After an Infinite Flow Player Retires

Ye Jia examined the grey and dusty box before him. A cold light glowed at the tip of his fingers.The next second, there was a flash of cold light and a sharp blade collided against the prop, making a loud sound. Sparks shone in the dark night.Ye Jia’s fingers pressed down, the blade reflecting in the depths of his amber-coloured eyes, resembling cold snow.Following that sound, a few pitch-black insects squeaked and fell from the lid of the grey box, turning into blackish grey smoke and dissipated into the air in an instant.The prop used to protect the box was gone.Ye Jia raised his hand to wave away the smoke before him and then fixed his eyes at a location not far away from him.The grey box sat on the ground, appearing completely harmless.Ye Jia slowly took in a deep breath.Standing a few steps away, he gently lifted the lid with the tip of his scythe. He held his breath and maintained a state of vigilance.With a clack, the lid was opened.The moment it was lifted, thick, rich blood flowed out non-stop, instantly spreading across the ground.Ye Jia tightened his grip around his scythe and slowly took a few steps back, his eyes still fixed on the box ahead from which blood was still flowing out from…….It wasn’t very big in size but that blood seemed to flow out like an inexhaustible spring. The blood was particularly dark in colour, reflecting a strange lustre in the dim moonlight. As if it had a life of its own, it swallowed up everything that it could touch.Not long later, it finally stopped.The pool of blood on the ground formed a perfect circle, surrounding the grey box.At this moment, a low voice belonging to a man sounded behind him, “Don’t touch it……”Ye Jia looked back and saw Ji Xuan slowly emerging from the darkness.He had already returned to his normal appearance, his figure tall and straight and his features deep and stern. His pair of scarlet eyes flashed a colour similar to blood in the night, “There is a part of Mother here.”Ye Jia narrowed his eyes slightly as the scythe in his hand reflected the dim moonlight. He asked, “If I touched it, would I become the same as Vision?”Ji Xuan stared fixedly at him.He didn’t seem to be surprised by the fact that Ye Jia knew who the fierce ghost who had attacked him back in M City was and just replied, “No……”Ye Jia looked back at him and raised a brow, “Why not?”Ji Xuan retracted his gaze, his eyes falling onto the bloodstained ground, “The concentration is different……”“Then what can this level of concentration do?” Ye Jia asked.Ji Xuan lightly bent his fingers and two stones on the ground slowly hovered up.One big piece and one small piece flew in the direction of the pool of blood and just as it was about to reach the edges of it, viscous dark red blood swelled up like a beast, swallowing up the smaller stone in an instant. As for the bigger stone, the blood swelled up even more violently and proceeded to crush into dust mid-air.Immediately afterwards, the viscous blood fell back down, the surface of it once again calm.Ye Jia frowned, “The stronger the opponent, the stronger they become.”This made things difficult.He turned and looked at Ji Xuan, “Does it have a limit?”JI Xuan seemed to understand what Ye Jia meant. He hooked up his lips, “Of course. Everything has a limit.”.Inside a café in F City.Chen Qingye and Wei Yuechu sat facing each other at a seat by the window as Blast, who was barely able to hold three cups of coffee steadily, slowly made his way over from the counter.The coffee in his hand wobbled, looking like they were about to spill.Chen Qingye quickly stood up to take the coffee from him and placed them onto the table.He pushed up his glasses that had slid down a little with a frown, “You should speak up if you need help.”Blast frowned, “Huh?”His expression was as flamboyant as his hair colour, “Are you underestimating me?! Didn’t I bring it over just fine?”Wei Yuechu smiled as she stirred her cup of coffee, “Indeed……”She had discovered a way to successfully order Blast around. As long as she challenged his competitive spirit, she could basically make this fool do all the job.As for the other one…….Wei Yuechu raised her eyes and looked at Chen Qingye.Chen Qingye took out two tissues from his pocket, gave one of them to Blast, and then proceeded to carefully wipe off the coffee stains from the table before sitting back down again.----He’s just a clean freak and a nagging mother.Wei Yuechu retracted her gaze and took another sip of her coffee.Although she didn’t hold any special feelings for her two colleagues, after getting along for so long, the relationship between them now is no longer as awkward as it was at the beginning.This time, having had a long day of work, she had suggested on a whim for the three of them to sit down for a chat.The other two didn’t seem to have any other plans so they promptly agreed.They were originally going to go to a bar but neither Blast nor Wei Yuechu had reached the physical age of 22 in the real world so they could only settle for the next best thing and sit down at a café.----Drinking coffee at night. Others might be thinking that they’re out of their minds.Wei Yuechu softly sighed.