The Male Leads Who Are Becoming Stranger and Stranger [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

During the afternoon classes, She Yi was somewhat absent-minded, his gaze drifting toward the protagonist Jian Yan’s seat.

It was empty; the protagonist had skipped class.

His fingertips felt slightly cool. She Yi lowered his head, and the little dragon, whose skin color had blended with the desk, lightly licked his finger. Turning his hand over, he picked up the little dragon; its skin color changed again following the environment.

Perhaps others could not see the little dragon’s form, but as the host, what he saw was no different from usual.

Unconsciously, his thumb slowly stroked the little dragon’s head. She Yi appeared to be listening to the lecture seriously, but his thoughts were flying who-knows-where.

There was still one week left before the apocalypse. Perhaps he could prepare ahead of time?

The reason for the protagonist skipping class was easy to guess. He couldn’t expect that when the apocalypse arrived, Jian Yan would still protect him as thoroughly as in the previous life. So, would the best result be being abandoned?

To let him… fend for himself?

Over the next week, She Yi attended class as usual, yet the protagonist’s seat remained empty.

Because he was an orphan with no relatives, and the only person associated with the protagonist was him, the homeroom teacher sought him out several times regarding the protagonist’s absence.

Of course, She Yi thought of excuses for the protagonist’s leave of absence; this was something the original host had done before.

However, the original host used to know the protagonist’s whereabouts, but now he hadn’t even seen the man. When he went to the protagonist’s dorm, he was told by the roommates that the protagonist hadn’t been back for several days.

So, after leaving that inexplicable sentence, had he started playing missing?

A trace of an ambiguous smile curled at the corner of his lips. She Yi poked the little dragon’s head. Then he turned his gaze toward the sky outside the window; it was thick with dark clouds, so gloomy it made one feel breathless.

Dark clouds weighed down on the city by all appearances, it was a prelude to a torrential downpour.

However, it was actually a disaster that would usher in the end of the world.

She Yi squinted his eyes and watched for a long while, then suddenly stood up. He casually picked up his bag from the desk and walked toward the door. The little dragon, resting quietly on his finger, was stuffed back into his chest pocket.

At this time, the protagonist should be about to return.

…

Walking on the way back to school, She Yi watched the street vendors hurriedly packing up their stalls, likely thinking a storm was inevitable.

At this moment, a petite figure suddenly rushed over and stuffed a bag of things into his hand. She Yi lowered his head slightly; the first thing he saw was a small head topped with dark, beautiful hair.

She Yi froze for a moment: “Xiao Ya, what is this for?”

As he spoke, he shook the oil-paper bag in his hand; it was bulging and filled with fragrant, crispy roasted chestnuts.

“It’s about to rain, so things are hard to sell. I’m giving them to you to eat now.”

The five-year-old girl smiled sweetly, two cute dimples appearing on her cheeks. Her large eyes sparkled as she looked at She Yi.

She Yi couldn’t help but pat her head, subsequently revealing a bashful smile:

“This isn’t very good…”

The original host had indeed bought things here twice, but he wasn’t very familiar with the little girl. Even knowing her name was because the boss, the little girl’s father had introduced her in passing.

“Brother is very good-looking, I like you.”

Facing the little girl’s innocent confession, She Yi curled his lips. His gaze went past her to the back; the boss was waving his hand at him, clearly meaning for him not to refuse.

Withdrawing his gaze and looking at the little girl’s clean and cute smile, he estimated that after today, it would be very difficult to see such an expression again.

The apocalypse: a synonym for chaos, filth, grime, and survival of the fittest. All morality and reason would turn into bubbles. While it was undeniable that people with consciences still existed, those who easily discarded moral concepts would definitely make up the vast majority.

A gentle, shy smile traced his lips, his eyes appearing somewhat embarrassed because of the little girl’s words.

Was She Yi worried about the little girl’s future fate?

If someone were to look deeply into the eyes hidden beneath his bangs, they would find that the inside was so cold and profound it was startling.

He only ever cared about himself.

“Then… thank you, Xiao Ya.”

A gentle smile that seemed to radiate from the heart made the little girl daze again. she watched that slender figure walk away with her own eyes, then unproductively blushed and ran quickly back to her father’s side.

“Daddy, when I grow up, I want to marry that brother!”

She announced her lifelong matter with full vigor.

With his back to the father and daughter, She Yi acted as if he hadn’t heard a thing, his pace remaining unhurried as he headed toward the school.

…

Stepping into the school gate, She Yi checked the time: 9:30 AM.

Today was Saturday, and there weren’t many people on campus. Those who weren’t shut-ins were likely out in groups on shopping sprees. She Yi turned and headed toward a male dormitory building.

Sixth floor, Room 613.

