Chapter 82: Good Faith Inquiry

Brother Lei's eyes were full of hatred. He hated aliens, hated humans, and hated this world.

However, more than these, he hated An Chengdao.

Because, in his eyes, An Chengdao is the chosen one by God.

This kind of hatred is twisted because he knows that he cannot defeat this world, so he vents all his accumulated hatred on the Chosen One.

After all, where he lives, only those who become God's Chosen Ones can transcend social classes and get rid of their status as beasts.

Others can get what he cannot get. He may be envious at first, but over time, this envy turns into hatred.

But at this time, he knew very well that he was no match for An Chengdao and could not kill him.

Therefore, he focused on the people around An Chengdao.

He bit Zhang Cheng's leg fiercely. Even through his pants, he could bite off a piece of flesh.

The fire burning in the village makes the rats and strange birds in the forest afraid to approach, but this is only temporary.

The fire will eventually go out, and by then, the smell of blood from Zhang Cheng's wound will surely attract the rats and strange birds again.

However, his plan failed.

The moment he moved, An Chengdao reacted in time.

Reaching out and pulling Zhang Cheng away, Lei Ge's teeth almost touched Zhang Cheng's leg, but in the end he just bit his pants.

"How dare you bite!"

When Lu Linhai came back to his senses, he was so angry that he raised the steel rod in his hand and hit Brother Lei.

Lu Linhai cursed and didn't stop until Zhang Cheng waved his hand.

Zhang Cheng didn't seem angry at Brother Lei's actions just now.

"Why, you feel that you are bound to die, so you want to help me support you?" He looked at Brother Lei on the ground, but this time he did not get close, but went around behind Brother Lei.

"Don't be afraid, we are not such cruel people."

"We are very kind-hearted, especially me. I am blind to blood and cannot bear to see any violence. I get dizzy when I look at it."

"So, as long as you cooperate with us and tell us everything you know, you still have a chance to survive."

"But--"

When he said this, Zhang Cheng's tone changed.

What started out as gentle suddenly turned into a deep one.

"If you don't cooperate, there's nothing we can do to get you to speak."

He smiled and looked up at the twisted trees growing around the village.

"I remember people in your village said that if you are pricked by the thorns on these trees, the pricked area will be extremely itchy."

"Tell me, if we put a few needles in your body, would you be able to bear it?"

Zhang Cheng gritted his teeth and started to tremble pretentiously. He walked to a place where Brother Lei could see but couldn't reach him, and pretended to be scratching his back with itchy knees.

"That feeling, hiss——"

"I want to scratch it but I can't. It's like countless bugs crawling around on it, and occasionally they bite me."

"Of course, I will help you choose a few good places to pierce. For example, the soles of the feet, the ear canals, the armpits, and by the way, what do you think of the tongue? Or the gums?"

Zhang Cheng paused, thought for a moment, and glanced at the inner side of Brother Lei's thigh with a smirk: "It seems pretty good there."

"..." Lu Linhai was stunned for a moment, glanced at Zhang Cheng, and retreated to Lin Yi.

"Is this not cruel?"

Lin Yi shook his head. He knew that Zhang Cheng's purpose in saying this was to scare Brother Lei and tell him what he knew.

It's like a possible hope and an inevitable despair are placed in front of you, allowing you to make a choice.

However, Lin Yi knew very well that Brother Lei would not be afraid at all, at least not Zhang Cheng.

The roofless house in the north of the village is the best evidence.

"Hahaha--"

Just as Lin Yi thought, before Zhang Cheng finished speaking, Brother Lei laughed, his laughter full of disdain.

"No need to go to such trouble." Brother Lei looked at Zhang Cheng and continued.

"It's actually very easy to torture me. Just make a few cuts on my body with a knife, and then hang me on a tree."

"The smell of blood will attract those rats and strange birds, and the strange birds will keep pecking at my body, one after another."

"The rats would burrow into my body along my wounds, biting and burrowing deeper."

"This method will not make me die immediately, but it will also make me feel that my flesh is being chewed off bit by bit."

"If you are unlucky, maybe only the bones of your hands and feet will be chewed away. At that time, I can even see my own bones being chewed by these weird things."

Except for Lin Yi and Zhou Kai, who had seen roofless houses, everyone else could not help but frown.

Compared with that house full of bones, what Zhang Cheng said before was nothing but child's play.

Zhang Cheng seemed a little frustrated, but he quickly relaxed his brows and continued: "Your method sounds too cruel."

"Didn't I just say that we are very kind, especially me?"

"I really can't do such a cruel method."

"How about..." Zhang Cheng paused, then slowed down his speech and continued, "How about we send you back."

"What do you think about sending you back to the Oracle City, to the hometown you cherish so much?"

"Oh, I'm so kind."

"..." Brother Lei's laughter stopped abruptly.

Lin Yi was stunned at first, and couldn't help but admire Zhang Cheng.

Indeed, Brother Lei may not be afraid of them, nor of death.

However, he has something he is afraid of.

That thing is the place where he once lived, the place called "City of Oracle".

He is more afraid of going back than dying here.

"Kill me if you can!" Brother Lei said with gritted teeth.

"I have no ability." Zhang Cheng shrugged, "Look at me, a student who just graduated from high school, what ability can I have?"

"Besides, I am so kind, killing people, just thinking about it makes me scared."

"Kill me! Kill me!" Brother Lei yelled hysterically, and even started to hit his head on the ground.

An Chengdao frowned, and in order to prevent him from breaking his head, An Chengdao took two or three steps over and stepped on his head.

"Now, can you tell me everything you know?" Seeing An Chengdao stepping on Brother Lei's head, Zhang Cheng walked in front of Brother Lei.

"I don't know, I don't know anything!" Lei Ge's body trembled slightly, and even his tone of voice was mixed with fear.

"Still not honest!" Lu Linhai roared, "We will send you back immediately!"

Zhang Cheng kept staring at Lei Ge's eyes, and after a moment, he shook his head.

"Forget it, looking at his appearance, he really doesn't know anything."

"Impossible, he must be lying." Lu Linhai was a little unconvinced.

"He has no need to lie." Lin Yi shook his head, "People will not lie when they are facing what they fear most and cannot overcome this fear."

"Besides, his situation is similar to ours, or even worse than ours."

A beastman at the bottom can only know a limited amount of things.

But when he said this, Lin Yi suddenly realized a problem.

He looked down at Lei Ge and asked, "How did you escape from that city?"