Shadow of the Deep Space
Chapter 18

Waste Material

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"Hey, hey, are you three done talking? Do you really think we're invisible?"

Wang Qiang spat out his cigarette butt and pointed the wooden stick in his hand at Su Ming.

"Let's go together!"

Su Ming took a deep breath and charged at Wang Qiang.

Minke and Chen Tong followed without hesitation.

"You're asking for death!"

Wang Qiang charged forward with his lackeys.

A thug swung a stick at Chen Tong. Chen Tong dodged to the right and then punched the thug in the nose.

However, in the next second, he took a hit to the waist.

The intense pain made Chen Tong grit his teeth. He endured the pain, turned, and kicked the thug who attacked him.

But in the next second, two sticks hit his back.

Chen Tong fell directly to the ground, looking as if he had seen a ghost. He couldn't understand why it felt like everyone was ganging up on him.

So Chen Tong looked up and glanced at Su Ming and Minke.

He found that both of them were already on the ground, being beaten by a crowd.

"Damn it!"

More than ten minutes later, Su Ming, Minke, and Chen Tong sat leaning against the wall of a building along the street.

All three were bruised and swollen, looking as pathetic as could be.

"Su Ming, are you okay?"

Minke asked, enduring the pain in his body.

"I'm fine. I'm fat, with lots of fat, so I can take a beating."

Su Ming replied with a wry smile.

"You two are truly useless. You don't even know how to fight. If you had held on a little longer, I could have at least taken down a few guys."

Chen Tong complained angrily.

"We're good students. We rarely fight because fighting is wrong."

Minke replied after a moment's hesitation.

"Wrong, my foot."

Chen Tong was almost amused to death by Minke.

Su Ming looked helpless. It wasn't that he wasn't strong enough, but this body was just too weak.

During the fight, Su Ming clearly saw the stick coming down. He reacted to dodge immediately, but his body couldn't move fast enough. His movements were like a turtle's.

And his fists were chubby and fair, landing on the opponent with a soft thud, like a massage. They had no force at all, and instead, his own hands hurt terribly.

Although he had started controlling his diet and exercising, it wasn't something that could change in a day or two.

"Forget it, I must have been out of my mind to argue with you. I shouldn't have trusted you."

Chen Tong said weakly.

"Don't be angry. We dragged you down this time. By the way, Su Ming, why did those people block you? Who did you offend?"

Minke asked Su Ming, confused.

Before Su Ming could speak, Chen Tong said irritably.

"The guy leading them is called Wang Qiang. He's a notorious thug leader around here. Besides Zhang Tai, who else could it be?"

"This is too much! I'm going to report him."

Minke said angrily when he heard that Zhang Tai had hired people.

Su Ming was more pragmatic. He forced himself to stand up and said, "It's useless. We were beaten outside the school, and we have no evidence. We can't do anything to him. Let's go to a nearby hospital. I'll pay for the medical expenses."

"Okay."

Minke also stood up.

Chen Tong gazed at Su Ming, feeling as if Su Ming had become a different person.

If it were the old Su Ming, he would have been scared to pee upon seeing the people blocking him and wouldn't have resisted at all. Although the outcome was the same – being severely beaten – the impression he gave was different.

At this moment, Su Ming turned to look at Chen Tong. Seeing that he hadn't stood up, he thought the guy was crippled and reached out a hand to him.

Chen Tong snorted and took Su Ming's hand to stand up.

The three walked forward in a sorry state.

Late at night.

Mient Junior Academy, Dormitory Building 1, Room 316.

A tall guy with a face full of acne scars walked out of the bathroom holding a stainless steel basin full of clothes.

"Zhou Kang, it's so late, and you're still going to do laundry? What will you wear tomorrow if it doesn't dry?"

A bespectacled man in the dorm asked.

"It doesn't matter. Teacher Tang is stimulated, and he probably won't recover anytime soon. We'll likely have self-study tomorrow, so it doesn't matter what I wear."

Zhou Kang carelessly walked out of the dorm, humming a tune as he headed down the corridor towards the stairs, intending to go to the laundry room on the first floor.

Just then, behind him, a pair of dark red eyes lit up, and a dark red vision stared fixedly at Zhou Kang.

The next second, the figure stuck to the ground, charging at Zhou Kang with extreme speed.

Zhou Kang walked forward, humming a tune. However, just as the figure was about to get close from behind, he instinctively felt something rushing towards him, so he jumped.

Suddenly, a deformed rat covered in black bumps darted out from under Zhou Kang's feet.

Zhou Kang was startled, and after landing, he fearfully grabbed the basin and smashed it hard onto the deformed rat.

Bang~

The huge commotion echoed throughout the entire dorm building.

"Damn it, are you crazy! What time is it!"

Curses came from various rooms.

Zhou Kang couldn't bother with the curses at this moment. He nervously lifted the deformed basin from the bottom, wanting to see if the disgusting rat was dead.

The flattened deformed rat immediately got up and, with extreme speed, scurried onto Zhou Kang.

Zhou Kang, terrified, reached out and grabbed the deformed rat.

At this moment, the rat also opened its mouth and bit his hand, and a large amount of black cells infiltrated his skin.

"Ah!"

A piercing scream immediately echoed throughout the entire dorm building.

On the stairs, Su Ming and the other two, having finished treating their injuries, were climbing up with tired steps. They had just spent half the day at the hospital dealing with their wounds.

As they were about to reach the third floor, they suddenly heard the piercing scream, and were startled, rushing forward immediately.

When they reached the third-floor corridor, they saw Zhou Kang standing alone in the corridor, his head bowed.

"What happened?"

At this moment, students also rushed out of their dorm rooms.

They saw Zhou Kang standing there blankly, and a few students walked up to ask him.

"Zhou Kang?"

At this moment, Zhou Kang suddenly raised his head. His face had become extremely ferocious, with protruding black stripes all over it, and his eyes had turned dark red.

Su Ming's pupils constricted sharply, and he shouted to the confused students.

"Stay away from Zhou Kang!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. Zhou Kang directly turned and grabbed a classmate, opening his mouth and biting the carotid artery in his neck.

"Ah~"

Accompanied by splashing blood, the classmate let out a scream.

"Run!"

The surrounding students fled in terror.

Chen Tong saw this and immediately charged forward, kicking Zhou Kang.

Zhou Kang was kicked to the ground, but he got up the next second.

Just as Chen Tong was about to swing his fist.

Su Ming directly stepped forward, grabbed Chen Tong by the back of his collar, pulled him back, and retreated.

"What are you doing?"

Chen Tong roared angrily.

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