Translator: Yuzu
Xiao Chen opened his mouth slightly and then looked at Huang Ke’s back in horror. Huang Ke dropped the knife sheath on the ground and walked to the werewolf’s body as if he was examining whether it was dead or not. His bangs were blocking half of his face, making it hard to see his expression.
Huang Ke stretched out his hand and pulled out the knife from the werewolf’s heart, then wiped the blade on the werewolf’s fur and stood up as if nothing had happened.
Huang Ke turned his head, and his gaze rested on Xiao Chen accurately. His original indifferent expression returned, and the corner of his mouth moved as if he was smiling.
Xiao Chen’s eyebrows relaxed, and his hand on the wall loosened. He stared at Huang Ke and hesitated. He felt that this expression of Huang Ke’s was familiar to him; even the curve of his mouth and his muscles’ change were very familiar to him.
As he thought of this, his expression changed, and a thought slowly came out in Xiao Chen’s heart.
But before Xiao Chen could figure it out, the wolf cries outside the door grew louder and louder. One werewolf figure after another appeared in the doorway, but they seemed to be afraid of something and did not dare to come in.
Xiao Chen’s eyebrows jumped; he was stunned.
Huang Ke’s eyes narrowed, and he rushed up with a single step to directly protect the stunned Xiao Chen in his arms.
Green lights appeared outside the window, then the front door.
One pair, two pairs, three pairs…
More and more!!!
Xiao Chen held his breath.
Huang Ke’s expression didn’t change. He had a silver knife in his hand. His face was fierce as he swept over the sudden green light spots. He didn’t have any fear. He looked at the window and the door and then hooked the corner of his mouth.
Hu Bing opened the door as if to make sure that the Xiao Chen duo was safe. He had only just sneaked a couple of glances before he was startled by the dense green light. The door directly made a small sound from his reaction.
Huang Ke’s gaze turned back as he heard the sound, and his gaze fell through the door onto Hu Bing, who shivered at Huang Ke’s stare.
Huang Ke gripped Xiao Chen’s hand tightly and moved in Hu Bing’s direction. Still, his strength was very subtle, grabbing Xiao Chen’s hand without causing him pain.
When Hu Bing saw this, he immediately opened the door.
However, Huang Ke had no intention of going in. He looked at Hu Bing with a cold face and opened his mouth, “Fire.”
“What?” Hu Bing was shocked.
“The lighter in your pocket.” Huang Ke swept a glance at his pocket; his tone was cold.
Hu Bing stared at Huang Ke in disbelief. He hid his lighter so well that he had not been able to take it out at all. He didn’t know how the other man knew he had brought it with him.
Huang Ke’s face was still the same, but the temperament seemed to have changed drastically, even with a murderous sense.
Hu Bing trembled with his hands and fidgeted as he pulled out the lighter, then handed it to Huang Ke.
Huang Ke took the lighter, and then his eyes fell back to Xiao Chen. He didn’t say anything, just narrowed his eyes. The expression in his eyes was so complicated that Xiao Chen could not understand it.
However, Huang Ke directly pressed down on Xiao Chen’s shoulders, pushing him into Ma Hang’s room, his mouth slightly hooked up with a smile.
Xiao Chen panicked and seemed to want to say something, but Huang Ke stopped him in time. He looked back at Hu Bing with a cold face and instructed, “Take care of him.”
He was referring to Xiao Chen.
Hu Bing was even more shocked, and his pupils contracted.
This sentence, this tone of voice, was incomparably familiar to him!
As if Xiao Chen realized something, he tried to grab Huang Ke’s hand, but Huang Ke smiled and avoided Xiao Chen’s touch, his grey eyes flashing.
He turned around straight away.
Xiao Chen was utterly frozen in place. He wasn’t sure if Hu Bing had seen it, but he clearly saw that from the moment Huang Ke stepped forward, their room was sprinkled with a transparent shielding film, separating them from the outside.
Hu Bing took a glance at Huang Ke and then at Xiao Chen. As if he realized something, he immediately pulled Xiao Chen into the room.
Huang Ke threw the silver knife directly on the ground and shook his head.
The werewolves outside the door still seemed to be afraid of something and hadn’t come in. But the green light was becoming increasingly dense, revealing a chill.
“Heh,” Huang Ke sneered out, narrowed his eyes, and took off the outer coat he was wearing. He curled his lips, lit the lighter, and pointed the hem of the coat at the flame source.
The fire burned fast like gasoline had been thrown on it, the clothes quickly burned up!
Huang Ke stepped unhurriedly, his feet making subtle sounds on the floor. He slowly moved towards the front door, his eyes like a stagnant water puddle, somewhat mysterious.
And the green light was growing more like there were more and more things coming this way.
Huang Ke sneered.
Today is the day!
Go to hell!
A swift fire!
Very destructive!
Not just the houses, but even the woods, the whole village was surrounded by fire! It spread extremely fast! It was like they’ve been planning this for a long time, and it only took half an hour to set the whole place on fire!
The wind was blowing and making whistling noises, slowly driving the fire bigger…
“What’s going on? Why isn’t the fire coming into our room?” Jin Hong covered her mouth and nose. She was so agitated that she was about to lose her voice, and her voice was a little hoarse.
