Chapter 609: Black-Blood Resolve

Chapter 609: Black-Blood Resolve (Update 2)

Experiencing his first bout of playing dead, Xiao Yu felt an intense shame that nearly drove him to silence the man permanently. Lin.

He couldn’t help but recite a verse at this moment.

“When will the bright moon appear? Let’s raise a cup and ask the azure sky…”

The sky retorted, “Screw you! I’m far too busy. Check the weather forecast yourself!”

“Ah!”

The man finally realized what was happening and cried out as he staggered back.

“What the hell? I was smiling at you—don’t you read my expression? How blunt can you be…” Xiao Yu reached out and gripped the man by the neck.

Using the man’s backward momentum, he sprang to his feet.

As Xiao Yu stood up, the man collapsed with the swing of his arm.

Bang.

A terrifying force pounded the man, slamming him onto the ground.

For a moment, the man was completely immobilized.

Without further concern for the man, Xiao Yu scanned everything in the room.

Apart from an area resembling an incinerator, the entire room looked like a surveillance center.

One wall was covered with countless square monitors.

Each monitor displayed a different scene from within a room.

It was clear that this man was responsible for monitoring the entire Chamber of Panic.

Besides surveillance, he seemed to have no other responsibilities.

Wait… Xiao Yu frowned, “Who’s in charge of the mechanisms for 573 Chamber of Panic?”

The answer was glaringly obvious.

It’s like a country—who do you think would control the military and nuclear arsenal?

“Huh?”

Xiao Yu blinked several times and reviewed the monitors once more.

On the screens, he saw exactly 27 rooms.

Just as he suspected—and mirroring the design of the Rubik’s Cube.

The Chamber of Panic consisted of 27 segments, or rooms, with the core room being the continuously operating Machine Room.

However, within these 27 rooms,

Xiao Yu observed three bodies and three survivors.

There was a decaying female corpse, the body of Pan Tonghua, and a woman dismembered by a giant blade.

The three survivors were Sun Wang, whose three limbs had been severed, and one man and one woman.

At that moment, the man and woman appeared in the room where Sun Wang was located.

Sun Wang was saying something to the duo.

“We must be cautious—stay together. There’s a Young Man out there far more terrifying than you can imagine. Not only does he devour people, he also kills. Pan Tonghua… that corpse was his doing.”

“If you encounter him, you’ll surely be killed.”

“So we must be vigilant. The moment he appears, we strike immediately. We can’t afford to let him get even a scrap of chance. That’s our only hope for survival!”

Hearing Sun Wang’s words, the man and woman exchanged uneasy, troubled glances and nodded in agreement.

A cold laugh escaped Xiao Yu.

Using others as his pawn to eliminate his target?

Or striking from the shadows?

Do you really think you’ll survive? Trying to pit two against three so I can suffer in peace?

If that man and woman manage to live and later recount Sun Wang’s version of events to the police,

you’ll instantly be branded a murderer, won’t you?

That’s why some people must never be given a chance.

You must witness their death with your own eyes.

Otherwise, who knows what kind of trickery they might pull next!

Xiao Yu’s resolve for completely eradicating his enemies deepened.

His own blood just wasn’t dark enough!

Just then, a Middle-Aged Man quietly got to his feet behind him, an iron rod in hand, and aimed a savage blow at the back of Xiao Yu’s head.

Crash!

Xiao Yu caught the metal rod solidly in his palm and, with a swift tug and twist, wrested it from the man’s grasp.

His arm moved in a deadly arc.

Crack, crack, crack, crack!

Bone-shattering sounds echoed as the Middle-Aged Man’s limbs were brutally shattered by the iron rod, sending him collapsing to the floor in agony.

“Tell me, where is the control mechanism located?”

Xiao Yu fixed his gaze on the wailing Middle-Aged Man.

Facing the demon-like Xiao Yu, the man was so terrified his soul seemed to flee, stammering, “I-I don’t know, I really don’t…”

Pfft… crack!

The iron rod was driven into the man’s mouth, piercing through the back of his head and nailing him to the metal floor.

Xiao Yu strode forward and exited the room…

His former Master had once preached,

“Without dark blood in your veins, what’s the point of being a cop? Just wait until the villains come for you!”

…

Outside the metal room lay a short corridor.

The passage wasn’t long—about ten meters.

Every surface was metal, and at its end stood a metal door.

At that moment, all of his System Skills flared to life.

Xiao Yu made his way toward the metal door.

Surprisingly, no traps emerged along the way.

Just as he reached the door, he suddenly stepped back.

Snap!

The ground where he had just stood cracked open, forming an entrance.

Below, there lay a cubic metal chamber.

Since when do people still play these games?

Xiao Yu’s expression turned cold as he scrutinized the metal door. Finding no switch on it, his eyes drifted to the wall on its left.

Bear Force… he struck with a punch.

Boom!

The metal wall buckled, a panel shattered to reveal its inner electronic circuitry.

Inside was even a shattered sensor.

Studying the colorful wires, Xiao Yu’s mind raced as he analyzed and calculated. He then raised his hand, grabbed two wires, snapped them, and crossed them together.

Clack… the metal door beside him swung open automatically.

System Skills activated: Lockpicking Expert!

Without hesitation, Xiao Yu stepped through.

Before him was a spacious room—not a cube at all.

It resembled a luxurious hall, decorated with exquisite taste like a miniature palace.

Sofas, wine cabinets, a television, bookshelves… everything was there.

What caught Xiao Yu’s attention most were the bottles of expensive liquor displayed on the wine cabinet.

Fine spirits, white wine, red wine, beer… all outrageously pricey.

Raising an inquisitive eyebrow, Xiao Yu began to search the room.

Yet… there was no one here.

This room appeared to be a residential space,

but not the control room for the mechanisms.

Xiao Yu was puzzled.

He then exited the room and continued his search.

Apart from spotting an elevator, he found nothing suspicious.

Moreover, there was simply no way out from this area.

The surveillance center, the luxurious room, and the elevator were separate sections of the Chamber of Panic, yet they were all interconnected.

In other words, to leave you’d have to exit from within the Chamber of Panic itself—no back door exists.

Suddenly,

Xiao Yu’s heart skipped a beat.

If the architect of the Chamber of Panic wasn’t present here,

how could he still control its mechanisms?

Where might that person be now?

Xiao Yu’s expression grew strangely inscrutable.

Surely you aren’t… trapped inside the Chamber of Panic too?

The ingenuity of city dwellers never ceases to amaze!