Chapter 104: Clear the Map

Chapter 104: Clear the Map

“My, my. Two Rune Circuits in one month.” War Tiger was beside himself. “What kind of dumb luck is that!”

“Yeah, what kind of dumb luck is that?” Officer Huang said with a thin smile. While he had said the same line, he obviously meant it very differently.

“There are still a lot of questions to answer.” White Rabbit turned to Gao Yang. “Where are Cheng Xin and the rest?”

“Don’t know.” Gao Yang shook his head. “We should’ve run into Cheng Xin before running into Old Wang.”

Expression dark, Old Wang said in a slightly hateful tone, “Probably killed.”

Gao Yang shook his head. “That many people would’ve left traces behind if they were killed.”

After a moment of silence, Officer Huang said, “Well, I think we might have forgotten about something: the doors between the cars aren’t the only doors of the train.”

“That’s right!” Gao Yang slapped himself on the forehead. He couldn’t believe he’d neglected that. “There are the doors to the platform too.”

“Do you mean,” White Rabbit turned to look at the door, “That they got off the train?”

“It’s very likely.” Gao Yang followed the train of thoughts. “There are different numbers of passengers at every stop. Cheng Xin doesn’t sound like a fool. If they stayed in the train, they would keep running into more monsters. Perhaps they were lucky enough to reach a stop with few passengers, and they killed their way out.”

“That’d make sense.” War Tiger plopped himself down on a seat and crossed his legs. “Come on, let’s take a break. We’re going to be very busy later.”

“Busy? With what?” Officer Huang had a bad feeling about this.

War Tiger gave Gao Yang a glance. “You must know, Yang Yang. Tell everyone.”

All eyes were suddenly on him. Gao Yang silently grumbled about War Tiger of all people using the affectionate nickname, but at the same time, he was a little flattered.

He boldly said, “You aren’t looking to clear the map, are you, Teacher?”

“Haha, you know me like a roundworm!” War Tiger slapped his own abdomen dramatically.

Gao Yang suppressed an eyeroll. He didn’t want to be a parasite in the man’s colon.

“Clear the map?” Qing Ling asked.

Officer Huang shook his head. It was something he wasn’t familiar with.

White Rabbit sighed. “In gaming terms, it means killing all the enemies in a map.” The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñòv€l-B1n.

“Kill all of them?!” Old Wang jumped. “Are you out of your mind?! Do you know how many stops there are, and how many monsters there are at each stop? Do you really think you can kill them all?”

“Of course,” War Tiger said like he was talking about the weather. “It’ll just be a little tiring.”

Her movement was flexible, agile, and precise.

Gao Yang could see her progress. In the past, her attacks had been fierce, but there was a lack of finesse. She had relied entirely on her explosive power and made every swing at the risk of her life.

Under War Tiger’s hellish training, her swings had become skillful, and she was able to control the power she put into her attacks without wasting energy.

To make an analogy, she had turned from a powerful but crude cleaver into a precise, fine scalpel.

It only took a few seconds for the monsters’ heads to fall.

Qing Ling’s breathing remained steady. She looked around amid the dead monsters. After making sure that there was no danger, she turned to the train and said, “All clear.”

Old Wang was the last to walk out, and he still hadn’t recovered his jaw.

Only after the train slowly departed did he muster the courage to ask War Tiger, “The pretty lady must be a veteran of your organization, right?”

“She’s a newbie who only joined a month ago,” War Tiger said.

“Huh. Haha.”

Old Wang acknowledged their differences and stopped asking for humiliation.

As they expected, the subway station was small, and they reached the border very soon. Cold walls prevented them from advancing further. There was no entrance to another space or a hidden chamber.

Using the blood on the floor, they left a mark so that they would know they had been here.

Then they sat down on the bench, waiting for the train to come.

Officer Huang sat by Old Wang. They were both family men and found a kindred spirit in each other.

Old Wang took out a photo of his daughter from his wallet. The girl had a round, flushed face with her hair tied into two braids. “My little girl. Isn’t she cute?”

“She is,” Officer Huang said with a smile. “She has your eyes.”

“Well, it’ll be better if she looks more like her mother. Her mother has big bright eyes.” Old Wang sounded proud. “It’s a shame that my phone has run out of battery, or I’d show you a photo of my wife. I’m not exaggerating. She’s a real beauty.”

“Your wife’s an awakener too?” asked Officer Huang.

Old Wang raised his voice. “Of course! Do you think I’ll marry a monster?!”

Officer Huang didn’t say anything.

It took Old Wang a moment to come to the realization. “Old Huang, is your wife...”

“Yeah, she’s a monster.” Officer Huang admitted without shame. “We fell in love before I awakened, and we are still very much in love.”

“Then the child your wife is carrying...” Old Wang didn’t dare finish the question, his expression conflicted.

“Do you think,” Officer Huang leveled him with a cool, steady gaze, “That my child is a human or a monster?”