Chapter 115 Hunter and Prey

Huffing and puffing up eight or nine floors was no easy task, even for grim reapers. After all, their bodies were mostly those of ordinary people, and perhaps even weaker than ordinary people due to sleep and dietary problems.

Sometimes Zhou Ze wondered if those folk legends about grim reapers with drooping eyes and pale faces weren't just made up to scare people. Maybe the reapers really did feel awful themselves, especially back when medical care was poor and there were all sorts of diseases.

Of course, driven by the spirit of getting there in time for soup, the three of them gritted their teeth and sprinted as fast as they could, Zhou Zekun included.

Zheng Qiang was in the best physical condition. The jumping ability he'd developed playing basketball was on full display, putting him a whole floor ahead of Zhou Ze and Yue Ya. He was the first to reach the eighth floor.

The instant his feet touched down, Zheng Qiang felt a sudden burst of heat within him.

This heat came out of nowhere, but he didn't have time to think about it. As soon as he saw Gu He and Li Sen's location, he ran over.

Gu He and Li Sen glanced at him before entering a classroom nearby.

Not wanting to be left behind, Zheng Qiang immediately followed.

As he went inside, he found himself in a haze of mist.

So much fog?

Zheng Qiang waved his hand, trying to dispel the mist in front of him, his feet continuing forward.

As he walked, he heard the sound of dynamic rhythms, filled with piercing noise.

Men and women were screaming, someone was hoarsely yelling into a microphone.

The dynamic music mixed with all of this, forming a dazzling vortex.

In his line of sight, men and women twisted and writhed. Some sat on the sofas, some lay on the sofas, and a few women had stripped naked and were dancing on the coffee table.

Sweat, alcohol, body odor – a mixture of many scents formed a potent aphrodisiac.

Zheng Qiang's body instinctively began to dance along with them, a purely instinctive reaction.

The crowd surrounded him, the dancers accompanied him, doing their best to provoke him.

People made way, letting Zheng Qiang sit down in the center of the sofa.

Someone handed him a flask and an alcohol lamp, the flask filled with a pile of white powder.

In the eyes of a particular group of people, it was the most dazzling and fascinating white.

Holding it in his hand, a hint of hesitation flashed in Zheng Qiang's eyes.

Something seemed wrong.

He wanted to stand up, to leave this place.

He felt like he was forgetting something important, almost like he was in a dream.

"Buzz!"

A dark shadow slowly began to emerge on the sofa.

The shadow began to merge into Zheng Qiang's body, his eyes turning red, his breathing suddenly heavy.

The noise level in the karaoke room rose another notch.

People sang, shouted, and partied, as if only complete hysteria could vent their passions.

Around Zheng Qiang, many men and women were prostrate, serving him and feeding him.

The red in his eyes washed away the last bit of clarity in Zheng Qiang's mind.

He held the bottom of the flask to the alcohol lamp and began to inhale.

The familiar feeling, the familiar rhythm.

The grim reaper hadn't crossed the Naihe Bridge (Bridge of Forgetfulness), retaining the memories of his previous life.

Now, it was as if the scene from his past life was replaying.

Zheng Qiang inhaled faster and faster, unable to stop, the white crystal at the bottom of the flask seemingly never diminishing.

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"Where's Zheng Qiang?"

Having reached the eighth floor, Yue Ya looked around and asked.

Zhou Ze's eyes were also scanning the area.

"Could that guy have already run over there, not even willing to wait for us?" Yue Ya gritted her teeth, very dissatisfied.

Zhou Ze was a little cautious. "Something seems wrong."

Just then, Zhou Ze and Yue Ya saw Gu He and Li Sen standing at the door of a classroom in the distance. The two also glanced at Zhou Ze and Yue Ya before entering a classroom beside them.

"They're there!"

Yue Ya immediately ran over, but Zhou Ze stayed where he was.

No, something wasn't right.

Zhou Ze pursed his lips. The slight panting caused by the strenuous exercise of climbing the stairs gradually subsided, but the feeling of panic remained.

Moreover, Zhou Zekun had experienced illusions far too many times, and his resistance to them was much stronger than that of the other grim reapers.

"Why aren't you coming?"

Yue Ya, who had run a distance, turned back to look at Zhou Ze. Instinctively, seeing that Zhou Ze wasn't moving, she didn't run any further.

There might be fools among the grim reapers, but there were definitely no idiots.

Zhou Ze licked his lips, then steeled his heart.

He bit the tip of his tongue.

