Welcome to the World of the Strong [Unlimited Flow] 116

Chapter 116: The Game

Jiang Yu was slow to speak, but Shi Jun didn’t mind.

On the contrary, the more the other party was concerned about something, the more she couldn’t speak, the more confident Shi Jun was in her heart.

At this moment, she couldn’t stop the smile on her lips. Fortunately, she was hidden by the darkness, so Shi Jun could hide the expression on her face.

She wasn’t in a hurry. To slowly plan was her method, and to have a two-pronged approach was her strategy. And now, she had finally seen a glimmer of hope.

Jiang Yu came to her senses, pursed her lips, suppressed the emotional fluctuations in her heart for a moment, and said in a low voice, “Just… a normal view.”

Her answer was equivalent to not saying anything, but Shi Jun didn’t continue to press her.

Shi Jun grasped the sense of propriety and knew that sometimes, it was not good to press too hard. After all, she had just confessed to Jiang Yu not long ago. At this moment, it was not the time to press her step by step.

Wait a little longer.

After the scene and trial of the eighteenth level were over, it announced the end of the third stage.

Perhaps it was because she had not grasped the difficulty of the third stage properly, or perhaps it was to save items to welcome the final stage, so to Jiang Yu’s surprise, the number of people who had died in this stage was far more than she had imagined.

Of course, there was another kind of death, which was that the first two stages had already used up all the opportunities to use items. At this stage, they were not pure and kind saints, so it was only natural that they would die under the trial.

The third stage was a completely individual stage. In other words, it didn’t require cooperation or binding with companions. Therefore… there were also those who, in order to protect their own items, had resolutely refused to provide help to their companions.

And those who had been refused had died with resentment.

Jiang Yu didn’t know how many of them had died because they had contributed their opportunities to use items for their companions in the first two stages, which had led to them being unable to use items in this stage. But looking at their situation, Jiang Yu looked away, and her heart was always a little uncomfortable.

She knew that in an instance, even companions might choose to betray for the sake of survival. In the face of life and death, human nature was displayed most vividly.

Jiang Yu had not seen ugly human nature on her way here, but… it had never been as direct as it was now.

Because in a B-rank instance, there were very few temporary teams. Most of the people who appeared here were like her and Zhong Yu, who had already formed a team before entering the instance. And relatively speaking, they had already passed a few stages together, and were companions who could trust each other and entrust their backs to each other.

But such companions would also choose to betray…

At this moment, Jiang Yu’s heart was not in a good mood.

It wasn’t that she was sad for the death of a rabbit, but that she had a more pessimistic emotion.

The not-so-bright light shone in from the car window. Now the sky had already darkened, but the lights in the car were no longer swallowed, so the brightness had returned, and the surrounding sounds had gradually become clear. They had already come out of the tunnel.

It was also because of this that the tragic situation in the car could be seen very clearly.

Shi Jun keenly noticed the change in Jiang Yu’s emotions. She looked up slightly, and with a light sweep of the car, she understood the thoughts in the other party’s heart at this moment.

A curve appeared on Shi Jun’s lips.

She thought in her heart… After all, Jiang Yu has just arrived. So, although she seems to have adapted well, in fact, she has not adapted at all.

A feeling of both pity and love was in Shi Jun’s heart.

If it had been her before, she might have already been unable to resist provoking Jiang Yu’s emotions, watching the other party’s temperament turn from bright to dark, and then wantonly appreciating the scene of the other party’s faith collapsing.

But now, Shi Jun had completely lost that kind of malicious fun.

On the contrary, she just wanted to comfort Jiang Yu well.

However, for the cold-hearted Shi Jun to comfort someone, it was still the first time.

After all, she herself advocated the concept of “everything will betray.”

Many thoughts flashed through Shi Jun’s mind, but her expression didn’t change.

She reached out her hand and held Jiang Yu’s.

Jiang Yu was brought back to her senses by the touch on the back of her hand. She looked back and saw Zhong Yu’s slightly worried expression. Jiang Yu forced a smile. “I’m fine.”

Shi Jun smiled faintly. “You’re lying.”

Jiang Yu lowered her gaze and smiled helplessly. “Oh… you can’t be fooled, can you? Am I not good at acting?”

“No.” Shi Jun said softly, “Because I’ve been watching you, so I can distinguish your state very well.”

Jiang Yu was slightly stunned, and something in her heart was vaguely touched.

Shi Jun directly pointed it out, “Is it because of their betrayal of their companions that you have some thoughts in your heart?”

Jiang Yu followed her gaze and quickly looked away.

She had no intention of hiding it. Besides, she probably couldn’t hide it. Zhong Yu was like this, and she had obviously already seen through her emotions.

However, to her surprise, Jiang Yu was not panicked at being seen through, and was not in a hurry to get rid of the other party. On the contrary, she had a sense of security as if the dust had settled.

It should be a very scary thing to have one’s thoughts seen through by an outsider at all times, but… Jiang Yu couldn’t be scared at all.

It was probably because it was Zhong Yu.

