The City of Terror
chapter-492

 Wei Xiao Bei communicated with the Life Altar.

However, it seemed like the Life Altar’s consciousness had been affected when it was force-fed the Sacred Beetle Ovary last time. Specifically, its intelligence seemed to have been lowered.

Wei Xiao Bei got no accurate answers even after the communication. The approximate meaning was that the premature awakening had affected its evolution in some way.

Wei Xiao Bei thought for a moment and extended his left hand. Tendrils came surging out of his hands and twenty balls of flesh quickly started forming.

Soon, the flesh broke apart and twenty Weakling Pigs emerged from within. They quickly devoured their meat shells.

Wei Xiao Bei inspected the Weakling Pigs and discovered that their senses had gotten significantly sharper after the Life Altar’s evolution.

Wei Xiao Bei had the Weakling Pigs sniff the smell in the room and had them chase after Zhang Tian Kun.

He wasn’t in a hurry. Zhang Tian Kun had been hurt by his plasma. He wouldn’t be able to recover for a while.

Wei Xiao Bei then walked out of the door and down the building. He found the security guard waiting in the distance and had him bring him back to the office.

Zhou Xing Yuan, who had been distractedly chatting with Yang Teng, stood up when Wei Xiao Bei entered the office. He almost knocked over the cups on the table, “How did it go?”

Yang Teng was a sharp man. He hurriedly poured a cup of water for Wei Xiao Bei. He finally started speaking after taking a sip, “The kid’s living in there. Your mistress was there as well.”

He neglected to mention the fight with the Brush Spirit’s clone and gave a simple explanation of what was happening with the Zhang Tian Kun and the girl.

Zhou Xing Yuan was a pretty affectionate person. Concern appeared on his face when he heard that his darling was being tortured by Zhang Tian Kun and had been taken away by him.

Wei Xiao Bei had no business commenting on Zhou Xing Yuan’s morality and actions. After all, these things weren’t egregious as long as there was mutual consent. It wasn’t as if Zhou Xing Yuan was forcing a girl to be in a relationship with him, so Wei Xiao Bei couldn’t involve himself in the matter.

Yang Teng was stunned upon hearing the conversation. He couldn’t help but resent himself for being too slow and not exiting the room for the conversation. Wasn’t it just great now? He had heard his boss’s secret about his mistress.

What if his boss decided to fire him because he felt like it was a slight to his reputation? Wouldn’t that be a bitch!

That said, the person who dared to abduct boss’ girl was truly a daring man.

Who didn’t know of Zhou Xing Yuan’s status in the underground world of Cui Hu City?

Of course, Yang Teng also had no idea what Zhang Tian Kun had done all this while. Otherwise, he probably wouldn’t be able to sleep upon knowing such a terrifying criminal had appeared in his neighborhood.

“Boss Wei, you must save Xiao Ling.”

Zhou Xing Yuan started pleading worriedly.

Wei Xiao Bei was still feeling a bit reluctant to help over such a matter, but Zhou Xing Yuan had been pretty useful to him.

Moreover, Wei Xiao Bei had to at least capture Zhang Tian Kun. He would be too worried about his friends and families being under threat with such a potential enemy in the shadows.

As for Meng Xiao Ling? It would have to depend on her luck.

If Zhang Tian Kun kept her as a hostage to threaten him, Wei Xiao Bei would not be swayed at all.

“I’ll be able to find him soon enough.”

Wei Xiao Bei patted Zhou Xing Yuan’s shoulder and had him go back to rest first. After all, the guy looked incredibly pale, as if he was about to collapse at any moment.

Who knew if it was because he was terrified or because he was still concerned, but Zhou Xing Yuan insisted on not going home. After all, in his mind, there was no place safer than by Wei Xiao Bei’s side.

“Mm, I found him. You wait here.”

Wei Xiao Bei suddenly stood up and walked outside as he said.

“Mr. Wei, I will drive you there.”

Yang Teng might be trying to associate himself with Wei Xiao Bei. He quickly took out his car keys from the drawer and chased after Wei Xiao Bei upon seeing him leave.

He was indeed a pretty sharp person. He had already heard from the guards that the boss arrived here with Mr. Wei in a taxi.

The fact that he could think of driving Wei Xiao Bei to his destination already made him a smart man.

Unfortunately, by the time he made it out the door, that Mr. Wei had already vanished without a trace.

The space around the office was pretty vast. There was nothing within fifty meters.

Even the world champion of sprinting couldn’t run fifty meters in just two seconds.

Setting aside how Yang Teng had been shocked by Wei Xiao Bei’s surprising departure, Wei Xiao Bei had now jumped over the walls of the neighborhood and was running in the direction of one of the Weakling Pigs.

Zhang Tian Kun’s speed was not slow at all initially. However, after running for several kilometers with another person on his shoulders, he started to slow down, perhaps due to his wounds. Thus, the Weakling Pigs managed to catch up by trailing his scent.

 Cui Hu University?

Wei Xiao Bei frowned. A wall appeared in front of him after he had chased the trail for five kilometers.

This was a familiar wall to him.

It was the wall of Cui Hu University.

