“Zhang San is dead. I killed him,” Zhang Shiyao said, her gaze toward Wang Haoyu calm and indifferent.
Wang Haoyu looked utterly incredulous.
Only after casting a detection skill on her did he reluctantly believe her words.
She really did have the ability to kill Zhang San.
When asked why she had killed him, she glanced at Bai Qiu and saw that his expression remained unchanged, without much reaction.
“Those who kill will, in turn, be killed,” Zhang Shiyao said flatly.
If those people hadn’t attacked them in the first place, they wouldn’t have ended up like this.
“If you don’t have the power to end this world and set new rules, then you should follow its natural course. Shiyao, you did well,” Bai Qiu said in approval.
He had only just realized that Zhang Shiyao had killed another player.
Yet Bai Qiu didn’t think poorly of her for it.
On the contrary, he felt that her ability to take this step even faster than he could was something quite remarkable.
He wasn’t a righteous person.
Every day, people cried for help in the cross-zone channels, and he had chosen to ignore them.
Or rather, everyone had chosen to ignore them.
Even the military and police couldn’t determine whether the messages from survivors were true or false.
It was only now—after witnessing the victims’ suffering firsthand, after seeing how people who gained even a little power let their darker impulses run wild—
That Bai Qiu recalled the pleas for help he had ignored time and time again.
A strange emotion lingered in his heart.
…
Wang Haoyu fell silent for a long time.
Finally, he looked at Bai Qiu and asked, “Can you come with me to Zone 2229? I need you to make a statement.”
Bai Qiu nodded.
He couldn’t just hand the survivors over and leave—going there in person was necessary.
However, the safe zone was still some distance away.
Bai Qiu glanced at the criminals still groaning on the ground and asked, “Are you planning to take these people back as well?”
“No. We’ll leave them here. It’s getting late—getting these survivors back to the safe zone is enough,” Wang Haoyu replied.
He knew these people were already ruined.
Whether as tools or otherwise, they had no remaining value.
Even if they were painstakingly healed, such unstable elements would only threaten the safety of the safe zone.
As for whether they lived or died—as long as Bai Qiu didn’t kill them in front of his men—he didn’t care.
“Hey, don’t leave us behind!”
“Save me! I’ll do anything…”
“I was forced into this!”
The armed police formed up, placing all the survivors in the center of their formation as they began heading toward Safe Zone 2229.
However, their pace was still very slow—reaching the safe zone would likely take quite some time.
Looking at the bound criminals begging for mercy, Bai Qiu frowned.
He took out the Sword of Hatred and tossed it toward their feet.
“Thud!” The pitch-black blade pierced half a foot into the ground, instantly silencing the criminals in fear.
Only then did Bai Qiu move to the rear of the group, walking side by side with Zhang Shiyao.
Wang Haoyu naturally noticed Bai Qiu’s actions.
Although puzzled, he didn’t say anything.
But he soon understood.
Dragonfang Soldiers began flying in from all directions.
Despite seeing such a large group of people, they did not attack.
Instead, they headed straight toward where the criminals were, passing by everyone else.
Amid the criminals’ screams and wails—mixed with curses—the group gradually moved farther away…
…
Just as they were about to advance another kilometer, Bai Qiu raised his hand behind him.
One second… two seconds… eight seconds… nine seconds…
“Whoosh…” The Sword of Hatred flew back through the air.
Catching it by the hilt, Bai Qiu glanced at it from side to side.
After confirming it wasn’t damaged, he nodded in satisfaction and stored it back into his storage card.
Wang Haoyu and the others hadn’t been watching Bai Qiu the entire time.
Along the way, he hadn’t done anything particularly eye-catching.
Still, the movement of the sword flying back inevitably drew their attention.
“What a monster…” Wang Haoyu thought to himself.
He recognized that pitch-black sword—being able to recall a weapon at will made Bai Qiu seem even more dangerous in his eyes.
“Wait. Everyone, stop,” Bai Qiu suddenly said.
His voice wasn’t loud, yet everyone heard it clearly.
“What’s wrong?” Wang Haoyu asked.
Though unsure why, he still ordered everyone to halt.
“Take a short rest here. Two lord-level monsters are heading this way,” Bai Qiu said calmly.
Those words, however, stirred a storm in Wang Haoyu’s heart.
Lord-level monsters!
Even for his entire squad, dealing with one wouldn’t be easy—let alone with so many survivors to protect at the same time.
Then he suddenly remembered—Bai Qiu was here.
The current top player in the entire zone.
Maybe even lord-level enemies wouldn’t be a big problem after all.
“Do you… have confidence?” he asked cautiously.
Bai Qiu didn’t answer.
Instead, he took out a golden card engraved with a small snake.
“A Yuan, come out.”
As his words fell, behind the group, a massive serpent materialized out of thin air.
Its sheer presence was overwhelming—not just the survivors, even the armed police felt a chill.
“Moo…” A Yuan let out a cheerful cry.
Its enormous head rubbed affectionately against Bai Qiu, even wagging its tail.
“Alright, A Yuan. I have a task for you—start gathering energy for your Water Cannon skill. I’ll tell you where to fire in a moment,” Bai Qiu said, gently patting its smooth head.
Hearing this, A Yuan immediately raised its head high.
After letting out a sharp hiss, it opened its massive jaws, gathering water-elemental magic and energy within its mouth…
Meanwhile, Zhang Shiyao took out stamina recovery potions and handed them to the survivors.
Their condition was extremely poor—along the way, she had already provided them with countless supplies, including food and potions.
Without that help, they wouldn’t have been able to make it this far.
Perhaps she did all this because she herself had once gone through a period of weakness and helplessness.
As expected, the two lord-level Wyvern Lords arrived, flying in alternately.
Bai Qiu raised his hand, pointed forward, and calmly uttered a single word:
“Fire.”
“Moo!!” With a high-pitched roar, the fully charged Water Cannon shot toward the Wyvern Lords hundreds of meters away!
Sensing danger, the Wyvern Lords spat out fireballs in an attempt to block it—but they couldn’t even break through the Water Cannon’s second layer of shielding before being struck head-on!
“—!” The Water Cannon exploded.
The two Wyvern Lords twisted together midair in a bizarre manner, forcibly compressed into a sphere by a powerful suction force, before being pulverized into dust… and then dissolving into specks of white light.
“Well done, A Yuan,” Bai Qiu said.
He took out more than a dozen bottles of potions, pulled out the stoppers, and poured them all into A Yuan’s mouth in one go.
He also fed it several chunks of raw meat.
Perhaps due to its increased level—or maybe because it had been overnourished recently—after firing a Water Cannon this time, A Yuan did not become weak or sluggish.
Instead, it remained full of energy, wagging its tail and rubbing its smooth head against Bai Qiu.
— The end of the Chapter–
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