Volume 1, Chapter 12: The Ghost Behind the Face (Part 1)
"Are there any problems?"
Lu Ren narrowed his eyes, and the image of a boy flashed through his mind. He subconsciously reached out and pulled up a bridle with his hair scattered on his forehead, twisted it between his fingers, and asked with a smile, "What's the question?"
In fact, he just asked casually and did not expect to get a definite answer. Unexpectedly, Tebeles' answer was decisive, "He doesn't have the breath of a living person!"
"What?!" Lu Ren's face changed, and then immediately changed to a smiling expression, "Is it like you?"
"snort!"
Tebirs snorted coldly, "Don't squeeze me out of words. Since I promised to cooperate with you, I will not regret it. But I still want to warn you that special cases like me who are nostalgic for the sun, willing to endure the cold and keep awake. There may not be one of the millions of people, and others will choose to succumb to the darkness...or do you think your friend is a person who can withstand temptation?"
Lu Ren was stunned when he heard this, then smiled bitterly and sighed, "I can't stand..."
Indeed, compared to people like Tebails who would rather be trapped in a cold corpse than keep their souls clear, the reincarnation team members are just ordinary people with too many weak wills.
"Then be careful!"
After saying that, Tebairs continued to tremble, walked towards the chair on one side, leaving Lu Ren alone to stay in place and meditate.
(Damn it, the plot chaos has not been resolved yet, and now another dark traitor has emerged? Oh my God, do you really think of me as a wise man...)
After thinking hard but failed, Lu Ren simply stopped thinking of any other way. He simply walked to every member of the reincarnation team and whispered the conclusion that "Ye Xian is dead". In order not to arouse Ye Xian's suspicion, he was the first to come to Ye Xian. After deliberately expressing regret for Ye Dan's death, he took the opportunity to shake hands with Ye Xian. Sure enough, the entry was full of stiff and coldness like a dead body... exactly the same as Tebairs' body!
(Fuck, I actually shook hands with a living dead person? It's a memorable experience! But you can't do such a dangerous thing in the future... I'm really impulsive this time...)
However, the facts proved that Lu Ren was still too young. He only considered the threat of the "living dead" Ye Xian, but did not count it in the end. In the face of the threat of darkness, everyone's reactions were different. Lan Xiaoqian happily agreed to Lu Ren's proposal for cooperation. After all, the two had already had substantial joint forces before, and Lu Ren even saved her life; while Qin Yuming's reaction was even more intense. After hearing the news that Ye Xian was a living dead, he did not shoot Ye Xian's head directly. Lu Ren expressed a high understanding of this, because the psychological shadow that he was almost eaten by the zombies was too that...
The biggest trouble still comes from Robert. After hearing Lu Ren's words, this scarface's first reaction was not to find a way to clear the hidden dangers, but Lu Ren planned to seize power! That's right, Lan Xiaoqian and him were equally willing to save their lives. Qin Yuming was weak and could be bullied and knelt down when he was scared. Now he proposed to clean up the only remaining Ye Xian who had conflicts with him. Isn't he trying to cut off Robert's right-hand arm?
Looking at the strong suspicion in Robert's eyes, Lu Ren felt bitter, but he had to make a final effort. "Mr. Robert," Lu Ren stared at Robert's eyes and said seriously, "If you don't believe it, you can touch Ye Xian's hand by yourself to see if the touch is the same as the dead."
"No need." Robert's stubbornness was beyond Lu Ren's expectations. In other words, his desire for power had become so strong that he could deceive his judgment. He actually rejected Lu Ren's proposal without hesitation, and said with a striking statement, "Ye Xian has just escaped from danger. When a person is frightened, his blood will temporarily surge into his brain. It is not surprising that his hands and feet are cold..."
"But……"
"You don't have to do it anymore." Robert interrupted Lu Ren without any hesitation, "I am the captain of this team. I know what is good for my team members!" When he spoke, he also specially strengthened the tone of the word "captain". Hearing this, Lu Ren knew that his negotiation was completely failed. An example of people losing their minds due to the desire for power. He has seen too many people in the aristocratic circle in recent years...
"Oh..." He sighed in his heart, and Lu Ren turned around and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, just after he turned around, Robert suddenly added with unsatisfactory words, "Mr. Lu, given that your mental state is not stable now, I suggest you temporarily return the weapon to me for safekeeping..."
"What?!" Lu Ren turned around "Hurriedly", looked at Robert, and asked coldly, "You want to seize my gun?"
Faced with Lu Ren's stare, Robert responded in a tit-for-tat way, "I just won't lend you anymore."
The two looked at each other coldly for a while, and Lu Ren suddenly sneered, "Okay, OK, OK." After saying that, he turned his right hand and handed the Desert Eagle to Robert, "You will regret it."
"Will I regret it? It's not your turn to speak."
A cold snorted, indicating the formal break between the two. Then, Lu Ren turned around and walked back to Lan Xiaoqian and the others, leaving only Robert with a cold back. (This damn stupid pig! I must think of a way, otherwise he will definitely kill everyone! I don’t want to die because of such dirty things!)
"No. He disagrees."
Walking back to his seat, watching Lan Xiaoqian and both looked at him with inquiring eyes, Lu Ren shrugged and briefly described the scene of the negotiation and breaking apart at that time.
"How could he do this?" Lan Xiaoqian frowned and said angrily, "He is betting on everyone's lives!"
"There is nothing to do." Lu Ren shook his head, "People's hearts are unpredictable."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Qin Yuming retreated again, "Then... could it be that we really got it wrong?"
"You can't be wrong." Lu Ren rejected this possibility and looked at Qin Yuming with a little cold look. He said, "If you don't believe us, you can go to their side now. But I can tell you clearly that I will not act with them anymore. Robert must have told Ye Xian all my words now. I don't know when he will take action, but I can't let the entire team be wiped out in his hands! Someone must act separately as a reserve force!" (I am not so stupid as to not stand under the dangerous wall. I will take my life to take risks!)
"I won't go either." Lan Xiaoqian glanced at Lu Ren and said decisively, "I believe in you."
"That……"
Seeing that both of them were so persistent, Qin Yuming's heart, which was not very strong, was immediately shaken. Unfortunately, before he could say "I'm with you", Lu Ren interrupted him, "You can't be with us."
"What?!" Qin Yuming screamed in surprise, "I'm just talking casually. You don't have to hold grudges like this, right?"
"I didn't hold a grudge." Lu Ren looked at him calmly and said calmly, "Not only can you not be with us, but other NPCs in the team who are willing to follow them are not left behind. We cannot leave Robert with excuses to split the team. Once it causes internal strife, it will not be worth the loss." After a while, after Qin Yuming slowly digested his words, Lu Ren continued, "What's more, now that my weapon has been taken away, Miss Xiao Qian's acid gun is difficult to guarantee death with one shot. The electromagnetic rifle in your hand is already our last trump card... Once Ye Xian has something wrong, only you can shoot him with one shot!"
"Then..." Qin Yuming looked at Lu Ren, then reluctantly touched his electromagnetic rifle, but in the end he did not make the opinion of "changing the gun". His approach was actually somewhat expected by Lu Ren. After all, in such a crisis-ridden environment, a weapon that can be used to join hands, no matter how effective it is, just holding it in his hand is already more courageous than Lu Ren's proposal that doesn't know whether it is true or false.
(I'm sorry, you are unwilling to believe me wholeheartedly, but this is exactly what I want... Someone must numb Ye Xian and Robert...)
Chapter completed!