Chapter 283 Ruthless Killing
Chen Jinliang's expression changed almost imperceptibly.
He stared intently at Lu Ling, his tone displeased: "Lu Ling, I've told you before, don't believe that poacher. She has ulterior motives and is just trying to sow discord between us. But you don't seem to have taken my words to heart."
After a moment of silence, Lu Ling said, "I just want to know if everything I've done has any meaning. Have my actions saved more animals, or... have they made me an accomplice to evil?"
Chen Jinliang narrowed his eyes, a hint of murderous intent flashing within them.
Admittedly, he values and needs the deer spirit's abilities, as they would save him a lot of trouble.
However, it's not like she's indispensable.
What he needs is a pawn that is completely obedient to him.
But if this piece suddenly develops its own consciousness and begins to question him, it could potentially affect his overall strategy...
Then we should discard this useless piece.
Chen Jinliang smiled gently again. "Lu Ling, I raised you. I know you are a kind child. Come here, and I will tell you everything you want to know."
Lu Ling, unsuspecting, stepped forward and looked at him anxiously, "What is the truth... uh..."
A sudden, sharp pain shot through my heart.
She slowly lowered her head and saw the dagger stuck in her left chest.
Lu Ling looked up at Chen Jinliang in disbelief, "President..."
Blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and her face turned deathly pale.
Chen Jinliang released his grip, his tone tinged with regret: "Lu Ling, your abilities are very useful to me. I didn't originally intend to kill you."
"But why do you believe what others say?" Chen Jinliang looked at her expressionlessly. "Isn't it better to just be my pawn?"
Lu Ling fell to the ground, struggling to look up at the man who had raised her since she was a child. It seemed she had never understood him.
"So... you're really profiting from the animals?" Lu Ling asked with difficulty, stubbornly wanting an answer.
Chen Jinliang laughed loudly, his face contorted with rage, no longer displaying his usual gentleness: "Otherwise, what do you think I established this association for? For charity, perhaps?"
"Do you know how much wealth those animals have brought me? Their fur, ivory, antlers, scales, and even their flesh and blood can all be sold for money!"
"You wanted to know where those two trucks were taking the animals, right? Let me tell you, the animals in the green truck still have value; they'll be sent to a secret base to be squeezed dry of their last bit of value. As for the black truck... it'll take the animals to the slaughterhouse."
"Look how adorable these animals are! They create value for me from head to toe. How could I bear to release them back into the mountains?"
Chen Jinliang's expression grew increasingly agitated, and even his tone was filled with boundless greed.
But when he finished speaking, he noticed that Lu Ling had closed her eyes at some point.
"What a pity, she was just at the prime of her life." He shook his head regretfully and hastily threw the deer spirit's "corpse" into the back mountain.
Although there were no jackals, tigers, or leopards in the back mountains—where else could there be wild jackals, tigers, or leopards around here?—he had captured them all.
However, the ants, flies, and other insects were enough to decompose the deer spirit's corpse.
Chairman Chen believed that no one had discovered what he had done, but little did he know that it was all being recorded by aerial probes.
Qin Jiu was furious. "That scumbag! He actually killed Lu Ling!"
Chen Leying: "Lu Ling should still be alive. You and Grandpa can continue to wait here. I'll go check the back mountain."
After saying that, he used the leaves as cover and nimbly leaped towards the back of the mountain.
Chen Leying quickly arrived at the back mountain and, based on the images provided by the detector, found the deer spirit in a thicket.
Lu Ling had a dagger stuck in her chest, her face was as pale as paper, but she still had a very faint breath.
Chen Leying immediately contacted Fei Qiu and Zhang Yan: "Do you have anything that could save your life?"
Lu Ling shouldn't have died like this.
Fei Qiu also saw what had just happened and discussed with Lu Cheng, "I have a skill that can save my life. Can you do it yourself?"
Lu Cheng nodded: "No problem, you go back quickly, saving people is the priority."
The two men clung desperately to the iron bars of the cage while talking, creating a rather comical scene.
"Okay, you must be careful."
Fei Qiu immediately teleported to Chen Leying's side and used a life-saving skill on the deer spirit who was barely alive.
The release time for survival skills is very long and cannot be interrupted during this period, otherwise all efforts will be in vain.
If they fail, the cooldown period lasts up to a day, and the deer spirit simply cannot last that long.
Chen Leying knew the importance of the matter and kept watch for Fei Qiu in the vicinity.
Fortunately, this was the back mountain, and Chen Jinliang was afraid of being discovered, so he deliberately threw Lu Ling in a very secluded place, and no one came to interrupt.
Here, beads of sweat kept appearing on Fei Qiu's forehead, showing that this life-saving skill was taking a lot of his energy.
At this moment, Chen Leying received a message from Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan: "I had no means of survival, and this vehicle ended up in a slaughterhouse! [Video] What should I do next?"
This is a short video, only a few seconds long, that Zhang Yan secretly filmed.
The video shows a slaughterhouse covered in blood and animal bones, creating a very depressing atmosphere.
Chen Leying's eyes narrowed. Although she had already learned about the slaughterhouse from Chen Jinliang, seeing this scene with her own eyes still made her heart pound.
The next moment, Lu Cheng also sent a message: "[Location], I've arrived too. I'm hiding under the truck right now."
Chen Leying: "You two shouldn't alert her yet. I'll go rescue Mengmeng first, and then we'll meet up."
Both of them replied "Received".
Chen Leying turned to look at Fei Qiu: "Fei Qiu, how much longer will your treatment take?"
Fei Qiu gritted his teeth, "About five minutes."
Chen Leying: "Then I'll have Xiao Jiu come over to keep watch for you. I'll go rescue Mengmeng first. The situation is very urgent in Lucheng and Zhang Yan's area."
Fei Qiu: "No need to send Xiao Jiu over, I'm fine here."
Chen Leying didn't say anything, and her figure quickly disappeared. Qin Jiu came over and said, "You can't do without people here. We'll go help after we rescue them. Trust them."
Fei Qiu nodded and continued the treatment. After a long period of treatment, Lu Ling's face was no longer so pale, and the wound on her chest was gradually healing.
If we can hold on for just a few more minutes, we can save him from the clutches of death.
Over here, Chen Leying whispered to the old man, "Grandpa, can you find a way to distract those people? I'll go save Mengmeng first, and I'll get the mountain demon to come and help you."
The elderly man said, "Okay, saving Mengmeng is the priority."
After saying that, he climbed up a tree branch in the distance and pretended to slip accidentally.
Hearing the commotion, the crowd immediately gathered around.
Chen Leying, using the leaves as cover, walked towards the association's gate.
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