Chapter 1 They're Here to Kill Us
"I just saw Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu leave the city? What did they go to do?"
Half an hour later, Yang Lazi walked into the office, frowning at the mess before her.
"They betrayed me. I drove them away."
Karen leaned back on the sofa, rubbing his face hard, almost distorting it.
"How could that be? They've been with you all along. Back when we started the faction, they were the ones who fought non-stop, recruited people, and put in so much effort for you. Without them, how could you be where you are today..."
"Are you questioning me too?!"
Karen roared.
"I'm not..."
"If it weren't for them, I would be doing even better! It's because they've always held onto their saintly hearts and bossed me around that the city's development has been so slow!
They betrayed me, constantly questioning my ideas and decisions. What is that if not betrayal?!"
"You... you've just had another argument, right? They haven't gone far yet. I'll go and persuade them to come back and apologize to you. After all, we're all family."
"No! I won't forgive them. They're gone, so be it. They'll come back begging me. They'll starve to death. My territory extends for hundreds of miles around here. No one dares to give them food without my permission.
No, no, they're so strong, they can just steal if no one gives them any, no one can stop them…
With their strength, with their hypocrisy, they can definitely rebuild an even bigger faction.
When that time comes, I'll be the one who dies. They'll definitely come back to seek revenge on me.
I don't want to die. They're so strong, no one can stop them. I have an army... no, even an army can't stop them, I'll still die...
I'm going to kill them, I must kill them. If they don't die, I will..."
Karen muttered to himself, the bloodshot veins in his eyes becoming more and more prominent, his eyes full of madness.
"You're crazy. They're our partners. How could things come to such a point? Calm down..."
"Shut up!"
Karen suddenly stood up, kicking the desk in front of him far away, almost hitting Yang Lazi.
"Are you going to betray me too? Do you also think I'm wrong? What's wrong with me? I built such a great foundation, I built such a big city, I have an army of 20,000 men. How could I be wrong?
It's you who are wrong, you naive and stupid fools."
Karen walked up to Yang Lazi, grabbed her collar, his eyes bloodthirsty and insane.
"You! Are you going to betray me too?"
Yang Lazi was full of martial arts skills, but at this moment, under Karen's crazy gaze, she couldn't muster the slightest thought of resistance.
"No, I haven't betrayed you. I love you the most, and I never will..."
"Then go kill them now! Take a team of people over there, kill them, and bring their heads back to me!
Go, take the guards, the guards are strong in combat…
No, the guards were the first people who followed me, they have deep feelings for them too, they definitely won't be able to do it. Take the Lang Xu team, those people were just recruited, they fight like they don't care about their lives, take them."
"Okay, I'll go now."
Yang Lazi was extremely frightened and immediately turned to leave.
"Wait a minute."
Yang Lazi stopped, not seeing the distrust in Karen's eyes.
"You've known them for several years too, you must be reluctant to do it. I'll go myself…
No, I can't beat them. You and I will go together, take the Lang Xu team."
Two hundred miles north of Munster City.
The ground was dark gray, and the sky was dark gray.
The sky was always overcast. The dust from the disaster more than two years ago had not completely settled yet.
Sunlight could not reach the earth, and the temperature was very low, as if freezing cold was the main theme of this world.
Dark gray snowflakes drifted down from the clouds in the sky, connecting the sky and the earth into one line.
The air was too dirty, and the dark clouds were full of dust. The snowflakes that fell also lost their white color.
Just like people's hearts, from snow-white to gray.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu stepped on the snow, walking step by step towards the north. No one spoke, only the crunching sound under their feet could be heard.
They had been away from Munster City for two days.
In these two days, they recalled the bits and pieces of the past few years. They had laughed together, made trouble together, and fought side by side together. For a belief, the belief of saving more people in the apocalypse, the belief of equality for all, they had worked hard together.
But now, it had changed. Everything had changed.
The dragon slayer had become a dragon.
Wan Lei had been thinking about whether Karen's approach was right or wrong. Could it be that in the apocalypse, even a distorted order like a slave system was better than chaos?
Fang Xiaoyu firmly believed that Karen was wrong.
The snow in the sky kept falling. They picked up a handful of snow and melted it in their palms, leaving a handful of muddy water on their hands.
"There's a dilapidated village ahead. Let's go and rest for a while."
Wan Lei pointed to the distance.
The two came to this dilapidated village, which was in a terrible state. The houses had all collapsed. They only saw a house with half a roof remaining, and huddled down in a corner.
They had left in a hurry, only taking a little bit of dry food, which was now running out.
The water in the water bag had long been frozen into ice. Wan Lei had put the water bag in his clothes on the first day, wearing it close to his body, and it had only melted a little bit now.
Drinking the bone-chilling ice water and eating the dry food as hard as the bricks next to them, the two said nothing.
They were full of confusion about the future.
What exactly was the answer of the Immortal? It had been more than two years, and they still hadn't figured it out.
Suddenly, Wan Lei stood up abruptly, pulled Fang Xiaoyu up, and dodged to the side.
In the howling wind, he keenly noticed the sound of bowstrings.
However, no matter how fast the two, who were hungry and exhausted, dodged, they couldn't avoid the lightning-fast crossbow bolts.
More than a dozen crossbow bolts shot out from behind the ruins. The two dodged quickly, but were still hit in the legs by three crossbow bolts.
Because the two of them had been sitting before, the enemy had aimed at their heads, and when the two dodged, they stood up, so they were naturally shot in the legs.
Fang Xiaoyu had a crossbow bolt stuck in her thigh, and Wan Lei had two stuck in his right calf. Fresh blood gurgled out. The second wave of crossbow bolts was already coming.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu put on their armor without hesitation. The armor broke the crossbow bolts, leaving the arrowheads in their flesh.
The two took up their weapons and rushed towards the ruins.
Seeing that they had put on their armor, the people in the ruins also stood up, put away their bows and crossbows, and picked up their melee weapons.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu stopped and stood there in a daze.