Chapter 61 Fungal Remains Frenzy 22 "I actually want to live."...
"Just chatting?" Cheng Xiuye asked.
“Just chatting,” Nanmen Jue said firmly.
"So, I misunderstood you," Cheng Xiuye said. "I thought he was so captivated by Mr. Nanmen's charm that he had already switched allegiance to him."
Nanmen Jue stared at his face, then slowly sat up. Cheng Xiuye just watched her without stopping her.
She took out a green hemostatic tool and used it on Jin Jian. Jin Jian's breathing immediately became stronger. Nanmen Jue's blood and qi surged, and he forced himself to swallow back the blood before he could spit it out.
This hemostatic tool is from the same series as the blue one I used before, but it is less effective and has fewer side effects.
The blue one vomits 100 milliliters of blood, while the green one only vomits 50 milliliters.
Cheng Xiuye watched coldly, "Sir, you are so kind. You are actually willing to use a prop to treat the enemy, and even transfer the side effects to yourself."
Based on his physical data, he could certainly sense that Nanmen Jue had swallowed a mouthful of blood.
Nanmen Jue smiled. Her skin was so pale, and there was still a trace of blood on her lips. Her smile was radiant and captivating in the darkness. "Didn't you invite me to join Ouroboros? What, after ten hours, you're going back on your word?"
Cheng Xiuye's eyes flickered. "You're thinking of changing your mind?"
The sirens grew closer. Nanmen Jue pointed outside and said, "Why don't you deal with this first, and then we can talk slowly?"
Cheng Xiuye looked outside, her gaze turning cold. Nanmen Jue suddenly realized something and said incredulously, "You don't mean to kill them all, do you? We're going to be here for more than two months. Aren't you afraid of provoking their counterattack?"
Cheng Xiuye said, "So even Nanmen Jue is afraid of this?"
“Nanmen Jue is also human, not made of steel, impervious to guns and cannons,” Nanmen Jue replied casually, his finger resting on Jin Jian’s carotid artery.
Fortunately, Jin Jian sacrificed a lot of points to improve his physical stats; otherwise, his fate would have been uncertain this time.
She felt a life slowly beating beneath her fingers, a sense of oppression swelling in her heart. She lowered her voice, "Cheng Xiuye, do you know what he said to me?"
"What did you say?"
"Then it seems you don't know." Nanmen Jue chuckled. "Just because you suspect something doesn't mean you can take the life of someone who's followed you for so long. Does the more you experience, the less human you become?"
Cheng Xiuye tilted her head, quite surprised that Nanmen Jue would ask such a question. "If someone else asked me this question, I would scoff at it, but you are Nanmen Jue. What right do you have to ask others like this?"
They killed all their fellow reincarnators and destroyed the entire reincarnation world.
This was the judgment the Supreme God had given to Nanmen Jue. Nanmen Jue had no way to defend himself and could only let this enormous accusation be dumped on his head.
Nanmen Jue scoffed.
Cheng Xiuye frowned, waved her hand, and the gun barrel, which had been slightly away, came closer again, almost poking Nanmen Jue's chin.
"Please forgive me, sir, but your reputation is too great, so we must be careful." Cheng Xiuye spoke politely, but his actions were extremely insulting. "Handcuff him."
As soon as Nanmen Jue moved, Cheng Xiuye said again, "If you don't want to have a peaceful chat with me, then you'll have to ask someone to invite your friends over to chat as well."
Nanmen Jue's movements froze in mid-air. He suddenly looked up at Cheng Xiuye, whose gaze shifted and saw that the three Ziming who had been following him were indeed gone.
She suddenly burst out laughing.
"Okay, okay, okay."
Nanmen Jue stretched out her wrist, but upon seeing Cheng Xiuye's gaze, she instinctively turned and put her hand behind her back. The cold handcuffs were fastened to her wrists, the sharp spikes digging into her flesh, and a damp liquid flowed into her palm.
Nanmen Jue's expression remained unchanged; she smiled and stared intently at Cheng Xiuye, who was getting closer.
“These are props, not ordinary handcuffs. If you want to break free, feel free to try,” Cheng Xiuye whispered in her ear.
"I can't guarantee I'll be obedient until I see the person," Nanmen Jue said with a smile. "You'd better make sure the one in front of you is alive first."
Cheng Xiuye's breath hitched, and she glanced at Jin Jian lying on the ground. "I simply can't understand what you're thinking, Nanmen Jue. Even if he really did go to surrender to you just now, you actually believed him? Not only did you believe him, but you also offered yourself up to save him. You really care about his life that much?"
