Calamity Breaker

Only at that moment did everyone truly understand one thing: this was no longer the law-abiding society they used to know!

You could stir up trouble and attack me, so I could kill you myself. And no one would hold me accountable!

Especially after seeing the picture Master of Cloud Stack Cave had posted.

Heart Without Darkness had been pierced through the shoulder blade, his right arm and leg broken, and his chest caved in. He was being thrown toward the fog, his face frozen in terror.

He was still struggling for dear life in midair, but he was doomed to fail—his avatar had already gone dark!

With a blood-soaked picture, Zhu Jiusi showed everyone what kind of world Journey Survival was.

Orchid Pavilion Scholar: "@Daoist Number 323, @Mountains and Seas Affection, @Open and Aboveboard, @Filial Respect to Mother... say something! Come on, let's keep cursing!"

No one spoke.

After a long while, someone finally said something.

Rain Seeker: "I have something to say! Boss Cave Master, I just found an item. I'll trade it for food and water! Dao Discussion Card ×1"

She posted the Dao Discussion Card's details in the chat.

This was the first time most people had ever seen a Dao Discussion Card.

But instead, the chat went completely silent. Not one person even gasped.

This place actually had a tool for locating people and launching ambushes!

Was this how Master of Cloud Stack Cave had suddenly appeared on Heart Without Darkness's path and killed him?

Zhu Jiusi hadn't even reached Mountain God Temple when he received a private message.

Daoist Number 323: "Boss Cave Master, I was wrong! Someone led me astray!"

He quickly sent several screenshots of their chat. He explained in detail how Heart Without Darkness had egged him on to stir up trouble in the chat.

He even named everyone in their group.

Zhu Jiusi glanced at them, then stopped reading.

When Zhu Jiusi didn't reply, Daoist Number 323 sent over a pile of supplies after quite some time.

Metal ×75, wood ×65, stone ×80, Yellow Steamed Bun ×4

An apology? What a fool!

Zhu Jiusi sneered. Once I trade for the Dao Discussion Card and kill you, this'll all be mine anyway!

Daoist Number 323: "Picture (empty package), picture (road ahead and behind, nothing hidden). Boss Cave Master, this is everything I have. From now on, I'll hand over half of every Gourd I find as an apology. Is that all right, boss?"

His sincerity was unmistakable.

Zhu Jiusi was silent for a moment, then quietly changed his title from "Blockhead" back to "Demon."

You had to use your head when you did things. He'd almost turned down someone's goodwill.

Journey Survival had only just begun. All the Path Seekers were dirt poor.

Considering how valuable Dao Discussion Cards would be later on, going over there and taking everything now would be a losing deal.

A slow, steady stream was best.

Zhu Jiusi glanced at the Scroll and replied, "Fine!"

He accepted all the supplies without ceremony.

The guy had definitely held some things back, but probably not much. This was about the limit of what an ordinary Path Seeker could have.

At most, he'd hidden his special items.

Zhu Jiusi had noticed that everyone seemed to have found special items over the past few days.

Skateboards, Life Nourishing Pills, Dao Discussion Cards...

"Phew!"

On a narrow trail, a Flatbed Cart came to a stop. Seeing Zhu Jiusi accept the supplies, Daoist Number 323 let out a sigh of relief.

Then his eyes shifted, and he reopened the chat, sending a public message.

Daoist Number 323: "Thank you for forgiving me, boss. Heart Without Darkness led me astray earlier, and I did something wrong. Thank you for being magnanimous and not holding it against a petty man like me."

Then he posted screenshots of his chats with Heart Without Darkness, the same ones he'd sent to Zhu Jiusi.

Rain Seeker: "..."

Sparrow: "..."

The chat filled with ellipses.

Orchid Pavilion Scholar: "Suddenly, I don't even feel like cursing you anymore."

Coward!

A few private messages suddenly popped up for Zhu Jiusi.

Orchid Pavilion Scholar: "Cut the weeds and dig up the roots. Someone who's willing to grovel? Why leave him alive until next year?"

Before Zhu Jiusi could reply, someone started flooding the public chat.

Filial Respect to Mother: "Hahaha! @Me? You want me to watch a clown? You killed some trash and think you're hot stuff?"

"No one was on guard, so you used a card to sneak over and ambush him. Big deal, you killed a guy! What are you showing off for?"

