Chapter 67 Shut Your Mouth (Part 2)

As Alun died, the tall, thin man in a trench coat sitting in the manor's villa raised his head.

As he looked up, Wu Yu Jiao, who was playing with her nails, and the burly companion beside him showed incredulous expressions. Meanwhile, their green-faced comrade was still unconscious.

"Aaron's dead? The charming Aaron who could bewitch anyone with just a glance?" Jade leaned forward, thrusting her writing board into the face of the tall man in a trench coat.

The bulky man beside chimed in, "Impossible, right? The enchanting Aaron was a peak level four mental manipulator. He was just one step away from reaching the dominion level."

Because advancing in mental abilities is somewhat more challenging than other powers, a peak level four mental manipulator is even more formidable than a typical dominion level power user.

It's said that the enchanting Aaron could bewitch anyone who made eye contact with him, even some devourers with eyes could be controlled and commanded by him.

In the entire realm of exiles, the enchanting Aaron was a well-known figure.

Countless willingly died by his gaze, silent and unresisting. Who could have imagined that he would meet his end here?!

He even confidently claimed he could kill Chen Jin before he left.

And now he's dead.

Just like that?

The tall man remained silent for a while before writing: "[...There's no mistake, the snow has told me everything."

"However, Aaron wasn't killed by Chen Jin. He died in an attack by Yue Feng."

Jade was even more puzzled: "Yue Feng?! The God of Mischief! Aaron wasn't foolish, why would he provoke someone as notorious as Yue Feng, whose strength is rumored to surpass even that of the two King-level city lords? Was he seeking his own death?"

The man in the trench coat remained silent: "[...............]"

He returned with twelve dots.

His facial expression also became indescribably subtle.

Through the ice and snow, he "saw" everything. Could he say, Le Feng was frantically embracing and kissing Chen Sijin?

Let alone saying it out loud, even seeing it with his own eyes made him doubt if his abilities were malfunctioning, seeing illusions.

Le Feng, madly kissing, Chen Sijin.

The tall man in a trench coat couldn’t help but press his brow.

Since entering this world, the feeling that things weren’t going smoothly or well worsened a bit.

He initially had no particular thoughts about Chen Sijin, this newcomer who appeared out of nowhere. Coming here under the city lord's orders to kill someone didn't seem challenging.

Just a brash individual, likely just entered the fourth level of Word Spirit.

Even if he could talk well and had some special abilities, they thought killing him would be an easy task.

Not to mention, they specifically chose a world where he couldn't speak.

Yet, the inability to speak didn't cause any discomfort or panic for that Word Spirit. It's as if he didn't care at all whether he could speak.

No, that Word Spirit often acted like a mute, someone who never opens his mouth regardless of the situation.

As a result, the silence of this world didn't trap him but instead doomed many who sought to hunt him.

Even this Word Spirit, who couldn't speak, was well versed in how to resist, threaten, and even counter-kill his opponents in silence.

Upon witnessing that none of the three targeted individuals showed any sign of surprise when the black cats suddenly descended during the dinner on the first night, Shui Dan knew the mission might not be easy to accomplish.

None of the three suspects, believed to be Chen Jin, were easy targets.

And now, reality had confirmed his judgment.

The three suspected to be Chen Jin were Yue Feng, Wu Qingyu, and Chen Jin himself.

Three ruling-level exiles.

Each more difficult to kill than the last.

Yet, up until a moment ago, Shui Dan had not considered abandoning the mission.

Yue Feng and Wu Qingyu were almost impossible to kill, but Chen Jin was still feasible.

All he needed to do was to take action himself.

But what did he witness?

Shui Dan struggled to remove the image from his mind.

Yue Feng wildly kissing Chen Jin.

And because of Alan's deception, Chen Jin went on a rampage, killing them directly.

So, should they kill Chen Jin or not?

If he truly kills Chen Jin, would Yue Feng instantly kill him the next second?

It's known that only Yue Feng acts purely on whim without any regard for reason or bargaining.

He doesn't spare anyone just because they are fellow humans.

To kill is to kill, Yue Feng never reasons.

The tall man in the trench coat, Shui Dan, sighed deeply, a sigh that carried no sound.

Then, under the questioning gaze of his two companions, whose boards were filled with question marks, he replied somewhat grimly: [Let's not act against him for now; we might have to abandon this mission if necessary.]

