Don't pretend, everyone knows you're the villain!

Duke John's appearance was ill-timed; Lu Tiannan grabbed him by the front of his shirt and slammed him against the wall. A loud thud echoed as the back of his head hit the wall, and then everyone fell silent.

Lu Tiannan received a message from Shen Yi containing only the number 9. What was his brother saying...? Was this a cry for help?

Anxiety and unease, an unprecedented panic, gripped my heart.

He was afraid, a feeling he hadn't experienced in years.

Afraid of losing the fake Shen Yi.

One room after another, until the end of the corridor.

Anderson was the last one to be forced out of the room, and before he could even figure out what was going on, he was punched by Lu Tiannan.

The only one who has yet to appear is Russell.

Gu Junbai could tell what Lu Tiannan was looking for. If it were an object, he wouldn't be making such a fuss. So, he was looking for a person.

Based on what happened today, Shen Yi's identity is in danger.

"Lu Tiannan, Shen Yi is missing?"

Lu Tiannan ignored Gu Junbai; he already knew where to look.

When I entered the castle, I casually asked the NPC who was guiding me if I wanted to meet Russell and catch up with him. The NPC then told me about Russell's bedroom.

Lu Tiannan didn't waste any time and went straight to Duke Russell's bedroom, where a secret staircase was exposed.

As Lu Tiannan ran down, he saw a horrific scene inside the birdcage. Red gauze torn to shreds, bloodstains spreading across pale skin, and beneath Russell lay…

He had clearly come running, and his blood instantly turned cold.

His brother never allows him to touch it, how dare he, an NPC? How can someone with OCD end up like this? It's unacceptable.

Absolutely not.

The string of reason snapped completely.

Lu Tiannan's eyes were bloodshot, and he charged forward with the spider dagger in his palm. The dazzling afterimages of the dagger were so fast that even his instantaneous self-healing couldn't keep up with the speed of Lu Tiannan's strikes.

He clenched his teeth too hard, and a metallic, metallic taste filled his mouth. Lu Tiannan didn't dare turn around to look at the person behind him again; his brother was pleading for help…

What has he been doing all this time? Searching for someone for so long.

The betrayal of trust led to his brother's death.

I cannot forgive anyone, including myself.

Lu Tiannan took off his trench coat and covered Shen Yi with it.

A madness spread through his eyes as he stared at Russell's almost healed wound, a cold and cruel smile curving his lips, but there was not a trace of a smile on his face.

The spider dagger sliced ​​open in Lu Tiannan's palm, and the patterns on the sharp dagger began to flow as it pierced through flesh.

In the Spider Classroom, the rewards are time-based for completing the game, and time-based for the rewards as well.

Sacrificing blood to transcend time and carry out killings. Lu Tiannan had never used this effect before, always using this dagger as a convenient weapon.

The inevitable outcome of sacrificing blood is predictable: death from exhaustion.

It's too late to use it now.

The more you worry, the more you lose. You should have killed all those things from the start, putting those you wanted in danger—that's incredibly stupid.

Lu Tiannan moved with incredible speed, each stab deep and powerful. Duke Russell, bound by the shackles of time, had lost his ability to heal. Under Lu Tiannan's numb and cruel piercing, he succumbed to his wounds in less than half a minute.

His body was riddled with holes, even his face was covered in cuts.

The lightning-fast blade turned the NPC in front of him into pieces of flesh and broken bones.

Under his violent rampage, Lu Tiannan became immune to pain, his attributes were amplified, and the loss of blood didn't seem so unbearable.

Lu Tiannan's anger and self-blame did not subside in the slightest. He felt uneasy, as no one's life could compare to that person's.

What if that person doesn't come back...?

Staggering and kneeling beside Shen Yi, Lu Tiannan's hands, which had killed countless people, trembled, and the other person's warmth was only a trace of coldness.

The marks on the other person's body testify to the humiliation they suffered.

