Pre-death assessment

"continue!"

Ling Wu continued the trial, giving Dr. Lu a wink as he spoke.

Dr. Lu injected another dose into Nie Lei's body.

Emotions are often determined by the body's hormone levels.

The medication they are currently injecting into Nie Lei can control his hormone levels.

This will cause him to feel more fear.

"I...I killed someone in a car accident when I was in the real world."

Nie Lei then confessed to his crime.

For some reason, he suddenly felt very scared.

I am terrified of being tortured, and I am terrified of dying.

They are even afraid of pain.

What he didn't know was that this was all due to the effects of the medication, which made his nerves more sensitive.

Now, even the slightest scratch causes him pain many times greater than usual.

Driven by fear, he had no choice but to confess, hoping to find redemption through it.

"The reason I ran him over was simply... simply because I was annoyed."

Nie Lei continued, "Because at the bar, the girl I brought glanced at him; he's handsome."

That was the first time he had killed someone with his own hands in this world.

At his place, his own girl was secretly watching other men, just because those men were slightly more handsome than him.

So he held a grudge and later ran over the man with his car, killing him.

As for the woman he had been playing with for a long time, he simply dumped her at a local brothel.

"Would someone kill someone over a little jealousy?"

Li Ming stepped forward and punched Nie Lei in the chest: "Is this how you hit someone?"

Bang!

Nie Lei's chest immediately caved in slightly, as if his ribs had been broken.

Although Li Ming no longer uses his superpowers, the force of his punch still made Nie Lei feel as if he had been hit by a car.

He coughed suddenly, and blood and dirt gushed from his mouth.

"I...I confess, I know I was wrong."

Despite the excruciating pain in his chest, Nie Lei quickly confessed his guilt.

"continue!"

Ling Wu continued.

"When I was in the real world, I even went to the countryside and bought a twelve-year-old girl. I locked her up and used her as a plaything, as a tool for venting my lust..."

Nie Lei then recalled his various crimes.

In the real world, he committed murder, arson, rape, and kidnapping; he did everything imaginable.

Sometimes, you just feel bored and want to do something that you find exciting.

Not only in the present world, but also in the space for the assessment before death, he did a lot.

He had killed people at the first level, the second level, and even the third level, which symbolized peace…

Every time he described his crimes, Ling Wu and the others would hit him.

"brute!"

Even Li Qingxue and Jiang Luo couldn't help themselves and each stabbed him.

They wouldn't feel the slightest bit cruelty in torturing such beasts.

Faced with such trial and torture by Ling Wu and others, Nie Lei was completely powerless to fight back and kept begging for mercy.

Filled with fear and despair, they continued to wail...

Ling Wuye did indeed use him to collect a lot of fear points.

His main purpose was not to kill Nie Lei, but to intimidate him as much as possible.

They used death and torture as threats, constantly intimidating people.

As for how long he can hold out, that depends on his abilities.

Time passed very slowly. Nie Lei was completely conscious as Ling Wu and the others tortured him repeatedly.

His terrified and painful screams echoed continuously in the red room…

It took about two hours for everything to finally come to a complete end.

Ling Wu collected enough fear points, and Nie Lei, under the intimidation and torture of their group, finally died.

When Ling Wu and the others left the room, Nie Lei, sitting on the steel chair, had his mouth agape, his head covered in blood and gore, and his skull was ripped open.

The muscles and bones of his limbs had been severed, revealing the bones and flesh, making him look like a broken doll limb hanging on his body.

Internal organs spilled onto the floor, and the superpower bead inside his chest cavity had been removed…

"You guys are pretty cruel."

After leaving the room, Xiaobai gave Ling Wu and the others this evaluation.

When they were brutally killing Nie Lei, everyone in their team participated.

Now, it's safe to say that their entire team is made up of villains.

"it serves him right."

Li Qingxue replied.

But when they heard Nie Lei, this pervert, describe his various acts, they couldn't bring themselves to do it.

No matter how cruel it was, it was all deserved, all that Nie Lei deserved.

Ling Wu then waved his hand, and led everyone, including Xiao Bai, towards the secluded paradise outside the city…

As they left, the abandoned city was still ablaze with flames.

The top of a building engulfed in flames and on the verge of collapse.

A figure, resembling a monkey, squatted on the edge of the balcony.

This is a gaunt man with long hair covering half his face and a samurai sword strapped to his back.

His gaze was fixed on the direction where Ling Wu and the others had left, watching the black mist slowly drifting out of the city.

Then, a smirk played on his lips: "Interesting. These people actually impersonated us and pulled off a victory against overwhelming odds, a triumph of the weak over the strong?"

As he spoke, a gentle breeze blew by, causing his long hair, which covered half his face, to flutter slightly, revealing a number on his face: 7!

Top Hunter #7

"Winning against all odds with the weak? Do you want to hear what you're talking about?"

