The Earth is Online

A cold evening wind blew from the distance, blowing the baby-faced youth’s hair into the air. Bai Ruoyao had a honest and sincere appearance, his hands in his pockets and his mouth still smiling strangely. No one would think this man had just said that he wanted to kill Tang Mo. Tang Mo stared at him coldly while Bai Ruoyao blinked at him.

Fu Wensheng quickly pulled at a gun, ready to shoot this psychopath. Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo reached out to block the muzzle at the same time.

Xiao Fu looked at his brother and Tang Mo with a puzzled expression.

Tang Mo was calm and no expression could be seen. Fu Wenduo’s eyes were sweeping over the baby-faced youth and he seemed to be thinking about something. Tang Mo ignored Bai Ruoyao and turned to enter the restaurant. He just walked two steps when Bai Ruoyao immediately followed.

Whoosh!

There were two loud sounds and Bai Ruoyao took three steps back.

A dark metal weapon reached the left side of his chest while a pink parasol reached the right side of his chest. If he hadn’t moved just now, the two objects would’ve definitely caused two holes in his chest. Bai Ruoyao raised his hands innocently. “Hey, you are bullying a person.”

The two men put away their weapons and entered the restaurant.

Fu Wensheng was still a bit depressed. He didn’t understand why his brother and Tang Mo didn’t drive this bastard away. This snake-like person just said he was looking for an opportunity to kill Brother Tang. The dangerous person could stay around them. However, he also realized that Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo had their reasons for making such a choice. The most likely situation was that they couldn’t get rid of/kill this person.

“…Is he so strong?”

Bai Ruoyao was the last one to enter the restaurant. He heard Fu Wensheng’s depressed whisper and his smile became more brilliant.

This psychopath was really strong.

Tang Mo had a deep feeling about this.

Xiao Fu didn’t have too many encounters with Bai Ruoyao and his feelings were deep. Bai Ruoyao’s strength definitely wasn’t any worse than Lian Yuzheng. Not including abilities, his pure skills were stronger than Lian Yuzheng. Such a person couldn’t be killed unless Tang Mo used the A Fast Man ability (provided Bai Ruoyao didn’t have a life-saving means). It wasn’t impossible for Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo to kill him if they joined hands but he could run away. After running away, he would come back after a while.

The worst thing in the world wasn’t a strong opponent or pig-like teammates, it was a psychopath who they couldn’t get rid of.

Deep in the night, the Tang Mo sat around a table in the deepest part of the restaurant. Bai Ruoyao knew he wasn’t welcome and didn’t come over to be a nuisance. He sat on the windowsill and closed his eyes, looking like he was asleep. However, his body was tense. As soon as Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo joined hands, he would immediately react.

“Don’t worry about him. People like him, the more you talk to him, the clingier he will be. It is better to find a chance to get rid of him.” Tang Mo’s voice was calm as he gently tapped on the table. Compared to Bai Ruoyao, there were more important things to consider. “The invisible people seem to be players.”

Thanks to Bai Ruoyao’s intelligence, the fog over the invisible people was gradually dispersing.

Fu Wensheng said, “The invisible people aren’t really invisible. They will suddenly appear and disappear. We didn’t see them every time we showed up, making us think they are invisible people. They aren’t invisible people, they are players. Mu Huixue is an invisible person and is like to be the Mu Hui that the black tower mentioned.” Speaking of this, Xiao Fu paused. “Big Brother, Brother Tang, do you feel that Mu Huixue is the player that the black tower likes?”

Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo nodded.

The dim moonlight shone through the window, revealing Tang Mo’s face. “There is a 90% possibility that Mu Hui is Mu Huixue. They are all players and belong to the invisible people camp. Every time a ‘pig’ player is killed, an invisible person can get a 10 minute break. Beijing has invisible people. According to Bai Ruoyao, there are also invisible people in Tianjin. Mu Huixue belongs to China District 3 which means there are invisible people in Guangzhou. Thus… all of China and the world have invisible people.”

Fu Wensheng immediately understood,. “Nanjing also has invisible people?” As soon as the child finished talking, he retorted, “That’s impossible! Nanjing was previously protected very well by our Nanjing Group. If players were inexplicably killed then Captain Xiao and Captain Chai would certainly be aware of it. We had no such information.”

Fu Wenduo interjected, “Beijing and Shanghai, nothing like this happened in the past.”

Tang Mo and Fu Wensheng turned to look at Fu Wenduo.

The dark haired man had learned from Tang Mo and was tapping on the table with his fingers. He raised his eyebrows at Tang Mo’s sharp eyes. He knew that the other person had guessed the same thing as himself..

However, this possibility was so strange that both of them couldn’t accept it.

