RTIWTLITEOTW Chapter 65

Chapter 65: Truth

At dawn, the normally peaceful and serene camp was bustling with noise and crowded with people. Within the crowd, Shi Yi was seen spitting out blood, her face as pale as paper, collapsing limply onto the cold, hard ground.

Not far away, Jiang Xianchuan watched her with a cold expression, the corners of his mouth slightly raised in a sneer of mockery and disdain: “Hmph, you thought you could use this to harm me? What a fantasy! Sorry, but these little tricks won’t work on me, no way!” As he spoke, he waved a small, exquisite bottle in his hand triumphantly.

At that moment, Gu Huaishan, who had been observing from afar, stood in a corner, taking in everything that was happening.

When he saw Jiang Xianchuan waving and calling him over, Gu Huaishan’s heart suddenly trembled. He felt as if thousands of tiny needles were piercing his limbs simultaneously, instantly turning them numb.

Despite this, he forced himself to endure the discomfort and walked towards Jiang Xianchuan with faltering and difficult steps. When he passed Shi Yi, he glared at her fiercely, his eyes full of anger and disappointment.

When he got close, Jiang Xianchuan unhesitatingly handed the mysterious potion to Gu Huaishan, and said in a deliberately pitiful tone, “Brother Huaishan, look, Shi Yi actually wanted to use this potion to poison me and Yubao! What do you think we should do with her?”

Faced with Jiang Xianchuan’s smiling appearance, Gu Huaishan didn’t know how to respond for a moment, remaining silent for a long time. After a while, he seemed to have made up his mind and slowly opened his mouth to say, “According… according to the rules, she should… be expelled from the camp…”

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Yi, who had been lying on the ground half-dead, suddenly jumped up as if she had gone mad, and hysterically shouted at Gu Huaishan: “Gu Huaishan! How can you be so heartless? It was clearly you who coerced and tempted me to do this! Now you want to push all the blame onto me. You’re simply a despicable and shameless villain!”

Her voice was shrill and piercing, echoing throughout the camp, making people shudder. However, Gu Huaishan seemed unmoved by Shi Yi’s accusations, his face still ashen as he stood there silently.

“Shi Yi, stop pretending. Do you think everyone is as despicable as you? Brother Huaishan is an upright camp leader, how could he do such a thing! It’s you who have always been dissatisfied with me and Yubao, and always opposed us.” Hearing this, the people in the camp immediately erupted into an uproar, whispering to each other, wondering how much truth there was in Shi Yi’s words.

Seeing that the crowd was skeptical, Shi Yi’s mouth slightly turned up, revealing a cunning smile. She calmly took out a small, exquisite recording pen from her backpack, shook it lightly in her hand, and said, “Hmph, you don’t believe me? Fine! Then listen carefully and see if this is true!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Yi unhesitatingly pressed the play button on the recording pen. In an instant, a clear conversation was heard—

“Shi Yi, you must use this potion to kill Jiang Xianchuan and Li Lingyu within tomorrow. The two of them have seriously threatened my position. Remember, if they don’t die, then you will be the one who dies.”

This recording was like a thunderbolt, exploding in the crowd. After the recording ended, the entire camp fell into a dead silence. Everyone’s eyes widened, staring at Gu Huaishan with shocked faces.

At this time, Gu Huaishan was already covered in cold sweat, his face as pale as paper. Although it was true that he had given the poison to Shi Yi, he never expected that he would be set up by Shi Yi like this. The damning recording made him unable to defend himself.

Just as Gu Huaishan hadn’t recovered, Li Lingyu rushed forward, his long knife instantly pressed against his neck. The cold blade was tightly against his skin, making Gu Huaishan shudder.

“Brother Huaishan, so it was you.” Jiang Xianchuan suddenly turned his head, his eyes like torches staring at the so-called culprit in front of him. He saw Gu Huaishan’s face flushed red, shouting anxiously, “It wasn’t me! Someone must be trying to frame me!”

