Chapter 736: Faces of the Living Beings
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The crisis changed people’s att.i.tude. Zhang Yanfeng suddenly went quiet, while w.a.n.g Yan and her husband were having a heated argument because her husband had actually abandoned her during the escape. Only Lu Shu was calm as usual.
Their marriage seemed perfect in the past. But no one would have expected that a caring man, who had carried a pack of rice for making porridge even during the walking expedition, would leave his wife behind when her life was in danger. w.a.n.g Yan found the contrast hard to accept. She yelled, “All men are devils!”
Meanwhile, w.a.n.g Zhe was still immersed in his inflated ego…
The team settled down where they were. It was a relatively safe campsite as wolf packs would not enter the territory of the Cla.s.s E giant bear. The smell of the bear’s feces was enough as deterrence.
As Zhang Yanfeng set up the tent, he spoke to Lu Shu softly, “Thank you. I will pay back your favor.”
As the saying went, people’s true nature would be exposed in a crisis. Never had Zhang Yanfeng expected that the seemingly invisible young man would defend him at that critical moment. Moreover, the man’s strength was incredible, and he remained calm while others had a fit of nerves for survival. Thus, Zhang Yanfeng had deduced that this young man was a powerful figure in disguise.
In fact, he had the best view of what happened at that time. He clearly saw Lu Shu trip w.a.n.g Zhe seemingly unintentionally, and then dragged him downhill.
w.a.n.g Zhe was an expert whom he had taken great effort to find. Despite his Cla.s.s D abilities, he showed his undisguised cowardliness and tried to abandon the entire team.
In the magical era, many rose to glory, and many fell from it too. Zhang Yanfeng belonged to the latter.
He used to be a wolf-slaughterer, but wild creatures following Spirit Qi regeneration were way stronger than humans. Thus, as the team leader, he had no choice but to seek more powerful secret pract.i.tioners.
Lu Shu looked at him with a smile. “There’s no need to thank me.”
Zhang Yanfeng looked down. “I have to…”
Lu Shu interrupted him, “I mean, it’s useless to say those things. Where’s my gold bar…”
“From Zhang Yanfeng’s distress, +666!”
Zhang Yanfeng dug out the gold bar from the inside of his wide leather belt and stuffed it in Lu Shu’s waiting hands. Lu Shu grinned. “There is neither fairness nor justice in this world. You are the only one you can depend on.”
At nightfall, the campsite was all set up. This time, Zhang Yanfeng did not set up the fis.h.i.+ng net, as it would prove useless in this situation.
w.a.n.g Yan was still arguing with her husband regarding their divorce. But Lu Shu thought it would be an unwise idea because all her food supply was still with her husband. She should at least claim it back before talking about divorce!
That day, Zhang Yanfeng did not talk to w.a.n.g Zhe. Instead, he sat beside Lu Shu. At this moment, w.a.n.g Yan walked towards them, looking embarra.s.sed. “Can you lend me some food?”
Lu Shu shook his head and replied, “All the food has gone bad.”
“Fruits then,” said w.a.n.g Yan, “I have money.”
Lu Shu shook his head again. “Fruits too.”
“Why has everything gone bad?” w.a.n.g Yan asked, about to cry.
After a short pause, Lu Shu replied, “It’s because all men are devils, I suppose.”
“From w.a.n.g Yan’s distress, +666!”
Zhang Yanfeng was dumbstruck, his jaw dropped. Now he realized how mean this young man was!
At this instant, at the end of the undulating sand hills, brightness shone from the dark horizon of the Kunlun Mountains. Yet, the light was blue, like a blue fire.
Everyone stood up and gazed towards the direction of Death Valley. Stunned, Zhang Yanfeng murmured, “It’s Death Valley! The Gate of h.e.l.l is open!”
Lu Shu’s expression was stern and serious. As expected, there was something strange about Death Valley, which explained the retreat order from the Heavenly Network.
However, w.a.n.g Zhe shouted excitedly, “To h.e.l.l with the Gate of h.e.l.l! Why aren’t we seeing any monsters if it really is? It’s the birth of the Treasure of Heaven and Earth!”
His ego had inflated after killing the bear. Thus, he had chosen this route to try his luck in the Kunlun Mountains. As the first Holy Mountain of ancient mythology, the mountain range harbored countless mysteries.
It was almost certain that the treasure of the G.o.ds was inside the Kunlun Mountains if it really existed!
w.a.n.g Zhe packed up his tent and backpack. w.a.n.g Yan asked nervously, “What are you doing?”
“I’m entering the mountains before sunrise!” replied w.a.n.g Zhe, barely concealing his excitement.
“Then what about us?” someone asked. They would not be able to defeat a wolf pack on this land ridden with mutated wild animals.
w.a.n.g Zhe let out a cold laugh. “I don’t care. The wolves can catch you, not me.”
Then, he strode towards the Death Valley. He was confident that he would have outrun the giant bear earlier in the afternoon had he not been tripped. Hence, he decided to keep these people here in case they would compete for the Treasure of G.o.ds with him in the future.
Lu Shu did not stop him. According to the reliable information from the Heavenly Network, even Cla.s.s C’s had vanished in the Valley mysteriously, let alone a Cla.s.s D secret pract.i.tioner like him.
Gazing at w.a.n.g Zhe’s receding figure, Zhang Yanfeng asked Lu Shu, “So what now?”
“I will walk further inside. You can choose whether to stay or leave,” Lu Shu said. He had decided to reveal his true self. “Don’t worry. I will come back once I have a look at Death Valley. So you all can wait here until I return.”
Meanwhile, the rest had also noticed that Zhang Yanfeng was asking this unpopular boy for advice. And there was a certain strength in his words.
“I’m going with you,” Zhang Yanfeng said firmly, “I will be of some help, though I’m not a Pract.i.tioner.”
“Payment?” Lu Shu asked.
Zhang Yanfeng hesitated. “… No need.”
He did not want the boy to leave directly without him if he asked for money. What the…
w.a.n.g Yan suddenly asked, “You said you are not a Pract.i.tioner. Isn’t he the same as you? Or is he one?”
Neither Lu Shu nor Zhang Yanfeng answered. They packed up and walked out. This made the rest of the team worried. Without Zhang Yanfeng, who dared to stay at the campsite? Although Lu Shu had promised that he would return, but what if he could not?
After no more than 20km, Lu Shu discovered the abandoned investigation base of the Heavenly Network. This was the entry point to the mountains, the closest place to Death Valley.
Lu Shu opened the small, dusty door of the temporary building. There were no signs of fighting, except for a few scratches on the outside walls. They seemed to belong to wild animals.
Then, he saw a group photo of the base staff. There was Luo Nan, his current form teacher. Everyone’s work pa.s.s was hung there too.
In the next second, Lu Shu was stunned. Back then, Luo Nan claimed that he had come to check on the situation after their loss of contact from the base. But judging from now, it was not the case because Luo Nan himself was a worker here. Following this vein… it was possible that he was the only Cla.s.s C guard of the place.
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