Mingchao: The Survival Journey of a Comedian

Chapter 9 So be it if I'm not human

Ge Shulin truly could no longer sense the presence of the other party, and the afterimages he encountered along the way were becoming increasingly powerful.

Fortunately, having learned from his past experiences, he had been cautious in his travels and could handle whatever he encountered. After an unknown amount of time, he finally saw the tattered flag fluttering on the wall.

Returning to this familiar place, after countless rains, he could no longer smell the stench of blood.

But he seemed to see that day's war, which had come at a terrible cost—the endless enemy, the countless afterimages created by the swirling rain, and the wailing people.

Kaku had told him that only the chosen one, appearing three years later, could defeat the opponent. But if they didn't attack when the opponent was at their weakest, and waited until the opponent grew stronger, could Imaizu withstand the three years of waiting until that person arrived?

He thought it wouldn't work at the time, so he launched an attack.

It may have affected the Lord of the Formless Flame to some extent, but the terrible price he paid became a thorn in his heart that he could never lift from.

He may have made mistakes, but it was the best outcome he could come up with under those circumstances.

There was no choice; behind them lay Imasu.

The camp gate was dilapidated, and it creaked open as he walked in. To his surprise, the camp was very clean, with hardly any dust.

(Is someone there?)

Thinking of this, he gripped the knife warily: he didn't believe anyone could still be alive.

"General Geshu..."

Upon hearing a sound, he instantly raised his knife, not caring what the other person called him.

But he stopped the moment he saw the other person clearly; the clothes they were wearing became a major reason for him to stop.

"who are you?"

Looking at the woman huddled up in front of him, dressed in tattered clothes that were still recognizable as the uniform of the Night Return Army, he remained vigilant for a moment.

Anyone who can survive under such circumstances is a formidable character—not to mention he looks only six years old.

Seeing that the other man didn't recognize him, the woman suddenly lifted her bangs, which covered half her face, and approached him with a somewhat crazed air. Ge Shulin quickly took a few steps back.

"I am Xia Cai... General... Don't you remember me?"

"General..."

Xia Cai seemed to realize that her current appearance might frighten the other person, so she slowly retreated from where she stood.

"Xia Cai? The one from the logistics department?"

He seemed to have some recollection of them; after all, he remembered almost everyone in the military camp back then.

"That's wonderful! The general still remembers me!"

Xia Cai became excited and stood up, wanting to move closer to the other person, but this intention was quickly discovered by Ge Shulin, who promptly kept a distance of more than one meter from her.

Ge Shulin could sense that the frequency emanating from the other party was off; it seemed like an afterimage, but upon closer inspection, it appeared normal.

I glanced at the terminal hanging on my waist; it was still displaying a blue light.

(Something's not right...)

But the woman before him seemed oblivious to his wary expression, simply smiling and waving at him before leading him to a place.

"General... come here..."

"I've been staying here just because you told me to... They've all left... but I haven't..."

"They were all deserters... but I wasn't..."

He sensed something was wrong; the other person's mental state wasn't just a simple breakdown, but also included a state similar to afterimages.

It's already severely overclocked—as for why it can still communicate with him like this, he has no idea.

The two maintained this eerie atmosphere throughout, but if they wanted to know what the other was up to, they had to follow along.

He carefully checked his surroundings for traps, maintaining a distance of at least one meter, but the moment the other party opened the warehouse door, he was instantly overwhelmed with shock.

"General! Look!"

"These remnant stars tried to get in... but I wiped them all out by myself..."

"I held the camp! Why? General, aren't you going to praise me?!"

He stared coldly at the various severed limbs hanging above the camp; the blood had long since dried, but the pungent stench of blood still assaulted his nostrils.

The expressions of terror and despair on their faces revealed the unimaginable torment those people endured before their deaths.

"..."

Seeing that half of the opponent's form had gradually transformed into an afterimage, the blade in his hand was also imbued with purple flames.

"!"

Seeing the purple flames he had released gradually extinguish, and even the resonance ability not lasting long, he instantly realized something was wrong and quickly ran backward.

Xia Cai remained completely calm, still smiling as she watched the other person leave—even though one side of her body had already become a ghost image.

Ge Shulin couldn't care less about that. Although he didn't know what was suppressing his resonance ability, he knew he couldn't confront the other party head-on in his current state.

"General Geshu...where are you going?"

“I have eliminated everyone who was not you… This place is absolutely safe…”

"Wouldn't it be better if we stayed here together forever...?"

Unexpectedly, in the next instant, Xia Cai appeared behind him with almost instantaneous speed, sidestepping and slashing with her sword. However, despite his full strength, she failed to sever his opponent's arm and was even blocked.

"..."

