RIACMET chapter 174

 

“Xiao Yue…”

“Big Brother…”

Chen Xiuling and Chen Lin cried out in horror as they watched Xiao Yue’s eyes gradually lose all trace of humanity. Their voices were filled with heartbreak and fear.

Xiao Yue looked at them but didn’t respond. The virus triggered by the drug was quickly eroding his remaining sanity.

Jiang Nian timed it precisely, picked up the steel pipe, and stabbed him again, using his superpower to keep him conscious.

“Jiang Nian! I’m going to kill you!”

Another round of agonized howling followed, and rotten flesh fell from Chen Yue’s body, leaving bloody wounds where the injection had been administered.

Purification couldn’t heal the body like regeneration could. Decayed flesh must be fully cleared of infection before it can regrow naturally.

However, if the body couldn’t expel the virus completely, the flesh would never recover properly, and the entire body would be deformed and riddled with decay.

“…”

After witnessing the terrifying effectiveness of Jiang Nian’s purification, Chen Shanmin and the others fell into stunned silence. Jiang Nian’s power was indeed strong against the zombie virus, but what they once thought was hope now felt like bottomless despair.

Then, Jiang Nian gave Chen Yue several more injections right in front of them. He purified him over and over.

Chen Xiuling and Chen Lin went from crying and cursing to crying and begging. Chen Shanmin went from shouting in anger to pleading for mercy.

Cough, cough, cough…

Finally, after two grueling hours—

— amid the sound of gunfire and chaos from above, Chen Yue finally gave in. He turned to Jiang Nian and growled,

“If you let my parents and Linlin go, I’ll tell you whatever you want to know.”

Jiang Nian twisted his dagger and said coldly,

“You still don’t get it. If I don’t like the answer I receive, they’ll experience the same pain until you talk. I don’t enjoy torturing people, unless they refuse to cooperate.”

He wasn’t there to negotiate.

Even if Chen Yue cooperated, Jiang Nian still wouldn’t let them walk away.

“Even if I tell you, you’ll never let us go!”

Chen Yue coughed, nearly choking.

Jiang Nian gave a straightforward, cruel answer:

“Of course not. But between death and a life worse than death, I trust you’ll make the smart choice. I’m not as cruel as you are. I’m giving you a choice.”

He had no interest in locking them up and torturing them slowly for years. That would be a waste of time, and it wouldn’t help him achieve his goal. He wasn’t a deranged sadist; he had a purpose.

“…”

Chen Yue had no way to argue. If Jiang Nian was only threatening him, he wouldn’t say a word, even if he died. But now that his family was involved, he couldn’t just stand by and watch them be dragged down, too.

Jiang Nian had regained memories from his past life and had become twisted and ruthless. He had no mercy, not even for his biological father. He would make their lives worse than death.

Sure enough, Jiang Nian shook the crimson liquid in the syringe as if testing its potency. That eerie smile appeared again on his calm face.

He raised the syringe and crouched down in front of Chen Shanmin and the others, facing their hateful, panicked glares. He spoke with chilling clarity:

“If you’re feeling pain, helplessness, despair, or hatred—or even the desire to die—amplify it a hundred times. Because I went through all of that for two years in my past life.”

“In that life, you did the cruelest things one human could do to another. You drained my blood, tested drugs on me, injected me, and cut me open. I was Chen Yue’s personal blood bag—his life extension tool—and your exclusive lab rat!”

“…”

Click! With that final statement—

Amid the women’s screams and the man’s curses, Jiang Nian dropped the syringe and stood up.

“A small kindness should be repaid with a smile, but murder deserves repayment a hundredfold. Chen Yue, tell them the truth! Tell them what your family did to me in our past life and everything that happened after you killed me. Otherwise, all of you will rot again and again!”

“Ugh…”

The three on the floor opened their mouths, their bodies trembling as they began coughing up blood.

Chen Shanmin struggled to turn toward Chen Yue.

“Xiao Yue, what is this? What does he mean by ‘revenge for a life’?”

“Dad…”

Chen Yue’s voice was hoarse and dry.

“I just wanted to live. Xia Weiwei and Base S were pulling the strings. It happened in the past life, and it’s happening again now…”

“…”

Jiang Nian ignored them and calmly walked over to the workbench. He pulled out a chair and sat down.

His revenge was done.

Honestly, it wasn’t as satisfying as he’d imagined. However, seeing the broken, pitiful faces of that family made the old, festering shadows in his heart begin to fade.

Brother Jing and the others had helped him heal in this life, and this revenge allowed him to settle old debts. More importantly, it cleared the way forward for him and his team.

“…”

Chen Yue sat silently, listening to his parents and sister sob. The sound overlapped in his head with Jiang Nian’s pleas for mercy from their previous life.

When the sobbing stopped and Jiang Nian walked over to Chen Lin with a syringe in hand, still wearing that cold, flat expression, Chen Yue finally lost it.

Tears of blood finally streamed from Chen Yue’s eyes.

“I’ll tell you!”

“Good.”

Jiang Nian turned and calmly returned to his chair.

Chen Yue glared at him, hatred burning in his eyes.

“You just want to know how Cheng Jing avenged you, don’t you? You want to hear how pathetic we became! Hahaha…”

“You guessed right. So talk carefully.”

Jiang Nian said, pulling out a recorder.

Chen Yue slumped, the struggle gone from his body. But his voice remained nasty and twisted.

“I’ll tell you, your boyfriend’s a pervert! Even after you turned into a zombie, he kept you. He recovered your crystal core and caught all of us who tortured you. Then, he fed us to zombies, one by one. Is that what you wanted to hear?!”

Jiang Nian: “…”