After Chen Bugu left, Ding Wenli's screams came from behind him.
The sound went from loud to soft, from malicious to pleading, from cursing to murmuring, until it became weak and eventually faded away.
Chen Bugu did not pity Ding Wenli; he should have expected this day the moment he started killing others.
In this world, without the constraints of law and morality, the darkness of human hearts constantly expands, and the law of the jungle—the strong preying on the weak—is the only rule of survival.
Since Ding Wenli wanted them dead, he naturally had to be prepared to be killed by them.
Moreover, in the Goblin Shaman's wooden hut, there were many human remains, which, judging by the size of the pelvises, were all female.
After the Goblins violated human females, they killed them, ate their flesh, and spat out their bones. Ding Wenli and Xue Ke, among others, must bear at least half of these sins!
This was also why Bai Ting became so enraged after coming out of that wooden hut, striking at Xue Ke's life with every move.
In Bai Ting's view, these Goblins deserved to die, and Ding Wenli and Xue Ke, who personally sent these human females into the tiger's maw, deserved to be cut into a thousand pieces even more.
Bai Ting was still stunned in place, unable to recover for a long time, as it was his first time personally killing someone.
After reaching Black Iron Four Star, his Thunder Sprite awakened a new skill, "Electric Blade," granting him powerful close-quarters cutting ability.
Chen Bugu had tried it; Bai Ting's "Electric Blade" could even leave a small nick on his Wind Gale Dagger, and the electric arc would travel along the blade.
In other words, fighting Bai Ting with a blade also required guarding against the paralyzing effect of the electric arc on oneself.
It was with this move that Bai Ting personally killed Xue Ke. When his right hand came out of Xue Ke's chest, it was covered in blood, and the warm blood splattered all over Bai Ting, staining his meticulously cared-for white suit red.
Looking at Xue Ke's corpse, Bai Ting stood frozen in place, unable to recover for a long time.
Chen Bugu walked over to Bai Ting, patted him on the shoulder, and said,
"Things like this will become more and more common in the future. Get used to it sooner rather than later."
Chen Bugu was still unaccustomed to comforting people. After speaking, he walked directly toward the large wooden hut in the center of the Goblin tribe.
...
Earlier, the Goblin Shaman's first spell was interrupted by Chen Bugu.
Ever since leaving Tiancheng City First Hospital, Chen Bugu had maintained Breaking on his eyes, continuously deciphering the gene lock, as long as his mental power was sufficient.
The higher the progress of the Decipher, the greater the difficulty.
In his battle with Vine Dream, Chen Bugu's eye gene lock Decipher progress had already exceeded 50%.
But the remaining half took Chen Bugu a full two days to complete.
Just yesterday, before encountering Ding Wenli and his group, Chen Bugu's eye gene lock Decipher progress reached 100%.
100% completion of the eye gene lock brought a new ability:
Mental Shock!
Chen Bugu could release a Mental Shock by gazing into the enemy's eyes.
Enemies attacked by Mental Shock would experience severe headaches and nausea, and if they were in the middle of casting a spell, their spellcasting would be interrupted.
The three abilities brought by the perfect unlock of the eye gene lock were: Inference, Weakness Detection, and Mental Shock.
These three abilities significantly enhanced Chen Bugu's strength, and ultimately, this was all brought about by Decipher.
Moreover, since there was a gene lock in his eyes, there must be gene locks in other parts of his body. What kind of abilities would he gain after deciphering them?
Chen Bugu harbored a faint anticipation.
However, that was for later. Chen Bugu planned to first go to the Goblin Shaman's wooden hut, take out the remains, and bury them. This was the only thing he could do.
The moment the Goblin Shaman released "Heavenly Fire," Chen Bugu entered "Bullet Time." He held Bai Ting's cervical spine and pushed him to hide together in the wooden hut behind the Goblin Shaman, faking the illusion that they had both died under the skill.
Ding Wenli and Xue Ke indeed fell for it. They mistakenly believed that Chen Bugu and Bai Ting had sacrificed their lives to destroy the Goblin Shaman's energy shield, so they hastily attacked. After all, it would not be easy to find such competent thugs next time.
It was precisely because Chen Bugu and Bai Ting hid in the wooden hut that they saw the ground full of bones, mixed with some worn-out clothes and a few pairs of dirty sneakers.
In the Goblin Shaman's wooden hut, both on the wooden walls and the ground, there were numerous scratch marks made by human nails, as well as scattered hair.
Chen Bugu could imagine how much torment those women had suffered before they died.
Chen Bugu detested monsters like Goblins from the bottom of his heart.
In his previous life, human Awakeneds had a consensus: if they encountered Goblins in the wild, they would never let them go if they could kill them.
Female Awakeneds also had a consensus: if they fell into the hands of Goblins, were unable to fight, and could not be rescued, then suicide was the best outcome.
Ding Wenli's actions deserved to die ten thousand times over!
Chen Bugu picked up the scattered clothes, worn-out sneakers, and the casually discarded bones one by one, held them in his arms, and then slowly walked out of the wooden hut.
At this moment, in the clearing of the Goblin tribe, Lin Xiaoxiao and Yan Kuan's group had already restrained the three “Monkeys.”
All of Guan Zhou's group, except for Han Badou, had also slowly walked back and stood to the side.
Many people had complex expressions and varied looks on their faces, wondering what they were thinking.
As for the three “Monkeys,” Lin Xiaoxiao had them kneeling on the ground using Mind.
The “Monkey” had already been scared out of his wits when he saw the fate of Ding Wenli and Xue Ke.
“Sirs, I was blind and ignorant. It was Ding Wenli who told me to provoke you all back then. He told me to play the bad guy. I really didn't mean to offend you all. Please, let me go, let me go.”
As he spoke, he kept slapping his own face.
The other two also had ashen faces, kneeling on the ground without a sound.
Lin Xiaoxiao and the others turned a deaf ear, just quietly watching Chen Bugu.
Chen Bugu gently placed the clothes and remains he held in his arms on the ground, then slowly retreated.
A few seconds later, a voice emerged from the originally silent crowd.
"These are my wife's shoes! Where's my wife? Where's my wife!"
From the crowd in Guan Zhou, a dishevelled man ran out. He ran to Chen Bugu, holding a pair of shoes, then turned to look at the bones on the ground, as if he understood something instantly.
He collapsed to the ground, holding his head and weeping bitterly, cursing himself for being useless.
Subsequently, two more people seemed to recognize some items, staggering out of the crowd and trembling as they picked up the familiar clothes.
Many people's cries evolved from muffled sobs to heart-wrenching wails.
Chen Bugu looked at Han Badou, who was covered in blood and had walked over at some point.
He expressionlessly picked up a tattered, grass-green women's coat, turned and walked out of the crowd, muttering to himself,
"Sister, I avenged you, Sister, rest assured..."
Chen Bugu followed Han Badou, walking until they reached a deserted corner.
Han Badou knelt on the ground, holding the coat in his arms, his back to Chen Bugu, his body convulsing as he sobbed uncontrollably.
Chen Bugu did not go forward to comfort him. After seeing that Han Badou was alright, he silently retreated to a distance.
He recalled the scene he saw in his hallucination: bloody rain beating down on him, as he knelt before his parents' corpses...
...
Lin Xiaoxiao and the others were silent. Old Liu clenched his fists, turned around, unable to bear watching.
Yan Kuan and Wang Bin also turned and left, leaving the space to these sorrowful but helpless relatives.
Lin Lin looked at the scene before her, people who had lost their backbone kneeling on the ground, clutching bones and relics, and couldn't help but shed tears.
They had clearly won, yet they were so sad.
