novelraw Chapter 33 : Guarding the Precious One
Chapter 33 : Guarding the Precious One
Chapter 33: Guarding the Precious One
The man before her still wore that gentle expression, but his eyes were filled with a chilling malice.
“You… what did you say?”
“I said, thank you for your ‘protection.’”
Chen Xiang gave her a polite bow, his smile mild. “This precious gift of yours—our 【Shadow】 faction will gladly accept it.”
【Shadow】… faction?
Those two words struck Chen Jingjing’s mind like a bolt of lightning from a clear sky!
Her mind went blank. She stared in shock at the man before her, who had suddenly become utterly unfamiliar.
Just then, Lin Lan slowly stepped in.
“Well done, Chen Xiang.”
Lin Lan didn’t even glance at Chen Jingjing. Her tone was calm and cold.
“Her usefulness has come to an end.”
Chen Jingjing finally realized what had happened.
Deception… betrayal…
It had all been a lie from the very beginning!
The “Ferryman” she had trusted, the “Radiance victory” she had longed for—none of it was real!
She had offered her most precious life-saving ability to her own enemies!
Overwhelming regret and despair surged through her like a drowning tide.
She wanted to scream, to fight back, but the weakness that followed her power’s activation left her barely able to stand.
“Wh… why…” she asked, trembling, with the last of her strength.
“There’s no why.”
Lin Lan looked down at her from above, eyes cold as if gazing at an insect.
“It’s simply because you’re too weak. Weakness itself is the original sin.”
In Chen Jingjing’s despairing, disbelieving gaze, Lin Lan slowly raised her hand.
Just before Chen Jingjing lost consciousness and fell into darkness, a line belonging to the 【Guardian】 echoed in her mind—
【The strongest shield exists to protect the most precious person.】
So… that’s what it meant?
I gave my strongest shield to the one I should have guarded against most.
I protected a demon.
In my next life… if there is a next life…
I must… give this most precious protection to the one… who truly deserves it…
Tears of regret flowed down Chen Jingjing’s cheeks.
Then everything went black as she completely lost consciousness.
Lin Lan looked at Chen Xiang, whose body was now shrouded in golden light, and said softly, “What a fine ability. If not for the game rules, I’d almost regret having to kill her.”
Chen Xiang glanced at Chen Jingjing’s fallen body nearby and chuckled under his breath, greed and excitement gleaming in his eyes.
“Yes, such a perfect ‘protection’…”
“Now, let’s begin the harvest.”
……
Jiang City, the abandoned Line 7 subway station.
This place had long been forgotten by the city, the damp air heavy with the scent of rust and dust.
Normally, no one came here, but tonight it was far from silent.
Hundreds of animals, summoned by Yang Li, had gathered from every corner of the city, turning the place into a heavily guarded den of beasts.
There were only three days left before the game ended.
Both Yang Li and Zhang Jie knew that if they failed to eliminate the enemy faction before the game’s conclusion, they would die. Hiding was meaningless now.
The enemy knew this as well. Since the final battle was inevitable, they would fight it here—on their own ground!
“They’re here.”
Yang Li closed her eyes, seeing clearly through the eyes of the rats lurking outside the two uninvited guests approaching the station entrance.
A man and a woman.
The woman wore a black trench coat and gold-rimmed glasses, her expression as cold as ice.
The man looked rather casual, but a faint golden radiance—almost invisible to the naked eye—shimmered around him.
“Attack!” Yang Li’s command echoed into the minds of all her animal companions.
……
Lin Lan and Chen Xiang had barely stepped into the entrance of the subway station when the assault began!
Dozens of owls and crows let out piercing cries, swooping down from the dark ceiling like black fighter planes, their sharp beaks and claws aiming straight for the two intruders’ eyes!
On the ground, hundreds of stray dogs and feral cats with mottled fur burst from the shadows, baring their teeth with low growls as they surged forward like a living tide!
Yet faced with this overwhelming attack, Lin Lan didn’t even blink.
Beside her, Chen Xiang’s lips curved into a cruel smile.
From beneath his coat, he drew a heavily modified P90 submachine gun!
This weapon had cost Lin Lan a fortune to acquire from the underground black market.
“Filthy beasts, go to hell!”
“Ratatatatatatata—!”
The storm of bullets tore through the darkness!
The projectiles poured out like a torrential rainstorm, shredding the diving birds midair into a grotesque flurry of feathers and blood!
The fearless dogs that lunged at him were flung back the moment they touched the faint golden aura around his body, as though they’d slammed into an invisible wall—their bones shattered, their organs ruptured!
Birds crashed, dogs bit, claws slashed—
But every strike that met Chen Xiang’s thin golden shield vanished like water into sand, leaving not a trace behind.
Bathed in the storm of bullets and surrounded by feral beasts, Chen Xiang stood like an unshakable war god, his submachine gun the scythe of a reaping death god.
Within minutes, the first wave of Yang Li’s animal assault was utterly annihilated.
The subway entrance was blanketed in a thick carpet of animal corpses, the air heavy with the stench of blood.
“How… pathetic.”
Chen Xiang blew at the hot barrel, stepping through the sticky blood and bodies as he advanced deeper into the station.
Lin Lan followed behind, her cold gaze sweeping across the shadows.
Soon, they reached the central hall of the station.
“Roar—!”
“Roar—!!”
“Roar—!!!”
With deafening bellows, several massive figures emerged slowly from the dark tunnels.
A towering brown bear over three meters tall, standing upright!
Two lions the size of small cars!
Three escaped Bengal tigers, eyes blazing with ferocity!
And dozens of wolves, their eyes gleaming and muscles rippling with violent power!
These were the beasts Yang Li had asked Zhang Jie to gather from zoos across Jiang City. Over the past few days, she had trained them into a disciplined, battle-ready formation!
With Yang Li’s psychic power enhancing them, their predatory instincts were unleashed to the extreme—their eyes burned with primal bloodlust.
“Finally, some real opponents.”