[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heavenly-official-bestows-evil":3,"chapter-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-537":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Heavenly Official Bestows Evil",{"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},2317156,4530,"Chapter 537: The Death of Han Hao","heavenly-official-bestows-evil-chapter-537",537,"\u003Cp>Around the cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Team Ma San was wandering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This group had four members: Ma San, Kang Tiantian, Yue Wentai, and Han Hao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Ma San’s orders, they searched near the cafeteria for statues; as long as it wasn’t black sky or overcast, the cafeteria remained open to students, so there should be little risk here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After searching for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma San smiled—he found a statue under a table in the cafeteria, but he didn’t tell anyone about his discovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Hao, tall and bulky, felt dizzy and lightheaded, his steps unsteady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His condition was terrible; he was so hungry he could barely walk. He was a member of the basketball club, standing at one meter ninety, not fat but weighing second only among the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His large frame meant a high basal metabolism; after eating that little in the morning, he was starving by nightfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To make matters worse, the place they were searching was the cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the glass windows, they could clearly see chefs inside preparing a lavish meal; the aroma drifting from the windows made Han Hao involuntarily swallow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew he should focus on finding the statues, but hunger kept drawing his attention to the cafeteria interior, his gaze growing increasingly fixated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, what are you staring at?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Wentao and Han Hao had also been roommates in real life, with an excellent relationship; he noticed Han Hao’s odd state and snapped him out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Hao startled, then patted his stomach and gave a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing. I’m just starving—you know how big my appetite is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, who doesn’t know you’re the department’s famous food hog?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After joking, Xia Wentao still worried about Han Hao, so he asked Ma San for permission to move to another location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cafeteria wasn’t large anyway, and they’d already searched most of it; combined with Han Hao’s distracted state, Ma San agreed to relocate—they’d head next to the gym near the cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma San and Kang Tiantian had already walked a short distance, but Han Hao still gazed longingly at the cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Wentao instantly grew angry, grabbed Han Hao’s arm, and forcibly dragged him to the gym entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The training center’s gym was as cramped as everywhere else, a place for leisure and relaxation, with free basketball and table tennis courts; the glass at the entrance was polished to a brilliant shine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of the training center’s students had the will to exercise here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Wentao suddenly froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glass reflected only Ma San, Kang Tiantian, and his own shadows—there was no sign of Han Hao, yet Xia Wentao had been holding Han Hao’s arm the whole time! Xia Wentao turned his head, expression blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his hand, he held a severed arm, its stump still dripping blood; yet Xia Wentao had felt nothing unusual from start to finish…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, ah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Wentao threw the severed arm away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma San turned around, displeased: “Keep it down. If you want to die, fine—but don’t drag my wife and me down with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, that’s how Han Hao died.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun was about to set, its afterglow staining the clouds blood-red, casting a disturbing filter over what should have been a peaceful evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The displaced people and newcomers sat in a circle, with two aimless animals wandering nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma San calmly recounted Han Hao’s death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Wentao’s face was filled with grief and terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Han Hao—he… when we came back, we passed the cafeteria again. I looked through the window and saw Han Hao’s corpse, gutted and opened, placed on the ingredient shelf. Beside his body were other animals, already dismembered and skinned…” Everyone bowed their heads in silence for Han Hao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian shook his head in regret. Han Hao’s death was tragic, but what made Wu Xian feel it was truly pointless was that his death yielded no useful information—no one knew how he ended up on the cafeteria shelf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his death made the already repulsive cafeteria even more horrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could be sure whether Han Hao’s corpse might appear on tomorrow’s breakfast menu…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Ma San’s attitude was suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his complete lack of surprise, it was clear he might have sensed Han Hao’s danger—but he chose to watch passively, making no effort to help Han Hao escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Shutong and Xu Shen’s group had intended to enter the classroom building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Shen strongly opposed it; he believed all buildings in the training center concealed hidden dangers. Since statues could appear anywhere, outdoor areas held equal possibility, so they searched every outdoor space in the training center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While finding statues, they also encountered many animals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are many animals here, but few large carnivores—mostly domestic livestock. We’ve encountered nearly a hundred, and most just wander or stare blankly. If we don’t provoke them, they don’t bother us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian’s eyes lit up: “You said ‘most’—so there are still a few others?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Shutong nodded: “Yes. Among the animals we encountered, a few clearly possessed intelligence. Their eyes didn’t look like animals—they looked like humans filled with malice!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Was there a white orange cat among them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Shutong thought for a moment: “I saw a white shadow peeking from the grass—I don’t know if it was the white cat you’re looking for.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mi and Wen Tinghua’s group encountered a student council member during their search and were suspected by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, they were forced to kill the student council member.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, Su Mi’s forehead bore a blood-written character: “Jian.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mi had received divine power by worshipping the Earth Official, but incurred the Earth Official’s wrath—because he charged exorbitant fees for personal fitness coaching, he was branded with the mark of “Jian.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lastly, Liu Siyi and Ji Yaning, who had stayed by the dormitory entrance, saw no student council members enter the dorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the student council members did not return to the dorm during the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Xian also briefly recounted what his group had encountered; everyone complained briefly about Wujig’s deception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their discussion ended for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to yesterday, the displaced people were gradually finding their rhythm, while the newcomers grew even more pessimistic about the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Xia Wentao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Hao was his friend; he had known Sun Lingchuan, who died earlier. Now everyone who had come to the Fudi with him was dead—only he remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the base of a roadside tree, a giant tortoise relentlessly bashed its head against the trunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tortoise had been doing this for a long time; everyone had paid it little mind—like other animals, they treated its behavior as mere background noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Wentao, in low spirits, wanted to kick it—but after thinking it over, he forcibly suppressed this suicidal impulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Hao’s story had taught him: when danger struck, the displaced people were unreliable. He simply walked past the tortoise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Wentao stopped, his expression stiffening, sweat pouring down his face. He shouted for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, wait! I think something’s grabbed me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his feet was only the tortoise—but he felt a human hand clutching his foot! 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