288: I'm a person who values ​​my word the most!

That's mental torture! Absolute mental torture!

Night Owl and Jessica couldn't help but exchange a glance.

Just a moment ago, when they heard what Ye Chen said, they thought this guy was actually going to let the other party go.

But what was the result?

He played everyone for a fool and then hit them with a bombshell. I wonder if this so-called second-ranked expert of the Dark Web can handle it?

But... Maxim couldn't handle it!

As the dignified "Arbitrator" ranked second on the Dark Web and a Heaven Realm Expert, where does he go that he isn't a figure who strikes fear into the hearts of others?

Yet today, he was swatted to the ground like a fly by a kid in his early twenties and then toyed with, causing him to feel a deep fear of death for the first time.

"You... are you playing with me?!" Maxim struggled to lift his head.

Ye Chen spread his hands with an innocent look on his face.

"I'm not playing with you."

"I'm telling the truth."

"Look, how miserable is prison?"

"You can't eat well, you can't sleep well, and you're always being controlled. How can that be better than death?"

"Death ends all troubles. You'll enter the next reincarnation directly. Maybe you'll be reborn into a good family in your next life, become a rich second-generation heir or something. Isn't that great?"

He was very sincere, as if he were truly planning a bright future for the other person.

Maxim was in despair.

He suspected that Ye Chen was a psychopath.

That's right.

A psychopath even more twisted than himself!

Just as Maxim's heart turned to ash and he was preparing to close his eyes and wait for death...

Ye Chen suddenly clicked his tongue and changed the subject.

"However..."

"I have a soft heart, and I can't stand seeing people look so pathetic."

"Seeing you in such a miserable state, it's not like I can't spare your life."

Maxim shivered, and his heart, which had sunk to the bottom, suddenly leaped up again!

Was there a turning point?

In his only remaining eye, a look of indescribable desire for survival burst forth, and he stared fixedly at Ye Chen.

He wouldn't be playing with him again, would he?

Ye Chen rubbed his chin, seemingly considering it seriously: "But, to spare your life, there must be a reason, right? Tell me, what value do you have that can be exchanged for your life?"

Maxim felt like he was about to collapse.

This roller coaster of emotions, from joy to sorrow, was more torturous than getting beaten up directly!

"What exactly do you want?!" He almost roared, "Can you just give me a quick death? If you're going to kill me, just do it, stop fucking torturing me!!!"

"So impatient?" Ye Chen pursed his lips, then his expression turned serious.

"Alright, then I'll ask directly."

"You, all by yourself, renting such a large yacht and docking it at Berth 7, surely it's not just to kidnap a woman for some thrills, is it?"

"Tell me, are you here..."

"Are you waiting for the Prison Master of the Black Prison, Gongsun Long?"

Maxim's pupils suddenly constricted!

He didn't expect Ye Chen to know even this!

His expression changed, and his eyes struggled violently.

Should he tell him or not?

If he told him, it would be equivalent to betraying the cooperation with the Black Prison. Given the Black Prison's style of holding grudges, even if he escaped today, he would face endless pursuit in the future.

If he didn't tell him...

Looking at Ye Chen's demeanor, he would probably crush his throat the next second.

And most importantly, since Blood Rose could track him down, she must already know his situation. There seemed to be no point in hiding it anymore.

"I..." Maxim opened his mouth, and in the end, the desire for survival overwhelmed everything else.

"I am waiting for them here."

"Gongsun Long contacted me through a secret channel on the Dark Web, asking me to meet them here."

"When will they arrive?" Ye Chen pressed.

"This afternoon, around four o'clock." Maxim answered resignedly, "The specific time depends on their infiltration situation. I am the first link responsible for the extraction."

Upon hearing this, a look of understanding appeared on Ye Chen's face.

As expected.

It was about the same as he had guessed.

The Black Prison's secret order had gathered personnel, and with Gongsun Long himself infiltrating, he would certainly need a way to be met and evacuated. This yacht was one of the retreat routes they had prepared.

"Very good." Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction, "Then, honestly confess about the phone you use to contact each other, the code words, and the situation regarding weapons and supplies on the boat."

Maxim's face turned ashen; he knew there was no room left for bargaining.

"The phone is in the drawer of the nightstand in the master bedroom of the cabin. It's encrypted, the password is..."

"The code is 'Seagull returns to the nest', and the response is 'The tide has arrived'."

"There are two M4A1s, three Glocks on the boat, plenty of ammunition, as well as two sets of diving equipment and an emergency medical kit."

He said it all in one breath, as if he had been drained of all his strength, collapsing on the deck with only his chest rising and falling weakly.

He had confessed everything.

He had said everything he needed to say.

Now... it was time to fulfill the promise, right?

Maxim used his last bit of strength to lift his head and looked hopefully at Ye Chen: "I've told you everything, can you let me go?"