My hands felt numb and tingly, and I couldn't exert any strength at all. As I retreated step by step, my opponent closed in on me.

"General... stop struggling..."

"After those deserters left... I filled the entire military camp with a drug that suppressed resonance abilities..."

"I'm just afraid that when you return, General, I won't be able to keep you here..."

"I even learned how to modify it myself..."

"Not only will it suppress resonance abilities, making it impossible for people to detect anything amiss, but it will also gradually make people feel weak, gradually lose strength, and gradually become unable to move..."

Xia Cai spoke these words calmly, but her smile grew increasingly exaggerated, until it split open on one side, giving off a chilling feeling.

The words she said clearly came from a yandere!

"You ordered us to fight to the death... and I was the only one who did it..."

"That Ji Yan! He ignored your orders and took them away!"

"Only me! Only me!"

"These are the people who truly obey orders! They are the people you can truly trust!!!"

"Only me! Only me!"

The person's clothes gradually fell away, their body twisting and writhing. Another hand reached out from behind, and the bloody hole in their chest was a clear indication that the person was dead; what remained was merely a monster consumed by its obsession.

Looking at his current state, Ge Shulin resolutely shook his head and mercilessly slashed his arm with his knife—he felt his consciousness becoming increasingly chaotic, and in this state, the more unclear his mind became, the more likely he was to die without a burial place.

Blood streamed down his arm, his gaze fixed on the person before him.

"General Geshu...you look so adorable right now..."

Hearts began to well up in Xia Cai's eyes. Her slender, twisted hands, so sinister they sent chills down one's spine, reached out. That bizarre body was truly unappetizing.

His own demeanor, which he himself wished to discard immediately, was described in this way by the other party. He gritted his teeth.

However, the effects of the drug were difficult for a six-year-old to overcome. Even though his will was frantically suppressing it, he still felt the knife in his hand gradually losing its strength.

He didn't even have the ability to pick up a knife and send himself to his death.

"General Geshu... stay by my side forever~"

He had retreated to a dead end, leaning against the wall, the knife in his hand struggling to shield himself, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust.

"I admit I can accept yandere characters in anime..."

"But you can even lay a hand on a child who looks to be six years old!"

A sword flew from afar, severing the hand that was about to reach him in an instant, but then quickly regenerated.

Upon hearing that voice, Ge Shulin trembled instantly, his grip on the knife completely giving way. He glanced up and saw that familiar short black hair fluttering in the air—that person had appeared after all.

Mo Wunian wiped the sweat from his journey and looked down at the inhuman figure and the human below.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully accepted another mission."

"New mission issued: Yandere, you are not allowed to harm my child!"

"Please rescue your child from the other party's clutches."

"Reward: 1000 experience points, forcibly triggers the Bug Soul effect"

After hearing the voice in his mind, his gaze met those golden pupils again. Seeing the other's shocked expression, he could only smile slightly.

"If I can't be a human in my next life, then so be it."

————————And all of this goes back to a long time ago

By then, he was heartbroken and had even reached the border. Coupled with the effects of his overpowered soul, the barrier that had once been insurmountable was now nothing more than a thin sheet of paper to him.

Just as he resolved to step out and then spend three years surviving outside before entering the main storyline, his system suddenly popped up a lot of pop-up windows.

"Ding! The 125th review has been passed. The artificial intelligence system is officially online."

"Host~ Are you really going to give up on such an adorable child? He was just throwing a tantrum, but he's truly sincere towards you~"

"Are you really going to become a failure...? This buff is really not good..."

"Host... give him another chance... he's just a little too arrogant, you can just coax this brat a bit more..."

"He really cares about you too—he's just worried that his current situation might be a burden to you, that's why he said those things..."

"You've already changed the original storyline—you have to take responsibility for it! Otherwise, what if the later plot can't reconcile the plot holes?"

"Host~ Such a generous reward~ Don't let it slip away, there might not be as many after you enter the main storyline..."

"..."

The dialog boxes kept popping up one after another, and as soon as he closed that one message, countless more appeared on the screen.

It's impossible to delete them all!

He sensed his anger rising, and after finally closing the last dialogue box he'd managed to manage with a burst of frustration, he looked at the panel that popped up again and utterly broke down.

"That kid Thomas even pointed a knife at me!!!"

Why would I even bother waving my arms in front of him?!

"You really want to see me fight him again, don't you!"

"I may act a little foolish, but that doesn't mean I'm a fool!"

"..."

After venting for who knows how long, looking at the now-vanished chat box, I finally collapsed to the ground.

But after this commotion, he temporarily lost interest in going out.

"System... you'd be better off without any human touch at all."

"It's not just noisy enough to kill me, it's disruptive to my thinking."