CHAPTER 332: CHAPTER 313: I THINK YOU MUST BE A GOOD PERSON

After a series of slaps, Yang Shuxia’s temper flared up. His eyebrows arched, he glared at Lu Xi’an, gritting his teeth, and said, "If you have the guts, kill me. What does this even count as?"

"I sincerely told you, even said I’d share some food with you, but you refuse to believe me no matter what. Don’t believe me? Ask that rat! See if what I’m saying isn’t true!"

Lu Xi’an put down his hand.

Given how Yang Shuxia had said it and his expression, it seemed true, no problem there.

Yang Shuxia sighed in relief but was immediately slapped again twice.

"Why did you hit me again?!"

Yang Shulin was bewildered and anxious inside.

How can this person hit without any warning?!

Boss Liang and Xu never did it like this!

Lu Xi’an said, "Remove the markings on us and we’ll let bygones be bygones."

Yang Shuxia mumbled, "Can’t be removed. Once marked, it can’t be cleared, it has to disappear on its own, and there’s some benefit to it."

Sounds like what Gou said.

Lu Xi’an took out a small blade and placed it against the edge of Yang Shuxia’s ear: "If you don’t clear it, you’ll lose your ear."

Yang Shuxia shuddered: "I really can’t clear it! I’m telling the truth! If you don’t believe, ask Lu Shou!"

"Swipe!"

His ear was cut off.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!"

Yang Shuxia couldn’t help but let out a scream.

"Now can you clear it?"

Lu Xi’an asked again, his eyes on Yang Shuxia’s other ear, eager to try.

Yang Shuxia screamed, "I really can’t clear it! I’ve fallen into your hands and ended up like this. If I could clear it, I would have done it! Would I risk my own life?"

Looks like it really can’t be cleared.

Lu Xi’an put away the small knife, saying, "Stop the bleeding yourself."

Yang Shuxia quickly used his ability to stop the bleeding, exhaling in relief.

It seemed that his other ear was spared for now.

But then two more slaps sounded.

"Smack! Smack!"

Two slaps followed by four more.

"Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!"

Yang Shulin’s ability faltered for a moment. Blood spurted from his ear again. Fortunately, the wounds on his arms and legs had already scabbed over rapidly due to his ability, or else he would have fainted from excessive bleeding.

He quickly used his ability again to stop the blood from his ear, angrily saying, "I’ve answered honestly!"

"I know."

Lu Xi’an said, giving another "smack smack" of two slaps, and then added, "But who told you to mark us?"

"..."

Yang Shuxia fell silent.

Lu Xi’an left Yang Shuxia and went over to Lu Shou to ask him a few questions, then dragged Lu Shou over, throwing him together with Yang Shuxia.

One of those questions was whether there was a way to remove the marking.

Lu Shou just smiled wryly and shook his head, saying it’s impossible, the marking on their body would take a year and a half to disappear on its own.

Lu Xi’an: "..."

Lu Shou’s name really is Lu Shou, it’s not a nickname, which is perfectly normal in this world.

The information was now complete. Lu Shou had indeed lied before, or at least concealed part of the truth.

—He had stolen a piece of Fungus Stone, but he adamantly refused to admit he ran away just because he was low-ranked for sharing meat.

The piece of Fungus Stone he had hidden away, the reason he didn’t carry it with him was to avoid being discovered while fleeing west.

Lu Xi’an asked if it was hidden in Healing Village. His expression immediately changed before he quickly denied it.

Yet Lu Xi’an could already confirm the Fungus Stone was indeed in Healing Village, so he didn’t pursue further.

Because Lu Shou had stolen and hidden the Fungus Stone, the people from Northern County had been searching for him relentlessly.

He had been hiding downstream, not easily venturing west. This was not just good for him, but for the people of Sickness Village and Healing Village as well.

After all, both places had ties to him. If he were discovered, those places would suffer alongside him.

—Just like now.

The last time Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei passed through Sickness Village heading south, they encountered a kid named "Gou" on the Guanhai River. After drifting downstream, the kid ended up in Lu Shou’s hands.

In a place like Sickness Village, hardly anyone visited voluntarily, especially Neo-Humans. So when Lu Shou found out, he was somewhat worried, fearing Northern County had found him, prompting him to take a risky trip to Sickness Village to have a look.

Once he saw that nothing had happened in Sickness Village, he was relieved. It seemed those Neo-Humans were just passing through. But unexpectedly, he was discovered by the people from Northern County using a Resonant Gene Scanner.

—At least, that’s his own speculation.

After bringing Lu Shou over and throwing him with Yang Shuxia, Lu Xi’an confirmed with Yang Shuxia.

Yang Shuxia gritted his teeth and said: "Yeah, I saw him to the west earlier, not just him, I saw you too!

