Chapter 667.2
Chapter 667.2
“After spending more time with Li Mi, Brother Swim began to have other thoughts about him.”
“He started to change.”
“That day at the swimming pool, Brother Swim gave Li Mi extra lessons. Li Mi was thrashing in the water when his swimming trunks were flung off and his face turned red.”
“It was then that Brother Swim discovered Li Mi’s secret.”
“Oh, my God, it turns out he’s intersex. Brother Swim’s gaze slowly roved over Li Mi’s body, his eyes burning with desire. Ignoring Li Mi’s pleas, he grabbed Li Mi by the throat and pinned him against the edge of the pool. His hand reached into the water, wantonly groping the body before him.”
The author had written this passage several times.
At first, every time it was written, it was crossed out by printed text.
Later, the printed text disappeared, and the author’s handwriting replaced the printed words.
From then on, “Brother Swim” never appeared again in the printed text.
“Brother Swim” had been replaced—or rather, the player “Brother Swim” had failed the mission and exited the game. The current “Brother Swim” was just a fan-made character created by the author.
After Brother Swim’s experiment succeeded, the author set his sights on the other three.
The other three were gradually replaced as well, forming the original four-man group entangled with Li Mi in the version he knew.
“Student Council President, Swimming Team Captain, Dance Student, Music Student.”
Clearly, the author didn’t realize these four characters were entirely his own creations. He still thought he had gained control over them.
Xia Chi knew this because he saw a note scrawled at the bottom of one of the pages.
“You meddling fools, see how powerful I am now? This is my book, my world, and I call the shots. How dare you touch Li Mi? I want you all dead.”
“Li Mi, do you see who truly cares about you now? After what they did to you, are you heartbroken? Don’t worry, from now on, I’ll treat you even better. I’m the one who loves you the most.”
After that, the author wrote the storyline of these four people jumping from the 26th floor of the 6th Arts Building.
These were the first four players. The remaining three players followed a similar pattern as the first four.
At first, printed text also appeared, continuously obstructing the actions of the tear-mole man.
The tear-mole man repeated his old tricks, once again using the author’s privileges to start altering the plot.
After that, the three remaining players also left the copy, leaving behind three fan-made characters.
Xia Chi flipped through the pages and finally saw what seemed to be his own character.
“Li Mi looked at the unfamiliar boy in front of him: ‘What’s your name?’”
“The cheerful, sunny boy replied: ‘My name is Cute.’”
Xia Chi: ???
‘Who?’
‘Who’s called Cute?!’
His character in the book was named “Cute”??
Damn it!
No wonder he always thought names like Brother Swim, Handsome Senior, Rich and Cool Senior, and Aloof Senior were so weird.
Turns out their real names had been replaced!
Compared to “Cute,” those names suddenly didn’t seem so strange. In fact, his was the weirdest!
Xia Chi suddenly became curious about what his brother and Tan Yue’s nicknames were.
He didn’t care about the plot anymore and quickly flipped through the book.
Finally, he found a passage that mentioned Tan Yue’s name in printed text.
“Li Mi looked at the boy in front of him with fear: ‘W-Who are you?’”
“The boy looked at Li Mi coldly, his gaze not like he was looking at a living person but at an object. His voice carried no emotional fluctuation: ‘Terror’.”
‘Terror?’0
‘Tan Yue was called “Terror”?’
Why did Tan Yue get such an imposing name while his was “Cute”?
This wasn’t fair!
Xia Chi also flipped to find Bai Lixin’s title.
He looked excitedly, really curious about what his brother would be called!
“Li Mi looked at the boy in front of him, a look of amazement in his eyes: ‘Who are you?’”
“The boy’s eyes sparkled like stars, ‘My name is [Beep Beep].’”
Xia Chi’s brain shrunk again.
[Beep Beep]?
Really? It was censored?
Did the author want to write a fanfic but couldn’t even find his brother’s name?!
Clearly, the author had the same thought as Xia Chi.
Next to this passage of printed text, there was even a note from the author.
“Damn it, even names can be encrypted? How am I supposed to write with this?!”
Xia Chi couldn’t help but burst out laughing, “Hahaha.”
Because of his laughter, the book was shaken and a few pages were flipped over. With quick reflexes, Xia Chi caught sight of a rare piece of red text amidst the flipped pages.
He immediately reached out to stop the turning pages and flipped back a few.
It was a chaotic page.
There was handwriting, black printed text, and even red printed text.
The handwriting described the tear-mole man appearing in the classroom at night, attempting to do something to Li Mi.
The black printed text described him(Xia Chi) appearing on the rooftop of the 6th floor of the Arts Building, trying to save Li Mi.
Following this was a handwritten note from the author.
