Chapter 329 The Story of Lin Yuan

Chen Yu also walked over, reached out, and pried open Lin Yuan's arm.

Lin Yuan instinctively wanted to pull back, but he couldn't move at all.

Chen Yu rolled up Lin Yuan's sleeve.

On his arm, besides the bloodstains, there were shallow bloody holes; it was clearly inhuman torture.

Zuo Shi's voice was cold: "This isn't self-harm; you couldn't stab yourself at this angle."

Lin Yuan's face turned pale instantly.

Zuo Shi squatted down and said seriously: "My Talent can see a lot of information. Every wound on your body—when it was stabbed, what it was stabbed with, who stabbed it—I can see it all. If you don't confess honestly..."

Wang Mengmeng added from behind: "Then we'll pour salt water on you!"

"?!!"

Lin Yuan's face turned from pale to green, and he panicked instantly!

"Don't!"

"Don't pour salt water on me!!!"

Lin Yuan was trembling all over, his eyes filled with fear as he looked at Wang Mengmeng.

Wang Mengmeng even felt a little secret thrill.

Chen Yu shook his head: "Speak up, what exactly is going on?"

"I..."

Lin Yuan sat on the ground, holding his head with both hands, fingers digging into his hair, nails scratching his scalp.

"I... I can't say..."

He struggled, appearing extremely terrified.

Wang Mengmeng grew anxious: "Say it!"

"No... I can't!"

Lin Yuan raised his head, looked at the group, and kept backing away until he reached the corner of the wall.

Lin Yuan's tears finally fell: "Just kill me... please... kill me..."

His voice was intermittent: "I can't take it anymore... I really can't take it anymore... just kill me... I beg you..."

Flyer held his speaker, standing a few steps away, watching Lin Yuan sprawled on the ground, getting goosebumps all over.

Yang Kexin squatted down and placed a tissue by Lin Yuan's hand.

Chen Yu sighed softly: "There must be someone from our Film Academy on your Vehicle, right."

Lin Yuan's pupils shrank to pinpoints, his lips trembling.

Chen Yu squatted down, looking him in the eye: "I know who she is. Maybe, I can save you."

Lin Yuan froze, cautious: "Save me?"

Chen Yu nodded: "Don't you want to escape this sea of suffering?"

Lin Yuan fell silent.

After a long time.

He finally looked at Chen Yu, his voice choked with sobs: "I... I was wrong..."

He looked up at the sky and began to tell his story.

...

...

My name is Lin Yuan.

I'm a coward.

I've been one since I was little.

Scared of the dark, scared of heights, scared of ghosts, scared of getting beaten, scared of being scolded, scared of being stared at.

The apocalypse came, the Highway came.

I became even more scared.

I'm afraid of dying.

I'm scared to death.

People from the company formed a team on the bus.

Over twenty people, and I didn't know a single one of them.

I didn't dare to speak, didn't dare to look up, didn't dare to look them in the eyes.

I was afraid they'd think I was useless.

I was afraid they'd throw me off the bus.

A few died at the first stop.

A few more died at the second stop.

I survived.

Not because I'm capable, but because I have good luck.

Good luck, bullets missed me.

Good luck, zombies couldn't catch me.

Good luck, whenever I was supposed to die, someone always blocked it for me.

When they died, I didn't dare to cry.

I was afraid of crying out loud.

The next one would be me.

There were only seven people left on the bus.

Seven.

They said, "Lin Yuan, you have good luck, think of a way."

I didn't dare say I couldn't.

I was afraid they'd be disappointed.

I was afraid if they were disappointed, they wouldn't take me with them.

I prayed for a whole day.

I drained everyone's luck.

From my bones, from my blood, from my brain, I forced all my wishes into it.

I wanted someone powerful.

I wanted someone who could beat anyone.

I wanted someone who could keep us alive.

Then she came.

She pushed open the bus door.

A white dress, a cute face.

She looked up and stared at me.

"Brother."

My cousin, Lin Yue, got on the bus.

Was it her?

I was overjoyed.

I thought God had heard my prayers.

I thought my luck was really good.

But ever since then.

There were fewer and fewer people on the bus.

I never imagined,

that crystals could pierce skin.

that crystals could pierce muscle.

that crystals could pierce bone.

She kept making me repeat one sentence,

"I want to see Chen Yu."

"I want to see Chen Yu."

"I want to see Chen Yu."

Over and over. And over. And over.

From the bus to the mission.

From day to night.

Until my throat was hoarse.

Until I couldn't speak.

Until I was saying it in my dreams.

Until today, when I met you.

...

...

As Lin Yuan finished telling his story, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Flyer was okay; he hadn't experienced any of that.

He just remarked: "To think someone is stalking my big brother so terrifyingly! What kind of deep grudge is this!"

Wang Mengmeng shrank her neck: "This isn't hate. That person is obsessed; she keeps sending me private messages, it's so annoying!"

Yang Kexin and Zuo Shi exchanged glances, both thinking of Liu Xiaoqian, who had suffered similar torment back in the Living Area.

"..."

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes: "Can I take this to mean that news of me was passed to your Vehicle and into Lin Yue's ears long ago?"

Lin Yuan shook his head rapidly, clarifying immediately: "I didn't! ... I really didn't! If I found you... I'd be finished! This is my only value; I had to drag out the process of finding you, ideally never finding you at all..."

Lin Yuan shed tears: "When I heard your name, I really panicked. Chen Yu, this is the name... I've said the most in my life!"

Chen Yu: "..."

Chen Yu sighed softly: "Since she made you keep repeating it, why didn't she appear in the mission?"

Lin Yuan shook his head: "She's injured, seriously injured. She needs to rest for at least a few more days..."

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes: "Injured?"

Lin Yuan nodded: "During the last mission, she fought dozens of people alone and almost died. Sometimes I wonder, if I had stabbed her back then..."

He smiled bitterly, becoming more agitated as he spoke: "But I was a coward. I didn't. When I saw the blue crystals around her, I trembled all over. I'm just a coward!"

Chen Yu suddenly asked: "What was the name of your Vehicle again?"

Lin Yuan said: "Rank 85 on the Highway, Cylinder Bus."

Chen Yu immediately checked rank 85—

[Rank 85] Vehicle: Cylinder Bus (Large Bus)

Serial Number: 4Z3-θ

Number of People: 2

car owner: Lin Yuan

Affiliated Organization: Haicheng Cylinder Co., Ltd. Customer Service Department

No wonder...

No wonder there were thousands of comments on the back of the Cylinder Bus.

A two-person team reaching rank 85 on the Haicheng Highway.

That's already an incredibly exaggerated number.

Chen Yu suddenly remembered something: "What rank is your Talent? Can it absorb other people's luck?"

Lin Yuan looked panicked: "I... I have an SSS-Rank Talent, Lucky Scratch-Off. Before the apocalypse, it wasn't actually 3,000 yuan I won, but 3 million."

Chen Yu's mouth twitched. As expected, S-Rank Talent wouldn't have such an overpowered ability.