Who the hell was Huang Ke?
It was a question that circled around everyone’s heart.
Ma Chenggong sat next to Ma Hang and pressed down on his shoulders, reassuring his brother. He looked out the window at the swift fire, not knowing what to think about, but Ma Hang clearly felt his brother’s arms and legs stiffen a bit.
It was so strange!
It doesn’t make any sense!
Ma Chenggong had no idea why there was such a big contrast between this world and the world before his rebirth.
In the last world, did those people eventually survive?
But it didn’t matter anymore because he knew that he could live now!
Ma Chenggong pursed his lips and gripped Ma Hang’s hand.
He would take his brother and live!
Xiao Chen’s collar covered half of his face, making it impossible to see too much of his expression. His eyes were downcast, his eyebrows covered by his bangs, and he stood in the doorway without saying a word. His left hand was gripping the pendant around his neck, maintaining a rigid posture as he stood in place.
‘Tan Jun?!’ Xiao Chen anxiously cried out in his heart, trying to soothe the terrible thoughts within him.
‘Tan Jun! Are you there? Answer me now!” Xiao Chen’s hands were clenched, and his lips were trembling as if his entire body was immersed in his own world.
But no matter how many times Xiao Chen called in his heart, Tan Jun, who had never been more than a meter away from him in the past few days, did not respond from beginning to end.
Silence.
Xiao Chen collapsed as his legs went limp. He was directly paralyzed on the ground, his right hand inserted into his pocket, grasping another broken bone.
That person just now! Was it Tan Jun?
Xiao Chen already had a definite answer inside him, but he didn’t dare to think about it or admit it. He could only keep comforting himself in his head over and over again that it couldn’t be true.
“We will live, right?” Ma Hang was a little speechless, the corners of his eyes were filled with tears, his face was even more incomparably haggard. His current appearance was completely different from that first day’s young master’s look as if he had been forced to grow up and become more mature.
When Ma Chenggong heard Ma Hang make a sound, he returned to his senses, forced a smile, and tugged at the corners of his mouth. He patted Ma Hang’s shoulder, stared into his eyes, and thoughtfully replied, “Yes! I swear!”
Jin Hong was already sobbing on the side like she finally had a chance to let out her emotions without having to hold herself back and panic in her heart.
Hu Bing remained silent from start to finish, his eyes somewhat vacant as he stared at the blazing fire burning outside the window. Not to mention the fire, not even the smell of smoke spread inside the room.
He froze and raised his right hand blankly, unsure of what he was thinking about.
This Huang Ke, was he the man who saved him that time?
That tone! That tone! It’s so similar!
Hu Bing spat out a breath, his body a little stiff.
Did he save us all?
No, that wasn’t right.
As if Hu Bing suddenly realized something, his eyes were placed back on Xiao Chen.
No!!! The only person that man wanted to save was just Xiao Chen!
It was as if he had a million questions that he wanted Xiao Chen to answer. Still, he just stared in Xiao Chen’s direction for several more minutes. Finally, without opening his mouth, he withdrew his gaze.
Because the answers, at this moment, were no longer that important.
The wind outside kept blowing, making a rustling sound.
Sparks splattered, flew up, and fell back to the ground.
Time flowed minute by minute, and the sky also slowly broke an opening from the night and turned bright.
Jin Hong shuddered and pushed open the door.
It was deserted.
Blackened remnants of trees and blackened land.
“I, have we survived?” Jin Hong was a bit in disbelief and somewhat excited as she rushed over and hugged Hu Bing.
The latter was stunned, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes, “Mm.”
Ma Hang was excited and hugged his brother, the injured hand trembling slightly.
Ma Chenggong choked at the scene in front of him as if there was still a sense of unreality.
We’re actually still alive!
And this time, there were no woods to obstruct them, nor was there a white mist. They didn’t even have to go very far before they directly reached the village entrance.
On the way out of the mountain village, Xiao Chen was like an emotionless creature with a numb face. He clutched the necklace around his neck from start to finish, not knowing what he was thinking.
When the group had walked ten miles and finally hitchhiked with pedestrians, Jin Hong seemed to remember something. She touched the tears of excitement in the corners of her eyes and asked Hu Bing, “Right, I never asked you how you know so many things ah, what do you do?”
Hu Bing paused and shyly lowered his head. He touched the back of his neck and said with a bit of a dry smile, “I, I’m actually a detective-type horror streamer at home.”
Jin Hong nodded, “Then, why did you come back?”
Hu Bing scratched his cheeks, pulled out the handwritten letter from his trouser pocket, and said, “This letter says there is a lot of material here that I can write about.”
When Jin Hong choked and wanted to laugh a little, Hu Bing asked her back, “Why did you come?”
Jin Hong sighed and said with some embarrassment, “I’m short of money lately, and the letter said that there are mines here…”
Xiao Chen stared out at the sun in the sky.
“Remember, don’t be afraid! No matter what happens next! You just have to remember! Me! I will definitely come back to you!”
Xiao Chen tightened his hand around the pendant.
Tan Jun, I’ll be waiting for you to come back!
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The author has something to say:
Huang Ke’s connection will be explained more in the next chapter.
This world is coming to an end! Pfft, love you guys.