From a certain perspective, Wei Xiao Bei had jumped across this wall plenty of times. In the Dust World, that is.

He looked around him. It was a good thing that it was dead in the night right now. There were almost no pedestrians on the road, with only the occasional car zooming past.

Wei Xiao Bei did not hesitate at all. He ran a few steps forward and easily jumped over the five-meter tall wall. It was no obstacle for him at all.

There was a stretch of forest behind the wall. He took a few steps and quickly realized that there were plenty of university students flirting in the edges of the woods.

Wei Xiao Bei couldn’t help but shake his head. He might not have been to university, but he had always had a bit of yearning for the college lifestyle.

From his perspective, relationships in college tended to be sweet and perfect, but they would not always last into the future.

After all, everyone went their own ways after graduation. The many problems of the real world were enough to shatter most romantic relationships.

Wei Xiao Bei did not prank or disturb any of these couples. He ran straight for where Zhang Tian Kun had last stopped after crossing the forest.

The place should be a dormitory. Wei Xiao Bei frowned slightly, as Zhang Tian Kun was currently at the rooftop of this dormitory.

No doubt fighting him on the rooftop might cause unnecessary trouble. After all, the students living in the building were all ordinary people. They couldn’t possibly endure the shockwaves from Wei Xiao Bei’s fighting.

After a moment’s hesitation, Wei Xiao Bei leaped up the wall and started running vertically up the building.

When he arrived at the rooftop, he saw two people lying down on the ground, a man and a woman.

 They’ve fallen unconscious?

Wei Xiao Bei stepped forward and pulled Meng Xiao Ling away before grabbing Zhang Tian Kun by the neck.

Perhaps it was the stimulation of having his neck grabbed, but Zhang Tian Kun slowly came to.

“Cough cough, who are you?”

Wei Xiao Bei immediately understood Zhang Tian Kun’s condition upon grabbing him. The wound on his back had caused him to temporarily lose all ability to resist. Of course, Wei Xiao Bei believed that it was largely the effect of the Life Altar devouring the Brush Spirit’s clone.

“You just need to know that I’m more powerful than you. Let’s talk about you first.”

Wei Xiao Bei didn’t answer Zhang Tian Kun’s question. Instead, he returned with a question of his own. At the same time, electricity flowed through his body and electrocuted the man.

Zhang Tian Kun grits his teeth as if intent on resisting to the very end.

Wei Xiao Bei might not have tortured anyone, but he knew a bit about such measures.

In truth, the electricity from his hand was of fluctuating voltage. It should be enough to cause Zhang Tian Kun to tremble unstoppably.

Zhang Tian Kun might have obtained supernatural powers, but it had not been long since he obtained these powers. His will and mentality were still that of a college student.

Which is to say, barely able to endure pain and incapable of tolerating it once the pain exceeded a certain level.

“Don’t shock me, I’ll speak. I’ll tell you anything you want to know!”

In truth, Wei Xiao Bei had always felt a bit of sympathy for Zhang Tian Kun. He was a victim, to begin with after all. However, his view of Zhang Tian Kun changed slightly now.

 Wasn’t he surrendering way too fast?

Wei Xiao Bei had not even used his most powerful stuff.

 His will was a bit too weak.

Wei Xiao Bei couldn’t help but feel like he was the bad guy in the situation here.

Just in terms of willpower, Wei Xiao Bei felt like Zhang Tian Kun couldn’t even compare to Meng Xiao Ling. Though the girl had been blinded by materialism, she had not capitulated to Zhang Tian Kun even when she was being tortured with salt over her wounds. Even Wei Xiao Bei saw her in a new light after that.

People tended to be like that. They appeared tough on the surface, but once they bent the knee, they became exceedingly honesty. They would tell you whatever you wanted to know. They would even spill the beans on things you hadn’t asked, just to make themselves seem more useful.

Wei Xiao Bei learned a lot from Zhang Tian Kun.

It seemed like Zhang Tian Kun had been furious after breaking up with Meng Xiao Ling and then being beaten up by Zhou Xing Yuan.

Just like Zhou Xing Yuan thought, he was just a college student, with no power, no influence, and no money. What was he supposed to use to get back at Zhou Xing Yuan?

Even if he was to grab a cleaver and charge at Zhou Xing Yuan, he would probably be pressed to the ground by the security guards before he could even make it to Zhou Xing Yuan’s place. Of course, he had no choice of making it into any places that Zhou Xing Yuan went to.

Thus, the man spent his days lamenting his fate in the dorms. His friends in the dorm couldn’t help but worry for him when they saw this.

In the end, to distract Zhang Tian Kun from all that had happened someone suggested, “Let’s play Inviting the Brush Spirit. We might just be able to solve Tian Kun’s problem that way.”

Of course, the Brush Spirit ceremony was something that girls typically played. None of the guys actually knew how to do it. So one of their girlfriends came over to help.

The Brush Spirit ceremony was held at Laboratory Three. This laboratory had been left unused due to how few floors the building had. It was said that the school was about to raze the building and build a larger and better laboratory there.

It was the perfect place to play a scary game like inviting the Brush Spirit.