120: Chapter 120: Let him live; plant him in the soil, water him, and he'll sprout.

Ma Chao's face was pressed into the muddy water.

Muddy water poured into his mouth.

He was still roaring.

"I've awakened!"

"I am a B-rank Plant-type!"

"You can't touch me!"

Several thin vines drilled out from his cuffs, whipping against the ground and splashing black mud.

The entrance to the cafeteria was in chaos.

Some were afraid of Lin Yuan.

Others were staring at those vines.

What Jiang University lacked right now was exactly this kind of thing that could help over a thousand people survive for a few more days.

Ma Chao seized on this, his voice becoming sharper.

"I can make Jiang University grow food!"

"I can turn the East Gate into a vine trap!"

"If you cripple me, you're killing Jiang University!"

Someone in the crowd spoke in a low voice.

"How about... we just let him apologize? After all, Plant-types are too rare."

"He's a bad person, but his Superpower is useful."

"Brother Bai, let's stabilize things first."

Ma Chao heard them.

He laughed, his mouth full of mud.

"Did you hear that?"

"Boss Lin, do you dare to touch me?"

Lin Yuan looked down at him.

"As a Plant-type, you don't need to stand up."

"And you don't need to hold a knife either."

Ma Chao's smile froze.

The next second.

Snap!

Lin Yuan stepped down.

Ma Chao's right arm snapped.

A scream exploded.

Snap!

His left arm broke as well.

The cafeteria entrance fell into instant silence.

The students who had just advised "keeping him" all shut their mouths.

Fang Xiaoxiao's hand was halfway raised.

Finally, she stopped.

She remembered Ma Chao handing the zombie poison to Lin Yuan.

She also remembered Ma Chao dragging the fatty forward in the hallway.

She didn't move.

The fatty cursed in a low voice: "Serves him right."

The thin monkey watched Lin Yuan, his hand gripping the short spear slowly tightening.

This "Boss Lin".

He's a different person.

Ma Chao was writhing in the mud in pain.

"Brother Bai!"

"Brother Bai, save me!"

Bai Jingchen finally moved.

He couldn't let Lin Yuan continue beating him.

Otherwise, the rules of Jiang University would be crushed by this stomp.

Bai Jingchen moved his little finger.

A slip of paper stuck to his chest.

[Speed Up]

The paper burned into white ash.

His speed surged violently.

The crowd only saw a shadow rushing toward Lin Yuan.

At the same time.

Xu Qiangwei circled around, hugging the ground.

Her body bent at a strange angle, as if drilling out from the gaps in the crowd.

Two daggers stabbed toward Lin Yuan's lower back.

One in front, one behind.

Their coordination was very practiced.

Light returned to some people's eyes.

"Brother Bai!"

"Sister Qiangwei!"

Lin Yuan didn't retreat.

The muddy water at his feet swirled in a circle.

A line of water sprang from the ground, wrapping around Xu Qiangwei's ankles.

Xu Qiangwei's expression changed.

Her whole body was thrown out, slamming into the sandbags by the wall.

The sandbags burst open, and yellow sand buried half her body.

Bai Jingchen had already reached him.

His western sword stabbed toward Lin Yuan's shoulder.

Lin Yuan raised his hand.

He turned sideways and grabbed his wrist.

Bai Jingchen's speed was cut off.

It was like being clamped by an iron gate.

The next second, he was pressed down onto his knees.

His knees shattered the floor tiles.

The whole scene was quiet.

Lin Yuan stepped on Bai Jingchen's shoulder and bent down.

His voice was low.

Only the two of them could hear.

"Can we talk now?"

"Or do you want me to peel off Mr. Ghost's skin in front of everyone?"

Bai Jingchen's expression changed.

He looked up at Lin Yuan.

This time, he didn't pretend anymore.

"Go to the Library basement."

Lin Yuan let him go.

Then he turned around.

Ma Chao was still crawling on the ground.

Vines were whipping wildly from his back, hitting the ground with a slapping sound.

"You can't treat me like this!"

"I'm useful!"

Lin Yuan raised his hand.

A line of water swept across.

The vines all snapped.

He walked to Ma Chao's side.

Snap.

One leg broke.

Snap.

The other one broke too.

Ma Chao's screams changed pitch.

Lin Yuan looked at Bai Jingchen.

"Keep him alive."

"Plant him in the soil."

"Water him, and he'll sprout."

No one at the cafeteria entrance dared to laugh.

But many people's gazes toward Ma Chao changed.

Just a moment ago, he was the hope of Jiang University.

Now, he was just a thing that could produce vines.

Xu Qiangwei crawled out from the sandbags, blood at the corner of her mouth.

For the first time, there was no disdain in her eyes when she looked at Lin Yuan.

Bai Jingchen stood up.

"Everyone disperse."

"Take Ma Chao to the infirmary, and keep an eye on him."

