“AHHH!”
Brother Li’s limbs had all been chopped off, and he could only wriggle on the ground, screaming in agony.
“Damn it! Why does it hurt so much more this time than before? Ahhh!”
Brother Li had died before, but it had never been as excruciating as this time. Usually, he would automatically respawn when he reached the threshold of fear.
Slash!
A massive blade swept down, cutting open Brother Li’s fragile chest, revealing his pulsating innards.
“ARGHHH!!!”
Brother Li’s voice had become hoarse from screaming. The inhuman pain contorted his features, and tears and mucus flowed uncontrollably. He was on the brink of losing his human form.
The tall and stoic Judge ignored Brother Li’s agonized screams. Instead, he reached out and extracted foul-smelling organs from Brother Li’s mutating abdomen.
Slosh. Blood sprayed everywhere, and Brother Li was bathed in his own blood. Blood-red flesh grew densely around his severed limbs, turning him into a grotesque monster.
His human psyche was devoured by the corruption of the island, and he soon stopped breathing.
Meanwhile, Brother Li’s companions had long disappeared without a trace.
The Judge didn’t know if his actions had resolved Yao Ye’s resentment. He turned to look at Yao Ye, who had been standing behind him all along, carefully assessing Yao Ye’s emotions.
Surprisingly, Yao Ye’s emotions were much stronger than the Judge had imagined.
Tears streamed down his face, and he immediately threw himself into the arms of the hulking figure. Due to the difference in height, he could only quiver while hugging the giant’s waist.
“Thank you… I’m so sorry, it’s my fault you got hurt…”
Yao Ye cried bitterly, like a helpless child.
He couldn’t bear the thought of losing someone who cared about him.
Yao Ye knew that he had nothing left. If he lost this one friend, he would truly be all alone.
The hulking figure was the only one who had extended a helping hand during his most difficult moments, even agreeing to his unreasonable requests. For Yao Ye, that was significant.
On this strange and eerie island, Yao Ye couldn’t even see a glimmer of hope for survival prior to encountering the hulking figure.
He knew he had been pampered and had low resilience, but he had never expected to be this fragile. A mere two days here had driven him to the verge of a breakdown. Yao Ye felt like he had lived half a lifetime. Everything had changed drastically.
The world’s malice had descended upon him, and he couldn’t bear it.
The hulking figure was now his only friend, and if this last friend of his left him, Yao Ye didn’t know how much longer he could hold on. He might even instantly go mad.
Yao Ye sobbed and clung tightly to the hulking figure.
He had once thought he was very likable, that all the elders and friends would welcome him with smiles.
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The Judge, watching Yao Ye embracing him, sighed silently and wanted to comfort Yao Ye by touching his hair. But when he looked at his own blood-soaked hands, he withdrew them with a heavy heart.
It was too dirty.
The Judge didn’t want to touch Yao Ye with such filthy hands.
Yao Ye noticed the Judge’s action and understood his thoughts.
“It’s okay… You’re not dirty. You could never be dirty.”
Yao Ye pulled the Judge’s hand back down and gently laid his cheek upon it.
He lightly nudged against the Judge’s blood-stained hand, not caring about the red stains on his face. He closed his eyes, showing a sweet smile of contentment.
“Thank you, big guy.”
The young man with black hair and black eyes looked like a cat, nuzzling into the Judge’s palm. His fair and tender cheek bore red marks, adding a unique charm.
The Judge stared dumbfounded at Yao Ye, who had never shown such a soft side of himself before. His mind went blank.
“…No need to thank me.” After a long silence, the usually tongue-tied Judge finally managed to utter a sentence.
Yao Ye opened his eyes, still holding the Judge’s hand. His eyes sparkled, deeply moving.
“Being friends with you, big guy, is the best thing in the world.”
Hearing Yao Ye’s “confession,” the Judge felt his heart beating abnormally. It had always been quiet—so quiet that it hardly beat at all.
He looked at Yao Ye’s radiant face, feeling the urge to hug him. However, he thought it might be inappropriate and disrespectful to Yao Ye.
The Judge, who had never been in a relationship before, didn’t know how to act. He was torn between his insecurities and overflowing love.
But in the end, he couldn’t resist crouching down, extending his hand, and gently touching Yao Ye’s cheek, saying softly, “I’ll help you get rid of the others.”
The Judge enjoyed seeing Yao Ye so happy, and he wanted to see more of it.
As long as he eliminated those outsiders who had angered Yao Ye, he would make Yao Ye happy.
Yao Ye was taken aback for a moment, his fingers brushing over the Judge’s already healed wounds. He looked dejected.
“You can leave them alone if they have the ability to hurt you.”
Compared to those despicable thugs, this hulking man was far more important to Yao Ye.
The Judge remained silent, trying to figure out how to explain to Yao Ye that he had thick skin, wasn’t afraid of bullets, and that he could easily snuff out those outsiders’ lives like candles in strong wind.
“…I can kill them,” the Judge finally assured.
“But you’ll get hurt…”
Yao Ye shuddered at the thought of the earlier scene. He clung to the Judge’s arm, his voice carrying a hint of a sob.
