Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 947 - 8: Beating Up the Newbie

Chapter 947: Chapter 8: Beating Up the Newbie

For over ten days, Aunt Rong had called Tang Zheng more than a dozen times, even arranging a tactful meeting through Xu Biyun, unfortunately without success, which frustrated her terribly. Then, half a month later, she discovered that Tang Zheng’s mobile phone had been turned off, and so had Biyun’s.

As spring was about to arrive, Tang Zheng entered the Trojan Room to begin his thirteenth game.

The familiar pale white walls were still there, but this time with a livelier atmosphere, for as soon as Tang Zheng entered, he saw a man in his thirties with a beard harassing a woman dressed in a professional outfit.

Besides, there were twenty-two others, among them two men and a woman, all dressed in protective clothing and carrying AK74M assault rifles, clearly survivors from the Central Hammer team who had had a bye in the previous round and survived in the Silver Trojan Room. The rest were newbies, nervously crouching in the corner, unable to intervene in the bearded man’s harassment, being searched by the three survivors.

"You, stand up, face the wall, and keep steady," a young man with a scorpion tattoo on his neck ordered as he walked among the group. Then, singling out a rather handsome man, he pulled him up.

The man saw the rifle in the tattooed man’s hand, didn’t dare resist, complied, and then felt hands rifling through his pockets, taking his wallet.

"Damn, still carrying a condom," the tattooed man cursed, kicking the handsome man’s thigh, knocking him to the ground.

The other pair of man and woman were also frisking people, reveling in the pleasure of harassing the newbies.

"Show some respect, or I’m calling the police," the female employee angrily scolded, but as soon as she took out her phone, the bearded man snatched it away and smashed it to the ground, shattering it to pieces.

"Heh, this is the Trojan World where strength reigns supreme. You might as well give up," said the man with a face full of beard, very arrogantly pulling out a handgun and pressing it under the woman’s chin, forcing her to tilt her head back.

"Tsk tsk, sixty points, not pretty," the bearded man was clearly humiliating her. He coughed up phlegm and spat it on the struggling woman’s face.

"You bastard," the tears of the female employee streamed down instantly, looking for help, but alas, no one paid her any mind.

Ruan Feifei was teleported in, her curves accentuated by the tight outfit, with diamond earrings and an elegant bun, quite beautiful and immediately attracting the attention of the men.

"Bitch, lick it for me!" The bearded man recognized the female host, swallowed his saliva, suddenly grabbed the hair of the female employee, and while pulling her head towards the floor, kicked her in the knee.

The female employee fell to her knees, and then her head was forced down by the bearded man, pushing it towards his crotch.

Bang, a gunshot suddenly rang out, followed by the bearded man’s scream as he fell to the ground; a bullet had grazed his calf, taking a chunk of flesh with it.

Clack. The tattooed man worked the bolt of his rifle, aiming at Tang Zheng, while the other man and woman also bristled with hostility.

"You’ve got the guts to provoke our Scorpion Fighting Team, do you have a death wish?" the tattooed man said threateningly, deliberately flaunting the scorpion tattoo on his neck.

Teleportation continued, and the Conquerors began entering, seeing four individuals armed and facing Tang Zheng, all with eager expressions as if awaiting an exciting show.

"These guys really don’t know what death is," Lu Fan said, licking a lollipop with excitement, "Uncle, let’s beat them half to death, then hang them up to wind-dry."

"You little brat, are you looking for death?" The bearded man glared at Tang Zheng, "You injured me, just wait for the Trojan’s punishment!"

Tang Zheng’s face was indifferent, holding the Devil Flame Pistol as he fired again. With the bonus effect of single-target breakdown, a bullet with a red glow shot into the right ankle of the bearded man, turning it into broken flesh.

Ah, the bearded man screamed, and all the new peoples’ faces turned deathly pale, instinctively moving away from Tang Zheng.

"My leg, you madman, you won’t die a good death!" The bearded man was about to curse more but seeing Tang Zheng tense the finger on the trigger, he quickly shut his mouth.

"You’re right, this is the Trojan World where strength is respected; and I," Tang Zheng said, his icy gaze sweeping over the survivors, "am the rules here. I don’t care if you are Scorpion or Death Worm, if you misbehave or disobey orders, you’re dead to me."

"Wow, rare to see you this domineering," Dantai appeared, glancing at the row of crouching newbies, understanding the situation, "Meiqin, please fit these four with remote control bomb collars."

These four possessed abilities and could become time bombs; the Special Agents would definitely not let them go unsupervised.

The scorpion man resisted, his right arm swelling up rapidly, becoming thick, and an eye appeared on the back of his hand. Before he could intimidate, however, Tang Zheng suppressed him.

Tang Zheng gathered strength in his feet, darted beside the scorpion man, and with an open hand, grabbed his face, nearly crushing his skull, followed by a knee strike to his stomach.

The scorpion man felt as if he was going to split in half, then like a rag, was thrown against the wall, nearly passing out.

