Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 272 Don't Touch My Camera

“Plop, plop, plop…”

After a splash, the ripples on the river gradually subsided.

After sending the thugs to feed the fish, Shadow returned to Guan Tong's side, where the latter was pondering the information the bald, burly man had given her before his death.

"Wu Wang, in his twenties, loves photography, and his ability is to detonate metal..."

This is personal information about the leader of this criminal gang.

As for this robbery gang, they were originally a group of people living in the wilderness of a border city in the North Star, and their leader was a bald, burly man.

During a robbery, they managed to rob Wu Wang, but he turned the tables on them and killed almost half of them. Terrified, they surrendered.

The young man named Wu Wang naturally took over the gang, becoming the new leader and continuing to lead the gang in robbery.

However, according to the bald, burly man, Wu was not very interested in the robbery itself, but rather in filming the video.

Their initial purpose in ambushing Prince Rado's convoy wasn't purely to steal the Ascension Coins and props. It was because their leader, Wu Wang, thought that "blowing up Prince An Tai Bang's convoy would be very eye-catching and suitable for filming as material for a short film," which is why they decided to take action.

Guan Tong was surprised to hear this, but not too much.

After entering the post-apocalyptic era, there are too many mentally unstable people who are capable of anything, so he has long been used to it.

In this era, it's fair to say that truly evil people driven by fame and fortune are now rare. Many more who do bad things have no reason whatsoever; they do it simply to vent their frustrations or for reasons that would seem absurd in normal times.

Just like Wu Wang right now, he has no taboos when it comes to shooting footage.

According to the bald, muscular man's confession, Wu had been filming and selling videos of this kind for a long time. When he lacked material, he would act as a "director," artificially creating sensational scenes.

What Guan Tong regrets right now is that Wu Wang didn't participate in the operation this time. However, the bald man revealed the location of their stronghold, so all she has to do is find it.

Guan Tong glanced at the time: 10:3.

The agreed time was 10 o'clock. Because he arrived early and the time spent subduing, questioning and dealing with these thugs was very short, only three minutes have passed since the agreed time.

He had to act quickly, otherwise if Wu Wang couldn't contact the bald man and the others, they might move away.

It won't be easy to find someone then, since the account "Photography Art WW" is named after Wu Wang, but the device used to log in to the account is in the hands of the bald man, which means that Wu Wang is just a hands-off manager.

If Wu doesn't usually log into the Ascendant's Home, or if he uses a different account later, it will be very difficult to determine which specific account belongs to him.

Guan Tong didn't waste any time and immediately manipulated the shadow to act.

At lightning speed, the shadow arrived at the group's hideout in just a few minutes.

This is a large courtyard on the outskirts of Antu City. It used to be surrounded by rice paddies, but now it has long been abandoned.

After Shadow sneaked into the courtyard, he discovered several thugs. However, their physical characteristics did not match Wu Wang's.

According to the bald man's description, Wu always wore hooded clothes all year round and never let go of his camera and other filming equipment, which none of the people described matched.

Isn't the person here?
Guan Tong manipulated the shadows to carefully infiltrate each room, but found no more people.

He activated his teleportation ability and instantly appeared inside the courtyard.

Before the remaining thugs could react, they were all bound tightly with the shadow threads, leaving them no room to resist.

After some questioning, Guan Tong learned that their leader, Wu Wang, had gone to the city center this morning, apparently to shoot footage.

……

Compared to other parts of Antu City, the city center is slightly more lively.

There were people walking on the streets, and a long line of cars could be seen on the highway.

Wu was in a building that had collapsed halfway, looking down at the street below from a third-floor window.

He planned to shoot some footage on this busy main street.

He prefers photographing people, especially those who have suffered sudden disasters, to landscapes or architecture, as their facial expressions are the most genuine and compelling. This is also what his clients who buy his films appreciate.

"The first step is to set up the camera position."

Wu set up his camera, which he carried with him, pointing it at the street below, and adjusted it several times until he found the perfect angle.

He then went downstairs, not worried that someone might suddenly run up and touch his camera. The building had already collapsed most of its structure due to the earthquake and was now a dangerous building; no one but him would come.

After leaving the building, Wu walked onto the street and looked at the traffic. His hands, which were in his pockets, started to itch slightly.

After he obtained this ability by passing the first rule, his long-cherished wish was fulfilled.

Ever since he was in a car accident during his student days, he harbored a deep hatred for drivers who didn't follow traffic rules. Later, it escalated to the point where he felt like killing any driver who didn't yield to him or honked at him.

After that, every time he encountered such a situation on the road, he would fantasize that he possessed a superpower: to make the car driven by the driver explode with just a clap of his hands or a snap of his fingers.

Wu never expected that his wish would actually come true.

