Chapter 77
[User “Lord of Shadows” praises your ruthlessness and tips you 20 universal coins.]
[User “Gaze of the Abyss” admires your deception and tips you 20 universal coins.]
[User “Pure Love Warrior” loudly replies that THEY like your great ability and tips you 30 universal coins.]
[User “Strongest King” sneers at your great ability.]
[User “Rebirth: Ultimate Love in Another Universe” hopes you’ll mind your wording.]
[User “Ascetic Heart” hopes you’ll use your great ability on your temporary lover.]
[User “Salad Pancake” wonders whether you still have some kind of minor ability.]
Yu Zhi ignored the barrage and immediately turned off the title [God of Lip-Love].
The pollutants underwater that were struggling upward paused briefly. Though they could survive both on land and in water, they wouldn’t drown instantly in the sea nor suffocate immediately on shore. Having lost Yu Zhi as a target, they swam aimlessly like fish.
Yu Zhi lowered his gaze to the seawater. Seeing that the man in black hadn’t resurfaced for a long time, he turned around and looked toward the company building that had become a field of ruins.
Many pollutants wandered around the wreckage. Without a pollution source leading them, they dragged their exhausted bodies, roaming without purpose.
Quite a few were pinned under rubble, struggling to crawl out. After wriggling for a while and failing to catch their breath, they stopped struggling. Before long, they died—whether crushed or suffocated, it was hard to tell.
Yu Zhi observed carefully for a long time, confirming that there was no unusual movement in the ruins before slowly withdrawing his gaze.
It felt strange.
There didn’t seem to be any ambush from Meteorite Biotech.
Xiao Hei had openly admitted that Meteorite Biotech was extremely interested in his hidden mission and his ability. It didn’t make sense for them not to bring more people to probe him.
Had the ambushers run off when they saw Xiao Hei was finished?
Or was there another reason?
As he pondered, a thick, pungent smell of blood suddenly filled the air.
Yu Zhi turned his head and saw Fu Suxi about a dozen meters away.
He had already dealt with the pollutants he’d drawn earlier. Severed limbs and fish heads covered the ground.
Under the sunlight, the scales on his body gleamed sharply. His bare chest heaved violently, as if he couldn’t draw in enough oxygen.
Fu Suxi’s level of pollution was severe. After sustained “intense activity,” his condition was visibly worsening. He didn’t even attack the wandering fishmen nearby anymore—just stood there, leaning on his long blade and gasping for breath.
Seeing Yu Zhi’s attention finally land on Fu Suxi, the barrage refreshed rapidly:
[User “Salad Pancake” asks when you’ll use your ability on your temporary lover.]
[User “World’s Cutest Girl” waits for you to fiercely use your great ability on your temporary lover and tips 20 universal coins.]
[User “Clear-Minded Human” reminds you this is the best time to assassinate him and tips 20 universal coins.]
[User “Strongest King” admires your indifference and tips 10 universal coins.]
[User “Rich Young Master Domineering Cool” supports your actions and tips 0.1 universal coins.]
Yu Zhi picked a clean reef rock and sat down. Seeing the comments, he raised an eyebrow.
“You’re all in such a hurry for me to go to him…”
“Did Fu Suxi save your lives or something?”
As soon as he said that, the constantly scrolling barrage visibly stuttered.
The comment feed was no longer smooth, as if many messages had been deleted or blocked. Occasionally, a new comment would pop up.
Not allowed to say it, huh…
Yu Zhi narrowed his eyes thoughtfully and looked toward Fu Suxi in the distance.
Fu Suxi slashed down a few pollutants that got too close. Then his body slowly slid down, collapsing to the ground.
The surrounding corpses partially obscured him. Yu Zhi couldn’t tell whether he was still breathing.
He didn’t want to rashly approach a mad dog.
After a moment’s thought, he took out his phone and opened the camera.
He aimed at Fu Suxi’s face.
Zoom. Zoom. Zoom again.
The next second, Fu Suxi’s previously motionless head suddenly tilted. His scarlet pupils were a straight, uncurved line. Even through the phone screen, Yu Zhi could feel the piercing chill in his gaze.