No matter how much the city lord offers, he hasn't forgotten his first rule of survival in the land of exile—stay alive.

Only by living does one have the hope to see changes, to ascend to kingship, or even divinity.

Everything else is secondary.

If necessary, for the sake of survival, he would make any compromise or betrayal.

Then he was greeted with even bigger question marks on his companions' boards.

Wu Yujiao was utterly filled with shock and incomprehension.

Boss, do you not remember how confident we were in front of the Omniscient Eye? Doesn't it hurt to contradict ourselves now?

Though we've had our share of self-contradiction when we were weak in the past, we are big shots now, aren't we?!

Is there anyone we can't kill?!

Faced with his companions' relentless questioning, Shui Dan finally wrote a few words.

[Yue Feng passionately kissed Chen Jin; they might be a pair.]

Wu Yujiao's questioning expression froze mid-air.

The burly man was stunned on the spot.

But more exaggerated than them was Wu Qingyu sitting next to Wu Yujiao.

She had already woken up and was drinking water when she saw the board, then she sprayed it all over the burly man's face.

"Pfft! Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough! Damn it!"

Wu Qingyu, the city lord of Meteor City. The top in defense and vitality below the dual kings, even proficient in divination, a woman as steadfast as an old eagle, could not hold back and made a sound for the first time after seeing what Shui Dan wrote.

Then, Wu Qingyu's life value dropped by one fifth, followed by two accidents.

But she didn't care about these, instead furiously questioned on her board: [Did you see clearly?! Is it true or not? Don't prank me; I've never been in love. Yue Feng, who absolutely doesn't treat people as humans, devoid of emotions, dedicated to seeking fun, he was kissing, Chen Jin?!]

Shui Dan: [...............]

He replied with twelve dots again.

Said nothing but it's as if everything was said.

Wu Qingyu felt as if she had witnessed a crazy twist of fate.

Thus, the city lord of Meteor spent the subsequent time in a bizarre, silent laughter.

Laughing so much that the other three almost became numb to it.

Hence, upon returning in the afternoon, Chen Jin found the indestructible sister smiling at him very strangely, while the other three, especially the tall man in the cloak, looked at him with eyes that had morphed from cold to now... conflicted with a hint of respect?!

On closer inspection, there seemed to be a mix of pity and schadenfreude.

What the heck?

Did something happen that he was unaware of?

Everyone quickly averted their gaze from him, only to return it to him after a short while.

Chen Jin: ……

It's as if you all have some serious illness.

Forget it, no use wasting time on those harboring ill intentions towards him.

He decided to find and eliminate the man-eating monster tomorrow and then proceed to activate the world mission and leave.

Although the hot springs and snowscapes of Quiet Villa are splendid, it ultimately isn't a place where one can peacefully enjoy them.

Someday when he returns to his homeland, without Le Zi or assassins around, he'll properly enjoy the hot springs and snowscapes.

Moreover, based on what he saw in the glass greenhouse this afternoon, there might be some accidents awaiting him tonight.

In that greenhouse filled with tens of thousands of diverse and colorful flowers, apart from the overly intense fragrance, those vibrant flowers competed in beauty and bloom.

Walking among the greenhouse was too easy to be bewildered by the fragrance.

Fortunately, Chen Sijin had his own gas mask.

As he entered the greenhouse wearing his gas mask, he saw three big gardeners burying flower fertilizer for the greenhouse flowers, including a human-shaped fertilizer in the pit.

Chen Sijin was prepared for a tough fight, with his clipboard ready.

Instead, he saw the three gardeners looking at his gas mask with incredulous eyes, furiously indicating with their clipboards: [You don't appreciate beauty! Take off that strange thing!]

"How could anyone wear a gas mask in the greenhouse?"

"Take it off immediately!!!"

Chen Jin then understood.

In the greenhouse, the gas mask was invincible.

With the mask on, the three gardeners wouldn’t dare hit him, or couldn't beat him.

So, he joyfully flipped off the three gardeners.

Then he saw one of the gardener’s shadows explosively transform into the shape of a multi-headed monster.

Chen Jin: "..."

He never expected that flipping someone off could break through the defenses of a man-eating monster.

Perhaps even more effective than tripping someone with a stare?!

Wearing the gas mask, Chen Jin and Jester left the glass greenhouse unscathed.

