Chapter 13: Kill her (Thanks to the Alliance Leader 'Corn')

Silence, stillness, suffocation.

In the hot and foul-smelling underground garage, since it was built, there had almost never been such a crowded time—the embarrassment, almost condensed into substance, piled up, turning into a peak, separating the two.

It was like sitting down on an eighteen-hour long-haul flight, only to find that the neighbor on the left was the ex-girlfriend you had a huge fight with when you broke up, and the neighbor on the right was her current boyfriend.

A suffocation from which there was no escape.

Ji Jue struggled to maintain a smile, staring at that rapidly healing face, occasionally taking a quick glance at Lu Feng, who was about to completely pass out.

His expression twitched.

"It's you? Ha, what a coincidence, so that's how it is."

Zhu Hong's expression slowly changed from freezing. Between her torn face, her long tongue squirmed like a snake: "I was wondering, where could there be such a familiar scent. So it was you..."

It's me, your father!

Ji Jue really wanted to lift his head and puff out his chest to introduce himself like that, but who let Brother Feng's neck still be held in the hand of this ghost thing? His hanging palm twitched slightly, making a gesture. Lu Feng, struggling in mid-air, paused, not gripping the weapon in the holster behind him.

"What a pleasant surprise."

Zhu Hong giggled. Her sharp limbs stripped Lu Feng of his night-vision goggles and mask, and the sharp nails of her right hand slowly embedded into his neck. Blood seeped out, disappearing under the licking of her long tongue.

Thus, on her pale face, a trace of intoxicating blush actually appeared, her eyes flowing: "What a pity, Little Master Ji, I originally wanted to invite you to join too... But, your scent is getting more and more fragrant. Don't you consider doing something fun with sister?

Maybe you will be even more successful than sister."

She examined the boy's face, appreciating the panic and fear he was trying hard to hide in his pupils, not in a hurry, just like a beast looking at dying prey in a trap, playing to her heart's content.

"What fun thing are you in such a hurry to do together?"

Ji Jue laughed forcefully, talking nonsense: "Play a game together? Sure, sure, I'm a pro at jungling!"

But his gaze couldn't help but look down... sweeping over the three white conical objects shaking amidst the giggles, moving forward without lingering, and landing on her right hand that had twisted the gun barrel.

Her wrist.

Slightly distracted.

Under the flickering lights, the gorgeous watch embedded with small diamonds refracted a faint, shining light, exquisite and solemn.

Navigator LOGO, Crown Series, Red Wing.

Those who believe that luxury goods have value always like to say that wearing such a watch is like wearing a real crown. It is enough to make the jewelry of other wealthy wives and noble ladies lose their luster.

As a top luxury brand from the South Continent Empire, the retail price of such a commemorative Red Wing in a specialty store reached a staggering 3.24 million, but in reality, the transaction price in the second-hand market was never below 5 million.

The prerequisite for getting it from the counter lady in a specialty store to take a look was to be a high-level VIP with cumulative purchases of more than ten basic models.

Just wearing it made a poor person like Ji Jue feel the fragrance of money.

Unattainable.

That was not something a mortal like him, crawling and creeping in the mud, could reach.

"Don't you really understand? Little brother."

Zhu Hong licked her fingertips, her smile becoming more brilliant: "It will be a bit uncomfortable at first, but later, you will find out what true happiness is."

Her long tongue licked the blood that had fallen on her face, so enchanting, like a flower blooming in blood.

"So good."

Ji Jue couldn't help but whisper.

"Hmm?" Zhu Hong was slightly stunned, looking at his sudden distraction, not knowing what on earth he was up to.

"I said, the feeling of being rich must be very good, right?"

Ji Jue sighed, lifted his head, looked at her face, focused and serious: "You must be very rich, very rich, richer than I imagined."

Precisely because of this, he was puzzled, confused, and...

Couldn't understand it at all, damn it!

Having already worn on her hand something that many people couldn't reach in a lifetime, turning the property Ji Jue dreamed of into a string of understated numbers...

Isn't that enough?

What for?

Do you still have some grand ideal and great wish that must be realized by chewing on the bones of your own kind?

Not hesitating to create hell, not hesitating to turn yourself into this appearance?

Completely unable to understand.

And he didn't want to understand either.

Ji Jue sighed: "Forget it."

"... What did you say?" Zhu Hong was confused.

"I said, keep dreaming, you motherfucker!"

Ji Jue raised his voice, unable to control his anger anymore: "I've fought and struggled and competed with people my whole life—not to become a ghost thing like you!"

"—I'd rather die!"

In the sudden silence, Ji Jue suddenly raised his hand, aiming at her face.

Giving up the pretense and stalling for time.

Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger!

The only response was a sneer of disdain.

Slow.

Too slow!

Having survived the giant snake's strangulation, Ji Jue was already on the verge of death. First the python's entanglement, then the high-voltage current impact, and he had exhausted almost all his spiritual quality. By now, he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

Let alone whether his trembling and twitching arm could aim.

Even if the muzzle was aimed at herself, Zhu Hong didn't care at all, instead mockingly raising her arm, blocking Lu Feng in front of the muzzle.

