Inside Yunshang Inn, Nan Gengchen was a crying ss as he was dragged to a room on the second floor.
The bonfire light swayed outside the window, but he felt like he was falling into hell.
Nan Gengchen wailed, “Brother, I beg you please don't touch , really, I think Hu Xiaoniu and Zhang Tianzhen look much better, you should go for them!”
He sobbed while secretly putting all his might to exert his bowel.
He had read it on the net before – at this kind of critical mont, if you managed to crap your pants in ti, you might be able to ruin the assaulter’s appetite and keep your safety intact.
He just never thought he would end up using this trick for himself one day.
However, contrary to his imagination, the sound of unfastening belt didn’t co.
The thug was wearing a black leather jacket, his hair neatly shaved in a buzz cut.
On his neck, a black dragon tattoo spread all the way to his chin, making him look fierce and freaky.
The thug slowly took off his gloves, revealing the rugged chanical limbs underneath. He moved his fingers around, letting out creaking noises that seed to co from age as they clenched and unclenched.
It made his teeth sore.
The thug stood opposite Nan Gengchen with a frigid stare. Only when the sobbing gradually subsided did he calmly ask at last, “Boy, I'm not interested in n. Now I’m going to ask you a question, and you’re gonna answer it. I’ll let you live if you cooperate, understand?”
“Understand, I understand!” Nan Gengchen frantically nodded.
“What's your identity in the Inner World?” asked the thug.
Nan Gengchen was stunned. He thought he was taken to this room to be defiled; he didn't expect the thug to ask about his identity in the Inner World.
This was completely different from his assumption. It seed that the thug’s earlier actions were rely a pretense to fool the others.
But he couldn’t figure out why was there such a sudden turning point and how the thug knew he was a ti traveler.
He had obviously concealed the fact very well, no one knew about it!
The thug poked his forehead with the muzzle of his gun. “I asked you a question.”
Nan Gengchen tearfully spoke, “I'm a hacker…”
“Hacker?” muttered the thug with so annoyance.
It had to be said that knowledge would not be inherited upon transmigrating to the Inner World, so in their eyes, ti travelers in the technical category were the most worthless because they only had the status without the abilities.
Moreover, if the person wasn’t skilled, this kind of identity might beco a drag.
The thug continued with his questions, “Which city do you live in?”
“City 18,” replied Nan Gengchen.
“Which district?”
“The first district,” Nan Gengchen hurriedly added, “I just moved there.”
The thug whistled, “Turns out you’re a rich man living in the first district, Why did you just move there?”
To his own chagrin, Nan Gengchen said, “I’ve just beco a kept man.”
The thug was dumbfounded, what the heck was this all about? But he kept on asking, “What’s the current holographic projection displayed in the first district’s Chishui Square?”
Nan Gengchen answered, “It’s three killer whales jumping out of the water.”
The thug took so ti to think before pressing the walkie-talkie on his chest. “Boss, I’ve confird that he’s a ti traveler living in the first district of City 18, let's clean up the scene now.”
After speaking, he let go of the walkie-talkie and moved to haul Nan Gengchen out of the room.
When the thug leaned over to grab him, a masked boy who was previously obscured behind his body appeared in Nan Gengchen’s field of vision.
The boy covered his face with a scarf, but Nan Gengchen could still see the fiery red lines spreading from under the scarf to the corners of his eyes.
He didn't know when this boy appeared. Both him and the thug never noticed him approaching.
No footsteps, no breathing.
Nothing at all.
The thug also seed to perceive sothing strange from Nan Gengchen’s expression, but his body had already been unable to move.
The spleen was the blood bank of the human body. Once it was broken by an external force, the victim would imdiately lose blood and die.
The speed was second only to a slash on the carotid artery.
The thug could feel his body rapidly cooling down; he could even hear the sound of his blood dripping to the ground.
Blood slowly foad out of his mouth. He wanted to press for his walkie-talkie.
