Chapter 2: Six Suns (2)
In an instant, everyone around turned their heads inch by inch, their gazes fixed on Jian Yuntai like blades. The already thin air grew even more suffocating.
Immediately, several people surrounded him with predatory intent.
The hot-tempered man gritted his teeth and shouted, “You’re the one who launched the artificial sun?!”
“That’s a good question. Don’t ask it again next time,” Jian Yuntai said, his expression unusually sincere. “I don’t have that ability.”
The man, too hot and delirious to reason, didn’t care what Jian Yuntai said. He just wanted to grab him and drag him to the city gate. But just as he stepped forward, several exclamations rang out across the square.
About two hundred meters away, it was as if a stone had been thrown into a lake—people scattered in ripples, leaving a small open space. Soon, someone in that cleared area leapt into the air. The black wings they spread brought a violent, overbearing wind that threw the nearby crowd into chaos.
“It’s an angel!” someone screamed in terror. Then another shouted back, “The one with black wings? That’s a demon!”
Jian Yuntai only glanced briefly before looking away.
It was obvious that this was a Sinister Monster Evolution Type .
Sinister Monster Type were the most common and easily identifiable type of Sinister Types in the New World. They underwent animal-like mutations in their organs—eagle eyes, tiger claws, bird wings… When they activated their skills, these mutations manifested.
The bird-man’s leap into the air acted like a “signal,” prompting all the players present to show their powers to avoid being caught.
Suddenly, the square boiled like a pot of water. A single glance revealed events beyond normal human comprehension happening everywhere.
The natives couldn’t understand such things. To them, the fugitives from the research institute must have been conducting inhumane experiments; otherwise, how could ordinary people suddenly become such unnatural, neither-human-nor-ghost creatures?
The hot-tempered man frowned at Jian Yuntai, seemingly thinking about how to capture him.
At that moment, there was movement from Young Master Xue’s side.
“Newcomer! Want to cooperate?”
Still restrained and unable to move, he forced his face toward Jian Yuntai and shouted, “I can instantly teleport to a safe place, but I can’t activate my skill while trapped. Help me break free, and I’ll take you away from here. How about it?”
Jian Yuntai stared at him without moving.
Young Master Xue grew anxious. “Believe me! I really can teleport. If I were lying, may the dog get me!”
Jian Yuntai said, “I never doubted your ability.”
Young Master Xue’s evolution type wasn’t a secret—he was a Sinister Human Type. Sinister Human Type could be simply understood as elemental mages. They usually controlled one of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, or earth—and used elemental spells to attack. Beyond that, there were rare Sinister Types among Sinister Human Type, like lightning or light users. Young Master Xue belonged to one of the rarest evolutions in ten thousand—space manipulation.
For him, instant teleportation was extremely easy.
These thoughts flashed past Jian Yuntai’s mind, and he quickly spoke his next words: “I was questioning your character.”
“…” Young Master Xue couldn’t believe it and opened his mouth. “I never questioned your character, yet you’re doubting mine? Older Brother, you came from the Xiang’an Team—if you wanted, you could have just killed me for no reason!”
The natives couldn’t understand their conversation, but the livestream audience got it immediately, and laughter erupted.
“Young Master Xue calls everyone ‘older brother’—my silly boy! The newcomer is five years younger than you!”
“The biggest joke of the century: the ex-Xiang’an Team elite doubting the moral character of the local fool.”
“Thanks to the newcomer for raising the local fool in status—suddenly I like the newcomer so much, hhhhhh.”
Because of this brief interaction with Young Master Xue, Jian Yuntai’s livestream stats changed slightly.
【Jian Yuntai livestream: Likes +172, Coins +68, Bookmarks +2.】
Jian Yuntai’s expression didn’t change at all.
Today he had been escorted directly near the Life Crystal. No one had told him what likes, coins, or bookmarks meant, so his mind remained calm.
He focused for a few seconds, and a young, childish voice sounded in his ear, audible only to him:
【Yes or No: Activate skill—Red-Green Colorblind】
【Red-Green Colorblind: The player sees the world in faded colors, only red and green remain. Red represents danger, green represents life. Duration: 30 seconds. Cooldown: 24 hours.】
This was the only skill Jian Yuntai had evolved after awakening as a sinister type. Without hesitation, he nodded: “Yes.”
When he opened his eyes again, the world had turned black and white, with only scattered red and green glows flickering.
Looking left, the hot-tempered man and the predatory crowd emitted faint red glows. To the right, Young Master Xue’s area glowed slightly brighter green.
Now Jian Yuntai had no reason to hesitate. He stepped toward Young Master Xue.
With the supernatural acts of other players already happening, the natives’ fear was palpable. The scene was strange: Jian Yuntai advanced while all the natives retreated step by step.
The pressure was overwhelming. Young Master Xue panicked, shouting, “You’re not seriously going to kill me for no reason, are you? I warn you—I have a lot of fans! There are hundreds of thousands watching you! Don’t, don’t do anything crazy!”
Those restraining him immediately panicked.
What kind of bizarre situation was this? A fugitive terrified of another fugitive—just how inhuman must he be?!