"What about you? Still want to resist?" Lu Fan drew out the Heavy Gravity Gun, assumed a few aiming stances, and admonished them, "These newbies really don’t have any respect; seems I need to teach you a lesson."

Qin Yan and her group entered, completely overwhelming the four unfortunate members of the Scorpion Fighting Team, who obediently had bomb collars put on them.

The newbies were afraid of meeting the same fate, but seeing that Tang Zheng didn’t even pay any attention to them, they quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jing Xiang, introduce them to the precautions of the Trojan Room," Tang Zheng said, and in the meantime, thirty-five university students were teleported in. They were terrified to see a bearded man with a broken leg wailing on the ground, especially since Tang Zheng and his people were all armed.

With Gu Xueqi’s arrival, the Hammer team became fully staffed. Tang Zheng distributed the throat microphones made by Shen Qingshuang, and took the opportunity to explain how to use them. Then, a series of exclamations were heard.

A man in his forties, covered in blood and with a bare torso, was teleported in. Beside him was a woman in her twenties at most, wearing pajamas, with a cut on her stomach—a sign that she had been stabbed. She was dazed and obviously hadn’t come to her senses yet.

"A crime of passion? Revenge?" Pang Meiqin asked, not having seen such a dramatic entrance in a long time.

"Hey, it’s the boss of Zhengkang Enterprise, Mr. Qian." Yu Manli recognized an acquaintance and greeted him.

"Ms. Yu? Where is this place?" Mr. Qian got up, then shivered seeing the blood on his body, "Am I not dead?"

"You’re dead, and then you came here," Yu Manli had just finished when she saw a man holding a knife, crying his eyes out.

"Damn it, you bastard!" When Mr. Qian saw this man, he immediately got angry and pounced on him, beating and kicking him fiercely.

"You, you’re supposed to be dead, right?" The man was startled, then saw the woman in pajamas, and started crying, "I...I was wrong, please come back to me?"

"A love triangle?" Bai Guo was very naive and innocent.

"Such a big age gap? Clearly, that woman left her boyfriend for Mr. Qian’s money," Pang Meiqin said, hitting the nail on the head.

"Wait, I’ve seen this man before. To win his girlfriend back, he tied a bomb to himself and wanted to blow up the amusement park," Lu Fan recognized the man with the bomb.

"A man shouldn’t be wifeless if he has dignity, right?" Sha Ou kicked them apart with one foot each, not wanting to watch this soap opera.

"What do you know!" said the man with the bomb, deeply in love with the woman and unable to help himself.

The rock version of the International Song reverberated through the room, startling the newbies, and the Black Cube began to spin and rise, proclaiming its opening speech.

"Toys, please me with your lowly lives and sweet blood!"

"Trojan, he broke my leg; punish him quickly!" the bearded man pleaded desperately, as if the Trojan were his god.

"Toy, you got bolder after getting the title of Fearless," the Silver Trojan didn’t punish Tang Zheng, as that was against the rules, but couldn’t resist mocking him.

"What, trying to disgust me with these disgusting bugs? Tsk, tsk, that’s not enough." After dealing with the Blue Trojan, Tang Zheng also spotted the issue; Trojans all act according to certain rules, they are not unrestrained, and the stronger the Conqueror, the fewer the restrictions.

"Hmph, the Survival Challenge Game starts in five minutes," the Trojan didn’t bother with chit-chat, and as for equipment restrictions, those were lifted too because the game’s difficulty had increased.

A steel frame filled with equipment rose up, leaving the newbies at a loss, but under Yu Manli’s direction, they all received the three-piece set: a rifle with ammo clips, protective clothing, and that bottle of liquid.

"Ha, finally getting to know what this stuff is?" Lu Fan said, chuckling as he pointed at the bottles because he was no longer a newbie and had long since lost the right to use them.

"What’s the survival challenge this time?" Dantai asked, cutting off the Trojan before it could set conditions, "How many points do you need? I’ll pay."

"You’re ruthless. Ten points deducted," the Trojan had no choice; these toys were starting to rebel, which it found dissatisfying, and it was reminded of the past.

"This survival challenge is set on the Dead Bug Starship, which features intense team battles. Struggle hard, and find out the winning conditions for yourselves," announced the Silver Trojan, opening another steel frame that held handheld radars, "Keep it safe, and if you lose it, you will be erased."

"Don’t just stand there, change your clothes." Since they’d been roughed up by the Scorpion Fighting Team before, the twenty-something newbies who first entered were very obedient, doing whatever Yu Manli asked, even if it was embarrassing for the women, putting on the protective clothing first.

The university students weren’t so compliant, and a young man, who was obviously a class representative, stepped forward wanting to negotiate with Tang Zheng, but was blocked by Sha Ou. Tang Zheng was discussing tactics with Dantai and couldn’t be disturbed.

"Does anyone lack oxygen reserves? You’d better prepare some; judging by the name, this round’s setting is likely in space," Dantai noticed that no one was moving and laughed, "I thought so, how could Tang Zheng not have told you to prepare these survival tools."

"Countdown over, teleportation beginning!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to VOTE for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)