MORIC - Chapter 164
Chapter 164: Who is the Cruelest
Ling Xun's tone was faint, just like the impression she gave people.
It lacked the aggressive feeling of a typical Alpha.
This might be because her future held a predetermined ending of death, so all her struggles were directed inward.
For instance, suicide, or stubbornly refusing to become a burden to Xi Shuang.
But she didn't expect that after she spoke, aside from her cousin, the other two were very calm.
Wen Xinghuo was simply numb, because she had long since experienced the bizarre reality of some people being reborn and others foreseeing the future.
Compared to Ling Xun talking about her death anniversary, the future where she would personally chop off the head of the person she loved was far more terrifying.
Sheng Yangkui had already guessed that there was something wrong with this world.
Because Xi Zhoumeng was completely different from the Xi Zhoumeng of her past life.
Not to mention that in her past life, Xi Shuang's cousin, Ling Xun, had died long ago.
But when Ling Xun said it so calmly, Sheng Yangkui's surprise was only expressed by the raising of her eyes.
Just as she was about to ask how Ling Xun knew about her past life, she heard Xi Shuang curse. She pulled Ling Xun, who was unwrapping the cake box, towards her. She subconsciously wanted to punch Ling Xun, but couldn't bring herself to do it. In the end, it turned into grabbing Ling Xun's shoulders and scolding her fiercely: "What nonsense are you spouting!"
Ling Xun was exceptionally calm. She even had the presence of mind to throw the packaging in her hand into the trash can.
While reaching out to grab Xi Shuang's hand, which was pressing down very hard on her shoulder, she said, "Cousin, that hurts."
Xi Shuang subconsciously loosened her grip.
Ling Xun let out a low laugh. "See? You're the one with the biggest reaction."
Xi Shuang looked up and saw Sheng Yangkui silently watching the two of them. On the side, had Wen Xinghuo already developed the high self-awareness of a doting wife before even getting married—
She was actually cutting the cake, and cutting it very unfairly.
Why are you giving the biggest piece of Ling Xun's death anniversary cake to Sheng Yangkui?
Xi Shuang looked at Sheng Yangkui in shock. "Princess, you know too?"
Sheng Yangkui shook her head, pursing her lips. "Yes, I've died before."
Xi Shuang let out a howl and then asked Wen Xinghuo, "What about you?"
Wen Xinghuo clearly didn't want to answer this question.
But her silence was the most powerful confirmation. Xi Shuang howled in anguish.
"How come I'm the only one who knows nothing?"
Ling Xun said, "Don't you also have nightmares every day that I'm dead?"
The first-year Alpha wore a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, and her entire demeanor was like slender bamboo after the rain.
At first glance, Ling Xun seemed like a Beta, but Wen Xinghuo had trained with her in the training room. This person's offensive power was actually extremely strong. Even if her spiritual power wasn't as good as Xi Shuang's, her explosive force could make her opponents suffer a great loss.
It was as if she had a persistence to take first place no matter what.
The contrast was huge.
On the contrary, Xi Shuang was consistent inside and out, making people feel she was like a blank sheet of paper.
But where in the world could you find such a flirtatious blank sheet of paper?
She left a trail of affections everywhere. Some of her ex-girlfriends would even find Wen Xinghuo and ask her to pass on messages.
Even though technology was so advanced, some people still chose such an ancient method because it was difficult to say things over the communicator.
Xi Shuang: "You know it's a dream too... wait a minute!"
She looked at Ling Xun with a terrified expression. "How did you know I dreamed that you died?"
They had only been on these few planets for a few days in total.
The practical training started with a sacrifice. At that time, Xi Shuang felt that Xi Zhoumeng and Wen Xinghuo were plotting something, otherwise why would they have told her and Ling Xun to reconsider?
Facts proved that at critical moments, there was no time to think about many things. For example, after losing contact with Ling Xun, Xi Shuang completely lost her mind.
She went to find Ling Xun immediately, her heart seemingly already certain of the news that the other had died.
Xi Shuang also had a secret. Since she was young, she often had the same dream.
She dreamed that her cousin, Ling Xun, was subjected to cold violence by her Alpha father. She dreamed that when Ling Xun differentiated, she had a persistent high fever, and due to negligence, suffered irreversible damage.
She dreamed of the look in Ling Xun's eyes, which seemed to want to speak yet held back, even through the lenses of her glasses.
But many things couldn't be spoken of.
In the end, Ling Xun died.
She leaped from her own balcony, determined to spite her father, who had married a new Omega immediately after her mother's death.
Of course, Xi Shuang didn't have time to save her cousin.
She had gone to the battlefield early with her classmate Wen Xinghuo, and a completely different kind of glory awaited her.
Just as Ling Xun wrote in her suicide note.
