Godslayer: Jiahao Gets Stronger? Starting with a Big Chicken with Sauce

"I've arrived at my stop, I'm off now."

"I'm leaving too. See you tomorrow."

See you tomorrow, Seven Nights.

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

As they got further and further away from the school, the crowd surrounding Lin Qiye receded like a tide.

A few minutes later, the original large group of about twenty people dwindled to just six.

Wang Jia'ao, Lin Qiye, Li Yifei, Jiang Qian, Wang Shao, Liu Yuan.

The streetlights grew increasingly sparse, and the buildings on both sides changed from neat residential buildings to dusty, old shops, with faded GG paper pasted on the tin roller shutters.

The previously noisy atmosphere gradually quieted down.

Li Yifei rubbed his arms and looked around: "Why do I feel like there are so few lights here?"

"It's the old town, so many of the streetlights were already broken."

Liu Yuan chimed in, "My family used to live here, but we moved away last year. After 10 p.m., hardly anyone walks this road anymore."

"Then why are you walking this way?"

"Isn't this just on my way?"

The six people walked along the street, their footsteps sounding somewhat abrupt in the empty alley.

If he remembered correctly, Lin Qiye would encounter the masked man tonight and then open his eyes.

Wang Jia'ao was thinking that if he wanted to exploit Lin Qiye's Jiahao points, he would probably have to spend a lot of money on him before he opened the store.

As for whether it would change the original timeline, he didn't care.

He has a system now, what is he afraid of!

Change it! What we're changing is the plot.

Wang Jia'ao was making plans in his mind, but his face remained expressionless.

Just then, as if he had suddenly thought of something, Li Yifei lowered his voice and spoke:

"Hey, have you guys heard?"

"What?" Jiang Qian turned her head to look at him.

"There have been quite a few murders in the old town recently," Li Yifei said, lowering his voice to a deliberately mysterious tone, "and they've all been covered up."

"How could that be?" Jiang Qian rolled her eyes. "If it were true, it would have been on the news long ago."

"It's true!"

Li Yifei panicked. "A relative of mine works as an auxiliary police officer at the police station. He said that at least five people have died in the old city area since last month! And the deaths were extremely gruesome..."

"Your relative was just bragging after drinking too much, wasn't he?" Wang Shao chimed in casually from behind.

My relative never drinks!

"You must have misheard."

"I......."

Li Yifei's face flushed red, and he was about to defend himself.

Liu Yuan suddenly shuddered, his voice trembling slightly: "Actually, I've heard a little about that too."

Everyone looked at him.

Liu Yuan swallowed hard. "My family used to live around here. Before we moved away last year, Old Zhang next door told me never to walk down the alley behind the City God Temple after 10 p.m. I asked him why, but he wouldn't say. He just kept repeating that sentence..."

"Which sentence?" Jiang Qian asked.

"They say something is eating people."

The alleyway fell silent for a moment.

The night wind whistled through a dilapidated window.

Jiang Qian, Wang Shao, and Liu Yuan all turned pale and subconsciously shrank back into the crowd.

Although Li Yifei had started the topic himself, he was now somewhat apprehensive and unconsciously moved closer to Wang Jia'ao.

Only Wang Jia'ao remained calm, with even a faint smile on his lips.

He glanced at Lin Qiye.

Lin Qiye walked steadily, his face expressionless. A black ribbon covered his eyes, but there was no trace of fear or tension.

As expected of the protagonist, he's as steady as a rock.

Wang Jia'ao withdrew his gaze and spoke with a casual confidence:

"Whatever, I don't care what kind of monsters or demons they are, I'll take action anyway."

[Jiahao Value +2]

[Jiahao Value +2]

[Jiahao Value +.......]

Jiang Qian and the others instantly looked annoyed.

"Wang Jia'ao, you're doing it again?" Jiang Qian glared at him speechlessly.

"When will you get better?" Liu Yuan shook his head and sighed.

Li Yifei covered his face immediately, pleading, "Please, please don't have this episode at a time like this!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jia'ao merely gave a cold laugh.

"It's normal for mortals to be unable to understand God; after all, God is always alone."

[Jiahao Value +3]

[Jiahao Value +3]

[Jiahao Value +.....]

"???"

"???"

Jiang Qian and the others were completely speechless. God? Are you crazy?

Lin Qiye couldn't help but shudder when he heard these words.

[Jiahao Value +2]

[Current Jiahao Value: 1765]

[Progress in acquiring Jiahao Points for the Chosen One: 17/100]

He met this deskmate on his first day at the new school, and he still can't tell whether the other person is really good or just mentally ill.

To be honest, his feat of punching a physical education student into a closet is undeniable.

If you're looking for trouble, a normal person wouldn't start saying things like "dearest relatives, friends, brothers and sisters" to someone they've just met on the very first day.

Lin Qiye didn't think about it any further.

Anyway, he's just here to study at Cangnan No. 2 High School. He'll quietly finish high school and then take it one step at a time.

The group walked forward for about fifty meters.

Jiang Qian walked at the front, looking down at her phone as she walked, seemingly replying to a message home. Suddenly, she stopped.

"What's wrong?" Li Yifei asked from behind her.

Jiang Qian did not answer. She took a deep sniff of the air, her brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of doubt appeared in her eyes.

"Can you smell something foul?"

"Smells bad?"

Li Yifei paused for a moment, then sniffed as well. "I can't smell it."

"I didn't smell it either," Liu Yuan shook his head.

"No, right?" Wang Shao said.

"Smell carefully," Jiang Qian pointed to the alley ahead, "that's the smell coming from over there."

They all stopped and sniffed in unison.

Three seconds later...

"vomit!!"

Li Yifei and Liu Yuan's expressions changed almost simultaneously. The two of them suddenly covered their mouths and noses, and the color drained from their faces at a visible speed.

"Holy shit!" Li Yifei bent over, his voice muffled behind his hands, "What the hell stinks like that?!"

Liu Yuan gagged twice, his face deathly pale, and took half a step back: "This taste...this taste is wrong..."

Something's definitely not right!

It reminds me of Lao Ba's Secret Recipe Mini Burger.

Although Jiang Qian's expression wasn't quite as dramatic, her face was clearly not looking good. She frowned, covered her nose with one hand, and unconsciously grabbed Li Yifei's arm with the other.

Wang Shao looked around warily.

Only Wang Jia'ao stood still, hands in his pockets, calmly looking at the alley ahead.

"They've arrived as expected."

Deep within this alley, a figure was moving slowly.

Behind them, at some unknown time, another similar silhouette had silently appeared in the direction they had come from.

A pincer attack from both sides.

Two masked men blocked both ends of the alley, one in front and one behind.

The group could see their faces clearly; their pale faces were devoid of any features, and the stench of decay was so strong it felt like a solid film was stuck to their mouths and noses.

Wang Jia'ao looked at this scene with a strange expression.

Strange.

He remembered that in the original story, they weren't surrounded, right?

Could it be that he was dragging Lin Qiye along the way, causing the other to walk slowly and thus triggering a butterfly effect?

That's true. Otherwise, at their normal speed, Wang Shao would have been eaten by the masked man when they turned the corner, and then Lin Qiye and the others would have escaped.

Now that they've slowed down, the masked men are surrounded while they're foraging for food and trying to escape.