Chapter 43: I Can’t Wait Even a Second

After entering the villa complex, Scar Rat caught sight of a majestic eagle circling high above the volleyball court.

He pointed up at the sky and said,

"That is a scout belonging to Falcon, one of the superpower users in the Black Tiger Base. He is using the eagle's perspective to monitor everything happening here. You have all been targeted.

Especially the female students. Black Tiger is notoriously lustful. Falcon must have reported the situation here to him. Normally, if this were just about revenge, Black Tiger might not have bothered to come. After all, the journey is long and fraught with danger. But now that there are so many female students here, and given his lustful nature, he will definitely come!"

"Is that so?" Liu Yang frowned slightly.

Then, with a casual wave of his hand, an ice needle condensed in the sky and instantly shot down the eagle.

From Scar Rat's perspective, Liu Yang had simply waved his hand, and the eagle plummeted from the sky. He could not make out what Liu Yang had actually done.

A look of shock washed over his face.

Such terrifying superpower!

The eagle was flying at an altitude of at least a hundred meters!

Yet the opponent had brought it down with a mere wave of his hand, without even leaving a trace of how it was done.

His ability had to be at least of the S-rank combat class!

In an instant, Scar Rat felt even more fortunate for having made this decision. Coming here to report the news was definitely the right choice.

Otherwise, had he truly followed Black Tiger and the others here to wage war against Liu Yang, he might have been wiped out before even laying eyes on the target!

***

Back at the Black Tiger Base.

Falcon, who was in the middle of monitoring the situation, suddenly felt an agonizing pain split his skull. He collapsed to the ground, rolling around while clutching his head.

"What's wrong? Falcon, what happened to you?" Black Tiger was startled by the sudden turn of events.

"Damn it! My scout was destroyed! Headshot! I didn't have time to retract my spiritual sense, and the sensation of the fatal blow was transmitted directly to my brain!" Falcon's face turned pale as even his lips trembled.

The hyper-realistic sensation of being shot through the head filled his heart with profound terror.

"The eagle you control flies several hundred meters high. Even sniper rifles have a hard time hitting it. How could it get headshot?" Black Tiger's expression grew solemn.

"I don't know. I was just observing those female students when it was instantly obliterated. I couldn't see the attacker, nor do I know what method they used," Falcon said, still shaken with lingering fear.

At this moment, Black Tiger recalled what Scar Rat had said earlier.

When Scar Rat had returned, he mentioned that the superpower user was exceptionally powerful. Over a dozen elite fighters were no match for him, getting instantly annihilated in a single encounter.

Now, it seemed that claim wasn't false at all...

He had to summon Scar Rat immediately to get all the details sorted out!

He immediately called out to his subordinate outside the door, "Go fetch Scar Rat! I have things to ask him!"

The subordinate rushed off to find Scar Rat, only to be met with an empty room. He hurried back to report.

"Boss! Scar Rat's room is empty, and all his belongings are gone!"

Hearing this, Black Tiger's expression shifted drastically. "What do you mean? Could it be that he fled and betrayed our base?"

A cold sweat broke out across the subordinate's back as he stammered, "I... I'm afraid so."

"Is that guy really so terrifying that it forced Scar Rat to betray us?" Black Tiger frowned, sensing the situation was far more complicated than it appeared.

At the same time, a heavy look crossed his face, leaving him momentarily uncertain of what decision to make.

***

Meanwhile, inside Liu Yang's villa complex.

Liu Yang turned to Scar Rat and asked, "Black Tiger is lustful and likes seizing women, right? But in this apocalyptic world, women are a dime a dozen. There's no need for him to take such a risk, is there?"

Scar Rat nodded and replied,

"There wouldn't normally be a need to take risks. However, Zhang Jingyu is a woman he has set his sights on. Everyone in the base knows about it, so he is determined to get his hands on her.

This isn't just about a woman; it's about his face and dignity. If he can't have Zhang Jingyu, how can he continue to be the boss in the base?

Therefore, he might let other women go, but Zhang Jingyu is someone he must possess."

"Zhang Jingyu is my woman now!" Liu Yang said coldly. "Anyone who dares to covet my woman deserves to die! How far away is the Black Tiger Base? If he intends to come here and launch an attack against me, how long will it take him?"

"The Black Tiger Base is a little over twenty kilometers away from here. I told Black Tiger that you are very powerful. If he wants to come after you, he will definitely have to mobilize all the elite fighters in the base, which will take at least a full day.

Since some superpower users are out scavenging for supplies and might not return until nightfall, if they come, it will likely be tomorrow," Scar Rat analyzed.

