Why Is This Human Stranger Than the Weirdos?

Liu Zheng looked at Three Bamboo's unclosed eyes, feeling no ripple in his heart.

The living mattered more than the dead, and more than the living dead.

"There's still so much left. Can't waste it."

He glanced at the sludge left on the ground and muttered to himself, then lay down and began rolling from side to side.

"Renhe, what are you doing?"

Six Circles stared in dumbfounded disbelief.

Was this newcomer crazy?

Or had he been contaminated by Lord Da Chuanliu too?

"You two, go bring him back."

Six Circles said to the people beside him.

Two burly technicians stepped forward in response and walked toward Liu Zheng.

"Don't move."

Liu Zheng lay on the ground and raised Cleaver at them.

Cleaver was covered in sludge, yet it did nothing to diminish its intimidating presence.

The two technicians stopped involuntarily and turned to look at Six Circles.

That blade had first shattered Six Circles's shield with one strike, then smashed Three Bamboo's head with another. It would surely be just as easy to cut down the two of them.

"Renhe, are you trying to rebel?"

Six Circles asked in a low voice.

"If you doubt someone, don't use them. If you use someone, don't doubt them. Deputy Minister Six Circles, since you agreed to let me handle this, please see it through to the end."

"Otherwise, you can choose to kill me right now."

Liu Zheng said as he smeared sludge over himself.

"You think I wouldn't dare?"

Anger flickered across Six Circles's face.

"Of course you dare, but you won't. You're a man aiming to become minister. How could you lack even this much magnanimity?"

He pulled his mouth out of the sludge, revealing a filthy smile.

"Pah! Go ahead, then. Do whatever the hell you want."

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