Serial Player
Chapter 387 - 64: Mind in Chaos

Chapter 387: Chapter 64: Mind in Chaos

The doors were tightly closed, the incandescent lights in the hall illuminating the pale faces of the four men, one bald man slumping onto the front desk chair.

Their worst fear had materialized; their human trafficking operation had been discovered.

However, the tall and thin man quickly regained composure after his initial shock.

He was the main strategist of the gang, responsible for setting up the clandestine arrangements and anti-detection measures.

Their caution had helped them dodge crises, time and time again.

This was going to be no different.

His mind quickly raced, the surveillance room on the third floor must have already noticed the commotion in the lobby. They were certainly getting ready to flee with the "goods".

To ensure their escape, the gang had devised several plans.

The first, the steel stairs at the back of the hotel, with two vans stationed nearby, the people on the third floor could swiftly evade carrying the ’goods’.

The second, there was a concealed ladder on the third floor that led directly to the basement.

And the basement led to the sewer, offering the safest escape route. The only downside being, in their haste, it would be impossible to take all the ’goods’.

"He’s just a well-intentioned fool! The people on the third floor should already be preparing. Luckily, it’s not the police, otherwise, we would have only the ladder to escape, leaving the goods behind would be a major loss."

The tall thin man thought and kicked the bald man, simultaneously casting a glance at the two men near the coffee table.

The bald man came to his senses and reached for something under the front desk.

The other two robust men reached under the couch. One of them even drew the curtains of the lobby.

Now that they’ve been found out, they couldn’t let him go!

"Since you want to play hero, I’ll make your wish come true!" The tall thin man showed a fierce expression. From the moment the takeaway delivery boy arrived, he’d felt the urge to eliminate this threat.

But disappearing a person could draw unwanted attention. Hence, the original plan was to send him off, immediately complete the transaction and move to a new location, to be on the safer side.

But now, his ’hero’ had barged in, locking the door behind him, displaying an absurd semblance of moral righteousness.

In such a situation, the tall thin man spared no mercy.

Again, the criminal that has tasted success, doesn’t keep any consideration for law, morality, or human rights.

For anyone who might threaten them, their first response is to eliminate the threat! Like wild dogs that have tasted human blood, their target is no longer leftovers from the garbage dump, but weak, defenseless children.

No, comparing them to wild dogs would be an insult to the dogs.

They are worse than worms in a toilet bowl!

At this moment, the tall thin man’s thought was to first, kill the delivery boy.

Hide his body, immediately relocate, deliver the ’goods’, and flee Nanzhe before anyone could sense something was amiss.

Looking at the takeaway guy who came unarmed, holding nothing more than a key. He was defenseless.

Did he think he was a formidable martial artist? Was he seeking fame by making a criminal gang his springboard?

This was a common disease amongst overly ambitious young people.

Thinking they can outfight the world after they’ve learned a couple of moves?

A severe lesson from the harsh reality was what he needed, and I was going to give him that lesson!

The tall thin man took out an axe from the front desk drawer, bits of dark red rust still visible on it.

Whether it’s a child who nearly escaped, or careful pedestrians wanting to intervene upon recognizing their ruse.

He showed no mercy.

Because he knew, the consequences would be unimaginable for him and his gang if they were exposed.

The tall thin man was also a madman with many lives on his hands.

He didn’t mind taking one more!

He had even figured out how he would dismember this nuisance. He dared lock the door himself, he was asking for it!

However...

Before he could make a move, the delivery boy at the entrance swung his right hand, and the bald man screamed, falling to the ground, clutching his face, blood pouring out.

The tall thin man instinctively looked down to see the object embedded in the bald man’s right eye.

He felt a chill in his heart.

It was just an ordinary key.

Could such a simple object exert such power? This was tough!

"Damn it! Everyone, attack! Kill him, or we all die!" The skinny tall man kicked away the hands of the bald man reaching for him and shouted to two men frozen in fear.

Dealing with such a tough foe, they needed to mob him and kill. Four hands are better than two fists. They can’t give him a chance to counterattack!

The tall skinny man, a head above the rest, raised his axe and charged at the delivery boy.

Being a seasoned killer, his grimacing face accompanied by his towering figure charging with an axe radiated a murderous aura.

Normally, anyone seeing this would be gripped by fear, potentially giving him the chance to strike a fatal blow with his axe.

The tall skinny man had managed to kill quite a number of people with this strategy, even if they were stronger. But none were as ruthless as him!

But now, he faced... a man bathed in rivers of blood atop a mountain of corpses!

For Li Changhe, the deterrent value of this strategy was less scary than seeing his teacher with his report card, wanting to discuss his grades.

He was a brutal man who had ruthlessly wiped out an entire narrative power.

If there were a hundred more such men, he would not fear them!

Li Changhe swung his right fist directly at the tall skinny man’s face as the axe was hacking down at his shoulder.

"Thunk."

As the axe hit Li Changhe’s shoulder, it bounced off as if it had struck steel. The force of the rebound ripped the flesh of the tall skinny man’s hand.

But it didn’t leave any mark on Li Changhe’s shoulder, courtesy of [Weapon Damage Reduction 35%] [Melee Damage Reduction 3%] and a score of 12 for the trait [Iron body].

With these combined effects, the impact of the axe strike was barely noticeable – just like when the teacher hits students’ hands with a ruler during a school outing.

"Crack!" Li Changhe’s fist, on the other hand, slammed into the tall skinny man’s face, crushing it like a sledgehammer smashing a watermelon.

The force and the hardness of his fist instantly shattered the tall skinny man’s left cheekbone and lower jaw. Under the pressure, the left eyeball was almost popping out of its socket.

The tall skinny man collapsed unconscious, but intense pain from a new injury jolted him awake in the next second.

For Li Changhe had raised his left hand and grasped his axe.

The back of the axe slammed heavily into his nose, chilling the heart with the sound of bone shattering. The strength of the blow lodged the back of the axe in the tall skinny man’s face.

It was like a plastic surgery going wrong, endowing the tall skinny man with a nose made of an axe. However, it cost him his left eyeball which was forced out of its socket.

But...

"Surgeon" Li Changhe declared that the operation was very successful!

Intense pain made the tall skinny man thrash about like a fish out of the water, blood splattering everywhere.

His shattered jaw and crushed nasal cavity made him unable to breathe and speak. He struggled vainly to remove the axe embedded in his face.

Li Changhe ignored him and reached for the nearest machete belonging to a man who was following the tall skinny man, intending to join him in attacking Li Changhe.

Seeing the tall skinny man fall, the man was momentarily stunned in his tracks.

He had witnessed Li Changhe take an axe blow and remain unharmed. His heart terrified, he swung his machete at Li Changhe who was reaching for him in a fit of fear.

But the moment [Magnetic Gloves] effect triggered, the black gloves clung onto the knife blade as soon as they made contact, gluing tightly to the machete.

Li Changhe yanked his left hand, causing the man holding the machete to stumble forward.

In the split second when he stepped closer, Li Changhe used brute force to twist one of his arms while pressing down on the back of his head with his right hand.

Like a pincer, he held him tightly and began to push him downward.

His strength of 9 was enough to crush a gang like this who were only good at bullying kids.

The man saw his face getting closer and closer to the axe embedded in the tall skinny man’s face.

His free hand frantically slapped away, his legs kicked wildly, but he couldn’t break free from Li Changhe’s grapple.

Crying out in horror, he begged, "No! Stop, I surrender! Don’t kill me..."

Splat!

Slicing meat with a blunt knife...