“Cute stood on the rooftop, surrounded by darkness.”
“In the distance, he vaguely heard the voice of Terror calling.”
“He followed the sound toward Terror, unaware that he was heading towards the edge of the rooftop.”
“Finally, he stepped into empty air and fell from the rooftop.”
Xia Chi recalled that night when he nearly fell from the 26th floor because he had heard Tan Yue’s voice.
Immediately after, there was a section of red printed text.
There was only a short sentence.
“As long as I’m here, he will never die.”
Xia Chi tilted his head and looked at the red text, feeling that something about it seemed strange.
According to the language habit, this sentence didn’t look like part of the story but more like a message.
It was as if someone had left it for the author to see.
After the red printed text, there was another large section of printed words.
“At the critical moment, Terror appeared out of nowhere.”
“He firmly grabbed Cute, saving him from the rooftop of the 26th floor.”
Xia Chi frowned as he stared at this line.
“Terror appeared out of nowhere”?
What did “appeared out of nowhere” mean?
Was Tan Yue not on the rooftop originally, and only appeared when he was about to fall?
Xia Chi thought of something and quickly flipped through the nearly finished fanfiction novel.
When he found the scene he was looking for, he stopped flipping, staring at the content with a complex expression.
It was another chaotic page.
This was from the second time he transitioned onto the 6th floor of the arts building at night, searching for Li Mi.
The printed text described it like this:
“Cute knew something was going to happen to Li Mi, so he used every method he could to get to the 6th floor of the arts building, vowing to find Li Mi.”
After this, there was an additional handwritten note.
The handwriting was repeated several times before it finally settled on the page.
“Cute appeared at the edge of the rooftop on the 6th floor of the arts building, facing the vast sky. He only needed to take one step forward to fall off the rooftop. At that moment, everything around him was pitch black, with no moon or even a single star in the sky. Cute didn’t realize he was standing at the edge of the rooftop, only thinking about quickly finding Li Mi, and without a second thought, he stepped forward.”
“He stepped off the 26th floor and fell to his death.”
The red printed text appeared, containing only three short words:
“Not a chance!”
Immediately after was the black printed text.
“Terror appeared out of nowhere again, but his warning failed to catch Cute’s attention. Fortunately, Terror rushed forward and grabbed Cute just as he was about to fall from the 26th floor.”
After this line was a frantic scribble from the author.
Deep imprints from the pen tore through the paper, leaving several holes.
“However, it was as if some invisible force was pulling Cute, and his body felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, dragging Terror down with him. The weight was so unbearable that both of them ultimately fell from the rooftop together.”
Xia Chi frowned.
So, the tear-mole man had written this part back then.
No wonder he suddenly felt something pulling at his feet, and Tan Yue was nearly dragged down by him.
Once again, the red printed text appeared.
“If you harm him again, I’ll kill you!”
This time, the red text was even clearer than before.
The word “you” made it obvious to Xia Chi that the speaker was directly addressing the author.
This line came from Tan Yue.
Xia Chi felt very complicated, and his gaze lingered on Tan Yue’s name “Terror” for a long time.
Ever since entering the game, Tan Yue seemed to have changed.
He had noticed, but he hadn’t said anything.
In reality, the Tan Yue he knew had always been gentle, polite, and well-liked by both classmates and teachers.
But the coldness Tan Yue repeatedly showed after entering the game was hard for him to ignore.
For a moment, he couldn’t tell which version of Tan Yue was the real one.
Was the Tan Yue in the game, who seemed indifferent to everything, the real Tan Yue? Was the courteous and humble Tan Yue in reality just a persona?
He had known Tan Yue for so many years, and if he hadn’t returned to the game, he wouldn’t have seen this other side of him.
Had Tan Yue always been like this? Or had his past experiences in the horror game changed him?
Xia Chi quickly slapped himself.
What was he thinking?
He had known Tan Yue since they were six or seven years old. Back then, Tan Yue was the same Tan Yue he knew later. How could anyone pretend to be a good student since kindergarten? He didn’t need to act; he was a good student by nature.
It must be that damned horror game, which had dealt too much mental trauma to the pure and kind Tan Yue, making him indifferent to certain things.
Suddenly, Xia Chi’s heart ached, as if a giant hand was tightly squeezing his chest.
He had survived in the horror game under the protection of Brother and the system, but each time was a close call.
What about Tan Yue? Did anyone help him? Had he encountered any psychos in the game? Had he been tortured by monsters or other players?
He felt so much heartache for Tan Yue’s experiences.
Wait a minute.
System’s protection?
Xia Chi stood frozen on the spot.
Images started breaking through the chains of memory, forcefully flooding into his mind.