261: Cousin, I'll take you home.

“No!!!!!”

Zhuang Sanming's face was covered in blood, unsure which drops belonged to Su Duo and which to Bao Hui.

He stared blankly at Su Duo's corpse, repeating over and over, “No… no…”

He frantically dragged his legs, each movement bringing excruciating pain, as he crawled towards Su Duo.

At this moment, he seemed to have lost his soul, shaking his head incessantly, crawling on the ground step by step.

Finally, he could only open his mouth, unable to make any sound.

At last, he crawled to Su Duo’s side.

He used his intact arms to pull Su Duo into his embrace, his gaze vacant.

“Xiao Zhuang, you…”

Xiong Mao wanted to comfort him but didn't know what to say.

Everyone standing behind Xiong Mao, including Xiao Shen, Wang Yi, Gu Mingzhu, and others, all fell silent simultaneously.

Liu Ling'er threw herself into Xiao Shen's arms, crying silently.

Gu Mingzhu also shed tears, and Ge Yunying's eyes were red.

Zheng Jinfeng stood there, stunned.

“Xiao Zhuang…”

Ximen Chuifeng hadn't expected such a turn of events. Although the plan for Xiong Mao to compete for the gang leader position was first proposed by Zhuang Sanming, he, the information peddler, was the first to execute it.

Without execution, even the best plan couldn't be carried out.

“I'm sorry, I…” Ximen Chuifeng lowered his head.

Originally dazed, he suddenly looked up at everyone opposite him and asked, “Does anyone still have New Healing Pills? Do you? Give me one, I'll pay double the price, no, triple! With a New Healing Pill, I can save my cousin, I can save her…”

As Zhuang Sanming spoke, large tears streamed down his face, unstoppable.

No one answered him, not only because all the New Healing Pills had been used up, but also because New Healing Pills were only effective when a person still had a breath left.

And Su Duo was already… He felt helpless; he didn't understand how his cousin, whom he cherished so much, had suddenly died.

How could she die?

It should have been him who died!

His cousin, his lively and adorable cousin, his cousin who loved excitement, though sometimes she was impulsive and liked to make friends with strangers… She was a bit clumsy, not very smart, and her warrior level wasn't very high; he often had to help her when they fought… Sometimes she seemed a bit dazed and lacked offensive power, but she would always jump out and scold anyone who looked down on him or gossiped about him.

He remembered her always following behind him, always weakly calling him 'cousin'.

Sometimes he found her annoying, wondering why she couldn't decide anything for herself, why she had to ask him about everything.

But now, he just wanted her to come back to life and annoy him one more time.

—Cousin, what should we do now?

—Cousin, am I cultivating correctly like this?

—Cousin, why are you pulling me and not letting me talk to people?

—Cousin, that kid Zhuang Siwei dared to speak ill of you, I'll scold him to death!

—Cousin… Zhuang Sanming held Su Duo, trying to stand up.

But his legs were severely injured, and moving them caused intense pain.

He freed one hand to support himself on the ground, trying to stand up.

“Xiao Zhuang, I'll help you.” Ximen Chuifeng quickly went over to support his hand, pulling him up from the ground with force.

Zhuang Sanming didn't refuse Ximen Chuifeng's help. He held Su Duo, finding it difficult to steady himself after standing up. Ximen Chuifeng supported him from one side, and Xiong Mao also rushed over to support the other side.

Every step Zhuang Sanming took was extremely painful; his legs wanted to buckle countless times.

Yet, he held Su Duo tightly in his arms, the pain in his heart already far surpassing the physical pain.

“Xiao Zhuang, where are you going?” Ximen Chuifeng thought he was distraught and aimless, just wanting to escape with Su Duo.

However, he heard Zhuang Sanming seemingly murmur:

“Cousin, I'm taking you home.”

...Outside the 155 Fortress, in the Inner Circle of the Ferocious Beast Forest.

Tonight was not a full moon night; the moonlight was dim, and although there were many stars, their light was too faint, making it truly a dark and windy night.

Normally, Lin Feng would have entered maintenance mode by this time, but today, on a whim, he ran to the Inner Circle.

The Inner Circle at night was not as quiet as the Inner Circle and the outer perimeter; many ferocious beasts here were nocturnal, and it was liveliest at night.

As soon as Lin Feng appeared, he immediately aroused their vigilance.

However, when they clearly saw it was the green train, they all drooped their heads and went back to whatever they were doing.

Are you kidding? The green train is so strong; if they don't hide, are they going to be so stubborn as to crash into it?

Have they forgotten the precedent of the Thunder Eagle Elephant?

So, all those who were previously strolling, preparing to forage, or gathering spirit herbs… all found nearby places to hide, trying their best not to be discovered by the green train.

A Spirit Water Winged Beast emerged from a certain pool, its eyes lighting up when it saw the green train, as if it had seen some precious treasure. It immediately jumped ashore and quickly ran towards the green train.

【Welcome aboard this train. Please sit tight and hold on.】

【Please purchase a ticket to board. Different carriages have different fares. This carriage is a VIP carriage; the fare is two thousand low-grade spirit stones.】

This time, the Spirit Water Winged Beast didn't go to the ordinary carriage as before but came to the VIP carriage.

“Chirp chirp. (Here are two thousand spirit stones)” It took out spirit stones and placed them on the table, looking very wealthy.

Did it get rich?

Lin Feng had always been curious about the origin of this ferocious beast; even the system had issued a warning, indicating that the Spirit Water Winged Beast was definitely not an ordinary ferocious beast.

The Eye of Truth could only see the experiences in the memories of ferocious beasts or humans. Some memories were very blurry, like Little Ice Fox's memory of its mother dying in childbirth, but at least he could make out what happened.

However, there were absolutely no memories of the Spirit Water Winged Beast's birth.

But this curiosity didn't affect his collection of ticket money:

【Welcome aboard this train. Please sit tight and hold on.】

After sitting down, the Spirit Water Winged Beast began to cultivate diligently. The VIP carriage offered fifteen more minutes of cultivation time than the ordinary carriage, so now that it had money, it naturally wanted to experience it.

Lin Feng, meanwhile, was calculating how to promote other goods on the train to the Spirit Water Winged Beast later.

The green train moved smoothly through the Inner Circle. The pool Lin Feng often saw appeared exceptionally clear in the night, even emitting a faint glow from within.

This pool must not be simple.

Unfortunately, Lin Feng's Eye of Truth could only see the life history or material properties of creatures or items on the train; he couldn't see anything not on the train.

【Destination reached. Passengers, please alight.】

The thirty-minute ride was neither too fast nor too slow; in short, when the Spirit Water Winged Beast opened its eyes, it felt it hadn't had enough.

It was about to get off when it saw subtitles appear before its eyes.