Summer night.
The cool breeze blows.
A blur of clouds in the high sky slowly covers the already dim moonlight.
Before Zhao Yue and the others could be startled by Chu River's words, darkness fell upon them—
The next moment, Chu River continued:
"Doesn't Mountain and Sea Star have an old saying?"
"Since you're here—then stay!"
He suddenly lifted his leg!
The girl's legs are long and straight, and after being washed by spiritual power, her physical fitness is incomparable.
At this moment, she came with a strong wind, moving so fast it's unimaginable!
Zhao Yue didn't even react, only feeling a sharp pain in his head, and a blackout, his entire body directly lying on the wet land by the river.
When he tried to move again, his vision blacked out, seeing stars. His brain was dizzy, as if his whole body was out of control, flopping helplessly on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
This sudden burst truly shocked the three girls beside him.
Chu Beibei has the most explosive temper, now both shocked and angry:
"You don't want to live—"
Before the words fell, Chu River was already grabbing her hair at the back of her head, directly smashing her onto the ground, grinding her into the soil a few times.
Chu Beibei, tall as she was, didn't even have time to struggle, but was directly thrown into confusion.
Chu River sneered:
"Some people want to live, but you didn't give her that chance."
At this moment, the weak her seemed like a demon in Shen Cui and Ren Ting's eyes!
The two hurriedly huddled together, retreating a step backward, timid and scared for the first time showing on their faces.
Chu River doesn't have that much patience.
To deal with such scum, her habit is to reason (physically) with them!
So she raised both hands, pressing on the back of the heads of the two, directly pushing them to the riverbank.
The surface of the water made a slight splashing sound.
…
Zhao Yue finally focused his eyes from nausea and pain, only to find that the girl, who was pressed into the river by them last night, was now pressing Ren Ting and Shen Cui identically into the water!
"Ah—!!!"
She was shocked, angry, and frightened, her first instinct was to run.
However, after struggling for a long time, she didn't know how she was hit; her limbs were still weak, moving slightly made her dizzy and nauseous!
Zhao Yue was scared to the point of tears.
The clouds scattered in the sky, at this moment Chu River was squatting by the river smiling, looking extremely like Zhao Yue last night!
However, the head under her hand seemed firmly fixed, unable to struggle from head to toe.
The terrifying gurgling sound from the water made Zhao Yue's mind crack—
Could she be next?
At this moment, she finally couldn't care about being secretive and shouted loudly:
"Are you going to kill people?"
…
She was quite clever, not directly yelling "help", fearing it would anger Chu River, who might then throw her into the river.
But this time, the cleverness of raising her voice didn't work.
The spiritual power had long spread, already covering this whole area tightly.
This hopeless feeling of calling out with no response is exactly what the original Chu River once felt.
Now, it's nothing more than repaying them in kind.
…
"How could it be?"
Chu River had already lost her smile, her expression was calm.
She forced her hands, pulling out the two half-dead people from the river.
Then casually tossed them, leaving them limp on the ground, no longer moving.
But if she let the other side off so easily, she wouldn't have climbed to the position of General—
She unceremoniously extended her foot, kicked Ren Ting and Shen Cui's stomachs respectively, the two suddenly raised their necks, choking out a sound, followed by gasping breaths.
Even choking and begging were too late.
Once the oxygen entered their bodies, clearing their minds slightly, Chu River's voice echoed in their ears again—
"Why would it be this easy? How could it be so cheap?"
"But don't worry, you guys know I'm good at math."
"A life divided among the four of you, none of you will die."
As she spoke, she lifted her foot and walked toward Zhao Yue.
At this point, Zhao Yue had sat up miserably, but seeing her approach was like witnessing a demon descending!
Unconsciously, she used her arms and legs to scoot backward, while crying in panic:
"Chu River, Little He, forgive me, please spare me! I didn't mean it!"
"It was them! They incited me!"
Ren Ting and Shen Cui stared at her, their eyes almost spewing fire in anger.
Clearly, it was Zhao Yue who had the means to arrange these matters for them!
…
But they didn't know, a life has already been lost, and this meaningless plea can't change anything.
Therefore, the demon in front of them only slightly raised its eyebrows, indifferently saying:
"My target is you guys, I'm not interested in who did more."
With that, she reached to lift Zhao Yue, pulling her hair as if with steel claws, and seemed to control her body in a way that made grabbing and scratching impossible.
Zhao Yue could only twist her body in despair and futility, attempting to escape.
But the next moment, overwhelming river water directly submerged her head.
"Mmm... gurgle gurgle..."
When the power at the back of her head finally relaxed, Zhao Yue strained to lift her head out of the river—in the midst of the repeated splashing sounds around her.
Only to see they were lined up, neck suspended, just a slight dip their faces would submerge into the river!
And the initiator seemed extremely pleased.
"Does the water of the Tianshui River have the taste of knowledge?"
…
Then she kicked, pressing Chu Beibei at the edge directly into the water.
Next, Ren Ting and Shen Cui followed suit.
Only Zhao Yue was given more attention—
The girl's cheap rubber shoe soles had already slightly cracked, now pressing on her head, making her unable to lift it up despite struggling desperately in the water.
Wanting to resist, yet unable to move at all.
—This demon!
—This deep night.
—This riverbank with no one watching…
Such despair.
Zhao Yue cried out in her heart:
—Is she going to die?
Is she going to die?!
If she had known, known back then not to pick on Chu River for that prank…
At the moment when consciousness was gradually dissipating, the force on her head suddenly relaxed.
Zhao Yue put all her strength into raising her head, finally leaving the water surface, only to have the chance to cough out tears and snot in distress, followed by deep breaths.
The other three were the same.
Yet after just two moments of deep breathing, the same force came, pushing the four one after another back into the water—
It's visibly impossible for two hands to press them all down, but they couldn't move at all.
And the voice of the demon clearly remained in their ears:
"Let me feel your will to survive. Is it as strong as mine was yesterday?"
…
The deep night has irrelevant message notifications, letting the phone screen tossed on the wet muddy ground light up briefly, clearly displaying the time as 1:30 am.
At this moment, Zhao Yue and the few by the river were already completely collapsed.
"Begging you, please..."
"I was wrong..."
"Spare me..."
Their bodies were miserably curled up by the chaotic riverbank, full of fear.
Never, never had they been so close to death!
And Chu River reached out her hand, gently touching Zhao Yue's temples and forehead, her gaze extremely focused.
"How could it be so cheap?"