Chapter 8: A Peace Agreement?

Chen Fengshi pressed both hands on a schoolmate’s head, and in less than three minutes, the red mist on that person’s body completely disappeared, and no more red mist overflowed from the top of his head; after he dragged the second schoolmate away from the unconscious crowd, he tried to improve his method, so he pressed one palm on the head and one palm on the back, and in this way, after the red mist was dispersed, the time was reduced to two minutes!

Chen Fengshi was very happy, but after trying a few more people, he found that changing the positions did not help at all, which made him suspect that the size of the contact area was the key factor. However, since he neither wanted to hug the male schoolmates nor take advantage of the female schoolmates, he could only try other possibilities.

Chen Fengshi tried to drive it with his mind in order to be more efficient, but after trying a few times, he found it completely useless! Thinking about it, his so-called driving with his mind was just silently repeating ‘disperse the red mist, disperse the red mist, disperse the red mist’ over and over; if this worked, it would become a magic spell, and it was indeed very unscientific.

Chen Fengshi took his hands off one person’s head and back, and pressed them onto another schoolmate’s head and back, and then in his eyes, that red mist quickly decreased, and finally completely disappeared from outside the body, but if he took his hands away at this point, after a while it would gush out from the person’s body again, so he had to maintain it for a while longer; it was as if the red mist outside the body was dispersed, but it was actually still inside the body.

This made Chen Fengshi feel even more that it was like a bacteria or virus; the process of dispelling the red mist from the group of schoolmates one by one, he felt was itself very unscientific, like magic, inner energy, or other surreal stuff.

Several dozen schoolmates, dispelling the red mist from all of them like this, and more than an hour had just passed by.

Chen Fengshi let out a breath, and his gaze fell on the goddess Shen Ai, who was covered in red mist and had been quietly standing there watching him all along.

He tried pointing with his finger in the direction of the pavilion where Sister Yao and the others were, and said: “Walk?”

Unexpectedly, Shen Ai really obediently took a step and walked, cooperating so well that Chen Fengshi could not guess at all what the red mist was thinking.

But no matter what, Shen Ai being so cooperative was always a good thing.

When Chen Fengshi returned to the pavilion, he saw that Sister Yao and the others were still unconscious, so he dispelled the red mist from them one by one using the same method.

After finishing the busy work, only Shen Ai was left, and she still kept quietly watching, so much so that at this moment Chen Fengshi could not help but want to ask why. But Shen Ai then spoke up.

“My understanding of Earth is still very little, but I think using this human as the condition for us to live in peace is very suitable. She will not be bothered again, and there will be no more fighting between you and me. Is this what you need?” Shen Ai’s voice was still the same, but the past cheerfulness and enthusiasm were missing from her voice, so it sounded completely different again.

Clearly, these were the attitudes of the red mist.

Chen Fengshi felt a chill down his spine; whatever the red mist was, looking at it like this, it was indeed non-human! Moreover, it was a non-human with intelligence; if its behavior so far could be said to be due to not understanding humans enough, then what would happen when it understood more?

Chen Fengshi felt it was terrifying, but he did not want to miss the opportunity to learn more. “At the very least, I should have enough understanding of the party to the agreement; shouldn’t you introduce yourself?”

“You possess the Power of Life, and a deeper understanding is more disadvantageous to me; a peace agreement is built on the foundation of our mutual needs, you need this human to be free from my disturbance, and I need you not to affect my survival.”

Chen Fengshi found the red mist to be more difficult to deal with than expected, so of course he could not use the mindset of treating a good entity, so he pretended to hesitate, and then said: “I need a day to consider.”

The red mist on Shen Ai’s body then instantly retracted rapidly along the beam of light extending from the top of her head, going far away…

“This thing actually really knows how to express its sincerity for peace.” The red mist’s behavior was so decisive that it made Chen Fengshi feel it was very humanized, at least it didn’t feel like an alien race that couldn’t be communicated with.

However, Chen Fengshi had no intention of making peace; the red mist was so intelligent, would this kind of peace just be a delay? Given the control power the red mist displayed, when it understood human society more in the future, Chen Fengshi felt he might be tormented to death by a hundred of its methods.

The so-called consideration was just to stall for time, to let the red mist let its guard down.

After the red mist left, Shen Ai stared blankly for a moment, and the spirit in her eyes gradually returned to the state Chen Fengshi was familiar with.

“Chen Fengshi, thank you.” When Shen Ai opened her mouth to thank him, her expression seemed to be mixed with an emotion similar to worship.

But these words directly left Chen Fengshi completely confused… Judging from the previous limited experience, after the red mist left the body, she would lose her memory; could it be that the second time the red mist left, Shen Ai could remember?

“I really didn’t expect Sister Yao to hate me so much, that she would trick me into coming here, and even injure so many schoolmates; if it weren’t for you, I don’t know how she would have hurt me, really, really thank you so much!” Shen Ai was full of gratitude, and as Chen Fengshi listened, while feeling happy, he also felt it was somewhat terrifying.

This meant that in Shen Ai’s memory, there was a seamlessly connected memory process regarding the current situation, but she was not like this not long ago. Did this mean that the red mist had given him a gift before leaving—that is, it consciously left a memory for Shen Ai, or a memory of a relationship that was more harmonious relative to them!

Did that mean that the red mist could also do the opposite, and after infecting her, leave Shen Ai with a memory of a relationship that was unfavorable for Chen Fengshi to get close to her?

Chen Fengshi felt that if he thought about it a bit more, this was both a benefit given by the red mist and a threat from the red mist. If there was peace, everyone would be fine; if they fell out, it could make him and Shen Ai become strangers forever in minutes.