Jiang Xianchuan frowned and asked suspiciously, “Brother Huaishan, there shouldn’t be anyone in our camp who has the ability to change what others say, right?” Hearing this, Gu Huaishan, who was already feeling guilty, panicked and stammered, “It’s Zheng…”

Before he could finish speaking, a dull thud was heard. It turned out that Qi Xiaoyao had kicked Zheng Jun, who was tied up, over like a ball. Zheng Jun fell to the ground in a mess, the ropes on his body tightening even more.

“You better confess honestly.” Qi Xiaoyao glared fiercely at Zheng Jun, who was shivering on the ground.

“Yes, yes, yes!” At this moment, Zheng Jun had already been scared out of his wits and was completely demoralized, with no intention of resisting. He scrambled to his feet, trembling, and in front of everyone, he confessed Gu Huaishan’s vicious plan to kill Jiang Xianchuan and Li Lingyu.

As the truth gradually surfaced, the people present cast extremely disappointed looks at Gu Huaishan. As for Gu Huaishan, seeing that his conspiracy had been exposed, his face turned pale and his lips trembled as if he still wanted to say a few words, but Li Lingyu didn’t give him any chance.

With a flash of cold light, Li Lingyu raised his knife and dropped it, instantly beheading Gu Huaishan’s guilty head. Blood splattered, the scene was bloody and terrifying. Then, Li Lingyu ruthlessly swung his knife at Zheng Jun, cleanly ending his life.

“Phew, he’s finally dead.” Jiang Xianchuan looked at the two people who were no longer breathing on the ground, let out a long sigh, and then reached out to help up Shi Yi, who was also covered in blood.

“The taste of this blood is really strange.” Shi Yi said with lingering fear as she wiped the sticky blood from her face with her sleeve.

“Thank you for your hard work.” Jiang Xianchuan patted Shi Yi on the shoulder and comforted her.

“It’s nothing, it’s nothing.” Shi Yi forced a smile and responded.

The crowd started to talk again, not knowing what had happened. Jiang Xianchuan then explained everything.

It turned out that Shi Yi had told Jiang Xianchuan about Gu Huaishan’s plan through the recording pen. Then, Jiang Xianchuan used computer AI to synthesize a segment of Gu Huaishan’s voice, which Shi Yi played in public as evidence. He then had Qi Xiaoyao capture Zheng Jun to prevent them from having any backup plans.

Just as Gu Huaishan breathed his last breath, the camp’s power system also stopped abruptly, as if its soul had been taken away. The originally brightly lit and vibrant camp suddenly plunged into darkness and silence.

Without Gu Huaishan, the backbone of the camp, people’s hearts began to become panicked. Fear spread quickly like a plague, and everyone’s faces were filled with confusion and helplessness.

In the midst of this chaos, someone shouted, “I support Captain Jiang as the camp leader!” This shout was like lighting a fuse, and then people echoed, “Yes, Captain Jiang is the most suitable!” For a time, the voices calling for Jiang Xianchuan to be the camp leader rose and fell.

However, facing the enthusiastic recommendation of the crowd, Jiang Xianchuan seemed particularly calm. He waved his hand and refused without hesitation: “No, I won’t be the camp leader. There are a bunch of broken things to deal with as the camp leader.” Jiang Xianchuan was not moved by the persistence of these people. He knew that the most important thing now was not who would be the camp leader, but how to solve the current problem as soon as possible.

At this time, Qi Xiaoyao, who had been silent all along, sighed deeply. He slowly squatted down and carefully cut out Gu Huaishan’s already stopped beating heart.

Then, he used his unique ability to tightly wrap the heart with ice, muttering to himself, “I have to find someone…” Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Xianchuan next to him exclaimed in horror: “No, no, no, eating hearts is too disgusting!”

Hearing this, Qi Xiaoyao shook his head helplessly. Just then, Jiang Xianchuan pulled Qi Xiaoyao aside.

He mysteriously took out many solar panels from his space and said to Qi Xiaoyao: “You quickly find a few people to choose a suitable place to install these solar panels, so that you can temporarily solve the power problem.” After saying that, he patted Qi Xiaoyao on the shoulder, his eyes revealing firmness and trust.