Scourge Messenger

Chapter 355 I'm really too bad
Yan Qing, who was sweeping through the Demon Gathering Land, suddenly stopped and turned to look at the clock tower in the center of the Demon Gathering Land. The arrogant and unparalleled Hehua Zizai Tianzhen Demon was in the Skeleton Documents Square in front of the clock tower.

It is 14 PM. The Demon Gathering Ground opened at this time eight days ago. Ye Si arrived six days ago, Yan Qing descended five days ago, and Ying Rushi entered this place four days ago.

Just now, Yan Qing suddenly had a realization: he could now leave the Demon Gathering Land at any time through the four gates. However, once he left, he could not re-enter, and his personal score would be calculated after he left.

Yan Qing had read the details beforehand. If someone aspired to obtain the Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill, they only needed to ensure their ranking remained in the top fifty upon departure, and they would immediately be removed from the list. This design was naturally intended to facilitate players who were only interested in the rewards, allowing them to leave once they reached a certain ranking, while also maximizing the chances of more people obtaining the Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill reward.

Thinking about it carefully, this design is truly ingenious. Only the top fifty players can obtain the Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill, making all players believe it's extremely precious. However, players can leave immediately after making it into the top fifty, meaning thousands or even tens of thousands of players will ultimately obtain the Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill. It seems very precious and rare, but in reality, any player can obtain it with effort, making everyone feel like a big winner in the game… It's practically giving players protagonist-level treatment in an online game.

However, Yan Qing didn't need to worry about rankings. He and Ye Si were the only players in the entire Demon Gathering Land, and as long as he scored enough, he would definitely get the Legendary Foundation Establishment Pill.

“You can leave now,” Murong Hui said from the side. “Would you like to come visit Yanzi Army Town, Linya City? My house has a huge basement, it’s really interesting, and there’s even a cat in there that can do backflips. Want to come and see?”

"This sounds like a trap..."

"How could that be? You're my best friend. How could I imprison you in a basement where you can't cry out to heaven or earth, feed you well every day, play with you whenever I have time, and live happily ever after?" Murong Hui paused, "If you come next year, there will be a basement tailor-made just for you."

"So this basement you're in now is..."

"Of course it's prepared for the little fox!"

"Guest rooms?"

"Um……"

You mean the guest rooms, right?

Yingru was listening to their chatter from behind. When she saw Murong Hui's arm touch Yan Qing's arm, she subconsciously tensed her knuckles and gripped the hilt of the Yitian Sword, but then quickly let go.

This is not an illusion, nor a dream, but reality... This is not an illusion, nor a dream, but reality... Ying Ru kept repeating this to herself, but when she looked at Yan Qing and Murong Hui, her memories were like ice floes, involuntarily rising to the surface, making her unable to help but overlap their naked bodies in the illusion with their real bodies.

In fact, Ying Ru had seen them without clothes long ago. Not to mention Murong Hui, whom she had played with since childhood, she had also seen Yan Qing taking a bath twice.

But even without clothes, it's different. The previous memories were joyful, playful, and respectful, while the memories in the hallucinations are sticky, filthy, and desperately entangled. If the former is a pure jasmine flower, the latter is simply a blood lotus flower that is extremely seductive in the mud.

"Eat something!"

Little Murong Hui's feet were once again drawn to the aroma of the roadside cake shop, and she immediately opened the glass display case and took out a steaming hot egg waffle. Egg waffles are a dessert that smells very fragrant but doesn't taste that good. The slightly browned outer layer is filled with a fluffy egg yolk filling, and it can be cloying if you eat too many. However, Murong Hui seemed to particularly like this dessert, tearing it open and eating it one after another.

Ying Rushi wasn't hungry yet; in fact, they had been traveling all day and hadn't had a chance to fight at all.

Once in battle, the "Heaven and Earth Unparalleled Blade" is used to buff the "Qiongqi", and then the "Double Pair" skill is used to duplicate the "Qiongqi". The two Qiongqi attack together with "Wind Fury Double Strike" and "Splash Damage", which is four instances of area damage exceeding 100,000. Even a team of seven demons composed entirely of fourth-tier monsters will be instantly melted.

