position, the corner of her eye just able to see Lin Zhen’s head with its unseeing eyes.

What does this mean? Some form of mind control?

What were those words the Shengcai just said…?

Could it be that they were still deceiving me, still testing me until the very end?

Or was it about executing a traitor?

Yun Ruoxi knew that Dr. Forefinger still had his eye on Lin Zhen. In the second season, he had pulled many stunts to get Lin Zhen, so he definitely wouldn’t arrange a fake Lin Zhen for her to kill.

Therefore, this must all be the Shengcai’s doing.

But this mysterious character, who was hardly mentioned in the scripts of the first and second seasons.

She truly didn’t understand him at all, couldn’t see through him at all.

Forget it, who cares!

Anyway, I’ve passed all the trials now and can start carrying out missions as a member of the Saints’ hand society.

Yun Ruoxi felt relieved inside and stood up.

Just in time to see robots coming to clean up Lin Zhen’s body.

These cylindrical robots used vacuum-like devices to quickly suck the flesh pieces on the ground into their bodies.

And as the flesh pieces were sucked away.

An ordinary, even somewhat crude, comb was revealed from the bloody mess on the ground.

Seeing that comb, Yun Ruoxi froze as if struck by lightning.

This comb, this comb… wasn’t it the gift I made with my own hands for Lin Zhen to give to Aili?

And I remember, in the final shot of episode twelve, this comb was indeed taken away by Lin Zhen!

How… could it appear here?

Could it be… that person just now… was the real Lin Zhen?

And I just killed him with my own hands?

I killed… the protagonist?

Destroyed… the hope of resurrection?

Destroyed everything?

Thinking this, Yun Ruoxi instantly felt the world spin, then everything went black before her eyes as she directly collapsed to the ground, completely losing consciousness.