The destructive heart that crushed everything completely devoured Lu Tiannan.

The purgatory where you fell, I will slaughter and cleanse with blood.

Gentle whispers filled the air, awakening the madness deep within.

"Brother, aren't they supposed to come back to life? Come back and see... I'll take them—to die."

0561 tried to forcefully break away and restart while watching the host's corpse being humiliated, but the result was not what it seemed. Unable to contact the main system, it was extremely anxious.

Even the arrival of the villain Lu Tiannan couldn't elicit any further reaction from 0561. He arrived too late; everything was beyond repair.

That message was sent while it was unconscious, pressing against the host's finger. It was quite difficult to generate a distress message that sounded convincing... unfortunately, it didn't work.

Lu Tiannan knelt down and gently kissed the cold lips.

They carried the person away from this dark cage.

Lu Tiannan ran too fast when he arrived, and no one could catch up with him. Fortunately, no one else would see Shen Yi in this state.

Lu Tiannan placed Shen Yi's body on the bed, covered it with a blanket, and gently stroked her hair.

Pat your head, and have a good night's sleep.

"Brother, wait for me to come back."

0561, watching the series of actions taken by the other party, had no time to be shocked by the villain's thoughts about the host, and was still persisting in maintaining a data connection with the main system.

Lu Tiannan had been gone for quite some time, and none of the NPCs he encountered escaped his ruthless slaughter. The first to die were undoubtedly John and Anderson.

Seeing Lu Tiannan's murderous rage, Gu Junbai wanted to go up and ask him questions but couldn't bring himself to do so.

Lu Yang stood behind Zhai Mingxu and Gu Junbai, barely daring to breathe, having never witnessed such a scene before. Lu Tiannan was like a demon crawling out of hell, a veritable god of death.

It wasn't until Jiang Yuzhou woke up and felt a stinging pain on her cheek that she realized something was wrong! She ran out and saw the scene before she had a brief conversation with Lu Tiannan.

"Lu Tiannan, where did Shen Yi go?"

Lu Tiannan numbly turned his head, staring at Jiang Yuzhou's eyes, which held only unfamiliar, cold killing intent.

Blood was dripping from the spider dagger, one drop, two drops...

"Jiang Yuzhou, you shouldn't have come along. Since you did, let's die together... it's all fate."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone understood what was going on.

Jiang Yuzhou gritted his teeth, wondering how he could have fallen into a deep sleep and Shen Yi had really slipped right out of his sight.

This drove Lu Tiannan completely insane.

After Lu Tiannan finished dealing with the remaining NPCs, he rushed towards Gu Junbai and his group, clearly intending to leave no one alive.

Zhai Mingxu used his talent instantly to protect the three of them, but Lu Tiannan's reckless fighting style and terrifying speed made it impossible for Zhai Mingxu to sustain the fight in the long run, no matter how powerful his talent was.

Gu Junbai and Zhai Mingxu exchanged a glance, and Zhai Mingxu shook his head.

In this situation, the only clue is the ball three days later, but Lu Tiannan somehow managed to eliminate all the NPCs.

We haven't found any clues yet, and all the NPCs are dead.

Without archiving, progress cannot be made.

"Archive it; there's still hope for Shen Yi."

Lu Tiannan stopped moving, but the madness in his body wouldn't dissipate anytime soon.

Her eyes were fixed on Gu Junbai, and her lips moved twice but she didn't say anything.

Just when Gu Junbai thought Lu Tiannan was about to stop, Lu Tiannan punched Zhai Mingxu's talent barrier without hesitation. The barrier shattered with a bang, and Lu Tiannan raised his hand holding the dagger to stab down.

The action was swift and decisive; the dagger was plunged deep into Zhai Mingxu's neck and then pulled out.

Lu Yang watched as Zhai Mingxu's blood spurted out as the dagger was withdrawn, and he died within minutes. He was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.