Chapter 2: New Slaves

Shi Lei's mind flashed with words like "rich second generation," "speeding," and "drunk," and his instinct for survival saved his life in the end. As he watched the sports car almost hit him, he suddenly stomped his feet and flung his body to the side, rolling on the ground. It seemed like his foot twisted, and his arm fell heavily to the ground, hurting as if it were broken. Shi Lei finally saw the sports car pass by where he had just been standing and crash into the safety island by the roadside, stopping.

He looked at his elbow, which was covered in blood and had a large piece of skin missing, but Shi Lei didn't feel any urge to fight with the people in the car.

It was a Porsche, and Shi Lei recognised the shield-shaped logo. Anyone who could drive a car like this was either rich or noble, and in any case, they were definitely not someone Shi Lei could afford to mess with. If they were in a good mood, they might even cover Shi Lei's medical expenses.

Of course, the more important reason was that the front of the Porsche was seriously deformed and the glass was broken everywhere. It was uncertain whether the people inside were still alive. Even if they were, they would certainly be seriously injured. Shi Lei would not dare to curse at a seriously injured person.

Although he was startled, Shi Lei still mustered up the courage to walk towards the sports car with one leg dragging.

He saw the door of the sports car being kicked open and a blood-covered man crawling out, falling to the ground, and reaching out a bloody hand towards him.

"Save me... save me..." The man's throat made a hoarse sound, and his face was covered in blood, clearly indicating severe injuries.

Shi Lei was not the kind of person who would let someone suffer because they almost hit him with their car. The driver must have been drunk; otherwise, they wouldn't have crashed the car into such a miserable state. Shi Lei also believed that there was no one in this world who hated him enough to want to kill him.

But how was he supposed to save him?

Shi Lei took out his phone, and his first reaction was to dial 110 for emergency services.

But the man crawling on the ground frantically shouted: "Don't call the police, save me, I'll give you 100,000 yuan... 100,000 yuan! Don't call the police!"

Shi Lei was confused. Don't call the police? Is this guy's car stolen? Where did he get 100,000 yuan from?

The man managed to crawl to Shi Lei's face, but he had no strength to stand up. He grabbed onto Shi Lei's lapel and begged, "Sell me this piece of clothing for 100,000 yuan. I'll give it to you immediately..."

Shi Lei found it even more inexplicable. Shouldn't they be trying to find a car to take him to the hospital right now? No matter what the reward was, what did it have to do with his clothes? And come on, Shi Lei's clothes have never cost more than 500 yuan each, and this one was only worth a little over 100 yuan. How much did this guy drink? Instead of urgently going to the hospital, he wanted to use 100,000 yuan to buy his clothes?

The man let go of Shi Lei's lapel and pulled out a phone with difficulty from his pocket, opened an app, and shouted: "Hurry, open your WeChat, and let me scan it. I'll transfer the money right away. Sell me this piece of clothing on your body for 100,000 yuan..."

Shi Lei was completely bewildered and more confused than ever.

The man somehow managed to stand up and grab Shi Lei's phone, opening WeChat and scanning it. He then stuffed the phone back into Shi Lei's hands and quickly started manipulating his own phone. Shi Lei heard a sound on his phone and looked down to see a transfer notification.

As soon as he touched the screen, the phone showed that the other party had transferred 100,000 yuan to him. Shi Lei was even more confused and opened his WeChat wallet to see that the 100,000 yuan was clearly displayed on his phone, in plain sight.

"Hurry, your clothes!" The man was so anxious that he started trying to take off Shi Lei's clothes himself.

Shi Lei let him take off his coat and still couldn't believe everything that was happening.

Sports car, speeding, 200 meters, car accident, rich second generation, 100,000 yuan, a worn-out piece of clothing...

How could all these words possibly be connected?

"You... couldn't have hit your head, could you?" Shi Lei asked the man cautiously, but he put the phone in his pocket very obediently. At any rate, the 100,000 yuan was already in his hands.

The man completely ignored him and sat on the ground, gazing blankly at the pitch-black sky, as if waiting for something.

Shi Lei found everything very strange. He stepped back, and a voice in his head told him to run. He had a Meizu phone worth 700 yuan in his pocket, which now contained 100,000 yuan. That was 100,000 yuan! A whole 100,000 yuan!

But just as he turned around, he heard a very pitiful scream from behind.

Shi Lei's pupils suddenly constricted as he turned his head, but what he saw was a very strange scene.

The man was rolling on the ground in agony, and his feet were nowhere to be seen, as if they had been hacked off.

Furthermore, a line of blood was steadily rising along the man's legs, soon spreading to his thighs. His legs were actually disappearing, turning into a blood mist floating in the air. Shi Lei could even smell the unique smell of fresh blood, like rust, in his nostrils.

The thighs are gone too...

Then the stomach...

The man's body was no longer rolling, and no more cries of agony came from his mouth. No one can make any sound after being amputated below the chest.

The rise of the line of blood did not stop with the man's death, until Shi Lei watched in amazement as the man completely turned into a blood mist in the air and completely dissipated...

Shi Lei's shock in his heart could no longer be described in words. He felt an unfounded fear—a living person disappearing right before his eyes.

For a long time, Shi Lei thought that death was the most terrifying thing for humans. But now he knows that death is not so terrifying. What is truly terrifying is for someone to disappear right in front of you and to disappear in such a strange way.

On the ground, the blood stains that the man had crawled on earlier have all disappeared, just like the man's body.

Even the coat that the man had been holding in his hand, which originally belonged to Shi Lei, has also disappeared.

The only thing left behind is a black card, shining with a moving light under the weak street lamp in the darkness. It had a metallic glow, as if it were a bank card, but Shi Lei had no intention of picking it up at all.

After experiencing a scene that can only be seen in a movie, anyone would probably not even think to pick up a pile of diamonds worth billions on the ground. The only thought in Shi Lei's mind was to run away, as far as he could, for fear of suffering the same fate as that man if he ran a little slower.

While running, Shi Lei seemed to remember the man's car, a Porsche sports car. Perhaps, as it appears, the car vanished during the man's disappearance?

Shi Lei did not dare think more but ran back to the dormitory with all his might.

When he woke up, he thought it was just a dream, but the black card in his hand undoubtedly showed that it was not a dream last night.

Today is Saturday, and everyone in the dormitory has gone out. Shi Lei is examining the strange bank card in his hand, hesitating whether to go to the bank and try his luck.

While getting dressed, Shi Lei looked at the balance of his WeChat wallet...

Er...

Well, at least there are still 100,000 yuan; it's worth a little shock.

Holding the black bank card, Shi Lei walked towards the ATM at the school gate, his heart uneasy. The man was so generous in his actions that he didn't know how many zeros were on his bank card.

Shi Lei's hands trembled as he inserted the card into the ATM and entered the password. He remembered being panicked and running away from the card the day before, but why did the card appear at his pillowside?

Suddenly feeling a chill down his spine, Shi Lei wanted to press the cancel card button. He had almost realised that there was some kind of trap here that he couldn't understand...

However, it is too late...

A very strange and ambiguous voice came from the ATM, saying, "Welcome, new slave."