Chapter Fifty: Destroying the Withered and Decaying

  "Up! Beat this kid to death!" After Chu Yan knocked down the long-haired man with one punch, the eighteen or nineteen thugs who had surrounded him suddenly swarmed up like a beehive, of course, most of them were empty-handed, and a few in the front held unfinished beer bottles.

  "Close your eyes." Chu Yan pulled Mo Xiuyao into his arms, shielding her from the hail of gunfire. With a swift kick, he sent one of the thugs crashing to the ground, then spun Mo Xiuyao around in front of him and delivered another kick, shattering a beer bottle in a thug's hand. Next, he pounced on the thug, sending him tumbling to the ground with a single punch.

  At the same time, Mo Xiuyao's body also tilted down, and Chu Yan happened to stretch out his hand to support Mo Xiuyao's arched back after finishing this attack. Then, he gently exerted force to lift Mo Xiuyao up, and immediately afterwards, like a flash of lightning, he continuously kicked the surrounding thugs with a series of whip kicks, knocking down all the thugs holding weapons!!

  The gap in strength was huge, and after getting rid of the thugs who might have threatened Mo Xiuyao, Chu Yan finally let loose, plunging into the group of thugs, punching and kicking them like chopping vegetables, putting all the remaining dozen or so thugs to the ground!!

  "Alright, it's done. How is it? Are you satisfied with this time's handling?" Looking around at the thugs who couldn't get up again, Chu Yan smiled and walked to Mo Xi Yao's side. This little girl didn't listen to Chu Yan's words; when he told her to close her eyes, she stared widely instead, even when Chu Yan was dragging her to dance while fighting, she had been staring around with wide eyes.

  Stunned, Mo Xiuyao watched as Chu Yan took down twenty thugs with ease, her small mouth slightly agape. She had heard from her best friend, Wan Caoni, that Chu Yan's skills were terrifying, but she had never quite grasped the concept until now, when she witnessed it firsthand.

  The man in front of her brought a shocking sweep, not only to Mo Xi Yao but also to the surrounding crowd, who were all stunned. After the initial shock, more people felt fortunate and delighted, as they had been wanting to enter the shooting range but were intimidated by the long-haired men. They stood aside, watching and waiting for them to finish so that they could take their children and grandchildren in to play afterwards.

  "Damn it! I want to make him my master!" The crowd was abuzz with discussion, but Tie Dan, who was standing next to Ye Lu, stared at Chu Yan with wide eyes, his gaze fixed on him. Chu Yan's lightning-fast attack earlier had made Tie Dan, who had a somewhat violent personality, blurt out an obscenity.

  To be honest, before Chu Yan made a move, he really didn't think much of him. In terms of height, Tie Dan was nearly 1.9 meters tall, half a head taller than Chu Yan. As for physique, Tie Dan had been fond of martial arts since childhood and had a muscular build that was honed from years of training with sticks. If it came to fighting ability, Tie Dan still had absolute confidence in his heart that he could take down Chu Yan, of course, this was his previous line of thinking.

  When Chu Yan's attack landed on Zhang Ma's body, Tie Dan's mind had already changed. Although Zhang Ma was a bit of a scoundrel, he had climbed up from the lowest level of society step by step, and even had several lives in his hands. If he really wanted to be ruthless, whether it was beating people or being beaten, he was a top-notch fighter.

  But Chu Yan's attack was a huge surprise to Tie Dan, judging from the naked eye, Zhang Maoqi's body was twisted into that shape, basically this kid's ribs were almost scrapped for the rest of his life, let alone going out to pick up girls, it's likely he'll have trouble even getting out of bed, if he's lucky he might survive with his life, if not, his ribs could puncture his lungs and he could die directly.

  Within the next minute, nearly twenty thugs were all knocked to the ground by Chu Yan's attack, and not a single one could get back up. In other words, the purpose of Chu Yan's attack was to make his opponents lose their ability to resist. "This kind of person is too ruthless!!"

  What the heck is going on in Tiedan's mind, I have no idea. All he knows is that since he has taken this first step, there's no turning back now. Although Zhao Ge's influence only extends to one street, this guy is someone that neither the underworld nor the law enforcement in Nanshan City wants to deal with or finds a headache. The reason is simple - this kid's network of relationships is just too complicated.

  "Let's go, find Medicine Ball Strong, next one, take care of him." Seeing Mo Xi Yao had already taken out her phone and excitedly called the police in the crowd, Wild Donkey and Iron Egg turned around and left the crowd separately.

  "That's right, someone was teasing me and even made a move on me, but my bodyguards took them down in self-defense. I think you'd enjoy having these people as guests at the police station. That's all." Hanging up the phone, Mo Xiuyao dragged Chu Yan to the shooting range owner who had been scared silly and said, "Here are two tickets, let's go in."

