[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-above-destiny":3,"chapter-above-destiny-above-destiny-chapter-42":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Above the Heavenly Fate",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2225727,4117,"Chapter 42: Game","above-destiny-chapter-42",42,"\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng gave his forehead a punch, determined that this was not a hallucination, and even more unbelievable, looked at the people on the ground: \"What is going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ling sob\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what about this...\" Lu Feng pointed at the little calf-horse panting crazily with its tongue lolling out to the side, struggling to distinguish: \"Is this... our family's car?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Lu Feng pull out a gun, Lu Ling hurriedly hugged its 'dog head' in her arms, \"It's quite good, don't scare it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng was dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't make a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, the snapped strings in his brain seemed to finally reconnect; the instinct for slaughter retreated from the high ground of thought, and he managed to recover at least a little bit of his ability to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll take you home first. You tidy up, and don't tell Mom, otherwise she'll keep worrying and getting scared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and embraced the girl before him, being extremely careful, afraid of touching her wounds. When he saw the wound on her forehead where hair had been ripped out, his gaze lost focus and color for a brief moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, under Lu Ling's gaze, he squeezed out a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't be afraid.\" He rubbed Lu Ling's cheek: \"A bunch of low-life scum, Big Brother will handle it. If Big Brother can't handle it, there's still Second Brother, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ling held his hand, no longer afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About ten minutes later, at dusk, Ji Jue, who was eating takeout, heard the frantically vibrating ringtone of the phone in his pocket and subconsciously answered: \"Hello, Brother Feng...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the smile vanished from his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand. Mm, okay, coming right over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hung up the phone and put down his chopsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's wrong?\" Ye Chun looked up: \"What's the matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My family needs me for something. I probably can't work overtime tonight or tomorrow.\" He gave an awkward smile: \"Senior, can I take some time off?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, you're already in such a panicked state, what are you pretending for?\" Ye Chun couldn't help but roll her eyes: \"Get lost, get lost. Do you need money urgently?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, no need, I'm leaving now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he finished speaking, Ji Jue had already packed his things. He hesitated for a moment, then grabbed another portable probe from the toolbox and stuffed it into his pocket: \"Tool, borrowing it for a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't you dare steal it, you have to return it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chun's voice came from behind, but after he closed the door, it was almost inaudible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took off at a run, sprinting toward the factory gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the road outside the gate, the cargo van from the Mainland Auto Repair Shop was already parked across the way. Through the rolled-down window, he could see Lu Feng smoking in the driver's seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled the door open and sat in the passenger seat: \"Is Little Sister alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bit of skin broken on her head, wiped some iodine on it and it's fine. Mostly she was just scared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng flicked the cigarette ash, turned his head, and pointed at the dog-shaped motorcycle panting happily in the back of the van, his expression complex: \"In every sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue's expression also became awkward: \"I can't explain this clearly for a moment. Haven't you been riding it for two or three years? Anyway, it's something we raised ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whose family raises a sheep that's so bizarre? It can eat chicken legs, fight, and even use a lightning five-whip combo to completely wipe out the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that Lu Feng looked down on himself, but he suspected that if he faced it head-on with his bare hands, he would be flattened by this thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, everyone is made of flesh and blood; no one can beat composite steel. Besides, this thing is made of iron from head to toe, even a sliding tackle would be useless—it would just be serving yourself up on a platter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are the people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ji Jue put his bag away, he asked directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng reached out and pointed again, behind the little calf-horse's butt, at that pile covered by a tarp that was still constantly wriggling and bulging. Ji Jue nodded, reached out and patted the steering wheel, and the car started on its own, driving according to Ji Jue's navigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, it can do that too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng clicked his tongue in wonder, followed him, and climbed into the back of the van.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After lifting the tarp, they saw those few people, their faces covered in blood and unrecognizable, tied up with their own ropes, struggling constantly and making muffled noises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their expressions were fierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if they were saying something vicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you asked them?\" Ji Jue asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haven't had the chance yet.\" Lu Feng reached out, rummaging through their arms and legs, glancing at the tattoos, and said knowingly: \"These guys have probably been inside a few times. Without using some professional methods, they probably won't open their mouths.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine, we don't need them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue reached out and rummaged through their pockets. Not long after, he found three mobile phones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the screens lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No password needed, no facial recognition needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phones unlocked faster than an old lecher's pants coming off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right before the eyes of those three people, the phone screens flickered constantly, showing communication logs, messages, social apps, and various clients, even including deleted messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scar Ming? Qi Qin? And... Jiang Jin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with Ji Jue's murmuring, the communication logs and numbers had already appeared on the phones. From the instantaneous insight, he glimpsed everything that had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he actually been targeted back when Sister Wen came to visit him in the hospital ward?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that's how it is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He put down the phone and sighed, \"Brother Feng, my fault, this was aimed at me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng was stunned for a moment, then immediately gave him a slap on the back of the head, \"Isn't that aimed at our family? What are you beating around the bush for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue was about to say something, but his words suddenly stalled, his gaze drawn to the stream of photos on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng looked over curiously, then stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the screens of the three phones, photos flashed by—ambiguous lighting, or single beds in dilapidated dormitories, those filthy bedsheets, and even more... bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some wearing tattered clothes, some stark naked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either smoking with a numb, indifferent smile, or curled up, covered in bruises and with disheveled hair, trying to cover their faces, but unable to hide the needle marks on their wrists and the purple bruises on their arms...