Chapter 61
Chapter 61
Wei Sen came out of the restroom and glanced at the time. It was already 02:33. There were only seven minutes left before the plane crash from the last loop!
“Ah Sen, over here.” Candy waved at Wei Sen. She had already prepared the service cart and the cake.
Wei Sen hurried over.
Based on what had happened in the previous loop, once the service cart and cake were delivered to Row 44, crows would appear outside the plane and attack. Immediately after that, the engine would catch fire, and the plane would begin plummeting…
“That mother is so good to her daughter. She contacted us so far in advance to prepare an eighteenth birthday cake for her,” Candy said, envy written all over her face.
“Yeah.” Wei Sen looked toward the mother in Row 44.
She had obtained another clue about the Doom Beast, and this one was even more specific.
But…
When she had delivered water earlier, she had paid close attention. Whether they were sitting by the window or beside the aisle, more than one passenger had been looking outside.
As if, in their eyes, the scenery outside the window was beautiful.
The Doom Beast could not tell day from night.
Could it be…?!
There was more than one Doom Beast!
Wei Sen carefully recalled every clue she had about the Doom Beast. Sure enough, not a single one had said there was only one Doom Beast!
If there were that many Doom Beasts, and killing one awarded 500 Merit Points, then one person could gain more than just 500 Merit Points!
If a single person killed several, they could gain even more!
After confirming this idea, Wei Sen decided to send the photo she had taken in the restroom to the Group A chat.
The moment the others received the message, the group chat exploded.
[Lin Xiaoxue: (shocked) This one… isn’t that the mother?!
Xu You: No, wait. I feel like the person behind me can’t tell day from night either. Just now, I heard him say something like the sunlight outside is so nice.
Zhu Zhaoyang: Could there be more than one Doom Beast?
Huang Xinze: Right!
Xia Susu: In that case, doesn’t that mean I can kill two Doom Beasts and get 1,000 Merit Points?!
Huang Xinze: That makes a lot of sense! Now everyone I look at seems like a Doom Beast!
Wei Sen: Don’t act rashly. If you misidentify someone, the consequences will be severe.]
They had all overlooked the important clue that the Doom Beast hated red. That was a fatal mistake!
The rules had said they could not harm normal passengers.
If they killed the wrong person, they would definitely end up like that woman earlier-a pile of minced flesh.
But Wei Sen did not remind them directly. She did not want to deliberately set up cannon fodder to verify her theory for her, but she also would not stop anyone who insisted on going.
“Ah Sen, it’s about time. We should head over,” Candy said.
Wei Sen looked at the time. 02:38. Two minutes left.
She did not have an Anomalous Artifact, so she could not act rashly in this loop for the time being.
As for why she had shared the key clue about the Doom Beast, the first reason was that she was certain there was more than one Doom Beast, so they were not in absolute competition with one another.
The second was that she wanted to see exactly what methods could eliminate a Doom Beast.
“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you!”
Wei Sen and Candy pushed the cake over to Row 44.
At that moment, Lin Xiaoxue, who was sitting not far away, also stood up, her gaze fixed straight on the mother.
In the last loop, she had not had time to open the mother’s gift. This time, she really wanted to see what the gift from her mother was.
Lin Xiaoxue thought to herself as she held onto the seat and rose onto her tiptoes to watch.
Wei Sen looked at the time on her watch. One final minute remained…
From the corner of her eye, a small, thin figure almost flew toward Row 44.
Was he finally going to make his move? Wei Sen looked at the newcomer without changing her expression.
Zhu Zhaoyang’s face was cold and stern as he went straight to Row 44. His eyes held a darkness far beyond his age.
He did not give anyone any time to react. Raising the black dagger in his hand, he stabbed straight down at the mother sitting in the innermost seat.
“Mom!”
The black dagger was clearly an Anomalous Artifact. It sliced across the mother’s throat with unerring precision.
In that instant, the mother clutched her neck and widened her eyes in agony. Blood gushed uncontrollably through her fingers.
The two sisters beside her and the other passengers all screamed in terror.
“Sorry, but the 500 Merit Points are mine!” Zhu Zhaoyang turned to look at Wei Sen, a smug smile spreading across his face.
The next second, a cloud of blood mist burst in midair.
Wei Sen felt scalding-hot blood spray across her face.
Zhu Zhaoyang, who had been so smug just a moment ago, had turned into a slurry of blood and mangled flesh.
He had exploded, just like the woman from Group B who had broken the rules.
Wei Sen felt a pang of regret.
