Why are all the people in my chat group rumored to be from the outside world?

"Don't let me find out who's behind this, or you'll be in big trouble."

After leaving those words, Ember started running away. The commotion here was quite loud, and I guess someone will be coming soon.

Get away.

After Ember left, a figure stood beside Deadpool, raising his hand. The next second, Deadpool's body vanished.

After doing all this, the figure murmured a soft farewell.

"He's not a hybrid, but a next-generation one. So what is it that allows him to rise from the brink of death time and time again?"

While he stood there thinking, she suddenly looked behind her.

Some people overcame their fear and rushed back despite everything.

But when he returned, the place was completely empty.

He knelt on the ground in despair.

Chapter 12 Go and bring that guy back.

Ran.

I ran away.

I abandoned him...and ran away.

His breathing was rapid, and his steps were unsteady.

Lu Mingfei ran wildly along the gravel path in the park with his head down.

What kind of monster is that?

How could such a monster exist in this world?

Ember... How is Ember?

He told me to run... surely... surely there must be a way to handle this, right?

Do not!

How could there possibly be a way!

Ember was pierced through by that monster while trying to save me!

That monster killed Ember!

What should I do? What should I do?!

Go back?

But what good would it do if I went back?

To die?

If Ember hadn't reacted quickly and blocked my way, I would be dead!

Call the police? Yes, call the police! Let the police handle it... No! No way! Too slow! It's too late!

Lu Mingfei's mind was a complete blank, and he staggered as if he were drunk. His chest ached terribly, and the next second, his ankle slammed into something hard, making him feel dizzy.

Caught off guard, he fell heavily onto the cold cobblestone road, and excruciating pain instantly swept through his body.

Lu Mingfei lay there, unable to get up again.

“…It hurts so much.” His body ached, but…Lu Mingfei clutched his chest, where…it hurt even more, so much that it was suffocating.

Ember... that person I'd only known for a short time. Appeared out of nowhere, helped me out of nowhere, spoke incomprehensible words out of nowhere, and then out of nowhere... stood in front of me.

This weirdo... is dead...

"Don't die..." The voice was hoarse and incoherent.

Lu Mingfei slumped over and covered his eyes with his arms.

Don't die...please...don't die...don't...die for me.

I... I'm not worth it!

At that moment, confusion overwhelmed him like a tsunami, far exceeding all his previous understanding.

The illusion of the world's ordinariness has been completely shattered.

But he... is just an ordinary person!

He had no power to save Yu Jin... What could he do?!

At that moment, a scene flashed through Lu Mingfei's mind.

"Do you know how to trade?"

“I think… I will.” Lu Mingfei’s breathing suddenly became rapid, as if a fire had ignited in his chest!

He suddenly flipped over and stood up!

Fuck it! Fuck it!

What's the use of being afraid! This world has been fucking unsafe for a long time!

He can escape today, but what about tomorrow?! What about the day after?! Besides... his only friend... is still there!

His schoolbag fell to the ground, but he had no time to pay attention to it.

The body rushes forward, acting before the mind, heading back the way it came.

"Don't die! Don't die!" he screamed frantically in his heart, but when he rushed back to that nightmarish place, all that remained was emptiness.

Lu Mingfei's legs went weak, and he collapsed heavily to the ground.

He... has no friends anymore.

Along with his friend's corpse, along with the monster... they all vanished without a trace.

Lu Mingfei thought he would roar in anger and cry his heart out.

But not a sound came out of his throat.

Only the image of that moment of escape keeps looping and echoing in my mind—

If... if I hadn't run away...

Lu Mingfei didn't know how he left. As if his soul had been ripped away, he staggered back to the place he called home.

The aunt's sharp scolding, the uncle's concern, the cousin's curious peeking... all were kept out by an invisible barrier.

He curled up silently in the corner of the bed, his eyes vacant, staring lifelessly at the floor.

The aunt's curses grew more intense, but as time went on, a rare hint of anxiety and worry crept into her voice.

His family surrounded him, anxiously asking what had happened.

Lu Mingfei... seemed to have already died at that moment.

Yu Jin... is dead.

He killed them.

