DipNovel Chapter 246 This Chosen One... is something else!
Chapter 246 This Chosen One... is something else!
The gray-clad man stood frozen in front of the window, his two crimson eyes, hidden beneath the brim of his hat, fixed intently on Lin Feng's face for a moment.
Finally, a suppressed snort of anger was squeezed out from between his teeth.
"Bad luck!" He stopped insisting, roughly pulled out a hundred-yuan bill, and slammed it on the windowsill with a "thud." "Give me a red bill!"
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Songxi had already reflexively completed a series of actions: taking the ticket, stamping it, and handing it over, at an astonishing speed.
The man in gray grabbed the ticket with one hand, and with the other hand swept across the windowsill, tightly clutching the three dark red "Fate Contract" coins back into his palm. He quickly stuffed them into his trench coat pocket, then turned and walked towards the zoo gate.
Songxi slumped back in his chair, feeling utterly exhausted, and let out a long sigh.
She turned to Lin Feng, clasped her hands together, and sincerely whispered, "Thank you."
Lin Feng merely curled the corner of his lips indifferently before turning back to his window number 3 and gently moving the "Coming Back Soon" sign aside.
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Meanwhile, deep inside the zoo, in that unassuming gray building.
The room is filled with surveillance screens, dozens of screens displaying silent images of various parts of the park.
Three of them precisely pinpointed the three ticket windows.
Deputy Director Tang Xiaofu leaned casually against a large, high-backed leather chair, her cool gaze piercing through the dim light of the screen, landing with interest on the image displayed in window number 3—
The scene where Lin Feng "shifted the blame" and forced the gray-clad man to retreat had just unfolded there.
"Oh……"
A delighted laugh escaped from her lips.
"This chosen one... is quite interesting."
She leaned forward slightly and lightly tapped the armrest with her fingertips.
"I wasn't tempted by the 'fate contract,' I didn't foolishly confront it head-on, and I didn't panic... Instead, I saw through their weakness of being eager to watch the show, and by taking advantage of their momentum, I effortlessly pushed the pressure back."
Her gaze was fixed on Lin Feng's overly calm profile.
"Calm, decisive, knows how to exploit loopholes in the rules and environment... Hmm, indeed a rare talent!"
And in that very instant—
A cold system notification sounded in Lin Feng's ears without warning:
[Ding, Tang Xiaofu's favorability towards the host increases by 10]
Current favorability rating: 20/100
Lin Feng, who was handing out tickets to the next tourist, paused almost imperceptibly for a moment.
Deputy Director Tang Xiaofu? How favorable is her opinion of the kindergarten?
He only hesitated for a second before understanding dawned on him—
It seems that the exchange just now did not escape the notice of certain "eyes".
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It was 9:55 a.m. The number of tourists outside the window had shrunk considerably; occasionally someone would wander over to buy a ticket, but the window remained quiet most of the time.
"Senior Lin Feng~" A hushed voice came from the right. It was Chiba Saori from window number 1. She pointed to the clock on the wall: "It's almost ten o'clock!"
Songxi at window number 2 also turned his head:
"Old Chen said that the ticket window must be closed for 10 minutes at 10 o'clock, and everyone must sit quietly with their backs to the window, not turning around or speaking. Should we... do as he says?"
Lin Feng's gaze swept between the hanging clock and the two people.
His intuitive feeling about the rule was that the rule was wrong.
However… a hint of curiosity also arose in his heart.
What would happen if we actually did as Lao Chen said?
He was already preparing to activate [Infinite Deduction] to verify it.
So he gestured to the two women, "Let me think about it for a moment, please wait a moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Feng slowly closed his eyes.
Consciousness sank into deep water, instantly falling into that hazy world of deduction.
— The simulation begins.
The time was instantly set to 10 o'clock in my mind.
In the simulation, "Lin Feng" followed the rules and closed the ticket window, turned his chair inward, and faced away from the glass.
The entire ticket hall seemed to have been muted, with only the ticking of the clock on the wall remaining.
About 3 minutes later—
"Crack...crack..."
A faint yet clear sound came from behind.
Like dry mud cracking and peeling, or like something crawling out from deep within the wall...
Lin Feng instinctively tried to turn his head, but his body suddenly stiffened—
An invisible force pressed him firmly into the chair, preventing him from moving even an inch.
Only out of the corner of my eye could I glimpse the dark brown stains on the ground that had long since dried and solidified, which were now "awakening".
Like asphalt melting under heat, they began to slowly wriggle and converge... The blood came back to life.
They pooled on the floor into a sticky puddle, then "crawled" toward his chair as if they were alive.
The slippery, cold sensation spread upwards along his calves, thighs, and back...
Then, they found the "entrance".
Ears, nostrils, corners of the mouth, corners of the eyes...
The blood vessels, winding like earthworms, silently burrowed in. It didn't hurt, but it brought a chilling "filling sensation."
It was as if something that originally belonged to him was being squeezed out little by little, and replaced by something strange, cold, and not his.
He wanted to scream, but his throat was already filled with blood.
He tried to struggle, but found that his limbs were being taken over and controlled from the inside.
Possession!
The word appeared clearly in his mind as he was on the verge of collapse.
It's not about killing, it's about replacing.
This blood is reading his memories, mimicking his movements, replicating his identity...
"call--"
Lin Feng suddenly opened his eyes; the deduction was over.
"Senior Lin Feng!" Chiba Saori's voice was urgent. "Have you thought of anything? Should we—"
"No need to turn around." Lin Feng's voice was not loud, but it was unusually firm.
Chiba Saori and Songxi exchanged a quick glance, a hint of doubt flashing in their eyes, but it was quickly suppressed by trust.
This is Lin Shen, who has achieved three S-rank clears. You can't go wrong trusting him.
"Okay." Chiba Saori took a deep breath, her eyes hardening. "We'll do as you say."
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10 o'clock sharp.
No one turned around in front of the three ticket windows.
A mother approached window number 3 with her child: "Hello, one adult ticket and one child ticket."
"Okay." Lin Feng's voice was calm and steady. He took the strange coin, took the ticket, stamped it, and handed it over. His movements were smooth and natural.
Tourists approached Chiba Saori to inquire about ticket prices. She suppressed her nervousness, put on a professional smile, and answered clearly.
Since no one was at Songxi's window for the time being, she sat up straight, staring straight ahead, her body taut like a taut spring.
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10:01.
The blood didn't come back to life.
Lin Feng continued selling tickets, but his peripheral vision remained fixed on the bloodstains on the windowsill.
They lay quietly in place, only their color seemed... a little darker?
No, maybe it's just psychological.
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10:11.
The session ended in 10 minutes.
Nothing happened.
Chiba Saori slumped in her chair, panting heavily, as if she had just been pulled out of the water.
Songxi covered his face with his hands and rubbed it vigorously. Through his fingers, he revealed the exhaustion of surviving the ordeal and a deep sense of relief.
Only Lin Feng slowly straightened his arms, stretching his body which had become slightly stiff from sitting for a long time, his movements carrying a sense of relaxed control.
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In the monitoring room.
Tang Xiaofu took in everything. She slowly sat up straight, her interest growing even stronger.
"This chosen one... is something else!"
[Ding, Tang Xiaofu's favorability towards the host increases by 5]
Current favorability rating: 25/100