Chapter 152-The Manga Pariah's Guide to Self-Salvation
The blade formed of condensed water sank into the human body. With a squelch, it was pulled out, blood splattering and staining Ye Zheng's white clothes in specks.
Not remembering how many times she had watched Percy fall with wide, incredulous eyes, Ye Zheng consciously closed her eyes, waiting for the white light to flash and send her to the next world.
Opening her eyes again, Ye Zheng took out her pocket watch to check; the time had reached five in the afternoon.
The System told her that contacting all "Wu Shus" on all world lines simultaneously was impossible, but it could contact the world lines Ye Zheng had once set foot on, as well as nearby world lines. It held the coordinates of those world lines and could attempt it within its authority range.
Ye Zheng expressed understanding, so she accelerated the speed of her jumps. She killed Percy as soon as she met him, proposed cooperation straight away upon meeting Wu Shu, and if she didn't encounter anyone within a short time, she attempted to leave Amber Lake, desperately triggering the [Fate Singularity]'s jumps.
She kept jumping, waiting for a specific time point.
On the fifty-seventh jump, Ye Zheng looked up from her pocket watch. Golden falling leaves drifted before her eyes; Ye Zheng knew the most suitable timing was about to arrive.
In the manga spoilers, Percy fell into a coma on a small boat, and "Ye Zheng" blocked Ye Di, who intended to harm him, with her body.
Although she was rushing through world lines one by one, she could roughly deduce the plot. After the Cloud-Soaring Squad was forced to accept the Royal Academy Team, the two teams couldn't possibly coexist peacefully. Once the giant eel appeared again, the two teams were more likely to fight each other first.
Regardless of the outcome of the clash between the two teams, the spoilers told her that Percy would fall into a coma for a period of time. This would be the most favorable time to make a move on Percy.
Percy couldn't be considered very smart, but after being used by Wu Shu once in the Blood Flower Demonic Domain, he would definitely be guarded against Wu Shu's ability in this competition. It wouldn't be easy for Wu Shu to succeed; only if he lost consciousness could Wu Shu's success rate be guaranteed.
Not only that, but Ye Zheng also considered a point: did Percy's rewind require conscious activation, or would it trigger automatically?
If it was the latter, Percy couldn't be killed by Wu Shu. But if it was the former... Wu Shu really could kill an unconscious Percy!
For Ye Zheng, this was a double gamble.
Triggering time rewinds in countless world lines simultaneously—she was challenging the [Fate Singularity]'s weakness of time. But if the protagonist Percy died on the spot, she was challenging the will of this manga world.
Ye Zheng stood under the tall ginkgo tree, gazing at the calm lake surface. She saw the shadows of boats.
"System, let's begin."
[Go to that ginkgo forest, Wu Shu.]
[The Cloud-Soaring Squad and the Royal Academy Team will fight in that water area. Percy will fall into a coma. You will have a chance—to kill Percy.]
[Don't question why you should kill Percy. Kill him, and in countless world lines, there will definitely be a 'Wu Shu' who obtains victory.]
[For Wu Shu to be able to achieve the final victory, please proceed with the following actions according to my instructions.]
The System transmitted her voice to the Wu Shus in 3,947 worlds. After Ye Zheng finished speaking, she stood quietly on the spot. She was waiting for the Wu Shu of this world to come to this ginkgo forest.
Heels stepped on fallen leaves, making a crisp sound. Wu Shu didn't hide her arrival. Ye Zheng turned her head and revealed a smile to her.
The Wu Shu of this world possessed short, slightly curly hair, less sharp than straight hair. Her brows sank as she stared at her vigilantly. "Ye Zheng, you shouldn't appear here."
She covered her temple with one hand, as if having a headache. "That voice just now... Do you also have a psychic ability?"
It was simply incredible. She had been observing the Cloud-Soaring Squad in secret the whole time. As a member of the Cloud-Soaring Squad, Ye Zheng had never left that boat from start to finish. Why would she suddenly appear here?
"Incredible, isn't it?"
Ye Zheng walked up to Wu Shu and looked up at her.
Originally, she was about the same height as Wu Shu, but in this world, her height had inexplicably dropped. Visually estimating, she wasn't over 1.65 meters now, which made Ye Zheng feel somewhat unaccustomed and subtly annoyed.
Wu Shu looked down at those dark eyes and couldn't help taking a step back. "Ye Zheng, give me a reason, otherwise I can't trust a baffling..."
Bang! The calm water surface suddenly surged with monstrous waves. Wu Shu subconsciously raised her arm to block the splashing spray. She brushed away the wet hair sticking to her face and turned to look at the water area not far away. A deep blue giant fish tail was undulating on the lake surface.
On the other side of the lake, the boat that was originally heading in another direction made an emergency U-turn and drove toward the direction of this ginkgo forest.
Wu Shu looked a bit dazed. Suddenly, her shoulder sank; a hand pressed on her shoulder, and Ye Zheng's soft voice rang in her ear, "The moment you chose to come here, you already believed me."
"Now, you are already convinced that I didn't lie to you."
For a moment, Wu Shu actually couldn't refute it. She stared tightly at the movement on the lake surface. The boat carrying the Cloud-Soaring Squad and the Royal Academy Team drove into this water area. Not far from them, they fought with the giant eel. The battle situation was extremely intense; the massive aquatic hunter attacked in an almost strangling posture.
No, despite this, she still had no reason to believe Ye Zheng and go kill Percy. She participated in the competition for victory, even if she had to use unscrupulous means—
[You understand that the probability of you winning this competition is minuscule. You need me.]
[I also need you, Wu Shu.]
[Next, Percy will be sneak-attacked by the Royal Academy Team. He will be saved by his teammates onto another small boat and fall into a coma on the boat.]
