Dead Servants

At night, Jiu De Mai lay in the woods, peering through binoculars at the campsite in the distance.

It was a group of students, laughing and chatting as they held a barbecue in front of their tents.

"The Boss really values Lu Mingfei, doesn't he? He's so afraid something might happen to him that he sent us to act as his bodyguards. I feel like we're turning into his wet nurses!"

Jiu De Mai grumbled.

Ever since Lu Mingfei had inexplicably become stronger, she had kept a significant distance, maintaining Underworld Reflection the entire time to avoid being discovered.

"Can't be helped. Little White Rabbit No. 1 is a crucial part of the Boss's future plans," Su Enxi said, operating her computer to share her vision with Jiu De Mai remotely.

"I didn't expect to run into someone from Kassel College during this operation. What's the situation with that Chu Zihang?" Jiu De Mai asked.

"He's heading this way. Sanwu is over there keeping an eye on him. I expect he'll run into this group of innocent, cute students soon," Su Enxi replied after confirming Chu Zihang's status.

On the other side, Chu Zihang was communicating intelligence to the command center at Kassel College, reporting his situation every ten minutes.

He was completely unaware of the girl following him from afar. She was about 1.6 meters tall, had pale golden hair, and wore a mask, maintaining a fixed distance from him at all times.

She listened silently to the conversation between Su Enxi and Jiu De Mai.

Only when Su Enxi asked her a question would she respond with an expressionless answer.

"Tsk tsk, looks like there's going to be a good show tonight," Jiu De Mai said.

"Lu Mingfei, this is the lamb I grilled, have a taste. Lu Mingfei, these are the chicken wings I grilled, have one, Lu Mingfei."

Su Xiaoqiang kept running back and forth between the grill and Lu Mingfei.

Every time she brought food, she looked at Lu Mingfei with expectant eyes.

Finally, Lu Mingfei couldn't take it anymore.

"Stop!"

Lu Mingfei reached out to block Su Xiaoqiang's feeding attempt.

"Little Goddess," Lu Mingfei said earnestly, "I know you're a great cook, but I'm really full!"

Seeing Su Xiaoqiang looking at him with those sparkling eyes, Lu Mingfei felt a headache coming on. Every time she grilled something, she would bring it to him with that expectant look, making it impossible for him to refuse.

But he was stuffed, and he had to put a stop to it.

"If you don't want to eat, then don't! It's not like I'm forcing you! Besides, I didn't make these just for you; I just grilled too much," Su Xiaoqiang said with a haughty sniff.

"I just said I was full, not that I didn't want to eat," Lu Mingfei said, speechless.

"None of your business." Su Xiaoqiang turned her head away.

Late at night, everyone returned to their tents, preparing for late-night activities.

In the boys' tents, they were busy chatting about which girls in school were the prettiest and most charming, tirelessly compiling a ranking.

Lu Mingfei wasn't interested in this, so he stepped outside.

"Lu Mingfei, why did you come out too?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, surprised to see him.

"I felt a bit stifled inside, so I came out for some air," Lu Mingfei replied.

"Oh, I see."

"Did you know? The girls in our class were just discussing the handsome guys in school and made a ranking. Do you know what place you're in?" Su Xiaoqiang asked slyly.

"First."

Lu Mingfei answered without the slightest hesitation.

"How did you know!" Su Xiaoqiang looked amazed.

"I have great self-awareness. With this face of mine, I'd be a standout anywhere, let alone at a mere Shilan High School," Lu Mingfei said smugly.

Su Xiaoqiang looked at Lu Mingfei's face. In the firelight, his features looked warm, making her want to reach out and touch them.

This guy really wasn't wrong.

"Ah!" A girl's scream echoed from the distance.

"That's Liu Miaomiao's voice."

Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang exchanged a look and spoke simultaneously.

Could it be some kind of wild beast? Lu Mingfei wondered.

After all, this wasn't a tourist spot, and the mountain hadn't been developed.

But why would Liu Miaomiao go so far away? Regardless of what kind of beast it was, an ordinary girl would be in danger if she encountered one.

"I'm going to check it out," Lu Mingfei said to Su Xiaoqiang.

Activating Flash Step, Lu Mingfei vanished from the spot in an instant.

By now, the people in the tents had heard the noise and ran out, asking each other what had happened.

Liu Miaomiao was on the verge of a breakdown; she had just wanted to use the restroom.

But out of embarrassment, she hadn't wanted to go near the campsite, so she had wandered far away into a dense patch of woods.

She had just squatted down when she noticed a pair of golden eyes staring at her. It was too dark to see clearly, but it had to be some kind of beast.

After the scream, she hurriedly pulled up her pants and ran like a headless fly.

But before she could get far, the beast seemed to react and gave chase.

Liu Miaomiao was not running fast, and she ended up on a steep slope with no path forward unless she rolled down.

Liu Miaomiao stood with her back to the slope, watching the beast approach.

Under the moonlight, she could finally see clearly that this was no beast, but a monster standing upright covered in scales, looking like a human draped in lizard skin.

It charged toward Liu Miaomiao.

In the depths of despair, Lu Mingfei appeared out of thin air in front of Liu Miaomiao.

He stood straight and drew his blade.

A whistling sound cut through the air as a diagonal slash went from waist to shoulder, slicing the Dead Servant in two.

Sheathing his sword, Lu Mingfei fell into deep thought as he looked at the bisected corpse before him.

Liu Miaomiao stared at Lu Mingfei in shock; at this moment, he looked like a master swordsman, capable of a lethal strike with a single swing.

Lu Mingfei realized this monster was very similar to the one he had encountered when saving Su Xiaoqiang before.

Only, the previous one still looked somewhat human, while this one had lost all human semblance, and its eyes were golden.

He hadn't observed closely last time, but now it seemed these golden pupils were the same as the change his own eyes underwent after gaining his new power.

Both could turn golden, though his own appeared purer.

Furthermore, that new power had only enhanced his physical attributes; he had seen no other effects, nor had it caused him any negative impact.

However, his previous experience told him that this monster was also likely transformed from a human.

How did these people turn into such things?

"What are these things!"

"Ah!"

"Waaah!"

"I don't want to die!"

A cacophony of shouting and crying suddenly erupted from the direction of the campsite.

"Lu Mingfei!" He could also hear Su Xiaoqiang's anxious voice.

Then came a chorus of roars, identical to the sound made by the monster he had just slain.

"Damn it!" Lu Mingfei's eyes turned cold.

He hadn't expected there to be more than one of these monsters—there was a whole pack!