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Chapter 87 - 89 Deceiving Heaven and Changing Fate (7)

Chapter 87: Chapter 89 Deceiving Heaven and Changing Fate (7)

The villa in the mountains was destroyed, seemingly releasing some shackle that bound the undead creature. Its thigh tendons were taut, stretched to the limit, and even oozed blood, its figure launching forward like an arrow from a bow, so fast that it left only a streak of afterimages in the eyes of ordinary people like Xiao Feng and others.

The remaining claw on the undead creature’s arm slashed through the air, reaching for Bai Zhi, who stood at the forefront, guarding Xiao Feng’s family. There was no time to draw a gun and fire at this distance. Bai Zhi flipped her palm, revealing... a hilt with no blade.

She loosened her grip with five fingers, twisting the naturally falling hilt about the back of her thumb like spinning a pen, causing the concealed blade to slide out under gravity, transforming into a full, arm-length weapon.

This weapon originated from the action game series "Dishonor" and was essentially a tactical folding knife, specially designed for stealth and assassination. Normally it appeared as a mere hilt. With a twist or a forceful swing, the blade would slide out, ready to inflict damage on an enemy.

Bai Zhi gripped the knife with her right hand, her left hand supporting the blade, using both hands to counter the undead creature’s single hand. However, its brute strength far exceeded expectations, effortlessly overpowering her, pressing the spring-loaded knife, along with the palm of her left hand, forcefully onto her shoulder.

Forced down to one knee, her four left-hand fingers were severed as if caught in the mechanical blades of a factory chopping machine.

As the saying goes, each finger is connected to the heart. The severe pain from the severed fingers contorted Bai Zhi’s face grotesquely.

Driven to desperation, she twisted her knife-holding hand, trapping the undead creature’s claw with the spring-loaded knife, while her white hair draped behind her came to life, surging forward to bind the undead creature’s arm, preventing it from breaking free.

Opportunity was fleeting. She drew her knife and slashed at the undead creature’s neck, the blade charged with Sword Qi, slicing through tendons as if cutting bamboo, until it hit the neck vertebrae with a dull "clang" sound.

Struck by a heavy blow, the undead creature stabilized itself on its right foot, while its left foot, like a cannonball, side-kicked towards Yuan Zhixia’s abdomen. She decisively let go of her sword and activated a light-body skill, her figure wafting back like a drifting leaf, while triggering the "Retract and Release Gloves" special effect.

First, releasing a repelling force, her longsword grazed the undead creature’s spine, spinning out more than twenty meters. Then, exerting maximum attraction, the longsword flipped direction and sped back, piercing into the undead creature’s lower leg tendon and driving into the concrete floor.

It pinned the undead creature in place, like nailing it down.

With both arms and legs restrained, the undead creature’s muddy, sunken eyeballs faintly reflected the figure of Li Cheng. He grasped the 170 straight blade with two hands, sleeve rolled up on his left side, revealing the White Bone Armor.

Black jets spewed from the White Bone Armor like rocket boosters, aiding the propulsion of Li Cheng’s arm, as he used all his strength to make a sweeping cut at the undead creature’s waist.

Under the influence of acceleration, the heavy, long-handled cleaver, heavier than that for an ordinary person, half-slice, half-smash, pulverized the creature’s spine, bisecting it at the waist.

The lower half remained standing in place as the upper half first soared, then fell to the ground due to gravity.

Not delivering a final blow equaled courting death. Li Cheng, well aware of this principle, hesitated not an instant to twirl the large, heavy blade, using its relatively wide back to slam into the upper body of the undead creature.

In his last "Alien Species Out of Control" regular task, he killed a Bunker’s Pyramid Head, carving the "Bloodthirsty Fury" skill of the Pyramid Head onto his White Bone Armor. The effect slightly increased his attack speed after wounding a living target. It was just the thing to use here.

One hit, two hits, three hits...

Under the incessant battering, the upper body of the undead creature was chopped into several pieces; even the skull fractured and the collapsed, indented eyes burst out.

Even though it was reduced to minced meat, this damned thing still retained Life Force, the muscular mush mixed with shattered bone fragments inching towards Xiao Feng’s family at a snail’s pace, as if still coveting their flesh and blood.

"Damn, isn’t this that classic philosophical question? Be given ten billion at the cost of being pursued by a snail for life."

Li Cheng clucked in wonder, picking up the straight blade to dissect the blood-soaked lower half of the undead creature, paying particular attention to the pelvic structure and thigh bones.

"I’ll do it."

With a sigh, Yuan Zhixia signaled for Bai Zhi to withdraw her hair, and he took a can of gasoline from his Backpack, dousing the bloody zombie corpse with it.

Then, he took out cigarettes and matches, first lighting a cigarette and putting it in his mouth, before casually tossing a match in front of him.

The flames immediately roared to life, illuminating everyone’s varied expressions along with the burning mountain villa.

Boom——

The long-awaited thunderstorm finally arrived, the rain hitting the villa’s concrete ground, releasing a moss-like smell (actually geosmin).

Li Cheng took out the healing gel and sprayed it on the amputated surface of Bai Zhi’s palm and her scalp to stop the bleeding—her scalp had been torn when the zombie had pulled her hair.

"...Thank you." Bai Zhi gritted her teeth, picked up her four severed fingers from the ground, and put them into the Backpack to prevent infection, "Let’s add each other as friends; I’ll transfer you the emergency medical fees later."

"No need for thanks. It’s essential to have all one’s fingers."

Li Cheng said casually, turning his head to look at the ordinary people.

Old Feng’s head bowed in resignation, his eyes shut tight. Little Feng, staring at the burning pile that was his mother, could not utter a word.

"Don’t be sad, it’s not your mom." Li Cheng said nonchalantly, taking out a disposable phone that had Zhao Xinglang’s SIM card installed and his own smartphone, tapping back and forth on the screens.

"...What?!" Not only were Little Feng’s family, Yuan Zhixia, and Bai Zhi collectively stunned, but Old Feng also opened his eyes.

"You’ve all been deceived. The same goes for Zhao Xinglang, and for Old Feng too."

Li Cheng, manipulating his smartphone, got in touch with Yuan Zhixia, and with a sneer said: "The coffin lid of the casket has traces of being opened twice. Once was in the last few months, opened from the outside. The other was today, opened from the inside by the zombie.

Old Feng said he has never opened the coffin, and Zhao Xinglang only learned the truth today, so it wasn’t him either. That leaves only the possibility that someone else opened the coffin.

Moreover, the zombie’s pelvic bone is narrow and tall overall, with a rough pelvic surface and heavier bone quality, which is distinctly different from the characteristics of female pelvises that are wide, short, with a smooth pelvic surface and lighter bone quality.

More importantly, both femur bones of the zombie’s legs have traces of having been shattered by fractures. This completely contradicts the way Old Feng’s wife died from illness.

Meaning, the coffin didn’t contain Old Feng’s wife at all. All your efforts, all your sacrifices, were just part of an elaborate joke."

Old Feng, as if struck by lightning, roared: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Whether it’s possible or not, let’s see if this phone call goes through." As Li Cheng said this, he dialed the number of the villa’s gardener from the contacts.

Dial—Dial—Dial——

After three tones, the phone connected.

"Good evening, I never expected you to actually answer this call." Li Cheng said: "Should I address you as the gardener, or as the puppeteer behind everything?"

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