Yu Zhi’s hand trembled and accidentally pressed the shutter.
“Click—”
“Looks like he’s still alive and well,” Yu Zhi muttered.
After thinking about it, he kept snapping photos in burst mode.
Documenting the male lead’s embarrassing black history!
Maybe someone would buy it in the future?
If Fu Suxi saved the world someday, this would be juicy gossip about a savior.
If he committed crimes, it could be sold as a wanted poster.
“Bang—”
A sudden gunshot interrupted Yu Zhi’s photography.
“Bang—”
“Bang—”
Yu Zhi turned his head and saw armored vehicles from the Special Operations Bureau parked at the collapsed company entrance.
Several officers in familiar black uniforms stood at the gate, methodically shooting pollutants.
Leading them was a short-haired woman. She noticed his gaze, turned to look at him, seemed to recognize him, and immediately climbed into the driver’s seat, driving straight toward him.
“Brother Yu!”
Shang Yu ran up quickly. “What happened? Are you the only one here?”
“Where’s Minister Yu?”
As she spoke, she saw the man lying in the distance. Her face changed drastically.
“Minister Yu?! Is— is he dead?”
Yu Zhi: “…Not dead.”
He stopped Shang Yu from approaching Fu Suxi and said, “Not dead. Just insane.”
“Insane?” Shang Yu froze. Looking closely at Fu Suxi’s body and seeing the abnormalities, she clicked her tongue. “Has Minister Yu been polluted?”
Yu Zhi hummed in affirmation.
Shang Yu hurriedly asked, “Did you two handle the pollution source here?”
“More or less,” Yu Zhi answered vaguely, then asked back, “How did you find this place?”
Shang Yu told the truth. “A patrol outside the walls heard abnormal noises from the industrial park and came to investigate. They found it was a dungeon and notified the Bureau.”
“I went to find Minister Yu but couldn’t. I heard he left in the middle of the night, so I brought people over immediately.”
“Minister Yu…” She hesitated. “Did he overuse his ability?”
Yu Zhi was curious. “How do you know?”
Shang Yu thought he meant how she knew about the side effects of overusing Yu Yi’s ability and quickly explained:
“The headquarters called last night and told me to keep an eye on Minister Yu. They said his mental value is recovering very slowly.”
“Usually it’s fine. But polluted zones contain mental contamination. If he runs into a troublesome one and his mental value can’t recover, even if he eliminates the source, there’s a chance our people won’t be able to control him afterward.”
Yu Zhi immediately caught the key point—the call last night.
So headquarters knew Fu Suxi would make a move on Meteorite Biotech, but didn’t expect him to act just hours after receiving the information.
Fu Suxi had acted alone, informing no one.
Yu Zhi recalled the question he had before entering Meteorite Biotech—why had Fu Suxi chosen this exact timing?
He glanced at Fu Suxi on the ground and casually asked, “Did you bring tranquilizer guns?”
“Tranquilizer guns?” Shang Yu looked confused. “Those aren’t very effective on ability users. Probably useless on Minister Yu.”
Yu Zhi raised a brow.
The tranquilizers at headquarters were custom-made specifically for Fu Suxi and hadn’t been widely distributed. The S City branch didn’t have them.
He grew curious. “Then how are you planning to deal with him? What did headquarters instruct?”
Shang Yu said dryly, “They didn’t.”
Yu Zhi: “…So you’re just supposed to watch him?”
Shang Yu awkwardly defended headquarters. “They probably didn’t have time to explain.”
Yu Zhi asked, “Have you encountered this kind of situation before?”
Shang Yu nodded, then shook her head. “We have, but only with A-class ability users going berserk. Just send a few more people to knock them out.”
“But Minister Yu…”
Headquarters hadn’t explicitly stated his rank, but anyone with eyes could see he was beyond A-class.
Not A-class.
Only S-class.
Before the apocalypse, S-class ability users were exceedingly rare. Shang Yu had never fought one. She only knew the gap between S and A was enormous.
