Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 806 - 69: Immediate Erasure and Termination

Chapter 806: Chapter 69: Immediate Erasure and Termination

The old principal was definitely a moral emperor, in his eyes, even if these children had committed the gravest of errors, they should predominantly be educated, supplemented by the law, to eventually lead them back onto the right path.

"Tang Zheng, you should not abuse lynch law." The old principal pounced beside Tang Zheng, grabbing his arm in an attempt to push him away, but his opponent didn’t budge. He then squatted down to move his leg, trying to let his own student out.

Gu Xueqi looked on at this scene with cold eyes, having nothing to say.

Tang Zheng thought about the possibility of Mei Jueye controlling the old principal to create trouble for himself and wanted to send him away, but respecting the elderly and loving the young was a virtue, if he personally took action, it would definitely lower the Group Leader’s image. Considering this, he gave up, but it didn’t matter, somebody else would do the job.

"Old fool, what’s the point in your babble? Right now, everyone is facing a death lottery draw, all because of this kid." The Beautiful Leg Stewardess didn’t guess Tang Zheng’s intention, but she couldn’t care less about the old principal’s principles, placing her hand on his back and pushing.

The old principal stumbled a few steps but didn’t get angry; he immediately squatted back down and hugged Tang Zheng’s leg, asking him to move aside.

"This guy is just a useless old pedant, his studying has made him stupid." The internet cafe owner Liu Gang was utterly frustrated, thinking of his possible death made keeping his patience impossible. He dashed forward in two steps, stood in front of the old principal, kicked his shoulder, knocking him over, and then stomped hard on Mei Jueye’s head.

"I’ll teach you to be vile, to cause trouble." Liu Gang used all his strength; a couple of kicks left Mei Jueye’s eye sockets swollen, forcing him to squint, blurring his vision.

"Stop, stop it!" The old principal lunged in front of Liu Gang, hugging his leg and using his hands to protect Mei Jueye.

Looking at the old principal’s bruised face filled with worry and anxiety, his disheveled white hair, seeing his wrinkles deepen as if ashamed of his powerlessness, at this moment, Mei Jueye suddenly wanted to cry. It had been ten years, ever since his mother left, he had forgotten what it was like to be cared for.

"You, get lost, don’t meddle." Mei Jueye cursed out; he didn’t want to see the old principal getting beaten. He understood that he had done so many wrong things that there was no room for redemption, Tang Zheng would definitely not tolerate him.

No one pleaded for the old principal; why should they when he was protecting the very cause of their predicament? The fact that they didn’t add insult to injury was already merciful enough.

Gu Xueqi couldn’t bear it; after all, he was her principal. She walked over, wanting to help him up, but Tang Zheng was the first to act.

"Get lost." Tang Zheng kicked Liu Gang’s thigh, sending him tumbling away, then turned to the old principal, persuading, "Don’t be like this, I don’t decide others’ life and death. Let’s have all the team members vote instead."

Yu Manli’s lips twitched faintly; aside from Mei Jueye incurring everyone’s wrath, certain to be doomed, even if it were an innocent Newbie, they would still vote for his death, since everyone wanted to ingratiate themselves with Tang Zheng and cater to his wishes.

Tang Zheng had ensured his authority, tested who was disloyal, retained a good image, and achieved the desired outcome; it was indeed killing three birds with one stone.

Yu Manli suddenly felt a bit scared; if Tang Zheng became crafty, he probably wouldn’t tolerate her mistakes any longer. It seemed she would need to be even more careful and submissive to him in the future.

The old principal took a deep breath, feeling utterly helpless.

"Look, the pointer is about to stop." Lu Fan shouted, and everyone immediately turned their gaze to the virtual screen, afraid to miss a thing.

Whenever the pointer passed an avatar, that survivor would breathe a sigh of relief, while the next one tensed up, praying for good fortune to come their way.

The atmosphere in the lobby grew even more oppressive because anyone could die. Five seconds later, the pointer stopped, the newbie who narrowly escaped death sat down on the ground with a thud, then his gaze fell on Liu Qian.

"No, this isn’t fair, why should I pay for someone else’s mistake? I should decide my own life and death, I don’t accept this outcome." Seeing the pointer land on his own avatar, Liu Qian felt his head buzz and he became completely dazed, and then his angry roar resounded in the silent aquarium.

"Mei Jueye, to disappoint you, none of those I care about were selected." Tang Zheng taunted Mei Jueye, although the kid wasn’t strong, he had caused a lot of trouble.

Mei Jueye’s face turned livid with rage, heart attack imminent, he vomited a few more mouthfuls of blood.

"No, I don’t want to die, Silver Trojan, come out, redraw, come out right now." Liu Qian stumbled and bellowed towards the lobby.

"Mei Jueye is the one who caused your downfall." Lu Fan shouted, hoping that if Liu Qian killed that madman, it would be the best possible outcome.

"Right, it’s Mei Jueye, he ruined me." Liu Qian’s expression became vicious, all of a sudden he raised his MP40 Submachine Gun and pulled the trigger towards Mei Jueye’s body.

Bullets kicked up a trail of mud before sweeping across Mei Jueye’s belly. High school students’ Protective Clothing was average at best, unable to withstand bullets; one pierced through and entered the abdominal cavity.