Jiang Yu said, “I originally had a construction in my heart. I know that in this world, betrayal is extremely normal.”

There would be backstabbing in the real world, let alone here.

“But… but I always thought that it shouldn’t appear… between companions.”

Jiang Yu’s voice became lower.

It was probably because she was a bit of an idealist. So, Jiang Yu thought that the word “companion” was a word that was given a very important meaning.

A collaborator could betray, a friend could backstab. In the complex World of Strength, these were not difficult to imagine and accept, but why was it a companion…

She… would have such a great feeling.

Shi Jun stared at Jiang Yu’s lowered side face, her dark eyes calm, so calm that it was like a divine indifference.

After a moment of silence, she said, “Perhaps it’s because you’ve already truly seen the people of Wang Meng—or rather, me, as a very important companion.”

Perhaps it’s not just a companion.

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment. “Eh…?”

She looked up and at Zhong Yu.

Jiang Yu’s pupils widened slightly, and a hint of a helplessness that she hadn’t even noticed was in her eyes.

Shi Jun’s lips curved, and her expression softened.

“Actually, after you came to the World of Strength, you haven’t had many friends to whom you’ve given your true heart, have you?”

“Lin Hui and Li Nanmeng were the first you accepted to be with after you entered the instance… hmm, they can be considered friends, but to be honest, your relationship with them is far from being deep, right?”

Jiang Yu’s lips moved.

Shi Jun: “You haven’t experienced too many life-and-death moments between you, and your emotional bond has naturally not reached that level. To you, the two of them may be friends, but they are definitely not companions whom you can completely trust without any reservations, and to whom you can entrust your back after abandoning all other paths, right?”

Jiang Yu wanted to refute.

But… she couldn’t.

Because she knew that what the other party had said was all right. She just had to put herself in their shoes and think about it.

Jiang Yu and them had met early, but their relationship was not necessarily the deepest just because they had met early.

Besides, Jiang Yu had not passed many instances with Lin Hui and Li Nanmeng. In her second instance, she had already met Zhong Yu.

And after that, she had not been with the two of them for long before she had come to Wang Meng.

So, rather than saying that her first partner in the World of Strength was Lin Hui and Li Nanmeng, it was better to say… it was Zhong Yu.

At this thought, Jiang Yu’s heart trembled.

What the other party had said… was right.

Shi Jun: “But I’m different, right?”

When she said this, Shi Jun’s heart was undoubtedly filled with a happy emotion, a joy that could not be stopped.

She smiled, her eyes curving, and her lips curving.

Jiang Yu pursed her lips slightly and looked away, but in the end, she didn’t deny it.

Shi Jun: “Because between us, we’ve experienced many things.” She said slowly.

Jiang Yu didn’t refute.

In fact, it was true.

It was precisely because she had spent enough time with Zhong Yu, and it was precisely because in this kind of interaction, Zhong Yu had left a deep emotion in her heart, so to Jiang Yu, Zhong Yu was different from others.

It was probably… like the protagonist group in a shonen manga.

Shi Jun rested her chin on her hand and said with a smile, “The reason why you have such a great feeling about their betrayal is because you thought of me, right?”

She was direct.

Jiang Yu’s eyelids trembled, and finally, she didn’t say any more words of refutation.

The fact was confirmed, and Shi Jun’s smile became even more pronounced.

It had to be said that at this moment, it was her most pleasant moment.

The satisfaction and thrilling happiness she had gotten now was something she had never gotten before.

No matter when she was clearing an instance, experiencing a life-and-death thrilling moment, or watching the ugly state of others struggling in despair, she had never encountered it.

Shi Jun covered her lips with one hand and finally couldn’t help but let out a low laugh.

Jiang Yu looked over.

Shi Jun said, “So, I’m very happy.”

She reached out her fingers, and under Jiang Yu’s gaze, she touched the other party’s chest, her smile radiant.

“To be able to leave a bond in your heart.”

Most importantly, it was unique.

Zhong Yu was right.

Jiang Yu had indeed thought of the two of them.

If one day, she and Zhong Yu reached a dead end, and it was a dead end where they had to choose one of two, would she and Zhong Yu turn against each other? Would their relationship also become like the others?

—Even if they had experienced a life-and-death instance together and had carved a deep bond, but they still couldn’t resist the threat of death?

Jiang Yu didn’t know. She couldn’t predict what hadn’t happened.

She was just… suddenly a little scared.

Because Jiang Yu found that she didn’t want this.

She didn’t want to be in such an ending with Zhong Yu at all.

No matter how much others betrayed or backstabbed her, Jiang Yu could adjust her mentality and accept it. Only Zhong Yu…

Shi Jun slowly curved her lips and approached her.

“Don’t worry. I won’t.”

She looked at Jiang Yu and said softly.

Jiang Yu’s pupils shrank slightly, and she subconsciously wanted to retreat, but she quickly stabilized herself.

Her lips moved, and she wanted to ask back why Zhong Yu was so confident, but in the end, she still swallowed all her words.

Shi Jun tilted her head. “You don’t believe me?”