The big guy might be strong, but he was still human, right? How could a human withstand bullets?
What if one of those shots had hit his heart? It would have been all over.
Hearing Yao Ye’s words, the Judge began to carefully word his explanation, thinking about how to reveal the fact that he wasn’t human and didn’t have a heart.
“…I have no heart,” the Judge replied after a long silence.
Hearing this, Yao Ye was evidently bewildered.
He reached out and placed his hand on the Judge’s broad chest, and felt the muscular chest under the bandages. For some inexplicable reason, he blushed and said softly, “But your heart is beating.”
Rapidly, in fact.
Yao Ye admired the well-built physique of the gigantic figure as he touched the other’s defined chest muscles. The big guy had an excellent physique. His muscles, with a resilient firmness, couldn’t be concealed by the bandages.
As Yao Ye touched him, his hands started wandering again. He had no idea why he was behaving this way. Consequently, his face reddened even more.
Feeling Yao Ye’s hand moving around on his chest, the Judge’s heart started to beat even faster. He remained silent, unsure of how to explain.
He had no idea why this utterly useless piece of flesh had started beating again.
The Judge was not one to waste words and hadn’t spoken for a long time, so his ability to express himself had diminished significantly. He could only look at Yao Ye helplessly.
Yao Ye continued to persuade the Judge not to go, fearing that he would get hurt, chattering away like a sparrow.
“Come on, I’ll take you to find them.”
After a brief exchange of glances with Yao Ye, the silent hulking figure spoke in a low voice.
He then scooped up Yao Ye, lifting him into his arms.
Yao Ye was stunned.
His arms instinctively snaked around the large man’s neck as he was suddenly lifted off the ground. Crimson crept up his face.
“Wait! What are you doing? I’m not a child! Put me down! Quickly!”
The Judge didn’t know how to explain himself, so he carried Yao Ye while ignoring his protests.
Yao Ye struggled for a moment but saw the determination in the hulking figure’s eyes and reluctantly gave up. He leaned against him, pouting in resignation. “What if you get hurt again? I’ll be worried.”
Thump! In a moment of inattention, the hulking figure walked right into a tree. Leaves and broken branches fell down in a cascade.
The Judge quickly protected Yao Ye in his arms, so Yao Ye didn’t feel the impact at all.
“…”
With a head full of leaves and branches, the Judge continued trudging forward in silence.
Yao Ye suppressed a laugh and reached out to help remove the debris from the Judge’s black, shoulder-length hair.
The hulking figure was adorable at times.
“…They are right ahead.” One hand held Yao Ye, the other gripped a long knife, and the Judge spoke calmly.
Yao Ye removed a large leaf from the Judge’s head and instinctively followed his gaze. He soon spotted a small town shrouded in mist coming into view.
“Is this…?” Yao Ye widened his eyes, feeling that this place was eerily familiar.
The Judge continued forward into the town. As Yao Ye looked at the familiar street scenes, memories from his youth began to resurface.
He remembered now. Wasn’t this the town where Yuan Ping lived?
So, this island didn’t just contain the slaughterhouse; it also had this town?
Everything had been duplicated?
Yao Ye incredulously observed everything before him, beginning to doubt if this island was just him hallucinating before his death.
“…They’re over there.”
The Judge’s voice, muffled by the bandages, sounded deep but possessed a unique magnetism.
Yao Ye couldn’t make sense of the situation and had a head full of suspicions. Upon hearing the big guy’s words, he looked in the direction indicated and indeed saw some familiar faces not far away.
They were the companions of Brother Li, who had escaped earlier. Due to the thick fog enveloping the surroundings, those people remained unaware of their presence and were arguing vehemently.
The girl with pink hair paced around with a dejected expression, her face full of despair.
“We’re screwed. We’ve completely lost our way. We can’t find the way out… When night falls, we’re done for!”
The pink-haired girl was afraid of pain, so she was particularly melancholic.
Dollar furrowed his brow, dissatisfied with the girl’s pessimism. “It’s not even nighttime yet, and it’s not time for us to leave yet. If we leave now, we might run straight into the Judge!”
The pink-haired girl glared at Dollar and shrieked, “I’m afraid that by the time we meet the Judge, it’ll be too late, and we’ll all be buried here!”
“Speaking of which, this is all your fault! If you hadn’t tied up that pretty boy at the beginning, we wouldn’t have attracted his attention!”
“You’re blaming us now? Weren’t you the one who agreed to the plan in the first place? Who could have known the Judge was gay? He actually went for that pretty boy’s ass!”
Dollar was also in a bad mood, and he felt guilty about having his bro die right before his eyes.
Yao Ye, who had heard this entire conversation, was speechless.
It was clearly brotherly love, but these thugs were twisting it into something else. Expecting these goons to speak well was like expecting a dog to spit out ivory.
They’re interactions are so cute!! I can’t wait till Yao Ye realizes the Judge is Yuan Ping!
Lol, he says brotherly love but was already starting to feel up Yuan Ping’s chest