But Chen Jin could still feel a deadly gaze fixed on his back, as if trying to bore a hole through it.

Chen Jin enjoyed his delicious dinner, waiting for what the night would bring.

During dinner, those two black cats descended from the sky once again, this time their claws came even closer, almost to the point where they seemed genuinely intent on biting.

But Chen Jin, as if he had anticipated their arrival, held a grilled fish in his hand and stuffed it into the mouth of the large black cat as it appeared.

The big black cat that intended to scare and bite him had its eyes bulge in surprise, and after a few seconds, obediently chewed and swallowed the fish in its mouth.

In the end, it even wagged its tail at Chen Jin, offering him a slight nod of approval.

There were eight people left at the dinner table today.

Not a single one made a sound due to any sudden incidents.

This shows how strong human adaptability is; under pressure, anyone can become a mute king, stable as Mount Tai.

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Returning to his room at night, Chen Jin once again joyfully soaked in the hot spring for half an hour.

This time, the hot spring was much quieter and more comfortable than yesterday.

After all, there were only five people left who wanted to kill him, including one who sleeps eternally, three with strange looks in their eyes, and one scared out of their wits.

Suddenly, the safety factor increased.

Until it was time to go to bed, both the room and the snowy night outside were excessively quiet.

Too much silence seemed to be a silent form of terror.

Chen Jin lay on the bed, lips curved in a smirk.

After some thought, he placed his protective shield back in front of his chest.

He hoped to sleep soundly until dawn this night as well.

Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned—

In the darkness, a subtle rustling sound reached his ears, which he shouldn’t have been able to hear since he was wearing earplugs.

Yet, that sound enveloped his ears, reminiscent of some creature slithering in the dark recesses of a sewer.

Chen Jin suddenly opened his eyes.

All he saw was darkness, which seemed quite normal.

After all, what else but darkness should night bring?

But this wasn’t the darkness of night.

It was the darkness crawling over the protective shield, obscuring the light.

Chen Jin stared at the darkness for a while, then scoffed and took out his blindingly bright halogen lamp from his storage ring.

In the instant the light illuminated the area, Chen Jin heard a monstrous shriek near his ear, and what he saw was—

Something dark and twisted, covering almost the entire hemisphere of the protective shield, like black venom.

It was frantically writhing and exerting force in the bright white light, attempting to break through the shield to devour the damn exile who dared to flick it off from within.

Watching this entity that seemed like a living black liquid, Chen Jin calmly wrote on the writing board next to him, "Infinite High Temperature Spray," in seven large characters.

Then, with the super-high-temperature flames, a third of the black liquid was vaporized into ash in a short time.

Chen Jin's left eye gleamed with silver light, revealing the energy core flickering within the black liquid.

Just as he was about to reach for the energy core, the black liquid swiftly enveloped his hand, transforming into a layer of skin on his palm and rapidly spreading up his arm.

The black liquid monster had covered up to his neck and right chest by the time Chen Jin touched its energy core.

But that was as far as it went.

The moment Chen Jin touched the core, the black liquid monster suddenly stiffened.

Then, it split into two from the core Chen Jin touched, and the remaining half, carrying the energy core of the liquid monster, ran off... like a tail-cut lizard.

Or, more accurately, like a squid that has ejected its ink, it fled.

Leaving behind the black venom on Chen Jin’s entire right arm and chest.

Chen Jin: …

Eventually, Chen Jin manually purified and removed the residue from this portion of venom, then ate it.

Energy value N+9999.

It tasted like, tortoise jelly.

Tsk.

The other half got away.

But, he was certain he'd catch it tomorrow!

Just giving everyone the finger would do.

So, the next day, with great joy, Lezi went to have breakfast with his darling Jinzi.

Opening the door, he was greeted by a finger-gesture attack.

Lezi: ...???

His smile gradually faded.

However, Lezi's smile soon returned to his face because his darling Jinzi greeted everyone they met with, not one, but two upright fingers.

Lezi: I get it now!

Then, during breakfast, Witch Qingyu, Shuidan, Wuyaojiao, the burly guy, the man with the greenish complexion, and the captain who could grab the air, all sitting by the dining table, simultaneously received the... "greetings" of fingers from both the sweet sister and Lezi.

Everyone: ...

Are these guys deliberately provoking us?!