"Come on! @Master of Cloud Stack Cave, come kill me. I was egged on by Heart Without Darkness, but I just can't stand you. I'm jealous of your resources. Come on! I've been wanting to make a killing!"

Reading the messages in the chat, Zhu Jiusi suddenly laughed in anger.

He didn't even go into Mountain God Temple. He replied right there.

Master of Cloud Stack Cave: "As you wish!"

He also sent Orchid Pavilion Scholar a private message: "Trouble always comes sooner or later. Let's kill this one first."

Zhu Jiusi knew Filial Respect to Mother. They went way back.

In the previous round, he'd been arrogant for quite some time, pressing District 66 until it could barely breathe.

By then, Journey Survival had been underway for more than half a year. Somehow, Filial Respect to Mother had ended up clashing with the top-ranked person in District 66.

They had a public duel, but Filial Respect to Mother killed the top-ranked player with a single move, leaving no trace of him.

Back then, everyone gave Filial Respect to Mother a wide berth.

Later, he ran into Water Monarch and was killed in a single move. That was when Zhu Jiusi learned that Filial Respect to Mother had obtained an item at the very beginning.

Once a month, he could lock onto one person. As long as that person's sex and life stats were each no more than three times his own, he could kill them with a single strike.

Unfortunately for him, Water Monarch had a Kan Talisman. Her base stats were far more than three times his.

With this much bluster... had he already gotten that item at the start?

When Water Monarch killed Filial Respect to Mother, Zhu Jiusi and Water Monarch weren't together yet, but they already knew each other. After Filial Respect to Mother died, Zhu Jiusi had seen his Scroll too.

The man used to be a debt collector for a loan shark. He wasn't a professional fighter, and his combat ability was poor.

In Water Monarch's words, he relied too much on his item. His fighting skills were a complete mess.

Now that Journey Survival had just begun, most people had sex and life stats around 6 or 7. Only soldiers on active duty might reach 8 or 9.

Even if Filial Respect to Mother was at the ordinary human limit of 10, Zhu Jiusi wasn't afraid of him.

I'll beat him to death!

Zhu Jiusi immediately tagged Rain Seeker and traded for the Dao Discussion Card in the public chat.

Locate.

Merge paths.

The surroundings along both sides of the main road shifted. The left side was still forested hills, but the right had become a jumble of jagged rocks.

A bald, fat man stood on the road, bare-chested, his body covered in rolls of fat. He held a baseball bat and sneered.

"Pig!" The moment he saw Zhu Jiusi appear, he laughed even more recklessly. His tattoos shook with his laughter.

He flipped open his Scroll and pointed it at Zhu Jiusi, then sent a message to the chat: "Come on, come on! All you dumbasses licking Master of Cloud Stack Cave's boots, take a look. What kind of thing are you licking? He's a pig. What are you, then? Piglets?"

He was livestreaming!

As soon as he sent the message, someone immediately started arguing with him.

Orchid Pavilion Scholar: "There are idiots every year, but this year there are more than ever. You really think you can beat a Wild Boar?"

What an idiot!

He had nothing but a baseball bat. Did he think he could beat a Wild Boar with human intelligence to death? Dream on!

At that moment, everyone wasn't looking down on Zhu Jiusi for being a Wild Boar. Instead, they were green with envy.

Filial Respect to Mother: "He wants to beat me?"

Still livestreaming, he grinned cruelly and tossed out a picture of his stats.

[Daoist name: Filial Respect to Mother]

[Sex: 6]

[Life: 9]

Filial Respect to Mother: "Sorry, I already killed someone who merged paths with me today and grabbed a pill to eat. Life +2."

Life could more or less be treated as physical fitness. A life stat of 9 made him a genuine powerhouse among ordinary people—at least on the level of a soldier who'd trained for years.

The people watching the livestream whispered among themselves.

Only Orchid Pavilion Scholar sneered. "Impressive?"

Then he tossed out his own stats, though he only showed one.

Life: 13

That really shocked everyone.

Was this guy... a former special forces soldier?

Zhu Jiusi saw Filial Respect to Mother's face darken. Then an unsettling grin spread across it, and he sent a message to the chat: "I only need one move to kill you!"

Orchid Pavilion Scholar: "If boasting could kill people, I'd have died eight hundred times."

Filial Respect to Mother grinned and casually tossed out the details of an item.

[Calamity Breaker: Life Hunter]

[Can instantly kill a Path Seeker whose sex and life stats are both no more than three times the user's.]

The chat fell utterly silent.