CHAPTER 1019: CHAPTER 1023: DESOLATE ABYSS CHAOS BATTLE (26)

Before Wang Bai could step forward, Xie Yuanyuan frantically dragged Qin Xiaoshun away like their lives depended on it.

Wang Bai: "... Does he really look that scary? He just wanted to ask something..."

Suddenly, Wang Bai realized Xie Yuanyuan and Qin Xiaoshun clearly recognized him.

Wang Bai slapped his own forehead hard.

He had already said the two girls’ names, but what did that mean?

Wang Bai tried to deceive himself again, but his intelligence wouldn’t allow it.

He didn’t rush to find Xie Yuanyuan and Qin Xiaoshun. Those two girls probably, like him before, didn’t want to believe what they had experienced.

On the way back, with the certainty of his recognition, it was as if shackles had been unlocked. Recalling the previous experiences, Wang Bai no longer felt a sense of disconnection.

He understood very well that their ability to return to the real world was entirely dependent on Su Li.

At that very moment, Wang Bai suddenly developed a very strong curiosity about Su Li’s identity.

Meeting Xie Yuanyuan and Qin Xiaoshun was just the beginning.

In the days following, without intentionally doing so, Wang Bai would run into Xiao Zhang and Yu Yunduo and her son.

Finally, he decided to hold a private gathering and sent invitations to several people.

On the appointed day, everyone showed up.

By the looks of it, just like Wang Bai earlier, they were all very familiar with each other without any sense of estrangement among them.

Although they only spent three days together, they lived and died together several times; an experience perhaps not everyone would ever have in their lifetime.

Perhaps, aside from their parents, these few people were his closest sisters and brothers from another mother.

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Extra (One)

How to break through the sibling-like relationship and turn it into intimate lovers?

This is a conundrum, and it’s the one troubling Wang Bai the most right now.

That’s right, he had his eyes on Yu Yunduo, the divorced woman with a child.

People who knew ridiculed him, saying he was out of his mind, ignoring the good young ladies in favor of an unremarkable one, eagerly going to be a stepfather for free.

Wang Bai always responded to these mundane viewpoints with a dismissive smile.

Feeling a bit like you naive mortals with such self-satisfaction.

Do you think your identity is so precious? No, no, after so many years, all he dared was to have a secret crush.

Facing Brother Xiao Bao’s death stare, he could only sneak a glance at Yun Duo.

Four-year-old Yu Xiaobao: I treated you as a brother, yet you want to woo my mother?

If he could find any ordinary girl, it wouldn’t be an issue, but after experiencing the Desolate Abyss Chaos Battle, even though he soon returned to normalcy, something inside him had fundamentally changed.

Those people would never understand why, though he was free-spirited and carefree, he suddenly severed all ties with the rich second generation he used to hang out with, and became motivated and driven.

Even his own parents subtly advised him to take it easy and not work so hard.

They already had enough wealth and power.

But they could never understand his sense of urgency.

In the Desolate Abyss Battle Arena, the humiliation and despair of being controlled by fate left him in a cold sweat whenever he recalled it.

Even though he is weak now, with every effort, he becomes a bit more distant from that feeling of helplessness.

Only those few companions who survived with him understood him.

Because they, like him, were desperate to strengthen themselves.

They never stopped, always diligently studying and learning.

At first, it was all about self-improvement, but gradually, they truly understood the joy of learning.

Nothing in the world is more moving than the truth of knowledge.

People sharing a common secret naturally grow closer.

Unexpectedly, Xie Yuanyuan actually took a liking to Xiao Zhang, and he to Yun Duo.

As for Xiao Shun, this staunchly straightforward woman is determined to keep company with knowledge.

She was more intense than any of them and had become a key scientist for the country.

Wang Bai was truly grateful for Su Li’s presence and help.

In misfortune, there can be blessings; the line between them is often blurry; who’s really to say?

Without that thrilling and perilous experience, how could he have known he had other better options?

Later on, by chance, Wang Bai again met two acquaintances, only the three of them passed by each other like strangers.

Each heading towards different fates.

I wish them well wherever they are!

And as Wang Bai walked away, Su Yu and Da Mang, who had been heading in the opposite direction, disappeared around the corner only to turn back, staring intently at Wang Bai’s back until he was completely out of sight.

Da Mang, filled with a sour and strong envy almost tangible, sighed, "They are indeed fortunate, lucky."

"To get picked for the game and still break free, I’m envious to death."

Su Yu, with a cold face, had no idea what he was thinking, but Da Mang knew, just like him, Su Yu surely envied those newcomers.

The longer one survived in the game, the more thoroughly they understood its essence.

Those who entered the game only faced one outcome, early death, or late death, but death nonetheless.

But for the chance to live a little longer, who dared not to give it their all?

Yet, those newcomers were an exception and anomaly....

"Let’s go, prepare as thoroughly as possible; the next trial game will start soon."

"No giving up; as long as we’re alive, there must be a way."

He was determined to break free from the control of that damned mysterious force.

Su Yu’s words were for Da Mang to hear, but they were also for himself to hear.

Otherwise, he really feared ending up like those conscienceless Trialists who completely let themselves go.

Once becoming that kind of person, they would only die faster.

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Extra (Two)

Much time has passed since that terrible disaster, and the devastated city had rapidly been rebuilt.

That area merged anew with crowds of people, and apart from those who experienced the pain, others quickly and completely forgot about the disaster.

Ninety-nine percent of people were destined never to know the truth of it.

They would only assume it was a long-planned terrorist attack.

Sadly, it succeeded, leading to heavy casualties.

Life would go on, and human forgetfulness was significant.

But Zeng You thought that the impact of that disaster had never left her.

Even though she had already changed companies, people would somehow find out what she had done.

After only a few days at the new job, she was fired without reason.

Zeng You’s face was unsightly, her weak and helpless stance provoked an urge to protect her in others.

To free her from worry and trouble.

However, thinking about the selfish and malicious heart beneath the charming exterior, people were filled with dread.

No one dared have a poisonous snake by their side, unsure when she might turn on them.