Xiao Fu’s eyes looked back and forth between Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo. He didn’t understand why his brother and Brother Tang were talking through eye contact again. What were they talking about? Fu Wensheng was prepared to ask when Tang Mo stopped tapping on the table and said the answer, “There is only one possibility. The players of the invisible camp, they never appeared on Earth before the black tower broadcasted Mu Huixue’s name.”

Fu Wensheng was stunned.

Not far away, Bai Ruoyao’s eyelashes moved a bit and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

“There are three types of players in the world—official players, reserve players and stowaways. The black tower sang a song for her in which the stowaways died, the reserve players were eaten and the official players didn’t work hard enough. The black tower hated it. In addition to these three types of players, there is Mu Huixue and the invisible people camp.”

Fu Wensheng also thought of an answer but didn’t dare believe it. “But in addition to these three types, there is no one else…”

“There is.” Tang Mo looked at the nervous child.

At this time, Fu Wenduo spoke in a low voice, “On November 17th, at 8 a.m. Beijing time, 400 million players entered the game.” There was a pause before Fu Wenduo continued, “Apart from these 400 million people, there were more than 6 million humans… they are the fourth camp.”

The air solidified in an instant.

This answer was ridiculous but it was the only explanation that could explain the truth.

Mu Huixue wasn’t an official player, reserve player or stowaway.

Then who could she be?

She was one of the six billion people who disappeared from Earth six months ago.

Among the six billion people, there were Fu Wensheng’s parents and Tang Mo’s friends. It was more than 90% of the world’s population. There were many memories that had been forgotten by the survivors. Half a year passed and everyone thought they were dead. Fu Wensheng had long accepted the fact that his loved ones weren’t alive and he only had his big brother left. At this time, someone told him that ‘your parents aren’t dead all all. They are alive in another world.’

However, Fu Wensheng wasn’t happy at all as he looked down. His hair hadn’t been cut for a long time and it covered his face.

Fu Wensheng got up from the chair and spoke in a stuffy voice, “Big Brother, I am going to fill up the water.”

Fu Wenduo stared seriously at the child and nodded.

Fu Wensheng quickly ran away.

Tang Mo sat at the round table and didn’t know what to think.

Suddenly, singing was heard. Tang Mo turned his head and looked at the young man sitting on the windowsill with his eyes closed. Bai Ruoyao still had his eyes closed but his mouth was open as he sang the song that the black tower sang for Mu Huixue.

“Three of the three stowaways died on the road.

Two of the two reserve players were eaten.

One official player doesn’t work hard to attack the tower.

It’s just you, it’s just you.

The black tower likes you… the black tower likes you…”

Bai Ruoyao wasn’t in tune but this was better than when the black tower sang it. He sung it in his voice, filling the night with a strange feeling.

No one stopped his singing as his voice rang out in the dark restaurant.

Once the sun rose over the horizon and sprinkled sunlight onto the earth, Fu Wensheng returned after disappearing into the restaurant’s kitchen all night. The child’s face was white and once he returned, he lay on the table, not wanting to speak. He lay still for a few minutes before he couldn’t help looking at his brother. “Brother, my parents… are they alive?”

“Yes.”

Fu Wenduo’s voice was calm and without any ups and downs, as if he was stating a fact. He spoke only one word very coldly. Fu Wensheng’s eyes slowly lit up. He always believed in his older brother and Fu Wenduo’s words were never wrong. They must be alive, they must still be alive!

Tang Mo saw the child restore his spirit and helplessly shook his head. He had also felt hesitant when he guessed the possibility of the fourth type of players. He once thought his best friend had been dead for half a year and was now suddenly told that his friend might still be alive. However, it was clear that the competition between invisible players was even more cruel. The chances of his friend being alive was one in 10,000.

“Six months ago, would it have been better to die on the earth that went online?”

This was the problem that made Fu Wensheng sad and it also the thing that made Tang Mo feel complicated.

Fu Wensheng felt that his parents might’ve died a long time ago. Even if they didn’t disappear because of the black tower, they would likely to be killed as pigs and died when participating in the black tower games. The black tower games of the invisible players was unknown but the brutal time leaderboard proved that their world was more terrible than Earth.

After being encouraged by Tang Mo and his big brother, the child no longer thought too much. He wanted his parents to be alive but he didn’t want them to suffer.

It was dawn and the three of them were going to leave.

Still, there was one thing that needed to be done.

Tang Mo looked warily at the baby-faced youth sitting on the windowsill. Bai Ruoyao sat there with his eyes closed but everyone knew that he hadn’t slept at all. Tang Mo’s eyes moved and he whispered something to Fu Wensheng. The child’s expression changed and he spoke in an awkward manner, “Brother Tang…”

Tang Mo nodded to him.

Fu Wensheng, “…”

The child walked over in a depressed manner.

