81: Chapter 81 Shen Yi, you traitor!

The afterglow of the setting sun spilled down.

Yi Xiaoyu, Lin Sisi, and Ye Zhixia lay on a stone slab, still unconscious.

Zhou Xiong stood not far away, glancing at the sky.

Five-forty.

Judging by the time, Lin Mo should be arriving soon.

He turned around and looked at his two subordinates behind him.

The two stood respectfully with their hands at their sides, waiting for his orders.

Zhou Xiong suddenly laughed.

"How long have you two been with me?"

The two were stunned for a moment, then exchanged glances, both seeing pleasant surprise in the other's eyes.

According to common sense, when a leader suddenly asks this in such a situation, it means the two are about to get a promotion!

"Reporting to the Battalion Commander, it's been three years," the two replied pleasantly.

"Three years..." Zhou Xiong nodded.

"In these three years, how have I treated you?"

The two quickly bowed.

"The Battalion Commander's kindness to us is as heavy as a mountain!"

Zhou Xiong laughed even more happily.

"As heavy as a mountain? Then tell me, how should you repay me?"

The two were stunned.

The script didn't seem right?!

Zhou Xiong took a step forward and patted one of them on the shoulder.

"Don't be nervous, I was just asking casually."

The subordinate breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak—

A palm had already pierced through his chest.

He looked down at the hand in his chest.

Blood dripped down, drop by drop.

"Bat... Battalion Commander..."

Zhou Xiong withdrew his hand, looking at the still-beating heart in his palm, his eyes full of greed.

"It's been three years; I've always been reluctant to eat you."

He opened his mouth and took a bite.

Blood splattered.

The other subordinate turned pale and turned to run!

But after running only three steps, Zhou Xiong had already appeared behind him.

"Don't run; didn't you say the kindness was as heavy as a mountain?"

A palm pierced through his heart from behind.

Another heart was dug out.

Zhou Xiong chewed while looking at the two corpses, a satisfied smile on his face.

"A Tier 3 early-stage heart, although it's not very useful to me, it has the advantage of being fresh."

He licked the blood off his fingers.

"Not bad, not bad."

...

On the stone slab, Yi Xiaoyu slowly opened her eyes.

Her head hurt so much.

It felt like someone was drumming in her brain.

She shook her head, and her vision gradually cleared.

Then she saw the scene before her that made her scalp tingle.

Under the setting sun, Zhou Xiong stood beside the two corpses.

He was holding a... crimson heart in his hands, bringing it to his mouth.

Fresh blood kept flowing down from the corners of his mouth.

Yi Xiaoyu's pupils contracted sharply.

She wanted to scream, but her throat felt blocked.

Lin Sisi beside her was also awakened.

She stared blankly at the scene, as if her soul had been drained from her body.

Ye Zhixia was the last one to wake up.

She was a bit calmer than the other two, but only a bit; she was also terrified by the scene before her.

Although they all knew that Mimics gained power by eating their own kind, they were still deeply frightened when they actually saw it.

Zhou Xiong noticed their gazes and turned his head.

He grinned, revealing teeth stained with blood and flesh.

"Awake?"

He licked his lips.

"Don't rush; wait until I finish eating, then I'll play with you."

Yi Xiaoyu finally came to her senses, her whole body trembling violently.

"You... you... you monster..."

Zhou Xiong laughed.

"Monster? Yes, I am a monster."

He swallowed the last piece of meat, wiped his hands, and walked towards them.

The three of them were pale as paper, desperately shrinking back, but under the effect of the drugs, they had no strength left, and their feet were tied with ropes, so they couldn't move at all.

Zhou Xiong walked to Yi Xiaoyu and looked down at her.

"Little girl, don't be afraid, I won't eat you." Zhou Xiong smiled, revealing a mouthful of blood-stained teeth.

Yi Xiaoyu was shaking all over from fear, her body instinctively shrinking back continuously.

"Rest assured, you are all still useful. When Lin Mo arrives, I want him to see with his own eyes how I—"

He didn't finish his sentence.

The next second!

The surrounding space actually began to fluctuate violently!

Blinding light exploded out of thin air in front of Yi Xiaoyu, so bright that people couldn't open their eyes!

Everyone turned their heads at the same time.

In the center of the light, a golden figure slowly condensed.

Lin Mo.

He just appeared out of thin air three meters away, standing between Zhou Xiong and Yi Xiaoyu.

Zhou Xiong's pupils contracted sharply.

"You... how did you—"

Lin Mo ignored Zhou Xiong in front of him and instead turned his head to look at Yi Xiaoyu and the others behind him.

"It's okay now."

Yi Xiaoyu stared at him blankly, tears suddenly welling up.

"Lin Mo... Lin Mo..."

