115: Chapter 115 The Sorrow of Despair

"Colonel Xiao, are you satisfied with this auspicious burial ground?"

Qin Yu's voice, laced with a playful smirk, drifted clearly into the ears of every survivor at the bottom of the pit like a demon's whisper!

Xiao Feng, who was howling in pain, suddenly stiffened!

Straining with every ounce of his strength, he painstakingly raised his head to look up toward the opening of the pit.

There, he saw the man he hated to his core and feared like a devil, looking down upon him from above.

Qin Yu's face bore a trace of a mocking smile, like a cat playing with a mouse.

Behind him, the frost-cold female officer, Zhou Jing, was staring down at him with the indifferent gaze one would give a dead man.

Boom!!!

Zhou Jing's previous icy words combined with the cruel reality before him struck Xiao Feng's heart like a series of heavy sledgehammers!

So...

It was all true!

From the moment the thought of betrayal first crossed his mind, he had already fallen into the web this man had meticulously woven for him!

His so-called schemes!

His so-called calculations!

The ecstasy he felt when he thought his plan had succeeded!

In the eyes of his opponent, it was all nothing more than a ridiculous, farcical solo act!

He...

From beginning to end, he was just a puppet-like clown!

An utter fool who thought himself clever, only to personally lead himself and all his brothers to a dead end!

"Aaaagh—!!!"

A sense of humiliation, regret, and despair—thousands of times more intense than his physical agony—instantly shattered Xiao Feng's final psychological defenses!

He let out a beast-like roar, a sound filled with endless indignation!

"Qin Yu!!!"

His eyes were bloodshot as he glared fixedly at the figure above the pit, hissing through gritted teeth.

"You... what a ruthless scheme!!"

"Even as a ghost, I won't let you off!!"

He cursed like a mad dog, seemingly trying to use this method to preserve the last shred of his pathetic dignity.

However, Qin Yu merely picked at his ear, an impatient expression appearing on his face.

"Noisy."

He spoke those two words flatly, then turned to address Zhou Jing beside him.

"Dispose of his companions who are still breathing."

"Make them quiet down."

"Yes, King."

Zhou Jing nodded, her eyes devoid of any emotion.

She drew several ordinary arrows from the quiver on her back and notched one to her bow.

Her movements were as fluid as flowing water, without a hint of hesitation.

"No... don't!"

At the bottom of the pit, the former Captain Zhang Chao, who had lost an arm, saw Zhou Jing's actions and was instantly overcome with endless terror!

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

However, his pleas for mercy were met only by a sharp arrow whistling through the air!

Puchi!

The arrow accurately pierced his throat, cutting off the second half of his sentence permanently.

His body jerked violently, the light in his eyes rapidly faded, and his head finally slumped down limply.

Puchi!

Puchi!

Zhou Jing remained expressionless, acting like a precision executioner.

One arrow, one life.

In the blink of an eye, all the wailing at the bottom of the pit ceased, leaving only Xiao Feng alive.

The entire deep pit fell into a dead silence once more.

This cold and efficient massacre completely crushed the last sliver of hope and madness in Xiao Feng's heart!

The resentment and indignation in his eyes were quickly replaced by an emotion called 'terror'!

He didn't want to die!

After witnessing the tragic deaths of his companions, he wanted to live more than ever before!

Especially, he didn't want to die in such a humiliating and painful way, slowly bleeding out!

"No... don't kill me!"

Xiao Feng's body trembled violently, and his voice took on a sobbing tone.

His face, distorted by pain and blood loss, looked as pathetic and lowly as could be.

"Qin Yu! No! King! Lord Alliance Leader!"

He pleaded incoherently, completely abandoning all his dignity.

"Spare my life! I beg you, spare my life!"

"I was wrong! I know I was wrong! I'm just a dog! I'm just a pile of stinking dog shit!"

"As long as you spare my dog life, I'm willing to do anything for you! I can be your beast of burden! I can even lick your boots!"

Looking down at the once-arrogant Xiao Feng, who was now like a lapdog wagging its tail for mercy.

Qin Yu's face still held that playful smile.

He liked this feeling.

The feeling of having everything belonging to his enemy—including their dignity and their life—firmly within his grasp.

"Give you a chance to live?"

Qin Yu stroked his chin, speaking with feigned deliberation.

"But it seems you no longer have any value."

"The only end for a traitor is death."

"That is the rule of my Tribe."

Qin Yu's cold words were like a death sentence, causing Xiao Feng's heart to sink to rock bottom!

No!

I still have value! I must still have value!

Xiao Feng's brain worked frantically, desperately thinking about what he had that could move this demon!

Right!

A secret!

That secret about other human survivors!

A massive secret, enough to change the entire landscape of this rainforest!

"I do! I have value!"

Xiao Feng shouted hysterically, as if grasping at his last straw for survival!

"King! I know a massive secret!"

"A secret about other human Tribes!"

"This secret will definitely be of immense use to you and your Tribe!"

"Oh?"

Qin Yu's eyebrow twitched slightly, finally showing a hint of interest.

Other human Tribes?

Since arriving in this hellhole, aside from the people of Hope Barrier, he had never seen any sign of other humans.

"Let's hear it,"

Qin Yu said indifferently.

"If the secret you tell really satisfies me..."

"I might consider letting you live for a few more days."

"I'll talk! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"

The flames of hope instantly ignited in Xiao Feng's eyes!

Enduring the sharp pain from his thigh, he spoke with desperate haste.

"Be... before our Hope Barrier was established, we once sent an expedition team on a long-distance exploration to the south!"

"That expedition team barely survived; only two people made it back alive!"

"They brought back shocking news!"

Xiao Feng caught his breath, his face showing a trace of lingering fear and shock.

"At the southernmost tip of the continent, in that volcanic region shrouded in scorching sunlight year-round!"

"They discovered a... an incredibly powerful and xenophobic primitive Tribe established by white people, by those blonde-haired, blue-eyed 'foreigners'!"

"They call themselves the 'Sun Tribe'!"

"They worship the sun and believe they are the chosen people of God!"

"And..."

Xiao Feng's voice dropped even lower, his eyes filled with dread.

"Their leader possesses an... an inconceivable, flame-like supernatural ability!"

"Just how dangerous is that Tribe?"