Chapter 26 Appetite (End) We will see you again...

"Sir, here is the auction directory and the list of bidders."

Han Huai flipped through the pages casually, and several key names were marked out separately. The auction site was right under his feet, and the one-way glass on his side allowed him to look down from above at everything going on in the venue below.

Of course, these auctions are civilized and legal.

Only a few who know the inside story and can read the hints and bid for the designated goods are eligible to stay and enter the inner venue.

This move is a bit bigger, but FA now urgently needs support from all sides to extend its roots.

My father placed all his hopes on miracles, hoping that miracles would continue to occur and overcome the so-called side effects. One day, he would be able to taste the flavor and not be controlled by the uncontrollable appetite.

But he felt that his father had taken the wrong path. What was the difference between Fork and ordinary people?

However, he could tolerate his father's wrong ideas after he got old. He injected the miracle drug, but because of the side effects, he went crazy and ate his wife. In his eyes, Fork, who could control his appetite, was the closest to perfection.

But he himself knew that if he had not eaten his wife at that time, he would not have lived to be over 50 years old and would have had a chance to be killed by his son.

Appetite is the instinctive urge of predation, so why not embrace it and use this "side effect" to let Forks like Tang Zhilu know what choice they should make.

He doesn't like Forks like Tang Zhilu, who try to be normal people while hiding themselves in human skin, wasting the opportunities given by God and pretending to be normal.

The direction of human evolution should be in the hands of Fork.

"Clear the area and ask those ignorant guests to get off the ship."

"The following is the feast for the Forks."

The entire Kronos was brightly lit. The auction and banquet had ended. People in gorgeous clothes walked down the gangway in groups, smiling.

Du Yanze leaned against the balcony, watching the guests and waiters walk by. It was late at night, the wind blew on his cheeks, and his hair spread out and swayed gently.

He still had his silver ring on the ring finger of his right hand, his slender white fingers were resting on the railing, and the wound on his arm had been properly treated.

He turned his head to look at him, his black eyes hiding a little bit of the light in the distance, flickering.

Tang Zhilu suddenly had a premonition of something, and stood silently beside him, with his arms around his waist, and lowered his head to smell the fragrance of his hair.

Du Yanze's smile was almost soft, calm and composed. He had put on such an expression before, but it was always a disguise. Tang Zhilu hugged him tightly and didn't intend to let go.

"If possible, I'd like to bet on a future with you."

He has no memory of the past, and other than the so-called crime of "murdering Main System No. 7", he has no past to speak of.

After recovering his memories of the main world, he realized that everything he was experiencing now might just be a "storyline", but he did not think it was all false.

Du Yanze's joys, sorrows, anger and happiness are real, and so are Tang Zhilu's.

When he looked at Tang Zhilu, he always felt a sour and familiar feeling in his heart, as if they had both walked a long way before they met.

"I will protect you, and you must live."

Du Yanze didn't know who he was, and didn't know if he could get an answer. This was the only thing he could really promise.

Tang Zhilu leaned against him with his head down. The lights on the deck in the distance had gone out, the gangway had been retracted, and the roar of the engine was shaking.

Du Yanze closed the balcony window so that the night wind could not blow in.

"I know you're leaving."

Du Yanze paused, turned to look at Tang Zhilu, and a familiar blue light flashed in his black eyes.

Soon the light disappeared again, as if it were an illusion. Du Yanze reached out and touched the corner of his eye, saying nothing and thinking nothing.

Knock knock knock

There was a knock on the door. Du Yanze withdrew the blade in his hand and looked back at Tang Zhilu, silently signaling him to get out of the way.

According to Han Huai's style of doing things, Tang Zhilu ate him, and the person at the door was there to welcome Tang Zhilu to go to the auction venue.

If not, then they are here to kill him.

Tang Zhilu shook his head slightly and walked towards the door.

"who?"

After he spoke, there was a slight noise outside the door. Du Yanze glanced at Tang Zhilu, understood what he meant, and immediately ambushed at the door.

"Mr. Tang, the auction is about to start. The owner invites you to come over."

"Sure. Come in."

The door opened in response. Du Yanze was very fast. He pulled the man's arm forward and raised his other hand to wipe his neck silently in an instant.

The side of his face was covered in blood, but he quickly searched the man's body and took out the room card, communication headset, and a gun.

Tang Zhilu handed him a towel to clean up. Du Yanze wiped it briefly and said to Tang Zhilu, "The medicine he injected you should be a new medicine. I'm not sure how long the relief medicine will be effective."

"Go directly to the sixth floor later. There is an emergency escape raft there."

"How are you going to find Han Huai?" Tang Zhilu didn't rush to express his opinion, but just asked him this question.

"You think you can kill one person?"

Tang Zhilu quickly took out a waiter's suit from the room.

"I can help you."

Du Yanze looked at him, knowing that it was impossible to convince him, he immediately changed his clothes, lowered his head and walked out of the room with Tang Zhilu.

Du Yanze had a general idea of the terrain here and led him to the elevator smoothly.

There were two people guarding the elevator, turning their heads to watch them coming. Du Yanze took a quick look, and saw that the two did not have the Fork mark, but he still quietly touched the blade.