She wanted to say something, but her throat felt blocked; she could only keep calling his name.

Lin Sisi and Ye Zhixia also stared blankly at that figure, trembling all over.

Zhou Xiong reacted, his expression becoming extremely ugly.

"Space ability? You actually have space ability?!"

Zhou Xiong retreated a few steps, keeping his distance, his eyes full of wariness.

But soon, he calmed down.

In the moment Lin Mo appeared, he noticed that the pendant on Yi Xiaoyu's neck also emitted strong spatial fluctuations.

This meant that Lin Mo's teleportation just now was not achieved by his own power.

"Is it the power of that pendant?"

Zhou Xiong breathed a sigh of relief.

And after Yi Xiaoyu saw that face clearly, tears instantly welled up.

"Lin Mo... Lin Mo, why did you come? Leave here quickly!"

She screamed with all her might!

"Run! They set a trap!"

Lin Sisi also screamed desperately: "Don't come over! You fool, leave quickly!"

But Lin Mo didn't stop, as if he couldn't hear their screams.

Tears streamed down Yi Xiaoyu's face.

Zhou Xiong stood in place, arms crossed, smiling as he watched Lin Mo jump into the trap himself.

"Lin Mo, you finally came."

Lin Mo didn't speak; his gaze swept over Shen Yi, who was hidden in the shadows in the distance, before finally falling on Zhou Xiong.

"Weren't you looking for me? Now that I'm here, you can release them, right?"

Zhou Xiong laughed.

"Release? Sure."

He took a step forward, releasing his Tier 4 peak aura without reservation.

"Beat me, and I will release them."

Lin Mo took half a step back and reached out to grip the hilt of zhan chao.

Zhou Xiong looked at him, his eyes full of appreciation.

"Tier 3, Level 1, and you dare to come alone. You have guts."

He paused.

"However, do you think I went to such great lengths to lure you out just to have a fight with you?"

Lin Mo looked at him.

"What do you want?"

Zhou Xiong laughed.

"I want to make a deal with you."

Lin Mo didn't speak.

Zhou Xiong continued:

"I've taken a liking to you; I hope you can join us and become one of us!"

Lin Mo looked at him and sneered:

"Join you, and then eat people like you do?"

Zhou Xiong's smile stiffened for a moment, but quickly recovered.

"Eat people? That's a low-level playstyle. With your high talent, as long as you pass the screening, you can even become a perfect First Generation Seed."

He pointed to the shadows not far away.

"See over there?"

Lin Mo looked in the direction of his finger.

A slender figure slowly walked out from the shadows.

The moonlight shone on her face; it was Shen Yi.

When Yi Xiaoyu saw Shen Yi, she shook even more violently.

"Shen Yi... you traitor..."

Lin Sisi's eyes also turned red.

"We treated you like a sister, and you turn out to be this kind of thing!"

Ye Zhixia didn't speak, just stared at her intensely, her eyes full of the hatred of being betrayed.

Shen Yi stood there, her face expressionless.

The moonlight shone on her, making her look like an exquisite porcelain doll.

Yi Xiaoyu shouted to Lin Mo:

"Shen Yi? Shen Yi is with Zhou Xiong! She is also a Mimic!"

Zhou Xiong said with a smile:

"Lin Mo, haven't you always wanted to know why Shen Yi could lurk by your side for so long without being discovered?"

He paused.

"Because she is a more noble existence than us, a great First Generation Seed; she doesn't need to eat her own kind to gain power and is no different from a normal person!"

Yi Xiaoyu's face turned even paler.

"Lin Mo... leave quickly... I beg you..."

Zhou Xiong ignored her and continued to say to Lin Mo:

"How about it? Have you considered it?"

Lin Mo finally spoke.

"I have considered it."

Zhou Xiong's eyes lit up.

"Oh? Let's hear it."

Lin Mo looked at him, enunciating every word:

"I have considered—how to kill you."

Zhou Xiong's smile froze on his face.

Immediately, he burst into laughter.

"Kill me? Just you?"

He turned to look at Shen Yi.

"Miss Shen, if this kid tries to run later, I'll have to trouble you to take action. Lord Cao Shen wants him alive."

Shen Yi nodded.

"Okay."

Zhou Xiong smiled satisfactorily and turned back to look at Lin Mo.

"Now, do you have any last words?"

Lin Mo didn't answer; golden lightning was already slowly lighting up on his body.

Yi Xiaoyu stared blankly at the golden lightning, her tears flowing even more fiercely.

"Lin Mo..."

Zhou Xiong looked at Yi Xiaoyu's appearance and laughed even more happily.

"Little girl, don't cry; later I will let you see with your own eyes how I—"

However, he didn't finish his sentence.

A golden blade light had already slashed in front of him.