Chapter 29: Butcher Xu Le
The skinny man didn't know how many stabs he had given Zhang Qiang, but he kept stabbing until he ran out of strength.
As for Zhang Qiang, he had long since fallen silent.
Someone came over and grabbed the skinny man.
"Do you know what you're doing?"
"What am I doing? I just want to live, is that wrong?"
"They want to live too."
"They're infected. I can't help them. I'm saving myself, and I'm saving you all too."
The skinny man's words at this moment actually coincided with what Xu Le had said earlier.
Dark times indeed require mutual assistance.
But what constitutes help?
Leaving these contaminated people unattended? That certainly doesn't count.
True help is to personally deal with these contaminated individuals, thereby creating a safe environment for everyone once again.
This was also the significance of Xu Le's actions.
Hearing the dialogue between the two, although shocked, the others felt a certain emotion stirring within them.
Including Xu Le himself, the few who had restrained Zhang Qiang earlier were covered in blood, appearing somewhat terrifying under the red moon.
Even Wang Man, who was close to him, couldn't help but feel a bit scared looking at Xu Le now.
Xu Le raised his gun again, pointing it at one of the contaminated:
"You, yes you, the woman in the little tank top, go to the left corner.
Nobody else move. I'll say it again, whoever moves gets killed."
The person Xu Le pointed at was stunned, first shocked and disbelieving, then defiant.
"Who are you to order me around? I haven't done anything, I..."
Bang!
Xu Le lowered the gun indifferently.
"I said don't move. I have my own way of judging who's contaminated.
If you don't believe me, you can leave the classroom now. I absolutely won't stop you, nor will I harm you."
When that girl's head exploded, the others instantly fell silent.
The people nearby looked at Xu Le, especially seeing him openly reload a set of revolver bullets, they couldn't help but think to themselves.
"Didn't he just say he was out of bullets? How does he have more now?
Who would dare gamble on how many bullets he actually has?"
Indeed, Xu Le did it on purpose. He explicitly said he had no bullets, then loaded them in front of everyone, giving an impression of uncertainty.
This way, no one would dare challenge him at this moment.
Xu Le's directness and cruelty were witnessed by everyone. No one was willing to gamble with their life.
"Killed another one, he's simply a butcher."
"Keep your voice down, or the butcher might find an excuse to say you're contaminated and kill you."
"If that person was an aberrant, what he did wasn't wrong, right?"
"How does he know if they're aberrant or not? He's not a sorcerer."
Some people began to privately discuss Xu Le. Though their voices were low, Xu Le could still hear some of it due to his enhanced state of emptiness.
He had anticipated these comments, but there was no helping it.
Compared to one's own life, reputation wasn't that important.
"Him, the one in red, the one wearing a skirt, and these three, bring them over."
"Bring them over? Use force?"
"Yes."
Xu Le issued orders again. The surrounding people exchanged glances, but ultimately, it was the tall Li Wei and the skinny man who had stabbed someone earlier who took action first.
Perhaps there were smoother ways, but time was running out.
There were only about 3 minutes and 15 seconds left before the first wave of aberrants would appear.
He didn't have much time or energy left for persuasion. Direct action was the best solution.
These three wanted to resist, but the burly Li Wei didn't give them a chance.
The girl tried to rush forward and scratch, but Li Wei kicked her to the ground.
The skinny man was even more ruthless. When the person tried to resist, he stabbed them directly in the stomach, then grabbed their hair and forcibly dragged them to Xu Le's side.
Xu Le looked at this skinny man. Although he didn't know his name yet, he felt that if this person didn't die, he would surely achieve something in the future.
If for nothing else, just his ruthlessness set him apart from ordinary people.
"Don't go too far. If there's fatal damage, the contamination will transform prematurely."
"Understood," the skinny man nodded, indicating he knew.
Xu Le had learned about the self-defense reaction of Guyin contamination at the guard checkpoint.
The host's body couldn't sustain too much damage.
If the host received severe injuries, the Guyin contaminant would transform prematurely to protect the host.
This was something Xu Le didn't want to see.
Fortunately, this transformation probably couldn't be triggered artificially, after all, these people didn't want to become aberrants themselves.
They... also wanted to survive.
After dragging the three back, Xu Le picked up his curved iron sword and placed it on the desk, looking at the few who hadn't taken action yet.
"You kill one each, everyone gets a share."
"Kill people?"
"Don't you understand by now? Without a way to remove the contamination, they can no longer be considered human."
"Can you be sure they're contaminated?"
The people before him were obviously still hesitating, perhaps trying to buy time, or perhaps unwilling to act themselves.
But at this point, Xu Le wouldn't give these people a chance.
"In a few minutes, we'll all be dead, and you're still wasting time here.
Let me tell you now, I can guarantee that every person I've named is accurately contaminated.
I'm only giving you 2 minutes. If you haven't dealt with all the contaminated in the classroom within 2 minutes, I'm leaving.
If you want to die, stay here by yourselves."
Xu Le didn't explain how he could identify who was contaminated.
But after he made his final ultimatum, someone hesitated for a few seconds, then took the curved sword in hand and quickly stepped forward, thrusting it out.