Instantly, a severe sense of dizziness came over him, and Zhou Ze staggered backward, his back almost against the wall.

But the feeling of panic disappeared, replaced by a repressed coldness and heavy breathing.

Yue Ya ran back to Zhou Ze, looking at him.

Zhou Ze saw that there seemed to be a strange luster flowing in her eyes. This wasn't her own change, but more like a possession.

"Something's wrong."

Zhou Ze pointed to his eyes.

Yue Ya was stunned, and immediately seemed to understand. A needle appeared between her fingers. This needle was small, no different from those kept in a sewing kit at home.

"Pierce the facade! Eliminate delusions!"

Yue Ya rubbed the needle back and forth on her forehead and hair, then breathed a large breath of hot air on it.

Next, she took out a small glass bottle from her pocket, containing talisman water. She dropped the needle into the glass bottle.

Instantly, the needle began to rust rapidly, almost completely turning into rust, and even the water became extremely turbid.

But in exchange, Yue Ya felt lighter. Like Zhou Ze earlier, she began to stagger. She reached out to have Zhou Ze grab her, but Zhou Zekun just stood there looking around, ignoring her.

"Ouch."

Yue Ya fell to the ground.

This man, he must have been a bachelor in his past life, right?

It hurt, but at least she could clearly feel that she was much more awake than before.

In fact, this method of "awakening" with a needle is still practiced in many places. It's usually used when headaches or fever persist.

"What's going on?" Yue Ya asked.

Zhou Ze shook his head. "I have a bad feeling."

The feeling was, who was the hunter, and who was the prey?

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"Is such an extreme measure necessary?" Li Sen, standing next to Gu He, frowned slightly.

"Fortune favors the bold." Gu He smiled. "This time, we'll fatten it up and eat it. It'll be worth half a year's merit points."

Li Sen smiled along, but felt uneasy in his heart.

Wasn't the original plan just to deliberately give it a hand, so it would kill more people and increase the merit point rewards?

How did it end up sending even grim reapers in?

Gu He had never discussed deliberately luring a few grim reapers in to sacrifice them with him before.

Silently, Li Sen planned to leave. He wasn't a kind-hearted person, but he was definitely not a fool.

Gu He suddenly telling him to sacrifice a few grim reapers made him instinctively wonder if he himself was part of Gu He's plan.

"Where are you going?"

Gu He turned around and asked.

"I'm leaving."

Li Sen said resolutely, and a ball of blue light began to flow around him. This was a clear sign of his distrust and unwillingness to continue playing along.

Even if he didn't get to drink the soup, he would leave.

Things were changing too quickly.

Not leaving would be idiotic.

Gu He sighed, turned his back, and waved his hand.

"Then, goodbye."

At first, Li Sen thought Gu He had let him go, and even breathed a sigh of relief. He even felt a little regretful.

Maybe the captain didn't plan to deal with him, and still wanted to promote him and take him along for the soup?

However, before he could go downstairs, a dark shadow silently dripped down from above.

Yes, dripped.

Like patches of black, they began to drip onto Li Sen's body.

The light blue glow that originally surrounded Li Sen was completely covered by black. He felt a darkness before his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found himself standing at the top of a tall building.

In front of him, a group of people stood in line, some small, some large, some male, some female.

There was his elementary school classmate, his junior high school class monitor, the boyfriend of the girl he liked in high school, his roommate in college, and his colleagues after work.

They had been praised by teachers, walked to and from school with the girl he secretly admired, received scholarships, received poverty grants, and received awards from the boss.

They were all people that Li Sen had once envied and cursed in his heart.

Now, they were all standing in front of him in a row.

Starting with his elementary school classmate, they numbly walked forward one by one and jumped off the building.

This was a skyscraper, and jumping off like that would definitely result in them being smashed into a pulp.

Watching them jump down one after another, a look of uncontrollable joy began to appear on Li Sen's originally calm face.

That pleasure, that delight, that joy, could only be felt by someone who had deeply envied others!

You all deserve to die, you all have to die, go to hell, and be tortured!

Go to hell, all of you go to hell!

Why are you more successful than me, why are you doing better than me?

All of you deserve to die!!!

Li Sen was laughing, unable to stop, but he didn't notice that a fire was already burning beneath his feet.

He was actually standing on a bonfire.

As each person jumped off the building, the flames beneath his feet were also rising little by little.

The fire of jealousy.

The first thing it will burn is himself!

But he was completely unaware, still immersed in the pleasure of this "revenge," deeply and irrevocably.