The fatty muttered: "Still taking him to the infirmary? Just put him in a flowerpot."

The thin monkey patted him.

"Say less, it's easy to hold a grudge."

The fatty glanced at Ma Chao.

"He can only hold a grudge with his eyes now."

Fang Xiaoxiao looked at Lin Yuan.

She wanted to ask who he really was.

But Bai Jingchen had already walked toward the Library.

Lin Yuan followed.

No one stopped them.

In the Library basement.

The door closed.

Bai Jingchen told everyone to leave.

Only the two were left in the basement.

On the table lay a hand-drawn map of Jiang University, a death list, and a food consumption table.

Beside them was a stack of slips of paper.

The edges of the slips were charred.

Some had names written on them.

Some had routes.

Bai Jingchen pulled out a chair but didn't sit.

"I am Mr. Ghost."

Lin Yuan looked at him.

"Continue."

Bai Jingchen was silent for two seconds.

"I am a reborn person."

"I come from the sixth month after the apocalypse broke out."

Lin Yuan's expression didn't change.

"Where did you die?"

"In the sixth round of the Red Moon Zombie Horde."

Bai Jingchen pointed to the underground garage on the map.

"In my past life, Jiang University didn't hold out for long."

"The officials conscripted students, claiming it was to protect the evacuation, but in reality, they pushed people to block the Zombie Horde."

"Chu Feng was lured away."

"Xu Mengmeng was infected."

"Jiang University fell into internal strife."

"I took the last few dozen people and fled into the underground garage."

He stopped here for a moment.

"Then we all died."

Lin Yuan pulled out a chair and sat down, taking out a pack of cigarettes to offer Bai Jingchen, who didn't take one.

Lin Yuan lit one himself.

He knew everything Bai Jingchen said; this kid wasn't lying.

"Your system."

Bai Jingchen looked at Lin Yuan's calm and composed appearance and spoke slowly.

"The Doomsday Slip System."

He conjured a slip of paper out of thin air.

"'Reconnaissance' can view part of a target's past."

"'Support' can temporarily enhance physique and Mental Energy."

"'Hint' can provide the optimal solution for the current predicament."

"The cost is Mental Energy and crystal cores."

Bai Jingchen added: "It's ineffective against you."

"I used 'Reconnaissance' on you twice; both Mental Energy and crystal cores were consumed, but I got nothing."

Lin Yuan continued: "We all died in the Red Moon."

"I died after the twelfth Red Moon ended."

"Shen Qingyue died in the thirteenth."

"You died in the sixth."

"We all had obsessions before we died."

"After being reborn, we all received a system."

Bai Jingchen spoke subconsciously: "Then your system..."

The basement went quiet.

Lin Yuan just looked at him sideways, then exhaled a puff of smoke.

Bai Jingchen realized he shouldn't have asked that and reacted quickly.

"So, will others come later?"

Lin Yuan looked at the blank slip of paper.

"I don't know."

"But I suspect that those who come will also be people who died at critical nodes of the Red Moon and had strong obsessions."

Bai Jingchen's expression darkened.

This was someone throwing dead people back onto the chessboard.

Bai Jingchen said in a low voice: "I don't want to fight for anything."

"I just want more Jiang University students to survive."

He placed his western sword on the table.

"If my system threatens Jiang University, you can kill me."

"But please don't destroy this place."

Lin Yuan didn't touch the sword.

"Sentimentalism has no price."

Bai Jingchen looked up.

Lin Yuan tapped the food consumption table.

"Jiang University will continue to be managed by you and Chu Feng."

"Tiangong No. 1 can provide temporary serum, some medicine, and a small amount of supplies."

"The cost."

"Half of all crystal core earnings must be handed over."

Bai Jingchen frowned.

"Half is too much."

"You can refuse."

Lin Yuan stood up.

"And wait for the next Red Moon to descend, or for the officials to 'pick the peaches' for the second time."

Bai Jingchen didn't speak.

Lin Yuan walked to the door.

"I don't save trash."

"But I can invest in places that can produce crystal cores."

Bai Jingchen looked at the list on the table.

Finally, he said in a low voice: "I need to talk to Chu Feng."

Lin Yuan opened the door.

"Sure."

"But my price won't go down just because you hold a meeting."

On the plaza of Jiang University.

Chu Feng had just returned.

He was covered in zombie blood, and there were some burn marks.

Xu Mengmeng was supporting him.

Xu Qiangwei immediately stepped forward.

"Chu Feng, Boss Lin went too far!"

"He crippled Ma Chao's limbs and even hurt Brother Bai."

"He doesn't put Jiang University in his eyes at all!"

Chu Feng glanced toward the Library direction.

He didn't ask about Ma Chao's injuries.

He didn't ask who was right or wrong either.

He only asked one question.

"What does that person mean?"

Xu Qiangwei was stunned.

"Which person?"