Survival Game? But She's Already Slaughtered the Entire Server - chapter 5

Ruan Tian turned her head for a glance-the towering city gate stood before her like a slumbering beast, its bluish-grey bricks bearing the marks left by time.

By now, quite a few players were coming and going.

Retracting her gaze, Ruan Tian braced herself on the railing and jumped down from the Tricycle.

“This Tricycle is mine.”

Gangzi immediately nodded and said, “It’s yours, sis.”

Ruan Tian replied as a matter of course, “I don’t want it anymore. I’ll sell it to you.”

Gangzi: “…”

He understood.

He very tactfully asked, “How much does sis want to sell it for?”

Ruan Tian countered, “How much do you have?”

Gangzi’s lips quivered. Just as he was about to secretly hold a little back for himself, Ruan Tian shot him a half-smiling, half-warning look. Gangzi steeled himself and pulled out a smile even uglier than a crying face. “Thirty-two gold coins.”

“Deal. The coins are mine, and the Tricycle is yours.”

Ruan Tian reached out directly, and Gangzi handed over the coins.

“Sis, here you go.”

Taking the coins, Ruan Tian turned and left.

Gangzi waved, watching her walk away.

He had used his own coins to buy his own Tricycle.

Gangzi could only comfort himself-at least he still had a ride, right?

Not until Ruan Tian’s figure completely disappeared did Gangzi finally breathe a sigh of relief. Only then did he feel truly alive again.

He’d been through too much already this morning.

…

Ruan Tian entered the Main City.

The bloodstains on her body looked dark red in the sunlight, sharply out of place with the bright surroundings.

Many people sneaked glances at her, but no one dared to come near.

The Main City was divided into the South District and North District, separated by a Trading Market, with streets selling all sorts of daily necessities beside it. The market and streets naturally divided the two districts.

The South District was the wealthy area; people living there were either rich or high-level big shots.

The North District was the opposite-a residential area for commoners, with poor conditions and mostly low-level players.

With the system’s well-timed hints, Ruan Tian learned of Lin Zhiqing’s residence and her past.

Half a month ago, the original owner Lin Zhiqing was still relying on Fang Senran’s connections and living in the South District with her parents and her younger sister, Lin Zhixia.

Until she caught her sister and her boyfriend Fang Senran in an embrace and kiss. In a fit of anger, she had a fight with Fang Senran and moved out on her own.

Because of her weak abilities and lack of gold coins, she couldn’t afford to rent in the South District, so she could only move to the North District alone.

Since moving out these past two weeks, without Fang Senran as her backer, Lin Zhiqing’s days had been quite miserable.

First, she couldn’t complete Daily Quests; then there were plenty of Hooligan Players nearby, showing up every few days under the pretense of collecting protection fees. Her temporary teammates were even less reliable-when faced with danger, they’d sell her out faster than anyone.

Several times, she’d barely escaped disaster.

But even so, Lin Zhiqing always seemed to run into Fang Senran and Lin Zhixia at her most embarrassed moments.

Seeing Lin Zhixia being carefully protected and doted on by Fang Senran, as if she were a Fragile Glass Doll, Lin Zhiqing’s jealousy reached its peak.

That was her boyfriend, after all.

Why?

Lin Zhiqing and Lin Zhixia were fraternal twins. Lin Zhixia had been pretty and adorable since childhood, a princess in their parents’ hands. Lin Zhiqing was always the ignored Ugly Duckling, forever living in Lin Zhixia’s shadow.

Even the boy she liked preferred her sister.

But it didn’t matter. Lin Zhiqing had known since she was a child: if you want something, you have to fight for it yourself.

She would snatch her sister’s toys, her sister’s pretty clothes, and even the boy her sister liked.
It turned out that she was successful.

When they were children, there were only toys for her younger sister, Lin Zhixia, but never for her. Lin Zhiqing would secretly use scissors to cut off the dolls’ arms and legs. Seeing Lin Zhixia’s terrified expression as she looked at the damaged dolls gave Lin Zhiqing immense satisfaction.

If there were pretty clothes, none ever belonged to her; she could also make sure that Lin Zhixia couldn’t wear hers, either.

As these incidents piled up, Lin Father and Lin Mother began to notice the problem. They scolded and even beat Lin Zhiqing, but it was useless.

As long as Lin Zhixia had something, Lin Zhiqing needed to have an identical one, only then would peace be maintained.

Whenever they bought something for Lin Zhiqing, Lin Father and Lin Mother would grumble and complain, blaming her for not caring about their hard work, only knowing how to spend money, calling her an ungrateful child and the like.

Lin Zhiqing turned a deaf ear to it. As far as she was concerned, as long as she achieved her goal and got what she wanted, the process didn’t matter.

Lin Zhixia, on the other hand, would coax Lin Father and Lin Mother, making them laugh with joy.

Life continued this way until the two sisters went to college and both fell for the same boy, Fang Senran.

As expected, Fang Senran and Lin Zhixia liked each other and were in a state of mutual attraction, though not officially together yet.

So, Lin Zhiqing made her move. She pushed Lin Zhixia down the stairs, breaking her leg so she was bedridden for three months. She placed flowerpots on Lin Zhixia’s path from the third floor, and did all sorts of things…

She used these as leverage to threaten Fang Senran: either date her, or stay away from Lin Zhixia.

Otherwise, she couldn’t guarantee she wouldn’t do something even crazier.

Lin Zhiqing had only one thought: if she couldn’t have something, then neither could Lin Zhixia.

Fang Senran harshly rebuked Lin Zhiqing, calling her horrible, disgusting, and perverted.

Lin Zhiqing didn’t care; she’d heard such words all her life.

In the end, Fang Senran compromised. He couldn’t bear to be apart from Lin Zhixia, so he agreed to date Lin Zhiqing.

His only condition was that Lin Zhixia not be harmed again.

Lin Zhiqing agreed.

At first, Fang Senran loathed Lin Zhiqing and didn’t want to have any contact with her. But as time went on, he discovered that Lin Zhiqing actually wasn’t so bad.

She was just lacking love; she was a pitiful person.

His attitude towards Lin Zhiqing slowly changed. He started to be kind to her, to care for her, to look after her.

Lin Zhiqing, in return, treated him well-becoming even more obsessed, deeply enamored of him.

Gradually, the two of them became like a real couple, enjoying a sweet and happy campus romance.

Until the apocalypse came, and the game descended.

They were lucky enough to be placed in the same large region. Lin Zhiqing thought they would continue to be happy together.

But she was wrong.

Where she couldn’t see, Fang Senran secretly cared for Lin Zhixia. The two of them kept in touch in private, and the arrival of the game pushed their ambiguous relationship into the open.

With Fang Senran’s help, Lin Zhixia’s level was higher than Lin Zhiqing’s, and her equipment was better.

Lin Zhixia no longer needed to fear Lin Zhiqing, nor did she have to sneak around.

The scene of her kissing Fang Senran was also carefully arranged by Lin Zhixia for Lin Zhiqing to see.

And so came the argument between Lin Zhiqing and Fang Senran, and her departure from the South District.

Every now and then, Lin Zhixia would appear in front of Lin Zhiqing. The contrast in their situations stoked the flames of hatred and jealousy in Lin Zhiqing’s heart.

She wanted Lin Zhixia to die.

She wanted everyone who had treated her badly to die.

Suppressing the surging hatred within her, Lin Zhiqing sought out Fang Senran to apologize and admit her mistakes. She followed his instructions and apologized to Lin Zhixia, as well as to Lin Father and Lin Mother.

Lin Zhiqing did everything she was told.