Chapter 39: Humanity and Bestiality

The purple-red firelight made Ye Lin’s face flicker between light and shadow.

Looking at the raging sea of fire before him, Ye Lin’s thoughts were incredibly complex.

He opened a pack of cigarettes he had scavenged, lit one with the karmic fire and put it in his mouth, then tossed the entire pack into the sea of fire.

The scent of nicotine eroded his mouth and lungs, allowing Ye Lin’s state of mind to slowly grow calm.

Wanting to smoke a cigarette first when encountering trouble seems to be a memory carved into every man’s genes.

A high school student who had just finished his class transfer not long ago and was only level 16, single-handedly killing the King of the Underground of Qingcheng, Kensen, and burning down the entire black market with one fire—this was something that even if he said it himself, no one would believe.

Even the authorities would never suspect him; it was like the leader of the Great Beautiful Country being assassinated right now—no one would come to investigate you in front of your screen.

Once this fire finished burning, everything would be blamed on that non-existent Ling Ye.

Ye Lin lowered his eyes, looking at the still-unconscious Father Ji through the white mist of the cigarette.

The only problem now was Father Ji.

He was the only person tonight who had seen with his own eyes that he had killed Kensen; if he were to kill Father Ji first, then send Ji Lingyu to the afterlife, and finally collapse, severely wounded and dying, next to Ji Lingyu.

In this way, he would definitely be completely cleared of any connection to this matter.

If anyone came to investigate, they would only think that Kensen had attacked the Ji Group and wiped out Father Ji’s entire family, and subsequently, Kensen had been wiped out by the mysterious person Ling Ye.

He himself would just be a pitiful victim.

Thinking of this, Ye Lin slowly raised the Starfall Heavenly Scar, a cold glint flashing and vanishing in the depths of his eyes.

Just at this moment, Father Ji slowly opened his eyes, and the moment he opened them, he saw the faint starlight flowing on the Starfall Heavenly Scar.

"Ye... Ye Lin, what are you doing?"

Ye Lin did not answer him, but instead moved his hand and the blade fell!

Accompanied by several flashes of cold light, a bright red apple had its skin perfectly peeled away.

"Uncle Ji, do you want to eat an apple?" Ye Lin blinked his eyes with an innocent look.

Father Ji finally let out a long sigh of relief and said, still shaken, "Ye Lin, you scared me to death. Who eats apples at a time like this!"

Father Ji turned his head, looked at the raging sea of fire before him, and asked in terror, "What is going on here?"

"Just now those skeletons wanted to kill us, fortunately Brother Ling Ye, oh no!" Ye Lin hurriedly covered his mouth, looking as if he had said the wrong thing, and corrected himself. "That mysterious person saved us and burned down the entire black market with one fire."

"Oh?" A sharp glint flashed in the depths of Father Ji’s eyes, and he thought to himself that Ye Lin still had the temperament of a child, letting his inner thoughts slip out by accident—if it was said out loud, could it still be called an inner thought? When he had time later, he would have to teach Ye Lin properly.

Ling Ye?

Where did this mysterious powerhouse come from, and why had he never heard of them?

"It’s fine! As long as we are all safe, let’s go quickly! The people from the Investigation Bureau should be here soon, and I must go back and prepare early!" Father Ji’s expression was grave.

Ye Lin nodded; the Investigation Bureau was the official organization specifically for handling class-transferred individuals, and Kensen’s death would certainly cause them to pursue the matter with all their might.

He had indeed thought about killing Father Ji just now, but this thought was ultimately suppressed by him.

If he truly killed Father Ji and Ji Lingyu, who had shown him kindness, just to live a life without worries, it would mean he had completely abandoned his humanity as a person.

Humans are a combination of humanity and bestiality, usually manifesting as shrewd and self-interested, but sometimes they cannot help but make selfless sacrifices.

He wanted to live; that was the instinct of bestiality. He saved Father Ji because Father Ji had shown him kindness; that was humanity.

If he truly cast aside his humanity, then even if he lived forever, he would be nothing more than a long-lived humanoid beast.

Seeing that Father Ji had truly returned safely with Ye Lin, Ji Lingyu burst into tears and hugged Father Ji tightly.

"Dad! Dad, you’re finally back. I almost thought I would never see you again!"

The most beautiful thing in life is nothing more than recovering what was lost.

"Silly child, what are you crying for? Isn't Dad still here? Don't worry, as long as Dad is still alive, this sky won't collapse."

Father Ji rubbed Ji Lingyu’s head dotingly, his own eyes unable to help but turn red.

Mother Ji had passed away early, and Ji Lingyu was raised by him single-handedly; it could be said that after Mother Ji left, Ji Lingyu was Father Ji’s everything.

"Alright, stop crying, you don't look like a man at all! Move aside, Dad still has many things to handle!"

A sharp glint flashed in the depths of Father Ji’s eyes; at this moment, he became once again the President Ji who dominated the business world.

Kensen’s affair should immediately cause a shock throughout Qingcheng, and by then, the people from the Investigation Bureau would certainly swarm out to investigate this matter.

His top priority now was to ensure that Ye Lin and Ji Lingyu could successfully participate in the college entrance examination trials.

As long as the two of them entered the examination hall, not even the Investigation Bureau would be able to touch them in the slightest.

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

For Father Ji, it was, and for the other people in Qingcheng, even more so.

Qingcheng Investigation Bureau.

Investigator Huang sat at his desk; he had just finished organizing the case file on the Xu Zhihu farm incident.

Xu Zhihu was a subordinate of the King of the Underground of Qingcheng, Kensen, and Kensen’s side had already sent word, telling their Investigation Bureau not to pursue this matter any further.

Therefore, Investigator Huang had directly closed the case as an unsolved mystery, and after finishing the file, he looked up and realized that it was already past three in the morning without him noticing.

He raised two fingers to rub his brow.

"King of the Underground of Qingcheng, having such a tumor in Qingcheng is truly enough to make one go bald."

As soon as his voice fell, someone suddenly burst in from outside with a bang; the sound of the door being pushed open in the dead of night was like a thunderclap, giving Investigator Huang Litian a fright.

Raising his eyes, he saw clearly that the person pushing the door was his young apprentice, Xu Xiu, whom the bureau had arranged for him to mentor; Xu Xiu’s face was currently filled with panic.

"What is it? Why are you so clumsy? Didn't I teach you? When you encounter trouble, you must be calm and maintain emotional stability; panic and excitement cannot solve anything!" Huang Litian lectured.

"Yes, yes, yes! Master, you are right, but this is truly a matter of heaven-shattering importance!" Xu Xiu could not help but swallow hard, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

"Oh?" Huang Litian smiled faintly, looking unperturbed as he picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water. "Tell me then, what is this heaven-shattering matter?"

Young people just couldn't hold their composure; they could get excited over the smallest thing.

"Master, you must not be afraid when I say it!" Xu Xiu said in terror.

"Rest assured, your master has been an investigator for so many years; what haven't I seen? Giant corpses, human centipedes—what could scare me?" Huang Litian was very calm, continuing to drink his water.

"Kensen is dead, and the entire underground black market has been burned to ashes by a fire; the method and means are exactly the same as that farm incident before." Seeing Huang Litian’s composed appearance, Xu Xiu also calmed down and said calmly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his voice fell, Huang Litian spat out a mouthful of water with a pfft, spraying it directly all over him.

"What?! Who did you say is dead? Kensen? What the hell!"