Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 13 Unfinished Mission 1

"Half and half," Yan Xun mumbled.

"So it seems the truth is that it doesn't like me." Su Yumin nodded. "I saw that thing has a wound the size of a bowl on its head."

“If you make a wrong judgment…” He paused, then said to Yan Xun, “I will have to leave this instance.”

Upon hearing this, Gui Yuchong immediately spoke up, "Yan Xun has indeed discovered the true nature of the imposter." He seemed worried that Su Yumin would misunderstand Yan Xun and hurriedly explained, "It's definitely not what you think."

"What I think?" Su Yumin ignored Gui Yuchong and kept holding onto Yan Xun. "What do you mean by what I think?"

"I don't like you, I have a grudge against you," Yan Xun said. "Think what you want."

He shrugged as he spoke, looking nonchalant.

He wasn't deliberately provoking Su Yumin; he just suddenly remembered something. The instance only mentioned finding the fake humans, but it didn't say how many fake humans there were.

He didn't believe Su Yumin, nor did he believe the physical education student named Shen Rui.

After all, the novel emphasizes that when Gui Yuchong, the protagonist, was revealed to be the truth, he showed an extremely shocked expression, as if he never expected that the "fake person" was actually him.

What Yan Xun cared about even more was—

In the taskbar, the task "[Task 1: Find the fake man (B-task)]" remains incomplete.

But he had clearly found the flip-flops and the fake "Su Yumin," even with the security guards as witnesses.

So there's only one possibility left: the fake characters in the mission refer to those hidden among the players, not those in the building.

"You don't need to be so wary of me." Su Yumin raised her hands, making a gesture of surrender. "I know what you suspect."

"You suspect that the fake player is among the players."

The other two people in the room didn't understand Su Yumin's meaning at first, but Gui Yuchong saw Yan Xun's expression—Yan Xun didn't mean to hide anything—and Su Yumin guessed his thoughts.

"Let me guess why."

“You met a fake person in the elevator,” Su Yumin said slowly, “and then you met a fake version of me.”

"But your taskbar hasn't updated."

"So you've realized something: these fake people aren't referring to the ones in the building, but to us players." He looked at Yan Xun. "Right?"

Yan Xun did not answer, but asked another question instead—

"Are you saying this because you think the false people aren't among us?"

He wasn't surprised that Su Yumin could figure it out. The other person knew he had encountered the flip-flops and had seen the person being taken away by security. Coupled with his guarded attitude, he could naturally guess the reason for his silence.

He just didn't quite understand why Su Yumin was saying it so openly.

But soon, as Su Yumin's gaze swept between the four people, Yan Xun understood what the other was thinking.

“You now know the basis of my judgment,” he said confidently.

"More or less," Su Yumin said.

Gui Yuchong seemed confused by their riddles, and Shen Rui frowned as well… Gui Yuchong glanced at the two people in room 908, and finally chose to approach Yan Xun, “What do you mean…?”

“When that fake Su Yumin spoke to me, he only said that we were classmates.” Yan Xun explained to Gui Yuchong, “This was an excuse we made up at the management office so that we could meet in 908.”

“There was no one else there, just the three of us players, so there was no need for him to make a point of mentioning it.”

"So I felt something was wrong."

“The second thing that’s not right is related to you,” Yan Xun said, glancing at Gui Yuchong.

Gui Yuchong paused for a few seconds, then pointed at himself, "Me?" He then looked thoughtful, seemingly not understanding what he had said to that fake person that made Yan Xun suspicious.

“I told you that you are shy and don’t like talking to strangers.”

"He asked me what our relationship was, and I said he was my ex-boyfriend," Yan Xun said quickly. "But the players definitely know that we were strangers who entered this instance at the same time..."

"My reasoning is untenable."

"He didn't argue with me..."

It was at this moment that Yan Xun realized there was something wrong with Su Yumin.

If it really is Su Yumin, after he gave such a ridiculous reason, the other party would definitely think he's crazy. They were all players who entered the instance at the same time, so what difference is there between strangers and acquaintances?

—Because I'm shy, I don't want to get close to people. That sounds like a ridiculous and perfunctory excuse.

However, the fake Su Yumin was unaware of this.

For this mannequin, their identity is that of a couple living in room 404.

"That doesn't sound very convincing," Su Yumin said after a moment's thought.

"Maybe I'm just someone who loves role-playing."

I think you two are a real couple.

"Then you're out of luck." Yan Xun looked at Su Yumin.

Shen Rui paced back and forth in the room, watching Yan Xun and Su Yumin locked in a fierce confrontation. He wasn't particularly good at these kinds of puzzle games... but compared to the ever-smiling Su Yumin, he still felt that Yan Xun seemed like a better person.

"Sigh, if I'm wrong, I'll haunt you even as a ghost," Su Yumin sighed, shaking his head.

He stared at Yan Xun, "I will keep bothering you, no matter which instance you enter."

Yan Xun didn't quite understand what he meant. In his opinion, for these dungeon players, if they failed and died, they just died. Could it be...?

"Haven't you heard?" Su Yumin showed an exaggerated expression of surprise, and even dramatically raised his hands. "Players who are killed by dungeons and monsters will stay in the dungeons forever."

"But what if they were killed by a player..."

He looked at Yan Xun with a smile, lowered his hands, and made a gesture as if he were choking him.

"Then it will become a vengeful spirit, forever haunting the player, and suddenly appearing at a suitable time to kill them."

"Perhaps this is a kind of cause-and-effect cycle."

He wasn't lying.

Yan Xun realized this instantly.

He also understood why Su Yumin was so certain.

The other player was the one haunted by the vengeful spirit, and also the one who killed the other players.

“Now let’s sit down calmly,” Su Yumin said. “Let’s talk about the fake people among us.”

He gestured for the group to sit down on the sofa.

"You exposed this because of this?" Yan Xun asked.

He roughly understood Su Yumin's idea. Instead of slowly observing who the imposter was hiding among them, it would be better to change the approach and let everyone reveal their origins and reasons for entering this instance, thereby determining who the imposter really was.

"But there's a problem."

Yan Xun looked at Su Yumin, unsure whether he was pretending to be stupid or had ulterior motives.

"This instance doesn't say that everyone's tasks are the same," Yan Xun said directly, too lazy to beat around the bush.

"Perhaps besides the task of finding the fake man, there's another player's task..."

"Conceal your identity as a fake person so that others don't discover it."