It's impossible for us to reach the same destination by different paths.
At first, this dream was very vague, so vague that Xi Shuang would forget it upon waking.
But because she had the dream so frequently, Xi Shuang began to care about her cousin.
They were all in the Upper World, but after her aunt got married, they didn't visit much. Xi Shuang could only see Ling Xun when she went out with her mother.
Perhaps all familial bonds in the world were like this. No matter how close they were before, they would become mere relatives after marriage and the formation of a new family.
Xi Shuang had a sweet tongue since she was a child. She would pester her mother to visit her aunt, and she would go see Ling Xun whenever she had time.
Once led to twice.
Many things changed quietly.
She wanted Ling Xun to attend the same school as her; she wanted Ling Xun within her sight.
It seemed the despair from her dreams was subtly influencing her. She wanted Ling Xun to be safe forever.
But some things in life are hard to change, like the relationship between an A and an O. Even though Ling Xun's AO parents hadn't divorced, they were like strangers.
But at least there wasn't a troublesome stepmother.
Xi Shuang was already a dazzling presence among Alphas.
She had never been short of money since she was a child, but it wasn't as exaggerated as Xi Zhoumeng's extravagance.
She loved to join in on the fun, could chat with anyone, and started relationships on a whim, breaking up immediately when she lost interest.
She could even remain good friends with her ex-girlfriends.
It was because she was so easygoing that even exes who wanted to get back together found it hard to bring it up.
It was as if Xi Shuang should be public, shared, and not become someone's private possession.
But Xi Shuang had one unconditional rule: no matter where she was or who she was with, if Ling Xun looked for her, she would always leave.
Back then, a girlfriend had asked Xi Shuang why.
They didn't argue. It was too difficult to argue with Xi Shuang. She was all smiles, and her looks when coaxing people were one in a hundred. It was hard to be unhappy with someone like her.
Besides, Ling Xun was Xi Shuang's cousin. What was there to argue about?
It just gave rise to a subtle displeasure.
At that time, Xi Shuang said, "She was in poor health as a child and almost died during her differentiation. I have to be better to her."
This reason was flawless; Xi Shuang herself was almost convinced by it.
But she also knew there was another reason.
She was afraid that the gradually growing Ling Xun would, just like in her dream, leap from a high building and fall to the ground.
Falling until petals were stained with blood, falling to a death with eyes wide open in grievance.
Wen Xinghuo found these two so annoying. She was already busy enough, and on the rare occasion she got to spend time with Sheng Yangkui, she had to listen to these two chatter away.
But she had always been good-tempered. Being kind and honest was her weakness. So much so that Xi Zhoumeng, who grew up with her, often felt frustrated with her, wishing she were more ambitious. Although it was a bit rude, sometimes Wen Xinghuo felt that Xi Zhoumeng was more of a mother to her than her own mother.
She even meddled in her love life.
But thankfully, it was to help her.
Sheng Yangkui took the cake Wen Xinghuo handed her and asked softly, "Have you had dreams like those two?"
Wen Xinghuo shook her head.
She clumsily tucked a strand of Sheng Yangkui's long hair behind her ear. "I hope it won't be like that again."
Over there, Xi Shuang grumbled and nagged at Ling Xun for a while, coming to a conclusion: "If you were having dreams too, why didn't you tell me?"
"Dreams are the opposite of reality, so I have to raise you to be extra strong."
Ling Xun retorted with a smile, "I'm not a pig, why would I need to be that strong?"
Xi Shuang: "Look, Wen Xinghuo is strong."
Wen Xinghuo was completely innocent in this. She let out a "Hey!"
Ling Xun: "So I know you're very afraid of me dying. Cousin, you really love me."
Goosebumps erupted all over Xi Shuang's body.
She hummed and hawed as she popped a piece of candy into her mouth, asking, "What is this 'restarting the world'? How does Xuan Ping know about it?"
This topic was actually quite serious, but no one present was being serious.
Because none of them knew what to do.
The key person, Xi Zhoumeng, was nowhere to be found. They had labeled her as being on her "honeymoon," but they didn't know if she was really on a honeymoon or facing a tribulation.
Ling Xun projected a news clip with her light-brain.
It was about the latest results from a laboratory researching folded space.
She clicked on the link to that laboratory. The newest participant was clearly Xuan Ping.
Ling Xun: "Xuan Ping said she also used to dream frequently, but now she remembers everything."
She played the last voice message from her communication with Xuan Ping.
Xuan Ping said: "Don't worry about Senior Xi and Yueshan's safety. They should have gone to Senior Xi's original world."
"I will artificially simulate a magnetic field to render a brand new resonance channel. Once Senior Xi triggers the condition, they will return."
Xi Shuang's impression of Xuan Ping was that she was one of the students from the Lower World, a friend of Chi Yueshan.
