His eyes were bloodshot, filled with endless regret.
"It was Lei Meng..."
"It was him. At the last moment, he used his own body to block that fatal blow from Shi Dang for us..."
"He bought us... that fraction of a second for the teleportation... less than a tenth of a second..."
"He died on the spot..."
Shi Potian couldn’t say any more.
He lowered his head, his broad shoulders trembling violently.
After a long while, he finally raised his head, his bloodshot eyes staring fixedly at Qin Feng.
"Qin Feng, you warned us before... told us to be careful of Shi Dang."
"But none of us expected... that things would get this serious."
"We never imagined that the gaze of an Evil God was so close, in any corner the Subspace could project to."
"..."
After hearing the entire story, Qin Feng was silent.
Shi Potian’s fragmented account, filled with endless regret and pain, settled over the deathly silent dormitory like the toll of a heavy Funeral Bell.
Qin Feng remained unusually calm.
There was not a single trace of expression on his face.
His deep eyes were like two ancient wells frozen over by Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice, showing not the slightest ripple of emotion a normal human would have.
He offered no comfort, nor did he ask any questions.
Because he knew that in the face of such a heavy tragedy, any words would be pale, and any attempt to assign blame would be futile.
He just quietly looked at Shi Potian’s eyes, bloodshot from self-blame and grief, and continued to ask in a nearly emotionless, ice-cold tone:
"After you reported it to your instructor, did he reply?"
"Let me see."
"Okay."
Affected by Qin Feng’s extraordinary calm, Shi Potian managed to forcibly pull himself out of the self-blame that threatened to consume him.
He nodded heavily and raised his only remaining, uninjured hand, quickly operating the virtual screen in front of him.
"He replied."
Shi Potian’s voice was hoarse and dry.
"Not only did he reply..."
"Cannan Star Martial Arts University... has already broadcast it to the entire campus."
Hearing this, everyone present, including Qin Feng and Tiemu, subconsciously opened their personal Subspace Networks and entered the familiar private forum of Cannan Star Martial Arts University.
But this time, what greeted their eyes was not the previous celebratory red announcement, full of glory and congratulations, celebrating Qin Feng’s success in the tower.
Instead, it was a larger, more eye-catching, thick, blood-red broadcast, burning all over as if with the Karmic Fire of Hell!
This broadcast was even more domineering than the one about Qin Feng, filled with an unquestionable will of iron and blood!
It was pinned firmly to the very top of the forum, unmoving, as if it wanted to brand every word it carried deep into the soul of every Canaan Student!
And its contents sent an icy chill, originating from the very marrow of their bones, through everyone who saw it!
[Empire Level 1 Wanted Order! The traitor Shi Dang has betrayed the Human Race, falling to become a follower of the Evil God ’Khorne’! Kill on sight!]
Beneath this headline, which was filled with a murderous aura, was a detailed and chilling background analysis of Shi Dang from the Empire’s highest instrument of violence—the Imperial Court of Justice.
[Name: Shi Dang]
[Student ID: K-5-8848]
[Enrollment Date: 40 years ago]
[Home Planet: Qiming Star]
[Current Strength Assessment: Sixth-Level (Initial Stage)]
[Biography Analysis: From a young age, due to his mixed-heritage ’Stone Race’ identity, he was subjected to long-term school bullying and discrimination from instructors at the ’Thirteenth Junior High School’ on Qiming Star.
Later enrolled in ’Qiming Xinghe Military Affiliated High School’ (a military academy). During his time in the military, he gradually developed a paranoid personality, believing that ’only through absolute power and combat could he seize glory, win respect, and avoid being discriminated against again.’ He was later admitted to Cannan Star Martial Arts University with outstanding results...]
[As of three minutes ago, the Imperial Court of Justice has initiated a comprehensive, top-level background investigation into all members of Shi Dang’s past social network, including but not limited to: his immediate family; all individuals who previously bullied him; the relevant instructors at the Thirteenth Junior High School; the coaches at the Martial Arts Halls he attended; the Martial Arts Instructor team at Qiming Xinghe Military Affiliated High School; and the aforementioned school’s political and ideological education department!]
Following this cold, verdict-like biographical analysis was the latest Empire mission, also marked in blood-red font.
[Bounty Mission: ’Blood Stone’ Shi Dang]
[Mission Danger Level: (Extremely Dangerous)]
[Target Details:
Name: Shi Dang
Strength: Sixth-Level Soaring Martial Artist (Initial Stage)
Estimated Vitality Index: 3800-4500 points
Known Killing Techniques: Control Realm Killing Technique >, >, > (Suspected blessing from Khorne)... (More intel will be shared and updated in real-time by the Martial Artist teams that accept the mission.)]
[Mission Reward: 10,000 Contribution Points]
[Current Number of Martial Artists Who Have Accepted the Mission: 12,002 (and rising rapidly...)]
[Current Mission Failures: 0]
...
When this bloody wanted order, filled with betrayal and corruption, was displayed so nakedly before all the Canaan Students,
the entire forum fell into a dead silence.
Everyone was so shocked by the sudden, appalling news that they couldn’t utter a single word.