Chapter 33: A Husky Mixed Into a Pack of Wolves

"Death Servant?"

"A kind of monster that has lost its sanity. Have you seen *Resident Evil*?"

"Zombies?!"

Lu Mingfei understood now. At the thought of the doomsday scenes in the movie where terrifying zombies were everywhere in the world, he felt his throat tighten.

"Senior, don't joke around. How could things from that kind of movie appear in reality! I was still preparing to work hard and strive for success so I could enjoy a good life, and it turns out the apocalypse is coming first?

What do I do, what do I do? Should I go dig an underground shelter first? Oh right, I should call the police first. When in trouble, find the police!"

"It's useless. Things like Death Servants have actually existed for a long time, far longer than the history recorded by human civilization."

Chu Zihang weighed his words. At the speed he was currently driving—which could definitely be called "reckless driving"—the ten-kilometer distance wouldn't last more than a few minutes, so his speech had to be concise, at least enough for Lu Mingfei to understand what he was about to face.

"But how come I've never heard of them?"

Lu Mingfei looked bewildered. "Although I'm a science student, I still occasionally heard a little bit of history in middle school and the first year of high school..."

"That is because history has been covered up."

Chu Zihang said.

"Soldier against soldier, general against general, king against king. Death Servants are not ordinary violent beasts; they possess supernatural power, and the only ones who can deal with them are special humans who also possess special bloodlines... like you and me."

Lu Mingfei suddenly raised his head. He subconsciously looked at Chu Zihang, and Chu Zihang was also looking at him through the rearview mirror.

A face with clear lines, a broad forehead, a straight bridge of the nose, powerful brows, and those black eyes as gentle as a deer's.

Chu Zihang's appearance often gave people the impression of a handsome young man who looked like a model student; even if it appeared on a wanted poster, someone would probably mistake it for a photo of some good student that had been pasted in the wrong place.

But as those two tiny golden glimmers appeared, it was as if a torch had been thrown into an ancient well filled with petroleum, and thus the flames burned, surged, and then burst forth!

In the mirror was already another person; that face was as hard as a glacier, the burning Golden Pupil was like a god opening their eyes, vaguely revealing a terrifying majesty, along with a beauty that could be called demonic.

"Wow..."

Lu Mingfei paused for a good while before he couldn't help but exclaim, "Senior, with this trick, you won't need a flashlight when walking at night anymore!"

Chu Zihang fell silent. He had ignited his Golden Pupil because it was the simplest and most direct way to prove he was "not an ordinary person," but he truly hadn't expected Lu Mingfei's reaction of "not needing a flashlight when walking at night."

A normal person would absolutely never think of that!

"But... won't this affect your vision?"

Lu Mingfei continued to ask curiously.

"I see that this glowing part seems to be in the pupil, but human vision relies on light passing through the cornea and pupil, then being focused by the lens onto the retina.

If this golden light interferes with other light, shouldn't the person's eyes be unable to see anything at all? It would be good enough if you didn't go blind."

Chu Zihang was silent again for a moment: "... No. On the contrary, it becomes even clearer."

"That's not normal at all!" Lu Mingfei exclaimed.

"Normal people's eyes don't glow, either."

"That's true, too."

There was silence in the car for a while. Chu Zihang spoke again; he realized he couldn't let this continue, as Lu Mingfei's magical train of thought could always easily lead the topic astray, so he brought up the real business.

"In any case, you should have also noticed that your exercise process these past few days is something a normal human cannot achieve. This shows that you also possess a special bloodline, only your lineage hadn't awakened before, and now it is in the process of awakening."

Lu Mingfei fell into deep thought. Of course he was clear about what Chu Zihang said, but wasn't his ability to do it because of the Proficiency increase and entry rewards from the Schedule Plan? What did that have to do with bloodlines!

"It's just a little strange that, logically speaking, this process shouldn't be too long. Most Hybrids awaken their bloodline after experiencing 'Spirit Vision'; your awakening process... is a bit long," Chu Zihang said.

"Maybe... my constitution is special?"

Lu Mingfei gave two dry laughs. He had already realized something was wrong; it seemed like a misunderstanding had occurred somewhere.