"Don’t." The old principal was shocked, lunging at Liu Qian, trying to stop him.

"You taught these rubbish students; now you can go die too," Liu Qian said maliciously, suddenly aiming the gun at the old principal.

Rat-tat-tat, bullets flew out, the first hitting square in the chest, followed by the recoil causing the muzzle to jump, and the bullets with it; a shot struck the old principal’s head, blowing it apart.

"Haha." Watching the old principal’s corpse fall to the ground, Liu Qian laughed heartily and immediately changed his clip, aiming at Tang Zheng, "You can die too."

"Principal, you bastard, die!" Mei Jueye saw the old principal throw himself at Liu Qian to block the bullets for him and was finally moved, shouting ’Principal’ from the heart for the first time. But it was too late; the old principal would never hear it.

The countdown begins; execution of survivor Liu Qian in progress. Five, four, three...

Mei Jueye originally reserved Li Han as his trump card to deal with Tang Zheng, but in that moment, he stimulated the life energy in his body, launched his ability, and controlled Li Han, making him run towards Liu Qian.

Having witnessed too much death, Li Han finally put aside his elite facade and prepared to confess his wrongdoings and compromise with Tang Zheng. But suddenly, he found himself losing control over his body and running towards Liu Qian.

"Don’t." Seeing Liu Qian’s muzzle pointed at him, Li Han was shocked and couldn’t even cry for help.

"Get down!" Tang Zheng bellowed, drawing out Xuedai Maru, a foot kicking against Mei Jueye’s shoulder, sending him tumbling towards Li Han. The Light Defense Shield sprung up, and the Empress’s Crystal Heart also became a Shield, encircling his body, protecting him tightly.

Pang Meiqin and Lu Fan, holding Cheng Cheng, immediately hid behind him.

Rat-tat-tat, bullets rained upon Li Han’s body, but in the next moment, the mini bomb Mei Jueye had secretly planted on Li Han’s lower back exploded.

Boom, the explosion’s flames swelled and surged, sweeping across the entire lobby with the blast wave, sending the slower-reacting newbies tumbling away, stones and debris thrown into the air and clattering down thereafter.

Not waiting for the dust to settle, Tang Zheng rushed towards the direction where Mei Jueye had fallen; he couldn’t let him escape again at any cost.

Mei Jueye, covered in blood, had his legs blown off at the thigh, leaving behind a bloody mess. He crawled on the ground, laboriously moving towards the old principal while trailing a line of fresh blood.

"Why can’t I enter the second order of burst seed? Why do I have to suffer like this? Why didn’t you care about me sooner?" Mei Jueye cried blood, a low growl of helplessness and repression escaping his throat, wanting to rebel against his tragic fate but not knowing how to do so, wandering and helpless, then covering his weakness and cowardice with madness.

"Why is it always me who’s unfortunate?" Mei Jueye lacked the strength to crawl; he rolled over, pulled out a pendant inlaid with a photo of his mother from his necklace, took one look, and then pressed it to his lips, as if only by doing so could he once again feel the warmth of his mother’s embrace.

Since his parents’ divorce, Mei Jueye— even if extorted and beaten at school— never cried. Yet today, during the final lesson of life, Mei Jueye couldn’t hold back anymore and wept loudly.

"Mom, I miss you!" Mei Jueye used all his strength to cry out, with whimpers mixed with regret and pain, reaching out to the sky as if to grasp his mother’s tender smile.

Mei Jueye’s arm fell limp and dropped to the floor, a smile on his lips as he died in relief.

Tang Zheng looked at the corpse of the high school student and sighed; life had been hard for Mei Jueye, and in a sense, death was a release for him.

Li Han and Liu Qian, blown to bits with no remains to speak of, with various severed limbs and body parts scattered around— a gruesome scene. The others, however, were unharmed; even without Tang Zheng’s warning, any sane person would instinctively stay away from such lunatics.

Out of the more than twenty members of the Students’ Union, only four remained. Facing the deaths of her former classmates, Song Huiqiao’s complexion was terribly sour, feeling a strong sense of pessimism about the journey ahead.

"What do we do now?" Dantai Zongqi walked up to Tang Zheng, patted his shoulder, and was at all well, but too often unable to do the rational and right thing when it got to crunch time.

"Let’s find a safe spot and regroup," Tang Zheng had just said when he heard a quarrel. Turning his head, he saw the bald-headed leader and Liu Gang entangled in a fight, with Li Hongda finding an opening and charging up with his belly leading the way.

Two against one, the bald-headed leader was promptly knocked to the ground. Hating that he dared fight back, Liu Gang’s big feet started ferociously kicking his head.

"Stop hitting me, I won’t do it again, I’ll give you everything, alright?" The bald-headed leader’s pitiful state resonated with the newbies, revealing the three were fighting over soul shards.

"I’ll take those," Dantai didn’t mind playing the villain, and walked over.

Liu Gang, who just obtained the soul shards, felt a chill at the sight of Dantai and quickly put on a smile, chuckling and attempting to leave. However, Dantai pulled out his curved knife and struck his face with the back of the blade.

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