The girlfriend of the third-year's ultimate scumbag, Mu Lai.
She had seemingly completely tamed Mu Lai, because during the winter break, Xi Shuang ran into Mu Lai at a pool hall and discovered she wasn't hugging a single Omega. Instead, she was standing foolishly on the balcony making a phone call.
It was so cheesy that it left a deep impression on Xi Shuang.
She thought that first-year Omega was truly amazing. A promiscuous lecher like Mu Lai could be reformed into a pure and innocent young Alpha.
Wen Xinghuo: "Xuan Ping?"
Even though she had tried her best to remain calm, her heart had only skipped a beat when she heard about the world being restarted.
But hearing these few sentences from Xuan Ping made her heart turn cold.
Everyone else had special abilities or advanced technology from the previous future.
What about me?
Am I still that useless hero who chopped off his wife's head?
Xi Shuang grunted, watching as the huge Wen Xinghuo was hugged and comforted by Sheng Yangkui.
She really wanted to say, "Sis, you look like one of those abnormally developed Bernese Mountain Dogs from an ancient documentary," but Ling Xun stepped on her foot.
Stepping on Xi Shuang's not-yet-healed leg.
Xi Shuang let out a miserable scream.
Sheng Yangkui stroked Wen Xinghuo's head and looked up politely at Ling Xun. "Did Xuan Ping say how long we have to wait?"
She didn't recognize Xuan Ping at all and would have a hard time putting a face to the name.
After all, her social circle in her past life was terrifyingly barren. In her memory, Chi Yueshan didn't have any friends in her year either.
From the sound of it, this Xuan Ping was very capable.
Capable enough to artificially create a magnetic field peak. In that case, Xuan Ping was very likely one of the developers who created this restart.
The other person must have been Xi Zhoumeng.
Ling Xun: "She said it depends on Senior Xi's plan over there."
Sheng Yangkui said, "Oh."
Xi Shuang: "Since this world was restarted, and in Ling Xun's dream I died, and in my dream Ling Xun died, what about you two?"
It was Wen Xinghuo's most painful moment again. She didn't even want to lift her head.
Sheng Yangkui, however, had come to terms with it. She smiled, a somewhat relaxed smile. "I was the next queen. What do you think?"
Xi Shuang: "Then of course..."
Ling Xun: "Was Senior Wen the only one still alive?"
Wen Xinghuo finally sat up straight. It was rare for her to be so agitated, rare for her to say so much in one breath—
"Is this ever going to end? Do you have to ask in such detail? It's all in the past."
"Isn't it just that you two died, and I killed Xiao Kui who was possessed by the Zerg Queen?"
"If I had a choice, I would definitely want you all to live. I don't want to be some hero. I just want to be a military officer, earn a subsidy, buy a house in the Upper World, and then find an Omega to marry and live a normal life. Is that so hard?"
She rarely had breakdowns. This sudden outburst made it seem as if she had gone mad.
Xi Shuang shouted in terror, "Possessed? Holy crap, Wen Xinghuo, you're talking so much. Don't tell me you've been possessed by the Zerg?"
The next second, Xi Shuang lifted her uninjured leg and gave Wen Xinghuo a hard kick, but Wen Xinghuo kicked her back, sending Xi Shuang into Ling Xun's arms.
Xi Shuang asked Ling Xun, "That's not right, is that how the plot goes?"
Ling Xun shook her head. "You and I both died early, how would we know?"
Wen Xinghuo couldn't take it anymore. "Can you all act normal? I'm annoyed enough as it is."
Xi Shuang: "If the Queen needs to possess someone to continue, and she chose the Princess, if the Princess was marked, wouldn't she be unable to find a host?"
"Why didn't you mark her?"
Wen Xinghuo's lips trembled, but she couldn't speak.
Sheng Yangkui pulled her hand and said solemnly to Xi Shuang, "Because being marked would mean that both her future and mine would be over."
"Her dream is to go to the front lines. Forcing her to return to the Lower World to be an ordinary person would be too cruel."
"And I don't want to be marked by any other Alpha."
Xi Shuang said, "Oh." "But have you ever asked Wen Xinghuo if she was willing?"
Sheng Yangkui didn't look at Wen Xinghuo. "I hope she wasn't."
"Besides, we couldn't guarantee what a cornered Zerg Queen would do."
"I'm very experienced at being a vessel."
"Now that Senior Xi isn't here, the Queen has already summoned me back. At worst, I'll just..."
"Enough!"
Wen Xinghuo: "We have to hold out until Xi Zhoumeng comes back."
She hugged Sheng Yangkui. In Xi Shuang's eyes, she had never seemed so helpless.
Xi Shuang: "Then have you seen the message? The Queen is urging the Princess to return again. The spaceship is already prepared."
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