Chapter 16 Even ghosts are no match for Chen Yu's frightening power.

Hu Rong's pupils constricted sharply, her eyes widening until they felt like they might split: "No... it's impossible!"

Her voice was trembling: "My Talent... A-rank... how can it just disappear like this... what exactly are you..."

There was a dead silence in the crowd.

Those who had been cheering just a moment ago couldn't utter a single word.

Chen Yu spoke coldly: "Out of so many people, you're the one who likes to stick your head out, so you might as well just die."

As he spoke, he raised his right hand.

A golden card flew from his hand, slicing through the air.

It landed perfectly in Shen Qingci's hand.

Hu Rong, realizing she had become a clown, instantly tried to flee.

But the shadows beneath her feet surged wildly like a black tide, entangling her body and crawling up her neck.

"No... no..."

"Crack."

Clean and decisive.

Hu Rong's voice got stuck in her throat, and her head slumped to one side.

"Thud!"

Her corpse hit the ground, kicking up a small cloud of dust.

On the other side, Zhou Rui stood rooted to the spot, his legs completely weak, barely staying upright by leaning against the person behind him.

His mind was a complete blank.

What just happened?

He only saw Chen Yu disappear, and then four people collapsed.

Chen Yu said something, and three more people collapsed.

Chen Yu waved his hand, and the Talent of the A-rank Awakened Hu Rong, the Mist, evaporated.

This was so fucking ridiculous; what kind of Path to Survival was this?!

This was the most terrifying episode!

He even felt that the ghosts from the previous stop weren't even half as scary as this demon!

Chen Yu lifted his foot, and the crowd automatically parted to make a path.

He walked to the entrance of the Villa, grabbed the knife still embedded in the door frame, and pulled it out.

"Screech—"

Carrying the knife, he walked in front of the crowd: "Ten minutes. There are nine minutes left."

"Run—!!!"

No one knew who shouted first, but the crowd of onlookers instantly exploded into a frenzy.

Everyone was running outward.

Running toward the courtyard gate, climbing over the fence, and diving into the bushes.

"Out of the way! Get out of the way! Don't block the path!"

"I fucking want to move too! The front is completely blocked!"

"Quick, quick, quick! Go this way! Fuck! My pants are caught!"

"Forget the pants! Your life is more important! Take them off, take them off!"

It wasn't just the people in the courtyard fleeing frantically.

More people inside the Villa were doing the same.

After all, according to what they said, there were nearly a hundred people inside the Villa.

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

It was the sound of people jumping out of the second-floor windows, their bodies hitting the ground.

It was continuous.

Everyone would rather jump from the second floor than exit through the main door on the first floor.

Simply because Chen Yu was standing at the main entrance.

Of course, there were occasionally brave ones who passed by Chen Yu's side carefully and politely.

At the Villa's courtyard entrance.

Everyone sprinted past the women on both sides, not daring to linger for a moment.

Zhou Rui was the same, blending into the crowd, but just as he ran two steps... his feet suddenly jerked to a halt.

It felt as if his shoes were entangled by something.

He looked down and saw a pitch-black shadow tightly coiled around his ankles.

Then, his ankles were violently yanked.

He tumbled forward, falling onto the ground, his face slamming into the gravel.

"Fuck!"

He struggled to get up, trying to break free from the shadow, but the thing only coiled tighter.

He looked in the direction the shadow was coming from.

Several girls were standing in front of him.

He naturally recognized the one at the very front: Shen Qingci from the Film Academy next door.

"What... what do you mean? Chen Yu already said we could leave within ten minutes!"

"I'm leaving right now, it's not a breach of the agreement, why are you stopping me?!"

Carrying that massive Boning Knife, Chen Yu walked toward him step by step.

Zhou Rui's legs went completely limp.

He even forgot to resist. Watching Chen Yu get closer and closer, his voice trembled violently: "I... I didn't do anything, I didn't do a thing, Chen Yu... you..."

Chen Yu stopped in front of him and said flatly: "Give the knife to Zuo Shi."

"?"

Zhou Rui didn't understand what he meant at all.

Neither did Zuo Shi.

But among the girls standing there, one understood.

Yang Kexin.

