Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 314 I think you must be a good person

After being slapped repeatedly, Yang Shuxia's temper flared up. His eyebrows shot up, he glared at Lu Xi'an, and gritted his teeth, saying, "If you have the guts, kill me. What kind of person are you!"
"I told you this sincerely, and I even said I'd share some food with you, but you just wouldn't believe me. If you don't believe me, go ask that rat! See if what I said isn't true!"

Lu Xi'an lowered his hand.

Even though Yang Shuxia said that, he still has this expression, so it seems he's telling the truth and there's no problem.

He breathed a sigh of relief under the poplar tree, but was immediately slapped twice more.

Why did you hit me again?!

Yang Shulin was bewildered and felt a chill run down his spine.

How come this person starts hitting people without any warning?!
Neither Boss Liang nor Aunt Xu would do such a thing!
Lu Xi'an said, "You've removed the marks from us, so we'll let bygones be bygones."

Yang Shuxia muttered, "It can't be cleared. Once this thing is marked, it can't be removed. You can only wait for it to disappear on its own, and there are even benefits to it."

It sounds like what the dog said.

Lu Xi'an took out a small knife and held it against the upper edge of his ear under the poplar tree: "If you don't understand, you'll lose your ear."

Yang Shuxia shuddered: "I really can't clean it up! That's the truth! If you don't believe me, ask Lu the Rat!"

"brush!"

His ear was cut off.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

He screamed in agony under the poplar tree.

"Can it be cleared now?"

Lu Xi'an asked again, his eyes glancing at his other ear, eager to try.

He hissed under the poplar tree, "I really can't clear it out. I'm already in your hands, in this state. If I could clear it out, wouldn't I let you? Would I risk my own life?"

It seems it really can't be cleared.

Lu Xi'an put away the knife and said, "Stop the bleeding yourself."

Yang Shuxia quickly used his abilities to stop the bleeding and breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that his other ear has been saved at least.

But then two more slaps rang out.

"Crack! Crack!"

After two sounds, there is a fourth sound.

"Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Yang Shulin lost control of his power for a moment. Blood spurted out of his ear again. Fortunately, the wounds on his arms and legs had already scabbed over quickly under the effect of his power, otherwise he would definitely have fainted from blood loss by now.

He quickly used his abilities to stop the bleeding from his ear and angrily said, "I've answered everything truthfully!"

"I know."

As Lu Xi'an spoke, he slapped the other two faces twice more, then said, "But who told you to mark us?"

"..."

No one spoke under the poplar tree.

Lu Xi'an then left Yang Shuxia and went over to ask Lu Laoshu a few questions. He then picked up Lu Laoshu and walked over, leaving Lu Laoshu and Yang Shuxia together.

One of the problems is whether there is a way to remove this mark.

Lu Laoshu smiled wryly and shook his head, saying it was impossible; the mark on his body wouldn't disappear on its own for a year or two.

Lu Xian: "..."

Lu the Rat's name is indeed Lu the Rat; it's not a nickname, and it's perfectly normal in this world.

The information has been compiled and confirmed that Lu Laoshu did indeed lie, or rather, concealed some facts.

He stole a piece of fungus stone, but he resolutely denied that he ran away because he was resentful of not being able to get a share of the meat.

He hid the fungal stone, not taking it with him because he was afraid that if he took it westward, it would be discovered.

Lu Xi'an asked him if he was hiding in Binghao Village, and he immediately panicked and hurriedly said no.

However, Lu Xi'an had already confirmed that the fungal stone was in Binghao Village, so he didn't ask him any further questions.

It was because Lu the Rat stole and hid the fungus stone that the people of Northern County had been searching for him.

He also stayed downstream and rarely went west. This was good not only for him, but also for the people in both the sick and healthy villages.

After all, both places are connected to him, and if he is discovered, both places will also suffer.

—Just like now.

Last time, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei passed through the sick village and headed south. They met the kid called "Dog" on the Guanhai River. After the kid went downstream, he fell into Lu Laoshu's hands.

People rarely come to places like the Blight Village, especially New Humans. So when Lu the Rat learned of this, he became worried, fearing that Northern County had discovered him, and risked going to the Blight Village to take a look.

Seeing this, he was relieved; nothing had happened in the disease village, and those two new humans seemed to have simply been passing through. But he hadn't expected that the people of Northern County would discover his whereabouts using a resonance gene scanner.

That's his own speculation.

After bringing Lu the Rat over and throwing him together with Yang Shuxia, Lu Xi'an also confirmed with Yang Shuxia.

Under the poplar tree, he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I saw him in the west before, and not only him, but also you all!"
"Were you the ones who traveled from north to south earlier?"

“We just finished preparing a corpse and are waiting to eat it. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to escape either.”

“I was originally planning to look for you guys, but I didn’t expect him to come all the way from the east.” At this point, Yang Shuxia sneered and glanced at Lu Laoshu next to him before continuing, “As soon as he appeared on the resonance gene scanner, I knew it was him.”

