Speaking Brazen Lies

After hearing Xue Dong out, Yang Xuan asked in confusion, "With his abilities, shouldn't he have been able to wipe out those bats easily?"

Although he had looked somewhat relaxed just now, that did not change the fact that he had some real strength. Otherwise, he would not have been able to keep so many espers under him in line.

"Probably to keep everyone else in check, making them easier for him to control," Su Ze said as he took off his glasses, breathed on the lenses, and wiped them clean.

Only after the lenses were clear and bright again did he put them back on.

Xue Dong wiped his face and nodded. "That was what I thought too."

"Liu Qun ordered his men to gather all the gasoline outside the gas station and store it in his room."

"However, after I got here, I also learned something else."

"Apparently, when Liu Qun and his people went to the parking lot to gather supplies, they accidentally discovered several fuel tankers that had not yet been unloaded."

"That discovery stirred up their greed, but it also sparked fierce arguments and quarrels."

"No one expected that their argument would alert the Mutant Bats that suddenly appeared in the parking lot."

"After that, many of them died. They only managed to escape after paying a terrible price."

Xue Dong clenched his fists. His gaze fixed on where the iron cage had once stood, as if he could see certain scenes through the empty air. His voice carried a trace of grief and indignation. "After that, for some reason, Liu Qun actually managed to advance to Tier Two."

"By making an example out of someone, he made sure no one dared to argue with him again."

"In the end, no one knew what he was thinking. He neither brought out the fuel tankers in the parking lot nor dealt with those Mutant Bats."

"Perhaps what happened before made him stop trusting anyone. He might have felt that leaving those precious resources there was safer. With Mutant Bats there, others lacked the strength and feared death, so they simply did not dare set foot there lightly."

"Later, when my sister and I appeared, he inadvertently discovered the convenience of contracts. From then on, he became uncontrollable, crazily amassing people and wealth while greatly satisfying his desire to control his subordinates."

Everyone knew Liu Qun's selfish actions might bring even greater danger to them all, but in order to seek his protection, not a single person dared to say it aloud.

What other reason could there be? He must have stumbled into some dumb luck and obtained a Mutant Bat's Crystal Core!

That guy was really something else. He probably read too many novels and swallowed the Crystal Core without even thinking about it. Yet by some freak coincidence, he actually managed to enhance his esper ability.

What a pity. He still failed to escape fate and turned into a zombie. Heh, he brought it on himself!

Shen Mo said, "...Tsk, tsk, tsk. I can tell from your tone that you must have suffered quite a bit under him. But luckily, you already avenged yourself and your sister just now. At least you got that anger out."

Shen Mo brazenly lied with practiced ease, never mentioning that he had been the one to deliver the first slash.

"No, I..." Xue Dong obviously knew Liu Qun had not been killed by him. At most, he had merely finished him off. But before he could finish speaking, Shen Mo cut him off without mercy.

"Alright, alright, stop talking. We couldn't beat Liu Qun because he was a Tier-Two Esper, but while there are many Mutant Bats above us, they're all ordinary mutated beasts."

"We should hurry and seize this chance to run. There are no more cries for help from above. They might all be dead."

"Let's sneak out while they're busy eating other people."

After listening carefully to the sounds above, Leng Shiyi was the first to head out. "Follow me quickly. Keep your defenses up at all times and prepare to retreat!"