Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 113 Shadows are enough
Guan Tong sat up and remotely manipulated the shadow to blur and follow the tracks of those cars to see what was going on.

You should know that the car he drove from Yunhua is parked in the woods. He will still need it if he needs to return to the city or go to other places. It would be a big problem if someone else drives it away or damages it.

The cars stopped at the edge of the woods, and three people got out of the small truck in front—one man and two women—and ran into the depths of the woods.

Several jeeps behind them stopped, and more than a dozen men armed with knives, guns, and clubs got out and chased after them.

Guan Tong received the images transmitted by the shadow in real time, which looked like a chase.

He continued to manipulate the shadows to follow, while the man and two women running ahead tried to use the dense forest to hide and shake off their pursuers.

However, the latter group was large and scattered as they chased after them, making it impossible for the three former members to hide without maintaining a considerable distance.

At that moment, one of the three young women accidentally tripped over a tree root and instinctively let out a soft cry.

Oops.

Guan Tong saw this and knew that she had broken the rules.

The other two companions who originally intended to help her up paused for a moment after hearing her make a sound, and had no choice but to give up and continue running forward.

However, before the sound hunters arrived, the group that caught up from behind was exceptionally brutal. One of them struck the woman on the head with a stick, killing her instantly.

Guan Tong was slightly startled by what she saw. She wondered what deep-seated hatred these people had that made them so ruthless.

At this moment, the bearded man spoke through his tablet: "Keep chasing, kill the remaining two, then go back and collect the supplies."

Using electronic devices to convert text to speech... Guan Tong then saw that the remaining man and woman were running towards the east side of the forest, seemingly trying to go up the mountain along the eastern slope.

Mingdao Mountain isn't very large; coming up the eastern slope, it doesn't take long to reach the mountainside. By then, Guan Tong's residence will definitely be exposed.

During this period of harsh rules, he didn't really want to have any interaction with other people, but judging from their attitude, they were definitely going to go up the mountain.

Sure enough, the man and woman ran up the mountain first, followed by the dozen or so people who were chasing them.

Guan Tong got up, took the Silver Hunter, and left the house. After going outside, he thought for a moment, then manipulated a shadow to materialize in a human way, put on clothes, and went to the path that those people would inevitably take to get up there.

Before long, the man and woman running ahead suddenly noticed a figure standing in front of them, illuminated by the moonlight.

They were initially startled, thinking it was the bearded man's man, but upon closer inspection, they realized it was impossible.

The bearded man and his gang were not Ascended beings, so they couldn't possibly be that fast and get ahead of them to intercept them.

Could they be some people camping on the mountain?

A glimmer of hope rose in Sister Yu's heart. She ran a few steps to the man, took out her phone, and quickly typed a message for him: (Can you help us? A group of thugs are chasing us!)
"..."

Although the shadow possesses the five senses, it cannot speak. Under normal circumstances, this might raise suspicion, but during the period when the "Silent Hour" rule is in effect, remaining silent is perfectly normal.

Another man with Sister Yu also typed: (Please! They're a bunch of killers!)
Hiding in the shadows, Guan Tong saw the words the two were typing on their phones through the shadows' vision and pondered how to handle the situation.

At this moment, the bearded man arrived with a dozen or so men. When they saw the extra "person," they all became somewhat wary.

The bearded man spoke into his tablet, asking, "Hey you over there wearing a helmet, who are you?"

In order to make the shadow disguise itself as a human, Guan Tong not only dressed it in clothes, but also transformed its head into a helmet to completely cover its face.

At this moment, one of the bearded man's henchmen spoke up using his phone's text-to-speech function: "Boss, this kid isn't with them. He must have been on the mountain all along."

A fierce glint flashed in the bearded man's eyes as he typed, "They already live up in the mountains, which means they have supplies. Perfect, let's wipe them all out and take two sets of supplies back. Go!"

As the electronic female voice faded, a dozen or so henchmen swarmed forward.

Guan Tong was now certain that these people were indeed murderers who had killed and seized supplies, so there was nothing more to say.

He manipulated his shadow to meet them, raising his hands and two black shadow blades extending from his wrists, piercing the chests of the two thugs in a single exchange.

"puff!"

The shadow blade it drew drew a trail of crimson blood, then it lunged at the others, taking the life of at least one thug with each strike.

Shadow calmly evaded all of the thugs' attacks.

Because the shadow's physical functions were linked to Guan Tong himself, Guan Tong realized that with his current physical abilities, dealing with these ordinary people had become very easy.

In just seven or eight seconds, more than half of the dozen or so thugs were on the ground, which terrified the others, who wanted to back down.

But once the arrow is released, there's no turning back; once a choice is made, one must bear the consequences.

As far as Guan Tong was concerned, since these thugs had chosen to kill and rob supplies, he would bear the consequences.

Shadow continued the pursuit and quickly dealt with the remaining thugs.

When the leader, the bearded man, and his henchmen had almost all fallen to the ground, he finally snapped out of his fear, pulled out his pistol, and frantically pulled the trigger at the shadow.

"Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!"

The bullets hit the shadow, but apart from a few holes in its clothes, it was not affected.

"Monster!" the bearded man cried out in despair. Based on his experience, even among Ascended Ones, few could withstand bullets.

