Drawing Aggro

Li Qing was like a tourist who got off the bus to take pictures at the tiger enclosure in the zoo, thinking that he wouldn't encounter any danger if he was a little daring, but he immediately suffered the consequences.

Fortunately, he wasn't foolish enough to just sit and wait for his death.

"Calm down, calm down!"

Li Qing shouted loudly, both to remind himself to quickly recover from this sudden turn of events and to warn Tonio in the back seat not to act rashly.

The engine was just damaged by debris from the explosion, which is both a bad thing and a good thing.

After the car came to a stop and the gravel fell to the ground, there were no other objects moving relative to it within the Meat Chunk's perception range.

Although the distance between it and Li Qing has been greatly reduced, as long as Li Qing doesn't move, the Meat Mountain won't rush towards him for the time being.

"Tonio?"

Li Qing maintained his stiff, wooden posture and turned his head with difficulty:

"Do not move!"

"Stay awake, absolutely do not move!"

"Uh-huh?"

Tonio responded as if waking from a dream.

The impact of the explosion triggered his physical injuries, causing him excruciating pain in his brain.

It wasn't until Li Qing's urgent calls rang in their ears that Tonio, and Diavolo, the true master of this body, finally recovered slightly from the nauseating dizziness:

"Ugh, my head hurts so much."

Tonio clutched his hair in agony, his bloodied body trembling slightly with pain.

"Do not move!"

Li Qing shouted at the top of his lungs:

"You can't even shake!"

"The faster you shake, the faster the Meat Mountain will move here."

"Ah?"

The pain gradually subsided, and Tonio regained some of his energy.

Gazing at the Meat Mountain that was crawling towards him at a snail's pace, his already pale face, already grim from his severe injuries, turned even darker.

"Can't I move?"

"But it... it's still coming this way!"

Even when there are no moving objects around as a target, the Meat Chunk will still move unconsciously.

Although the speed was slow, it still brought a chilling sense of oppression.

"Calm!"

"Look closely, this Meat Mountain is moving very slowly!"

Li Qing shouted again in a stern voice:

"If we don't move, it will probably take a long time for it to move in front of us."

"My companions and I arranged to meet near the Meat Mountain, and they will be here soon."

"We can have them draw the enemy's attention, and the problem will be solved."

"Oh"

Tonio responded meekly.

Diavolo, who was hiding in his mind, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When he discovered that the Meat Mountain had inexplicably moved closer to him due to the warehouse explosion, he was actually quite frightened.

Now that Li Qing has a solution, he too can save his life.

But

After realizing that his life was not in immediate danger, Diavolo immediately became more ambitious and started thinking about other things:

"The Meat Mountain will always hunt down the fastest target."

"In other words, as long as someone is faster than me, I will not be in danger."

"So."

A wicked thought gradually welled up in his mind:

If this stalemate continues, he and Li Qing can indeed safely wait for rescue.

However, encountering Li Qing and his companions while severely injured was exactly what Diavolo wanted to avoid.

"The cell phone used to contact the organization cadres is still in Li Qing's hands. If I stay here, my identity is in danger of being exposed at any time."

"Instead of sitting and waiting for luck to come your way, you might as well take a chance and give it a try."

Diavolo looked meaningfully at Li Qing through Tonio's eyes:

"Hehe."

"Baldy, you're supposed to be a 'good guy,' right?"

"If they were good people, they wouldn't just stand by and watch innocent people die, would they?"

He sneered inwardly, and a dark plan was quickly brewing.

And then...

Diavolo mentally signaled to Tonio, Tonio immediately jumped up from his seat in alarm.

He flung open the car door and, dragging his badly injured body, fled outside in a panic.

"Aaaaaaah!!"

"I don't want to just wait to die!"

Meat Mountain noticed Tonio's obvious movement and immediately quickened its pace, chasing closely behind.

The already dangerously close distance between the two sides suddenly became even closer.

"This?!"

Li Qing's eyes widened in anger.

At this moment, he really wanted to watch that idiot die alone.

But he is a man of principle.

Although the warehouse explosion was an unexpected accident, this ordinary man was ultimately in danger because of his bold actions.

Since he caused this mess, Li Qing will take full responsibility.

So, without any hesitation, he pushed open the car door and ran out right after Tonio.

"Stop!"

It didn't take long for Li Qing to subdue Tonio, who was seriously injured and still running around.

The two stopped moving again.

However, after Tonio's outburst...

The distance between the Meat Mountain and them had narrowed to an extremely dangerous level.

The disgustingly large fleshy tentacles writhed slowly in mid-air, seemingly about to smash Li Qing and Tonio into a pulp in the next second.

"Sorry."

"I was so scared."

Tonio was trembling uncontrollably.

He stared at the black, fleshy wall covered in cooled lava before him and said tremblingly:

"Big brother."

"If we stand still now, is it too late?"

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Li Qing was speechless for a moment.

Now that the distance has become so close, he no longer dares to make any guarantees.

If we continue to stand still, the Meat Mountain may get closer and closer until it becomes too late for anyone to run away.

"What should we do then?"

"We can't just stand here and wait to die."

Under Diavolo's covert manipulation, Tonio said this.

At the same time, he raised his forehead, which was covered in cold sweat, and looked pitifully at Li Qing:

It looks like he's pitifully begging for help, but he's actually implying that Li Qing should quickly sacrifice himself and act as bait to Meat Mountain away.

"I"

Li Qing hesitated for a moment.

He listened carefully to the surrounding sounds for a while before saying with a sigh and a sense of helplessness:

"I'll go and lure that Meat Mountain away."

Ha ha!

Diavolo laughed inwardly:

I knew this would happen!

You so-called good people will one day be killed by your own excessive kindness, which is like the cheap, free drinks you get with your takeout order!

Come on, come and save this innocent citizen!

Then, in excruciating pain, be devoured by that monster!

Diavolo was thinking this to himself.

Li Qing's kindness made him feel as disgusted as eating a greasy cockroach that had been roasted at 200 degrees Celsius inside a delicious pizza.

However, at this moment

Li Qing, however, pulled Diavolo —no, Tonio— up from the ground.

"What are you doing?"

Diavolo and Tonio asked in unison, flustered.

"That."

Li Qing quickly explained:

"I want you to help me draw some hatred first."

"Once you lure that Meat Chunk a little further away, I'll draw the aggro back to it—that way, we can increase the safe distance between me and the Meat Chunk."

"As long as we are far enough apart, I am confident that everyone can get out safely."

"This..." Tonio's face turned green, Diavolo's too. "But... my injury has flared up badly again, and I can't run anymore!"

"It doesn't matter."

"It's okay if you can't run anymore, I'll help you."

Li Qing smiled kindly.

Then, the next second, he hoisted Tonio onto his shoulder as if he were carrying a sack.

"Don't be afraid, it's okay if you get hurt."

"As long as you have a breath left, my friend can save you."

Li Qing offered these sincere words of comfort.

As he spoke, he grabbed Tonio's arms, spun him around twice, and threw Tonio out with a perfect hammer throw.

"Aaaaaaah!!"

A mournful wail echoed in mid-air.

In the dim light, it was impossible to tell whether the voice belonged to Tonio or Diavolo.