"Senior, what is the specific form of the 'Spirit Vision' you mentioned?" Lu Mingfei asked cautiously.

"Generally, it's feeling a headache, then seeing some strange images, similar to altars, bronze pillars, ancient characters jumping like snakes, etc... What everyone sees is not quite the same," Chu Zihang said.

Lu Mingfei stopped talking. He was certain his situation was not at all what Chu Zihang was talking about—whose "Spirit Vision" would materialize a Schedule Plan, and all the Schedule Plans were filled in by himself by hand!

This was simply a "wonderful" misunderstanding; the reason he didn't act like a normal human was because of the Schedule Plan, not some special bloodline!

So what did this make him now, a husky mixed into a pack of wolves?

"I'll tell you the specifics later. I'm only telling you this so you understand the general situation now, to avoid being too surprised when you see it.

Remember, you currently have no combat ability and can't handle those things, so I'm just taking you to broaden your horizons."

Chu Zihang took a deep breath and said something similar to what that man had once said to him.

"If the situation isn't right, and I tell you to run, you must run."

He actually considered things very thoroughly.

In any case, Lu Mingfei would definitely come; rather than letting him stumble into this matter by accident, it was better to bring him along and explain it clearly.

But explaining it clearly was one thing, and the necessary preparations still had to be made. Chu Zihang ignited his Golden Pupil not just to prove he was "not an ordinary person," but also with the intention of verifying the level of Lu Mingfei's bloodline.

Ordinary people find it very difficult to look directly at a Golden Pupil, and Hybrids with low bloodline levels will also be suppressed when facing the Golden Pupil of a Hybrid with a high bloodline level.

This suppression is not absolute, but at least there will be unavoidable emotional reactions of "panic" or "fear."

Lu Mingfei did not have these reactions. When Chu Zihang looked at him, he only saw deep curiosity and wonder in his eyes, followed by that world-class trash talk about "not needing a flashlight when walking at night."

If there had been fear and panic, even if Chu Zihang had to tie him up, he would have tied Lu Mingfei up and left him in a safe place, because that would mean that when facing a potential Death Servant, Lu Mingfei might not even be able to run...

"Senior, don't worry. I don't even know how fast I can be when I run seriously!"

Lu Mingfei glanced at the 【Explosive Sprint】 entry and made an OK gesture.

"Good."

Chu Zihang already had a certain adaptability to Lu Mingfei's trash talk that sounded rather unreliable, and he began to slow the car down.

"We're almost there."

Pattering raindrops had already begun to fall on the car windows. The clouds that couldn't be seen from ten kilometers away gradually appeared, the night sky became heavy, swallowing all light.

The rain grew heavier.

By the time Chu Zihang slowly brought the vehicle to a stop, the rainwater had already formed a water curtain in front of the bright headlights, and one could only barely see through the gaps.

But it is winter now!

The temperature is still below zero; such a massive downpour is completely contrary to reason, as they should be snowflakes drifting down or hailstones crashing down.

"We're here."

Chu Zihang pulled open the car door.

Only then did Lu Mingfei realize how well-insulated the car he was sitting in was—

The rain, falling like drumbeats and covering the sky, swept over with a biting chill, as if everything were about to be drowned in the clamor.

Lu Mingfei opened his umbrella and stepped out of the car, handed the tennis bag to Chu Zihang, and sized up the building in front of him.

Xishan Villa is a secluded, high-end entertainment club; its style matches its name, low-key and elegant, not the clichéd gold-and-jade splendor with cars coming and going, looking from the outside like a cluster of ancient-style pavilions.

But now, everything appeared blurred and mysterious in the thick curtain of rain, and the elegance of the past seemed somewhat eerie when looked at again.

It was like the kind of place where ghosts and monsters dwell in storybooks, just waiting for a "lucky soul" to come seeking shelter from the rain—they don't open for business for half a year, but one opening sustains them for half a year.

And Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang were those two "lucky souls."

"Remember what I said."

Chu Zihang gazed at everything before him; his tone was rarely as flat as it usually was, solemn as a thousand jun.

"When I tell you to run, you run, and don't you dare look back."

Ten-thousand-character daily progress (4707/10000)!

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