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Chapter 359 - 285 Farewell (First Update)

Chapter 359: Chapter 285 Farewell (First Update)

The paper contains statistics on all two hundred and four residents of "Freedom Village", including their age, names and abilities.

Su Yu drew a sharp breath, his eyes immediately landing on a person of interest.

The names listed on this paper followed a hierarchy of power levels. At the top was Su Yu himself, followed by information including his name, age, level, and a brief description of his abilities. Following him was Meng Jun, Xu Ruyun, and five other Level Five powerhouses.

Meng Jun’s ability was to liquefy his body into molten iron, which he could then mold into various weapons. His most potent ability was to summon the "Grim Reaper’s scythe".

As for Xu Ruyun’s power, it was related to a surgical scalpel. Even though he had entered the Level Five realm, his abilities remained largely the same.

But what interested him was the ability of Murong Dingyuan. Murong Dingyuan’s power was "Imitation". It meant that he could "imitate" the abilities of any enemy he’d encountered. Although he could only unleash about seventy per cent of the other’s power, this ability was astonishingly magical.

However, this "Imitation" came with certain limitations. It could only be used if the enemy was within a certain distance. If it exceeded this range, the imitation would fail.

Su Yu glanced at everyone’s abilities, and only two aroused his interest. One of them was Murong Dingyuan. His ability of "Imitation" was fascinating to Su Yu, albeit neither particularly strong nor weak. The other was someone whose ability brought a sense of dread to Su Yu.

That person was the muscular and rather low-profile Cao Xiaoyu.

When Cao Xiaoyu was Zero-Level, he had killed a Level Four Fire Rock Person. Su Yu was amazed at the time, but due to subsequent events, he didn’t have the chance to ask in detail. Now, looking at these statistics, Su Yu finally understood. Cao Xiaoyu’s ability was Special Power Shielding and Weakening.

When Cao Xiaoyu touched an opponent, he could disrupt and scramble their Special Power operation, rendering all of their unique abilities unable to be activated. The opponent would regress from a powerful being to a mere ordinary human. No wonder Cao Xiaoyu could kill a Level Four creature when he was still at Zero-Level.

"This ability...is truly fearsome...changing opponents into ordinary people...then, using his own immense physical strength to defeat them. If Cao Xiaoyu knows how to manipulate this and catches others off guard, even a Sixth-order Black Iron Warrior could potentially fall under his hands... However, if opponents were aware of this ability and used long-range... they could easily kill him."

Su Yu pondered and quickly noticed the flaw in Cao Xiaoyu’s ability — he had to physically touch the opponent for the power Shielding and Weakening to take effect. Otherwise, this ability would be invincible.

"Such a pity..." Su Yu sighed softly, put the paper away, and handed it back to Su Yun, "This paper must not be circulated indiscriminately. Everyone’s power is their secret. We are only doing this out of necessity, but it’s basically a matter of ethics to keep these abilities confidential. Remember, show this to Meng Ting, and then put it away. Don’t spread it around."

"I know." Su Yun didn’t expect her good intention of sharing this with Su Yu would result in a lecture. She sulked, her lips a pout, and left with a frown.

Su Yu watched Su Yun leave with a smile and a shake of his head.

The next day, while Su Yu was studying how to improve the "Thundercloud Lightning", he was disturbed by anxious thoughts. Suddenly, Qin Jiagui walked in.

"Sit." Seeing Qin Jiagui’s arrival, Su Yu gestured for him to sit down across from him.

Qin Jiagui had no reservation and sat down, "Su Yu, there’s something we need to consider. It’s inevitable that we’ll have to face it sooner or later..."

"What is it?" Just as Su Yu asked, he sighed, waved his hand and said, "Nevermind, I also have something I wanted to discuss with you. I wonder if we’re thinking about the same thing."

Qin Jiagui paused, "Oh? Why don’t we each write it down?"

Su Yu nodded, picked up a pen and paper, handed them to Qin Jiagui, and then picked up another pen and started writing on his own paper.

Thanks to their recent acquisition of all of Wangdi Village’s resources, they had plenty of daily necessities. Otherwise, finding enough paper and pens to write a few words would be a headache.

After both of them finished writing and put down their pens, Su Yu lifted his paper, "Let’s see if we are thinking about the same thing." When they both raised their papers, they saw only two characters written on both — "School".

The two of them looked at each other’s paper, shared a smile, and then sighed.

Su Yu put down the paper in his hand and stood up, his hands folded behind him. He walked to the door and gazed out into the distance.