He bent down and moved closer to Jin Jian, seemingly trying his best to figure out what was about this man that made Nanmen Jue value him so much.
“He is a life, isn’t that reason enough?” Nanmen Jue said.
"That's all?"
That's all.
Cheng Xiuye stared at her for a moment, then personally pulled Nanmen Jue up from the ground.
"Bring him in as well," he ordered the others.
Cheng Xiuye looked thin, but his grip was incredibly strong. His knuckles almost dug into the flesh of Nanmen Jue's arm, causing Nanmen Jue to stagger. A cold glint flashed across Cheng Xiuye's face, but when he looked over, a handsome smile appeared on his face.
“I’ll personally escort you inside,” Cheng Xiuye said, “to have a chat.”
Just as they were about to go in, they heard hurried footsteps at the door, and Hao Hong's voice rang out from outside.
"Chief Cheng Xiuye, what has happened that you need to mobilize the troops from our Furnace Base?"
The top person in charge of the Furnace Base came to inquire in person, so Cheng Xiuye had to stop. He looked back and then looked at Nanmen Jue. "This old man has never been involved in anything, but he just happened to show up at this time. Mr. Nanmen, do you have any ideas?"
Nanmen Jue said, "Perhaps you've bullied us too much, making us brandish our weapons on your own turf."
Cheng Xiuye smiled, her eyes icy cold. "They're nothing but humanoid monsters. How can they be so shameless?"
“Humanoid monsters,” Nanmen Jue repeated softly, “Is this how you see them?”
Cheng Xiuye ignored Nanmen Jue's soft voice and pulled her back. Hao Hong had already entered the courtyard under the protection of the army. Seeing Nanmen Jue being restrained, he showed a worried look.
He said in a deep voice, "What did he do to deserve being treated like a criminal?"
Cheng Xiuye looked at him in surprise, "You came here for Nanmen Jue?"
Nanmen Jue blinked gently.
Hao Hong said, "Chief Cheng, I have some history with this young man. I wonder if you could give me some face and not make things so ugly. If there is any misunderstanding, I will personally send a letter to the quarantine center to explain."
Hao Hong's intention to protect Nanmen Jue was quite clear, but Cheng Xiuye was still somewhat incredulous. He probably thought about it from all angles and never expected that the one who would ultimately cause trouble was an NPC.
Shouldn't these things stay obediently in their roles and act as background when they don't need to provide information? Why would they specifically come out to protect a reincarnator?
But that's not a problem.
When it comes to troublesome NPCs, the reincarnators share a common belief: just kill them.
Whether the base would descend into chaos after the death of the person in charge, or how many people would die in the shock, were not within his considerations.
Cheng Xiuye opened his thin lips, about to say something, when Nanmen Jue's flippant voice interrupted him.
"Even if you have half of the Furnace Base's forces, the other half is with the factory manager. Are you the one who's as tough as bronze, unafraid of having your father bombed by cannons?"
Cheng Xiuye's gaze slowly fell on her smiling profile. "You knew he would come to help you all along, which is why you rushed into my yard in such a grand manner."
Nanmen Jue smiled and tacitly agreed, "I'm popular, there's nothing I can do about it."
She appeared confident, but in reality, every nerve in her body was taut. If Cheng Xiuye truly possessed absolute confidence that she could move freely through a hail of bullets, then…
The hand gripping her arm tightened, and even with Nanmen Jue's physical strength, he managed to draw blood, demonstrating that his stats were at least as good as Nanmen Jue's.
Nanmen Jue remained silent, as if his arm was about to be twisted off.
Suddenly, the force dissipated, and she knew she had made the right bet.
Cheng Xiuye was scared.
She smiled and lowered her eyes.
However, at that moment, Cheng Xiuye raised her other hand, holding a gun, pointing it directly at Hao Hong!
“Half of the army is already in my hands. If he dies, the other half will be leaderless and will also fall into my hands, won’t they?” Cheng Xiuye said softly.
Nanmen Jue's pupils contracted sharply; she had underestimated the ruthlessness of these people!
Just before he was about to fire, Nanmen Jue decisively raised his knee and kicked him in the groin with all his might!
This even created a faint gust of wind, which was particularly clear in Cheng Xiuye's enhanced features. His eyes widened, and he immediately disregarded everything else, desperately retreating to barely avoid this fierce attack.
The next second, Nanmen Jue leaned forward, her hands bound, and she went straight for Cheng Xiuye's mouth, biting her ear.
Bang.
