Chapter 119: Dark Predator

“You have experienced this kind of task before?” Everyone was very surprised and asked Lü Yang about it.

“Yes, I know those kidnappers very well. I know how many of them there are, what weapons they have, and where they are located. Also, last time, I successfully rescued that girl,” Lü Yang told everyone.

“Something like that really happened?”

“Believe it or not, it’s up to you. I will only take those who are willing to follow me to safety,” Lü Yang said as he scanned his eyes around the group.

Time and time again in the Strange Point, witnessing countless deaths, walking on the edge between life and death, had gradually made Lü Yang’s once gentle gaze turn cold and sharp.

“I am willing to follow you.”

“I will follow you too.”

“I… am willing…”

Two male and one female players expressed their willingness to follow Lü Yang one after another. During the second round of the game, they had already seen Lü Yang’s commanding ability and noticed that he remained calmer than everyone else in times of crisis. Now that he said such words, they naturally believed that following him would give them a greater chance of survival.

“If you are willing to follow me, you must obey all commands. Otherwise, I will not burden myself with dead weight,” Lü Yang stood up and laid out his conditions to these three people.

“You say you have experienced this task before, but why should we believe you?” a young man wearing glasses questioned Lü Yang.

“Whether you believe me or not doesn’t matter to me. I will only take those willing to follow me to safety from here.”

Lü Yang glared coldly at that player, then walked a few meters away. “Those willing to follow me, come over. We will set off to complete the task in one minute. Those unwilling to follow me, do as you please!”

Three players walked over to Lü Yang. The others either did not believe Lü Yang at all or were still hesitating. But just then, a kidnapper wrapped entirely in black mist suddenly rushed out from the darkness. After colliding with the players, he immediately raised the iron pipe in his hand high and charged toward a player who was not following Lü Yang. He swung the iron pipe hard at that player’s head.

A dull “thud” sounded, like a fist smashing a watermelon…

Having survived the cruelty of the first round and the dangers of the second round, it was already not easy to make it this far. But this player died here so confusedly.

A faint layer of black mist drifted around this kidnapper, making him look very fierce and strange. Clearly, he was very different from the kidnappers Lü Yang encountered in the real world kidnapping case.

This terrifying black mist immediately reminded Lü Yang of the Dark Chefs and Dark Employees at the Xingyue Gas Station.

Were they… the Dark Predators in the Strange Point?

“Player Chen Mingdong has died. Remaining number of players: six.” The Electronic Voice sounded in everyone’s ears.

After Chen Mingdong’s head was smashed open, the other players panicked, screaming and scattering in all directions. The Dark Kidnapper holding the thick iron pipe, after killing Chen Mingdong, immediately chased after another player to attack.

The player being chased ran toward the player who had a gun, shouting loudly for help from the armed player as he ran.

The player holding the handgun raised the gun with trembling hands and fired a shot at the oncoming Dark Kidnapper. Because the distance between them was very close, this player’s shot accurately hit the Dark Kidnapper’s body.

Unexpectedly, after the bullet hit the Dark Kidnapper, it was as if it struck thick metal armor. It only sparked and slightly slowed the Dark Kidnapper’s movement but did not cause any harm!

The attacked Dark Kidnapper turned around angrily and charged toward the player who shot him. In desperation, that player pulled the trigger and fired another shot at the Dark Kidnapper. Seeing that the handgun bullets could not kill the kidnapper, he turned pale with fright, shouted, and turned to run far away.

Unfortunately, this player fled in panic and ran headfirst into a rock. Dazed, he bounced back and fell to the ground. When he got up and was about to run again, the Dark Kidnapper had already rushed over, raised the heavy iron pipe, and smashed down hard…

Another dull sound like a bursting watermelon.

“Player Huang Wenchao has died. Remaining number of players: five.” The Electronic Voice appeared in each player’s ears once again.

With just one Dark Kidnapper appearing, seven players lost two in less than half a minute! Moreover, handgun bullets could not harm this Dark Kidnapper at all!

How ridiculous!

Two players were lucky enough to run onto the main road leading downhill, but unexpectedly, their bodies began to ache severely, and the Electronic Voice sounded in their ears…

“Warning! Warning! About to leave the game area. If you do not return to the game area within five seconds, you will be forcibly killed…”

“What the hell is this crappy game? The enemy can’t be killed, and we can’t escape either. The difficulty is way too high, isn’t it?” The two players quickly retreated, cursing desperately into the air.

Luckily, the Electronic Voice warned and stopped these two players in time. If they had run half a meter farther, they would have been instantly swallowed by the menacing black mist beyond that half meter…

While that Dark Kidnapper was chasing other players, Lü Yang rushed over from the side, snatched up the handgun that Huang Wenchao had dropped on the ground, then chased after the Dark Kidnapper. He turned on his flashlight and shone the light onto the Dark Kidnapper’s body.

Lü Yang clearly remembered that back at the Xingyue Gas Station, those Dark Chefs and Dark Employees basically died upon exposure to light. At the start of this third round in the Strange Point, he only had this flashlight, which probably was meant specifically to deal with the Dark Predators.

The Dark Kidnapper wrapped in black mist suddenly exposed to the flashlight’s bright light turned his head back, raised his arm to shield his eyes, then stepped closer to Lü Yang, carrying the thick iron pipe.

The Black Fog Armor around the Dark Kidnapper, when hit by the flashlight’s beam, began to burn away little by little, like black gauze meeting fire, becoming much thinner.

Lü Yang stepped back while pressing the button on the flashlight to increase the light output. The flashlight instantly emitted an extremely dazzling bright light, like raging flames, fiercely burning the black mist around the kidnapper. With a “bang!” burst, blue light flashed around the kidnapper, the Black Fog Armor was completely burned away, and his True Body was fully exposed.

At this point, the kidnapper looked no different from a normal person.

Lü Yang raised the handgun, aimed at the kidnapper’s head, and pulled the trigger…

A loud “bang!” sounded as the bullet hit the kidnapper’s head, exploding it into a mass of blood. The headless body, still holding the iron pipe, took a few steps forward before heavily falling to the ground.

Clearly, this handgun was much more powerful than those in the real world, even achieving effects like a real-world Sniper Rifle headshot. But although this handgun was fierce, the kidnapper’s Black Fog Armor had to be destroyed first; otherwise, the handgun bullets could not harm them at all.

Having learned about firearms, Lü Yang quickly understood the basic performance of this handgun. It seemed to have six bullets initially. The thin male student Huang Wenchao wasted two, Lü Yang just used one, so there were three bullets left inside now.