-

"This is terrible." Yu Jin curled up in the dim corner, his eyes tightly closed, clearly catching the chaotic and hurried footsteps outside, as well as the deliberately hushed conversations.

"The target just fled this way, so the area can't be too big."

"Be careful, that guy is extremely dangerous, his bloodline rating is probably not low."

"Keep the channel open."

A group of people roughly searched all possible hiding places in the darkness, but found nothing.

But they clearly had no intention of giving up; their footsteps quickly shifted as they headed to search further away.

Only when the surroundings returned to deathly silence did the embers slide down from above a narrow alley.

"Damn it, what if they turn around and kill us... I'd better get out of here!" The thought flashed through his mind, and he immediately sped up, running in the opposite direction from his pursuers.

"The guy who's been pulling the strings behind the scenes... don't let me find out, or I'll give you a Rhine strike!" Ember gritted his teeth.

He was 100% certain that Deadpool's attack tonight was definitely a big one aimed at him.

How could an ordinary person bypass the surveillance of Kassel College and accurately place a monster of this level next to Lu Mingfei?

Do you really think those guys are pushovers?

Suddenly, a series of rapid footsteps sounded ahead! Yu Jin's pupils contracted, and he swiftly withdrew his figure, disappearing into the shadows of the corner of the wall.

Sure enough, another group of burly men in black suits swept past with the speed of the wind.

Yu Jin held his breath.

He only slowly opened his eyes after the footsteps faded into the distance.

However, deep within those eyes, which should have returned to normal, an inextinguishable, molten gold-like flame was burning—the Golden Eyes!

The mark of a hybrid race and a dragon should be an ability that can be controlled at will.

Out of control!

What's worse, he was being pursued by the people from Kassel College!

Perhaps... there's more. He couldn't even discern the exact origins of those men in black.

"This bad luck today is just unbelievable," Yu Jin couldn't help but mutter.

First, he sneaked into the school and was chased all over the street by the head of the teaching department; then he was ripped out of his heart by Deadpool; and now he's being used as a moving target by this group of dragon-slaying experts... This experience is truly unparalleled.

He absolutely cannot go home. Being hunted down is his own business; he caused the trouble, so of course he has to deal with it.

His three group members didn't get involved in his affairs.

"There's no need to drag them down with me. This mess is entirely my own doing." With that thought in mind, he exerted his strength again and charged into the deeper darkness of the night.

However, not long after—Ember fled back in a sorry state, even faster than when it arrived!

Behind him were more than a dozen burly men in black who were relentlessly pursuing him!

"Holy crap! Just how many people have they mobilized?!" Yu Jin's scalp tingled.

There must be dozens of pursuers surrounding him tonight.

He admitted that he had committed a crime and had considered that he would be hunted down.

After all, in those people's eyes, he might be a high-risk mixed-race person.

But is it really necessary to have dozens of people to deal with just one person? If he knew exactly how many people were involved in this manhunt tonight, he would probably be even more shocked—the entire operation mobilized more than 130 people.

Their only target was him—Ember!

This unexpected guest appeared suddenly and tried to get close to their secret weapon.

If possible, Ember didn't want to fight these people.

Twelve o'clock at night.

Kevin lay on the unfamiliar bed, wide awake.

He stared at the unfamiliar ceiling above him, took a deep breath, sat up, and opened the chat panel. The conversation on it was frozen in time:

The torchbearer: "I'm going out having a good time these past few days, so I won't be back for dinner tonight."

The Firebringer: "Don't cause any trouble these next few days. Chu Tianjiao said that things are getting tense in this city lately, so be careful they don't arrest you three-headed dragons."

The one who passed on the fire: "That's it, nothing's wrong, I'm off."

Kevin sighed heavily again.

"This guy... must have gotten into trouble and is afraid to come back, afraid of implicating us."

Although they hadn't spent much time together, Kevin was certain that this was something Ember was capable of doing.

As the undead, Ember is the most fearless and powerful being in their group.

But... I just can't put my mind at ease.

Even though I knew he was probably alright, the thought of him facing unknown dangers alone still made me feel a lingering sense of worry as a friend.

"Go get a bottle of water," Kevin thought, getting up and opening the door.