Ren Zhong blinked, attempting to connect to the external network through the wrist watch.
The electromagnetic shielding in the abandoned mine pit was indeed formidable.
Since that’s the case, I can say a bit more.
"Lin Wang, the reason I want to kill you is because you killed me half a month ago."
He started to instinctively recall.
Half a month ago, it was the day everyone left Chenhui Mine to return to Starfire Town.
Everyone encountered the Legion Beast, and it was the straightforward "big-hearted" Ren Zhong who risked his life to save them, allowing himself and Bei Lihui to escape safely.
A huge question mark turned into a meteor falling from the sky and hit him hard on the head.
He heard every word Ren Zhong said clearly, but when strung together into a sentence, it left him utterly baffled.
Ren Zhong: "Let me alleviate your fragile mind a little. I’ll tell you a bit more. Tell me, during the danger at Chenhui Mine, wasn’t it Pan Fenglian and Song Qianlian who encountered the leeches first, then you let me replace them, right? Did you really think I knew nothing? So, you betrayed me first."
Lin Wang was silent for a while.
He realized he had consistently underestimated Ren Zhong’s mind.
But then again, he was puzzled because when he first took notice of Ren Zhong, his initial impression was that they were of the same kind.
When did he start to look down on Ren Zhong?
"This... is the norm. It’s natural to exchange the life of a second-level member for two fourth-level members."
Ren Zhong: "But you never asked if I agreed."
"Furthermore, I’m the one who leaked the information to Ma Dafu, and I’m the one who encouraged Ma Dafu to have the wastelanders block the gate of Starfire Resources. That’s why you received the urging from Yang Bingzhong, which led you to take a shortcut and encounter the Legion Beast."
Ren Zhong: "You thought that was your own decision, when in fact, you’ve always been living in the palm of my hand."
Lin Wang was silent for a moment, then asked: "Then why did you save me back then if you wanted to kill me now!"
"Because I knew that small scene wouldn’t kill you."
"If you escaped, you would run into a convoy from Chongyi County. In that convoy... hmm, you’d be flying high."
"The one driving the armed escort vehicle to pick us up was Wang Zhaofu, who was also arranged by me."
"Additionally, today’s hunting route was also within my expectations. This morning, when I set up the trap, I already knew you would be more aggressive than usual, going deeper."
Lin Wang: "But we encountered the Ruined Beast’s rampage, and I went further than usual! Your pseudo-superconductive metal..."
Ren Zhong: "Yes, the Ruined Beast’s rampage was also my doing."
"As for your choice of escape route. Tsk tsk, Lin Wang, you’re really simple. I just had to twitch my fingers to guess all your thoughts. You must have been anticipating my anticipation, thinking this must be the last trap... the last one..."
"You’ve been holding on until now. Yes, the one that just detonated was indeed the last one. Oh right, I also calculated your advance speed, the general impact of each explosion on you and Si Mawan, the delay in time, and your level of contemplation and hesitation."
"So, you’ve almost always hit every trap I’ve set, with only a few being missed. Finally, I even calculated you’d certainly split paths with Si Mawan at the Y-intersection, letting her go ahead to attract the non-existent encirclement of Tang Shuying."
"Hahaha, in short, your every move has been guided by me. You... are like a puppet with strings in my hands."
Lin Wang stood there stupefied, his mouth dry.
He could no longer utter a word.
Immense fear consumed him completely.
Ren Zhong swung the long knife horizontally, "Now, you can die with clarity."
Ren Zhong, not usually much of a chatterbox, became verbose at this moment for a reason.
He kept provoking Lin Wang, showcasing his meticulous scheming, shattering Lin Wang’s confidence, and disrupting his thought process.
Finally, he caught sight of the wavering in Lin Wang’s eyes.
The next moment, the beast and the most terrifying hunter, completely dominated, clashed again.
This time Ren Zhong fully unleashed his extraordinary skills, surpassing even Ma Xiaoling’s sixth sense!
At the same time, Ren Zhong also changed his combat strategy.
He adjusted the output power limit of the exoskeleton to 8000 kilowatts.
Having fought Lin Wang with real weapons for this long a second time, he had thoroughly read Lin Wang’s behavior pattern.
He started to showcase his true expertise, integrating the sixth sense into the combat process, perfectly linking autonomous decisions with preset programs. It was a seamless combo crafted specifically to defeat Lin Wang with a weaker hand overcoming the stronger!
As long as he struck the first blow, the ensuing combo would come like relentless waves against the shore, unstoppable and insurmountable.
And as the combo gradually formed, the armor’s output power would leap from 4000, escalating step by step until it finally surged to 8000 kilowatts.
With his spirit seized and his equipment suffering continuous critical damage, Lin Wang’s morale plunged to rock bottom, leaving him almost defenseless.
Even more pitiful was the fact that the pit was completely sealed; escape was impossible for him.
Three minutes later, the flame-cutting giant blade transformed into a sharp knife, piercing through Lin Wang’s helmet visor, plunging in fiercely.
Before the helmet was pierced, before death descended, a look of relief finally appeared on Lin Wang’s face.
He deciphered new information.
This is the sixth sense!
It must be the sixth sense!
Ren Zhong, possessing the capabilities of the fourth level parameters to harness the sixth sense, must have been an ally Ma Dafu enlisted from the Ma family to deal with Yang Bingzhong!
I... I belong to Yang’s team...
I did not die in vain.
The blazing flames erupted from the front of the flame-cutting giant blade.
Lin Wang’s body quickly carbonized and crumbled from the head.
Looking at the body of Lin Wang, turned into a lump of carbon ash inside the armor, Ren Zhong grinned, swaying slightly.
He wasn’t injured; it was the aftermath of the fourth-level stimulant’s potent effects taking full toll in a short time.
Light and shadow in front of his eyes gradually dimmed, and his body softened.
Over ten minutes later, the oxygen in the cave room was nearly depleted, and Ren Zhong’s complexion turned blue due to oxygen deprivation.
The smooth wall of the cave reverberated with a thud, and soon enough, a crack appeared.
An earth-breaking spiral drill head emerged.
A half-man-high giant shield enhanced with a spiral drill crashed to the ground.
Wen Lei, armor bearing crisscrossing scars, supported himself with his elbows as he crawled out of the hole, then collapsed headfirst onto the ground, quickly rising again to hurry towards the fallen Ren Zhong.
Following closely behind Wen Lei was Yujin, who emerged next, his back bearing several foot-long gashes.
The third to crawl out from behind Yujin was Chen Hanyu, her face covered with mud but without any injuries.
The three rushed to Ren Zhong’s side in unison.
Wen Lei forced open the malfunctioning visor that couldn’t open automatically, checked Ren Zhong’s breath, and quickly connected an oxygen tank to Ren Zhong’s face, exclaiming joyfully, "Alive!"
The three then turned their gaze to the other side, which was Lin Wang’s shell of an armor.
They exchanged glances, smiles emerging on their faces.
[Monthly Ticket][Recommendation Ticket]