Ye Chen nodded readily.

"Sure."

"I said I wouldn't kill you, so I won't kill you."

Joy instantly burst forth in Maxim's eyes!

He had survived!

He had really survived!

Although his injuries were extremely severe and his cultivation was likely mostly crippled, as long as he was still alive, there was still hope!

He struggled to prop himself up on the deck, wanting to climb to his feet.

However.

The moment his upper body was just raised, before he could even stand straight—

A wine-red phantom figure, like a ghost, suddenly swept in front of him!

A cold light flashed!

"Puchi—!" A sharp dagger plunged into Maxim's heart!

The blade went all the way in, piercing straight through to his back!

Maxim's body stiffened suddenly, and all his movements came to a halt.

The joy on his face turned into astonishment! Shock! Disbelief!

He lowered his head with difficulty, looking at the murder weapon in his chest, then slowly looked up at Jessica, who was holding the hilt of the knife.

Jessica still had that charming smile on her face, but her eyes were as cold as a blade.

"Blood... Rose..." Maxim's lips moved, his voice barely audible.

Immediately after, he suddenly turned his head to look at Ye Chen, who was a few steps away: "You... didn't you say you wouldn't kill me?!"

Ye Chen shrugged helplessly, his tone still harmless.

"That's right."

"I promised you I wouldn't kill you."

"But I didn't guarantee that others wouldn't kill you."

"Look, she's the one who did it, what does that have to do with me?"

"I am a person who keeps my word."

Maxim: "???"

A mouthful of blood was sprayed out in anger.

The light in Maxim's eyes quickly dimmed, his body swayed, and then he collapsed onto the deck, twitched twice, and completely stopped breathing.

Until the very last moment when his consciousness faded, the only thought echoing in his mind was... I got played again, dammit!

Jessica pulled out the dagger, wiped it casually on Maxim's clothes, and returned it to its sheath.

Immediately after, her gaze swept over the bikini-clad girl who was tied up but scared silly, and asked.

"What about the woman on the bed?"

"Should we kill her? She saw the whole process; leaving her alive is a risk."

The blonde girl was already in a state of terror, and upon hearing this, her eyes rolled back, and without even a whimper, she fainted on the spot from fear.

Ye Chen said to Jessica with annoyance: "Am I the kind of person who kills indiscriminately? She's just an ordinary person who got dragged into this."

Jessica shrugged, her full chest trembling slightly with the movement.

"She saw your face, my face, and this corpse."

"As a killer, I'm used to leaving no survivors, especially witnesses."

"This is the rule, and it's also for self-preservation."

"Rules are rigid, but people are flexible."

Ye Chen walked to the girl's side, "Don't worry, I have a way."

Pausing, he flipped his wrist, and three Silver Needles appeared between his fingers.

"What are you going to do?" Night Owl couldn't help but ask curiously.

Ye Chen didn't answer, his movements as fast as lightning.

The three Silver Needles pierced into the girl's Baihui, Shenting, and Fengfu acupuncture points on her head, entering the flesh very shallowly, with the ends of the needles trembling slightly.

The next moment.

He pointed his fingers like a sword, with a faint golden light lingering on his fingertips, and tapped gently on the girl's brow, a gentle force channeling into her body along the needles.

A few seconds later, it was done!

"When the sun rises tomorrow morning, she will wake up naturally." Ye Chen said while pulling out the Silver Needles one by one.

"She will remember that she came to the pier for a walk on a whim, accidentally tripped by the yacht, and hit her head, causing her to faint."

"As for everything that happened on the yacht this afternoon, including our appearance and Maxim's death..."

"She will only think it was a vague nightmare, and she will forget it completely once she wakes up."

Jessica and Night Owl exchanged a glance, both seeing clear shock in each other's eyes.

"This... you can even do this?" Night Owl muttered, her gaze toward Ye Chen becoming even more reverent.

Jessica looked deeply at Ye Chen: "Modifying memories? Ye Chen, this method of yours... is truly becoming increasingly unfathomable."

"Just a small trick." Ye Chen put away the Silver Needles, his tone casual, "Acupuncture supplemented with a bit of mental guidance to disrupt the formation and retrieval paths of short-term memory isn't true modification, it just makes her unable to recall it. It's enough to deal with ordinary people."

The two women listened and secretly clicked their tongues.

He said it so easily!

But this kind of high-level method is not something an ordinary person can do!

Before the two women could finish their exclamations.

"Ring... ring..." A burst of mobile phone ringing suddenly came from inside the yacht's cabin.

The direction of the sound was exactly the master bedroom nightstand that Maxim had mentioned.

The atmosphere on the deck instantly froze.

The three of them, Ye Chen, Night Owl, and Jessica, all had their gazes sharpen simultaneously, looking in unison toward the direction of the cabin.

That was... the extraction call ringing.