Welcome to the World of the Strong [Unlimited Flow] 28p2

Chapter 28 p2: Werewolves and the Village

This time, not only Jiang Yu and the others, but even Wu Xing and Zhao Yuan in front of them turned around in shock.

The gun from the store was 100% accurate, but that was only for non-vital parts!

But now, the werewolf had fallen to the ground. What did that mean…? Zhong Yu had fired the gun herself, not relying on the function of the weapon itself.

Li Nanmeng was stunned.

“You… this…”

She had thought she was just a teammate of the same level as her, but she had turned into a master?

This… was not reasonable.

Shi Jun looked down at her palm. A wound had already been made by the recoil.

And with her current physical fitness, she could only fire this thing three times at most.

At this thought, Shi Jun sighed in her heart.

It’s really hard to be in poor health. It also affects my mood.

Then, she raised the gun again.

Three more shots.

Seeing this, the werewolves all took a step back.

This was definitely not an ordinary weapon, and the other party was not an ordinary person.

Only they knew what kind of power they had after drinking the divine water. But they had never thought that these outsiders would be so strong and even carry firearms.

If it had hit other parts of their heads, it would have been fine. With the blessing of the divine water and the full moon, such injuries were minor to them.

But now, it was not suitable for them to stay.

The werewolves exchanged a look, then picked up their companions from the ground and leaped away.

Wu Xing and Zhao Yuan did not chase after them. Instead, they came back to check on them.

Zhao Yuan looked at Zhong Yu. “Did you… fire the gun just now?” Her expression was complicated.

Shi Jun’s eyelids were lowered. She nodded, then handed the weapon back to Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu also took it with a complicated feeling.

She found that there were more and more suspicious points about this newcomer, Zhong Yu.

Shi Jun yawned. She hadn’t slept tonight, and she was already a little tired. Her body was on the verge of collapsing.

Hearing Zhao Yuan’s question, she just blinked innocently. “I just fired it casually, to help you guys. I didn’t expect to be so lucky.”

But Zhao Yuan was not fooled by her words.

Of course she recognized this weapon. If it had hit other parts, then she would have believed what Zhong Yu said. But it was a headshot. How could she believe that?

Did she believe that this weapon had been modified?

Wu Xing also came over at this time. “Let’s go back to the house first.”

So, the group returned to the house.

Shi Jun sat on the bed, leaning against the side, her expression tired, her eyelids drooping, as if she were about to fall asleep at any moment.

Wu Xing said bluntly, “Since we’ve confirmed that the way to clear the instance is to kill the werewolves in the forest, then we can go and complete the mission tomorrow.”

Li Nanmeng was stunned for a moment. “Go… kill them?”

Wu Xing nodded and looked at her, as if he didn’t see anything wrong.

“It’s best to do it tomorrow during the day, when they’re at their weakest.”

But Li Nanmeng was a little hesitant. “But they… they’re actually very innocent.”

Jiang Yu lowered her gaze.

In a way, that was true. They had just been guarding the divine pool, but because of a companion’s soft-heartedness, a mistake had been made, which had led to so many problems.

From an omniscient perspective, the village chief was the absolute villain. Although the werewolves had also done wrong, they were very innocent.

But…

Wu Xing’s expression was very indifferent. He had already passed the age of being soft-hearted. Besides, they were just characters in an instance.

Wu Xing said, “Then what do you want to do? Let them go and give up on clearing the instance?”

Li Nanmeng was at a loss for words.

“Is there no other way?” she mumbled.

Wu Xing shook his head coldly.

Shi Jun’s lips curved slightly, and then she looked up at Jiang Yu.

But to her disappointment, Jiang Yu didn’t show any expression.

Shi Jun was still very curious.

So, she took the initiative to ask, “What about you, Jiang Yu?”

The others’ gazes turned to her.

Jiang Yu looked up at Zhong Yu.

The girl was leaning against the window, her expression lazy, but her face was pale. This slightly two-sided contrast on her face was both contradictory and harmonious.

Shi Jun smiled and asked softly, “When we went to listen to Aunt Ge’s story today, weren’t you sad for her? Then what would you choose?”

She had asked this on purpose.

Jiang Yu’s expression didn’t change at all.

“You’re probably mistaken.”

Jiang Yu said, “I feel pity for Aunt Ge, but… the werewolf clan is not completely innocent, are they?”

Shi Jun thought for a moment. “I thought you would also sympathize with them.”

After all, based on Jiang Yu’s reaction at that time, her emotions should have been similar to Li Nanmeng’s, right?

Jiang Yu lowered her gaze and thought for a moment. “Maybe a little.”

But only a little.

“They killed Aunt Ge’s son. That’s a fact. They ate innocent villagers. That’s also a fact. They chose to collude with the village chief and target us outsiders. That’s also a fact, isn’t it?”

Jiang Yu was very calm and could distinguish clearly.

