318 An Impossible Possibility (1/2)

Chapter 318: An Impossible Possibility

Shi Xiaobai was certain that all the rookies had already left Dragon Mountain Valley because he had specially checked the valley before he left. He had confirmed that everyone had left.

Furthermore, the valley was open and expansive, even if a rookie had been playful by playing hide and seek, it was impossible to hide.

But at this very moment in time, the Absolute Choice had failed. It meant that a rookie had died without Shi Xiaobai’s knowledge.

How did this rookie die?

Why did the rookie die so silently?

Shi Xiaobai was completely clueless. This was more mysterious than the rookie being killed by invisible monsters.

Shi Xiaobai could only use for speculation the remaining time before he had to choose.

Maybe there was really someone left behind in Dragon Mountain Valley? For example, the person was swallowed whole by a monster, dying only a period of time later?

Or a rookie did not wait outside after leaving the valley and had instead ran off somewhere before encountering an accident?

Maybe a rookie had suddenly died silently because of a disease or virus which nobody noticed?

Everything was possible, even if the possibility was minimal.

Shi Xiaobai sighed in his heart. Blindly guessing was not an option. All he could do was repeat it again.

…

He returned to the same point in time for a fifth time.

Shi Xiaobai did the same things as the first four times. He hurriedly got everyone to leave the valley, and again, he repeated the important matter of “Do not fart” three times.

This time, Shi Xiaobai specifically reminded everyone to wait outside the valley and not run far off.

The rookies were very obedient and walked towards the valley’s exit.

Shi Xiaobai took this time to confirm the number of people in the valley. He quickly repeated the count thrice and finally confirmed that there were forty-eight people in the valley, including him and Ka Xiaozi.

The rookies left the valley in droves and this time, Shi Xiaobai was faster than before. When the last rookie left the valley, he and Ka Xiaozi followed closely behind and left the valley.

Following that was a loud sound of a fart.

Man, having come out earlier this time, he was just in time to catch the rookie farting.

Everyone covered their noses and exclaimed “smelly” before they distanced themselves repulsively from the rookie. This smelly fart had induced a massacre before, so its powers were obviously redoubtable.

Shi Xiaobai reacted extremely fast. At the instant he heard the fart, he had used ‘Unleaking Turtle Aura’ to block his sense of smell. This was the greatest advantage of a time loop, but it sure was depressing thinking about it.

The moment Shi Xiaobai came out of the valley, he began a head count. He finished the count quickly thrice and confirmed that there were forty-eight people.

Everyone had left the valley.

Furthermore, everyone was waiting outside the valley. No one had ran afar.

“Sorry, I couldn’t resist it.”

The rookie’s embarrassed apology was heard. It was the same sentence, but this moment in time had happened earlier because of Shi Xiaobai’s suggestion to come out earlier.

Shi Xiaobai had no time to care about him. He carefully looked at every rookie and their expressions.

Without a doubt, all of their expressions were terrible. Whoever got hit by these ‘toxic gases’ probably would not be having a good mood.

However, all of them looked in the pink of health. The light in their eyes did not lessen at all. No one looked sick or poisoned. There was definitely no signs of someone dying.

Suddenly, Shi Xiaobai saw someone’s back. It was a girl standing at the peripheral. The girl had her back bent, with one hand on a tree. Her back was facing the crowd, as though she was suffering some form of pain.

“It’s her!”

Shi Xiaobai’s eyes lit up. He rushed towards the girl at an exceedingly fast speed.

This girl could have been inflicted with some form of disease and would suddenly die silently.

Shi Xiaobai was feeling anxious as he held the girl’s shoulder and shouted, “Bear with it!”

The girl was startled as she looked up to realize it was Shi Xiaobai. She immediately heaved a sigh of relief, but at the moment she relaxed, the girl’s expression changed drastically. Covering her mouth with her hands, her pale expression turned even paler as her shoulders trembled.

“I can’t…hold it in!”

The girl screamed and hurriedly flung Shi Xiaobai’s arms away and ran to the back of the tree. She leaned down and began…

“Eugh!”

The girl began vomiting. Shi Xiaobai watched nervously but he did not see the blood he had imagined. It was only the usual vomit.

After vomiting a few times, the girl quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her dirty mouth. When she turned to see everyone looking at her after hearing her, her face immediately blushed.

Shi Xiaobai asked with concern, “Are you alright? Are you sick?”

The girl shook her head and shyly said, “No, I’m only…it was so smelly that I could not help but throw up.”

Shi Xiaobai was appalled. It was the fault of that smelly fart again?

However, Shi Xiaobai gave the girl a few serious glances and noticed that although her expression looked terrible, she was not weak. She simply wanted to throw up.

“It’s not her!”

Shi Xiaobai realized this point.

“Time is almost up!”

For some reason, Shi Xiaobai was very sensitive when it came to time. It was as though there was a clock in his heart that allowed him to accurately keep track of time. In another ten seconds or so, the moment of the Absolute Choice’s failure would happen.

Shi Xiaobai quickly turned his head to look at the rookies. At this moment, the rookies were looking curiously at him.

“Shi Xiaobai, you seem…a bit strange?”