“There shouldn’t be any need for us to be in F City now, right?” She broke the silence first and asked this.Chen Qingye thought for a while and nodded, “Indeed…..”During this time, the DM Company had been shut down and all the ghosts working under Dream Maker had been captured. Apart from the lives that were lost, this was basically the perfect solution to the problem.“We should be fine, but….” Blast took a sip of his coffee and said gloatingly, “Have you seen the piles of documents on the desks of those employees at the Bureau? So miserable hahaha!”Chen Qingye expressionlessly gave him a look.Blast’s expression remained arrogant, “What? Looking for a fight?”“Hah…..” Wei Yuechu lightly commented next to him, “You’re no longer afraid of A’Chang?”Blast: “………”Like an eggplant that had been exposed to the cold, he immediately withered.The air turned quiet for a moment. The three of them drank their coffee while looking thoughtfully in different directions.The same question surfaced to their minds ---- Where did Ace go?Since they parted ways the day before yesterday, the other party was like a clay oxen who had plunged into the sea and there was no further news from him, but because the three of them each had their own concessions, none of them took the initiative to mention anything about Ace and Ye Jia who seemed to have disappeared at the same time as him ------ All three of them were puzzled inside. Forget about themselves but why were the other two acting like this wasn’t a big deal?Suddenly, the sound of a WeChat notification broke the silence.The three of them took out their phones at the same time.As soon as they saw the sender of the message, their expressions froze for a moment.Chen Qingye calmly stored his phone away and slowly stood up, “Sorry, I need to….”Wei Yuechu’s voice sounded at the same time, “I suddenly remembered……”“I……….” Blast’s voice followed soon afterwards.Chen Qingye raised his head and saw that the other two were doing exactly the same thing as him.The three of them looked at each other, their movements slightly stiff.Wait a minute…..what’s with this situation?An absurd thought came to their minds at the same time.Wei Yuechu narrowed her eyes and looked at Chen Qingye, “Where……are you going to go next?”Chen Qingye’s eyes travelled through his lens over to Wei Yuechu, meeting the other party’s gaze mid-air. One could faintly hear sparks in the air.He said, “I can’t tell you.”Chen Qingye also narrowed his eyes, “And you? Where are you going?”Wei Yuechu, “Can’t tell you either.”“……” The two stared each other down.“By the way……..” Chen Qingye stared fixedly at the young woman standing opposite him and slowly asked, “Why have you never asked about the whereabouts of the other person in our team?”Wei Yuechu threw it back at him, “And why haven’t you?”Suddenly, they seemed to have realised something. Their expression slowly solidified and their eyes slowly widened, “You……”“You…….”Blast stared at the two people before him blankly. He knitted his brows, “What kind of riddles are you two exchanging?”Wei Yuechu raised her hand and proceeded to snatch the phone from Blast’s hand.Blast was startled, “Hey what are you doing?”Chen Qingye didn’t answer. He just reached over to take out his phone from his pocket, turned on the screen and placed it onto the table.Wei Yuechu did the same thing and placed the phones next to it.The messages on the three phones were exactly the same, all sent by the same person.They all stared at the profile picture and fell silent.----- Fuck.Blast seemed to have finally returned to his senses. His eyes slowly widened in shock and he raised his hand and pointed at the two equally expressionless people before him, stammering, “Y-y-y-…..you two…….!”Chen Qingye pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting a white light that concealed the look in his eyes, “I think your guess is probably correct.”“Fuck………” Blast had a look of disbelief, “Impossible! He told me that I’m the only one who knows ……”Wei Yuechu revealed a warm smile and said slowly, “He told me the same thing…….”Chen Qingye pushed up his glasses, “Me too…….”Blast: “………..”Fuck……..They were all tricked.And they were tricked by the same person using the same lies.Blast slowly took in a breath before forcing out a single word, “Ace!”That word was spoken with so much viciousness, it was as if he wanted to swallow the other party up.“I told you two already! This Ace person is very vile! Extremely nasty! And you didn’t believe me!” He exclaimed angrily.Chen Qingye asked quietly, “Then why did you keep it a secret for so long?”Blast: “……..”His entire face slowly turned red, “I-I just thought you two were very stupid to be fooled by him for so long, only I was able to see his true side!”Wei Yuechu: “……..”Okay, I’ll take your word for it.Blast lowered his head again, his eyes falling onto the three phones before him.He was stunned for a moment and then he proceeded to carefully read the messages. His eyes immediately flashed with anger, “That bastard! The message was even sent out as a group message!”Not even a single word was different!Back to Table of ContentsIf possible, please support the author and purchase the original chapters! Each chapter only costs a few cents! The links to the raws are on the first page and here are some handy guides: Link 1 and Link 2.Chapter 75“…….”Ye Jia looked at the three angered people before him and slowly took a step back. He awkwardly coughed, “Um….I can explain……….”Raging yin fire burned in Blast’s palm, the crackling flames reflected in the depths of his eyes. His red hair fluttered in the scorching heat as he shouted in anger, “Ace!”Ye Jia quickly avoided the other party’s attack.He held down Blast’s arm and said good-naturedly, “Sorry, I was in the wrong this time.”