Chapter 40: Lin Yue'er’s Repentance
Notting City.
Two white lights flashed down.
Chen Jun and Wu Zui had just used their town portal scrolls to escape the wilderness, returning to the city.
Chen Jun, who had nearly died in the secret realm, let out a long sigh of relief.
"Damn it! That trash actually tried to kill me." Chen Jun seethed with anger.
Wu Zui frowned and said in a low voice, "We underestimated that kid. Who knew he would use the secret realm to set up a trap and ambush us."
Chen Jun clenched his fists, veins bulging in his fury. "If I don't kill Zhang Yue, I swear I'm no man."
"But his strength… it's too overwhelming," Wu Zui pointed out. "And now, with the backing of the Supreme Guild, killing him with our power alone is next to impossible."
Chen Jun sneered coldly. "If we can't kill him ourselves, we'll just find higher-level professionals to do it for us."
Wu Zui pondered for a moment before reminding him, "But Chen-ge, don't forget about the damage equilibrium law in the Otherworld: whether in PvE or PvP, if there's a level gap greater than 10 between opponents, no damage can be dealt."
"Sure, you could find professionals from higher worlds at level 100 or 200, but they won't be able to harm someone like Zhang Yue, who's just around level 10. It's pointless."
Chen Jun's face darkened, but he responded confidently, "You think I need you to remind me? Of course, I know about the equilibrium law. It only applies when the level gap is more than 10."
"In that case, we'll just find someone within that 10-level difference."
Wu Zui blinked in confusion. "But even the new professionals from last year's batch would have already leveled far beyond the 20s by now. How are we supposed to find any older professionals still in that range?"
A sinister smile crept across Chen Jun's face, as though he had already planned for this. "Oh, there are people."
"And they're in the Third World."
At Chen Jun's words, realization dawned on Wu Zui. "You mean…?"
Chen Jun's eyes gleamed with murderous intent. "They won't dare refuse the Chen family. I'll go find them now."
His voice dropped to a dangerous whisper as he added, "Zhang Yue, just you wait. If you survive the Third World, I'll eat dirt standing on my head."
With that, Chen Jun logged off.
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Meanwhile, Zhang Yue was still busy slaughtering zombies in the Violent Zombie Forest.
Unknowingly, the progress of his Zombie Crisis quest had reached 195/500 kills.
At this point, Zhang Yue had already leveled up to 18.
Checking the time, it was nearing noon, so he decided to head back to the city for lunch before continuing the hunt.
"The zombie waves are coming a bit too slowly…" Zhang Yue muttered to himself.
Just as he thought this, a system notification appeared:
[Area Announcement] (Notting City):]
[Ding~ Attention all Notting City professionals: A zombie horde will invade Notting City in thirty minutes. The horde is level 15. Please prepare to defend the city.]
"Speak of the devil…" Zhang Yue was thoroughly excited by the news.
After taking ten minutes to return to the city, he logged off and headed to a nearby restaurant for a quick meal of stir-fried green pepper and pork over rice.
Upon returning to the game, Zhang Yue looked up to see the skies over Notting City covered in dark clouds, with thunder rumbling ominously.
The zombie horde had arrived.
The entire city was in a flurry of activity as countless professionals scrambled to prepare for the onslaught. Only Zhang Yue remained calm and composed.
Before long, the zombie horde swarmed from outside the city.
For Zhang Yue, killing level-15 zombies was a simple task. In just ten minutes, he had already wiped out 50 of them.
With some time to spare, Zhang Yue decided to wander around the city, hoping to run into Chen Jun.
But that guy seemed to have wised up this time. To avoid being hunted by Zhang Yue, Chen Jun didn't even log in during the zombie invasion, forfeiting his participation.
An hour later, the horde retreated, leaving Zhang Yue a bit disappointed as he headed back out of the city.
On his way back to the Violent Zombie Forest, Zhang Yue suddenly received a FeiXin message from Liu Yao:
"I almost forgot to mention something."
Puzzled, Zhang Yue wondered what Liu Yao was talking about when, out of nowhere, he received a transaction notification.
One followed by six zeroes.
1 million.
Zhang Yue immediately remembered Liu Yao's offer to compensate him for ruining his chance to kill Chen Jun in the secret realm earlier that morning.