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kept in cages, hung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the faint crying and sobbing coming from the videos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made Lu Feng's pupils gradually go hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he looked at those few people, only a slowly spreading, beastly ferocity remained on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your entertainment life is quite rich, huh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at those terrified faces making muffled noises and suddenly asked: \"What were you planning to do with my sister?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very front, the man with the mangled face struggled hard, spat out the cardboard stuffed in his mouth, and choked: \"Brother, Brother don't, I was wrong! Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding! I was just joking, I...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that so?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng laughed: \"That's really funny.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue's expression changed slightly: \"Brother Feng, wait—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already pulled the trigger, the gunshot rang out, and that face exploded into scattered blood plasma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Funny as hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the muzzle pointed at another one, but Lu Feng's hand was grabbed, coming to an abrupt halt. Only under the muzzle, that collapsed face showed relief and ecstasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng looked back at Ji Jue, not hiding the ferocity in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you crazy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue glared back, wishing he could give him a couple of punches: \"Is Lu Ma not going to drive this car anymore? How are you going to clean up the bullet hole? Do you know how hard it is to clean up traces of murder in a car?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can't you just wait until I drive the car to the seaside!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah?\" Lu Feng's expression stalled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah what? When doing things, you have to consider Big Brother more!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue forcibly snatched the gun from his hand, looking at the sticky blood plasma on it, and felt his anger flare up: \"Great, now besides bodywork and welding, the whole car needs a deep clean, and this pool of blood... what if someone shines a UV light on it in the future, are you going to say you were hauling live pigs? Buy some reagent later, you're cleaning it yourself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Oh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng nodded a bit blankly. After the heat of the moment passed, he started to get a headache about how to explain the extra hole in the car to his mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he looked to the side, he couldn't help but ask: \"What about these two?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue looked down at the gun in his hand, sighed, and finally ejected the chambered bullet, stuffing it back into his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, everyone's just trying to make a living, there's no need for so much life-or-death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He patted one of them on the shoulder: \"How does that saying go? In the world of rivers and lakes, one is... one is not the master of one's own fate, right? I'm not the type to hold a grudge. If possible, I don't want to kill anyone either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm! Mmmmmm!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two who could still breathe nodded frantically, wriggling in the blood plasma, almost on the verge of tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the speeding van slowly came to a stop. Outside the window, the sound of waves gradually rose, and the sea surface reflected shimmering light, like millions of tiny, jumping suns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue reached out and opened the door for them, showing them the overly dazzling light outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While bound, they nodded hurriedly, trying hard to show a grateful smile, but their gaze couldn't help but be drawn to something in that light that was hard to melt...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those eyes that were like an abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down at the vast, boundless ocean beneath the cliff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, faithfully pleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you're used to not being the master of your own fate, why not force it one last time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said: \"Could I trouble you to... jump down yourselves?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the afternoon sea breeze, the sound of the tide surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng, who had finally managed to wipe off the bloodstains in the back, jumped down from the van, still holding a dirty headrest cover, not knowing where to start: \"Little Ji, how do you wash this? The color doesn't seem to come off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just throw it away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue sat on the railing blowing in the wind, looking at the scenery: \"Be filial for once, buy Lu Ma a new one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, why is it that every time you make a suggestion, I'm the one paying, and in the end, you kid earn all the favor with my mom?\" Lu Feng complained, leaning out to look down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sea breeze, on the lone pine tree under the cliff, there was still someone struggling to hold onto a branch, shouting something loudly, but the wind was too strong to hear clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gust of sea breeze blew, and the person tied up swayed helplessly, along with the two companions hanging below on the same rope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surviving companion's lips kept opening and closing, as if cheering him on, telling him not to give up and to pull himself up quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grasshoppers on the same rope struggling in a sorry state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow, they're still hanging there? I'm almost impressed by him.\" Lu Feng took out a cigarette and lit it, interested: \"How long do you think he can hold on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I bet twenty, ten minutes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No bet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, come on, have some fun once in a while, you kid have no sense of humor... be careful you won't find a girlfriend in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, I'll bet, fifty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fifty it is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lu Feng finished speaking, he saw Ji Jue get up from the railing, pick up a stone from the ground, and throw it downward. He was immediately annoyed: \"Hey, that counts as cheating!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn't say I couldn't.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Jue retorted as a matter of course: \"Besides, couldn't you have stopped me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Feng seemed to curse, helpless, took fifty from his pocket and slapped it into his palm, then took the stones from his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, under the sunset, happy little stones were tossed into the waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the most pleasant game during summer vacation as a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are too many big bosses and activities in the second half of the month, and after shuffling around, it's been pushed to the 14th for launch. Wuwuwu, still stuck on writing, the kid is suffering so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'll be counting on you brothers and sisters for support then (Duoduo kowtowing.jpg)\u003C\u002Fp>",2203,"2026-06-17T22:07:39.404Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bbe2ec70189c8b4580df735d2ded4d9830ddc430495f6a76320e58e3988927f1","above-destiny-chapter-43","above-destiny-chapter-41",461,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fabove-the-heavenly-fate-cover.jpg"]