In Shen Ai’s memory, the fallen schoolmates were all knocked out by Sister Yao’s people, and then Chen Fengshi knocked down Sister Yao’s people and saved her.

Although Chen Fengshi felt the routine of the hero saving the beauty was a bit cliché, since the people involved were him and the goddess Shen Ai, of course he was very happy to accept it.

Except for Shen Ai, the other awake schoolmates did not remember what had happened, nor did they remember why they were here. Even after hearing Shen Ai’s account, many of them were still confused, and that was—why did so many people not remember? Were all their brains damaged? It couldn’t be that much of a coincidence…

When everyone asked Chen Fengshi, he did not promote the virtue of telling the truth, but affirmed Shen Ai’s words.

Compared to explaining the matter that he knocked everyone out because of a red mist that others couldn’t see, it was obviously better to have the fact that everyone was knocked down by Sister Yao’s people, and then he knocked down the bad guys.

Returning to school, Shen Ai made an appointment to treat Chen Fengshi to dinner in the evening as a thank you; originally it was going to be in the city, but Chen Fengshi didn’t want her to spend too much money, and was also embarrassed to expose his current inhuman appetite, so he said he only liked the noodle shop outside the school.

Having a date with the goddess was of course an exciting thing, but thinking of the existence of the red mist, Chen Fengshi felt very annoyed.

The red mist had laid out the pros and cons clearly; if he made peace with the red mist, then continuing to interact with the goddess under the current situation would of course be a very good relationship breakthrough!

But, just for this, would he allow the red mist to wreak havoc and hurt others?

This was of course too short-sighted, it was just that Chen Fengshi hoped to savor the current beauty for a little while longer, so he changed his plan and decided to search for the true body behind the red mist after dinner.

Chen Fengshi was waiting in the dormitory for the agreed time to approach, when Skinny suddenly heard about the hero saving the beauty from the people who returned to school in the game, and excitedly ran to the bedside and grabbed him, tirelessly asking about all the details in between.

“…It was really Sister Yao? Why does she have a problem with Shen Ai? Shen Ai is such a good girl, how did she offend her, a public bus… Holy crap! So you can fight like that! You beat down twenty people by yourself? Then that time Old Kai challenged you to a spar in the cafeteria and you didn’t agree, you were really keeping a low profile, not liking to cause trouble, and having martial virtue!…”

Chen Fengshi felt ashamed inside, so he couldn’t respond to these overly beautified conclusions that Skinny deduced backwards. For example, regarding the matter of Old Kai challenging him to a fight in the cafeteria, that day he was really just busy peeking at Shen Ai in the cafeteria, plus he was in a hurry to return to the dorm to play games after eating, so he ignored him, and didn’t care about Old Kai’s slightly rude tone at the time. But later, they actually compared notes in the form of a handshake when they ran into each other once, and Old Kai came off worse, but Chen Fengshi didn’t publicize it.

Skinny was completely immersed in the excited emotion of being amazed by Chen Fengshi, digging up bits and pieces of the past, and reinterpreting them all from a beautifying perspective.

“Skinny—don’t you think if you keep exaggerating like this, the me you know will almost become a different person?” Chen Fengshi couldn’t help but interrupt, but Skinny said disapprovingly: “Damn! It’s just that I didn’t know you well in the past! You can’t be too low-key as a person, you know? Being so low-key that people don’t know the truth is being overly modest, it’s being insincere! Big Guy and I didn’t know your skills in the past, this is being insincere to us! There should be less hiding and more sincerity between friends!”

Chen Fengshi was quite moved listening to this, or rather, he had always felt that the difference between friends and strangers was originally just a bit more sincerity. He was feeling stifled holding in the matter of the red mist, so at this moment he said to Skinny with hope: “A big incident happened at our school, today Sister Yao and Shen Ai were all involved in this mysterious big event.”

“What big event?” Skinny listened in a daze, and Chen Fengshi gathered his courage and finished explaining the matter as concisely as possible.

After Skinny finished listening, he laughed out loud and said: “Holy shit, that’s quite an imagination! Did you come up with it yourself or borrow it from some anime?”

Chen Fengshi observed Skinny’s expression and eyes very seriously, and then he was very sure of one thing, Skinny didn’t believe it at all, from the beginning to the end, he treated it as nonsense for amusement.

“I’m serious, it was you who said there should be more sincerity between friends, that I could gather the courage to tell the truth.”

“Alright, alright, I’m not blaming you for hiding too deeply, you don’t need to make up nonsense to ask for forgiveness.” Skinny disapprovingly changed the topic, for him, this was just a bullshit joke, in comparison he cared more about other things. “Old Chen, you also know about that guy Xiao Baiqiu chasing my goddess, right? One time I was talking to my goddess, and he suddenly came over, treated me like I was transparent and shoved me aside, damn it, he practices karate! I’ve been holding this in and feeling aggrieved! You definitely have to help, right?”

How difficult is sincerity?

Chen Fengshi no longer expected Skinny to believe him, and if he kept talking, Skinny would think he was crazy. “Being your solid backing is no problem, but actively beating people up and getting a disciplinary record is not okay.”

“Don’t worry! How could I scam you and scam myself at the same time? Just give him a shove back, let him also taste the feeling of being angry but not daring to speak, and having to tuck his tail between his legs!” Skinny was extremely fired up, excitedly saying that he was a good friend, and on the spot he eagerly pondered how to find an opportunity to take revenge as soon as possible.

Chen Fengshi saw that the time was approaching, so he didn’t have time to accompany Skinny to ponder the details, he promised to help him carry it out, took a shower alone, changed his clothes, combed his hair neatly, checked himself repeatedly in the mirror, made sure there were no problems, and only then went out.

Chen Fengshi had just gone down the dormitory building when he suddenly received a message from the goddess.