SSS-level catastrophe? That's my wife!

He frowned and turned around with a puzzled look on his face.

This name is... completely inconsistent with her status as the Red Queen.

Besides, what does her name have to do with me?

"And you?" Su Nianhe tilted her head to look at him, her long hair falling down her shoulder and covering half of her profile.

"Lin Mu." Lin Mu said succinctly, and then took another step.

"You lied to me, I will kill you." Su Nianhe's voice returned to its icy tone.

"Believe it or not, it's up to you," Lin Mu said without turning his head.

The smile on Su Nianhe's face vanished only after Lin Mu's figure had completely disappeared into the distance.

She suddenly clutched her chest: "Pfft—"

A mouthful of blood gushed out without warning, staining the red dress in front of her.

She staggered backward and fell heavily onto the pile of corpses, kicking up a cloud of foul-smelling dust.

Her chest heaved violently, her face was as pale as paper, and her once alluring red dress now looked rather disheveled.

"Having used only the last vestiges of your strength, you're already on the verge of death...?"

Su Nianhe was panting, her voice so weak it was almost inaudible.

She gazed in the direction Lin Mu had left, a complex light flashing in her eyes, and murmured to herself:

"Lin Mu...?"

"You must leave this place alive... Your life is mine to take!"

As she uttered her last words, Su Nianhe closed her eyes completely. Only the faint rise and fall of her chest proved that her life was still continuing...

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Lin Mu dragged his shattered body through the ruins littered with corpses, having walked for an unknown amount of time.

Countless hideous wounds on his body burst open with every step he took.

Blood splattered everywhere, leaving a horrifying trail on the ground behind them.

After a long time, he got closer and closer to the edge of this blood-red forbidden zone, but his mind began to wander.

In the dim light, a faint glimmer of light came into view ahead.

Those were searchlights outside the city constantly scanning into the restricted area, their beams casting interplay of light and shadow among the ruins and broken walls.

"Heh, three days have passed, and that one in the capital is still very cautious."

Suddenly, a bright light flashed across his body, then stopped abruptly and locked onto him.

Immediately afterwards, two more beams of light focused on him at the same time, illuminating his entire body as if it were daytime!

"It's right in front of us... I can't fall here!"

Lin Mu's voice was hoarse as he staggered forward with his last bit of strength, now covered in blood.

"Survivors found! Calamity declared! Annihilate them immediately!"

A loud roar came from behind the bright light, and within seconds, dozens of powerful auras appeared in front of Lin Mu.

Some looked at them with disdain, some with cold indifference, and some with a fleeting hint of sympathy...

"For three whole days, how have you managed to survive with such a broken body?"

The leader spoke with disdain, as if looking down at ants, "How interesting."

"Ten more steps...nine more steps..."

Lin Mu ignored the other person's words and moved forward step by step, as if he saw a glimmer of hope.

"M-Sir! He...he is..."

A man in black suddenly had his pupils shrink, and his voice trembled with fear, making it almost impossible for him to utter a complete sentence.

As these chilling words fell, everyone stared intently, and a coldness instantly shot straight to the top of their heads!

Zhen'e Ting, the head of the court! The White Reaper!

Dozens of powerful Awakened auras suddenly erupted, and the air seemed to freeze at that moment.

At this moment, Lin Mu was only three steps away from them.

Incredibly, a smile appeared on that blood-stained face.

He was just two steps away from completely escaping this forbidden zone of death.

"What's the panic! He's just a dying man!"

The leader suppressed his apprehension, his eyes turning sinister: "I'm sorry, Chief Bai Jue!"

"Thank you all... for arguing for so long."

Lin Mu finally used his last bit of strength to step his left foot out of the penalty area!

"Did Chief Bai Jue ever imagine that one day he would lose his life at our hands!"

The leader, a fifth-tier awakened being, and dozens of figures behind him simultaneously attacked Lin Mu.

The moment his right foot touched the ground, a raging fiery power surged into the sky from within Lin Mu's body!

The crimson flames were like the fire of judgment from hell, and in an instant, dozens of black-clad figures turned to ashes.

His mangled body began to heal at a visible speed under the flames, and the flesh at the wounds grew back as if reborn.

"Ice and fire, not bad."

Lin Mu tried to activate the power within his body, but frowned: "Only recovered from injuries? The power within my body... is so weak..."

"So be it. I have plenty of time. Once I recover, I will make the blood debt of the Holy Capital pay!"

A murderous glint surged in his eyes. He raised his hand and ripped off the human skin mask from his left cheek. The mask shattered at the touch of the wind, turning into specks of powder that dissipated into the air.

"Six years have passed, it's time to go home."

"There is no such thing as Bai Jue in this world. My name has always been—Lin Mu."

After walking a considerable distance, Lin Mu suddenly stopped, turned around abruptly, and looked back at the blood-red city that had been designated a restricted area:

"Su Nianhe...?"

"Luckily, this place is close to Jiangcheng, otherwise, in my current condition, I don't know when I would get home."

Lin Mu sighed helplessly, his figure gradually disappearing into the thick darkness of the night.

One hour later.

A group of men in black strolled leisurely in the direction Lin Mu had left, their steps casual, clearly not taking their guard duty to heart.

"Three days have passed, where are there any living creatures left?"

"Why are we being made to take turns on duty? This lousy job is endless!" one of them complained, his tone full of impatience.

"Alright, keep your voice down! Tomorrow is the last day. The hard times are finally over. Don't let anything go wrong at this crucial moment." Another person quickly whispered to stop him.

"Alas, half of humanity's awakened beings perished here... I heard that only 20% of the Zhen'e Court remains?"

"That's truly tragic. And what's more, on the very day the great war ended, the Central Government established [Daylight]. Isn't that clearly an attempt to replace the Zhen'e Court?" Another person lowered their voice, their tone tinged with a sigh.

"You're asking for it! How dare you say such a thing?! Do you have a death wish?!" The person who had previously stopped the complaining changed his expression and shouted angrily.

"I was wrong, I'll shut up, I didn't say anything." The man immediately fell silent, shrank his neck, and dared not say another word.

Everyone froze when they reached the edge of the restricted area...

Three spotlights shone in the same direction, and there were still obvious scorch marks on the ground.

"Holy crap! Could we have stumbled upon something this unprecedented?"

"Quickly! Report to the capital immediately!" The leader's face turned ashen, and his voice trembled.

The group felt a sudden tightness in their chests and a chill run down their spines.

If the wrath of the central government of the Holy Capital were to fall upon them, the consequences would be unimaginable; they might not even be able to preserve their remains.

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