Outside the city was also desolate and uninhabited. Apart from the awakened ones patrolling the supply transport routes, wild beasts roamed everywhere else.
These beasts had been tainted by the aura seeping from the abyss cracks, growing several times larger than normal. Even wild cats that were once harmless could easily take an ordinary person’s life.
Huang Quan hesitated for a couple of breaths before replying, “I was getting some things ready.” Things like burying landmines, setting up surveillance talismans, and stockpiling wartime rations.
“Never mind, I won’t press you any further. School’s about to let out anyway. My brother’s coming home tonight—can you just wing it?” Leng Xue replied.
At the word “brother,” Huang Quan’s brow furrowed. “Is there anything I need to watch out for?”
Leng Xue rubbed her brow and said, “Have you ever met my main personality? The real Lei Aoxue?”
“How would I have ever met her?!” Huang Quan was speechless.
He’d only just learned that Lei Aoxue had split personality disorder!
“Then that’s tricky. When dealing with them, the main personality comes out. If you go home without acting like the main personality, it’ll easily raise suspicion!” Leng Xue said helplessly.
Her father and brother were not exactly gentle with outsiders.
Huang Quan thought it over and spoke bluntly. “Why don’t we just tell them? Save all the pretending.”
“They’ll kill you!” Leng Xue said flatly.
“You’re serious?”
“I never joke.”
“Then what about me? After I get to your estate, is there anything I need to do?”
Leng Xue considered that Huang Quan was a busy man, and his knowledge base was somehow richer than hers—and she’d been reborn multiple times!
Huang Quan thought for a moment, then shook his head. “Nothing. Just stay in the estate and don’t touch anything. My preparations will all be handled by zombie puppets.”
The two had originally wanted to avoid suspicion, but the entire academy was already spreading rumors that they were dating.
Avoiding or not avoiding—there was no difference anymore.
However, as the two walked out of the school gates together, they drew quite a bit of attention.
Ming Xuanyuan sat in his luxury car, staring at Huang Quan’s retreating figure with a venomous gaze, his face ashen, veins bulging on his hands as if he might explode at any second.
“Tonight, find that bastard surnamed Huang. I want him dead!”
As his voice fell, a
crowd of subordinates exchanged glances. Just then, Zeng Long limped over to his car, covered in injuries.
Ming Xuanyuan was startled at the sight of Zeng Long’s battered state. “What happened to you?”
“Brother Ming, that Huang kid is strange—his skills are terrifyingly good. Me and a few brothers all got taken down by him!” Zeng Long felt humiliated saying this. Losing to some nobody—who’d be happy about that?
Zeng Long had expected Ming Xuanyuan to fly into a rage, but instead he heard a note of surprise in his voice. “Looks like Xu Hu wasn’t lying. This Huang guy does have something going on, but at most he’s just hiding his strength.
I’ve got his home address too. Tonight, he’s in for it!”
Zeng Long glanced at the address in Ming Xuanyuan’s hand and was startled. “Brother Ming, this is already outside the city! The kid must be crazy. No matter how cheap the housing is out there, you’d need your life to live in it!”
“He probably thinks that just because he’s an awakener, he’s invincible—not a shred of self-awareness!” Ming Xuanyuan snorted coldly.
Zeng Long nodded. If he had any self-awareness, he wouldn’t have touched Brother Ming’s woman!
…
Fatty Ye held his phone and also watched Huang Quan’s retreating figure, his mind a tangled mess.
The person who came to school today was definitely not his brother. Who was that?
What method had they used to take over Huang Quan’s body?
He glanced at the time on his phone—it was already Friday.
Every Friday in the past, Huang Quan would ask him for help. If he sent out a distress signal, where should he go to find him, what code words should they use to meet.
But this Friday, nothing happened.
What should he do?
Should he report this to the school or the guild?
…
On the school rooftop, Lin Mu stood at the highest point of the entire academy. A flash of madness flickered through her clear pupils as she watched Huang Quan’s departing figure. “Found you… I never expected you’d actually have the nerve to confess to me… What an interesting man… I really want to make him into a scarecrow, to become part of me…”
As her words faded, several dozen pale, bloodless figures vaguely materialized behind her. Pale green weeds sprouted from their hollow eye sockets, and their movements were extremely stiff, as if they had no joints at all.
“Lin Mu…
Lin Mu… where did you go?”
Accompanied by a female voice calling out, the rooftop door was pushed open, and these phantoms instantly vanished without a trace, as if they had never been there at all.
“Lin Mu, there you are. What are you doing on the rooftop for no reason?”
“Just getting some fresh air…” Lin Mu wore her captivating smile, and those eyes that seemed to peer into the soul became pure and flawless once more.
“You’re not still heartbroken over that scumbag Huang, are you?”
“Scumbag Huang?”
“That’s the nickname us girls gave him. In just about ten minutes, this guy asked five people for their phone numbers, and in between he confessed to two girls over text—and that was just during break!”
Lin Mu narrowed her eyes slightly and muttered under her breath, “How interesting…”
…
Huang Quan sat in the back of his large cargo truck, and the whole way was smooth sailing. Any rocks blocking the road were simply plowed through. The title of “King of the Highway” was no joke!
“Shengnan, I remember you always came by car. Why don’t you guys just buy a vehicle? It’d be convenient for getting around!”
Shengnan opened her mouth, a bit embarrassed. “We went to get driver’s licenses, but we didn’t pass!”
“None of you passed?” Huang Quan was a bit surprised. Other people had one personality taking the test—counting the main personality, you guys have four, right? Failing with all four was a bit strange.
“We couldn’t help it. The main personality has some social anxiety—she almost never comes out except in front of family.
Every time I took the test, I’d get distracted checking out pretty girls, and then I’d fail.
Leng Xue is even worse at controlling the body than me—classic case of the brain knowing exactly what to do but the body just can’t do it!
As for Kuang Tian… she floored the gas pedal until the engine blew. Three examiners plus a police car chased her for ten whole streets. If she hadn’t run out of gas, she’d still be going!”
Huang Quan: “You guys… really are a bunch of little geniuses. No—little fairies!”
After sending Lei Aoxue into the estate, he instructed her, “Before I come back tomorrow, just stay inside. I’ve put food on the table for you. If anything goes wrong, call me directly.”
With that, he left. Shengnan looked around, then broke into an evil grin. “I want to try what it feels like to masturbate! In porn movies, guys always look so satisfied after they finish. I want to try it too!”
