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Chapter 356 Light and Fleeting
Jiang Xingni naturally had no idea what the outside world looked like after she closed her eyes. The system's perspective broke free from her sight, freed from the constraints of Jiang Xingni's eyes, and could observe the entire world completely.
However, the system had no interest in experiencing its new perspective. It circled in mid-air, annoyed that this instance was still not over.
Only after this instance ends will we be able to see the comic's update status, whether readers in the real world will accept Jiang Xingni's style, and whether his popularity will rise smoothly.
The system spun around in mid-air and made a sound instinctively.
System: [Urgent!]
System: [I'm so anxious I'm crying]
System: [Star, why aren't you replying to me? Did you block me again?]
No response.
The system then remembered why it was in such a hurry.
The belated sadness and grief finally overwhelmed its senses. The system suddenly remembered that when it understood human emotions, it had seen on the Internet that the death of a loved one was a long, agonizing process.
At that time, the system still couldn't understand why some people wouldn't react after someone died, or even forget about it for a moment.
Since death has already occurred and cannot be changed, why forget this fact after her death?
Now the system knows the reason: the gravity of daily life pulls everyone downwards, and even after routine is disrupted, inertia is still trying to maintain daily life, rather than accepting what actually happened in reality.
Most intelligent beings become sluggish in such situations.
There can be many reasons—unwillingness to accept reality, unwillingness to see all this, wishing everything could go back to before it happened, but in the end, one always has to accept reality.
The system finally quieted down, realizing that no matter how much it mumbled, no one in the world could hear it or respond to it.
If Jiang Xingni really dies like this, what will happen to this world from now on? What should it do?
The system is unsure whether it still has the ability to bind a new person and then assist that new person in starting this path, following the path opened up by Jiang Xingni. Perhaps in the new person's behavior, one can see the shadow of the old person.
The system tried to imagine such a scenario and felt that it really couldn't accept it. It was so sad that it was about to die and didn't want to think about the possibility that Jiang Xingni would really die because his popularity value was not high enough.
Let it end quickly. It's gone round and round. Let it all end quickly, I want to see the final result, if Xiao Jiming's popularity is still higher than Jiang Xingni's...
It considered the feasibility of killing Xiao Jiming, and then reluctantly gave up the idea. Killing Xiao Jiming did not mean that Xiao Jiming's popularity could be seamlessly transferred to Jiang Xingni.
Otherwise, Jiang Xingni's current popularity should be divided equally among the main characters after his death.
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Jiang Xingni was actually very quiet the moment she closed her eyes.
Everyone in the main group had their own things to do, and no one noticed the death of their teammate immediately.
After defeating Xiao Jiming, Xiao Jiming and Lu Ming originally wanted to join up with Song Juexiao, but just like Jiang Xingni, they were also glared at and rejected by Song Juexiao.
After Jiang Xingni closed his eyes, it seemed that time, which had been slowed down, finally returned to its normal flow.
Song Juexiao had already fought her other self to the very end. In the end, she gave up her superpower and faced [Song Juexiao]. The two girls, whose strength was about to be exhausted, looked at each other, and then Song Juexiao slashed at her with his sword.
Before the other person could even open their mouth, their head had already been successfully severed by Song Juexiao's blade and rolled onto the ground with a gurgling sound.
"How cruel." Xiao Jiming glanced at the head rolling on the ground and chuckled.
Song Juexiao ignored him. She unconsciously pressed her chest and pursed her lips. "Jiang Xingni... I don't know why, but I hope it's just my imagination. I always feel like something's wrong, like I..."
She could feel her heart pounding wildly, almost as if it were about to burst out of her chest, but Song Juexiao still couldn't understand why. Her words were incoherent, and Xiao Jiming could only sense her urgency.
Go find Jiang Xingni quickly.
I don't know what happened, but I'll go find Jiang Xingni.
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Even He Jingtong and Pei Zhaoye didn't notice Jiang Xingni's departure immediately.
He Jingtong was still futilely trying to use his supernatural ability to repair the wounds on Jiang Xingni's body, until he suddenly realized that the rise and fall of Jiang Xingni's chest had stopped.
He didn't know how long he had been silent; he could only hear himself asking, "Can you still hear Jiang Xingni's voice?"
He knew that Jiang Xingni and Pei Zhaoye had their own communication channels; otherwise, the two of them wouldn't have been able to cooperate so well under these circumstances.
—It can't really be an innate understanding between two people.
Judging by the timeline, Pei Zhaoye hadn't known Jiang Xingni much earlier than he had, and in terms of their interactions, there wasn't even a clear indication of such a strong rapport between them before.
That leaves only one possibility: they have a communication channel other than He Jingtong himself, just as He Jingtong was still able to maintain contact with Jiang Xingni in some way after his "defection".
When Pei Zhaoye heard He Jingtong say those words, his heart sank instantly.
"...Don't speak." He hurriedly retorted to He Jingtong, hoping that he couldn't hear Jiang Xingni's voice because it was too noisy around him and Jiang Xingni's voice was too soft.
But he also knew very well that this was impossible.
Jiang Xingni's voice always resonated directly in her mind, so how could it be disturbed by external sounds?
There was not a sound belonging to Jiang Xingni in his ears.
He tried calling out, "Xingxing? Jiang Xingni? Xingni? Little Jiang? Sister Jiang?"
no answer.
The space of data was empty. Apart from his own voice calling out, Pei Zhaoye could hear nothing but himself calling out again and again.
"I can't hear her voice anymore." Pei Zhaoye finally admitted to He Jingtong.
"She is dead."
They finally realized how fleeting death could be.
So much so that neither of them realized at what moment Jiang Xingni's breathing stopped.
Only when she came to her senses did she realize that her breathing had stopped.