Outlaw

"I think the three of them saw me escape alive, so they fled out of guilt. That's why you couldn't find them, right? I think you should put out warrants for those three and bring them to justice, instead of pinning the blame on me!"

Chen Wen fell silent. Lu Ren's words made him feel that this was tricky. The other man was very calm and refused to take the bait in the interrogation Chen Wen had set up.

He enunciated every word. "You've killed someone!"

Lu Ren raised a brow. "What makes you say that?"

Don't tell me he can actually see something like killing intent.

Chen Wen's gaze felt somewhat piercing to Lu Ren. "When you were lying on the ground after leaving the tunnel, your eyes still carried killing intent!"

Lu Ren was speechless. Was this "killing intent" an adjective or a figure of speech?

Come to think of it, for some reason, he was extraordinarily calm right now. He did not have the usual panic of an ordinary person facing trouble. Instead, he had an inexplicable composure.

Was it the confidence the system gave him?

Even now, he had not taken a close look at the three attribute points the system had rewarded him with.

Lu Ren put on a look of surprise. "I didn't expect Officer Chen to believe in something like killing intent. Have you been reading too many novels?"

Lu Ren placed especially heavy emphasis on the words "Officer Chen," making the sarcasm blatant. This was not the time to talk about personal feelings. If he let even the slightest thing slip, he would likely end up in deep trouble. This whole matter was a complete mess!

Chen Wen did not get angry in the slightest at Lu Ren's words. He asked, "You said that the three of them suddenly turned on you and attacked you in the tunnel. Why?"

System: "Ding. Chen Wen has once again used Fishing Technique, attempting to lure you in while subtly expressing goodwill toward you."

Goodwill my ass! Lu Ren had no desire to pay attention to the System Prompt Sound in his head. It was so damn stupid!

Chen Wen's question immediately brought back terrible memories for Lu Ren. Once those three had entered that Silent Slaughter world and been possessed by something strange, they had completely turned into maniacs!

Chen Wen precisely caught the flicker of anger that crossed Lu Ren's face. Though the emotion vanished in an instant, Chen Wen was certain that a major conflict had occurred then.

Lu Ren said seriously, "Maybe I looked delicious, and the three of them wanted to eat me."

"Lu Ren!" The female officer beside him shouted sharply. "Watch your words and conduct, or we will prosecute you for obstructing official duties!"

System: "You have successfully caught the attention of a foolish young policewoman who has just joined the force and is filled with righteous conviction. She will remember you for the rest of her life. Current favorability: -50."

Lu Ren raised a hand to his chest, signaling that she had misunderstood. "Officer, please don't get too worked up. If I suddenly have a heart attack, you won't be able to bear the responsibility!"

"You..."

"Song Jingxian! Don't bring your emotions into your work!"

Chen Wen shouted, and only then did Song Jingxian reluctantly close her mouth. Her eyes were wide as she glared fiercely at Lu Ren. Lu Ren's attitude just now had been completely perfunctory. If they had been anywhere else, she would definitely have taught him a lesson.

After a round of questioning, Lu Ren stubbornly maintained that he was the victim. If he was a murderer, then they could find the bodies. More importantly, the car contained only Lu Ren's bloodstains, and there were no signs of a struggle.

Under such circumstances, Chen Wen and Song Jingxian could only temporarily give up.

"We will definitely gather enough evidence to send you to court for trial!"

Song Jingxian left behind those words bitterly.

Watching the two leave, along with the officer standing guard outside the hospital room, Lu Ren let out a helpless sigh.

He was clearly the victim, so how had he become the murderer?

They had agreed to help each other, brave the hardships together, and die together.

Then, in the blink of an eye, they had turned into a fused monster and tried to eat him.

Seriously...

Lu Ren gathered himself and silently called out in his heart.

"Character Panel."

Name: Lu Ren (Hungry, Minor Injuries, Mentally Weak)

Mind: 5 (Proficiency 19/100)

Constitution: 5 (Proficiency 12/100)

Strength: 5 (Proficiency 42/100)

Agility: 5 (Proficiency 6/100)

Skills: None

Freely Allocatable Attribute Points: 3

Freely allocatable attribute points?

Seeing the additional freely allocatable attribute points on the Character Panel, he rubbed his hands excitedly. Did this count as a game mechanic? And those wisps of fortune he had supposedly obtained seemed to be the key to gaining attribute points.

Seeing the words indicating that the Silent Killing Forest World instance event had been completed, Lu Ren quickly reacted, his expression turning grave.

According to the system's prompts, he seemed to have been dragged into some sort of instance event with temporal and spatial properties. Moreover, judging from the environment in which he had survived for those few days, everything had seemed frozen, as if no living creatures existed at all.

He wondered whether the world beyond the cliff really existed.

And what exactly did Hyperdimensional Perception mean?

After letting his thoughts run wild for a while and finding no clues whatsoever, Lu Ren could not help sighing heavily.

Ding. Because you have breathed continuously for many years, you seem to have gained a faint understanding of the function of breathing.

You could gain insight from breathing?!

Looking at the system prompt in his mind, Lu Ren's expression turned strange. Yet when he took another breath, it felt much smoother than before, and the stifling feeling in his chest immediately eased by more than half.

His previously gloomy spirits lifted.

Not bad.

Lu Ren approved of this.

That left three free attribute points to allocate.

Where should he put them?

Based on the data panel, Mind determined a person's learning ability and comprehension, as well as mental resistance and resilience. It might even enhance certain mysterious powers. Constitution determined vitality, recovery, and resistance to damage. Strength directly increased damage and physical power, while Agility increased attack speed, running speed, flexibility, and so on.

Lu Ren thought it over, then ultimately decided to allocate all three free attribute points to Mind. Constitution, Strength, and Agility could all be raised through high-intensity training, but Mind would be much harder to improve.

With a thought, he tentatively added one freely allocatable attribute point to Mind.

In an instant, Lu Ren felt threads of coolness spread from his head throughout his brain, as though he were submerged in some strange liquid.

His thoughts immediately became much clearer. Things he had not understood before were swiftly sorted out at that moment.

Excellent!

Lu Ren no longer hesitated and added the remaining two points to Mind as well.

Name: Lu Ren (Hungry, Minor Injuries, Mentally Weak)

Mind: 8 (Proficiency 19/1810)

Constitution: 5 (Proficiency 12/100)

Strength: 5 (Proficiency 42/100)

Agility: 5 (Proficiency 6/100)

Skills: None

Freely Allocatable Attribute Points: 0

Lu Ren closed his eyes, feeling how unusually active his mind had become. It had once felt as if a veil covered it, but now, under the nourishment of wave after wave of cool energy, that veil seemed to have been lifted. Countless flashes of inspiration flickered through his mind, and problems that had once seemed difficult could now be solved with ease.

Perfect!

Feeling increasingly confident, he looked at the wounds wrapped all over his body. He carefully got out of bed, went to the restroom to take care of his personal needs, then slowly made his way to the windowsill and looked at the bright, sunny weather outside.

Shu Capital rarely had weather like this during this season. Usually, it was overcast, cold, and damp.

Lu Ren had only just woken up before Chen Wen and Song Jingxian interrogated him. Not only that, but thinking of the families behind Luo Zixuan, Wang Gang, and the others coming to cause trouble later made him furrow his brow tightly.

There were too many frustrating problems.

How was he supposed to break this deadlock?