"Is it okay to hang someone from a tree?" Li Yingmo asked, looking at his "girlfriend".
"Well, he was just unlucky to run into us. Let's go." Lian Han glanced at Xie Shi hanging upside down and that familiar face, then pulled Li Yingmo away.
Xie Shi: ...He was hanging from the tree, his body covered in sores, just watching the two of them leave.
The woods fell silent again. Suddenly, the young man chuckled, the rope binding his ankles snapped, and he performed a somersault in the air, landing smoothly.
Being too soft-hearted, these two shouldn't be involved in the brother's death. As for accidental killing—although they didn't know someone would die at the time, judging from their behavior just now, they didn't remember his face at all, so suspicion can almost be completely ruled out…
"If you don't want to gain points by hunting down competitors, then you should stay away. It's too much trouble," Li Yingmo said.
“I understand. But—” Lian Han paused for a moment, “Do you remember the person I mentioned last time who could drive away swarms of scorpions? His name is Xie Mu.”
Li Yingmo raised an eyebrow, "Just because of the name?"
Lian Han shook his head. "They look exactly alike; they're twins. But Xie Shi gives me the feeling that he's far more dangerous than Xie Mu, and he seems to be hiding something."
Li Yingmo recalled the scene at the time, "Indeed. He was subdued in one move. Even if he is a B-level expert, that's too easy."
"Stay away from them in the future," Lian Han finally commented.
"That Xie Mu—did you kill him?" Li Yingmo asked.
"How could that be? I only crippled his arms and left after making sure he was no longer a threat." She already knew that people would die during the selection process.
Li Yingmo nodded, "Let's go then. There seems to be some noise ahead."
"Hopefully they're alien beasts." Although he has three genuine alien beast companions, Lian Han shows no mercy to other alien beasts, let alone the fact that the alien beasts here are just a bunch of SkyNet data.
However, the girl gently brushed her hand across the back of her right hand. Besides not wanting to indiscriminately kill innocent people, there was another reason why she didn't kill the contestants—the living people who had personally experienced fear and disgust had a far greater impact than the dead…
More than 10,000 people participated in the second round of selection, but because it was shrouded in mystery and not a selection organized by the Federation, at most only a dozen or so were S-rank. Under these circumstances, although the pseudo-A-rank Lian Han and the pseudo-B-rank Li Yingmo could not be considered to have swept through the competition, they still managed to do so smoothly thanks to their excellent close combat skills.
With their increased burst damage and the higher the frequency of encounters with strange beasts as they ventured deeper into the forest, the two of them accumulated over 900 points each on the third night. They were expected to advance to the next selection the next morning, and if they were lucky enough to encounter predatory beasts at night, advancing that night seemed not impossible.
Lian Han accepted the roasted meat handed to him by Li Yingmo, teasingly saying, "Baby, your cooking skills are getting better and better."
Li Yingmo was getting more and more used to her affectionate way of addressing him: "Eat quickly. Then go and rest."
"No. I'll keep watch for the first half of the night. You go to sleep first, and I'll wake you up at midnight."
"Stop fooling around, okay?" The young man's expression showed disapproval.
"No. You haven't called me for two nights, so you should rest today. Don't worry, I'm not stupid. I won't call you right after midnight."
Li, the Fool, Yingmo: ...
The young man frowned, wanting to say something more, but the girl was already impatient. She pointed her greasy finger directly at his forehead and said fiercely, "Hurry up and finish eating and go to sleep. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up."
Although he didn't understand why she suddenly did this, the girl's actions were within Shui Yiyue's range, and whenever Shui Yiyue did this, her boyfriend Fan Tu would compromise, just like now.
"Yes, my queen."
"Hmph!" The girl proudly turned her head away, but didn't forget to condense a ball of water to wash the oil stains off his forehead. Water in the forest condenses much more easily than in the desert, so she could use it without restraint.
Li Yingmo chuckled. She really was outstanding. After spending these past few days together, he sometimes even felt that Lian Hanzhen was his girlfriend.
Ling Ze, who happened to witness this scene, sighed softly, "Tsk! The scent of love can be smelled everywhere."
The other person in the room looked at the "young couple" with a complicated expression and said softly, "Xiao Han will be assisting Li Yingmo in completing a certain mission recently."
"Huh?" Not understanding why he suddenly brought this up, Ling Ze was still pleasantly surprised. "General, are you finally going to tell me what kind of mission it was?"
"I can't say. But I can tell you where she is now."
Where is my sister?
Ning Jue raised her hand and tapped "Fan Tu" on the screen with her index finger. "This is the identity Li Yingmo is currently using. Where do you think your sister is?"
Ling Ze's smile froze, his gaze stiffening as he fixed it on "Shui Yiyue." His face darkened, and he immediately uttered a harsh threat, "She's only sixteen! Sixteen! That bastard Li Yingmo dares to... He'll just have to wait!"
Observing the young man's expression, General Ning offered a half-hearted three-second moment of silence for Li Yingmo, then began to lament that his road to winning back his wife was long and arduous, and that he might still have a long wait ahead...
Li Yingmo was unaware that he had been tricked by the general he admired. Soon, his smile vanished as the girl's mental fluctuations quietly entered his mind. Her colorless mental energy did not alert anyone. "Baby, something I do later might cause you some pain. Please be patient."
Li Yingmo was surprised and suspicious, but he quickly remembered the general's order to cooperate with Lian Han when necessary, and guessed that she might make a move. He nodded calmly.
Lian Han ate until she was about 80% full before finally taking action. Her colorless spiritual energy was quietly channeled to her right hand, and then she thrust it fiercely! A slight blackening appeared at the tip of the dark red blood seed. At the same time, Lian Han felt extremely thirsty, thirstier than ever before.
However, Lian Han also knew that this thirst could not be relieved by water.
An unidentifiable force emanated from her and spread outwards. A muffled groan sounded from beside her, and Lian Han looked up to see Li Yingmo's almost distorted face.
Yes, when the urge to thirst arises, it is accompanied by unparalleled pain. Unfortunately, although even Han made a pained expression, she had long since stopped feeling any pain.
Almost simultaneously, all the humans in the forest collapsed, their expressions contorted in agony. Every cell in their bodies screamed in pain, accompanied by an overwhelming, sudden thirst.
Some determined individuals managed to retrieve their spare water, but no matter how much water they poured into their mouths, they couldn't suppress their craving.
No! Not this! This isn't what he wants to drink! But what does he want to drink?
Unable to bear the pain, Yi Jun curled up in a ball on the ground. What on earth was this thing? Why did it suddenly...?
His fingernails had dug into his flesh without his noticing, and blood was dripping down. He suddenly paused, put his hand to his lips and licked it lightly. Then Yi Jun's eyes almost lit up. This was the taste!
Without even realizing it, he licked the blood off his palm!
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