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Yan Zhen reeled as though struck by lightning, his massive body swaying violently within the chains. He stared fixedly at Dou Jing. "Deputy Commander... is... is this true?! You and Barton... you..."
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He clenched his teeth and looked at Dou Jing, who remained as silent as an unyielding rock.
The chains' deep-blue runes still radiated an icy glow, illuminating Dou Jing's face, smeared with blood and utterly lifeless.
Li Wuyaya struggled to raise his head, veins bulging along his neck as he roared hoarsely toward Chen Xiaojun. "Then let us die! You did right, boss! Your brother will walk that road with you! My only regret is that I didn't kill you-!!"
A deathly silence descended over the rock cave.
That roar seemed to have exhausted every last sound. Only Dou Jing's desperate breathing, coarse as broken bellows, remained, along with the cold, drawn-out hummm-hummm- of the heavy chains binding the five men as they struggled faintly. The sounds echoed through the air thick with the stench of blood, deepening the oppressive atmosphere.
Chen Xiaojun's calm gaze swept over Li Wuyaya before finally returning to Dou Jing.
"Pry your mouth open, Dou Jing? Perhaps we don't need to go to all that trouble. Your bones may be hard enough, but the 'marks' Barton left on you, and the eyes of these brothers of yours..."
An almost imperceptible curve seemed to touch his lips. "Have already told us enough."
His tone abruptly shifted. "Yan Zhen."
Yan Zhen's enormous body shuddered. He lifted his bewildered eyes and stared blankly at Chen Xiaojun.
"Your 'Deputy Commander,'" Chen Xiaojun pointed at Dou Jing, who panted with his eyes closed like an empty husk, "has nothing left to say."
"What about you? Will you stay in