I've Already Become a God, and Only Now You're Telling Me There Are Monsters in This World?

Seeing this, Gu Qing took off his headphones and stood up as well.

"I feel like I've played enough too. Time to head back to school. Let's leave together."

With that, the two got up and left the internet café together.

As they left, Gu Qing deliberately glanced at the man across from them with the [Killer] label.

Seeing that he was still sitting at his computer enjoying his game, Gu Qing paid him little further attention and headed straight outside.

They walked out through the internet café's front door.

Gu Qing turned left toward school, while Zhou Yuan turned right, headed somewhere unknown.

Gu Qing reached an intersection up ahead.

He quietly waited for the light.

Suddenly.

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the man with the [Killer] label above his head striding out of the internet café, following closely behind Zhou Yuan.

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Chapter 31: A sudden transformation

The traffic light was still counting down.

Gu Qing turned his head as though nothing was wrong, keeping his eyes fixed on the man.

He couldn't tell whether the man was following Zhou Yuan or it was a coincidence.

The man followed Zhou Yuan at an unhurried pace, consistently keeping a distance of around five meters.

Zhou Yuan was completely oblivious. Still looking down at his phone, he walked briskly toward an alley on the right.

The man followed close behind, turning into the same alley.

He really is after Zhou Yuan!

His suspicions were confirmed.

Not daring to delay, Gu Qing immediately turned around and silently followed them.

Zhou Yuan was going to take him into the laboratory tomorrow. He was the key to Gu Qing acquiring new attributes.

Nothing can happen to him.

The moment Gu Qing stepped into the alley, his lightning-fast reflexes attribute kicked in, and everything before his eyes seemed to move in slow motion.

Weeds at the foot of the wall swayed gently in the wind. Distant footsteps were amplified immensely, and even the dust floating in the air was perfectly clear.

Gu Qing lightened his footsteps, hiding in the shadows like a cheetah as he stared coldly into the depths of the alley.

He would see just what this mysterious killer who had suddenly appeared intended to do to Zhou Yuan.

Several discarded cardboard boxes were piled in the alley. The walls were peeling, and the light was much dimmer than outside, making it ideal for concealment.

A dozen or so meters ahead.

Zhou Yuan was still scrolling through his phone with his head down, occasionally breaking into a grin, utterly unaware of the man closing in behind him.

Likewise, the man hadn't noticed Gu Qing following close behind him.

Gu Qing held a marble-sized stone, his fingertips gripping it tightly. His gaze remained on the killer, ready to throw at any moment.

They walked for another few minutes.

Zhou Yuan stopped in front of an old house and lowered his head to take out his keys and unlock the door.

The instant he opened it.

The man behind him lunged forward, clamped a hand firmly over his mouth, and dragged him inside.

Zhou Yuan: "???"

At the same time, Gu Qing, who was right behind the man, darted forward, clamped his hand firmly over the man's mouth, and pushed him into the house.

The man: "???"

And so.

Pressed tightly together one behind another, the three men squeezed into the cramped rental, man on top of man.

Inside the rental.

The lighting was dim, and the furnishings were simple.

At a glance, test tubes filled with liquids of every color were everywhere.

Zhou Yuan was bewildered.

I only came to this rental in my spare time to secretly conduct some human experiments my supervisor wouldn't allow. I haven't provoked anyone, so why was someone covering my mouth and taking me hostage?

And didn't my junior say he was heading back to school? How did he suddenly show up and save me?

The man was even more bewildered.

I'm one of the country's very best killers, yet someone managed to sneak up behind me and ambush me without a sound?

"Zhou Yuan, lock the door, quick!"

Gu Qing pinned the man firmly against the wall and shouted to the newly freed Zhou Yuan without looking back.

Without thinking any further, Zhou Yuan immediately stepped forward and locked the door.

Although he couldn't figure out what exactly was happening.

He could still tell who was hurting him and who was saving him.

"Do you have any rope?"

"No."

"Clothes hangers will work too."

"I have those."