She hurriedly took out an Iron Knife from her personal backpack.

This had been forged according to Chen Yu's requirements; it was about a meter long with a heavy blade.

But Chen Yu had somehow traded for a pile of high-quality blades, so this knife had naturally been discarded.

She walked quickly to Zuo Shi and handed her the knife.

Zuo Shi took the knife; it felt heavy in her hand.

She roughly guessed what she was about to face, but she had indeed never killed anyone before.

During all these days of the apocalypse, she had always used her Talent to scout paths, find supplies, and lead people away from danger.

"Come here."

Chen Yu pulled Zuo Shi in front of Zhou Rui. "Kill him."

"No!"

Zhou Rui knelt on the ground, his voice shaking: "Don't... don't kill me, I'm useful! I'm useful!"

As he spoke, he instantly emptied the Public Backpack!

Everything was laid out on the ground!

Chen Yu glanced at it casually; it was just some trash supplies... Zhou Rui kowtowed repeatedly, his head hitting the ground with a thud: "I'll kowtow to you, I'll be your dog, I'll do whatever you want!"

Zuo Shi listened, looking at Zhou Rui's face as tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes.

She suddenly asked, "You said you'd do whatever you're told?"

Zhou Rui nodded frantically.

Zuo Shi nodded. "Then go die."

"?"

"Squelch—"

Zhou Rui's eyes widened significantly as blood surged from the wound, flowing down the blade.

Zuo Shi looked into his eyes.

She watched as the light in those eyes flickered and died out, bit by bit.

Until they were completely dark.

She let go of the hilt.

"Thud."

Zhou Rui's corpse slumped forward and hit the ground.

Zuo Shi stood where she was, looking down at the corpse, her face expressionless.

Chen Yu nodded. "Not bad."

Having said that, he turned and walked deeper into the Villa.

Zuo Shi remained standing there, the knife still in her hand.

Shen Qingci walked over and lightly patted her on the shoulder twice: "You have to break through your own limits eventually."

Zhang Wanyue also walked over and spoke: "Don't overthink it. Chen Yu is just like this; he likes to use practical actions to teach people how to survive. Let's go, let's head into the Villa first."

Zuo Shi took a deep breath and handed the knife to Yang Kexin.

Yang Kexin shook her head: "I'm giving the knife to you. My Talent is for making knives."

Zuo Shi nodded: "Okay, thank you."

With that, the women followed Chen Yu's figure toward the Villa.

Pushing open the Villa's main doors, they were greeted by a high-ceilinged living room. A massive crystal chandelier hung from above, leather sofas were arranged in a circle, and the marble floor was polished to a shine.

Except that right now, a few shoes, some jackets, and several half-drunk water bottles were scattered across it.

"My god... this living room is bigger than my entire house."

"This sofa is real leather! Let me try sitting on it, it's so soft!"

"The chandelier is so beautiful too, I want to see what it looks like when it's lit up!"

As they spoke, they all noticed the floor-to-ceiling window that took up an entire wall... Outside, it was sunset.

The surface of the sea was covered in shimmering gold, with waves rolling in layer after layer.

The women fell silent for a few seconds.

"This sunset... is just too beautiful!!"

"I could stand here until it gets dark."

"Stop standing around, let's check the rooms first! I want one with a sea view!"

"What's the rush? Let Chen Yu pick first!"

Chen Yu waved his hand: "You can choose for yourselves. In a Villa that can house a hundred people, with just the few of us, it's not like we won't find rooms we like."

"That's true..."

The women nodded in agreement.

"What's this?"

Suddenly, Deng Yuxin's voice came from deep within the Villa's main hall.

Everyone moved closer.

Passing through an archway on the side of the living room, they found a small side hall that was a bit dimmer than the main hall.

Deng Yuxin stood in the center of the side hall, looking at something on the floor.

It wasn't furniture, nor was it a decoration.

It was a well.

The mouth of the well, about 1.5 meters in diameter, was made of white jade. The rim rose about half a meter above the floor and was covered in densely packed runes glowing with a faint blue light.

The well had no cover and was wide open. Looking down, it was pitch black.

Staring into it for too long would give one the illusion of falling downward.