Chapter 49.2 (1/2)

Liu Huai took a deep breath and continued to move forward. Gradually, bloody handprints appeared in the carriage. They were traces left from the previous battle. This meant that players had appeared here not long ago. Liu Huai realized he was getting closer to Mu Sicheng and his heartbeat increased.

[The train is about to arrive at the station. The next stop is Huangquan Road. Passengers who are getting off, please line up and let the passengers come up first—]

The lights in the carriage flashed. Liu Huai walked into the last carriage and saw Mu Sicheng leaning against the wall with folded arms while Du Sanying was crouching down beside his small go-kart car.

The moment Liu Huai entered, Mu Sicheng raised his monkey paws vigilantly. Liu Huai raised his hands in an embarrassed and fearful manner. He whispered to the stunned Mu Sicheng, “Brother Si, I am here to surrender.”

Mu Sicheng’s face was cloudy and uncertain. He retracted his monkey paws and sneered. “Puppet Zhang actually brought you this time.”

“I… Brother Si…” Liu Huai didn’t dare look into Mu Sicheng’s eyes as his voice became weaker and weaker. “I was just trying to survive.”

“In order to survive, you took the initiative to chop off my hands and give me to Puppet Zhang?” Mu Sicheng sneered, the red light in his eyes about to drip blood. “Didn’t you join the Kings Guild? Puppet Zhang took you this time? It’s good for you. Such a high-level player is willing to take you along with him. It seems you’ve been living well in the Kings Guild.”

“You will actually betray Puppet Zhang? This is his trick isn’t it? Don’t think I will fall for the same trick a second time.” Mu Sicheng’s smile became more ironic.

Seeing that Mu Sicheng was going to act, Du Sanying quickly stopped Mu Sicheng. They still lacked people! Even if the one delivered to their door was fake, there was no need to push this person out!

Liu Huai told Mu Sicheng and Du Sanying what Puppet Zhang had told him to say. Du Sanying and Mu Sicheng glanced at each other. Liu Huai’s words were very similar to Bai Liu’s analysis. Puppet Zhang was willing to sacrifice his own puppets in exchange for fragments.

“Wait!” Mu Sicheng’s eyes darkened slightly. He took out a scale and grabbed Liu Huai’s throat with force.

A drop of blood splashed in Liu Huai’s eye and the red light in Mu Sicheng’s eyes became redder. Liu Huai was choked breathless by him. His limbs were in a disordered state and his face was red as he hoarsely begged, “I’m not deceiving you! I’m really here to ask for help!”

Mu Sicheng sneered, the expression on his face became stranger and more brutal while the strength of his hands increased. “You said you aren’t lying but I have my own standard of judgment.”

[System tip: Player Mu Sicheng has used the item ‘Judge’s Scale’ on player Liu Huai. Honest or not, this will weigh your conscience.]

[Judge’s Scale—can only be used on a certain player three times a day and can only be used to judge whether the answer is yes or no. Other overly complicated questions can’t be used to determine if the player is lying or not.]

“Okay, now I will ask and you will answer.” Mu Sicheng smiled evilly. One hand held the struggling Liu Huai while the other hand held a strangely shaped scale. The left side had the word ‘truth’ written while the right side had the word ‘lie’. “The first question. Did Puppet Zhang send you over here?”

Liu Huai coughed and looked at the item with horror. He instinctively lied. “N-No!”

The scale tilted in favor of ‘lie’.

Mu Sicheng sneered. “Second question, is Puppet Zhang very safe right now?”

Liu Huai was choked to tears and he begged for mercy. “Brother Si! Brother Si! I didn’t know you have this item! Please let me go! You still need me!”

Mu Sicheng indifferently closed his hand around Liu Huai’s neck. “Answer my question.”

“Yes!” Liu Huai felt like he was going crazy from the feeling of dying and tears flowed everywhere. “He is safe now! He is protected by two enhanced puppets!! I might’ve come here at his request but Brother Si, I really don’t want to harm you! I came to join you! I really won’t betray you like I did before! I will never cut off your hands again. Puppet Zhang is a lunatic! I wouldn’t be able to live so I came to find you, Brother Si!”