Splat!
Blood sprayed, and the person being killed didn't even have time to react before Xu Le withdrew the sword and handed it to another person.
His time was very tight, everyone's time was very tight.
"Continue."
"Alright."
With someone taking the lead, the following events weren't so complicated.
With guns, knives, and the support of over a dozen henchmen, Xu Le began calling out names.
"You, you, and you, come out!"
"No, I don't want to die."
The fate of those called out was similar to the previous ones.
Each time Xu Le called a name, it was another cruel slaughter in the eyes of the crowd.
Under Xu Le's intimidation, no one dared to resist this roll call game, because in their hearts, they still believed they were human.
They thought that the ones who would become aberrants surely wouldn't be themselves.
And Xu Le himself, like a merciless butcher, continued the slaughter.
He only called out three names each time, and the execution speed became faster and faster.
Three people was already the controllable limit, but even so, the time until transformation was somewhat insufficient.
"You, you, you, and you, the one in green, you, the tall one."
This time Xu Le called out five names at once, and as expected, someone immediately resisted.
"You have no right to do this, you have no authority to execute anyone, we are also citizens of the Beacon."
After saying this, the person was about to run out of the classroom.
As they ran, several others followed, and a few more from the crowd also ran out.
Staying in the classroom meant being executed by Xu Le, so they might as well take their chances outside, perhaps they could still survive.
As they ran, Xu Le also breathed a sigh of relief.
Time was running out, and if these people hadn't run, he feared his bullets wouldn't be enough.
"Xu Le, they've gone out."
"Mm, that's good."
Xu Le didn't pay attention to the few who ran out, there was less than 1 minute left before the transformation.
By then, Zhang Zhe would personally deal with those people.
Xu Le wiped the curved sword in his hand with a rag.
His gaze began to scan the remaining crowd, he wanted to confirm as much as possible that there were no hidden Guyin contaminants among these people.
After surveying the room, Xu Le finally breathed a sigh of relief, his whole body relaxing.
Seeing Xu Le relax, the others also followed suit and relaxed.
Especially those who had fled back from outside, this feeling was like escaping death.
It should be fine now, right?
And then...
Bang bang bang bang!
Four people fell to the ground, and the other hundreds of people trembled in fear, not daring to speak.
They just silently watched Xu Le load his gun.
Of course, most people were also thinking to themselves:
"He actually still has bullets? Damn, not a single punctuation mark this guy says can be trusted!"
12-8, Xu Le counted in his mind.
4 bullets left, barely satisfactory.
Xu Le really breathed a sigh of relief this time, the previous crisis seemed to be resolved.
But seeing him sigh, the other students became even more afraid!
No way, he just loaded four bullets into the gun, is there more coming?
"Alright everyone, don't be so spineless, okay? I know you haven't experienced such a dark tide before, but have you considered that such dark tides might happen more than once in the future?
You're all college students, how can you survive in this dark era if you don't even have the courage to face death?
Let me give you some good news, everyone here is fine now, at least the crisis of contaminants in the classroom, we've overcome it."
Hearing Xu Le say the classroom crisis had passed, most people finally relaxed. Someone asked as if to confirm:
"Really?"
"Really."
After getting Xu Le's confirmation, many people began to cry silently. After the tension, sorrow began to spread.
[Heart energy is increasing, please note.]
"Strong sorrow is also a kind of heart energy, huh."
It was estimated that there was still nearly 1 hour until dawn.
The students' heart energy problem had to be solved, otherwise the attraction of their heart energy would put great pressure on Zhang Zhe.
So the classroom was still dangerous at this moment.
Seeing that the classroom was safe, Wang Man, the little follower, came trotting over again:
"Brother Xu Le, how did you judge which people were problematic?"
"I have the talent to become a sorcerer."
"Huh?" Wang Man was a bit confused. Weren't those with the talent and desire to become sorcerers taken away in their first year of school?
Those left in school now, even if they wanted to become superhumans, could generally only follow the path of swordsmen, knife wielders, or monks.
Now Xu Le said he had the talent to become a sorcerer?
Is that true?
"Alright, so what should we do now?"
"Find a way to soothe everyone's emotions. In this situation, emotions are more important than combat power."
Soothe everyone's emotions?
The others were also bewildered, they didn't know how to do this.
"Everyone is very nervous now, how can we soothe their emotions?" Wang Man asked.
Xu Le's gaze moved slowly from the blood-covered men to Wang Man.
"Brother Xu Le? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You're in the arts troupe, right?"
"Uh, just a trainee now." Wang Man was a bit shy.
"Then you should be able to sing, dance, play basketball and such, right?"
Wang Man had a bad feeling, but her trust in Xu Le still made her answer honestly.
"I can sing and dance, but what do you mean by playing basketball, Brother Xu Le?
I've never played, so I don't know if I can meet your requirements."
"It's alright, it's alright. In the current situation, it's enough that you can sing."
Xu Le pointed to the center of the classroom:
"Go on, I believe in you."
"Eh? Brother Xu Le?"
(End of chapter)
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