Chapter 5: Survival in the Cracks

Zhou Kai's excited reaction startled Lin Yi.

"You...what's wrong with you?" Lin Yi asked.

"These monsters have their own rules. Unless the people who raise them discover their true appearance, other monsters cannot attack them casually."

Zhou Kai looked anxious. He glanced at the time on his phone and turned to walk towards the stairwell.

"You have already come into contact with those monsters and seen their true appearance. This means that you have been exposed long ago, and any monster can attack you."

"I helped you in the classroom, and they will definitely target me."

"I can't die, I can't leave my sister alone. I must live, I want to protect her."

"Sister? You have a sister?"

Lin Yi suddenly realized that he didn't know Zhou Kai.

Although they were classmates, Zhou Kai was withdrawn and rarely contacted his classmates.

Now think about it, maybe it was because Zhou Kai had long discovered that the people around him were monsters, so he didn't want to talk to them.

Lin Yi understood why Zhou Kai was so excited. He didn't care about his life or death, but he didn't want his sister to be hurt.

"No." Lin Yi stopped Zhou Kai, "I'm not exposed."

"Impossible!" Zhou Kai roared.

"These monsters won't reveal their true colors easily. They will only remove their disguises when they are discovered."

"I really didn't reveal myself... I can't say I didn't reveal myself, but they don't know." Lin Yi didn't know how to explain.

So, he told what he had experienced.

"I've died three times."

"What?" Zhou Kai was stunned.

"I said I've died three times... No, strictly speaking, it should be four times."

Lin Yi said: "June 10th is my birthday. On that day, the monsters disguised as my parents killed me twice."

When he said this, Lin Yi couldn't help feeling sad.

When he thought that his parents, who had lived with him for so many years, were monsters that wanted to eat him, he couldn't help feeling depressed.

"After that, on the evening of June 9, I met Teacher Yao at school."

"After I told him about this, Teacher Yao killed me again."

"Then on the morning of June 9, I wanted to tell my classmates about the monster, so I asked them to meet at the back mountain."

"But I never thought that my classmates were also monsters."

"That morning, I received a call from you. You asked me not to go, but I didn't care at the time."

"What are you talking about?" Zhou Kai was confused, "Today is only June 8."

"I know you won't believe it if I tell you." Lin Yi felt wronged.

"I don't know why. I was obviously killed by a monster, but when I opened my eyes, I found that I was unharmed."

"And I went back to the past."

"I really didn't lie. I still remember the number you called me at that time."

Lin Yi has a good memory. He repeated the strange number he received at that time.

When he heard the number, Zhou Kai frowned.

"Why do you know this number?"

"Didn't I tell you that you called me with this number on June 9th?" Lin Yi said.

This strange number does belong to Zhou Kai.

Zhou Kai has always been a cautious person.

Because he was worried that his phone would be tapped, he specially prepared a checked old phone and found a phone card without real-name authentication in case of emergency.

So, except for himself, no one should know this number.

"Zhou Kai, believe me, I really didn't lie to you."

"I believe you." Zhou Kai did not continue to walk towards the stairwell.

"Why don't you believe it? What should I do to make you..."

Lin Yi, who reacted, looked at Zhou Kai in confusion, "What? You believe me? You believe me so easily?"

"This should be your ability." Zhou Kai said.

"Ability?" Lin Yi was confused, "What does it mean?"

"I don't know either." Zhou Kai replied, "People who are raised by these monsters have a chance to evolve some special abilities."

"Maybe God has pity on humans and gave us weapons to fight monsters."

"But your ability... sounds a bit useless."

Lin Yi actually agreed with Zhou Kai's statement.

If it is really as Zhou Kai said, every time Lin Yi is killed, he can go back to the past. On the surface, Lin Yi seems to be in an immortal state, but his own power is limited. Even if he can go back to the past, he still can't change anything.

"If you know the ability..." Lin Yi thought for a while and said, "It means you have the ability too?!"

Zhou Kai nodded.

"What is your ability?" Lin Yi was a little curious.

"My ability is--"

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Kai suddenly turned his head and looked at the door of the stairwell.

"Someone is coming." Zhou Kai's expression was extremely serious. "To be precise, it's a monster."

"Monster?" Lin Yi was shocked. "Is it coming towards us?"

Zhou Kai nodded.

"Could it be...we are exposed?"

"It shouldn't be." Zhou Kai sniffed in the direction of the stairwell, and then said, "That monster has your smell on it, and it's coming for you."

"Coming for me?" Lin Yi was even more scared, "Let's run."

"It's too late." Zhou Kai shook his head, "Lin Yi, remember, if you don't want to die, you must pretend to know nothing."

"But...but I will be killed on June 10th."

Thinking of what happened on his birthday, Lin Yi no longer wanted to have a birthday.

"There are still two days left." Zhou Kai speeded up his speech, "Make sure you can survive first, and then we will discuss what will happen next."

As soon as the voice fell, the door of the stairwell was pushed open.

A familiar figure walked into the rooftop from outside the door. It was Lin Yi's mother.

"Yi Yi, what are you doing on the rooftop?"

Mom still had a gentle smile on her face, "Mom waited outside for a long time and didn't see you come out."

"You...how did you know I was here?" Lin Yi asked subconsciously.

"I came in to look for you. I heard from your classmates that they saw you on the rooftop, so I came to see you."

As the mother spoke, she walked towards Lin Yi.

"I...I..." Lin Yi hesitated. His mother's sudden arrival made it too late for him to calm down.

"Auntie, Lin Yi is a little sad." At this time, Zhou Kai stood up.

Zhou Kai was calm and said with a smile: "Lin Yi didn't perform well in the exam, so he was very sad."

"The classmates who finished the exam were talking about the questions of this exam. I was afraid that Lin Yi would be even more sad after hearing it, so I brought him here to comfort him."

Looking at Zhou Kai's relaxed look, Lin Yi couldn't help but admire him.

Zhou Kai had a serious face before, but the next second it was as if nothing had happened.

"Yi Yi, is that so?" Mom looked at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi, who came back to his senses, nodded and said: "I'm sorry, Mom..."

After knowing that his mother was a monster, Lin Yi really couldn't say the word "Mom".

However, Zhou Kai was right. The most important thing now was to stay alive.

Although he could go back to the past after being killed, Lin Yi didn't know how long he could use this ability.

"I might have done very badly in the exam this time." Lin Yi gradually got into the state.

He lowered his head, and he really looked like a child who was sad and self-blaming because he didn't do well in the exam.

"It's okay, Yiyi." Mom said softly, "It's just an exam, it will never change your value."

"So, let's go home."