But soone had already reached out a hand from behind to take the walkie-talkie off his chest.
“Who… are you?” asked Nan Gengchen in a daze.
Qing Chen calmly looked at him. “You don’t have to pretend to not recognize . Co with , I don't have ti to talk to you now.”
“Got it, Brother Chen,” Nan Gengchen replied in excitent.
Qing Chen was not at all surprised that Nan Gengchen could recognize himself.
They had been classmates since the first year of high school, and after the division of liberal arts and science classes, they had also beco desk-mates.
The two teenagers who persevered through misery had always been best friends. Although Qing Chen could cover his face and ss up his hair on purpose, Nan Gengchen only needed a glance at his eyes and profile to determine Qing Chen's identity.
As Nan Gengchen followed behind Qing Chen, he animatedly mumbled, “I didn't expect that you’d co to save . If you didn't show up, I might be captured by them…”
But when Qing Chen planned to leave with Nan Gengchen through the back door, the sound of machines suddenly reverberated from outside.
Soone shouted, “Run! They’re gonna silence us all!”
Qing Chen abruptly turned his head to look out the window.
That was the sound of guns with silencers installed.
The bonfire was like a sea of flas reflecting the sky, and the screams of the students were like the water at boiling point.
He took out the gun from his waist and walked to the window. The owner and staff of Yunshang Inn were lying in a pool of blood, and the students were haphazardly fleeing in fright.
It was unknown when the two Kun Lun mbers fell from the bullets, or when the gate of Yunshang Inn was opened, allowing the students to escape in the chaos.
A Kun Lun mber lay on his back on the cold concrete floor, his torso a ss of blood and flesh. His eyes were opened.
The other Kun Lun mber knelt crookedly beside the gate. His eyes were closed.
He was holding a gun in his hand, and next to him was a thug who had long been dead, with the corpse of another thug at a distance further away.
The two thugs were shot four tis in total. The Kun Lun mber was covered in blood, and it was impossible to tell how many tis he had been shot. It looked like he had sacrificed himself to open the gate and throw a lifeline for the students.
At this mont in ti, the students were struggling to rise up and run outside.
Qing Chen didn't know what transpired in that short instance. Even with increased brainpower, he was still sohow unable to react.
By the ti he ca to the window, what had to happen had already happened.
So many people died within just a few breaths.
Qing Chen quietly looked at the two corpses drenched in blood. Because he didn’t witness it with his own eyes, his emotions were a little slow to co.
There was no grief, nor was he touched.
It was just that there was sothing suddenly blocking his chest, and he himself didn't know what it was.
The remaining thugs unexpectedly did not chase after the students, opting to tie up Liu Dezhu, Hu Xiaoniu, and Zhang Tianzhen with grim expressions, intending to mix in behind the students and leave with the ti travelers.
Yes, their targets were the ti travelers. Since their plan had been disrupted, it was impossible to silence all the other students. The best option for them was to promptly stop their losses.
A voice ca from the walkie-talkie. “I don’t know where Five is, he might’ve t an accident. Three, you and Four bring down those two from upstairs, we’ll et in the parking lot.”
Three and Four were already dead.
Qing Chen silently observed everything, and he recalled what Ye Wan told him.
“If hot-bloodedness is sothing you can control, it will no longer be called as such. Sotis, only after directly facing the matter will you finally understand your own choice.”
“Wait here, and rember, I never showed up here tonight. If I don't co back… you don't need to tell my parents,” spoke Qing Chen in a low voice before walking outside.
In fact, he didn't want to take any more risks. After all, Nan Gengchen had been rescued, and this was a good opportunity for him to leave.
But Qing Chen was thinking, had he really tried his best?
If he left now, for his whole life, wouldn’t he recall the day he cowered each ti he fought against soone else?
For a mont, he felt that what Mom Ye said was truly right. The brave pawn who crossed the river and was stained with blood could no longer turn back.
Regardless of the rules, the mandates, the gains, and losses.
That, was courage.
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