115: Chapter 115 The debtor's greatest fear is that the creditor will die first.

The equipment room was crowded.

Fatty slept leaning against a shield, his snoring coming in waves.

Skinny held a spear, half his face buried in a tattered jacket.

Fang Xiaoxiao sat by the door with a short crossbow across her lap, her hand never leaving the trigger.

Lin Yuan lay on an old yoga mat, covered by a sports jacket.

Covered in dust and dirt.

In the earpiece, Su Xiaonuan's voice was very low.

Reporting the arrival of the probe once again.

"Mr. Lin."

"Liu Qing judges that the other party is not a traditional hacker."

"It's more like some kind of Superpower that can briefly interface with electronic systems."

Lin Yuan did not reply immediately.

He turned over, pretending to wake up from needing to urinate.

Fang Xiaoxiao looked over immediately.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Yuan rubbed his stomach, his voice sounding cowardly.

"Going out to take a leak."

Fang Xiaoxiao frowned.

"Don't wander around at night."

"There's an infected corpse pit behind the Library."

Lin Yuan nodded.

"I'm just going to the door."

Fang Xiaoxiao looked at him for two seconds before getting up to open the door a crack.

"Hurry up."

Lin Yuan bent down and slipped out.

There were two patrolling students in the corridor.

They held homemade spears, their complexions looking grim.

At the end of the corridor, a body bag wrapped in plastic sheeting was dragged past, with the faint sound of fingernails scratching against the fabric coming from inside.

Lin Yuan kept his head down and went around to the back of the equipment room.

There was a row of abandoned sinks there.

The faucets were rusted shut.

The mirror was half-shattered.

Lin Yuan stood in the shadows, holding his earpiece.

"Speak."

Su Xiaonuan immediately said, "Liu Qing wants to ask if we need to directly seal off all external ports?"

"No need."

Lin Yuan looked at himself in the mirror.

"When Tiangong No. 1 was being built, I created contingency plans for this type of thing."

"If the other party had an A-rank mechanical Superpower, the energy overload would have tripped the external cameras of Tiangong No. 1 long ago."

"He can only send messages now."

"This shows that his ability range is limited, the duration is limited, and his mental strength is also limited."

"At most, it's B-rank."

The other end of the earpiece went quiet for a moment.

Then, Liu Qing's very soft voice came through.

"Mr. Lin, I can try to communicate in reverse."

Her voice was a bit tense.

Like someone waiting to be sentenced who suddenly hears the word 'reprieve'.

Lin Yuan said, "You may."

"Ask him what he wants."

"Don't be in a rush to win."

"I need to know which hole he's sticking his hand out from."

Liu Qing's breathing clearly steadied.

"Understood."

Su Xiaonuan took over.

"Mr. Lin, Liu Qing's parents..."

Lin Yuan calmly interrupted, "You decide on matters like this."

On the other end of the earpiece, Su Xiaonuan paused for half a second.

"Then I'll keep watching."

"Mm."

The communication cut off.

Lin Yuan had just turned around.

On the other side of the sink, a person walked out of the shadows.

He had felt it long ago.

A thread of water, so thin it was invisible, was already pressed against the other person's ankle.

As long as the other party made any unnecessary movement.

Their Achilles tendon would be severed first.

The person who came out was Chu Feng.

He didn't bring anyone.

His school uniform jacket was still stained with blood.

He was carrying an old cloth bag in his hand.

He looked at Lin Yuan, getting straight to the point.

"Mr. Lin."

"You're quite good at pretending to be a newcomer."

Lin Yuan was not surprised.

"When did you figure it out?"

Chu Feng walked to the side of the sink.

"At first, I just thought you seemed like him."

"It was too rushed this afternoon; I didn't dare to confirm it."

"During the battle at the East Gate, Bai Jingchen called out your name."

"The drone exploded."

"Looking at the time you appeared, and that look of being scared silly..."

Chu Feng paused.

"It was too fake."

Lin Yuan laughed.

"How many points do you deduct for my acting?"

Chu Feng rubbed the tip of his nose.

"You could fool Fang Xiaoxiao."

"But you couldn't fool me."

He continued, "She saves too many people; she always looks for the good in people first."

"I'm different."

