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[Target Level: Lv5]

Combat strength assessment: 372

Threat Level: Extremely High

[Recommendation: Evacuate immediately]

Wang Kehua's hands began to tremble.

372. His combat strength is assessed at 45. That's less than a fraction of his opponent's.

He instinctively felt that the detector was malfunctioning.

This kind of thing is inherently unstable, and data anomalies can occur occasionally.

But when he looked up and saw Su Mu's eyes, which were as calm as still water, his sliver of hope shattered like glass.

That look in his eyes.

It wasn't feigned composure, nor was it affected silence; it was genuine, heartfelt indifference. Like watching a group of ants fight—no tension, no anger, just boredom.

Wang Kehua turned and ran.

He was less than five meters from the hole. At his speed, he could get there in two seconds. Once he crawled into the hole, he could leave alive.

He took a step forward.

Then he felt his feet leave the ground.

He didn't jump on his own; someone grabbed him by the collar from behind. His body flipped halfway through the air before he landed heavily on his back. Before he could react, a foot was already on his chest, pinning him to the ground.

Su Mu stood before him, looking down at him. His spear remained suspended in mid-air, not drawn. His right hand gripped the M500, the muzzle pressed against Wang Kehua's forehead.

"Where did you buy your detector?" Su Mu asked.

Wang Kehua's lips were trembling. He wanted to speak, but his throat felt like it was blocked by something, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Su Mu waited a moment, and seeing that he did not answer, pulled the trigger.

"puff."

The silencer reduced the gunshot to an extremely low level. Wang Kehua's body stiffened abruptly, then went limp.

[Slayed a level 3 human.]

Su Mu took the detector out of his body and examined it.

It was exactly the same as the one Li Shichu had used before; the lenses were jet black with fine textures on the surface. He tried it out, pressing the start button against a wall... A string of numbers appeared on the lenses: [Target: Masonry structure. Hardness: Low.]

Su Mu put the item into his backpack. Then he rummaged through Wang Kehua's pockets and found a white skill book, several recovery potions, and some miscellaneous materials. He put everything away, stood up, and muttered, "So poor? Not a single good item."

If Wang Kehua were still alive at this moment, he might be so angry that he would vomit blood upon hearing these words.

He is certainly not poor... His equipment, his level, and his skill books were all acquired at great cost.

However, most of these resources were taken away by Wang Chen through contracts, leaving him with only a small portion.

Moreover, he was already very strong, a Level 3 Trial Warrior with a combat power of 45 points, second only to Wang Chen and Zhang Qiang in the Salvation Guild. He just didn't expect to encounter a monster like Su Mu.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

Those surrounding Lin Xiaohe were focused on exhausting her ammunition, their eyes all fixed on her, calculating that her magazine was almost empty. If they could just hold out a little longer, once Wang Kehua dealt with the man with the long gun and joined the battle, the situation would turn completely one-sided.

Then they heard a muffled thud behind them. It sounded like a gunshot, but also more like the sound of someone falling to the ground.

"Should Captain Wang's team be finished by now?"

"It's definitely over. For Captain Wang, dealing with that kind of scum is just a matter of one slash."

"That woman's almost out of bullets, let's give it our all..."

The speaker suddenly stopped. He saw Lin Xiaohe in the opposite corner, and his expression changed. The tense, wary look vanished, replaced by a relaxed one... as if he had finally waited for something.

He turned his head abruptly.

Wang Kehua lay in a pool of blood, his eyes still open. Su Mu squatted beside him, leisurely rummaging through his pockets, stuffing the items into his own backpack one by one. He muttered, "So poor? Not a single decent thing."

The street fell silent for a moment. It wasn't that no one spoke, but rather that everyone's breath seemed to stop. The air felt as if it had been sucked out, making it hard to breathe.

"Captain Wang...is he dead?"

"How is that possible... He was just here..."

These people knew better than anyone how terrifying Wang Kehua was.

A level 3 trial participant with 45 combat points can handle level 4 monsters alone.

Within the Salvation Guild, his strength was second only to Wang Chen and Zhang Qiang.

This person... from turning to run away, to being pulled back, to having a gun pressed against his forehead, to dying... they didn't even hear the gunshot.

From the moment Wang Kehua turned around until they saw the body, it was at most three seconds.

Three seconds. Someone capable of slaughtering level four monsters died in three seconds. That wasn't a battle; it was an execution.

Everyone's face turned pale.

Their legs were trembling, their hands were trembling, and some couldn't even hold their weapons properly. The thought of retreat crossed their minds, but where was the way out? The cave they had come from was not far away, but the man was standing right next to it.

Su Mu stood up. He dusted off his hands, glanced at the people who were still in a daze, and then drew his M500 from his waist.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft..."

Every shot takes a person away.

Those people were attacked from both sides... Lin Xiaohe's gun was in front of them, and Su Mu's bullets were behind them.

Some ran towards the hole, only to be shot down before they even reached it. Others crawled into the alley, only to be shot as soon as they turned around. Some knelt on the ground with their hands raised, but no one paid them any attention.

The retreat was chaotic, like a swarm of headless flies, trampling and shoving each other. In less than half a minute, more than a dozen more corpses lay on the ground.

Li Shichu was the fastest runner.

He never intended to participate in the war from the beginning.

The moment Su Mu grabbed Wang Kehua by the collar, he knew it was all over.

Without hesitation, he turned and ran towards the burrow, jumped in, and frantically dug with both hands, burrowing underground like a startled mole. His talent was burrowing; he could dig faster underground than he could run on the surface. In less than a few seconds, he disappeared into the darkness.

Su Mu glanced in the direction of the burrow but did not give chase.

The other side escaped quite quickly, and the fact that they could gather so many people at once suggests they might have even more. The reason he kept Li Shichu alive was to see if those people had any way to break through this vine-covered area.

Since he couldn't find a solution anytime soon, he figured he might as well let the other party figure it out. He was too lazy to bother with it himself.

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