home

search

114 - Shadows and Secrets A New Power Emerges

  The scene was quiet; a dozen or so men and women stood by, dumbfounded. Before them lay only the tattered corpses of the two black men.

  These folks had seen something today, witnessing the sheer power of a battle between experts.

  Though it only lasted a few seconds, it was a huge shock to them.

  The black men's transformation into gorilla-like beasts was terrifying. A single punch could shatter anything, yet they were helpless before that shadow.

  And that shadow wasn't just strangely powerful; it could ignore the city's no-fighting rule. No one knew what it really was.

  Someone in the crowd secretly recorded the whole thing and sent the video to the Group Chat App, including footage of Jason and Kira in the RV's driver's seat.

  Jason and Kira were about to become famous on the Group Chat App.

  Then, with the death of the black men, the truck blocking the RV vanished, leaving a pile of supplies behind.

  "That's...the supplies from the black men's truck," someone immediately said, recognizing the scattered goods.

  The onlookers gasped, their eyes gleaming with greed as they edged toward the pile.

  But they quickly stopped, looking at the RV beside the supplies. Everyone wanted to grab the loot, but they needed to size up the situation first.

  What if another shadow came out and killed them? There'd be nowhere to complain.

  Inside the RV, Jason told Kira, "I'll go get the supplies. Have Chloe receive them with the system."

  "Okay, be careful of those people," Kira said, worried.

  Even knowing how strong Jason was, she still feared something might happen to him.

  Seeing Jason get out, Kira went inside to have Chloe ready to receive the resources, then grabbed a crossbow and returned to the driver's seat.

  If Jason really got into a fight, she could use the crossbow to back him up.

  Inside, Ellie and the others thought something big was happening and grabbed their weapons, coming to the driver's seat to see what was going on.

  Meanwhile, Jason was sifting through the supplies, first trading dozens of unopened food items to Chloe through the system: bread, compressed biscuits, ramen, and seven Gray Wolf corpses.

  The wolf corpses seemed freshly killed, with blood still wet on them.

  Jason wasn't surprised. Trucks usually had a storage space where items and food were frozen in time.

  About two or three hundred pounds of cooked Gray Wolf meat remained on the ground. It must have been the black men's stored food, but Jason didn't bother picking it up, leaving it for the crowd.

  You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.

  He quickly found two banana peels and three orange tree seeds in the mess.

  The banana peels were items used in the race, and the orange tree seeds hadn't been planted, probably because the black men didn't have pots.

  Jason took them all without hesitation.

  The remaining junk was just ordinary stuff, so Jason didn't bother, returning to the RV and driving away.

  Leaving behind a crowd fighting over the supplies...

  As more teams arrived, the number of people in the Group Chat App kept growing, almost reaching 80,000.

  The Group Chat App became a lively place, and one of the hottest topics was the video of the black men being killed by the shadow doppelganger.

  Though the shadow looked human, it had no human features. But someone noticed that the shadow seemed similar to Jason, who had come out of the RV to collect supplies.

  There must be a connection.

  Soon, someone on the Group Chat App revealed Jason's identity.

  Jason was a powerhouse from a region in Wind Disaster World, and he'd gotten second place in a Dungeon world.

  This shocked many people, and they asked who the first place was, if even a powerhouse like Jason couldn't beat them.

  But everyone went silent when they learned that the first place was a girl named Joyce.

  You really can't judge a book by its cover. Even a seemingly harmless girl was someone they couldn't mess with.

  This made many cocky and powerful drivers lower their profile.

  In an SUV.

  "Sis, look, this Jason guy is so handsome," Selena said, swooning over the video of Jason and sharing it with her sister.

  But then Selena noticed that Stella wasn't paying attention. She looked at her sister, confused. "Sis, what are you doing?"

  Stella was focused on searching for something in the system, ignoring her.

  Hugo couldn't take it anymore and reminded her, "Second Sis, Big Sis watched that video and has been searching in the member list. I think she wants to add Jason as a friend."

  Stella froze and glared at her little brother.

  "You talk too much. If you say another word, I'll cut your tongue out."

  Selena exploded, furious. "Sis, what does that mean?"

  Stella quickly soothed her. "Sis is just curious about Jason and wants to see if he really looks that handsome in his profile picture."

  Selena was speechless. They were twins; she knew exactly what Stella was thinking.

  So they started competing, searching for Jason in the system's member list, determined to add him as a friend first.

  Then Hugo couldn't help but mock them. "Big Sis, Second Sis, don't bother. Jason has a beautiful woman in the Passenger Seat, way better-looking than you two."

  "If I were Jason, I wouldn't even glance at you."

  "Wait...Big Sis, Second Sis, I was wrong. Mom, Dad, save me..."

  The sound of a ruckus echoed inside the SUV.

  Arthur, who was driving, stopped his siblings from fighting and looked at the twin sisters.

  "Stella, Selena, don't contact Jason. He can kill people in the city. If he has bad intentions towards our family, it'll bring us trouble."

  Arthur had also watched the video and was shocked by the Shadow Doppelganger strength. If they met him, they'd have to run.

  Stella and Selena heard the seriousness in their father's voice and promised not to contact Jason.

  They weren't stupid. They knew their family's safety was the most important thing. No matter how handsome Jason was, he wasn't for them.

  ...

  Inside a large armored vehicle.

  In the middle of the vehicle sat a strange statue. Six women surrounded the statue, and one of the burly women remained silent after watching the video of the Shadow Doppelganger killing.

  Then a woman in the vehicle looked at the burly woman respectfully and said, "Leader, according to our investigation, the RV owner is named Jason. He's powerful and has killed several high-level zombies in the Dungeon."

  "Even more powerful is a girl named Joyce, who killed over ninety high-level zombies."

  Killed over ninety high-level zombies?

  Lillian, the burly woman, narrowed her eyes. She couldn't imagine how strong Joyce could be.

  "Contact Jason and Joyce, buy the Crystals from their zombies, and ask about Joyce."

  "Ask her if she's interested in joining Feminism. If she is, we can give her the position of Deputy Leader."

Recommended Popular Novels