She Yi knocked on the door politely but no one answered.

She Yi politely knocked again, still no answer.

Just as She Yi perseveringly began the action of knocking for the third time, the protagonist, who had been missing for a week, appeared at the corner of the hallway.

She Yi’s hand froze in mid-air. He remembered the two sentences the other had said in the cafeteria.

“Stop following me.”

“I hate you.”

That stranger’s gaze, so flat it was indifferent, and words that pierced the heart, had made She Yi go from warmth-to-anger to being at a loss. Xiao Yan had never treated him like this before. He didn’t know what he had done wrong.

Therefore, he wanted to ask clearly the reason for the sudden change, nothing more.

Seeing the friend he hadn’t seen for a long time, a flash of joy and cautiousness flickered in She Yi’s eyes.

“Xiao Yan…”

However, the other party merely glanced at him and walked straight past him to open the door.

Bang—

She Yi’s nose nearly hit the door. He blinked, and after reacting, he tapped on the door forcefully, his voice sounding somewhat aggrieved.

“Xiao Yan, it’s me, Xiao Yi…”

The door opened again, but the person who opened it wasn’t Jian Yan, but one of his roommates.

The other party sized She Yi up from head to toe. In that gaze that felt as though there was nowhere to hide, She Yi lowered his head uneasily, his fingers unconsciously clutching his pocket.

He felt the person’s gaze linger on his chest pocket for two seconds; the man likely saw the little dragon and was surprised but didn’t ask anything. Perhaps having seen enough, he smiled very brightly at She Yi outside the door:

“Haha, sorry, I was playing games just now.”

The other party pointed to the cool headset hanging around his neck and then pulled the door open.

“Come in.”

She Yi seemed to hesitate but finally walked in. With one glance, he saw the protagonist packing his things. His gaze inadvertently swept over the pinky finger of the other’s left hand, and he understood in his heart.

There was an ordinary-looking jade ring worn there by the protagonist’s “golden finger.”

By the looks of it, the blood-recognition ritual was likely already done. Perhaps even the superpower had been triggered.

She Yi approached Jian Yan, struggling, flashing in his eyes. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said with slight worry:

“You… haven’t come to class these past few days… Did something happen?”

Jian Yan showed no reaction and didn’t even look at him, preoccupied with packing his own things. However, nothing made She Yi more miserable than this; he actually just wanted an explanation from his friend.

Seeing the other party not speaking, She Yi was suddenly at a loss.

“If you’ve encountered some difficulty, I ca—”

“It seems you didn’t hear clearly what I said.”

Jian Yan interrupted him and looked up. The coldness and ruthlessness in his eyes made She Yi feel as though he had fallen into an ice cellar instantly.

“From now on, you and I have nothing to do with each other. Disgusting.”

She Yi seemed completely stunned by this sentence. His fingers hanging at his sides trembled uncontrollably. His teeth bit hard onto his lower lip, and due to the excessive force, traces of blood seeped out.

“Why…”

Those three words seemed to exhaust all his strength.

This scene fell into Jian Yan’s eyes, but he remained completely unmoved. A mocking smile quickly flickered across his mouth.

However, before he could speak, a sudden tremor caused his expression to change instantly.

Damn it! It’s actually a day earlier than in my previous life!

“Holy crap, what’s going on? An earthquake? You’ve got to be kidding me!”

The first to curse was the boy who had opened the door for She Yi.

The vibration was quite large, forcing the three of them to grab onto things nearby to steady themselves. Unfortunately, because She Yi had been standing, and the nearest person was his friend Jian Yan, his body acted faster than his thoughts and lunged toward the other.

Just before his body made contact, a foot quickly appeared, kicking directly toward She Yi’s abdomen. And the owner of this foot was precisely the protagonist, Jian Yan!

Did he hate the original host who betrayed him that much?

At this moment, She Yi’s left foot seemed to twist slightly. The angle of his body leaning forward changed instantly, causing the body that should have lunged at Jian Yan to fall onto the bed next to him instead.

A certain protagonist silently withdrew his foot.

The exaggerated earthquake came fast and went fast. Before the three could react, everything settled.

Then, the three of them heard or saw a magnificent scene outside the window.

In the pitch-black clouds, countless small lightning bolts fell simultaneously. Accompanied by bestial roars rising one after another, the clouds dispersed, revealing a gloomy, dark sky.

Suddenly, of the only three boys in the dorm, one collapsed.

She Yi extracted the memory from his mind; the boy was named Zhou Yi, a “cannon fodder of cannon fodders” who didn’t even have a single scene in the plots of the two lifetimes.

In other words, this person was not important. Or, unfortunately, at the start of the apocalypse, he had turned into a zombie.

