Far Ahead

Tang Peng and Zhou Meina squeezed through the gap in the window, watching Lu Bai below about to be gnawed by zombies, and both of them couldn't stop sneering.

As the zombies got closer and closer to Lu Bai, they could almost imagine the scene of Lu Bai dying in the zombies' mouths the next second, which gave them a sense of vengeful pleasure.

However, Lu Bai remained very calm, as if he hadn't seen the zombies surrounding him from both sides of the road.

He slightly raised his head, his eyes calmly gazing at the couple on the fifth floor, and the gentle smile on his face didn't even change.

The fastest zombie had already rushed to Lu Bai's side, its roaring mouth smeared with minced meat, emitting a foul stench that assailed the nostrils.

But Lu Bai didn't even glance in the direction of this zombie, he simply swung his sword casually.

The reliable sharpness of the Eight-Sided Han Sword cut through the zombie like cutting melons and vegetables, splitting it in two.

From Tang Peng and Zhou Meina's perspective, they only vaguely saw a flash of sword light in Lu Bai's hand, and the terrifying zombie fell apart on the spot.

"He's actually this strong?!"

Seeing this, Tang Peng suddenly felt a pang of fear.

Zhou Meina was equally shocked by Lu Bai's performance.

She forced herself to speak through gritted teeth, "What's the use of being strong? I don't believe this kid can kill all the zombies outside."

Yes, she was right.

Regardless of whether Lu Bai had the ability or not, for now, he had no intention of killing all these zombies.

After merely dealing with the fastest zombie, Lu Bai jumped towards an outdoor air conditioning unit on the second floor of the hotel.

Under the enhancement of [Blood Rage], he felt he could now jump three to four meters high in one go.

Bang!

Lu Bai landed on the air conditioning unit on the second floor in a kneeling posture on one knee.

One of the screws fixing the air conditioning unit to the wall broke loose. Lu Bai extended his left hand and pressed down on the top of the unit to stabilize himself.

Without further delay, he pushed off the ground again, jumping towards the third floor.

From a normal person's perspective, the fifth floor was already a height that could be fatal if one fell.

But for Lu Bai, who had activated [Blood Rage], it was merely a matter of a few jumps.

"Holy crap, is that even human?!"

When Tang Peng noticed Lu Bai jumping to the second floor in two or three leaps, he already felt something was wrong.

Unfortunately, before he could react or do anything to stop it, Lu Bai had already broken through the window.

Lu Bai landed in the room, not even needing to roll to dissipate the force, and stood up directly.

He looked at the couple by the window, and the kind smile on his face carried a strange sense of deterrence in this scene.

Tang Peng was as stiff as if petrified, staring at Lu Bai with disbelief in his eyes.

They knew Lu Bai was quite capable; after all, he could kick through tempered glass with one foot.

But this act of jumping to the fifth floor in a few steps, even with various points of leverage in between, was hardly the act of a normal person, right?

Lu Bai raised the Eight-Sided Han Sword, still dripping blood, in his hand. This small movement alone was enough to scare Zhou Meina into a sobbing mess, and she tried her best to shrink back, wanting Tang Peng to shield her.

Tang Peng swallowed hard, then smoothly knelt down.

"Brother... no, bro, big brother, we were wrong... please, don't kill us!"

Bang bang bang~

Tang Peng was terrified, his forehead repeatedly hitting the wooden floor with a bang bang sound.

What filled their minds the most now was regret. They never imagined they would provoke such a monster.

Lu Bai scanned the situation in the room and, combined with the couple's reactions last night, roughly understood what was going on.

After nearly two days without food or water, any action was not surprising.

He had to admit, human nature was a very complex thing.

Compared to premeditated murder, crimes of passion generally received lighter sentences, and people could somewhat understand such judgments.

From this, it could be seen that humans themselves knew that the vast majority of people could not fully control their emotions and actions.

Lu Bai sighed and reached into his pocket, pulling out a piece of high-end chocolate and offering it: "Eat it."

Tang Peng, who had noticed Lu Bai's movement, flinched in fear. Upon seeing it was a piece of chocolate, his emotions became incredibly complex.

He couldn't tell if it was gratitude for Lu Bai's kindness in the face of their wrongdoing or relief at surviving a near-death experience, but Tang Peng's eyes gradually became red and swollen.

"Th-thank you, it was all our fault, thank you so much."

Zhou Meina tremblingly cupped her hands and took the chocolate. Seeing that Lu Bai didn't stop her, she quickly peeled off the wrapper and stuffed it into her mouth.

Seeing this, Lu Bai raised an eyebrow: "You're really eating it?"

Tang Peng: "Huh?"

As he spoke, Lu Bai decisively unholstered the Shuangying pistol hanging from his waist.

The Shuangying pistol, thankfully, did not jam.

Bang! Bang!

One person, one gun.

Although Lu Bai had never touched a real gun before, at such a close distance, it was not easy to miss.

"I understand, but if I were really an ordinary person, wouldn't I have been killed by you two?"

A simple truth, adults need to be responsible for their actions.

Lu Bai looked at the two brand-new corpses in front of him, re-holstered the brocade-shell pistol, and jumped out of the window. He needed to continue searching for prey.

"Excuse me."

Lu Bai gave a standard ninety-degree bow to a corpse with eyes wide open in death.

[Ding!]

[Points +1, Current Points: 9, Current Rank 1/173]

After leaving the Department Store, he continued to search for other deathmatch participants based on the location information released by the system.

It had to be said that after obtaining [Blood Rage], he felt that when facing other deathmatch participants, at least in terms of frontal combat, he was basically in a crushing position.

By the way, based on his near-disastrous experience in the Department Store, he played it safe and activated [Blood Rage] without hesitation whenever he encountered another deathmatch participant.

As a result, the several lone deathmatch participants Lu Bai found in succession were as weak as infants in front of him, with no power to resist.

Lu Bai put away his Eight-Sided Han Sword and stroked his chin thoughtfully.

This kind of deathmatch.

Whether it was the real-time ranking or the location information released periodically, it was clear that this so-called deathmatch encouraged the participants to kill each other.

In other words, this ranking was probably linked to the rewards after the event, otherwise, the participants' killing would be meaningless.

"I should be far ahead in terms of points, but why is my Ability Pool more advanced than other deathmatch participants?"

If it was just a guess at first, he was now almost certain of it.

Of course, for Lu Bai, this was a good thing no matter how he looked at it, but it was precisely this good thing that happened for no reason that made it difficult for him not to care.