Cheng Xiuye fired the gun, but not at Hao Hong. Instead, she aimed it at Nanmen Jue's chest. Nanmen Jue refused to let go. Even though the clothes blocked the bullet at such close range, the force still hit her ribs. A sharp, dull pain spread in her chest. Nanmen Jue stared intently at Cheng Xiuye's face and let out a low, lewd laugh.
Shot after shot was fired, and Nanmen Jue felt the durability of her clothes gradually decreasing. Once the durability of her clothes dropped to the minimum, the next bullet would pierce her thin chest and enter her heart, but she seemed unaware, just biting her prey tightly, like a dying hyena.
Her mouth was filled with the taste of blood; the blood that Cheng Xiuye had just taken from her was now being returned to him.
Both of them were gambling, betting that the other would back down first.
In this confrontation, Cheng Xiuye was the first to give in. He let out a low gasp and pressed his elbow against Nanmen Jue's neck. Nanmen Jue exerted force with his leg and kicked him in the waist.
The tearing sound did not escape the ears of the two reincarnators. Cheng Xiuye covered her ears and staggered back a few steps, half of her face covered in blood.
Nanmen Jue also staggered backward. She spat out the ear she had bitten off, a ferocious smile in her eyes.
“Nan, Men, Jue.” Cheng Xiuye pronounced the name slowly and deliberately, his eyes blazing with fury.
The two stared at each other, their ruthless intent to devour each other's flesh and blood undisguised. Just as their fighting spirit was about to erupt, a bullet suddenly appeared out of nowhere and struck Cheng Xiuye squarely in the heart.
The two men were startled at the same time and looked up in the direction of the bullet's trajectory. Someone had climbed to the top of a tree on the courtyard wall, holding a sniper rifle.
It's actually the Red Dawn!
Shouldn't they have left already?
Nanmen Jue immediately looked around, but did not see Deng Erhuai and the others.
Hong Chenxi was clearly surprised that someone could be shot in the heart and still act as if nothing had happened. She raised her gun again, but this time Cheng Xiuye did not give her a chance.
"Attack!" he shouted. "Kill everyone here!"
He raised his hand to the red dawn on the treetops, and a violent impact came to his chest.
Nanmen Jue, like an enraged lion, slammed his shoulder into Cheng Xiuye's stomach. The blow was resolute and fierce, and Cheng Xiuye vomited up several mouthfuls of gastric juice, wiping it away with her hand.
"You are very good, Nanmen Jue."
Cheng Xiuye took off her glasses, revealing a pair of sinister eyes. "From now on, no matter what Zhou Yiming's attitude is, you're dead."
Did he hear your presumptuous words?
Although Nanmen Jue's hands were still bound behind her back, she was extremely agile. She rolled up from the ground and fought with him.
"He'll understand me. Between a newbie who wants to kill me and me, who has fought alongside him for years, what do you think he'll choose?"
Cheng Xiuye threw away the gun in her hand, and a dagger appeared in her hand. Nanmen Jue's gaze was fixed on it. The dagger was sharp and bright, and it had a water-like luster in the darkness and firelight.
I recognized them by their eyes; they were weapons that had been modified in the same way.
In the blink of an eye, Cheng Xiuye was already in front of her. Nanmen Jue bent backward, her powerful core strength causing her to bend her waist into an exaggerated arch, propelling her body backward to barely avoid the dagger that was slashing towards her face.
The blade merely grazed past, severing a lock of hair from her forehead, which then floated to the ground amidst the murderous intent.
"A fine knife!"
Nanmen Jue praised loudly, while nimbly rolling away from where he stood to avoid Cheng Xiuye's relentless pursuit.
"I also made a small knife myself. It must have taken a lot of points to upgrade it to this level. How many points did you spend? Let's exchange tips!"
She spun around and jumped back, with Cheng Xiuye in hot pursuit. After several unsuccessful attacks, Cheng Xiuye revealed a sinister sneer.
"Are you still stalling for time? Waiting for your friends with the blue and purple names?" His movement caused strands of his neatly combed slicked-back hair to fall, landing on his crazed face. "Even if they're still alive, how can you believe they'll come to help you?"
The fact that his hands were bound still affected his balance. In a duel between masters, any detail could determine the outcome. Nanmen Jue was unable to dodge in time and was stabbed in the side by a dagger.
"hiss……"
Nanmen Jue was a step too slow, narrowly dodging the dagger that was slashing towards her neck. "Ouch!"
Cheng Xiuye stood still, looking at the blood Nanmen Jue had left on his dagger. His pupils twitched visibly on his blood-stained face.
Suddenly he stuck out his tongue and licked the blood off the knife.