Many people were bustling around outside, "Freedom Village" had already grown to a considerable size. With its current rate of development, becoming a "Town Village" was just a matter of time.

Qin Jiagui also came to his side and said: "Su Yu, are you still thinking about it? Although none of us like to bring it up, it’s indeed a deep wound in each of our hearts...it’s time to face it... Besides, we now have enough strength to deal with and confront it."

Su Yu’s hands behind his back slowly clenched into fists before gradually loosening. Finally, he spoke slowly: "Call everyone over."

Qin Jiagui nodded and suddenly clapped his hands together.

Su Yu was momentarily taken aback, but he saw that people in front quickly began to gather, Zhang Zhongmou, Ma Ziye, Lei Rui, Yuan Niping, Zhao Shichang... All the people belonging to the same school were walking out.

Su Yu looked at Qin Jiagui and asked, "Have you already made a decision?"

Qin Jiagui nodded: "We all had the same idea. Regardless of right or wrong, we must face the past events. Nobody wants to bear this guilt for a lifetime."

Su Yu’s heart surged with emotions. Zhang Zhongmou, Ma Ziye, Zhao Shichang, Su Yun, Li Dong, Lei Rui, Yuan Niping, adding him and Qin Jiagui, they were nine people in total. They had left school together and made it to this point. Only these nine classmates were left.

That day, because of food and other reasons, they brutally abandoned all the other teachers and students and escaped on their own. This past was a painful wound in all of their hearts. It was a mistake they had made, and now, it was time to face it.

Looking at the familiar faces before him, Su Yu was deeply moved. He kept remembering their past in Newbie Forest and the faces of despair they had left behind in the school. The memory of them being ruthless towards their own schoolmates for a bit of food brought intense discomfort to his heart. All along, they were reluctant to face it, partly out of fear, and partly because they didn’t have the ability to do so.

Now, with the growth of "Freedom Village" and their growing strength, it was time to face it and do their best to make amends for their past mistakes.

"Su Yu, we were... we were all wrong back then. Now, it’s time to make amends and do our best." Ma Ziye looked at Su Yu and said excitedly.

Su Yu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and retreated a few steps, before sitting down on a chair. Then he finally waved his hand and said, "I understand, I will bid farewell to Meng Ting later."

Yes, whether in the right or the wrong, it was now time for redemption. He could only hope that it was not too late.

Lei Rui said, "We’ve been thinking about this problem for a few days. We were only waiting for your approval... We’re already prepared."

"Alright, I understand. You guys go wait for me at the village entrance. I’ll go bid farewell to Meng Ting and come to you right away."

Since he had made up his mind, Su Yu stopped overthinking. He immediately took Ada with him and left to find Meng Ting.

If they were going to leave for Newbie Forest, they would be gone for quite some time. Naturally, he had to explain everything to Meng Ting.

With the strengthening of Ada’s realm and abilities, even if the nine of them had to leave to enter the Newbie Forest, there was no need to fear that their lives would accelerate away like before. Unlike the past where being within a certain range of Ada was necessary to maintain their lives, once outside of this range, they would still be safe.

One could say, everything was ready for them to enter Newbie Forest.

When Su Yu found Meng Ting and told her about the intentions of their group, Meng Ting hesitated, then said: "I had originally planned to go to ’Peach Blossom Town’ with you tomorrow to buy White Valley Rice seeds and sell some of our spoils from our recent harvest. But if you leave now, it will delay quite a bit of time, and I fear that Ruan Minghong and the others of the fifth order will make trouble, especially since there will be no one to suppress them in your absence..."

Su Yu knew Meng Ting had some deep reservations about Ruan Minghong, Murong Dingyuan, and Li Lingsheng from the original "Wangdi Village". He thought for a bit, then said: "How about this, I’ll take two of the three with me and leave Ruan Minghong behind. She won’t be able to cause any trouble on her own, and with Meng Jun and Xu Ruyun still here they can keep her in check."

Seeing that Su Yu was set in his resolve, Meng Ting sighed: "Then make sure you return soon. Be careful about invoking your powers once you’ve crossed the fourth level and enter Newbie Forest. Also, you should take Ruan Minghong with you, her abilities make her a defensive warrior, if ’Freedom Village’ is attacked, she won’t be much use...how about this, you take Ruan Minghong and Murong Dingyuan, and leave Li Lingsheng with me." (To be continued. For more, please visit www.qidian.com. More Chapters are available and it supports the author, it supports official reading!)