"You're a monster!"

The shout was genuinely his own, not something generated by converting text to sound on a tablet. So the shadow stopped his movement, which was about to pierce the bearded man's chest with the shadow blade, and instead stepped back a few paces, staring silently.

The bearded man had thought he was about to be killed, which was why he roared so recklessly. But at the last moment, the other man stopped attacking him.

He immediately realized that this was not out of kindness, but rather out of some kind of malice.

This guy's waiting for the Sound Hunter to come and kill me!!!

The moment the bearded man realized this, he was completely filled with fear.

He had witnessed how the Sound Hunters killed people; those monsters, invisible to the naked eye, silently pierced the necks of those who made the sounds, just like ghosts.

The uncertainty of when death will come is the greatest torment for humankind.

Because most people would rather die immediately than wait in fear for their inevitable death.

Just like some death row inmates in the Middle Ages who didn't know their sentence would even scare themselves to death before their execution.

"Damn monster! You won't get away with this!"

The bearded man roared, raised the gun and shoved it into his mouth, intending to shoot himself and not give the enemy, the Sound Hunter, a chance to kill him.

But before he could pull the trigger, his fingers and wrist were severed by the Shadow Blade, and the pistol fell to the ground.

"Do not……"

The bearded man bent down to pick up the gun with his other hand, but it was too late.

The moment he bent over, his neck was suddenly pierced by something invisible, and blood gushed out.

Guan Tong, who was secretly observing, suddenly became alert: Can the Sound Hunter become invisible?

The bearded man was right. The reason Guan Tong didn't kill him was indeed because he had made a sound, so she wanted to wait for the Sound Hunter to attack so she could observe what the Sound Hunter was, as well as its attack methods and intensity.

Guan Tong observed very carefully. With his eyes and the vision of the shadows, he couldn't detect the presence of the Sound Hunter at all.

This means that the sound hunter is an invisible entity that cannot be observed with the naked eye.

How do we deal with this kind of enemy?

Guan Tong looked at the bearded man lying on the ground, and with a thought, a large number of shadows spread out from the surroundings, turning into countless tiny tentacles as thin as a hair, trying to detect the presence of the Sound Hunter through "touch".

But his attempt ended in failure; hundreds or even thousands of shadow tentacles spread out, but none of them returned a corresponding tactile feedback.

Was it because the hunter was too fast, killing the bearded man and leaving immediately...?

Guan Tong's heart sank.

The ability to become invisible and accelerate quickly are enough to demonstrate the danger of the Sound Hunter.

At this moment, Sister Yu and her male companion were completely unaware of Guan Tong lurking in the shadows, and his attempt to make contact with the Sound Hunter.

The two women were still reeling from the shadow's annihilation of those thugs; the speed, strength, and the sharp blade used in the assassination sent chills down their spines.

This must be an Ascended Being, and a very powerful and skilled one at that!
Sister Yu snapped out of her daze, calmed herself down, typed a message on her phone, and showed it to Shadow: (Thank you for saving us!)

Guan Tong didn't seem to care much when she saw it.

He realized from the very beginning that these thugs weren't Ascended Beings; they were likely individuals whose mental power had dwindled to zero and whose personal terminals were shut down. They were a de facto thug gang, relying on their numbers and ferocity to kill and plunder in the wild.

Eliminating these people is considered eliminating a scourge for the people, and Guan Tong will not feel any unease about it.

As for the tension of battle, there was none. He didn't even need to show his face to deal with these guys; his shadow was enough to defeat them.

However, his initial idea remained unchanged: during the "silent time" period, he did not want to have too much contact or interaction with others.

So when faced with the middle-aged woman typing on her phone, he didn't respond, but simply had his shadow nod and then walked back.

Sister Yu and her male companion hesitated for a moment. The latter mustered his courage and stepped forward, showing the text on his phone: (Do you have a campsite on the mountain? Can we join you?)
The shadow shook its head and continued walking forward, soon disappearing into the night.

The man was somewhat disappointed. Yu Jie then typed a message for him: (It seems the other party doesn't want to contact us, so let's not bother them.)

(Sister Yu, what should we do? Our camp... should we go back? But now it's just the two of us left...)
Sister Yu: (We can't go back because we don't know if these thugs have any other accomplices. Let's bury Xiao Sun first, and then we'll set up a temporary camp at the foot of the mountain.)
Xiao Sun was the young woman who escaped with them. If she hadn't tripped over a tree root, she might still be alive.

(Okay, I'll listen to you, Sister Yu.) The man nodded and went back the way he came with Sister Yu.

After they left, a "shadow surveillance eye" hanging on a nearby tree transmitted the images back, and Guan Tong, who was back in the cabin, was quite satisfied.

The middle-aged woman, referred to as "Sister Yu," was quite tactful. She sensed that he didn't want to be disturbed, so she didn't continue up the mountain to find his campsite.

However, Guan Tong felt it might also be out of fear.

After all, he could easily eliminate more than a dozen thugs by manipulating shadows, which meant that if they angered him, the two women would likely suffer the same fate as the thugs.

However, compared to these thugs, Guan Tong was still thinking about the Sound Hunters.

How can you leverage your strengths to eliminate a fast and stealthy enemy? This definitely requires careful thought and planning.

(End of this chapter)