“Okay, the last question—” Mu Sicheng looked at Liu Huai who was begging for mercy and suddenly, many hallucinations appeared in front of his eyes. He saw blood seeping through his hands. Mu Sicheng slowly moved his gaze and saw that his shoulder was cut. The blood from this place was flowing down to his fingers, just like when Liu Huai cut off his arms.

[System tip: Player Mu Sicheng’s mood has fluctuated too much. His mental value has fallen to 60 and mild hallucinations have started to appear! Please pay attention to restore your mental value!]

Mu Sicheng blinked slowly. Blood dripped down the side of his face onto Liu Huai’s face as he lowered his head expressionlessly. “Okay, the last question. You said you won’t betray me anymore.”

“Then I will ask you. Are you still loyal to Puppet Zhang? Are you part of his plan and still under his control or have you really completely betrayed Puppet Zhang and separated from his control—”

There was no wavering in Mu Sicheng’s eyes.

Liu Huai’s chest was heaving violently and the sweat on his face fell drop by drop. His palms started to become numb and hot due to excessive tension. He had a hunch that if his answer wasn’t what Mu Sicheng wanted, Mu Sicheng was likely to kill him.

Liu Huai had seen this look in Mu Sicheng’s eyes before. It was the look that would appear after Mu Sicheng’s mental value dropped below the safety value. In this state, it was easy for Mu Sicheng to kill. It was in this state that Mu Sicheng killed Puppet Zhang’s four puppets. Liu Huai betrayed Mu Sicheng and stimulated Mu Sicheng too much, but he managed to escape the catastrophe.

“I came to see you because of Puppet Zhang’s plans but I really betrayed Puppet—” Before he could finish the sentence, Liu Huai felt the transparent puppet thread suddenly close around his heart.

Since he said he wanted to completely belong to Mu Sicheng’s camp, Puppet Zhang wanted to kill him. Liu Huai realized this and closed his eyes. The desire to live caused him to speak in a despairing manner. “I won’t betray Puppet Zhang.”

The scale shook twice before eventually falling slowly to ‘lie’.

Mu Sicheng slowly let go of the hand that was gripping Liu Huai’s neck, his eyes strange and mocking. “…It seems that you really can’t live on Puppet Zhang’s side so you betrayed him like you betrayed me back then.”

“You are only loyal to yourself, Liu Huai.” Mu Sicheng sneered. “You can be used.”

Liu Huai coughed and looked suspiciously at the scale in Mu Sicheng’s hand. This small scale—was it because Puppet Zhang had just wanted to kill him and he did give birth to the idea of betraying Puppet Zhang? Or perhaps this thought never stopped after Puppet Zhang made him a puppet…

Did Puppet Zhang anticipate to this extent? He knew that Mu Sicheng had the scale item and sent Liu Huai over…

Liu Huai suddenly felt a chill. Mu Sicheng once again asked Liu Huai about the process of coming here. This time, Liu Huai didn’t lie and told Mu Sicheng everything. Mu Sicheng sneered. “Want to provoke me to attack him? If I really want to attack him, I would do it in the later stages when he almost has all the broken lenses. Tsk, it is really unnecessary to separate me and Bai Liu.”

At this point, Liu Huai found something very strange. It had been a while since he came here but he hadn’t seen Bai Liu. He looked around and wondered, “Bai Liu isn’t here?”

Du Sanying scratched his face in an embarrassed manner. “Well, previously when discussing the plan, Bai Liu actually wanted to cooperate with the puppet master. However, Mu Sicheng disagreed with the plan and they had a big argument. Bai Liu broke away from us and went to take refuge with Puppet Zhang.”

Mu Sicheng hummed coldly and turned his face away. “Do I still need someone to separate me and Bai Liu? We can break up ourselves!”

Liu Huai, “……”