Chapter 149 : Chapter 149
Chapter 149. Kill Me? Do You Even Have the Strength?
“Open your mouth. Hmm... it is just a common cold. Your tonsils are a little inflamed, that is all. I will prescribe some medicine for you. Go pick it up.”
“What! My tonsils? Without my permission, you dared to get inflamed on your own? You have crossed the line!”
The moment Jiang Feng said that, the crowd below the stage immediately burst into laughter.
“I used to think Jiang Feng’s domineering CEO act was just cold and aloof, but now I realize he can actually be this hilarious.”
“He looks so greasy, but it is so funny.”
“...”
Even Jiang Yichen, who rarely laughed at anything, could not help laughing.
A brain-dead domineering CEO doing comedy really did come with a natural sense of humor.
The performance continued, and the laughter below the stage never stopped. Even people from the surrounding formations began gathering over.
They stood around the small stage to watch, laughing so hard it became contagious.
Compared with the other formations’ talent shows, which were all just singing, dancing, and random nonsense, this skit was on a completely different level.
Several instructors nodded as well, clearly enjoying it.
By the time President Jiang had Doctor Tang sent to a psychiatric hospital, the performance finally came to an end.
At that moment, Su Linyu walked onto the stage and flashed a cute smile. “Thank you all for watching. If you liked it, remember to vote for us.”
She raised her phone, then bowed together with Tang Long and the other two before walking down from the stage.
“I have to vote for Group One. It was not only funny, but they even put so much effort into the costumes and set. They deserve it.”
“Exactly. Our formation is full of people singing, and most of them sing terribly. It is boring to death. I am voting for your formation too.”
“There is also the popularity ranking vote, so President Jiang is definitely getting mine.”
“...”
Everyone pulled out their phones and entered the voting page, sending Jiang Feng straight to the top of the popularity rankings.
When Jiang Feng stepped off the stage and saw the ranking page, he froze slightly.
Clap, clap!
Chu Xingchen patted him on the shoulder and took off his costume. “There are many ways to win. This is one of them too.”
Jiang Feng’s eyes widened slightly as he stared at the ranking for a long time.
He had never imagined that bringing joy to other people could also be such a rewarding thing.
The coldness in Jiang Feng’s eyes gradually faded.
“Brother Yichen, we were amazing, right?” Off to the side, Su Linyu ran over to Jiang Yichen like a little girl waiting to be praised.
Jiang Yichen nodded and rubbed her incredibly soft hair with a smile. “You were.”
Su Linyu immediately beamed with joy, as though those two words alone made everything she had done feel worthwhile.
She sat down beside him, cupping her cheeks in her hands and glancing at him from time to time.
The talent show had also officially come to an end. Instructor Huang stepped onto the stage, a trace of relief and satisfaction in his eyes.
“That is all for tonight’s party. I wish all of you smoother paths and greater heights on your martial road.”
“Dismissed. Get some good rest and prepare for tomorrow’s wilderness mission.”
Instructor Huang straightened his body and gave the recruits a salute.
The formation immediately dropped its lazy mood from earlier and stood up straight to return the salute.
“Instructor Huang, I am going to miss you!” Chen Dapao from Group Twenty-Two shouted loudly.
Instructor Huang gave a snort. “You little brat, just do not cause any trouble.”
Amid everyone’s laughter, the gathering finally dispersed.
“Jiang Feng.”
When most people had already left, Instructor Huang suddenly called out to Jiang Feng, who was about to leave as well.
Jiang Feng paused in surprise, then turned around. “Instructor Huang, what is it?”
“The Chief Instructor wants to see you. Go to his office.”
At those words, Jiang Feng’s brows immediately drew together. He already knew the reason in his heart.
After hesitating for a while, he nodded and followed Instructor Huang into the Military District administration building.
“Chief Instructor, Jiang Feng is here.”
Inside the office, Zhou Yu raised his head slightly and gave a subtle signal.
Instructor Huang walked out and closed the office door behind him.