She paused slightly and said softly, “Besides… sympathizing with Aunt Ge won’t have any effect on clearing the instance. But sympathizing with the werewolves will.”

The others were stunned.

Wu Xing’s gaze fell on Jiang Yu. He hadn’t expected her to say such a thing.

Jiang Yu’s expression was open, her expression calm and steady.

“So, whether they’re pitiful or guilty, these are all secondary. If the mission is to kill them, and there’s no other way to clear the instance, then of course I’ll choose to complete the mission.”

Jiang Yu’s sympathy was limited. She was certainly not a person who would randomly show kindness.

Jiang Yu had always remembered her “wish.”

She wanted to resurrect her parents.

At this thought, Jiang Yu took a light breath.

This was probably the difference between her and Li Nanmeng and the others.

Because Li Nanmeng’s wish was relatively “frivolous,” different from hers.

Her wish was built on a painful fact.

For a moment, no one spoke.

Shi Jun’s gaze fell on Jiang Yu. Her eyes held a strange brightness. Then, she lowered her gaze and chuckled softly in her heart.

Wu Xing said, “Let’s go to sleep for now. We’ll go to the forest tomorrow.”

Then, he left the girls’ room with Shen Yuan.

The girls lay down to sleep. Li Nanmeng’s eyes were open, and she couldn’t fall asleep.

It wasn’t entirely because of Jiang Yu’s words, but also because of what she had said… were the werewolves really completely innocent?

Only then did Li Nanmeng realize that she had been wrong.

Just because the werewolves appeared in the story, and because their “tragic” side was more prominent, they seemed more pitiful.

But she had forgotten that the truly pitiful ones were the villagers who had done nothing wrong but had suffered a hopeless disaster.

At this thought, Li Nanmeng felt a little bad.

Jiang Yu noticed that Li Nanmeng next to her was not asleep. She looked up at her and asked in a low voice.

Li Nanmeng was a little embarrassed on the one hand, and also afraid of disturbing everyone’s sleep on the other. So, she shook her head and said nothing.

Jiang Yu smiled at her as a form of comfort.

In fact, she could somewhat understand Li Nanmeng’s emotions, but at the moment, Jiang Yu had no solution.

According to the village chief’s personality, to solve his problem, it would probably be to actually solve the werewolf clan.

If the werewolves really disappeared, then he could logically control the divine pool, and there would be no threat. It would be an inexhaustible source. In the future, his descendants could all enjoy this blessing.

Although his intentions were not pure, but… the mission would not judge these things.

This was the first time Jiang Yu had encountered such a situation, but she had no other choice, and of course, she would not regret it.

…..

And on the werewolves’ side, after seeing their companions return in defeat, and even three werewolves dead, they were all very shocked.

“They… they actually have such strong abilities?”

Lang Zong’s expression was very ugly. Then, he suddenly thought of something. “Could it be that the village chief is playing tricks?”

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

On the surface, he had told them that these were just outsiders who knew some kung fu that he had lured back to the village, to stabilize their mentality. But in fact, he had really found some capable people to kill them…

At this thought, Lang Zong could hardly sit still.

Lang Qing stopped him. “Aren’t you just walking into a trap if you go down now?”

Lang Zong pushed him away. “Me, walking into a trap? Are you kidding me? I have the power of the divine water. No one can kill me!”

Although Lang Qing and Lang Zong had already fallen out, it didn’t mean that he was willing to watch his companion die.

“Those people are guarding the village. What are you doing if not walking into a trap?”

Lang Zong: “It’s not certain who will live and who will die! I’m going to kill them now!”

Lang Qing punched him without hesitation. “Why don’t you calm down! What’s more important now, revenge or our injured companions?”

“What do you mean? Isn’t avenging them important?”

Lang Qing: “Revenge, just by yourself?”

Before Lang Zong could speak, he said, “Those people won’t necessarily leave right away. Since they’ve accepted the commission to eliminate us, how could they leave so quickly? Why don’t we take this time to recover from our injuries, and then, on the next full moon, when our power is at its peak, we can attack and eliminate them in one fell swoop.”

Lang Zong gradually calmed down.

The moonlight was not as bright as before, and their strength was no longer at its peak. If they went rashly…

In the end, Lang Zong did not act.

The injured werewolves drank some of the divine water and quickly recovered from their injuries, but their dead companions could never be revived.

The dead werewolves had reverted to their original, incredibly ugly forms due to the curse. Even in death, they could not regain their original appearance.

One of the werewolves said, “If you ask me, it’s all because we were too cautious.”

“What do you mean?”

“Isn’t it? If Lang Qing hadn’t insisted that we couldn’t drink too much of the divine water, our strength would have long since made a leap. How could we have ended up in this situation?”

Lang Qing clenched his claws.

The werewolf said, “We couldn’t drink it before because the werewolf clan couldn’t break the rules. Now… we’ve already been cursed like this. Why can’t we continue to drink it?”