Behind them, a burly man wielding a halberd and wearing armor stepped out.

Above his forehead was another number: 4!

Top Hunter #4

"They're not weak!"

Number 4 continued, "Especially the guy leading the group, he doesn't seem like an ordinary challenger."

The deathly aura emanating from Ling Wu, belonging to the Grim Reaper, is only possessed by the management of the pre-death assessment space.

It's obvious that Ling Wu is no ordinary person.

Ling Wu's team is not weak either.

Their overall strength is actually not much worse than that of Nie Lei and others.

"They are indeed not weak!"

Just then, another voice rang out.

Then, with a hum, several figures slowly appeared out of thin air on the abandoned rooftop.

They wore different clothes and used different weapons.

The leader was a man with a bit of stubble on his face, wearing a coat and carrying a uniquely shaped longsword.

And right in the center of his chest was a number: 1!

Number 1, the strongest hunter.

The top ten hunters were indeed in groups.

It's not that no one has ever seen them, but that those who have seen them are all dead.

After all, so far, in this fourth level of the pre-death assessment space, no individual or team has been able to simultaneously face the combined might of the top ten hunters.

Anyone who gets caught up with them, or who gets targeted by them, is doomed!

"so……"

All the hunters' eyes were on Number 1, awaiting his instructions.

What should we do next?

"They are strong, but not strong enough!"

Number 1's somewhat hoarse voice slowly rang out: "So they need to become stronger."

All the hunters nodded slightly.

If you want them to become stronger, it's simple.

Then... let's help them!

……

Inside Peach Blossom Spring.

Upon entering this idyllic paradise, everyone immediately took a deep breath.

"My goodness, fresh air is so incredibly comforting."

Within this small, idyllic village, the air is fresh and the river water is clean.

This place is like the fourth level of the entire pre-death assessment space, the only true pure land in this entire hell.

The fourth level of the pre-death assessment space is much more expansive than the third level.

Countless urban areas were reduced to ruins, filled only with blood and stench.

The same is true in the mountains and forests, where all sorts of strange lords and foul-smelling lairs exist everywhere.

It is indeed difficult to find a truly clean place to live.

This paradise is like a fairyland compared to the outside world.

"I need to take a good shower, it's filthy outside."

Jiang Luo skipped and hopped into Peach Blossom Spring: "Let's make it clear first, everyone chooses their own place to stay. Whoever picks one first gets it."

"We'll cook something delicious in a bit, consider it a rare picnic."

Li Qingxue and others also entered Taoyuan one after another.

The entire village is a small village, and each dwelling is a tiny courtyard.

Living here is truly refreshing and gives one a sense of seclusion.

Ling Wu glanced at Xiao Bai, then asked, "Can you retract your domain?"

"Can!"

Xiao Bai nodded.

Then, the black mist that had enveloped the surrounding world immediately dissipated.

As the black fog dissipated, the entire village became brighter.

Flowers bloom everywhere, along the streams and riverbanks—a truly breathtaking sight.

Xiao Bai's eyes swept across the room, and she was slightly stunned.

"Don't you like this place?" Ling Wu asked.

Xiaobai shook his head.

It's not that I don't like it, it's just... I'm not used to it.

She felt like she was a female ghost, a ghost hiding in the darkness, scaring and killing people.

They are NPCs who walk through a hell of corpses and flesh.

She felt strange being suddenly immersed in such a clean and beautiful world.

I feel like I should have liked this kind of place, so why didn't I think about finding a place like this to live before?

Why did I always think about finding someone to kill in that hellish world outside?

You'll get used to it eventually.

Ling Wu smiled and said something, then walked forward.

Little White followed.

Everyone took a clean bath and then lit a bonfire by the river.

The river water is very clean; you could simply call it a clear spring.

Jiang Luo also wanted to see if she could catch some fish and shrimp inside to make wild game.

Unfortunately, water that is too clear has no fish, and she searched for a long time but couldn't find any.

Ling Wu shook his head, then summoned some fish and shrimp into the river.

"There are fish! There are fish! There really are fish!"

Upon seeing this, Jiang Luo immediately exclaimed with joy.

Li Qingxue quickly went to help, and the two of them worked together to pull up a sturgeon weighing over ten kilograms.

"Holy crap, there are crabs too! What the heck, king crabs?"

Jiang Luo quickly discovered a king crab hiding under the rocks and clear water.

"Really? And lobsters too?"

Li Qingxue discovered an Australian blue dragon.

The two of them happily started fishing in the river.

"Ha, I thought your sister-in-law was the only idiot in our team, turns out my sister can be an idiot sometimes too."

Li Ming grinned dryly from the shore.

Neither Li Qingxue nor Jiang Luo realized that those were summoned by Ling Wu.

Where in the river would you find king crabs and blue dragons?

The two silly girls had no knowledge of this and actually thought it was wild?