"I'm not used to owing others things."

"Especially a life."

These words were very direct.

And very Chu Feng.

Lin Yuan fished a cigarette from his pocket and handed him one.

Chu Feng took it.

The two walked to the steps behind the Library and sat down.

Lin Yuan lit it.

Chu Feng tried to take a puff.

The next second, his expression changed, but he forced himself not to cough.

Lin Yuan looked at him.

"If you don't know how to smoke, don't pretend."

Chu Feng held the cigarette between his fingers.

"People in debt have to at least put on a show."

Lin Yuan didn't expose him further.

The night wind blew across the playground.

In the distance, someone was repairing the East Gate, the hammer striking steel bars.

One strike.

Another strike.

The sound was dull and heavy.

Chu Feng handed over the cloth bag.

"Here are twenty white crystal cores and one hundred gray crystal cores."

Lin Yuan opened it and took a look.

The luster was very uneven.

Many still had bloodstains on them.

Lin Yuan accepted it.

He didn't say it was enough.

He also didn't say it wasn't enough.

Chu Feng looked at him.

"Xu Mengmeng survived."

"She asked me to say thank you on her behalf."

Lin Yuan flicked the ash from his cigarette.

"Thank yous aren't worth anything."

Chu Feng nodded.

"What did you come to Jiang University for?"

"To collect a debt from me?"

"If I don't pay, are you going to kill me?"

Lin Yuan replied, "You're still alive, which means the answer isn't important."

After saying this, he continued, "What's the deal with Bai Jingchen?"

Chu Feng's hand holding the cigarette paused.

"You noticed it too?"

After a few seconds, he spoke.

"Bai Jingchen is my brother."

"Before the apocalypse, we were in the same dorm."

"His family background is average, his mouth is sharp, but he's not a bad person."

"After the Red Moon, he suddenly could use paper slips."

"Passing messages, interfering with attacks, buffing people."

"He has never harmed Jiang University."

"If it weren't for him at the East Gate, more of us would have died."

Lin Yuan looked at the wall in the distance.

"Everyone has secrets."

Chu Feng said in a low voice, "Just like you."

Lin Yuan smiled.

Chu Feng continued, "I have secrets too."

"Xu Mengmeng does too."

"Jiang University being able to hold on until now relies on everyone bringing out everything they can use."

Lin Yuan said, "Do you trust him?"

Chu Feng didn't answer immediately.

He crushed the cigarette out on the edge of the step.

"Not entirely."

"But right now, I need him."

Lin Yuan liked this answer.

Chu Feng turned his head to look at him.

"If one day, Bai Jingchen threatens you."

"Or threatens Jiang University."

"I will kill him with my own hands."

Lin Yuan did not comment.

Chu Feng added, "This isn't a promise to you."

"This is for Jiang University."

Lin Yuan weighed the cloth bag.

"These can't buy my trust."

Chu Feng stood up.

"Then I'll keep paying."

"Those in debt fear the creditor dying first."

Lin Yuan looked up.

"Are you wishing me to live?"

Chu Feng said, "I am reminding you."

"If you die, I won't have anywhere to repay this debt."

Lin Yuan let out a laugh.

"Get lost."

Chu Feng turned and walked a few steps, then stopped.

"Fang Xiaoxiao is a good person."

"Don't use her as a sacrificial pawn."

Lin Yuan didn't speak.

Chu Feng looked back at him.

"I know people like you don't like others telling you what to do."

"But Jiang University is not Tiangong No. 1."

"The people here aren't as obedient as your subordinates."

Lin Yuan crushed the cigarette out.

"Understood."

Chu Feng left.

His back was straight.

Like a blade that hadn't been fully sharpened yet.

Lin Yuan sat on the steps, his gaze calm.

Chu Feng was useful.

Bai Jingchen had issues.

Jiang University, this 'newbie village', was livelier than he had thought.

Just then.

Liu Qing's voice came through, much more urgent than before.

"Mr. Lin!"

"The other party replied."

Lin Yuan held his earpiece.

"Speak."

Liu Qing quickly recited, "He said—"

"I didn't come to cause trouble for Tiangong No. 1."

"I came to ask Mr. Lin for a favor."

"Help me kill Chu Feng."