MTLNOVEL Chapter 92: Perhaps He Lost Someone Like That…
Yun Feng's face flushed crimson in response to Chen Shicheng's outburst.
I'm not a coward! If it's about luring away the monster, I can do it too!
No one else can do it except me!
"You…" Yun Feng gritted his teeth, about to call someone over to take Chen Shicheng away.
"Before you say that, do you even know what you're trying to lure away?" Just then, Shu, who had left earlier, returned, walking up to Chen Shicheng and staring him down with a cold, hard gaze.
The idea of luring away a Honkai beast made Shu's head spin and churned his stomach.
Why do people always volunteer for suicide missions like this?
And… always try to make others do it?
"Of course I know!" Chen Shicheng scoffed, but Shu's gaze made him inexplicably uneasy.
Shu took another step forward, their noses practically touching. Chen Shicheng involuntarily stepped back, his stubborn defiance crumbling.
"Can you parkour through a complex urban area with ease?"
"Can you keep pace with a speeding car while carrying another person?"
"Can you lift a boulder bigger than yourself and kick it away?"
Shu pressed forward relentlessly, each step forcing Chen Shicheng back, each retreat met with another impossible demand.
Finally, backed against a wall, Chen Shicheng blurted out, "How could anyone do those things?!"
A boulder bigger than a person? Chasing a car on foot? Are those things humans can do?!
Are you even listening to yourself?!
"If you can't, then shut up!" Shu's voice boomed, making both Chen Shicheng and the surrounding people flinch. Chen Shicheng, closest to him, felt the full force of Shu's sudden, overwhelming pressure.
"Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't! And if no one else has done it, what makes you think you can?!"
Shu's words were laced with fury.
Truth be told, his fists were clenched, ready to punch this guy who couldn't even "crawl through a hole three meters off the ground."
Don't bite off more than you can chew!
"As if you've seen someone like that…" Chen Shicheng muttered through gritted teeth, his bravado clearly extinguished.
"I…" Shu suddenly choked, staring at Chen Shicheng. After a few breaths, he deflated, lowering his gaze.
"…Just pretend it never happened…" The sadness in his eyes was hidden as he looked down. "Sorry to interrupt. We'll be leaving tomorrow."
Yun Feng was startled, looking at Shu with an unreadable expression.
He'd expected Shu to continue tearing into Chen Shicheng… The way Shu had spoken made it seem like he knew such a "superhuman" existed, those specific examples adding weight to the idea.
But Shu's sudden hesitation suggested something else.
Perhaps he did know someone like that, but… he'd also lost that person…
"What's going on?" Just then, Kiana, Mei, and Bronya ran over, looking at the scene in confusion. "Is it morning already? Why are the lights on?"
Shu looked up, seeing their anxious faces, and his gloom lifted slightly.
"Nothing, just adding to the excitement." He shrugged. "Let's go. It's still early; we can probably get some more sleep."
"Shu, why were you…" Mei asked, still concerned. She'd heard Shu's near-roar from a distance.
Recalling Kiana's speculation that Shu might belong to some secret organization fighting the Honkai…
Was he thinking about his fallen comrades…?
Yun Feng and the others thought the same, sensing a sudden wave of grief from Shu, as intense as his earlier anger.
It was as if, for that brief moment, they were the ones experiencing the loss, feeling it even more deeply than Shu himself…
"Ugh, just went to the bathroom, got lost. This place is huge." Shu scratched his head, offering a casual excuse.
Yun Mengxi: …He did not.
"Hmm…" Mei was skeptical but didn't press further, instead giving Chen Shicheng, who was looking down in thought, a long, hard look.
As Shu and the girls turned to leave, Yun Feng wanted to say something, to stop them, but the words wouldn't come.
He still had to deal with Chen Shicheng, and… find a way to safely bring back those who had left.
As for Shu's situation, they would leave tomorrow, so he could address it then.
"Chen Shicheng, you…" Yun Feng looked at the downcast Chen Shicheng, wanting to take him away. But just then, Chen Shicheng looked up, staring at Shu's back.
"I'm sorry, but—if that path was in front of me, I would still choose it without hesitation."
Shu stopped. Kiana, Mei, and Bronya turned back curiously. "What are you talking about?"
Shu didn't turn with them, instead replying in a heavy voice, "Suit yourself. I can't stop you."
With that, Shu walked away without looking back, feeling sleepy again. A nap before they left would be a good idea.
If it weren't for the sudden tremor…
"Boom—!"
A loud bang and a tremor shook the warehouse, the lights swaying violently. Dust rained down from the ceiling.
"What was that?!" Panicked voices rose, chaos erupting.
"Quiet!" Yun Feng's first instinct was to regain control, frowning in the direction of the sound and tremor.
"Boom—!" Another, stronger tremor, the lights spinning wildly.
Shu's heart clenched, a familiar feeling, one he'd never forget, rising within him.
He instinctively looked at the girls beside him, their faces grim.
"Shu…" Kiana said quietly, "Doesn't this feel a lot like when we were at St. Freya?"
Shu nodded unconsciously, then asked a strange question.
"Do you think… Honkai beasts can dig?"
"Huh?"
"BOOOOM—!!!"