Nanmen Jue felt a chill run down his spine and said loudly, "Let me make this clear first, I have no interest in you!"
Cheng Xiuye laughed.
From a low, cold chuckle to a maniacal laugh, Nanmen Jue gasped for breath, his gaze fixed intently on him.
"Don't be sad. There are more people who like me than who hate me, and I haven't accepted any of them."
"Nanmen Jue!"
This shout wasn't from Cheng Xiuye. He stopped laughing, and Nanmen Jue looked at the courtyard gate with astonishment.
Deng Erhuai, Wei Chongru, Mo Gui, Guan Junren, and Lu Yunxiao all rushed in.
"How did you get here?!"
Even before Cheng Xiuye, Nanmen Jue's angry shout rang out.
"I must say, your crow is really useful. It pecked out one person's eye, otherwise the situation would have been dangerous!" Deng Erhuai shouted loudly to Nanmen Jue through the chaotic crowd.
Where is Zhang Zhi?
"Don't worry, Xiaoying has taken her to hide. Your crow is with them, and it's very clever."
Lu Yunxiao was the first to squeeze next to Nanmen Jue. Nanmen Jue could tell that although he was only a blue-named player, his movements were very professional and exquisite, and his strength was also quite remarkable.
"Brother Jue! Brother Jue, I'm here! Did you miss me?" Mo Gui's loud voice broke through the gunfire, surprisingly excited and cheerful. "Get out of my way, you stupid NPCs, you're getting in my way of finding Brother Jue!"
Lu Yunxiao had already begun to quickly figure out a way to unlock Nanmen Jue's handcuffs. "Huh... they're so hard, I can't cut them. Where's the key?"
Hearing these absurd questions and watching these people merge into the battlefield and approach her, Nanmen Jue was unsure how to react. Once her disguise was gone, her expression could be described as indifferent.
Cheng Xiuye asked, "You killed all three of them?"
"No, I only killed one, the other two escaped." Lu Yunxiao peeked out from behind Nanmen Jue and answered honestly.
Who escaped?
“If I tell you, they’re doomed,” Lu Yunxiao said. “They’ve already escaped, so there’s no point in chasing them.”
Cheng Xiuye said cryptically, "Nanmen Jue, your people are just as strange as you. You save NPCs, and they release the enemy."
Nanmen Jue opened her mouth, as if to say that this was not her person, but then closed her mouth and silently looked at him.
Cheng Xiuye's ear was still bleeding. He stuck out his tongue and licked the blood that had dripped to his mouth, saying, "I saw what you meant in your eyes. You don't want anyone to know they are your people, so you want to kill me so you don't even need to explain, right?"
Nanmen Jue remained silent.
Cheng Xiuye laughed again, "You think you can kill me just because you have a few more people?"
Unable to unlock Nanmen Jue's handcuffs, Lu Yunxiao stepped forward, adopted a fighting stance, and said seriously, "Even if we can't beat him, we should at least try. What if we succeed?"
"Step back, leave," Nanmen Jue said without turning his head.
Lu Yunxiao was taken aback. "Are you talking to me?"
"I'm speaking to all of you." Nanmen Jue's voice held a hint of suppressed emotion. "Didn't I tell Xiao Nuo to tell you to leave quickly and not look back? What are you doing?"
Lu Yunxiao simply didn't know how to answer: "We'll help you."
"I don't need it." Nanmen Jue shoved him aside with his shoulder, his jaw taut into a sharp line. "Go!"
"South Gate," Lu Yunxiao said helplessly, "Even if you're very strong, don't you still need help? Or do you not trust us and think we're going to join forces to kill you?"
"It has nothing to do with any of that. I told you to leave now!" Nanmen Jue suddenly shouted. She caught a glimpse of the strange smile on Cheng Xiuye's lips, gritted her teeth, and stepped aside to shield Lu Yunxiao with her own body!
Anyway, her clothes haven't run out of durability yet, so no matter if Cheng Xiuye uses a gun or a prop, she can at least hold her off.
However, Cheng Xiuye's target was not Lu Yunxiao, nor any of the reincarnators present.
In the darkness, a flash of light appeared in Cheng Xiuye's hand as he threw the dagger, its target being—
Nanmen Jue realized it, but at this moment she was no match for the dagger. She could only watch helplessly as it traced a straight path and plunged straight into Hong Chenxi's heart!
Hong Chenxi groaned and fell headfirst from the treetop.
"No!"
Nanmen Jue ran towards the scene, but it was too late. Just as Hong Chenxi was about to fall to the ground and break her neck, a tall figure flashed by, and Mo Gui caught the falling Hong Chenxi.