As expected… although the mother couldn’t tell day from night, she had ordered red wine, so she definitely wasn’t a Doom Beast.
And Zhu Zhaoyang clearly hadn’t known that the mother had ordered red wine. In his rush to claim first blood, he had gotten himself killed instead.
“Ah!” At the same time, the passengers around them erupted into screams at the sight.
Wei Sen froze slightly. Why could the surrounding passengers see Zhu Zhaoyang’s death?
Before Zhu Zhaoyang died, when the others had died, hadn’t the passengers around them all seemed to automatically block it out?
Could it be because… he had harmed a normal passenger? Other passengers could see normal passengers, and because he had harmed one, they were able to see him too.
Wei Sen quickly sorted through her thoughts.
“Mom!” Lin Xiaoxue rushed over. The blood all over the floor and her mother still twitching in agony left her completely at a loss, tears streaming down as if they cost nothing.
“Xiaoxue!” Wei Sen grabbed Lin Xiaoxue in one swift motion.
Passenger Identity Rules (Part 2), Rule Three: Please remember your identity at all times, stay clear-headed, and never mistake someone for the wrong person. Otherwise, no one can guarantee your safety!
Xiaoxue’s current identity was the Young Painter, not the daughter of this dying woman.
The consequences of breaking the rules… had already been proven by those before them.
“Sister Sen, but Mom, she…” Lin Xiaoxue looked at Wei Sen through her tears. Before she could finish, she suddenly stopped, and pain twisted across her face.
Damn it. She had already broken the rule!
Wei Sen hurriedly reminded her, “Use the Substitute Paper Figurine!”
In a panic, Lin Xiaoxue pulled out the Substitute Paper Figurine. The paper figure burned to ash in midair, but Lin Xiaoxue’s symptoms did not ease at all. Instead, her face had swollen to a dark purplish red, as if an invisible hand were choking her and making it impossible to breathe.
“Sister Sen! Xiaoxue!”
Xu You and Huang Xinze arrived at the scene. Zhu Zhaoyang had moved too suddenly just now, and neither of them had been able to stop him, but they had both seen Zhu Zhaoyang’s death clearly from nearby.
He had obviously killed the Doom Beast, yet Zhu Zhaoyang was the one who died!
“Right, that woman ordered red wine in the last round! It was red wine! She doesn’t hate red. She wasn’t a Doom Beast,” Huang Xinze realized.
Then the two of them noticed that Lin Xiaoxue, off to the side, was in a very bad state.
“Xiaoxue, what’s wrong with you?” Xu You looked at Wei Sen in confusion.
Wei Sen’s expression was grave. “She broke a rule.”
Xu You sucked in a sharp breath. “Then hurry and use an Anomalous Artifact!”
“She already did.”
“Then why…” Huang Xinze trailed off.
“Ah! Ah!” Lin Xiaoxue clutched her head and screamed hysterically.
Wei Sen looked at the all-too-familiar scene. In the previous round, the person from the Sunset Tour Group who had broken the rule by drinking red wine had ended up like this too!
“Xiaoxue!” Xu You hurriedly took out a talisman paper she carried with her and stuck it onto Lin Xiaoxue.
The moment the talisman touched her, Lin Xiaoxue, who had been struggling in pain, froze and took several deep breaths in a row.
Wei Sen let out a breath of relief.
She knew this Daoist had some real skill!
“Ah!”
But in the next second, Lin Xiaoxue went berserk again.
“Die! Ah… You all… have to die!” Her eyes were blood-red, and she forced the words out with difficulty, both hands clawing painfully at her hair.
The talisman Xu You had stuck on her began to turn red, as though it were being corroded by the power of an Eerie Entity, and completely lost its effect.
“No, its power is too strong. I can’t fight it!”
System, is there any way to save her?
Wei Sen tried calling out to the System in her mind, but there was no response at all.
Seeing Lin Xiaoxue struggling in agony before her, Wei Sen felt an emotion she had never experienced before quietly begin to grow inside her. The feeling was terribly strange.
“I… I…” Lin Xiaoxue scratched painfully at her own face, her blood-red eyes fixed on Wei Sen and the others as tears streamed down her cheeks. “I’m… leaving…”
After forcing out those words, she broke free of Xu You’s grip and, almost exhausting all the strength in her body, slammed headfirst into the airplane window.
Bang!!!
The thunderous impact rang out, stunning everyone where they stood.
Lin Xiaoxue’s body slid limply down the window and happened to fall right into her mother’s corpse’s arms.