Chapter 164: Balance (1/2)
Chapter 164 - Balance
TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney
ED: NoriPixel
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“I wasn't able to accept that situation I was forced to do, so I knew I had to go. I left my parents without another word. I left to somewhere far and changed my phone number. Then, about half a year later, I heard from my relatives that LingLing died in the hospital since she wasn't able to undergo surgery in time.
“San Xing Corporation found my parents, and they said they were willing to pay off the debt as long LingLing’s body was donated for research purposes.
“My parents had so much debt that they had no other choice but to accept. On the day LingLing’s body was being shipped off, they left behind their will. It was ten pages long with several thousand words, apologizing to me. Then they both jumped into NinJing River to suicide…” Zhou JingJing cried uncontrollably as she finished her story. The sounds of her crying resonated through the hearts of the people on site, as it was very painful to listen to.
There were times when people in the modern era were more brutal than those that were in post-apocalyptic days. People contracted diseases, but there were no cures; they had relatives, but no recognition. The pain of living like this was the most hopeless, but only the person suffering would understand it best.
“I don't know why she would be here to look for me, I don't even owe her anything! I only came by to tell my parents to not have any more kids! With this poor financial condition, why would they decide to have another kid? She basically ruined my life! She caused my parents to die! I hate her! I HATE HER!” Zhou JingJing got even more heated, but there were no signs of her potentially harming anyone, so Zhang ShengLi finally released her.
“This isn't our fault, don't blame yourself too much.” HuJun lifted up Zhou JingJing off the floor and hugged her. As he was consoling her, she started crying again in his arm.
“So, she means to say that her sister who died a year ago reanimated to come find her?” Other players mumbled after they finally realized that point…at the end of Zhou JingJing’s story.
“Could it be possible that this game has some sort of ghost or spirit set up?” Zhao Meng started speculating.
“If there were appearance of ghosts, the game would be unbalanced. This is definitely impossible with these supernatural activities, so there must be an appropriate explanation.” Han GuangMing said, shaking his head.
“No wonder, this game has that sort of balance! All of a sudden, there is a corpse tide or tornado. If this was a balanced game then those events shouldn't happen. It's clearly set to hell difficulty! Thus, the appearance of spirits in hell aren't very strange at all.” Zhao Meng strongly held onto his belief.
“It’s the middle of the night, don't talk about ghosts or spirits anymore. You are scaring me!” Martial Thunder halted Zhao Meng from continuing. There were other members who were also troubled by the supernatural phenomenon. Today, they have experienced too much misery already, so they don't want to continue experiencing more pain.
“As Zhou JingJing had said, it might be a case of seeing ghosts. If it's not that case, then how else can it be explained? Could it be possible that she hallucinated?” Zhao Meng persistent on the topic.
“I also agree that this is a supernatural event. This is a game, so anything can happen in-game. Who knows if the game is capable of producing such things? Now that we are trapped in The Trembling World, as long as we can get results from our work then that is what matters.” Wang DeCheng said, supporting Zhao Meng’s theory.