Volume 1, Chapter 55: Lovers Journeying Together to the Yellow Springs—Can His Body Handle It?

Sixteen thugs flanked them from all directions, surrounding Lin Feng and his companion tightly.

Zhou Ye feigned a warm smile as he opened his left hand, while the muscles on his right arm twitched bizarrely, the faint, chilling gleam of metal glinting beneath his skin.

Acting as if he hadn't noticed a thing, Lin Feng stared at Zhou Ye with a cold sneer and said, "I heard one of your underlings was planning to break into my woman's door tonight?"

"How could that be?" Zhou Ye waved his hands in a faked panic, though his body leaned slightly forward. "You must have heard wrong, brother."

Before his voice faded, he lunged forward fiercely.

The right arm hidden behind his back instantly expanded, transforming into a half-meter-long, bone-chilling steel blade that cleaved straight toward Lin Feng's face with a fierce, tearing sound through the air!

He had been short-handed back at the Wanda Mall, but now, with sixteen subordinates backing him up, why would he fear dealing with this pretty boy?

"Clang!"

The sound of metal dropping to the ground rang out.

Immediately followed by Zhou Ye's shrill, agonizing scream.

His metal-transformed right arm had been brutally torn off right from the shoulder, blood gushing forth.

"W-Wait..."

Lin Feng gave him no chance to beg for mercy. His right fist lashed out, leaving a trail of afterimages.

Bang!

Zhou Ye's body exploded into a mist of blood mid-air, showering the surrounding thugs with fragments of flesh and bone splinters.

The gang of thugs, who usually acted like tyrants, were left completely dumbstruck.

The invincible boss in their minds had actually been blown to pieces with a single punch?

"H-Help!"

Someone screamed first, and the dozen or so thugs instantly scattered in all directions like startled birds.

A cold gleam flashed in Lin Feng's eyes as he activated his [Blink] ability.

His figure flickered like a phantom, and every time he reappeared, it was accompanied by the crisp sound of bones snapping.

In less than thirty seconds, all sixteen thugs lay paralyzed on the ground like dismantled marionettes.

Their limbs were twisted at unnatural angles, and their wailing merged into a chorus of agony.

Lin Feng pulled out a large saber. With a flash of cold light, the chains binding the three women snapped apart, and he casually tossed down three folding knives as well.

"Deal with these bastards however you like."

The two hanging women tremblingly picked up the knives, their scar-covered fingers gripping the hilts tightly.

Dragging their battered bodies, they crawled toward the nearest thugs like avenging ghosts.

They raised the folding knives high and drove them down viciously.

Splotch!

Amidst the dull thud of blades piercing flesh, blood splattered across the women's ferocious, smiling faces.

After finishing off one, they wriggled and crawled toward their next enemy.

"No, don't kill me! I was forced into this! It was that bastard Zhou Ye who instigated us!"

"Yeah, every debt has its debtor, go find him! Don't come over here..."

Covered in wounds, the two women were in no mood to listen to such excuses.

Bai Lu sat slumped on the ground, watching the pool of blood grow larger and larger.

Aside from trembling, she had no idea how to express the terror in her heart.

When the final scream faded away, there were sixteen bloody, mangled corpses left on the ground.

Yet the women felt no sense of relief.

They knew the state of their own bodies.

The two of them knelt and kowtowed to Lin Feng, then plunged the knives into their own hearts without a moment's hesitation.

To them, death was the only release.

Only Jiang Xiaoyu remained squatting in place, clutching her knife.

She looked at Lin Feng with a complex gaze; not only was there no hatred in her eyes, but rather a trace of gratitude.

Slowly, she crawled over to the bound Zheng Yuan and wore a desolate smile.

"Even though you let me down and turned out to be a... lustful good-for-nothing...

Still, I... I am willing to die with you."

She leaned down and whispered into Zheng Yuan's ear, "That bitch will never be able to do this."

"Stab! Stab!"

Two consecutive dull thuds of blades entering flesh.

Zheng Yuan's eyes widened, his Adam's apple bobbing as he tried to speak, but he could only watch helplessly as blood surged from his chest.