Fu Wensheng was thinking about how to talk to this psychopath. Who wouldn’t expected for Bai Ruoyao to talk first. “Fu Wensheng? You actually used your real name.” Bai Ruoyao’s eyes opened as he looked at the child and then Tang Mo standing not far away. His expression was very wronged. “Tang Tang, I trusted you so much. In the Gem Corridor, you acted like you didn’t know each other and then joined hands to bully me…”

Tang Mo’s expression was unchanged. “We didn’t know each other at the time.”

Bai Ruoyao didn’t believe it. “Wow Tang Tang. You are lying to me again. You didn’t know this little brother, Fu Wensheng? Isn’t the one next to you Fu Wenduo, his brother? Don’t tell me it is a coincidence. Aren’t they brothers?”

Tang Mo raised an eyebrow. “Who told you that his name is Fu Wenduo?”

Bai Ruoyao smiled. “Mr. A is Fu Wenduo and Mr. B is Tang Mo.”

“His name is Victor.”

Fu Wenduo’s eyes swept over Tang Mo’s body at the words.

Bai Ruoyao’s smile became even more brilliant. He was going to say, “I might be cute but you can’t lie to me.” However, Fu Wensheng interrupted. “You are hurt.”

Bai Ruoyao smiled. He looked down at the child and didn’t say anything.

Fu Wensheng stated, “My brother saw it.”

Bai Ruoyao stared at Fu Wenduo.

Fu Wensheng made an offer, “I can help you heal. This is my ability. You told us important information and my brother and Brother Tang said this is compensation for you. Your injury should be serious and hasn’t recovered yet. You might have props that can treat wounds but you don’t want to use them. Using a prop for such injuries is a waste.”

Bai Ruoyao was interested. “Is it your brother or Tang Mo who said this?”

“I guessed it myself.”

Bai Ruoyao suddenly laughed.

Fu Wensheng suggested, “Come with me, I will help treat it.”

“Aren’t you afraid I will kill you?”

Fu Wensheng’s body shook and he gulped. His lips trembled but he said, “You won’t kill me.”

Bai Ruoyao didn’t deny it. He jumped down from the windowsill and followed Xiao Fu into the kitchen. He was just about to enter the kitchen when he stopped. He didn’t look back and he called out loudly, “Tang Tang, next time just tell me straight out to take a walk. Look at this poor little brother, he is afraid.”

Tang Mo wasn’t embarrassed about his actions being revealed. He watched Bai Ruoyao walk into the kitchen.

Once the person had entered, the could take out the abilities book and see Ruan Wangshu’s ability.

Yes, Tang Mo tried his best to get Bai Ruoyao away from here so he could check his abilities book. His hand stretched out and Fu Wenduo quietly stepped forward, prepared to leave this space to Tang Mo. Tang Mo saw Fu Wenduo’s departing back when he suddenly stopped with his finger touching the spine of the abilities book.

In the quiet morning, the rustle of the leaves being blown by the wind were heard outside the window. Sunlight passed through the semi-open door of the restaurant and shone on Fu Wenduo’s hair. The black hair was dyed with a layer of gold and the man’s back was straight and upright. He was very tall and every step he took was the same distance.

Tang Mo’s lips moved and he somehow called out, “Victor.”

Fu Wenduo’s footsteps stopped.

10 seconds passed but it seemed more like 10 years.

In the golden sunlight, the handsome man slowly turned his heard, dark eyes staring at the other person. The two men quietly looked at each other. Tang Mo’s heart unexpectedly calmed down at Fu Wenduo’s silent but gentle gaze.

A long time passed before Fu Wenduo smiled. “Mo Tang?”

The world stilled in an instant.

Tang Mo’s eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at the man in front of him. Perhaps he was too shocked. Tang Mo didn’t find out that Fu Wenduo also relaxed at his reaction, his tight waist slowly loosening up.

There were too many words pouring in his heart. A strange feeling rippled in his heart, a bit sweet and bitter. The words were blocked in his throat. In the end, he couldn’t bear the countless words bubbling up in his heart and Tang Mo laughed. This time, he asked, “Victor?”

Fu Wenduo also laughed. In the quiet restaurant, a magnetic male voice whispered the name like a lover. It was as if he said it countless times in private, his voice nice and low.

“Mo Tang.” (TL: Grinding Sugar. I’m going to use Mo Tang from now on)

The author has something to say:

Xiao Fu: I have a question! Sister-in-law! If you didn’t know that my brother is Victor, would you like him? Please answer this question. Everyone wants to know!

Tang Tang: …I refuse to answer!

Old Fu: Actually, I also want to know ^_^

TL: This chapter reveals the big twist in the story. In fact, it has been hinted at in an earlier chapter. If people remember the Gem Corridor chapter with the two foreign man and the Chinese man who kept calling out ‘Mountain i.e. Shan.’

If you recall that a certain person’s name is Shanshan and the agate bracelet, they are both clues to the Chinese man’s identity, giving a hint to this twist.