CHAPTER 1844: CHAPTER 1837: THE PERSON ABOUT TO APPEAR

Yi Huangcheng was silent, following Xu Haishui towards the underground arena on the first floor. Such a Black Boxing club usually only profits at night.

During the day, it looks more like a simple club, so there were no customers in the boxing club now, only some well-built thugs in black suits. These thugs seemed to know Xu Haishui well, and did not obstruct his progress, allowing him to pass unimpeded along the way.

Not only did they not stop him, the thugs appeared to respect Xu Haishui greatly. Did he hold considerable prestige in this boxing club?

When they glanced at Yi Huangcheng, the thugs merely gave him a scrutinizing look, glanced at the back of Xu Haishui, and left quietly, asking nothing more.

Yi Huangcheng felt puzzled but said nothing, realizing that Xu Haishui would tell him when the time was right.

Finally, he followed the other to the underground level. Xu Haishui acted like an ordinary passerby, not noticing Yi Huangcheng behind him, and casually found a seat in the audience area around the arena, placed his hands on his belly, and stared blankly across the spectators’ seats.

Yi Huangcheng also sat beside him indifferently. After a while, seeing that the other had no intention to speak first, he directly asked, "Did you arrange everything?" As he asked, Yi Huangcheng looked ahead, not glancing at Xu Haishui, as if he wasn’t questioning him. But in the vast arena, there were only the two of them.

Xu Haishui shook his head, his voice hoarse, "Not entirely..."

Yi Huangcheng closed his eyes, his mind surfacing the grotesque face of the Level 8 zombie, from peeling off its skin and breaking free from its restraints, to crashing him back to Cloud Gorge Base, encountering Xu Haishui there as if by arrangement.

The zombie deliberately sent him crashing into Cloud Gorge Base, then made him "coincidentally" meet the other!

Coincidence, Yi Huangcheng didn’t believe in such coincidences, especially since Xu Haishui had the capability.

Xu Haishui’s words "Not entirely," Yi Huangcheng didn’t know whether it was a lie or the truth. If the latter, the Level 8 zombie was likely under Xu Haishui’s control the moment it was caught by Ah Fu. From then on, wasn’t it all up to his arrangement?

Why him...?

Xu Haishui was a pure mental evolution zombie; controlling zombies of the same level was no problem at all!

Reopening his eyes, Yi Huangcheng asked, "Why are you hiding from us?"

Xu Haishui was silent for a while but quickly spoke.

"No specific reason, just a creature’s instinctive fear of death. I have reverted back to myself, started being human again, began to doubt, started to feel uneasy. Do you think I have been betrayed?"

Xu Haishui shook his head.

"I haven’t betrayed, just without that ’thread,’ I dare not trust anyone anymore. You wouldn’t understand; I’m uncertain about what the Heavenly Khan would do to me, perhaps he will be tolerant, but I...can’t..."

Xu Haishui’s voice was exceptionally hoarse, his tone very flat, yet within the hoarse voice, Yi Huangcheng could detect his odd demeanor, frowning.

Is he...sick?

It’s not mockery or cursing, just literally sick.

Yi Huangcheng couldn’t describe the strange feeling brought by the other.

"What’s wrong with you?" he asked.

"Nothing’s particularly wrong, just started longing for the feeling of being alive."

"The feeling of being alive..." Yi Huangcheng crossed his arms. "Why is that?" He still asked, not expecting to understand Xu Haishui’s cryptic remarks, uncertain about his current state.

At this time, Xu Haishui finally faced him, asking profoundly, "Do you have anyone very important to you, like...parents who gave birth to and raised you, children you have high expectations for, relatives you deeply love?"

"What do you mean?" Yi Huangcheng squinted, confirmed the other wasn’t joking, and became grave.

Soon, he shook his head.

"I used to, now I don’t anymore, maybe they’ve died, I’m a lonely person now, ...what are you really trying to say?"

"Therefore, you’re not afraid of death."

"Sort of, alive without taking and dead without carrying." Yi Huangcheng said this lightly, but soon fell silent, realizing Xu Haishui seemed to have someone he cared about.

"Did you... find love?"

"Ha?"

The sudden counter-question amused Xu Haishui, showing a smile on his face, albeit with some self-mockery; laughing while shaking his head.

"No, just understood why Khan wanted to leave the United District at the time, having a concern, it feels alive, just wanting to help the person I care most before death, paving the way for her, letting her live well, but I don’t want to die too early, struggling desperately... If you have such a person whom you care about, would you give everything for her? Worry about her safety, want her to live better, wish to stay alive a bit longer when dying..."

"Stop, stop, if you’re looking for someone relatable, the boss is a good choice; I’m now a drifter without concern except for those comrades in the Royal Court."

Interrupted by Yi Huangcheng, Xu Haishui showed no displeasure, yet upon the other’s finish, a very eerie smile surfaced on his face, causing Yi Huangcheng, noticing his expression, to involuntarily feel a chill.

"Don’t worry, soon you’ll have someone you care about appearing."

Once the words were out, the air fell silent for a few seconds, Yi Huangcheng’s expression froze, staring at him intently, as though time had paused!

Just like that, after a dozen seconds, a strange noise sounded from outside, someone screamed.

"Move, stay out of the way." A voice called from not far outside the entrance, bearing a thick murderous aura, accompanied by laser weapon blasts against Heavenly Guard.

The voice was very familiar to Yi Huangcheng - it was Chu Zha!

He recognized it, as did Xu Haishui, who furrowed his brow, then stood up to leave, but the nearby Yi Huangcheng quickly reacted, reaching out to stop him.

"Don’t go! Explain to me!"

His obstruction seemed to be nonexistent before Xu Haishui; the moment he reached out, Yi Huangcheng momentarily wavered, and when he regained himself, Xu Haishui had disappeared from his sight, with no sign of him around.

"Don’t play such tricks in front of me!"

Yi Huangcheng hurried towards the opposite exit passage but upon arrival, only dim illumination from ground lights emitted faintly on the long stairs.

As for Xu Haishui, it seemed he hadn’t been here at all.

"What kind of ability is this?" While Yi Huangcheng was perplexed, a thug’s voice at the entrance was flung backward, crashing hard into the wall, spitting blood.

A few seconds later, led by Chu Zha, several prairie men came barging in, and the thugs trying to intercept them were sprawled and unconscious in the back.

"Get moving, get moving, almost forgot the few stragglers here. Fan Wujiu, go outside and grab a live one..." Suddenly halting his words upon seeing Yi Huangcheng, Chu Zha stared blankly.

"Orange, why are you here?"

Yi Huangcheng frowned tightly, approaching Chu Zha and them. He still couldn’t figure how Xu Haishui vanished right in front of him?

"I saw Xu Haishui."

"Brother Xu..." Yi Huangcheng’s words quieted them.

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