Chapter 135 Death is truly a relief

After Chen Yu finished speaking, he strode toward the door.

Tang Jun was still blocking the doorway, his 1.9-meter hulking frame obstructing it completely.

Chen Yu walked up to him and stopped.

Looking up, he glanced at him. "What, do you want me to stay?"

Tang Jun's Adam's apple bobbed. "No... no..."

A second later, he stepped aside.

Chen Yu walked past him.

That group from the Polytechnic scattered to both sides in unison, as if they had seen a ghost.

Chen Yu passed through the middle of the crowd and waved a hand in farewell.

A private message was sent:

"Lu Xiaoyu, when you're afraid of dying, just shout—"

"Sister Lin and Liu Lei are idiots!"

"It might just save your lives! Well, it only works once..."

Along with the voice, the sound of footsteps gradually faded away.

The hallway fell silent for a few seconds.

Sister Lin's expression changed completely.

Leaning against the wall, she subconsciously took a step back.

"How could this be..."

"Tang Jun is here too..."

Liu Lei lay on the ground, struggling to shrink back, but his broken leg was completely useless.

Tang Jun stood there, dazed for a good while.

Then, the corners of his mouth slowly curled into a grin.

"Hehehe."

"Hahahaha."

He burst out laughing, his shoulders shaking with mirth.

"I've fucking seen it all now!"

He turned around and looked at the three people in the room, his eyes full of mockery.

"What were you guys squabbling about in here just now?"

"It was pretty intense, huh?"

He laughed and kicked Liu Lei's broken leg.

"Argh—!!!"

Liu Lei let out a blood-curdling scream, curling into a ball as his whole body convulsed in pain.

"Don't..."

"Don't... I'm telling you, Chen Yu already made a deal with us..."

Slap!

Before he could finish his sentence.

A fierce slap landed on his face.

Liu Lei was knocked onto his side by the force of the blow.

Tang Jun pulled back his hand and shook it, looking down at him. "Are you a fucking idiot? What were you saying about him? I heard everything clearly from outside..."

"Saying he harmed you?"

"I wondered who you were talking about, but it was actually the murderer?"

"My goodness!"

He laughed again. "Luckily I have you guys, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to eat that rice..."

Liu Lei lay on the ground, his face buried in the crook of his arm, stinging with pain.

But that pain,

could not suppress a single thought in his mind.

If he hadn't opposed so vehemently just now, would the outcome have been different?

At the time, he thought the other was just posing.

Now he lay here, being slapped like a dead dog.

He suddenly understood.

Damn it, from the moment the rice was exposed, Lu Xiaoyu was no longer someone they could protect.

Sister Lin's expression was also complicated. "The Eye of Peace, right... there's still the Eye of Peace..."

But immediately following that.

Tang Jun had already turned around, looking at the dozen or so people at the door.

"What are you still standing there for?"

"Ma Chuan is dead, someone has to pay with their life."

"Tie this lot up for me!"

"Damn it, even the murderer doesn't care about them, so we don't need to worry about anything else."

The dozen people swarmed forward...

"Wait!"

Sister Lin suddenly stood straight, blocking the way.

She had no weapons in her hands and spread her arms wide. "Xiaoyu... is indeed part of Chen Yu's motorcade now!"

Her voice was hoarse. "You can't..."

Slap!

"Who the hell do you think you are?"

With a slap, Sister Lin was knocked to the side, hitting the wall with a muffled groan.

Before she could steady herself, several people rushed up and twisted her arms behind her back.

"Let go! Let me go!"

She struggled desperately.

Those people pinned her down and began wrapping rope around her wrists.

B-rank strength made one a standout in District D.

But under the assault of a large group of young men, she couldn't break free at all.

Liu Lei lay on the ground, someone's foot pressing on his back, his hands also forced behind him.

They were tied up tightly with rope.

"Don't move!"

"Behave!"

Tang Jun spoke coldly: "You have to pay for Ma Chuan's life, otherwise how can I still lead the team?"

"However..."

"The Eye of Peace is indeed tricky, I have no way to kill you with my own hands."

"But who doesn't know a way to bypass the Eye of Peace? Hahahahaha."

Lu Xiaoyu stood in the corner, watching all of this.

Watching Sister Lin being pinned down, her hair disheveled, a red mark swelling on her face.

Watching Liu Lei lying on the ground, his face pressed against the cold floor, still letting out suppressed groans.

Watching those ropes being wound around their hands, loop after loop, tied deathly tight.

Her tears fell again.

She couldn't stop them.

She bit her lip, desperately trying not to let out a sob.

"What are you crying for!"

"If you cry again, I'll break your two teammates' limbs first."

Lu Xiaoyu's whole body trembled as she swallowed her sobs.

Sister Lin was pinned against the wall, struggling with all her might. "Let us go! Chen Yu invited her to join his motorcade, she's one of Chen Yu's people! You can't do this!"

Tang Jun burst out laughing. "I almost thought that was real, hahahaha."

He waved his hand. "Tie them up quickly, then follow me upstairs, hurry up, make it snappy!"

...

...

District D, Building 7, downstairs.

Chen Yu leaned against a tree, hands in his pockets, head slightly tilted back.

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting dappled shadows on his face.

He just stood there.

As if waiting for something.

Chen Yu took a cigarette pack from his pocket, pulled one out, and held it in his mouth.

A few people passed by occasionally, all of them steering clear when they saw Chen Yu.

Eventually...

The vicinity was left with only the empty gravel road and a few fallen leaves swirling in the wind.

Faint sounds drifted down from upstairs.

He couldn't hear clearly.

Nor did he want to.

He just leaned against the tree, bored out of his mind.

A few seconds later—

Thud.

A dull sound.

Something hit the ground.

Just a few meters away.

Chen Yu glanced down.

Liu Lei.

He was tied up tightly with rope, curled into a ball, lying on the ground.

Blood spread out from beneath him.

He didn't move.

Thud.

Another sound.

Sister Lin.

Also tied with rope, she fell beside Liu Lei.

But she was still alive.

She lay there, slowly lifting her head, her face covered in blood, trying to see clearly—

That black figure by the tree.

The person looked at her quietly, his eyes filled with indifference.

Her mouth opened and closed.

No sound came out.

Only blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

But Chen Yu understood the mouth movements.

Save—

Me—

Chen Yu didn't move an inch, only exhaling a smoke ring.

Within his field of vision, more and more blood flowed from beneath Sister Lin, staining a large area of the ground red.

A few seconds later.

Sister Lin's eyes also stopped moving.

"For you guys,"

"death is a relief."

Chen Yu shook his head, feeling a bit of emotion as he thought of the various things one might face on Road to Survival.

Sister Lin and Liu Lei were minor characters in the global survival game, the smallest of the small, yet their teammate possessed a heaven-defying resource Talent; with this setup, they were bound to die sooner or later.

But these two who had fallen to their deaths probably didn't realize it until the moment death arrived.

If they had chosen to believe in him ten minutes ago, given Lu Xiaoyu's sentimental nature, Chen Yu might have even provided some support, at least ensuring they lived without worry in the Living Area.

But those things would only happen in a parallel universe.