  They threw down the tickets, and Chu Yan and Mo Xiuyao entered the shooting range under the gaze of the crowd. In the crowd, a bespectacled figure couldn't help but shrink his head, and casually sent the video recorded on his phone to the internet, with an extremely lewd name "A Pink Ear Mushroom Triggers a Bloody Explosion Case."

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  As they entered the arena, Chu Yan and Mo Xiuyao followed the prompts to arrive at the first level of the two-player game. The first level was relatively simple, with twenty hidden targets in the passageway that would only pop out after both players stepped on pre-set pressure plates. Moreover, the enemies were not just stiff zombies, but rather vivid and dynamic bandits, some of whom even held hostages. If they carelessly shot down a target without considering the hostage, their score would be directly deducted to zero.

  For each valid target hit within the time limit, 10 points are awarded. If a civilian is mistakenly killed, 100 points will be deducted. If a hostage is mistakenly killed, the score will be cleared to zero. All rewards are tied to the score, and after the game ends, the final score is used to determine the reward level.

  Of course, the rewards are not very good, they are all some plush toys, the biggest one is a giant teddy bear, it's about 1.5 meters tall, and for most children and women, its appeal is undeniable.

  The two-player game has a total of ten levels, with each level increasing in difficulty. The final level requires the rescue of three hostages within a set time limit; failure to do so will result in the largest Teddy bear being unattainable.

  Mo Xiuyao's goal was that largest prize, in fact, not only her, but all the people who came here to play were rushing for that Teddy bear. However, since the shooting range opened on its first day until now, the Teddy bear has only been taken away once. It's worth knowing that this shooting range has been open for seven years.

  "Ready?" Chu Yan looked at Mo Xiuyao, who was fully armed and equipped, and raised the paintball gun in his hand. Mo Xiuyao nodded excitedly and took the lead, charging into the gate first.

  The paintball gun is loaded with prototype rubber bullets, not paintballs. This allows for a relatively large impact force when hitting the target, which in turn causes the pressure sensing system installed inside the target to record an effective score.

  Watching the excited Mo Xiuyao, Chu Yan closely followed behind. After entering the level, Mo Xiuyao had already rushed out five or six meters away. The first target had popped up and was easily taken down by Mo Xiuyao. With her first shot successfully hitting the target, Mo Xiuyao's heart surged with pride. Her paintball gun continuously fired rubber bullets, although her accuracy rate was somewhat low.

  After all, the good luck of a newcomer won't always follow Mo Xiuyao, while Chu Yan sped up to arrive in front of Mo Xiuyao "Be careful with your shots, or you'll run out of bullets and have to wait until after this level to replenish them."

  "What? Why didn't you say so earlier?" Mo Xiuyao saw that the target was always set to continuous fire when shooting, and there were only 20 bullets in the first level's paintball gun. There was no refill of ammunition, and to get a refill, one had to hit ten targets in a row, all of which had to be hits on the designated vital areas. Only then would the computer award a prize of a clip with 10 bullets, which would pop out from the designated prize area. Otherwise, one could only wait for the level to end.

  When Chu Yan reminded him, Mo Xiuyao had just finished the last bullet and then the paintball gun announced that it was temporarily scrapped. There were no bullets, and the paintball gun could only make empty noises. Looking at the remaining half of the levels that hadn't been completed, Mo Xiuyao's eyes directly locked onto Chu Yan's gun.

  "There are still twenty bullets left in the gun, do you have confidence to hit all the remaining targets within one and a half minutes?" Chu Yan had not fired his gun since he came in, all the targets that appeared were shot down by Mo Xiuyao's machine-like shooting.

  "Got it!!" Mo Xiuyao didn't even think about it and directly snatched the gun from Chu Yan, then threw her empty gun into Chu Yan's hands. Afterwards, she turned around and quickly ran forward. Every time a target appeared, Mo Xiuyao would stop in her tracks, then carefully aim, making sure to take precise aim before firing.

  Even so, when the last target rose up, Mo Xiuyao's gun was still out of bullets, which means that these two people didn't even pass the first level and it was already "game over"!

  "Chu Yan came to Mo Xiuyao's side, smiling at her with a faint smile on his face. The failure of their first trial didn't seem to have much impact on Chu Yan."

  "Let's go." Chu Yan didn't comfort Mo Xiuyao with words, but instead walked over and gently patted her shoulder, then put his arm around her shoulders and headed outwards. The two of them had just returned to the starting point of the first trial when a loud, ear-piercing voice rang out behind them.

  "Haha! Look, those two idiots can't even pass the first level. Hey, little sister, do you want me to teach you how to play with guns? Your boyfriend's gun seems useless!!"