She had no idea how much force it would take to subdue him intact and bring him back for treatment.
Looking around at the vast ruins, she hesitated and asked, “With everything collapsed like this and that huge fissure in the ground… Minister Yu should be close to falling, right?”
Yu Zhi almost said he didn’t know either. But he swallowed the words and instead said, “Before he falls, he can still handle over a dozen ability users easily.”
Shang Yu’s face turned ugly. “Then I’d better contact headquarters immediately.”
Yu Zhi said slowly, “I have a way.”
Her eyes lit up—only to stiffen at his next words.
“But I need you to help me with something.”
She glanced at Fu Suxi on the ground, her gaze drifting. “I think… Minister Yu can probably hold on until I get back.”
Yu Zhi knew she feared he’d make an unreasonable request and said bluntly, “Relax. It’s simple.”
“I just want to make a call to headquarters. Or any way to contact them.”
Hearing that, Shang Yu sighed in relief.
She had been worried he’d ask her to help him escape or something, making her the unlucky subordinate in some forced-romance plot.
Just a phone call to headquarters?
What could go wrong?
Even if something did, wouldn’t that be headquarters’ problem?
“Okay!”
Yu Zhi took a step toward Fu Suxi but paused when he saw fishmen crawling out of the sea.
“Oh right. Do you get paid for clearing pollutants?”
Shang Yu replied, “Yes. Paid per head.”
“One pollutant, ten universal coins.”
One pollutant equaled one Normal Step.
Yu Zhi immediately said, “Count the ones Yu Yi kills under my name.”
“Without me, they wouldn’t have died.”
“Have your people stay back. Don’t accidentally injure him.”
Shang Yu nodded repeatedly. As long as they could bring Minister Yu back intact, she’d be willing to give up her own clearing bonus.
She watched Yu Zhi walk toward Fu Suxi. Seeing Lin Xiangyuan and others approaching, she hurried to warn them:
“Captain Lin, don’t come over here.”
“Your team’s all rookies. Take them to the perimeter. Don’t let Minister Yu hurt anyone.”
Lin Xiangyuan looked confused. “Huh? Minister Yu’s here too? Where?”
“So he handled this dungeon’s pollution source? The buildings are already like this—what else does he need to do?”
Shang Yu opened her mouth to explain when the sound of a blade cutting flesh rang out behind her—like splitting a ripe watermelon—accompanied by splashing seawater.
The sea breeze carried a sharp, suffocating stench of blood.
Lin Xiangyuan’s entire team stared in the same direction, stunned.
Shang Yu followed their gaze.
Yu Zhi was charging toward pollutants in the sea.
Behind him, Fu Suxi raised his blade and slashed down mercilessly—cutting both man and pollutant alike.
A split second before being hit, Yu Zhi teleported to another group of pollutants.
Fu Suxi slashed again.
Still didn’t hit him.
But killed another swath of pollutants.
Wherever Yu Zhi flashed, Fu Suxi struck.
The pollutants emerging from the sea fell at visible speed, chopped into chunks. Blood spread through the water, quickly dyeing it a horrifying red.
Watching the chase, Shang Yu muttered in a daze, “Even insane, he’s still obsessed with chasing his Brother to cut him down… what a murderous top.”
Lin Xiangyuan didn’t understand. “Why does it look like Brother Yu’s… walking a dog?”
……
Yu Zhi also felt like he was walking a dog.
Except instead of walking a dog to poop, he was walking a “dog” to kill pollutants.
After only a few minutes, the “dog’s” movements slowed. His swings grew weaker.
At first, Yu Zhi thought Fu Suxi was about to collapse.
But when he looked closely, he met pupils that had widened somewhat.
He grew suspicious.
This guy seemed… slightly more lucid?
Suddenly, Fu Suxi stopped killing pollutants and flashed in front of him.
Veins bulged on his hand and neck. His chaotic, confused eyes locked onto Yu Zhi.
Instinctively, he forced out two words:
“Give… me…”
Yu Zhi blinked. “?”
Give you what?
“You want Brother’s great ability too?”
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