After the first apocalyptic rule ended, he gained the special ability of [Exploding Metal] in the Ascension Shop.

This thrilled him, and he almost immediately ran out into the street to try it out in a car. But the result left him very disappointed.

He discovered that detonating large metal objects required a great deal of mental energy, which he simply didn't have enough of.

Later, he had no choice but to carry some small steel balls with him. When he encountered someone he disliked, he would secretly scatter some to detonate and injure them.

During this process, he gradually discovered his passion for photography. His favorite subject was capturing the terrified expressions and reactions of others after he detonated a metal object.

At first, he was just entertaining himself, but after posting the video online, many people expressed a desire to see more, and some even contacted him privately to buy or commission videos, which immediately gave him a great desire to create.

This is because doing so can both gain recognition from others and satisfy one's vanity, and also allow one to sell videos to earn extra Ascension Coins to accelerate the improvement of one's strength, killing two birds with one stone.

Wu immediately became engrossed in it.

He then traveled to various places, causing explosions and filming videos. Because most of these were small-scale operations, and the public's attention was focused on the rules of the apocalypse, no one paid much attention to him.

Moreover, he would shoot and then move on to a different location, making it difficult for authorities to track him down.

This continued until the sixth rule, "Deadly Plague," where he incited other real infected individuals by impersonating an "infected person," thus becoming a major accomplice in the serious bloodshed at the hospital.

He also made a fortune from the video he filmed during that conflict and gained considerable fame in a particular field.

However, the authorities also discovered the video and began a covert investigation. With the addition of the Blood Plague rules, the North Star government officially declared a state of war, advising people to avoid unnecessary outings and stay in gathering points and shelters as much as possible… As a result, Wu Wang completely lost his filming opportunity.

Left with no other choice, he considered the idea of ​​filming abroad and chose Antai State as his target. He felt that it must be very chaotic there, making it a perfect place to film the videos he wanted.

Afterwards, he set off for the vicinity of the border and encountered a gang of thugs led by a bald, burly man.

By then, his mental strength had improved considerably. With his formidable abilities, he killed many people and terrified the rest, who then submitted to him.

Although Wu Wang wasn't particularly interested in being the gang leader, he thought about it again and realized that having some subordinates wouldn't be bad. That way, he'd have more manpower and be able to film larger-scale scenes.

He recruited Baldy and others, and the group crossed the border to establish a base in An Tai State.

They continued looting and filming, and by chance, they made contact with powerful figures in An Tai State... which led to the ambush on the prince's convoy.

The footage captured in this incident is Wu Wang's most satisfying work, and it received the most positive reviews from his clients. After all, Lado is a prince of Antai State, and it's rare to see footage of someone of such status being attacked.

Especially the scene where Lado sees the car his son was in explode, his face filled with despair, was captured perfectly, much to the delight of Wu Wang's clients.

Wu Wang, who had made huge profits, was also worried about being wanted internationally, so he turned around and smeared the "Shadow" who had a grudge against Lado, claiming that it was the one who spread rumors.

He wasn't worried about "Shadow's" revenge, because he believed that Shadow couldn't possibly know who he was or where he was, so he was fearless. The fact that they had been at peace for several months now only strengthened his belief in this.

But even the best works have a limited lifespan, and several months later, his clients were urging him to release new works.

After much deliberation, Wu Wang decided that giving the newly arrived Sakura-ki people a "bomb show" welcome would be a great subject for the film.

He spent some time scouting locations, choosing the time and place, and finally settled on the intersection of the main road in the center of Antu.

This place is busiest with traffic between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., which is the perfect time for him to showcase his abilities.

He felt the time was right, and he took his hands out of the pockets of his hoodie and gently put them together.

"let's start."

"boom!!!"

Without warning, a moving supply truck suddenly exploded! Parts flew everywhere, flames erupted, and several nearby vehicles were all affected, colliding together and honking their horns incessantly.

"Beep-beep-"

"what happened?!"

"Why did the car explode?!"

Many people on the street were quite frightened by the sudden explosion, which was exactly the kind of scene Wu Wang liked to see.

He pretended to be shocked while continuing to activate his abilities.

"boom!!!"

Another car exploded, killing two passengers instantly. This greatly shocked other pedestrians and vehicles, with many abandoning their cars and fleeing amidst screams.

Haha ...

Looking at the scattering crowd, Wu thought the camera would capture a great scene.

He turned to look at the third-floor window of the dilapidated building where he kept his camera, and the smile on his face suddenly froze.

A stranger wearing a baseball cap is reaching out to take his camera off the shelf.

Wu Wang instantly flew into a rage and turned to run wildly toward the building.

"Don't touch my camera!!!"

(End of this chapter)