A bluish-white gleam exploded in front of his eyes.
Before he could react.
In the next instant.
His vision went black, consciousness fading.
This life of his ended in an instant.
At that moment, Hadir was still in a bowing stance, body stiff, and covered in a layer of black ash.
Standing like a statue in the rain.
Died instantly.
Without... any pain.
In a second!
And the entire death process...
Was clearly witnessed by Yahan behind him.
He had originally come out to relieve himself and see what Alek was up to, but as he reached the cave entrance, he saw Hadir’s bent figure.
And in the woods ahead.
Through the rain.
A shadowy figure flickered, followed by a burst of bluish-white light emerging from it.
Instantly striking Hadir.
Then...
Hadir’s body convulsed violently, the light vanished, and he became as he is now.
"???"
"Dead... dead?"
"Hadir is dead??"
"Struck by lightning?"
"What was that shadow?"
"How did it discharge electricity?"
Yahan was utterly bewildered, instinctively looking back at where he saw the shadow.
But...
There was no shadow anymore.
Nothing.
"???"
In an instant, Yahan felt dazed, even doubting his senses.
But...
Hadir’s stiff corpse was still at the entrance.
Reminding him:
Everything had just happened!
No mistake!
Yahan was in shock.
Witnessing that scene had a tremendous impact on him.
His mind went blank, devoid of thought, only filled with subconscious notions.
"Did I see ghosts???"
Yahan shuddered, fear making him retract his urge to pee, and he ran back frantically.
Hu Nodun saw him running back like someone soulless, furrowed his brows and yelled, "Yahan, what are you doing?!"
"Dead... dead!"
"???"
Hu Nodun felt a sudden chill in his heart, jumped up and shook Yahan’s shoulders forcefully, asking in a deep voice, "Who’s dead?"
"Hadir, Hadir is dead!"
Being shaken brought Yahan back, though still confused, he recounted what he had witnessed and muttered anxiously, "I think I really saw a ghost, an electrifying ghost?"
"..."
Hu Nodun gave no response.
He had the strongest nerves among the three.
Also...
Since he hadn’t seen it himself.
He hadn’t been impacted much.
At the moment, Hu Nodun’s brows were furrowed tightly.
"There can’t be any ghosts!"
"Not a ghost..."
"Then it’s a person!"
"Who?"
Almost instantly.
A name flashed in his mind—
Lin Beichen!
"How could someone who managed to shake off Alek be an ordinary college student?"
Hu Nodun realized Lin Beichen’s extraordinary nature!
"Only a few knew about this cave’s location and the plan to move here."
"Aside from Alek..."
"The ones who knew had always been on the mountain."
"It can’t be exposed!"
"The issue must be with Alek!"
"If Lin Beichen could shake off Alek, why couldn’t he track Alek and find this place?"
He wasn’t sure if his suspicions were accurate.
But...
That didn’t stop him from verifying them.
Nor did he have the time to think about other questions.
He only wanted to answer one question now—
Whether his suspicion was correct!
"Yahan, what you saw wasn’t a ghost, it was a person!"
"A person?"
"Right!"
Seeing Yahan calm down a bit, able to understand words, Hu Nodun commanded without further explanation, "Follow me, move Zheng Xia and Lin Xiangdong to the cave entrance."
"Okay."
With hardly any thinking capacity left, Yahan did as told.
Soon, they reached the entrance, hiding behind Zheng Xia and Lin Xiangdong.
Hu Nodun then pulled out his gun and pointed it at Zheng Xia’s head, shouting to the outside, "Lin Beichen, I know you’re nearby. You’re here to save them, aren’t you? Come on, I’ll count to three. If you don’t come out, don’t say I didn’t give you a chance!"