Chapter 844: I Want to Go Back

“What do you mean? Are you planning to return to the Night Watch?” The voice of the Demon Child turned cold. “Don’t you understand? In their eyes, you’re simply not fit to be a Night Watcher; they won’t want you…”

“It doesn’t matter whether they want me or not. If one attempt fails, I’ll try again. If two attempts fail, I’ll try three… No matter what, I will get in.” Lu Baoyou’s eyes ignited with an unprecedented determination.

Lu Baoyou stopped, took a deep breath, as if he had made a resolution, and slowly placed his left hand over his pitch-black left eye…

“What are you trying to do?” The Demon Child’s voice faltered, clearly becoming anxious.

“I want to return to the Night Watch. You… cannot go back.”

Lu Baoyou’s voice was very calm, a hint of crimson appearing in his eyes. At the same time, the fingertips of his left hand gradually pierced into his eye socket…

Fresh blood flowed down, and his body trembled from the intense pain.

“Are you insane?!” The Demon Child’s terrified voice echoed again. “You’re willing to go this far just to become a Night Watcher?!

Enough, enough!

I get it! I won’t say anything more from now on! No matter what I see among the Night Watchers, I’ll pretend I didn’t see it. I absolutely won’t leak a single piece of information. I really…”

Sizzle—!

Lu Baoyou’s mouth opened silently as he hunched down, blood streaming down his cheeks.

His left hand gripped that pitch-black eyeball tightly, trembling as he pulled it from his eye socket…

In Lu Baoyou’s remaining right eye, a crimson light flickered again, the power of the fallen angel mending his wounds, and the blood gradually ceased.

“Finally… it’s quiet.”

He slowly stood up, tossing his left eye to the ground, taking a step forward and crushing it underfoot!

Lu Baoyou raised his head, his blood-streaked face showing a hollow left eye tightly shut, while his right eye glowed red like blood. He left a trail of bloody footprints as he walked to the stone tablet, resembling a mad demon from hell!

“I’m leaving.”

He extended his left hand, gently touching the surface of the stone tablet with his bloodied fingertips, leaving a deep red bloodstain.

He murmured to himself,

“Wait for me, I won’t bring shame to the Lu family… What you can do, I can do too.”

He took one last look in the direction of the villa, hesitated for a moment, then chose not to go home, but instead opted for another rugged and treacherous path down the mountain, slowly stumbling down…

……

Training Camp.

The sounds of screams echoed from all directions as Lin Qiye slowly opened his eyes, a hint of fatigue appearing on his face as he looked down at the time.

Two-thirty in the afternoon.

Since the escape training began today, it had already been eleven and a half hours.

After such a long time of summoning the group caregivers, along with coordinating the situation of all the new recruits, Lin Qiye was utterly exhausted, feeling even more tired than after battling Klein in the realm… Fortunately, there were only a few new recruits left on the field, and he basically didn’t need to worry about anything anymore.

Lin Qiye’s mental energy was constantly focused on the few remaining new recruits, his brows slightly raised.

“This batch has quite a few good seeds…”

……

“I can’t go on… I really can’t! Ding Ge, wait for me…”

Su Zhe, dressed in a dusty new recruit uniform, stumbled behind Ding Chongfeng. After climbing over a wall, his legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground.

Ding Chongfeng, sweating profusely, turned to look at Su Zhe on the ground. “There are still two hours left. Just hold on a bit longer…”

“I can’t, I really can’t move at all.” Su Zhe gasped, waving his hand. “I’m not like you, Ding Ge. You’re from a military background with excellent physical fitness. I’m just a homebody who stays at home every day. Please don’t make it hard for me…”

Ding Chongfeng raised an eyebrow, pointing not far away at a girl who was agilely rolling between various obstacles.

“Your sister is also from an ordinary background, and she can do it. Why can’t you?”

“Is that the same?” Su Zhe couldn’t help but retort. “You call a professional extreme sports enthusiast an ordinary person? You must have some misunderstanding about the term ‘ordinary person’! The distance she covers in parkour could circle around the city of Beijing several times!”

“But she’s still your sister, isn’t she? As her older brother, don’t you feel embarrassed always showing weakness in front of her?” Ding Chongfeng said with a hint of melancholy.

“…What can I do? I’m not willing either, but I really am not good at sports!”

“By the way, when your sister passed by just now, she gave you the finger.”

“…Damn!” Su Zhe, who was slumped on the ground, froze for a moment, then cursed, gritting his teeth as he shakily got back up. “This little girl dared to give her brother the finger? Damn it, who does she look down on…”

Seeing Su Zhe stand up again, a scheming look appeared in Ding Chongfeng’s eyes.

“Jie jie jie jie jie…”

A cold and eerie laughter echoed from above them.

Ding Chongfeng and Su Zhe’s expressions changed simultaneously as they looked up, only to see a grotesque spider coldly staring at them from atop the high wall, its numerous compound eyes flickering with a crimson glow.

“Run!!”

As soon as Ding Chongfeng spoke, Su Zhe had already screamed and shot out like an arrow, leaving him behind in the blink of an eye.

Ding Chongfeng:…

This brother and sister are both monsters!

He couldn’t help but mutter, pulling his legs to run in the direction away from A Zhu. Just then, a strand of spider silk shot out and stuck to his ankle, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

Oh no!

Ding Chongfeng’s heart sank.

At that moment, a swift figure rushed in from a distance, a dagger slicing through the air, accurately severing the spider silk beneath Ding Chongfeng’s feet.

A girl dashed to Ding Chongfeng’s side, pulling him up from the ground with force, then dodging A Zhu’s pursuit while dragging him forward at high speed.

“You…” Ding Chongfeng hadn’t yet reacted to what had just happened.

“No need to thank me, it’s just a small effort.” The girl glanced back at him. “You’re Ding Chongfeng, right? I saw you during the assessment. Your stamina isn’t bad.”

“Not bad, I’m originally from the military.” Ding Chongfeng adjusted his stance, running alongside the girl. “What’s your name? It’s rare to see a girl with such good stamina.”

“Li Zhenzhen.” The girl replied, “I’m a temporary member of the Night Watch, and my stamina is decent.”

Ding Chongfeng nodded, secretly noting down the name Li Zhenzhen.

“We can’t go any further; another team of ‘mysteries’ has surrounded us.” A light figure floated beside them on a broken wall, moving silently at their speed. Fang Mo said, unflustered, “Follow me.”