Ch 72: I’m not a traitor!

“My head hurts so much; I feel like I’ve had a very long dream…”

“Hiss…”

A surge of memories flooded her mind, as if they were her own.

The girl was momentarily dazed. Her own memories were clear, and there were no memories of others, yet it felt as if she were living someone else’s life.

And in her heart, there seemed to be a deep-seated regret.

“Lazy girl, get up quickly! You’ll be late for your dance class!”

“I know, Mom, I’ll get up right away. My head just hurts a little.”

“Such a little child and you know what a headache is? I think you’re just lazy!”

The woman, listening to her daughter’s tone, sensed something different, but she only thought it was the girl feigning illness, and she pretended to raise her hand to scare the girl.

The girl quickly got up, got dressed, and brushed her teeth. For breakfast, she simply drank a glass of milk. Her mother was very strict about her diet, not allowing her to gain even a little weight.

On the way to the training school, the girl fell into deep thought.

Did she have regrets in her heart? Why would such a young child have regrets…

She tried to think it through. A child’s thoughts are always whimsical, and even she herself felt that this strange feeling was merely her own imagination.

A feeling deep down told her that in this life, she should no longer be sensible and always yielding; she should strive for everything and live for herself.

“What is this? Why do I feel this way? Am I the protagonist of an anime, possessing some special ability?”

The girl felt that she was very different from others, and perhaps following this feeling in her heart was the right thing to do.

…

Cui Zixuan was assigned to lead everyone to Olijia’er tomorrow morning.

She felt she had to inform Ji Chuan beforehand, fearing that he would kill her indiscriminately upon her arrival.

She really didn’t want to have anything to do with him.

After the mission assignment ended, Cui Zixuan left the base, activated her Special Ability, and arrived near Olijia’er.

“I know you can hear me!…”

But as soon as she shouted, she found Ji Chuan standing before her.

“Ah!”

Frightened, Cui Zixuan sat down on the ground.

“Don’t kill me! I’m just here to tell you that I’ve been assigned to bring people here tomorrow; it’s not my choice! I’ll leave after I bring them!”

Cui Zixuan was about to cry. She hadn’t even finished speaking before encountering Ji Chuan. Would he believe her? Would he think she had bad intentions for coming here today…?

“I know.”

Cui Zixuan was stunned by Ji Chuan’s words. He said he knew? He believed what she said?!

Great, she didn’t have to die! Number 1 seems to be quite reasonable!

“I can choose not to kill you tomorrow.”

Cui Zixuan swallowed. Her life was spared, but clearly, he hadn’t finished his sentence; she would have to pay a price.

Did he want her to give up her body?!

Looking at Number 1’s strong physique and handsome face, it didn’t seem impossible. Number 1 was perfectly to her liking.

Whether due to excessive fear or some other reason, Cui Zixuan’s thoughts were wandering, her mind racing at an alarming speed.

She swallowed again.

Ji Chuan found Cui Zixuan’s gaze strange, but he simply attributed it to excessive fear.

“As long as you transfer them in two batches tomorrow, I won’t kill you.”

It was that simple? Cui Zixuan realized she had overthought it. She could transfer them in two batches. After the first transfer, she could just tell them she forgot to bring the Crystal Core Energy; her own energy wasn’t enough to transfer eight people.

“That’s it?”

Cui Zixuan thought Number 1 was actually quite nice.

“Yes, transfer the people from your base and Jinglian City separately.”

He knew everything! Cui Zixuan’s fear of Ji Chuan deepened. The base had just finished its meeting and mission assignment.

She had just used the transfer ability, and yet he knew everything!

Was it the same transfer ability? Or was his perception inherently capable of covering such a distance…?

If the latter, Number 1 was terrifying.

“Will they be alright…”

Ji Chuan’s arrangement made Cui Zixuan very apprehensive; she vaguely felt that her actions were extremely detrimental to the Captains.

“I ask you, what is their purpose in coming here? Are they here for a sightseeing trip?”

Cui Zixuan lowered her head. Their purpose was to kill him. She dared not say it, but it seemed Number 1 knew everything.

“Do as I say; you have no choice.”

Ji Chuan disappeared. Cui Zixuan felt she was making a deal with the Devil, and fell into inner conflict.

But she didn’t have much affection for those people anyway; the reconnaissance teams usually acted independently.

“Let the others die, but I’ll live.”

Cui Zixuan sighed and returned to the base.

Actually, even without Cui Zixuan’s help, Ji Chuan was confident in eliminating them, but her assistance would make it more efficient.

Through these encounters with Cui Zixuan, Ji Chuan knew that she was timid and valued her life above all else.

If he directly used mind control on her, the squinty-eyed Zhuang Tu could sense it, and Ning Chuhe had a technique to break mind control.

But to prevent Cui Zixuan from revealing anything that could affect his plan, after Ji Chuan disappeared, he hid himself in Cui Zixuan’s shadow.

This time, he didn’t want to let anyone go, nor did he want anyone to interfere with his plan.

Last time, he assigned Xia Yiqing to be responsible for a Domain, but Xia Yiqing, out of old feelings, let two people go. Ji Chuan didn’t want to blame him, after all, he was still a human.

But after sensing Ning Chuhe’s technique in the Domain, this time Ji Chuan wanted to obtain it.

With 【Spring】, he could release Song Huai from mind control, making it easier to take him away.

This would be very useful for future actions, and now that he had plenty of time, revisiting the Ability User Base wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Back at the base, Cui Zixuan was very conflicted, but she didn’t dare to say a word. She locked herself in her room and didn’t go anywhere.

All the afternoon’s arrangements were carried out within the base. She received a mission and left quickly, but Ji Chuan knew everything.

Therefore, the base was also under his monitoring.

Cui Zixuan didn’t want to gamble with her life. She wasn’t the kind of person who would sacrifice herself for humanity’s sake, especially since she was supposed to bring those people there anyway.

It was just a matter of splitting them into two groups; it didn’t make much difference.

Cui Zixuan comforted herself. And the purpose of those eight people was to kill Ji Chuan. Ji Chuan’s resistance was reasonable, wasn’t it?

She would die on the mission, but by slightly changing the transfer method, she could survive. For the sake of her own life, accepting this arrangement was also reasonable, wasn’t it?

She was just afraid of death, not a traitor.

After monitoring Cui Zixuan preparing to bathe and sleep, Ji Chuan silently left the room after she removed her outer clothing.

He didn’t usually need to sleep at night, and he planned to take a stroll around the base.