Wu Shu abruptly turned her head to look at Ye Zheng beside her. The other party pursed her smiling lips, staring at her with large, bright black eyes. That voice rising from the bottom of her heart seemed to be Ye Zheng speaking to her through those spirited and bewitching eyes.
Wu Shu's gaze turned to the lake surface. Amidst the frightening waves, she really saw another small boat.
Everything was proceeding according to what Ye Zheng said.
"And then?" Wu Shu asked, as if possessed.
[Then, you kill him, and I will win the final victory with you!]
Wu Shu gripped the dagger at her waist tightly, and her figure instantly vanished from the spot!
Meanwhile, Wen Xiaoxing was on a small boat guarding the unconscious Percy. The small boat drifted away from the main battlefield, rocking quietly on the water surface.
Just now, when Percy was focused on dealing with the giant eel, that Ye Di sneak-attacked Percy, dragging him to the bottom of the water. Percy used his ability to reinforce the boat hull while assisting teammates in attacking the giant eel; he was already spread too thin. After choking on water for a while, he fell into a brief coma.
Wen Xiaoxing stared at him and sighed helplessly. He didn't want to save him at all, but he had to.
After all, the person who should have saved Percy had been sent elsewhere by him, and Percy was very important; he absolutely couldn't die.
Wen Xiaoxing squatted boredly at the bow, waiting for that idiot Ye Di to appear.
He could see the veins of the world's development, only unable to see his own.
But why would the darling of fate worry about his own fate?
Amidst the noise of splashing water and rolling waves, Wen Xiaoxing suddenly put away his listless expression, looking vigilant. His ears keenly caught the sound of something breaking through the air behind him.
Why would Ye Di appear from behind!
Wen Xiaoxing turned abruptly. When he saw clearly the scene behind him, his green eyes widened, the corners of his eyes almost splitting, the green eyeball trembling precariously.
At the stern, a woman in black lowered her head, pulling a blood-stained dagger out of Percy's heart.
...Why was it Wu Shu?
...She killed Percy?
Why why why!
Wen Xiaoxing grabbed his own face with both hands, fingertips digging into his soft cheeks. His exquisite, obedient face became crazy. Emitting a terrifying aura, he walked toward the bow. Suddenly, he heard a crisp sound, as if something had fallen.
Under Wu Shu's astonished gaze, Wen Xiaoxing squatted down and picked up the eyeball that looked like a green glass marble. His fingers wiped it forcefully, as if trying to wipe away dust. With a crack, the eyeball shattered.
The glass-marble-like eyeball cracked into countless tiny fragments, each one clearly presenting a scene—
A silver dagger piercing Percy's heart!
Not just this world, but countless worlds! Percy died, and his death would trigger a time rewind...
Wen Xiaoxing looked up. Staring forward with his pitch-black left eye socket, he saw Wu Shu vanish, and Percy lying unharmed in his original spot.
Unknowingly, time had rewound.
Wen Xiaoxing looked down at the fragments in his hand. Even if time rewound, the [Fate Singularity] could no longer be restored.
Fate was a river constantly rushing forward. Standing in the dimension of the [Fate Singularity], he could see the future, but with his current control and development of the ability, he couldn't look back at the past.
Ye Zheng used some method to stack the rewind ability of countless worlds, forcefully wrenching the head of fate backward!
The [Fate Singularity] simply couldn't handle the rewinds of so many worlds; it actually crashed directly!
Wen Xiaoxing's eyes almost split with rage. He glared at the fragments in his hand for a good while, then suddenly, he laughed foolishly again.
The collapse of the [Fate Singularity] didn't mean Ye Zheng could return. She might have been sent to an even more unknown place, a place even he, the ability holder, couldn't detect!
He had lost, but Ye Zheng couldn't possibly win either.
[I didn't expect the invincible Crown Prince would get severely seasick.]
[Say one more word, and your team will be thrown to feed the fish by me.]
When Ye Zheng opened her eyes from the blinding white light and the feeling of weightlessness and saw these two lines of dialogue, she vaguely realized that she seemed to have finally returned to the past timeline.
At this time, the Royal Academy Team should have just boarded the Cloud-Soaring Squad's boat, and she and Wen Xiaoxing had just met.
Ye Zheng turned her head to the left, then to the right, but didn't find Wen Xiaoxing.
So strange. Was this not the main world?
The System did tell her that while this method would defeat the Fate Singularity, it was very likely to plunge her into an unknown situation.
Ye Zheng blinked slowly, observing her surroundings. She found herself much shorter.
She walked to the right, quietly approaching Ye Di, who was 1.7 meters tall. Then she measured herself against him and found she was likely not even 1.6 meters tall?
Probably around 1.55 meters.
Ye Zheng felt it was absurd. She walked to the gunwale, wanting to poke her head "down" to look at herself in the water.
Then she was even more surprised to find that she didn't know how to poke her head "down".
Ye Zheng stared blankly forward at the blue lake scenery, then turned to another direction. She saw Ye Di thinking about something.
[Crown Prince hates Percy so much. If I got rid of him for him...]
Ye Di's thought was framed in a white bubble, floating above his head.
Ye Zheng frowned. Was this some new type of ability?
She wanted to look "up" to see if a strange bubble would also appear above her own head. She tried hard to look up, but suddenly thought: what was the space "above"?
Ye Zheng tilted her head and looked at Percy directly opposite her. A square box appeared above his head.
Although she seemed to have forgotten the concepts of "up" and "down," she remembered. That thing seemed to be called... a dialogue box?
Ye Zheng's expression calmed down, her black eyes becoming deeper. She finally realized what kind of place this was.
Her name was Ye Zheng, and her world was said to be born from a manga.
But, now, she was really in a manga.
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