A few hours ago, facing Ding Wenli’s invitation, Chen Bugu had intended to refuse.
Although he had already realized this was a “pig-farming” team, Chen Bugu was not a savior, nor did he have any intention of saving those “pig farmers.”
It was better to avoid trouble.
Moreover, the other party had a Black Iron Four Star Awakened, so there was no need to conflict with people he didn't know.
He just wanted to separate from this strange team as soon as possible.
However, just as Chen Bugu was about to refuse, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
“Agree to him, I can help you advance to Black Iron Five-Star.”
The sudden voice in his mind made Chen Bugu happy; when he was trapped in the Vine Dream woven illusion in the Tiancheng City First Hospital, he vaguely heard a sigh.
After that sigh, Breaking automatically activated without his consciousness, pulling him out of that illusion.
After killing Vine Dream, one of Chen Bugu’s selfish reasons for suggesting to continue exploring the hospital was to find that Mysterious person.
Unfortunately, since the end of that battle, Chen Bugu had never heard that voice again, nor had he found that Mysterious person.
Is this the voice now?
Chen Bugu quickly realized something was wrong.
The sigh at that time had a similar timbre to his, clearly an adult male voice, but the voice now appearing in his mind was somewhat childish. It was clearly not from the same person.
“I know your team is very strong. If possible, please help me, and I can help you advance to Black Iron Five-Star.”
Chen Bugu was slightly surprised, then subtly scanned everyone present.
Soon, his gaze locked onto a boy in a middle school uniform in the crowd not far away.
The boy looked thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a pair of large, black-rimmed glasses. Although his face was dirty, his features were clearly delicate.
Seeing the middle schooler blink rapidly twice, Chen Bugu was basically certain that the owner of the voice in his mind was this person in front of him.
“How can you help me advance to Black Iron Five-Star?”
Chen Bugu silently thought to himself.
However, the middle schooler seemed to have anticipated Chen Bugu’s thoughts and continued in his mind.
“My ability is just telepathy, so I can’t know what you want to say. If possible, please agree to him first, and then we can find a chance to talk alone.”
Chen Bugu glanced at the middle schooler again, noticing his firm gaze, and considering the comparison of strength between the enemy and themselves, it didn't seem impossible.
“Okay, we’ll join!”
…
“Tell me about your deal…”
At three o’clock in the morning, in the woods three hundred meters directly south of their resting place, Chen Bugu seriously examined the middle schooler in front of him for the first time, illuminated by the faint glow from the fireball in his palm.
Blue and white school uniform, sneakers, black-rimmed glasses… If it weren’t for the torn holes in the school uniform and the messy hair reminding Chen Bugu, he would have almost thought he had encountered a good student returning home from school.
“My ability can detect and identify energy bodies within 100 meters of me. I know you are all very strong, so I hope to make a deal with you.”
“You help me kill Ding Wenli and Xue Ke, and I’ll help you break through to Black Iron Five-Star.”
The middle schooler in front of him stared at Chen Bugu, his eyes sincere, without any evasion.
“Okay.”
The middle schooler was about to say something more, but he didn't expect Chen Bugu to agree so readily.
“As long as what you say is true, I will kill them.”
When Chen Bugu said this, the killing intent in his eyes was undisguised.
If this middle schooler wasn’t lying to him, the matters concerning Ding Wenli and Xue Ke were far worse than just “pig-farming.”
Earlier, when Ding Wenli brought the cured duck to Lin Xiaoxiao, Chen Bugu was silently receiving the telepathic message from this middle schooler.
In the middle schooler’s narration, they came from Guanzhou, and their team originally had over 20 people. They met the people from Liao City three days ago.
At that time, Ding Wenli invited them to join, proposing the so-called “pig-farming” strategy.
The Great Disaster experienced by this group from Guanzhou was not very difficult; many had never experienced combat at all and didn't want to risk their lives, so they accepted Ding Wenli’s suggestion.
On the first day, Ding Wenli treated his teammates with courtesy and fought the monsters with his life, truly delivering on his promises.
But on the second day, their team accidentally stumbled into a Goblin gathering place.
There were many powerful monsters in that Goblin gathering place, such as at least five Goblin Berserkers like the one encountered today, in addition to over twenty ordinary Goblins and about ten Goblin archers.
None of this was significant; what made everyone most despair was a Goblin with many feathers stuck in its head, which was powerful and could release extremely potent magic.
The team instantly collapsed, and Ding Wenli and the others fled without hesitation.
The most outrageous thing was that during their escape, Ding Wenli discovered that Goblins were fond of women.
The number of Goblins pursuing women was often greater; once a lone female appeared, a large group of Goblins would be attracted.
At that time, the Goblins swarmed out, and to buy himself time to escape, Ding Wenli used throwing darts to sever the Achilles tendons of several women…
At this point, the middle schooler’s voice suddenly paused for a moment.
After a few seconds, Chen Bugu finally understood why this middle schooler had secretly contacted him.
“My sister’s Achilles tendon was severed, and she fell to the ground. I wanted to go back and help her, but she pushed me away and told me to run fast. My uncle saw that my sister couldn’t walk, so he carried me and fled from there.”
“I watched her, overwhelmed by those Green-skinned monsters, unable to do anything.”
When Chen Bugu heard this, he felt a lump in his chest, his face shifting between light and shadow.
It wasn’t until Lin Xiaoxiao waved her hand in front of him that he snapped back to reality.
The middle schooler continued to speak…
After escaping from that tribe, Ding Wenli and Xue Ke stopped pretending and exposed their true nature.
Many in the team were furious about Ding Wenli severing the women’s Achilles tendons and leaving them as bait, questioning why he did it.
However, that day, everyone who questioned Ding Wenli died.
Xue Ke’s mutated hand smashed a companion’s head, and the warm liquid splattered on many people’s faces, then the questioning voices disappeared, and everyone fell silent.
The only two remaining women in the team were played with until death by Ding Wenli and others, then thrown into the forest to serve as bait to attract those Green-skinned monsters.
In just two days, all the women in the team were raped to death, and all the men in the team who resisted were also killed.
They appeared to be a complete team, but this group from Guanzhou was actually living in fear under the rule of Ding Wenli and Xue Ke, providing help for their evolution, and serving as bait in critical moments.
So when Ding Wenli invited Chen Bugu to join, they dared not speak out openly.
After saying all this, the middle schooler made his first request to Chen Bugu, hoping they could kill Ding Wenli and Xue Ke, for which he would sacrifice everything.
Because it was always one-way telepathy, unaware of Chen Bugu’s attitude, the middle schooler finally arranged to meet Chen Bugu at three o’clock in the morning, in the woods three hundred meters directly south.