"Besides him, who else would dare to hide here? They've been hiding for so long, but I didn't expect them to lose their patience now, ha!"
"I thought you were going to go all out and eat the fungus stone, but it seems you don't even have the guts. How dare you come here to cause trouble?"

Lu Laoshu muttered, "You're good at talking about me, but what makes you so great? You don't have much skill, yet you dare to mess with others!"

Yang Shuxia said, "Don't overthink it. I'm not like you. You're all alone, but we have a full twelve of us."

"Moreover, the twelve of us are not ordinary new humans; we've all eaten meat! Including those who were with you back then, they're not the same as before."

He seemed to have gained confidence as he spoke, then looked at Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei and sneered, "So you'd better release me. I can introduce you to someone and give you benefits."

"That stinky rat, we'll feed him his fungal stones, kill him, and then we'll keep his flesh for ourselves."

"To tell you the truth, I caught it before sharing it with the others because I was eyeing its flesh."

"Everyone else has just digested the new meat and can't enjoy the other meat for the time being, so we'll have all the meat from this stinky rat."

"But if you don't let me go, when our people come looking for you, you'll probably become our food too. And not only that, you two are quite handsome..."

"call out--"

With a flash of the blade, the other ear under the poplar tree was also sliced ​​off. Blood gushed out.

This time, without Lu Xi'an's reminder, Yang Shuxia quickly used his ability to stop the bleeding.

He looks like a pig's head without ears now, his cheeks are swollen and blood red, he won't live anytime soon.

"You really are...you really are..."

Yang Shuxia stared at Lu Xi'an for a long time. He actually wanted to say, "You're really asking for it," but he couldn't say it because he was afraid that if he did, he would get slapped in the face again.

Or, after the ears are cut off, they might cut off the nose next.

He could tell that the man in front of him was no good; he was capable of anything.

We're just waiting for our people to arrive! We're just waiting for our people to arrive!
He thought to himself, gritting his teeth.

He had indeed considered bringing those two back. After all, both of them, male and female, were quite handsome and would surely be popular. Moreover, once they got to know each other, he might be able to have a go at it himself.

But now, he has given up.

It doesn't matter anymore, he just wants these two people to die!

—As for himself, although he has lost both arms and legs, he is not worried.

Anyway, he is a Type C Newtype, and his abilities come from pheromones, not from his limbs.

We're just waiting for our people to arrive! We're just waiting for our people to arrive!
He silently recited to himself, when suddenly he saw Lu Xi'an stand up and gently exhale.

"call……"

Lu Xi'an said, "Alright, you've asked all the questions you needed to ask. It's time for you to get going."

"what?!"

Yang Shuxia, a type C new human, was stunned, and Lu the rat next to her was also startled.

Weren't we just negotiating the terms so well?! Why are you suddenly turning on us again?!
"No, if you wanted to kill me, why did you slap me in the face and cut off my ear before? Wasn't that redundant?!"

Yang Shuxia was greatly alarmed and hurriedly asked.

Lu Xi'an said, "I don't like you for marking me."

"no……"

Yang Shuxia was about to say something again, but Lu Xi'an was too lazy to listen to his half-threatening, half-coaxing words. He picked up Yang Shuxia and threw him against the trunk that had been uprooted and thrown aside earlier.

"bump!"

The tree trunk twitched twice, the branches swayed, and many leaves fell.

The head under the poplar tree had already smashed into the trunk and was smashed to pieces.

Lu Laoshu's eyelids twitched as he watched. When he saw Lu Xi'an looking at him again, he suddenly trembled, but then calmed down.

There seemed to be a hint of composure in his expression.

"Let's go."

Lu Xi'an picked up the rat and said, "Give us directions and lead us to Binghao Village."

Lu Laoshu panicked: "What disease-curing village?! I've only ever heard of disease-curing villages, never disease-curing villages."

Lu Xi'an laughed and said, "Alright, stop pretending. The person who jumped off the building to find you before has already told us about Binghao Village. Didn't you know?"

Lu the Rat fell silent for a moment, his face grim.

Lu Xi'an said, "I didn't understand some things just now, but I understand them now."

"Like us, you didn't actually have the mark before, but you got it after you saw the poplar tree."

"The people who were previously infected with the mark were from the disease-stricken village, not you."

“Normally, you should have been able to run away and abandon those people who drifted downstream in the Guanhai River.”

"But you didn't. Instead, you came looking for us... or rather, under the poplar tree. You mistook us for someone under the poplar tree, didn't you?"

Lu Laoshu looked at Lu Xi'an, his gaze seemingly different from before: "What exactly are you trying to say?"

What I wanted to say was—

Lu Xi'an and Lu Laoshu looked at each other intently. "I think you must be a good person."

(End of this chapter)