See the Law of Deception

Chapter 215 Heredity (21)

When Lu Jinzhao rushed to the other side, he guessed that he would probably only see a corpse.

Even among passengers arriving from the same city, in a life-or-death situation, they would likely show no mercy.

Even in a relatively harmonious city like Cloud City, it's rare for passengers to develop a relationship where they would risk their lives for each other, let alone other passengers.

If a woman were in that state, the first thing they would do after finding teammates would be to control her, and they wouldn't hesitate to kill her once she showed signs of aggression.

This was a scene she had envisioned long ago.

When she actually arrived at the woman's residence in the city, she saw the scene she had expected.

A mangled corpse, with several passengers standing nearby.

The city where the woman lived had the largest population and was also one of the top-level intelligence units that Tian Lei had previously collected, the city where a top-level intelligence officer named Xiang Liang was located.

At this moment, Xiang Liang also stood here, observing the woman's dead body.

As their companions, their expressions at this moment showed little sadness, but rather mostly confusion and wariness.

Lu Jinzhao thought that they were probably wondering why the woman had become like this, and why she had suddenly attacked them.

Tian Lei, who was hiding and watching from a short distance away, noticed Lu Jinzhao's approach. She took a slight detour, bypassing the people who had just killed their companions, and came to Lu Jinzhao's side.

The group that was still observing the corpse noticed them. Xiang Liang, who was in charge, realized the moment he saw Lu Jinzhao that this matter might be related to her.

After all, she had made a promise with the woman to meet every morning. Although the woman had disappeared last night, she might have already met with Lu Jinzhao this morning.

So her attack on them might have been at someone's behest.

Xiang Liang took a few steps forward, stopping at a distance that was neither too close nor too far from Lu Jinzhao, and asked, "Why did you do this?"

His question was deliberate, deliberately placing it in a position that it seemed certain that Lu Jinzhao was in charge of the incident. If Lu Jinzhao really had nothing to do with the woman's attack, he would probably be confused by this question.

But considering what happened yesterday, Xiang Liang felt that the person in front of him was not stupid. She might realize that his words were a deliberate test, and that he was deliberately not revealing any flaws.

He thought a lot, even considering what he should do if Lu Jinzhao was smart enough not to reveal any flaws.

But what he didn't expect was—

"I feel she deserves to die. People from your city, shouldn't you handle this yourselves?"

The girl in front of him admitted it so frankly, with a calm and kind expression on her face, and her tone of voice was quite polite.

It seemed to her that this was not a big deal, and she had not even considered that it would cause her to fall out with a special class.

At that moment, Xiang Liang felt not offense, but vigilance.

None of those who have survived to this day and made it to the death platform are absolute fools.

Even if someone isn't particularly smart, they must have some outstanding talent or ability.

And, as long as everyone lives, there is one thing they will all understand: reverence.

Whether it's out of reverence for ghosts, for the platform, for life, or something else, those who come here must be people with a sense of awe and a tenacious will to survive.

They all wanted to continue living in order to get to where they are today, so even if they weren't very smart, they would never easily offend others or make enemies with those who were capable on the platform.

Unless you are absolutely certain that you can control her, and that certainty is close to 100%.

Lu Jinzhao's nonchalant attitude, if she were a lower-class passenger, Xiang Liang might have thought she was arrogant and overconfident, destined to die because of it. But on the Death Platform, he would only be wary. It wasn't that there weren't people who, before successfully surviving the Death Platform, already possessed a fate extremely dangerous to humans; he judged that Lu Jinzhao was one of them.

Therefore, Xiang Liang felt no anger, no resentment, and not much negative emotion. He simply asked Lu Jinzhao calmly:
So what are your plans next?

It's just an ordinary life, not worth the conflict with Lu Jinzhao right now. They should cooperate.

Xiang Liang made this judgment.

Tian Lei, standing next to him, blinked, somewhat surprised.

She thought they were going to argue, since in her experience, it was common for people to get into fights with other passengers on the platform.

But then she realized that it was because the person standing next to her was Lu Jinzhao.

They're wary.

The opposing team's top-tier player was wary of her teammates.

The unusually novel experience made Tian Lei's eyes widen slightly. This kind of apprehension was different from the apprehension that others usually showed her.

But which one is better?

Tian Lei huddled behind Lu Jinzhao's figure, pondering, and then came to a conclusion:

They're both good, she likes them both, but she can't do what Lu Jinzhao is like.

Moreover, although she likes others to be wary of her, she doesn't like too much attention or conversation, so it's fine as it is now.

Seeing that Xiang Liang's attitude was good, Lu Jinzhao quickly considered a few thoughts before politely replying, "May I see her body first?"

Although it was a question, Xiang Liang knew she hadn't left him any room to refuse.

Of course, there's nothing to refuse, but...
"Do you know anything? May I ask?"

The two exchanged words with a politeness that was unusual for the platform. Tian Lei was most afraid of this kind of "adult small talk" scene. Even on the platform, she couldn't help but frown and look at the ground with some embarrassment.

Lu Jinzhao mentally calculated the current death toll: two people died in Xiang Liang's city, two people died in the warehouse, and four out of the 16 people have died so far.

And they seem to be only in the early stages of their platform duties.

That's not very good.

Even though she had recently sent a woman to attack her teammate, Lu Jinzhao was now able to communicate with the "victim" Xiang Liang in a completely unreserved manner.

She didn't hide anything and told Xiang Liang about the incident involving Xu Ming that she had just witnessed.

"You'd better have your teammates call the villagers over, and this body should be burned too."

Seeing Xiang Liang approaching with Lu Jinzhao, the others didn't say anything, but quietly made way for them.

"I understand." Xiang Liang nodded. He also considered whether to keep the body and see what would happen at night, but his overly cautious nature led him to choose to notify the villagers to burn the body.

“We’d better go and see the cremation process,” he advised.

It's not that I think Lu Jinzhao couldn't think of this; I'm just simply reiterating that I don't intend to be hostile to Lu Jinzhao because of women.

“Of course,” Lu Jinzhao replied with a smile.

　Polite, but will use cardamom.
　　(End of this chapter)