They exchanged worried glances, instinctively wanting to run. Before they could act, Jian Yuntai lifted his foot and kicked one of them a full meter away.
With a loud bang, the man crashed onto a barricade stone, his spine bending inward into a triangular arc. He couldn’t even scream, and the stone behind him shattered into several large chunks.
Within three meters, everyone froze in shock, staring at Jian Yuntai without moving.
Young Master Xue scrambled to his feet and exclaimed, “You’re not a Sinister Monster Type, are you? Your physical strength is insane!”
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“You’re just too weak,” Jian Yuntai said, back to back with him, his tone calm. “You’ve evolved, so how are you still losing to ordinary people?”
“Sinister Human Type are naturally the physically weakest of all Sinister Types. My body hasn’t really evolved at all,” Young Master Xue said awkwardly, defending himself. He casually produced two white orbs. “These can let you spatially teleport. Later, we’ll go straight to the far-left barrier. That’s the farthest from the enforcers, and there’s more vegetation. If we dive in there, we can get out of the crowd’s line of sight.”
“Wait!” Jian Yuntai quickly interjected.
Young Master Xue flinched, confused. “What’s wrong?”
Jian Yuntai looked toward the far left, his expression darkening instantly. Good heavens—the red light there almost stretched to the horizon. At a glance, Jian Yuntai nearly thought he was seeing a third sun.
Since awakening, he had never seen such an intense red glow. Even the Xiang’an Team inspection team hadn’t been that red.
Opposite the red glow was the green light on the far right of the square.
Jian Yuntai said, “We’re not going left. Go far right.”
“What?” Young Master Xue glanced toward the far right and almost split in half on the spot. “Are you crazy? There are at least a thousand enforcers over there! Don’t think they’re like ordinary people—they have guns! Older Brother, guns! I guess you haven’t evolved enough to dodge bullets yet, right?”
“No.” Jian Yuntai asked simply, “Are you going right or not?”
“Not going!”
“Alright. How do these orbs work?”
“….” Young Master Xue struggled to keep up with the conversation’s rapid pace. After a few seconds, he finally understood and exhaled. “Were you teasing me just now? I thought you actually… Anyway, thanks for being willing to help. The orbs just give direction and distance. Maximum range is seven hundred meters.”
He handed one white orb to Jian Yuntai, instructing him to crush it the same way he did.
“South, seven hundred meters.”
With a whoosh, Young Master Xue vanished, reappearing behind the barrier seven hundred meters away. He had wanted to dive directly into the bushes, but in the spirit of humanity, he decided to wait.
He waited… and waited… and waited some more. Jian Yuntai still hadn’t appeared. Confused, Young Master Xue suddenly panicked. “Damn! He can’t seriously want to go right under the enforcers’ noses, can he?!”
His livestream audience was shocked as well:
“I don’t know whether to call this skilled audacity or just a newborn calf unafraid of tigers…”
“Is the newcomer even sane?”
“I can’t see the newcomer in the livestream. I’m curious—what’s he doing going right? Going head-on against the enforcers?”
“I’m curious too. I need to see this.”
“+1 to needing to see.”
Young Master Xue’s livestream viewers dropped by tens of thousands instantly. He scratched his head, hesitated, then finally dove into the grass behind him.
No time to worry—when in doubt, hide in the bushes first.
Meanwhile, after Young Master Xuedisappeared, the nearby natives became even more hysterical.
Jian Yuntai didn’t waste any time. He picked up the baseball cap Young Master Xue had dropped, put it on, and crushed the orb in his hand.
“North, seven hundred meters.”
As the audience poured into the livestream, Jian Yuntai teleported to his destination.
He was now only thirty meters from the enforcer army.
【Jian Yuntai livestream: Likes +532, Coins +26, Bookmarks +3.】
【Jian Yuntai livestream: Dislikes +754.】
“You can even dislike?” Jian Yuntai lowered his hat, trying to minimize his presence.
He had felt a tiny sliver of panic just now. He remembered someone telling him at bail that joining the livestream group could earn him anything he wanted. Now he guessed it must work through likes, bookmarks, and coins—but he wasn’t sure exactly what each could convert into.
But no one mentioned dislikes. Could it be that he’d actually have to pay money to work in the livestream group?
By now, his livestream already had hundreds of thousands of viewers, and the chat was extremely active.
“The newcomer’s first broadcast and he’s already this popular. No wonder he came from the Xiang’an Team.”
“Since he’s from the Xiang’an Team, I have reason to suspect he’s unstable. Normal people don’t voluntarily run into danger.”
“Most streamers only participate in newly opened instances. You don’t know the correct route either—why so eager to dislike?”
“Dislikes are to tell the streamer they’re going the wrong way, so they can correct course! Have you never watched a livestream? Many streamers underestimated the instance enforcers and got taught a lesson immediately. The strong survive, the weak die.”
The chat erupted into arguments, which immediately affected the livestream stats. Within minutes, likes and dislikes shot up like two sides competing.