"Tomorrow? I can't wait until tomorrow. Daring to lay hands on my woman—allowing him to live until tomorrow is an insult to me! I'll set out for the Black Tiger Base shortly to wipe him out. You will lead the way," Liu Yang said decisively.

Originally, as long as Black Tiger minded his own business, Liu Yang had no intention of troubling him. But now, upon hearing that Black Tiger still harbored designs on Zhang Jingyu, Liu Yang's patience instantly ran out.

"But the Black Tiger Base is over twenty kilometers away... It will take quite a while just to get there. Besides, the Black Tiger Base has heavily guarded defenses, and attacking it head-on will probably be quite difficult. If you wait for him to come here, this is your home turf, and fighting on your own ground will be much easier," Scar Rat said with a hesitant expression.

Internally, he thought this young man was entirely too reckless.

Youth really was full of arrogance—he decided to act the moment the thought crossed his mind.

"It's all the same wherever we fight. He's going to die either way," Liu Yang said with absolute confidence.

Scar Rat continued to suggest, "At the very least, we should come up with a battle plan first."

"I've already had a plan from the start. My plan is to slaughter everyone who dares to resist! Twenty kilometers away? Even if it were two hundred kilometers, I'd ride through the night to crush him. Whoever dares to touch my woman must die! Not even Jesus can save him!" As Liu Yang spoke, he walked over to the edge of the volleyball court and waved at the girls playing below.

The women immediately rushed over, surrounding Liu Yang like stars orbiting the moon.

"Liu Yang, did you come to watch us play? What a pleasant surprise!"

"You've never come out to watch us exercise before!"

"Did you go out to scavenge for supplies again today?"

...

Surrounding Liu Yang, the girls were lightly perspiring, their voices mingling in a cheerful chatter.

At that moment, Zhang Jingyu caught sight of Scar Rat standing beside Liu Yang, and her expression instantly shifted. "Y... You're Scar Rat?!"

"It's fine, don't be nervous. He's here to pledge his allegiance to us. I have some business to take care of outside today, so none of you should go out for a while. It's a bit unsafe out there," Liu Yang told them.

Hearing Liu Yang's words, the expressions of the women turned serious as well.

"All right, all right!"

"We'll head right back to the villa!"

Liu Yang nodded.

"Mhm, let's head back together."

Afterward, Liu Yang told Scar Rat to wait outside and led the women back into the villa. Once inside, he introduced Zhou Keke, the athletic goddess, to the others and instructed them all to stay put inside the villa and not wander around.

Finally, he returned to his own room to run a combat simulation.

The simulation went off without a hitch.

No unexpected complications arose.

He easily wiped out those individuals from the Black Tiger Base.

At the same time, the simulation provided him with a wealth of information.

He learned why Scar Rat had betrayed Black Tiger.

He also learned the route to the Black Tiger Base and the extent of its military strength.

At this point, even without Scar Rat to lead the way, he knew exactly how to get there.

Thus, he immediately walked out of the villa and said to Scar Rat, "Operation begins. You take the secret tunnel, and I'll take the surface route."

Scar Rat was momentarily stunned.

He hadn't told Liu Yang about his secret tunnel, so how did Liu Yang know?

When had the other man seen through his superpower?

Could it be that Liu Yang had deliberately let him escape last time?

In that split second, Scar Rat felt that Liu Yang was an omniscient and omnipotent deity!

Still, he managed to ask, "If I take the tunnel, do you even know the direction?"

"I know," Liu Yang replied with absolute certainty.

During the first simulation, he had let Scar Rat lead the way, but Scar Rat's speed was far too slow.

A journey of over twenty kilometers had taken them a full hour.

Liu Yang couldn't wait that long.

If he traveled at his own full speed, he could arrive in less than twenty minutes!

He didn't want to let Black Tiger live for even another hour.

Daring to covet Liu Yang's woman—allowing him to live one second longer felt utterly displeasing to Liu Yang.

Let alone traveling twenty-odd kilometers to crush him, even if Black Tiger were hiding in the Eagle Empire on the other side of the Earth, anyone who dared to touch his woman would still prompt Liu Yang to swim across the Pacific Ocean through the night to deal with him!

Therefore, he planned to head out ahead of time while letting Scar Rat take the tunnel.

Truth be told, Scar Rat's presence didn't make much of a difference.

The only reason Liu Yang brought him along was to prevent him from stirring up trouble back in the villa compound.

He certainly didn't want his backyard catching fire while he was out on an expedition.