“Bastard!” The flames in Blast’s eyes burned strongly and the fire in his palm spread up his arms.Ye Jia quickly released him and jumped aside, once again dodging Blast’s next attack.Because he was unable to continue fixing the hood on his head with yin energy, the wind blew it off and the hood hung loosely over his shoulder.A young and handsome face was revealed. His light-coloured hair reflected the moonlight that was the same colour and his amber eyes gleamed in the dark. That appearance made him appear exceptionally sincere and harmless, “In order to get you out of those doors, I couldn’t conceal my identity anymore….”But before he could finish speaking, Blast once again attacked him.“Hey! Let me finish speaking!” Ye Jia once again dodged Blast’s attack and proceeded to hide behind Chen Qingye.Blast was afraid of Chen Qingye’s insects, so his actions immediately slowed down.Ye Jia used this opportunity to continue, “But we had only just met at that time after all, so I could only resort to that….”Blast glared at the young man before him with murderous eyes and said angrily, “You’re a liar! I don’t trust you anymore!”Ye Jia sighed, “How could you think of me like that?”The young man’s features were deceptively gentle under the moonlight. Especially when he frowned slightly, he looked particularly innocent, with a touch of pitifulness.Blast’s expression was immediately a little shaken.With his back to Ye Jia, Chen Qingye silently stepped to the side and gave way.Ye Jia, “……..”Fucking hell…..Sure enough, after the insect deterrent was gone, Blast instantly forgot about his momentary soft-heartedness and once again unleashed attacks at Ye Jia.Ye Jia sighed again and started a new round of dodging his attacks.Blast’s attack style was of a consumption type. How could it be compared with Ye Jia who had never attacked and only wickedly ran around everywhere, leading Blast around by the nose? Very soon, he was tired and exhausted. As he leaned against the wall beside him panting heavily, he shouted, “S-stop running!”Ye Jia stopped and asked considerately, “Would you like to take a break?”Blast, “……..”You dog! Damned liar!Go die!But he was too tired. He could only bend over and catch his breath, giving himself time for his physical strength to recover.Good. At least one has been temporarily dealt with.Ye Jia turned to look at Wei Yuechu and apologised good-naturedly, “My apologies. The arrow was already fixed onto the bow at the time and I could only go with the flow and say that…..I’m sorry.”His features were originally ones that appeared delicate and didn’t carry much aggression, making people see him in a good light and trust him. Those amber eyes of his that shone a gentle light under the moonlight combined with his sincere gaze also made it easy for people to feel as if they were valued.Wei Yuechu was a little shaken.In fact….Now that she thought about it, she was indeed the first to have asked that question at the time. Thinking about it now, it looks like the other party had really just gone with the flow back then. After all, they were in a dangerous situation at the time and chattering on would be a waste of precious time-----She started to find excuses for the other party.Blast’s panting voice sounded from a distance, “Y-you! Don’t….”Don’t be fooled by this dog!But he was too exhausted, and he couldn’t even breathe properly, let alone say a complete sentence. The people standing in the distance couldn’t hear him clearly.Wei Yuechu looked up at the young man before her.The other party’s eyes were gentle and his attitude was sincere, as if he was genuinely feeling bad.She scratched the back of her head with some embarrassment, “Haaah, it’s okay. Now that I think about it, I was also in the wrong. I shouldn’t have asked you such a difficult question at that time and put you in that position…..I was also in the wrong.”Blast, “……….”He was heartbroken.This man was too good at deceiving others!Two had been dealt with.Ye Jia went over to Chen Qingye’s side and asked, “How has Xiao Xiao Bai been lately?”What Chen Qingye couldn’t refuse the most was when others asked him about his insects.He hesitated for a while, but finally chose to go with his inner desire to talk. He turned over his palm and revealed a small white worm that had grown to the size of a thumb. It slowly crawled out from under his cuff, stopping in the centre of his palm. Its body was soft and round, looking smooth and almost translucent under the moonlight. At this moment, it was raising its small head and curiously taking in the surrounding environment.Chen Qingye activated his chatterbox function, “She has been eating a lot recently. She’s