She opened the freezer and took out a bottle of water. She had just taken a sip when Murong Hui leaned over and stuffed an egg waffle into her mouth. The egg waffle smelled delicious and was very soft. Murong Hui's feeding was also very thoughtful. However, when Ying Rushi watched Murong Hui subconsciously stick out her tongue to lick the cake crumbs off her lips, she suddenly remembered what Murong Hui's cute little tongue had licked in her hallucination, and a strange flame suddenly burned through her stomach.

She could only pretend to drink water and look away from Murong Hui, afraid that if she looked any longer, she wouldn't be able to hide the inexplicable murderous intent in her heart. Murong Hui didn't show favoritism; after feeding the little fox, she went to feed the dog concubine. Yan Qing was eating a fruit cream cake when Murong Hui wiped the cream off an egg waffle and put it in her mouth. Her eyes lit up immediately, and she squinted at the deliciousness. She tore open a small egg waffle, spread some cream on it, and stuffed it into Yan Qing's mouth.

"It is too sweet."

"No, they complement each other perfectly."

Upon hearing the sound, Ying Ru looked over and her mind went completely blank. She saw Murong Hui's cream-covered lips pressing against Yan Qing's!

Reality...or an illusion?!

As she raised her hand to touch the hilt of the Heaven-Slaying Sword, Murong Hui lowered her head to continue eating her egg waffles. At this moment, Ying Rushi realized that she had seen wrong. It was just a visual illusion. From her perspective, it would look like they were kissing.

The anger and doubt dissipated, replaced by deep guilt and confusion.

In the past, even if she saw such a visual illusion, Ying Rushi would never have reacted so strongly. But after experiencing the enchanting and crazy hallucinations of last night, every action, every contact, and every detail of theirs stirred up waves in Ying Rushi's heart.

so bad.

I'm so bad.

Ying Ru felt like she had become a wronged woman in a play. Even though nothing had happened and it was all just her imagination, she refused to believe them and insisted on finding evidence of their adultery before she would give up.

She really hated herself like this. Murong Hui was her closest older sister, who had always cared for her since childhood. Yan Qing was... a born evil pervert. So it was one thing for her to defile Yan Qing in her fantasies, but how could she defile Murong Hui?

In fact, in last night's hallucination, what truly angered Ying Ru Shi wasn't the intimacy between Yan Qing and Murong Hui—perhaps a little, maybe a small part—but rather the almost vicious accusations against them. It was as if Yan Qing had become a lustful beast and Murong Hui a shameless woman, completely disregarding her feelings and humiliating her, the person who cared about them most, right in front of her face with what should have been the most beautiful exchange.

What's the difference between this and insulting them in front of Ying Rushi? That's why she was so angry and mercilessly killed the phantoms in the illusion. To her, they weren't Yan Qing and Murong Hui, but two monsters, demons, and beasts disguised as them. Killing them was to protect her dearest friends and lovers.

But what is she thinking right now?
There were no hallucinations, no dreams, yet she still viewed them through the eyes of her illusions, tainting their character with her own imagination. What terrified Ying Ru even more was the throbbing and anticipation she harbored within her, which she was unwilling to confront. Each time hallucinations overlapped with reality, what rose within her, besides anger, was... a habitual murderous intent.

Illusions are illusions, and reality is reality!
As Ying Rushi walked out of the cake shop, she took a deep breath, as if trying to expel all the dirty fantasies from her mind. She turned to look at them to see if they had finished eating, but the scene before her once again left her bewildered.

From her angle, she could only see Yan Qing's back, but Murong Hui's hands were clearly wrapped around Yan Qing's neck, and their posture looked like a girl taking a break from her busy schedule to be intimate with the person she liked.

When Ying Ru blinked and looked over again, Murong Hui had already stood up to get a drink from the freezer, her mouth still chewing, which meant she had just been eating something... or maybe she was sharing a piece of cake with Yan Qing, mouth to mouth... No, no, no, am I crazy? Why am I thinking like this!?

A familiar, sticky, delicate sound rang in her ears, and Ying Rushi's body stiffened. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw Yan Qing wiping the corner of her mouth. It seemed that she had accidentally spilled water while drinking. But the sound just now was clearly the sound of Murong Hui licking. She could even imagine the scene of Murong Hui suddenly sticking out her tongue to attack her...

Her grip on the Heaven-Slaying Sword tightened and loosened repeatedly.

Am I in reality, or... in a hallucination?
(End of this chapter)