Lang Qing: “If you continue to drink it, you’ll become a complete monster!”

“But so what if we do?”

“If you become a monster, you can only eat people!”

The werewolf took an angry step forward. It was one of the three werewolves who had fought with Wu Xing in the forest.

“Then let’s eat! We’ve already eaten before. What’s there to not eat?”

“You’re confused! Have you completely forgotten whether you’re a werewolf or a monster?”

The atmosphere froze for a moment. The next moment, the werewolf laughed out loud. “What’s the difference between us and monsters now? Look at us. Do we look human at all?”

“Only you, a monster who is neither human nor ghost, still thinks about the great cause of the werewolf clan. Wake up, Lang Qing. Don’t be so stubborn. Accept reality. Maybe this is our chance to change.”

Lang Qing shook his head. “Go and calm down yourself.”

The werewolf sneered. “Calm down, and become like you? Making a deal with that village chief?”

He had long since figured it out. Instead of being shackled by a past that he could never return to, it was better to break the shackles.

So what if he became a monster? There were plenty of humans outside. Then let’s eat!

He had always wanted to truly break through, but because Lang Qing was holding him back, he often didn’t dare to say this idea out loud.

And now, although it wasn’t a good time, it was a rare opportunity.

He continued, “Think about the pros and cons, Lang Qing.”

…..

The next day, they prepared to go to the forest.

Although they didn’t know if they could find the werewolves, they had to try.

If they dragged it out until the second full moon, it probably wouldn’t be good, and it would also be too long.

Before they left, Shi Jun paused slightly, a smile on her lips.

Jiang Yu looked back at her. “Let’s go.”

Shi Jun’s eyes curved in a smile. “Okay.”

She reached out and put the lighter in her pocket.

The group successfully found the location of the pool, but they did not find the werewolves.

If it were before, they would most likely be guarding the divine pool, but now, there was no one.

It was unclear whether it was to avoid Wu Xing and Zhao Yuan, to the point of abandoning the divine pool, or because…

Now that the divine pool had been leaked, and they themselves had broken the rules, it no longer mattered whether they guarded it or not.

The group looked around but did not find any obvious traces.

It seemed that the werewolves had indeed chosen to hide.

If they were only hiding during the day, it was not particularly alarming. After all, the werewolves in the forest and the werewolves who had turned into villagers had completely opposite characteristics, so they might just be waiting for the night.

But…

What if they didn’t come out at night either?

While Wu Xing was thinking, Shi Jun had already picked up two or three pieces of wood.

Jiang Yu turned around and saw her action.

Her brow twitched slightly, and she suddenly seemed to understand something.

Jiang Yu walked over and grabbed her wrist.

Shi Jun’s movements paused, and she looked up with a smile.

“Ah, you guessed it?” she asked with a smile, without a trace of embarrassment or shyness at being caught.

Jiang Yu pursed her lips. “Are you going to use the village chief’s method?”

Li Nanmeng asked curiously, “What, what?”

The others also looked over.

Shi Jun had no intention of hiding it. She took out her hand and revealed the lighter in her palm.

In that instant, the others also understood what she meant.

The werewolves valued the divine pool very much, so the village chief was able to use threats to get the water from the divine pool.

Although they had been cursed and had become like this because they had drunk the water from the divine pool, they should still have some scruples about their home, that is, this forest, and the divine pool.

If they used this to threaten them, they might be forced to show themselves.

Jiang Yu said, “Then what if they insist on not coming out? You should know that the werewolves now are different from before. And the fact that they can leave the vicinity of the divine pool now also shows a change in their mentality, doesn’t it?”

“If they’re not threatened, what will you do?”

Shi Jun said with a smile, “Then we’ll really… set fire to the mountain.”

Her tone was full of indifference, light and airy, and even held a hint of a smile.

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment. “What… did you say?”

Shi Jun said, “I said, then we’ll really burn it.”

Her words were so light that they seemed to have no real substance.

Jiang Yu couldn’t help but ask her, “Do you know what it means to burn down the forest? Do you know how many animals are in the forest, and if the fire spreads, the surrounding areas will also be affected?”

Shi Jun looked up at her.

Her pupils were filled with an indifferent emotion, her eyes extremely dark.

Faced with Jiang Yu’s question, she was still the same as before.

Shi Jun’s index finger knuckle touched her lips, and her lips curved slightly.

“But this isn’t the real world, is it?”

Jiang Yu froze.

Shi Jun quietly looked at the group, her eyes like beautiful marbles, but they were opaque.

Her eyes were very deep, as if they could suck a person in.

“If the werewolves come out, that’s good. If they don’t, then we’ll really burn it.”

“At that time, if they don’t come out, they’ll have to.”

“And as for what to do after burning down the forest… does it have anything to do with us?”

“This is just an instance, a piece of virtual data, isn’t it?”