Chapter 41

Chapter 41

With John’s money paving the way, their group made it onto the island without a hitch.

Chongmen Island truly lived up to its reputation as a famous vacation destination. It had every facility one could ask for. Aside from having to do everything themselves, there were basically no drawbacks.

Originally, John had planned to have Liu Ye stay on the speedboat to watch over Fu Yang and the others. To his surprise, the moment they approached the island, Fu Yang’s group all woke up.

One had to know that the knockout drug he’d given them was strong enough to put down an elephant.

Yet these people had actually woken up. It seemed there really was something different about this island.

“Where are we…?”

As Fu Yang and the others regained consciousness and looked at their surroundings, a familiar feeling instantly surged up in their hearts. What followed was an immense panic, as if this beautiful island were some man-eating Malignant Ghost.

“I don’t want to go on the island! Let me leave! Let me leave!”

Lyu Jicheng cried and shouted.

His racket irritated John. John hadn’t wanted to bring them along in the first place, but there were only three protectors left. If he left Wang Zixuan alone to watch all five of them, he couldn’t trust their safety. But if he sent Liu Ye to protect the five of them, he couldn’t trust his own safety.

So he had no choice but to bring them along.

Fu Yang also felt the Terror intensely, but the moment he saw Liu Ye, that feeling of Terror vanished.

Mm. Now that he thought about it, what Terror in the world could be scarier than staying by this guy’s side?

“Wow, Brother Yang, there’s a roller coaster over there! Let’s go ride it, okay?” Liu Ye said excitedly.

Fu Yang: “…”

“Are you even human? Look at the state I’m in, and you want me to ride a roller coaster?”

“Bro, it’s not like that stops you from sitting in it. Besides, you’ve got me here. I’ll protect you!” Liu Ye said, thumping his chest.

Listen to that. Was that something a human being would say? Fu Yang had realized it now: if something even brushed up against basic decency, this bastard would have absolutely nothing to do with it.

The thing Fu Yang wanted to do most right now was travel back to yesterday and slap himself across the face. Why the hell had he gone and made trouble for no reason? He’d gotten rid of a perfectly good assistant, only to end up with this thing.

Boohoo. This was all karma!

Fortunately, Wang Zixuan spoke up just then.

“Brother Zhao, given our current situation, wouldn’t riding a roller coaster be dangerous?”

Fu Yang immediately looked over at her with expectation.

“Not at all. Brother Liu’s idea is a good one. Since they’ve already woken up, simply thinking about hiding is useless. Brother Liu can draw the Fiend’s attention, while we take the opportunity to investigate the truth on the island!”

John was in complete awe of Liu Ye. How was this man’s brain built? In just an instant, he’d come up with such an excellent strategy.

Fu Yang: “…”

No, wait. So you’re just abandoning us like this?

“Yangyang, don’t be afraid. That Fiend can’t defeat us,” Zhao Na said firmly.

Fu Yang: “…”

Is that the damn thing I’m afraid of? The one I’m damn well afraid of is that guy surnamed Liu!

Whether the Fiend could kill him, he didn’t know. But he did know that in this guy’s hands, he would definitely be better off dead.

In the end, after his steadfast resistance, everyone decided… that Liu Ye would still take him to ride the roller coaster.

But in the end, the only one who followed Liu Ye was Fu Yang.

There was no helping it. Lyu Jicheng was out because he had already recovered his memories once, and being with Liu Ye might very well create danger. As for Zhao Ze, he simply didn’t trust Liu Ye.

He felt that John and Wang Zixuan were much more reliable.
Besides, even now, he still had feelings for Wang Zixuan that he couldn’t quite put into words.

That was why he didn’t want Wang Zixuan acting together with John.

As for Huang Shiya and Zhao Na, Liu Ye had tricked them so many times that they were utterly traumatized, so they chose John without the slightest hesitation.

And just like that, once the groups were divided, they each set off.

John’s group followed the road and soon arrived at a movie theater.

A memory instantly surged into Lyu Jicheng’s mind.

…

“Hey, want to go watch a movie?” Zhao Na said excitedly.

“Come on, we finally got a chance to come out. Why waste it watching a movie?” Xie Baoguo said, speechless.

“I kind of want to see one, actually. Especially this one.”

Lyu Jicheng looked at the sign outside the theater. Written on it was: X-Torture!

…

Whoosh. Lyu Jicheng stared at the movie theater in terror. That was right. He had been here before. He had even watched a movie here!

The plot of the movie… The plot of the movie…

Lyu Jicheng slapped his head hard, but no matter what he did, he couldn’t remember what the movie was about.

Even so, even without remembering, he felt that they absolutely couldn’t go in there. Something extremely horrifying seemed to have happened here.

He looked toward John, then quietly took a few steps back. He didn’t trust this man.

Back then, John had knocked him out with a single punch. Later, he had even drugged all of them with sleeping pills. Now that Lyu Jicheng had already come to believe in the existence of this Terror World, it meant John might very well use him as cannon fodder.

At that thought, he turned and ran.

“Not good! He’s running!”

Wang Zixuan was about to chase after him, but John stopped her.

“Forget it. Let him go,” John said calmly.

Then he told the others they should take a short rest.

No one objected and simply agreed. After all, they still had to rely on John to protect them.

John, meanwhile, walked off to the side, took out a tablet, and turned it on. An image appeared on the screen.

On the screen, someone was running.

That’s right. He had planted a surveillance device on Lyu Jicheng. To be precise, he had planted one on every single person.

And this surveillance device was a Fiendish Item he had traded for from other players, so it wouldn’t be affected by the Fiend Domain.

The reason he hadn’t stopped Lyu Jicheng was that he wanted to use him to gather information.

They already had one Fiend hunting them anyway, so one more wouldn’t make much difference. Besides, Lyu Jicheng’s gradually returning memories were a ticking time bomb in themselves.

On the other side, Liu Ye had taken Fu Yang onto the roller coaster. The coaster had been built in an absurdly exaggerated style, even featuring three consecutive three-hundred-sixty-degree loops.

On top of that, all the attractions here were controlled by artificial intelligence, so they could still be operated even without any staff present.

“Um, I think maybe we should think this over!”

“What’s there to think about? Let’s get this thing going!”

Liu Ye excitedly pressed the button.

The roller coaster slowly began to move. Fu Yang sobbed as he clutched his safety restraint.

Whoosh!

After passing through a smooth section, the roller coaster plunged down a massive drop, and its speed suddenly began to soar.

“Ahahaha! This is so much fun! Brother Yang, why aren’t you happy? Isn’t this great?”

“Wuwuwu!!!”

And at the same time they got on the roller coaster, Lyu Jicheng’s memories were returning on the other side.

Things happened exactly as John had predicted. Compared to John’s calm and steady group, the Fiend set its sights on the side where it would be easier to create an accident. A faint breeze swept past.