Jian Yan, being the protagonist, seemed to have thought of this as well. He quickly found several ropes and tied the person up.

She Yi was clearly dazed by his series of actions. He was about to speak, but under a look from the other party, he silently shut his mouth, his expression dimming somewhat.

Jian Yan ignored She Yi’s reaction. After tying up the mysteriously fainted Zhou Yi, he walked quickly to the balcony. Looking down, a “just as expected” expression flashed in his eyes.

The apocalypse had indeed arrived a day earlier than in the previous life!

Jian Yan wasn’t sure if the change was brought about by his own rebirth, but it didn’t affect him much. It just meant there were more obstacles to his original plan of arriving in S City a day before the apocalypse.

His current powers were not very high. He had to reach S City before the zombies evolved; there was the country’s strongest military base there, and fewer people lived in that area.

In the previous life, because he didn’t react quickly enough to the sudden apocalypse, Bai Mu got there first. This time, he would definitely take it!

The ruthless murderous aura of someone who had crawled through the apocalypse appeared in Jian Yan’s eyes once more.

A sudden cry of surprise rang out in his ear. Jian Yan turned his head and saw She Yi’s look of disbelief. He turned his head away in disdain, went back into the room, picked up his packed backpack, and headed for the door.

However, just as his fingers touched the doorknob, he was suddenly blocked by a figure rushing over.

“Xiao Yan, it’s so dangerous outside, you can’t go out!”

Terror remained in his eyes and his face was deathly pale, but his action of pressing against the door was so forceful.

He had seen the scene of people eating people on the plaza from the balcony. The surroundings were in total chaos, with screams rising and falling incessantly. Those bloody and cruel images almost crushed his nerves.

He didn’t understand why things had become like this; he only knew that when he saw his best friend seemingly about to go out, an impulse that instantly swelled in his chest made him break through his inner fear.

“Get out of the way.”

Frowning, Jian Yan’s voice was cold and unceremonious.

Courage seemed to fade away instantly at this moment. Under that gaze, She Yi lowered his head timidly, his voice trembling slightly.

“Xi-Xiao Yan, you saw it just now too, don’t go out…”

You’ll die…

Raising an eyebrow, Jian Yan had no intention of explaining anything. He directly pushed the person blocking him aside. Just as he planned to pull the door open, a voice from behind made him pause.

“Aya, though I don’t understand what happened, I feel my body is simply wonderful!”

The speaker is Zhou Yi.

Jian Yan turned around and saw the person who should have been unconscious had woken up and easily snapped the ropes tied to his body.

“How do you feel?”

Changing his previous attitude, Jian Yan asked while leaning against the door.

“It feels like my body has inexhaustible strength.”

Zhou Yi clenched his fist and suddenly smashed it against the nearby wall. The fist was unharmed, but a recessed crack appeared on the wall.

“So it’s the Strength type…”

“You seem to know something.”

Zhou Yi approached Jian Yan: “And listening to your conversation just now, something happened outside, right? The end of the world?”

Combined with the ability he suddenly obtained, Zhou Yi’s imagination ran wild, and what he guessed was not far from the truth.

“You can go see for yourself.”

Jian Yan crossed his arms and pointed toward the balcony. Before his voice finished, Zhou Yi had already rushed to the balcony and witnessed the chaotic and bloody scene of the early apocalypse.

Then, Zhou Yi became excited.

“God, it really is the end of the world!”

Jian Yan walked to his side: “I plan to head to S City. Do you want to come along?”

He had taken an interest in Zhou Yi’s ability.

“It seems quite interesting, okay!”

Zhou Yi was a second-generation official with countless bodyguards at home, so he didn’t have to worry at all about his parents’ safety.

Seeing the two of them planning to leave on their own, She Yi in the corner finally digested the content of their conversation. He reached out and grabbed the hem of the clothes belonging to Jian Yan as he passed by.

Feeling a daunting gaze land on him, She Yi said timidly in a small voice:

“I… I want to go together too…”

Jian Yan looked deeply at this person. Clearly roughly the same height as himself, he was shrunk into a tiny ball, head lowered, fingers pulling uneasily at his hem like a child who had done something wrong.

Yes, it was this timid and innocent appearance. After receiving his protection in the previous life, in the end, he had betrayed him!

His gaze toward She Yi grew colder and colder as he ruthlessly pried the other’s fingers away.

“Aya, isn’t this your friend? Then let’s go together.”

Zhou Yi’s cheerful voice came over.

Jian Yan glanced at him, said nothing, and was the first to open the door and walk out.

On the spot, She Yi smiled somewhat gratefully at Zhou Yi. Then, he tightened the backpack on his back and followed cautiously behind the two of them.

Step one: Successful approach.