The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 105 - 84 The Essence of the Player

Chapter 105: Chapter 84 The Essence of the Player

After a brief moment of stupefaction, countless questions surged in Zhou Yuan’s mind.

Why don’t I remember killing them? Do I really have a second personality?

It can’t be. When I joined the Control Bureau, I underwent a detailed health check, including psychological examinations. If I had a hidden personality, it would have been detected... Could it be that I was once ill and later recovered?

If it was the secondary personality’s doing, why didn’t the police investigate it back then? With the current forensic technology, that shouldn’t be possible... The idea of a secondary personality secretly learning to become a master criminal and committing perfect crimes seems too far-fetched, doesn’t it?

Besides, since becoming a player, I can count the number of people I’ve killed on two hands. What’s going on with these forty or fifty people here? When did I kill so many people?

"Zhou Yuan... Zhou Yuan! Zhou Yuan!! Zhou Yuan!!!"

A man and a woman’s vengeful spirits shrieked crazily, their faces twisted with malice.

"So your name is Zhou Yuan... These two people resemble you a bit."

Yan Sheng, who seemed to have found something amusing, revealed a sinister smile on his wolf-like face, "It seems you and I are alike, patricide and matricide, heh... Let your parents show you just how much they love their filial child."

"Zhou Yuan! Zhou Yuan! Zhou Yuan!"

The vengeful spirits roared as they lunged at Zhou Yuan, seemingly insane.

Yan Sheng didn’t make a move. His gaze was fixed on Zhou Yuan, waiting for the opportune moment to deliver a fatal strike.

Bang!

A dark substance suddenly erupted from the ground, resembling a black wave crashing against the vengeful spirits. Six ferocious shadow beasts roared out from within, commencing a bloody battle with the spirits.

A van sped out of the void, scattering countless vengeful spirits as it charged. The van’s doors opened, and the bread men returned with a vengeance.

The shadow beasts and bread men tangled with the vengeful spirits, halting their advance, except for the man and woman.

Zhou Yuan’s face was covered in blood, yet his expression remained incredibly calm and cold. Dark matter flowed in his hand, transforming into a sharp shadow ink blade.

He took a deep breath, vivid memories flashing through his mind. Exhaling, his gaze turned fierce, and he swung the blade forward.

In an instant, Zhou Yuan felt his blood boiling, as if his entire body were set aflame.

Years of pent-up anger and killing intent erupted from his chest like a volcano, causing a fiery aura to emanate from the shadow ink blade.

Swish.

A line of dark blade light cut through the air, swiftly and cleanly beheading two vengeful spirits, turning them to ashes.

Zhou Yuan felt an uncontrollable surge of euphoria, accompanied by a significant increase in his spirituality. However, before he could relish this joy, a pair of blood-red claws, reeking of blood, were inches from slashing his face.

The shadow ink blade instantly morphed into a superalloy wrench. As steel clashed, a series of sparks flew, and a loud ringing sound echoed.

In the moment of impact, a strange force, like a venomous snake, traveled through the superalloy wrench into Zhou Yuan’s arm. With a boom, his entire right arm exploded, flesh scattering everywhere.

Zhou Yuan entered shadow transformation and ghost mode, neutralizing the residual force and teleporting.

His shadow double took his place, wielding the shadow ink blade with both hands, slashing madly. Crosshatching the air, it left a series of ghastly marks on Yan Sheng’s body, making wolf fur fly and blood splatter.

Yan Sheng shattered the shadow double with a claw, spinning gracefully with the force to land on all fours. He had now completely transformed into a blood-patterned demon wolf, exuding a malevolent aura.

From a distance, Zhou Yuan retrieved a vial from his backpack, containing a silvery-red liquid provided by the Control Bureau. Pouring it over his shattered arm, the muscles began to wriggle and regenerate immediately.

Control Bureau’s goods sure pack a punch.

[Notice: Yan Sheng is about to unleash a deadly move, using the power granted by a deity.

You are doomed.]

Zhou Yuan’s heart sank.

"Awooo!!!"

Yan Sheng let out a long howl, erupting in a blinding blood-red light, as intense as blazing flames.

A terrifying shockwave swept out in all directions, generating a powerful wind pressure. A sense of extreme danger far surpassing the usual emanated from him.

Boom boom boom!

The vengeful spirits, shadow beasts, and bread men couldn’t withstand the killing intent and wild savagery, exploding one by one.

Zhou Yuan’s heightened perception went into overdrive, issuing death warnings, only to suddenly vanish.

The overwhelming, deadly intent that seemed ready to tear him into a thousand pieces inexplicably disappeared, as if it had never existed.

In the deathly silence, a cold chill ran up Zhou Yuan’s spine. Instinctively, he reacted, frantically burning his spirituality and life force to fuel his Aoneng Power.

In that moment, time seemed to freeze.

Burning flames, sweeping gales, flying debris, shattered summoning creatures... everything came to a sudden halt amidst the blistering speed.

Even in the nearly frozen moment, with Zhou Yuan’s current dynamic vision and reaction speed, he could only catch a glimpse of a series of flashing blood-red afterimages.

In the next second, Zhou Yuan felt a sharp pain in his chest. Looking down, he saw a bloody hole, his heart missing!

Whoosh whoosh!

Almost simultaneously, two dark high-pressure water blades shot out, sweeping across and hitting the ghostly crimson shadow.

Slash!

Yan Sheng was cut into three pieces, his gaze filled with shock. He hadn’t expected Zhou Yuan to react and execute a counterattack in such a short time.