Zhou Yuanshou’s last glance before his death was directed at the room he secretly observed Lin Beichen from on the fifth floor.
Lin Beichen followed his gaze and immediately sensed the presence of Zheng Yaxin.
Actually, Lin Beichen had already guessed that Zheng Yaxin was here, even without Zhou Yuanshou. However, what puzzled Lin Beichen was that his perception, which could cover the entire slum, couldn’t detect Zheng Yaxin’s presence.
His awareness of Zheng Yaxin was purely derived from reasoning.
Above, on the fifth floor, Zheng Yaxin slowly woke up, her eyes filled with confusion.
Zheng Yaxin’s memory stayed at the moment before she lost consciousness. Even though she had some impressions in her mind and felt a stinging pain at the back of her head, she still didn’t believe that Zhou Yuanshou would kill her.
How could Zhou Yuanshou do such a thing?
She had known Zhou Yuanshou for many years. Though not childhood friends, their relationship was quite deep.
Outsiders said that she and Zhou Yuanshou were a perfect match, a pair of rare golden boy and jade girl.
"You’re awake?"
A voice sounded.
Zheng Yaxin’s body trembled slightly. Upon hearing the voice, she instinctively shrank her neck.
"Who’s there?"
Zheng Yaxin looked around, but saw no one, just the room door slightly ajar.
Could there be a ghost? Zhou Yuanshou wasn’t here! No one was here!
The cramped environment paired with an indescribable foul smell made Zheng Yaxin unwilling to stay here for a moment longer. The instinct to survive made her turn and run out.
Watching her departing figure, Lin Beichen silently shook his head.
Zheng Yaxin was enveloped in a thick aura of resentment, which perfectly intertwined with the Earth Vein Qi.
Without expert intervention, Zheng Yaxin would never escape this place.
This slum was undergoing a mutation.
The Earth Vein here mingled with the Spiritual Qi, causing unpredictable changes even Lin Beichen couldn’t foresee.
Even if Lin Beichen ignored it, Zheng Yaxin would wander aimlessly like a ghost.
Escape!
I must escape!
Despite Zheng Yaxin’s confused state, her mind held a determined goal.
However, she didn’t realize that as she ran frantically, a dark aura began to spread from her toes, gradually enveloping her legs.
Zheng Yaxin felt her body becoming heavier, as if her legs were weighed down with lead, making movement increasingly difficult.
If Lin Beichen were here, he would have shaken his head and smiled bitterly.
He had overestimated Zheng Yaxin.
He thought Zheng Yaxin would tap into her potential in extreme emotions, forgetting that Zheng Yaxin was merely a model.
Even though Zheng Yaxin belonged to a wealthy family with an assets worth billions and had a team of professional nutritionists and physicists, striving for a model figure cost her greatly.
Daily figure management had already pushed Zheng Yaxin to her physical limits. Forced exertion was now dragging her down.
If no one intervened, Zheng Yaxin would collapse both physically and mentally amidst her desperate escape, eventually turning into a lunatic.
Perhaps Zheng Yaxin’s fate wasn’t sealed.
Amidst her frantic running, Zheng Yaxin suddenly screamed, feeling her body uncontrollably floating in mid-air before falling heavily.
Before she could react, a mist lifted her, gently placing her on the ground.
"How odd! There are multiple restrictions here that even a Daluo Golden Immortal would struggle with, yet you’re just aimlessly wandering and didn’t touch a single one, but opened the only path?
Could you be the noble person I’ve waited for twenty years?"
The mist dispersed, and an elderly voice echoed around.
The voice reverberated, finally waking up Zheng Yaxin.
Zheng Yaxin collected her thoughts and looked around, feeling a sense of astonishment.
She had clearly been running within the fortress, yet now found herself in a cave.
The cave was dark, yet a cold wind blew through. Though chilling, it lacked a rotting smell.
"Young girl, are you looking for your way out? Look up!"
The voice sounded again.
Zheng Yaxin hastily looked up, realizing there was a faint light nearly a hundred meters above her.
The light was so small that one might mistake it for a weak lamp if not paying attention.
"Young girl, since you’ve come, accept it. In my presence, no one can save you. Just stay with me for a while."
The voice sounded again, now carrying a mysterious tone.
The speaker seemed to know who Zheng Yaxin was.
This place wasn’t great, but it was surely better than Zhou Yuanshou’s room.
Zhou Yuanshou’s room stank, the air was foul, and most importantly, Zhou Yuanshou seemed to have gone mad.
Here, though the mysterious person was odd, they showed no malice towards her.
If the mysterious person knew Zheng Yaxin’s thoughts, he might laugh out loud.
Though not an extremely wicked person, he was one who struck decisively.
The people he killed were deserving, yet their number exceeded three digits, earning him the title of a killer demon.
In Xiang Island’s assassin circle, who didn’t regard him as King Yama?
Even Master Zhou listed him as a must-kill target, yet now a young girl thought he was better than others?
Outside the cave.
Lin Beichen silently gazed at the deep cave entrance below, his perception penetrating inside, detecting Zheng Yaxin’s still alive aura, causing him to frown.