probably still growing, but I am worried that she’s too greedy and it would hurt her body eating too much. She also gets along well with the other friends, especially A’Chang….”He suddenly stopped.The young man before him had suddenly stretched out his pale and slender finger and gently brought it before Xiao Xiao Bai. Xiao Xiao Bai seemed to also remember this familiar presence. She slowly raised her body and used several of her transparent little feet to hug the other person’s finger and affectionately rub against it.The curve in Ye Jia’s lips deepened.He raised his eyes to look at Chen Qingye before him and said with a smile, “You have taken very good care of her.”In an instant, Chen Qingye couldn’t get angry anymore.A blush appeared on his cheeks as he quietly mumbled, “Thank you…….”Blast, “………”He hated iron for not becoming steel. (KKNotes: meaning to feel resentful towards somebody for failing to meet expectations)This man was too good at getting people to accept him!He had finally recovered from his out of breath state, but he was still weakened. Despite this, he charged angrily at Ye Jia.Chen Qingye and Wei Yuechu who had already been successfully dealt with grabbed hold of Blast and with one on the left and the other on the right, they tried to persuade him, “Brother Ye has already apologised…….”“Yeah…”Blast looked at Ye Jia over their shoulders and saw that the other party had his eyes bent and lips curled into a smile as he looked in their direction. He looked like a sly fox who had succeeded in its trickery.Blast: “!”So angry!But in the end, Blast couldn’t defeat the other two ----- Particularly the pervert who likes to play with insects. He could only give up on his attempts to attack Ye Jia and walk over with an unpleasant expression.Ye Jia’s expression turned serious, and he explained to them how he got his hands on the grey box.Wei Yuechu nodded thoughtfully and asked, “So, what do you need us to do now?”Ye Jia said, “The method is actually very simple. The amount of blood that can attack other existences is actually limited so, as long as there is enough of us to attract the other party’s attention, we can disperse the blood and then use that opportunity to snatch the box that’s being firmly protected by it.”Chen Qingye pushed up his glasses, “No problem…….”Ye Jia smiled and looked at Blast, “And you? You in?”Blast snorted coldly, “Not doing it…”Wei Yuechu raised a brow and taunted contemptuously, “You’re too afraid, aren’t you?”Blast instantly frowned, “Who says I’m afraid?!”Wei Yuechu gave Ye Jia a meaningful smile.Ye Jia, “……”Thanks. I’ve learnt something new.The four of them soon came to the place where Ye Jia opened the box ----- It was an abandoned construction site and basically deserted. On the empty ground not far away, you could see a smooth pool of blood and a small grey box sat in the centre of that.“What’s in it?” Wei Yuechu asked.Ye Jia shook his head, “Don’t know…….”A large scythe slowly appeared in his hand. He smiled lightly, “But we will soon find out.”Chen Qingye spread open his hands, sending numerous small insects out from his sleeves. As the dark mass charged straight towards the pool of blood, the other two also followed Ye Jia’s guidance and attracted the attacks of the blood, luring them away from the grey box in the centre. The blood didn’t have any intelligence of their own and would just instinctively attack anything in its vicinity. Once there were enough existences around, the blood surrounding the box and protecting it would diminish rapidly as its attention was diverted.Soon, the bare ground below was gradually exposed.Ye Jia used this opportunity to quickly charge towards the box. The long scythe in his hand was almost like an extension of his arm. The sharp blade skilfully picked up the edge of the box and brought it over!Done!But at this moment, a group of insects not far away were swallowed up by the blood.The blood finally had time for a breather.It violently charged towards Ye Jia.Ye Jia gritted his teeth and didn’t retreat. He only exerted some more force in his arm, tightening his grip around the box.The surging waves of blood were right before his eyes.The next second, a cold and hard sensation coming from an arm could be felt around his waist and a strong force then suddenly pulled Ye Jia back.In an instant, they had moved a fair way away from it.Having lost the thing it was guarding, the blood gurgled, and it then evaporated at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving behind a dark stain.The dense cloud of insects that were dancing around in the air flew back into Chen Qingye’s sleeves.Wei Yuechu and Blast had also lost their opponent at the same time. They both looked towards Ye Jia in unison.The three of them fell into silence at the same time, “………”Ye Jia lowered his head and looked at the man’s pale and slender hand that was firmly wrapped around his waist. A familiar presence could be felt behind him.It was exceptionally familiar.Even a little overly familiar…Ye Jia’s brain had turned blank for a moment.He slowly raised his head and found himself facing three identically stunned expressions. He slowly revealed a rather stiff smile, “Ah…..um, I can explain…….”