Tang Zhilu suddenly grabbed him and threw him behind him, then raised his chin impatiently and looked at the two people at the elevator entrance.

"Your master sent so many people here to escort me?"

"Where is Han Huai?"

Tang Zhilu started the fight first, so the people in front of him naturally didn't dare to offend him, and naturally all their attention was focused on Tang Zhilu.

To put it bluntly, they didn't believe that Fork, who had been injected with the miracle drug, would not attack Cake, and they would not even consider the possibility that Du Yanze would get out alive and join forces with Tang Zhilu.

They immediately bowed their heads and invited him in, saying calmly, "The master is already waiting for you upstairs."

Du Yanze followed Tang Zhilu all the way. Before they could react, he glanced at them again and said, "Lead the way."

Du Yanze immediately took out the card he had searched for and walked to the side to light up the screen. The two people guarding the door immediately bowed and turned around.

"No wonder Yang Zhao is so afraid of you. Does he usually speak to employees in this tone?" Du Yanze glanced around the elevator and noticed the hidden cameras. He lowered his head and followed him respectfully, but said this.

Tang Zhilu's expression remained indifferent, his brows filled with irritation, but he replied: "Now you know how special you are."

bite--

The elevator arrived and the door slowly opened, facing a hall. The guests sitting on the sofas were all wearing masks. Han Huai, who was at the front, looked over with a glass of wine in hand.

Tang Zhilu blocked Du Yanze behind him, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

"It looks like Mr. Tang has finished eating. I wonder what SDD's Hunter tastes like and how it feels."

Apparently Han Huai also introduced them to the concept of "high-quality cake", and they all looked at him with a mixture of envy and hope.

He still had the scent of Cake on him, and even the slightest aftertaste had an addictive power.

Du Yanze had already disguised himself before participating in the mission, and the smell on his body was very light. Just now in the room, all the blood he shed was smeared on Tang Zhilu.

But Du Yanze couldn't leave Tang Zhilu's side. If he distanced himself from him, Fork would immediately notice something was wrong with his nose. And they didn't have much time left.

Once they entered the room, they would be able to react after taking a look around.

"May I ask how many cakes you have encountered, and among these cakes, how many can reach this level?"

Han Huai sat in the first seat, looking at Tang Zhilu with a half-smile, then waved his hand and asked someone to bring up an unconscious man with the hand tag he had seen before tied to his wrist.

Tang Zhilu led Du Yanze into the banquet hall. Tang Zhilu sat in the front row, very close to Han Huai, which was a good opportunity to attack. But at the same time, the more people with guns on guard, the greater the possibility of his exposure.

"Previously, FA research has always been centered around Fork, but it's obviously more interesting to study Cake as food, isn't it?"

Han Huai waved his hand and asked them to cut the wrist of the person holding the card. Blood flowed out, but there was no smell.

He is an ordinary person.

"This is all thanks to one of Alekto's interns. She very naively suggested injecting a drug to turn Cake into a normal person..."

There was a burst of laughter at the right time, but Du Yanze couldn't laugh. Han Xian - the Alekto intern who was killed...

"However, thanks to her research, we have developed a potion for Cakes, which can currently allow ordinary people to temporarily turn into Cakes."

Soon someone gave him an injection, but as he was talking, the blood that flowed out gradually took on a smell.

“That’s our hope.”

Du Yanze instantly understood what Han Huai said at the beginning. He was probably not lying. However, he pretended to be Han Xian's brother and probably got the information that Han Xian had hidden before his death.

Maybe there really was a young man named Han Huai who came to Country G alone for his sister, but eventually died in a foreign country. He was also allowed to live under his identity and ruined his sister's research results.

Bang!

Suddenly, a muffled explosion sounded in the distance, and the lights in the entire hall suddenly dimmed.

Du Yanze had anticipated this. He had asked Oliver to do this before they evacuated. He immediately dodged and grabbed Han Huai.

The lights came back on quickly, but it was enough for Du Yanze to restrain Han Huai. He pressed the gun to the back of his head.

Han Huai immediately looked at Tang Zhilu in disbelief. Tang Zhilu had already followed Du Yanze at the same time.

"How is that possible! You didn't eat him?!"

At the beginning, it was just the first generation of miracles, but it was enough to make Du Yanze's father go crazy and eat his wife. He was injected with a new drug that amplified side effects.

"Now you might as well try to see if there's any bullet in his gun."

Tang Zhilu's tone was quite calm, and it was this sane calmness that made everyone confirm that Tang Zhilu had taken in enough blood and flesh, otherwise he would have gone mad and died suddenly from a rapid heart beat like Feng You.

"Don't move. You all know how fast my reaction is." Du Yanze said and stabbed Han Huai without hesitation.

"I just want to evacuate safely with Mr. Tang. Please don't force me to fight to the death."

The FA members present all knew who killed the previous leader "Barnett", and had no doubt about how ruthless Du Yanze was.

Du Yanze turned the handle of the knife to make more blood flow. Han Huai gritted his teeth and couldn't help but let out a suppressed cry of pain. He didn't seem to care at all that his only bargaining chip was killed by him in advance.

