The sudden Shura Field struck Mo Xie as strange, but this was no time to talk about it.
"Stop playing games. You won't let a single one of us leave, will you?"
He was calm now, frighteningly calm. His voice was flat, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes as he stared Lu Nian down.
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
Lu Nian looked at Mo Xie with interest. He hadn't said a word about his plans, so how had Mo Xie known he wouldn't let anyone go?
Mo Xie didn't answer. Explaining something so obvious would only waste time.
"Hahaha!"
Lu Nian burst into laughter, wild-eyed with admiration as he looked at Mo Xie.
"Interesting. Very interesting. I know you. You're the apprentice Zhan Kong is always talking about, aren't you? He's been singing your praises for years... You really are something!"
Mo Xie ignored his laughter and kept his gaze fixed on Lu Nian.
"Actually, I'm more interested in why you're doing this than in who gets to live."
"Oh?"
Lu Nian raised an eyebrow, surprised that Mo Xie had asked him that.
After a moment's hesitation, he decided to give Mo Xie an answer.
They're all going to die anyway. Might as well let them know why.
"There's an experiment..."
Lu Nian took a drag on his cigarette and stood straight as he began to explain in an even tone.
"This experiment could change humanity's current situation and break us out of the delusions we're living under."
"How noble, doing it for the good of all humanity! But what does that have to do with students out on a training trip?"
Mo Fan couldn't bear to hear another word. He stepped forward and demanded an answer.
"Did we stumble across something filthy you're doing, so now