The training time was approaching. Lian Qiguang did not stay at home for long. Early the next morning, he said goodbye to Lian Yucheng and took a levitating car back to the academy.
Perhaps Xiahou Yuchi had spoken with Dean Qing Murong in advance, so Lian Qiguang’s many days of absence from class was not questioned much. After a few instructions about the training, he was let back to the class.
“Ku Mu where did you run off to these past days?” Mi Xiaobao crowded over to Lian Qiguang’s seat and asked in doubt. “Tomorrow is the day of departure. I was worried to death, afraid you would be absent.”
“I won’t.” Lian Qiguang turned off his optical computer and spoke expressionlessly. He would not be absent. He needed to graduate early. Moreover, he also needed to kill that guy called Ji Renlin.
“Ku Mu, who did you form a team with? Me, Feng Qingyang, Qing Yi, and Lan Qi are together.”
“…Ji Renlin.” But after entering the training zone, it was unknown.
“Senior Ji?” Mi Xiaobao’s eyes widened, his face showing surprise. Unlike Lian Qiguang, who paid no attention to worldly affairs, he had heard before what kind of thoughts Lian Qiguang had toward Ji Renlin. “Ku Mu, how could you…”
“…You also think that guy is not a good thing, right?” Lian Qiguang glanced at Mi Xiaobao expressionlessly.
“Ku Mu! How could you be on a team with him?” Mi Xiaobao puffed his cheeks. Mi Xiaobao had always trusted his extremely accurate intuition. People said Ji Renlin was gentle and kind, but he always felt Ji Renlin was not a benevolent person; the coldness deep in his eyes made him feel like a coiled poisonous snake.
“If you team with him, you might as well team with us.”
“Okay.” Lian Qiguang replied expressionlessly.
“……”
This time it was Mi Xiaobao who froze, staring blankly at Lian Qiguang, his eyes full of disbelief. Not only him, but the other classmates who had been leaning lazily in the classroom all widened their eyes in shock.
“Ku Mu, y-you’re not joking, right?” Mi Xiaobao swallowed hard.
“No need to form a team.” Lian Qiguang dropped this sentence expressionlessly and stood up to walk out of the classroom. “Call me tomorrow.”
“……”
Mi Xiaobao: “……”
Everyone: “……”
In the dormitory, Lian Qiguang reclined in a single sofa in his room with one leg crossed, playing with the T-36 in his hand, looking out the window expressionlessly.
Agreeing to team with Mi Xiaobao and the others was not a moment of soft-heartedness. Although Mi Xiaobao was noisy, he had no bad intentions. He usually preferred solo combat, but this training required team cooperation. Rather than finding strangers who might stab him in the back at any time, Mi Xiaobao and the others were indeed the best choice. Weak strength, foolish brains—if anything went wrong, it would not waste much time; he could kill them with a flick of his finger.
Moreover…
The T-36 paused in his hand. Lian Qiguang slightly lowered his eyelids, the hair falling down casting a shadow over his face.
His spatial ability had malfunctioned. Supplies, firearms and ammunition, and those crystal cores had all disappeared. The only thing left was the endless forest and that lake.
The energy in the lake was extremely powerful; even his decades of pressure could not approach it. Facing a power far beyond his ability, Lian Qiguang felt uncertain. He needed someone to test the lake’s ability for him.
Of course, he could also use Ji Renlin to test it. But Lian Qiguang knew clearly that if he failed, it would be one thing; if he succeeded, he could not guarantee he would still be able to successfully kill Ji Renlin.
Don’t blame Lian Qiguang for being cruel. Nearly seventy years since the apocalypse began, external troubles and internal threats—the hunting of those walking corpses, the mutual slaughter of humans—had reduced humanity to nearly nothing.
When Lian Qiguang was nearly thirty, facing the continuous reduction of humanity and the hunting of mutated zombies and plants, humans had begun to slowly unite.
But after experiencing darkness, Lian Qiguang could no longer live in the light.
To Lian Qiguang, it was more accurate to call him human or humanoid weapon. In his eyes there were only two kinds of people: the living and the dead.
Killing and darkness had blinded him, burying him in darkness. But whenever he put down his weapon, he would use the cleanest eyes to look at the world, deceiving himself that he was still alive, just like his name, simply living under the sun.
It had to be said he was lucky. While everyone was struggling to survive, he awakened an ability. When he went with the determination to die, attempting suicide to meet that woman, he was saved by the young crown prince.
After the crown prince’s grandfather died, facing countless assassination attempts, he chose to stand on the crown prince’s side. Then the crown prince took the throne, and he became a person beneath one and above ten thousand.
No one dared to target him. No one dared to play schemes against him. No one dared to plot against him.
By his side, there was never a shortage of flattery and bowing subordinates.
Because everyone knew that Ku Mu was a madman—a killing madman who could not be reasoned with, who never followed rules.
Those who obey him prosper. Those who oppose him die.
Opportunity always belonged to brave risk-takers.
For Mi Xiaobao and the others, Lian Qiguang felt no guilt. One step to heaven, one step to hell. Failure was just one life; success meant becoming a superior.
“Beep! Beep!” The optical computer on his hand suddenly sounded. Lian Qiguang glanced at the message and quietly dispersed the killing aura in his eyes, returning again to his usual expressionlessness.
He closed the metal curtain. The room was instantly plunged into darkness. Lian Qiguang stood and walked to the bed, leaning against the headboard.
“Xiahou Shaoxuan.” Looking at Xiahou Shaoxuan in the virtual screen, Lian Qiguang greeted expressionlessly.
“Not in class?”
“Tired.”
“Can you hold on?” Xiahou Shaoxuan slightly frowned, as if seeing his fatigue.
“Mm.” Knowing he was asking about tomorrow’s training, Lian Qiguang nodded expressionlessly. “I have the T-36 you gave me.”
“Like it?”
“Mm.”
“Like it is good. When you come to Buluo Star, I’ll take you to the weapon vault. Take whatever you like.” Xiahou Shaoxuan waved his hand generously.
“Okay.” Lian Qiguang nodded very seriously. Like every man, he had no resistance to firearms and weapons. This seemed like an innate desire of every man.
“Right, I want you to help me check someone.” Thinking of Long Ying, Lian Qiguang suddenly spoke.
“Wife, how many enemies did you make?” Xiahou Shaoxuan’s hard and resolute face revealed a faint smile.
“He is called Long Ying, my brother’s partner.” Ignoring the teasing, Lian Qiguang said on his own.
Hearing his seriousness, Xiahou Shaoxuan also restrained his casualness and became serious.
“Long Ying?” Xiahou Shaoxuan thought carefully. “Very unfamiliar name. No impression.”
“He is not simple. He has very heavy killing intent.”
“Is it his real name?” Xiahou Shaoxuan sat upright and asked in a deep voice.
“I don’t know.”
“Send me his photo. I’ll have people investigate.”
“Mm.” He nodded. He had no photo, but Lian Yucheng should have one.
“Don’t worry. Your brother is not an unreasonable person.” Seeing Lian Qiguang silent, Xiahou Shaoxuan thought he was worried and comforted him.
“I know.” Lian Qiguang came back to his senses and nodded expressionlessly. “He is not a good person, but he treats Lian Yucheng well.”
“……”
“…Wife, are you complaining that I am not a good partner?”
“……” Lian Qiguang