Nanmen Jue arrived in the next second. She knelt down in advance and slid to Hong Chenxi's side on her knees. Without thinking, she tore off the last remaining blue hemostatic talisman with her mouth and stuck it on Hong Chenxi's chest. Then she pressed her face against Hong Chenxi's carotid artery to feel her pulse.
"Red Dawn, don't sleep, hold on, I'll save you, don't sleep!"
Lu Yunxiao and the others also rushed over. When they saw Nanmen Jue pressing his face against Hong Chenxi, they all showed a mixture of shock and disbelief.
Cheng Xiuye stood not far away, watching them with great interest.
“Nanmen Jue, you look much better when you're in pain and distress than when you're smiling,” he said.
Nanmen Jue had no time to pay attention to him, carefully sensing Hong Chenxi's pulse.
The knife plunged into Hong Chenxi's heart, severing her heart meridian. Simply stopping the bleeding was useless; unless there was a more advanced, life-saving artifact, even a god couldn't save her.
Nanmen Jue suddenly raised his head and looked at the others, "Does anyone have any tools that can save her? Give them to me, I'm willing... um!"
The side effects of the hemostatic talisman, coupled with her recklessly mentioning the item in front of the indigenous people, brought punishment upon Nanmen Jue. She coughed up a mouthful of blood and doubled over in pain.
"Brother Jue!"
Mo Gui frantically helped her up and looked at the others, "Brother Jue is asking you a question, did any of you do anything?"
The others exchanged bewildered glances. Putting aside whether they possessed such advanced items, Hong Chenxi was merely an indigenous person. Who would use such a vital life-saving item on an indigenous person? They couldn't understand Nanmen Jue's sacrifice at this moment.
“Nanmen, give up,” Deng Erhuai said softly. “She’s just a…”
Her words ended when Nanmen Jue raised his eyes. The corners of his eyes were crimson, but there was no trace of charm in them. Instead, they contained disappointment and resentment, creating a shocking impact.
Hong Chenxi coughed up stagnant blood, her lips parting as she murmured, "South, South Gate..."
Nanmen Jue immediately leaned down and put his ear to her lips, "I'm here."
"I'm sorry." Hong Chenxi's first words were an apology. She coughed a few times and said with difficulty, "I didn't mean to... I was hit, I didn't mean to affect you..."
Nanmen Jue was stunned. Her heart trembled violently. She slowly looked into the woman's beautiful eyes, which had been filled with the gray of death—a gray she had seen many times before.
The same grayness appeared in Zhang Chuxi's eyes, in Wu Qing's eyes, and in Zhao Huai Ren's eyes.
"What are you talking about?" Her voice was incredibly soft. "You helped me. I didn't know you were such a good shot. You're just like a friend of mine."
“Is that so?” Hong Chenxi said. “Then I’m so happy.”
Her unfocused pupils were fixed on Nanmen Jue's direction, and she smiled, her face covered in blood, as if she were crying.
"What a pity, I actually really wanted to... live on."
Hong Chenxi reached out her hand to Nanmen Jue, but Nanmen Jue had no hand to grasp it back. He could only bring his face close to hers, but before he could touch her skin, Hong Chenxi's arm fell to the ground and remained motionless.
Nanmen Jue remained in a forward-leaning posture, while the others held their breath, not daring to make a sound.
However, if they don't say it, someone else will.
The sound of applause approached, and Cheng Xiuye walked closer with a smile.
Except for Nanmen Jue, everyone else looked up warily. Cheng Xiuye ignored them and just stared at Nanmen Jue's face, which was lowered and covered by his hair.
"This is truly beyond my expectations, Nanmen Jue. I never thought that causing you pain would be such an easy thing." His voice trembled with almost excited excitement, because he had found Nanmen Jue's weakness so quickly.
"I see it now. No matter who you are, you just can't stand seeing anyone die because of you. Am I right?"
A soft, yet menacing laugh escaped from beneath her lowered hair, brimming with sarcasm.
The sound rang out, and Cheng Xiuye's eyes paused, revealing a look of astonishment.
Nanmen Jue knelt on the ground, her body arched like a fully drawn bow, the surging aura showing how much strength she was using.
"This is impossible!" Cheng Xiuye blurted out, "Even Jin Ming could..."
Before he could finish speaking, Nanmen Jue broke free of the handcuffs binding her.
Nanmen Jue raised his wrist, which was almost exposed by the bone, threw the broken handcuffs at Cheng Xiuye's feet, and stood up.
"Cheng Xiuye, just stand there. And don't run away."
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