"Before, heading south from the north, that was you, wasn’t it?"

"We just finished preparing a corpse, all ready to eat, otherwise you wouldn’t have gotten away.

"I was planning to find you guys, but I didn’t expect him to run over from the east."

As he spoke, Yang Shuxia sneered and glanced at Lu Shou beside him before continuing, "The moment he appeared on the Resonant Gene Scanner, I knew it was him.

"Besides him, who else would dare to hide here? Hiding for so long, didn’t expect him to lose his patience now, huh!

"I thought you would go all out. Eat the Fungus Stone, but it seems you don’t have the guts. So how dare you come and cause trouble?"

Lu Shou mumbled, "You talk as if you’re any better. Not much ability, yet you dare to confront others!"

Yang Shuxia said, "Don’t overthink it, I’m not like you. You are alone, but we have a full twelve people.

"And our twelve people aren’t just ordinary Neo-Humans; we’ve all eaten meat! Including those who were with you before, they’re not what they used to be."

He spoke as if gaining confidence from his own words, looking at Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei, sneering, "So you’d better release me, I can introduce you to benefits.

"This stinking rat, later we’ll feed him the Fungus Stone and kill him. We’ll have his meat all to ourselves.

"To tell you the truth, I was eyeing his meat, that’s why I didn’t join others to share the catch before this.

"Others are still digesting fresh meat and can’t enjoy any more for the moment, so this stinking rat’s meat will be exclusively ours.

"But if you don’t release me, when our people come after you, you might end up as our food. And not just that, seeing how pretty the both of you look..."

"Whoosh—"

The blade flashed, and Yang Shuxia’s other ear was cut off. Blood gushed out.

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

Now, he looked like a pig’s head without ears, cheeks terribly swollen, blood-red color impossible to recover from any time 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 courting death," but the words stuck in his throat, afraid that saying them might earn him another slap in the face.

Or after the ears, the nose might be next to be cut off.

This man in front of him was no good, capable of anything, he could see that.

Just wait for our people to come! Just wait for our people to come!

He thought through clenched teeth in his heart.

He did actually think about recruiting these two back before. After all, both of them, regardless of gender, were quite good-looking, surely very popular, and once familiar, he might even have a taste.

But now, he had given up.

It didn’t matter, he just wanted these two dead!

—As for himself, though missing two arms and two legs, he wasn’t worried.

After all, he was a Type C Neo-Human, relying on pheromones for ability, not his limbs.

Just wait for our people to come! Just wait for our people to come!

He chanted silently in his heart, suddenly seeing Lu Xi’an stand up, exhaling lightly.

"Hoo..."

Lu Xi’an said, "Alright, I’ve asked what I needed, it’s time for you to hit the road."

"Huh?!"

Type C Neo-Human Yang Shuxia was suddenly stunned, and Lu Shou beside him was also shocked.

Weren’t you negotiating conditions just fine?! Why suddenly the face-off again?!"

"Wait, if you were going to kill me anyway, why did you slap me and cut off my ears before? Isn’t that redundant?!"

Yang Shuxia was appalled and hurriedly asked.

Lu Xi’an said, "You marked me, I find you annoying."

"Wait..."

Yang Shuxia was about to speak again, but Lu Xi’an had already grown tired of listening to his half-threatening, half-recruiting talk. He picked up Yang Shuxia and flung him against the trunk that had been pulled up and tossed aside earlier.

"Bang!"

The trunk trembled, branches swayed, and many leaves fell.

And Yang Shuxia’s head hit the trunk, smashed to smithereens.

Lu Shou’s eyelids twitched watching this, and when he saw Lu Xi’an looking at him, he suddenly shivered all over, then calmed down again.

His expression seemed to have gained a touch of equanimity.

"Let’s go."

Lu Xi’an picked up Lu Shou and said, "Guide us, take us to Healing Village."

Lu Shou’s expression was panicked: "What Healing Village?! I’ve only heard of Sickness Village, never any Healing Village."

Lu Xi’an laughed, "Alright, stop pretending. The person who jumped off the building to find you guys already told us about Healing Village. You didn’t know?"

Lu Shou was silent, his face gloomy.

Lu Xi’an said, "There were some things I didn’t understand before, but now I do.

"Like us, you actually hadn’t been marked before, it was when you met Yang Shuxia that you got marked.

"Previously marked ones were people from Sickness Village, not you.

"Normally, you could have run away, leaving those drifting down Guanhai River.

"But you didn’t, you even actively came to find us... or rather, Yang Shuxia. Did you mistake us for Yang Shuxia?"

Lu Shou looked at Lu Xi’an, his gaze seeming different from before: "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"What I want to say is—"

Lu Xi’an and Lu Shou locked eyes, their gaze sharp, "I think, you might be a good person."