【Likes: 2,563 | Dislikes: 2,726 | Total: 5,249】
【Jian Yuntai livestream ranking rose four places, now 467th. 4,751 more like/dislike points needed to reach the first recommended slot.】
Jian Yuntai heard the news but paid it no mind.
At his feet, a large, un-leashed white poodle sniffed at his hand.
“Woof! Woof woof woof!!”
The poodle suddenly went berserk, barking wildly. People nearby kept glancing over, drawn by the noise.
Even the enforcers thirty meters away seemed to notice. They raised their guns and stepped a few paces in this direction.
A woman rushed over, scooping up the dog. “How did you get here? I’ve been looking for you forever!” she said joyfully.
The poodle ignored her entirely, barking ferociously at Jian Yuntai and even baring its teeth while growling.
The woman’s eyebrows shot up, and she glared at Jian Yuntai. “Did you hit my dog?!”
Jian Yuntai lowered his hat brim. “I didn’t.”
The woman didn’t believe him. “If you didn’t, why is it barking at you for no reason? It’s normally very obedient.”
Jian Yuntai fought the urge to roll his eyes, thinking that the instance’s trigger events were incredibly dumb.
He could crush that dog with one hand. He could kick the woman dead with one foot. Was it really necessary to have these two things deliberately attracting the enforcers’ attention?
Seeing enforcers pushing through the crowd toward them, Jian Yuntai could no longer wait. He turned to leave.
The woman grabbed his sleeve, holding on tight. Her hand was soaked with sweat, and her words came in heated gasps. “Where do you think you’re running? You hit my dog and now you want to run?” She screamed to the surrounding crowd for support: “Come see! Someone hit my dog!”
“I understand the weather is hot, dehydration makes people unusually irritable,” Jian Yuntai said flatly, his pupils dark and emotionless. “But I still advise you to let go.”
The woman was startled by his expression and instinctively loosened her grip, forcing herself to say, “At least apologize to my dog.”
Jian Yuntai glanced at her, pondering whether a kick to the heart or the neck would be more efficient, when he suddenly froze.
He looked at the poodle.
Something was wrong with it.
It panted harshly, its eyes bulging, foaming thick, bloody-smelling saliva from its mouth. The stench was identical to the foul smell pervading the square, making one nauseous.
Stranger still, its skeleton was unnaturally warped outward, as if the bones were rapidly growing while the flesh couldn’t keep up.
Jian Yuntai’s eyes locked onto the dog’s front paw. The bones there had pierced through the flesh, pale and exposed to the air.
He took a few steps closer, frowning as he reached out. The woman thought he had relented and her face lit up, but her smile froze instantly.
With a crisp crack, Jian Yuntai twisted the dog’s neck.
“Ahhhhh!” the woman screamed, collapsing to the ground in horror. She scrambled upright, clutching the poodle. “You killed my dog!”
Jian Yuntai’s brow furrowed even tighter than before.
Something was wrong. The dog had been far too easy to kill—he hadn’t even used much force.
Too easy. When something seems off, there’s always a demon behind it.
Jian Yuntai cautiously stepped back. The woman shrieked, “You’ll pay! Pay for my dog!”
She stood, but before she could charge, her legs froze. Looking down, she saw a gaping hole in her abdomen; her flesh was horrifyingly exposed.
She didn’t even know how she had died, staring wide-eyed before collapsing flat on the ground.
Behind her, the poodle’s entire skeleton had warped outward. It wagged its now-bony tail happily, lowering its head to tear into the woman’s exposed abdomen, devouring the flesh with delight.
The scene fell silent for several seconds, the only sound being the smack-smack of the poodle eating. Once the crowd reacted, everyone screamed and scattered. An enforcer who had approached within three meters was knocked back seven or eight meters by the panicked crowd.
A chill ran down Jian Yuntai’s neck.
Red-green colorblindness only let him detect red as danger; it didn’t reveal what the danger actually was. Minutes ago, he had thought the danger was the increasing number of enforcers on the left.
Now, it seemed, he had thought too simply.
Looking left, he first saw a bird-man diving from midair. The Sinister Monster Type player was being chased by several sparrow-sized birds. He seemed powerless, repeatedly pounced and bitten into the bushes. Before he could fly again, rapidly growing vines wrapped around him layer by layer.
He suffocated and died before ever regaining flight. Beside his corpse, more flowers and grass sprouted, spreading across the square like waves. Rats and beetles crawled from the bushes, attacking humans frantically.
That side had turned into a living hell.
Players who had been charging toward that side immediately turned back, fleeing blindly. But having already entered a dangerous zone, their awareness lagged far behind, only increasing their peril.
In contrast, the area Jian Yuntai occupied had become the safest spot in the entire square.
“Oh, shit…” the chat was already in shock. People were dumbfounded. “I was laughing at the newcomer for running into danger, and it turns out I’m the clueless one?!”
【Jian Yuntai livestream: Likes +12,000.】
【No dislikes.】
【Your like/dislike points have reached the baseline for recommended spots. The livestream will be recommended on the platform for the first time. Congratulations—you are the fastest streamer in history to reach a recommended position.】
【Keep up the momentum on your survival journey!】
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