Tang Zhilu stayed by his side all the time and retreated to the emergency escape raft on the sixth floor.

"Everyone, just send them here."

Du Yanze had saved countless hostages, and although this was his first time taking hostages, he was quite skilled. He looked at the bodyguard who followed him and pretended to draw his dagger.

They all stopped immediately.

The Kronos was slowly slowing down and stopping because of the explosion.

"Tang Zhilu, turn on the safety valve. I don't need to teach you the rest."

Tang Zhilu looked at Du Yanze's profile, veins on his forehead bulged. He first turned on the safety valve. After a dull sound, there was a sound of something falling into the water. The inflatable slide was already filling up with a hissing sound.

"Hunter, next time... I will... just kill you. To avenge... my father."

Han Huai was losing blood rapidly and his face was already pale, not to mention that there was a knife stuck in his stomach.

Du Yanze saw that the inflatable ladder was ready and looked at Tang Zhilu.

"If you don't come in one minute, I will kill myself. You can bet on whether I can do it."

Tang Zhilu held the ladder and looked at Du Yanze to warn him. Du Yanze couldn't help laughing and just watched him board the life raft safely.

"If you have anything else to say, take this opportunity to say more at once."

Du Yanze pulled out the dagger, blood spurted out, and he looked at the bodyguard in the distance.

"you……"

Bang! Du Yanze shot without hesitation, understanding Han Huai.

"Forget it. I don't want to hear it."

He immediately grabbed the escape ladder and jumped down along the outer wall. The sound of gunfire followed closely behind him. Nothing could be seen clearly on the dark sea, but Du Yanze did not hesitate.

The lights were sweeping everywhere as they searched for the life raft, but Du Yanze shouted.

"Tang Zhilu!"

Then he let go and jumped. At the same time, the light shone on his body. After a few gunshots, Du Yanze fell into the cold and dark sea.

When the light shone over, only bright red bloodstains remained on the white paint of the cruise ship, and a few streaks of bright red spread across the sea surface.

"Ding - the host's health value is detected to be decreasing - please complete the blackening task as soon as possible..."

After an unknown amount of time, Du Yanze fell into a warm embrace. He forced himself to open his eyes and looked at Tang Zhilu.

“Why don’t you take Han Huai with you and throw him into the sea? It will be difficult for him to survive.”

Tang Zhilu dragged him up, felt blood on his hands, quickly took off his heavy clothes, and took out a blanket to wrap him.

The water droplets on his hair splashed onto Du Yanze's lips. With his body temperature, Du Yanze felt very at ease.

"Chen Shuang and the others evacuated on the surface, but Yang Zhao and she found a way to send a rescue boat..." Du Yanze muttered softly, not realizing that blood was constantly oozing out of his nose and lips until he was choked.

Tang Zhilu immediately held up his head to prevent him from choking. He knew that this could not possibly be caused by an injury.

"Tang Zhilu...I'm leaving...I..."

"Ding - the countdown to leaving the program begins in 30 seconds."

“What’s that sound?!”

Tang Zhilu's tears were hot and burning, and it hurt a little when they hit his cheeks.

The more Du Yanze spoke, the more blood he choked. Tang Zhilu looked at him without saying anything. He could feel the effect of the miracle drug because a large amount of blood began to slowly take effect.

Hunger and appetite instantly burned his mind and stomach, and he touched the knife on the side.

"Ten seconds... Host, please complete the darkening task as soon as possible..."

Du Yanze snatched Tang Zhilu's knife with his backhand, but he didn't expect that he could do it because he was caught off guard. Du Yanze was already riding on him, spitting blood.

He held the knife against his neck and told him not to move. Du Yanze's eyes were gentle and bright, and his black hair was soft and limp except for being wet.

He lowered his head and moved close to Tang Zhilu's lips, transferring all his blood to him, and listened to the countdown of the system.

"Don't become like Han Huai."

"five"

He smiled at last and touched his cheek like Tang Zhilu always did.

"Four"

Du Yanze wiped his neck with his backhand, and bright red blood spurted out and dripped onto his face.

"three"

Du Yanze forced himself to lie on top of him, feeling Tang Zhilu hugging him tighter and tighter. He could no longer utter any words of comfort.

"two"

"Eat...me..."

"Ding! The darkening mission has been completed. I have left the 07-01 small world. My memory is being cleansed... Error..."

Tang Zhilu hugged the gradually cooling body, which was covered in Du Yanze's blood, like the deepest nightmare. The temptation that should have been irresistible to him was like a poison that penetrated his intestines, causing him to retch continuously.

After a moment, his eyes suddenly closed, and when he opened them again, he revealed a pair of dark blue eyes.

"Tang Zhilu's" expression suddenly calmed. He gently laid the person in his arms flat on the ground, wiped the blood off his face, gently stroked his cheek, and sighed helplessly and distressedly.

"You" all kinds of emotions are gathered in this one voice.

He picked up the blanket and wrapped him in it, looking at his face which seemed to be sleeping, and touched the plain ring. A streak of blue light flashed across and disappeared into the ring.

"We'll see each other again."