Zhou Yuan nodded and rushed into the bedroom.

Just moments later, he ran out carrying a pile of metal clothes hangers and held them out to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing took the hangers, forcibly twisted them into lengths of wire, and tightly bound the man's hands and feet.

Then he found a chair and used the remaining wires to tie the man to it.

"I have a bottle of Biotoxin here that makes your whole body weak and limp, but makes you exceptionally sensitive to external stimuli. Want to give him some?"

Zhou Yuan held out a small glass bottle containing purple liquid as he asked Gu Qing.

Makes your body weak and limp?

Makes you exceptionally sensitive to external stimuli?

Are you fucking making aphrodisiacs?

Gu Qing grumbled inwardly and reached out to take the small glass bottle, his brows furrowing slightly.

"This stuff won't poison him to death, will it?"

"Don't worry. It won't kill him."

Zhou Yuan sounded utterly certain. "I've tested it on myself lots of times. Nothing happened to me."

Hearing that, Gu Qing had no further reservations.

He pulled out the stopper, squeezed the man's mouth open, and poured all the Biotoxin in the glass bottle inside.

Forced to swallow the Biotoxin, the man's taut, muscular body went limp in just a few seconds.

What kind of Biotoxin is this?

It works that fast?

It's almost as fast as surgical anesthetic...

Gu Qing was inwardly surprised. Then he looked away and asked Zhou Yuan beside him, "Do you know this man?"

"No."

Zhou Yuan shook his head.

Gu Qing didn't doubt him.

If Zhou Yuan really knew this mysterious killer, they wouldn't have gone without exchanging a word back at the internet café.

"Zhou Yuan, take off his shoes. Get ready to tickle his soles and torture some answers out of him."

"Huh?"

"Hurry up. Don't waste time."

"Oh, okay, okay."

Zhou Yuan stepped forward and removed one of the man's shoes.

Gu Qing stared into the man's eyes and asked, "Why did you attack him?"

"..."

The man pressed his lips tightly together, his face dark. He remained silent, his eyes filled with disdain.

Seeing this, Gu Qing didn't waste words on him. He simply told Zhou Yuan, "Tickle his sole."

Zhou Yuan didn't hesitate and immediately started tickling.

He wanted to know who this man was too.

And why he had attacked him.

The man's entire body stiffened. He clenched his teeth, fighting back laughter and discomfort, his features twisting together, yet he still endured it without making a sound.

"You can really take it."

Gu Qing smiled and told Zhou Yuan again, "Take off his other shoe too. Tickle both feet at once. Give him double the fun."

Zhou Yuan did as instructed, quickly removing the man's other shoe and tickling both soles at once.

This time, the man completely broke. He opened his mouth and cried out in distress, screaming nonstop.

Gu Qing feared his cries would draw passersby.

He grabbed a pack of tissues from the table and roughly stuffed it into the man's mouth to keep him from making noise.

The torment continued for nearly a minute.

Only when the man's eyes went vacant and his whole face looked as though he had nothing left to live for did Gu Qing have Zhou Yuan stop.

He removed the tissues from the man's mouth.

Gu Qing began questioning him. "Talk. Who exactly are you, and why did you attack him?"

The man panted, preferring death to talking.

Seeing how tight-lipped he was, not uttering a single word from beginning to end.

Gu Qing was out of options. He could only give up questioning him, take out his phone, and call the public security department to have professionals come handle the matter.

"Hello, I'd like to report a crime. Someone just followed and attacked a senior of mine. We've subdued him now. The location is..."

As soon as the call connected, Gu Qing explained the situation to the public security dispatcher.

While he was speaking.

The man's body suddenly began to change as he sat immobilized in the chair, tightly bound with wire.

His muscles writhed wildly, visibly swelling at a rapid pace and becoming abnormally thick, instantly stretching his clothes taut.

At the same time, the fine hair on his skin rapidly thickened and darkened, spreading up his neck to his cheeks, lending him a wilder, more ferocious appearance.