At the time, Zhang Yue had thought Liu Yao was just making an empty promise, but the guy had actually followed through.
Well, since the money was there, Zhang Yue saw no reason not to accept it, especially since he desperately needed funds to pay for his brother Zhang Chao's treatment. He tapped Receive.
Liu Yao sent another message: "Bro, I've got nothing else but plenty of cash."
"Remember, if you ever need more, just let me know."
'Man, how rich is this guy…?' Zhang Yue shook his head, closing the app.
At that moment, a soft voice called from behind, "Zhang Yue!"
He turned around, only for a slender figure to throw itself into his arms.
Zhang Yue was startled when he recognized the girl—it was his former girlfriend, Lin Yue'er.
Frowning, he pushed her away in disgust. "What do you want?"
Lin Yue'er looked up at him, eyes brimming with tears, her voice laced with a pitiful sob. "Zhang Yue, I was wrong. I really know I was wrong."
"Please forgive me." Lin Yue'er pleaded, crying, "Liu Yao… Liu Yao dumped me."
"I admit, I left you because I thought you were too poor, but what girl doesn't want to live a good life? Now that Liu Yao values you so highly, as long as you join the Supreme Guild, your future will be bright. We won't have any more issues about money like before."
Zhang Yue chuckled coldly. "You're right. If my future is so bright, why would I go back to an old pair of shoes like you? With what I have now, can't I find someone even better?"
Lin Yue'er froze, unable to comprehend the harshness of his words.
She had never imagined that Zhang Yue, of all people, would speak to her like this.
Panicked, she rushed to grab his arm, begging through her tears, "Please, Zhang Yue. Give me another chance! Let's start over, okay?" [T/N: Ah! So satisfying...]
A crowd had gathered around them, watching the drama unfold.
Whispers rippled through the onlookers:
"Poor girl, she's so pretty and seems genuinely in love. How could he not treasure her?"
"Yeah, how could any guy let her go? What an idiot."
"I hate guys who bully women."
A few young men, sleeves rolled up, began moving toward Zhang Yue, ready to stand up for Lin Yue'er and give him a lesson.
Suddenly, Zhang Yue raised his Frost Staff and shot a fireball at Lin Yue'er, knocking her to the ground.
Her health bar dropped to 1 in an instant, thanks to the Lock HP mode.
As Zhang Yue attacked a fellow white-named professional, his hidden ID was forcefully revealed in gray:
[Level 18 Necromancer · Zero]
"Holy crap! He's level 18?"
"Wait, Zero… He's the guy who cleared the First World in just half a day."
The crowd buzzed with shock and disbelief.
The moment Zhang Yue's ID appeared, the young men who had been planning to confront him quickly lowered their sleeves and quietly backed away.
Even Lin Yue'er, seeing his ID, was stunned. "Zhang Yue, you… you're Zero?"
At that moment, regret filled Lin Yue'er's heart. Why had she ever left Zhang Yue?
But now, it was too late.
Without sparing her another glance, Zhang Yue turned and walked away.
Soon, a group of zombies emerged from the ruins nearby, surrounding Lin Yue'er.
No one went to help her—no one dared offend Zero.
Helpless, terrified, and filled with regret, Lin Yue'er was overwhelmed by the advancing zombies.
Her body dissolved into white starlight, vanishing.
Starlight—the sign of permanent death.
Having already died once in The Apocalypse City, and then killed again by Su Jingyan, Lin Yue'er no longer had any remaining revivals.
When Zhang Yue returned to the Violent Zombie Forest ten minutes later, his gray ID had reverted to white with the passage of time.
With his ID hidden once more, Zhang Yue resumed hunting zombies.
By the time the sun set, Zhang Yue had completed the remaining 300 zombie kills.
As dusk settled, the system announcement rang out again.
[Area Announcement] (Notting City):
[Ding~ Attention all Notting City professionals: A zombie horde will invade Notting City in thirty minutes. The horde is level 15. Please prepare to defend the city.]
In the Second World, one must be prepared to fend off the zombie hordes twice a day—once at noon and once in the evening.
For Zhang Yue, however, this also signified that it was almost time to conclude his journey in the Second World.
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