Expectantly appreciating the expression on Lu Feng's face when he was killed by his own good brother.

Dull, stunned, confused.

Only, no despair!

On the contrary, in the instant of realization, a smile appeared on that blood-stained face.

Because there was simply no gunshot.

Only a click, the crisp sound of the firing pin hitting the air—the hunter's pistol only had a capacity of twelve rounds. It had already been emptied during Ji Jue's support fire and the python entanglement!

You really are something, Little Ji!

In the crucial moment, Lu Feng's weakly hanging arm suddenly had iron light slide out from his cuff, falling into his closed fingers. Without hesitation, the dagger stabbed toward Zhu Hong!

"You're courting death!!!" Zhu Hong roared, her fingers gripping Lu Feng's neck suddenly closing.

But before that, the first thing to sound was a deafening roar!

And, at close range!

It was the shotgun that Lu Feng was still clutching tightly in his other hand. Even though the barrel had been bent and crushed, the bullet in the chamber still roared out, welcoming a thorough... barrel explosion!

Blood surged. In the hand Lu Feng was holding the gun with, white bones were exposed. The exploded chamber and bullet fragments also shrouded the two of them like a rainstorm.

The scream finally sounded.

From Zhu Hong.

Lu Feng fell to the ground, a strange, ferocious, sharp palm still stuck on his neck, but that palm had been severed at the wrist! And right there, Zhu Hong was half-stained with blood, roaring in sudden, intense pain.

Also sounding was a wail that sounded like it was dying.

From Ji Jue's subordinate, the left hand wearing the watch, which had already pressed onto the giant snake's remains.

【Detected active aberrant spiritual quality externally, do you want to absorb it?】

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Damn it, yes!!!

From the flowing light of the matrix, from the charred remains of flesh and blood, the scarlet color sprayed out, screaming like a bug, falling into Ji Jue's hand, and was drained by the watch in an instant.

And the number that had fallen to 0 began to skyrocket, climbing again. I don't know how much human blood it had drunk or how many lives it had swallowed; just a small portion made the number climb to the limit of 99.

"Only you can transform?!"

Ji Jue roared, raising the watch on his wrist: "I can too!!!"

Just like that, exhausting his last remaining strength, he lunged forward, grabbed the cross-awl in his pocket, and stabbed it into another... socket close at hand!

Almost suicide!

No, it was suicide.

When the current surged from inside into Ji Jue's body again without obstruction, countless error boxes appeared before Ji Jue's eyes.

【ERROR】 【ERROR】 【ERROR】 【ERROR】

【Detected temporary employee in life-threatening danger... calling nearby stations, no signal response, calling headquarters support center, no signal response...】

In the end, the appearance of a lifeline

—【Temporary worker emergency survival protocol activated】

Snap!

The number on the watch suddenly reversed.

This time, Ji Jue finally felt what it was like when the protocol was activated. The matrix that was originally capable of sucking the soul of a monster sprayed out from the watch, covering everything along Ji Jue's body, even inward, shrouding his soul, piercing, implanting, and merging with him!

As if, born this way...

And shrouded in the matrix, Ji Jue's originally elusive and distant ability rapidly rose, manifested, and turned into substance, as if stars ignited within his soul, shining brightly.

The world seemed to stop abruptly, and everything fell into silence.

From the freezing, Ji Jue's consciousness seemed to detach from time, freely overlooking everything: the flying blood, the falling Lu Feng, the furious Zhu Hong, and even more.

More, existences that were already here but were completely ignored by everyone!

Light tubes, sockets, cables, exhaust fans, mobile phones, and even, a true, unadulterated behemoth.

—That massive truck with its cargo bed filled with equipment!

Ji Jue looked at the truck.

The truck's headlights flashed, bursting with light, as if it were also looking at him, gazing humbly, waiting respectfully, praying piously, waiting, pleading, piously.

Silent kowtowing.

Ji Jue gave the order: 【Kill her】

And so, the truck was ecstatic.

The engine roared, the fuel pipe trembled, the drive shaft hissed, the radiator sang, the wheels praised, the frame played a hymn amidst the tremors, cheering, shouting, ecstatic screaming.

It was as if the silent soul finally learned its most important duty in this life, its greatest meaning, the unbreakable truth and eternal justice in the world.

It said: 【As you command】.

In that instant, a violent whistling sound rose from the tremors of countless mechanical operations.

Amidst the only truth and command in the world, sparks burst, pistons operated, the engine ran violently, not hesitating to self-destruct. Sparks flew from the drive shaft, and a deafening horn sounded from close range, but it couldn't cover the shrill whistle of the tires against the ground.

The dazzling headlights illuminated the scarlet color on Zhu Hong's face.

Making those burning red eyes filled with intense light.

And then, starting from zero speed, accelerating to 210 kilometers per hour within just two meters, the 26-ton Nanfeng truck spread its invisible wings, its invisible embrace opening.

Embracing Zhu Hong into its arms!

—BOOM!!!! ===== CHAPTER 14 =====