Jiang Xiaoyu collapsed onto his body, a smile of liberation still lingering on the corners of her mouth.

This pair of lovers had finally journeyed to the underworld together, even though Zheng Yuan died with eternal regret.

Bai Lu's tears had long since dried, her empty gaze fixed straight ahead.

She had no idea how she managed to leave that hellish little convenience store.

She simply followed mechanically in Lin Feng's footsteps like a walking corpse.

It wasn't until they approached the Magnificent Jiangnan residential compound that she snapped out of it and raised her head.

"W-Why didn't you save them?"

"Their wounds were growing mold. Couldn't be saved."

In this apocalyptic world, playing the saint was worse than chopping yourself up to use as bait for mutated man-eating fish.

Bai Lu suddenly understood; the wounds on those women had already festered and grown mold—they truly were beyond saving.

Death was indeed the best release for them.

Subconsciously, she pressed closer to Lin Feng, terrified of losing this protective umbrella.

Yet soon, a bold idea sprouted in her mind.

Since this man was so powerful, perhaps she could make good use of him?

She considered herself far superior to her best friend Wang Xiaoli, both in face and figure.

Though she had never been in a relationship, she figured all men were cut from the same cloth.

As long as she used her beauty, there was no man she couldn't conquer!

Moreover, Lin Feng possessed supplies and combat strength, making him a tycoon in this apocalyptic environment.

Even after the white mist disaster ended, the supernatural ability he possessed would easily allow him to make a fortune.

Back at the Magnificent Jiangnan compound, Lin Feng used [Destiny Vision] to check and found that the giant snake was still coiled at the bottom of the pond, sound asleep.

Many people were hurrying back into the buildings, none of them daring to spend the night out in the white mist.

Because of the power outage, the elevators in Building B had long since become useless ornaments.

Residents had to climb the stairs, and each of them was utterly exhausted.

When Lin Feng stepped into the lobby, the crowd waiting for the elevator retreated like they had run into a plague god.

Those who had already crammed into the elevator scrambled out in a panic, clearing a path for him.

Lin Feng walked unceremoniously into the empty elevator.

Bai Lu followed behind him, her heart filled with a mixture of confusion and shock.

How could the former simp change so drastically?

The delivery rider whom no one in the compound used to look twice at—why was everyone so terrified of him now?

Yet, connecting it to the supernatural abilities and combat strength Lin Feng had displayed, such reactions seemed entirely reasonable.

Once the elevator departed, everyone in the lobby let out a collective sigh of relief.

"That god of plague is finally gone..."

"Still, that woman with him is so pretty. Where did he trick her into coming from?"

"Damn, that tight yoga pants-wrapped ass is way too tempting, looks just like a fitness coach."

...

Lin Feng unlocked his front door. Hearing the commotion, Zhang Xue琪 and the others were already waiting at the entrance.

When Bai Lu saw these three fair-skinned, beautiful women, her eyes widened into perfect circles.

Not only had Lin Feng become strong, but he had also become lustful.

Back when he was wholeheartedly devoted to Wang Xiaoli, he was now actually concealing beauties in his home—and hiding three of them at once!

With herself included, that made four...

Could his body even handle that?

Furthermore, these women all had delicate skin and glowing complexions, looking much prettier than she did right now.

It seemed they really hadn't gone hungry; everything Lin Feng said was true.

Bai Lu's resolve to win Lin Feng over with her beauty grew even firmer, though she had a few too many rivals...

Zhang Xue琪 and the others greeted Bai Lu with smiles.

Yet the hostility hidden within their eyes was far too obvious.

Even so, with Lin Feng right here, none of them dared to act out.

Li Bing had been forced to kneel outside the door for an entire night before she was let in.

They merely remained secretly vigilant, keeping firmly in mind that they must not fall out of favor.

"Brother Feng, who is this lovely younger sister?"

"Hello, I am Bai Lu."

Bai Lu took the initiative to extend her hand, shaking hands with Zhang Xue琪.

Sparks flashed in both of their eyes, followed immediately by a harmonious, mutual smile.