Chapter 905: The Unfortunate Fate of Zhou Yan and Her Group

This was the most regretful thing they had ever done in their lives.

They had thought this middle-aged white man was just an ordinary lumberjack.

Little did they know, this guy was also a deranged killer. ℴ

When they found him and asked for help, recounting everything that had happened to them,

this middle-aged white man even pretended to sigh with sympathy, saying he had warned them yesterday to be careful, but they hadn't listened, and now look what had happened.

Then, he claimed he would get them some weapons, so that if that chainsaw murderer showed up, they'd at least have something to defend themselves with.

Among them, one of the guys had to use the bathroom and went off to relieve himself.

When the middle-aged white man returned, the guy still hadn't come back.

At the time, they didn't think much of it.

But as time dragged on, they said they should go check the bathroom.

When their group reached the bathroom, they discovered the guy had been hacked to death inside.

They assumed the chainsaw murderer had caught up to them, and never once suspected the middle-aged white man.

Then tragedy struck. The middle-aged white man who had been traveling with them suddenly launched a sneak attack and killed another guy.

At that point, everyone was utterly terrified.

However, these people weren't entirely helpless.

Two of the men among them immediately burst into action.

They grappled with the middle-aged white man.

In the end, the middle-aged white man was accidentally beaten to death.

When the police arrived and investigated the scene, they discovered that this middle-aged white man was, indeed, a deranged killer.

In his house, they found the bones of at least ten people, along with other body fragments, such as hair and so on.

As for the original chainsaw murderer who had appeared first, he was never found.

And this case, which had shocked the entire state as well as all of America,

had exactly five survivors.

They were:

Zhou Yan, Li Miguo, and Jimmy.

Plus another man and woman.

As for the rest, they were all dead.

Whether this was a blessing in disguise or not, who could say.

Because of this deranged killer case, after being taken out of that ancient forest,

the group ended up doing quite a few interviews and media appearances.

They gained a bit of fame, to some extent.

Their firsthand experience would probably end up being turned into a movie by some film director sooner or later.

But for Zhou Yan and the others, this experience would be unforgettable for the rest of their lives.

...

At the small gas station the group had stopped at before entering the ancient forest,

a young Chinese man, Jiang Ran's alternate personality, was holding a large broom, sweeping fallen leaves inside the gas station.

He would lower his head to sweep for a while, then look up into the distance.

His eyes were dull and lifeless.

Finally, he tossed his broom aside, and his previously numb gaze grew even darker and more sinister.

"Damn it, the old body was much better to use. This current body almost got me killed in a counterattack."

The old body referred to Jiang Ran's original body on Earth before the transmigration.

Aside from not being able to fly or shoot lasers from his eyes, he was basically a miniature Superman.

He had experienced that wonderful feeling back then too.

But after transmigrating, he hadn't come out even once.

Perhaps the System took pity on him, drew his number, and let him out.

But after being released, it wasn't until he started killing people in the ancient forest

that he suddenly realized just how weak this body was.

It was completely an ordinary person's body.

So much so that during his killing spree in the ancient forest, he had nearly been killed in a counterattack.

What he hadn't expected, though, was that besides him, there was another deranged killer in that ancient forest.

Fortunately, that one died, which at least gave the California police someone to arrest. As for the other one...

After the case occurred, he had also been put on the suspect list and investigated by the California police.

Luckily, he had handled the aftermath quite well.

They hadn't suspected him.

"This body needs to be strengthened, trained up a bit,"

he muttered to himself.

"Otherwise, getting killed in a counterattack would be too embarrassing."

"I wonder where the others are right now?"

...

Today was Saturday, a day off.

Jiang Ran was sleeping in at home.

He slept until past eight o'clock, then couldn't fall back asleep.

He got up, washed up, and ate breakfast.

Breakfast consisted of various brands and flavors of instant noodles.

Since he was tired of the domestic ones, Jiang Ran had bought instant noodles from many other countries online.

Like ones from Korea and other countries, Shin Ramyun, Anseong, and so on.

Given how thick his wallet was now, he could easily order food delivery.

But now, Alice Apartment's food delivery didn't come to his doorstep. He had to go to the delivery rack at the main entrance to pick it up.

So Jiang Ran didn't order any. He didn't want to go out early in the morning.

While eating his instant noodles,

he was scrolling through TikTok, checking out what was trending lately.

Soon enough, he saw that the World Cup was approaching.

Then he kept scrolling and came across posts about Mbappé being the number one player in world football today, yet having no other honors besides the World Cup, and that this year's Ballon d'Or probably wouldn't be his either.

Posts about Dembele's honors and accolades.

Once he scrolled into football, he naturally ran into the National Soccer Team.

The National Soccer Team was as pathetic as ever.

After the National Soccer Team, he scrolled into table tennis.

Table tennis seemed to be developing in the same direction as the National Soccer Team.

As he kept scrolling, he came across domestic leagues like the Chinese Super League.

And the opening ceremonies of various football leagues.

Some featured actors playing Xiang Yu, some featured actors playing Zheng Chenggong.

And of course, some featured a whole bunch of Xia Yuhe impersonators.

While he was scrolling, a message came through on WeChat.

He tapped on it and found it was from Wang Qingzhao again.

Wang Qingzhao had sent a series of messages asking if he had any free time recently to go out and have some fun with them.

Jiang Ran asked where they were going.

Wang Qingzhao asked, "Do you still remember Zhang Xue?"

Jiang Ran: "Zhang Xue?"

Jiang Ran, sitting on the stool, looked completely bewildered.

He looked left, then right, then raised his head to stare at the ceiling of his living room, and finally fixed his gaze on the half-eaten bowl of instant noodles in front of him.

He had no memory of such a person at all!!!

He absolutely couldn't think of anyone named Zhang Xue. Was Zhang Xue a man or a woman? He didn't have the slightest shred of memory.

So he furrowed his brows, his two fingers tapping away on his phone keyboard.

"Sorry, who is Zhang Xue? I can't remember."

Over a minute passed on the other end.

Then a series of long voice messages came through: "Oh my, Zhang Xue is my influencer best friend with over a million followers! She used to work at the same company as me, then she went off to make short videos."

"Last time, we all went together to shoot that video about renting a fishpond!"

The speaker on his phone emitted Wang Qingzhao's crisp, pleasant voice.

It made one's heart itch just listening to it.

But Jiang Ran's face only grew more and more bewildered.

Renting a fishpond?

In his entire life, aside from seeing videos of Brother Gang renting a fishpond and a few other people doing it on TikTok, he had never watched anyone rent a fishpond, let alone gone to rent one himself...

In an instant, Jiang Ran understood.

He had once had a long gap in his memory, when his alternate personality had been in control of his body. He thought about it - something like renting a fishpond wouldn't be something that could be finished in just a day or two.

It probably took several days, so this fishpond renting must have happened during that gap in his memory!!!