“Jiang Feng, tomorrow your group’s mission is to head to the Eastern Great Rift Valley and kill all the snakefolk active there.”
Zhou Yu placed the mission file on the desk and said with a stern expression, “The Zhou family’s Chief Clan Elder has placed three peak eighth-rank demonic beasts under brain-computer control. Those beasts will be used to drive a Beast Tide against Jiang Yichen.”
“And, to be safe, there is also a small ruins site beneath the Eastern Great Rift Valley. Once the number of snakefolk killed reaches a certain point, the ruins will open.”
“That will also explain why the Beast Tide erupted and clear us of suspicion.”
“Ruins?!”
Jiang Feng froze. “You should know how dangerous an opening ruins site is. It is nowhere near comparable to a Beast Tide.”
Zhou Yu shook his head slightly. “It is only a small ruins site with a B-rank danger rating. There is no need to worry.”
Then he took out a disc-shaped controller and said slowly, “This is the trigger device for controlling the Beast Tide. As long as you press it while Jiang Yichen and the others are killing the snakefolk, the Beast Tide will erupt immediately.”
Jiang Feng lowered his gaze and stared at the disc gleaming coldly beneath the light, but he did not take it right away.
Zhou Yu frowned slightly, stood up, walked to his side, and patted him on the shoulder. “This is our only chance.”
“As long as Jiang Yichen dies, you will become the Jiang family’s Heir. No one will be able to stop you.”
“Is that not what you have always wanted? Are you really going to give up now? What do you think your father would say if he found out?”
Jiang Feng’s eyes trembled. After a long silence, he slowly raised his slightly shaking hand and picked up the disc from the desk.
A smile appeared on Zhou Yu’s lips. “Very good.”
“For the sake of our shared goal, you absolutely cannot make any mistakes, Jiang Feng. Otherwise, we will all be utterly doomed.”
Jiang Feng clenched the disc tightly. After hesitating for a while, he asked, “What about the safety of the others in the group? What are you going to do about that?”
Zhou Yu smiled. “You can rest assured about that. I have already integrated Eighth-rank Teleportation Talismans into your mission wristbands. The moment any of you are injured, your wristband will immediately teleport you out of the Eastern Great Rift Valley.”
“But Jiang Yichen’s mission wristband does not have one.”
Jiang Feng shook his head slightly. “You forgot. Jiang Yichen is a space-type martial artist. He can travel through space.”
Zhou Yu shook his head as well. “I already set up a formation in the Eastern Great Rift Valley long ago to seal off the surrounding space. Other than teleporting out with your mission wristbands, every other method is useless.”
“Even if Jiang Yichen can break through that spatial seal, the Eastern Great Rift Valley stretches for a thousand kilometers. Do you really think he can escape by spatial jumps alone?”
In all of Huaxia, the farthest recorded spatial jump ever achieved by a space-type martial artist was only one hundred kilometers, and the cost of activating it was enormous.
There was simply no way Jiang Yichen could escape the Eastern Great Rift Valley through spatial jumps.
Jiang Yichen was as good as dead!
After hearing that, Jiang Feng felt an inexplicable sense of unease for some reason.
Three eighth-rank demonic beasts, plus a small ruins site—danger on that level would make escape difficult even for an Eighth-Realm Martial Emperor.
Yet Jiang Yichen was only in the Seventh Realm. This was already a certain death trap.
But why did he feel reluctant? As long as Jiang Yichen was eliminated, the Heir status he had always wanted would be his.
His father would be pleased as well.
Jiang Feng wrestled with himself for a long time before finally looking up at Zhou Yu. “I... understand.”
Zhou Yu smiled in satisfaction. “Haha, once you become the Jiang family’s Heir, our two families should interact more often and deepen our ties.”
His smiling eyes flicked toward the disc in Jiang Feng’s hand.
The moment Jiang Feng pressed it, the charge of murdering the Jiang family’s Heir would be nailed to him.
All Zhou Yu had to do was sit back and reap the rewards.