The kings Avater

Chapter 48: OMEGA



Years ago, after Yu Chen__Omega ran away from the orphanage at just fourteen, life threw him to the streets. He slept on sidewalks, starved, begged for scraps, and learned to survive with nothing but willpower. That was when Ms. Cho, the warm-hearted owner of Ms. Cho's HotPot, found him.

Despite having so little herself, she took him in. She loved him like her own son, even as her abusive husband tormented not only her—but Yu Chen too. Eventually, the man threw Yu Chen out of the house. But Ms. Cho didn't abandon him. In secret, she secured a tiny apartment for him—one of her husband's family properties—and visited constantly. On nights when her husband didn't return home, she'd sleep over, claiming she was out of town. She couldn't leave her husband—not because she didn't want to, but because she depended entirely on him financially. Still, she risked everything to care for Yu Chen.

Despite this haven, Yu Chen still faced hell in school. He and his new friend Mo Ying, a quiet tech-savvy boy, were labeled nerds and orphans—an unforgivable combination in their rough neighborhood. They were relentlessly bullied, humiliated, and assigned tasks by older students, who used them like errand boys. Yu Chen often came home late, covered in bruises, holding completed assignments that weren't even his own.

One evening, Yu Chen returned from school late—bruised and tired. He had been forced to do a bully's assignment again and paid the price for resisting. Dragging his feet, he reached the apartment, only to hear shouting from inside.

Screams. Crashes.

His heart dropped.

Without thinking, he rushed in—and what he saw burned into his memory forever.

Ms. Cho, blood on her lip, was being violently beaten by her husband, Mu Li, who was stone-cold sober this time. He wasn't drunk. This wasn't a rage black-out. This was deliberate. Controlled.

"Get away from her!" Yu Chen shouted.

He shoved the man back with all his strength and stepped between them, grabbing a thick stick from near the door. He stood tall—or as tall as a skinny, bruised fifteen-year-old could.

Mu Li blinked—then laughed mockingly.

"Little warrior," he sneered. "What are you gonna do with that stick? Protect her?"

He lunged to snatch it, but the boy slipped back and cracked it across Mu Li's side. The stick snapped in half.

"Stay away from my mother!" he shouted, his voice still high and unsteady from puberty's delay.

Enraged, Mu Li seized what was left of the stick and yanked the boy close—then slapped him hard, sending him flying to the floor.

"Yu Chen!" Ms. Cho screamed. She rushed forward, but Mu Li shoved her, slamming her into the dining table with a loud crash.

Then he turned back to the boy, still dazed on the ground.

"Your mother? Are you sure about that?" he sneered, kicking the boy in the side.

He crouched beside him, eyes gleaming with malice. "Should we get a DNA test to confirm it? Huh? Maybe I'm your father too, ever thought of that?"

He let out a cold chuckle. "Actually… maybe she cheated on me. Wouldn't be the first time a desperate woman did something stupid."

Then, with a sick grin, he yanked Yu Chen by the hair. "Let's grab a little hair sample, yeah? For the DNA test."

"Ahhh! Let go!" he screamed.

Ms. Cho shot to her feet and slapped his hand away, hitting his chest in a panic.

"Don't you dare touch him! Just leave—just get out!" she screamed.

But he didn't stop. Instead, he smirked—savoring the fear in her voice like it was entertainment.

"Oh, relax. I just want to confirm something," he said coldly. "Might need a few of your hair strands too."

He suddenly grabbed her roughly. She struggled, kicking and thrashing to break free.

Yu Chen lunged in, clawing at the man's arms to make him let go.

Without warning, Mu Li shoved Ms. Cho aside. She stumbled and crashed into a table. Then he turned to Yu Chen again and struck him—hard—sending him crashing to the floor once more.

"Looks like you need some sense beaten into you," Mu Li sneered as he unbuckled his belt, the leather hissing through the loops like a whip ready to strike.

He raised his hand—

—but froze mid-swing.

A sharp gasp escaped his lips as a sudden, searing pain ripped through his back. He turned, wide-eyed, to see his wife standing behind him—trembling—her hand gripping the handle of a bloodied kitchen knife. She had just pulled it out of him.

The room fell deathly silent.

Everyone froze—Yu Chen on the floor, Mu Li gasping, and Ms. Cho with the weapon still in her shaking hands. Her face was pale with shock, like she herself couldn't believe what she'd done.

Mu Li slowly dropped to his knees, still reaching out as if to grab her, refusing to fall without a fight.

But Ms. Cho didn't hesitate this time.

She rushed to Yu Chen, lifted his small body into her arms, and bolted for the door. With shaking hands, she pulled it shut behind her, collapsing against it.

Breathing hard, she clutched him tightly as they both slid to the ground.

Tears streamed down her cheeks as Yu Chen buried his face in her shoulder, his small frame shaking with silent sobs.

Later on that day

Ms. Cho later called the emergency number. But by the time help arrived, Mu Li was already dead. She was arrested at the scene, leaving young Yu Chen alone in a harsh and unforgiving world once again.

After a lengthy investigation, the court recognized that Ms. Cho had acted under extreme provocation and in defense of her child. However, because the force used resulted in death, and given the ambiguity surrounding the threat level, she was not granted full immunity. Under Article 20 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, her actions were classified as "excessive defense." She was sentenced to five years in prison.

But before being taken away, Ms. Cho handed over her properties and the family shop to Yu Chen, then entrusted Yu Chen to her twin brother, Luo Jian, asking him to stay and help the boy manage things until her return.

With Luo Jian's guidance, Yu Chen grew up tougher, streetwise, and unafraid. Together, they managed the restaurant while Ms. Cho served her sentence. Yu Chen visited her almost every day at the station.

Luo Jian, for all his gangster grit, raised Yu Chen like a nephew, teaching him how to survive. And survive he did. Alongside his best friend Mo Ying, and a few other misfit nerds from school, they formed a small crew to protect themselves from bullies.

That crew later evolved into a street gang.

Despite the gang life, Yu Chen never gave up his love for gaming. While Mo Ying eventually left games behind, Yu Chen dove deeper. It was around this time that he got accepted into the King's Avatar: Epic Quest—and just as he was making a name in the virtual world, Ms. Cho returned home.

Yu Chen then decided to disband from gang activity and return to the quiet life of cooking, gaming, and looking after Ms. Cho—though she had changed. Prison had hardened her. She'd made connections—criminal ones—and many of her new friends were either her former inmates or regulars at her restaurant.

She also developed a bad habit: gambling. Ms. Cho began spending her entire days at underground casinos, chasing luck she never seemed to catch.

One evening...

Yu Chen was at his usual corner in the café, eyes glued to the screen, fingers flying across the keys. He was deep in a game, lost in that familiar digital world where things made sense—where he had control.

But reality didn't care for timing.

Yan and his gang spotted him. Seeing that he was alone, they pulled him outside. The ambush was brutal. Yu Chen fought back with all the strength and grit he had—throwing punches, refusing to beg—but he was outnumbered.

What they didn't know was that someone was watching.

Luo Jian, known on the streets as Yanluo—the Lord of the Underworld—had come by the café to check in on his nephew. He wasn't just any man. He was the ruthless leader of the 9 Hell Syndicate, one of the town's most feared underground organizations.

The moment he saw Yu Chen on the ground, everything stopped.

Yanluo stepped in and gave the gang a punishment they wouldn't forget. He made them fight each other—ordered them to bloody their own hands. It was one of those legendary mafia-style punishments, humiliating, raw, and merciless. By the end of it, they were on their knees, swearing through bloodied lips never to go near Yu Chen again.


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