The Death List Novel - Chapter 718
Chapter 718 Choice
The hunter’s good dynamic vision allowed Qin Lun to instantly see the body of this slender black figure. This was the poodle’s dog leash!
It turned out that after the container truck overturned, although it dodged the puppy, its “derailment” triggered a chain reaction.
A red Ferrari coming from behind Qin Lun did not avoid the frightened puppy. When it smashed into the puppy, it also broke the slender metal dog chain and flew out, slashing towards Qin Lun who had jumped onto the roof like a life-threatening flying rope.
The dog chain was close at hand, and after giving him tremendous kinetic energy, it made it almost impossible for Qin Lun to dodge it effectively. He only had time to lift the bag in his hand when he felt a chill on his right cheek. After stopping, a fiery stinging pain finally came from his cheeks.
Qin Lun’s body stiffened on the carriage, his heart beating uncontrollably. For a moment, he really felt the aura of death enveloping him.
The skin on his right face slowly opened up a bloody mouth. Blood condensed from the wound into beads and slid down his cheek. Qin Lun’s right pupils slid to the edge of his eye sockets, revealing only a small portion of his pupils.
He leaned sideways like this, his expression stiff. He stared at the dog chain that had cracked the brick wall with a strange corner of his eyes, as if it was a viper that could jump up and devour others at any time.
Qin Lun’s bag in front of him had already been cut in half, and its cross-section was as smooth as if it had been cut by a paper cutter.
The tablet in the briefcase was also the same fate. The existence of the briefcase and tablet caused the metal dog chain to change direction slightly. Otherwise, the thing that was split into two in that instant would probably be his neck.
No matter what he thought, a dog chain broken by a car could not possess this kind of power. The only explanation was the mysterious power that caused the Boeing airliner to explode for no reason.
Qin Lun recalled what had just happened and quickly ruled out the possibility of a man-made disaster. “Are you being targeted? The law of karma? The line of fate …”
He had decided to get off the plane temporarily, so it was naturally impossible for an enemy to arrange a car accident to deal with this. Besides, the thing that was really fatal to him in the car accident was the dog leash. Even large terminals couldn’t be controlled precisely, let alone arranged by humans.
Another reason his adrenaline secreted so much was that the mysterious power that could temporarily affect the law of cause and effect was not something that could be arranged by the standards of an ordinary person, but based on his true physical abilities.
If the container truck was targeting Chris, who was originally the agent Qin Lun had taken away, then there was no point in repairing the dog chain. Only by clearly understanding Qin Lun’s body attributes and being endowed with great power could a dog leash be considered the ultimate killing move.
“Hahaha, this is interesting!” Qin Lun’s body slowly relaxed. He ignored the amazing people gathered around him and stood on the roof of the carriage. He covered his face with one hand and let out a burst of wild laughter.
“The person that Hill found must have been a Samsara. Perhaps it was during the previous space war that he entered the Shattered Star System.” After the car accident, Qin Lun did not stay where he was. Instead, he quickly left the scene and wandered the streets alone.
“If my premonition isn’t wrong, then this person must have been involved in the destruction of the Light Party. That’s why he appeared in the Gospel World.”
One of the Three Ambassadors of Devil’s horn, the Order-keeping Front, was in danger because one of the pillars of the alliance, the Brightness Party, had been annihilated in the space war. It was precisely for this reason that the Lost Party turned to Qin Lun and the others for help, letting him lead them into the Gospel World.
Of course, Qin Lun had many doubts about that person. For example, why did that person help Hill and the others, and why did he hide from himself in the Gospel World.
Back then, the four great guilds of the Gospel World had fought each other in the Civil War. Chaos Alliance, Holy Light Team, and Qin Lun had all fought each other, but the other guild of Apostle, who was assigned to the Heathmelles’ side, was still shrouded in a fog.
Although most of the members of the team had been defeated in the final battle, their leader had never appeared, causing Qin Lun to feel puzzled.
He had originally thought that since that person could destroy the Faith, there should be a great enemy behind him. However, after entering the Angel’s Ruins Plane, Palanto, that person had never appeared, and his guild had hardly caused any trouble for the other three guilds.
After passing through the airport and the two dangerous scenes just now, Qin Lun obtained more information. Not only did he now know part of that person’s information, he had also determined why they had lured him into this mission world.
There was an extremely strange and mysterious power in this mission world. Based on current intelligence, it could affect the law of karma to a certain extent, which was commonly known as “fate.” In the end, it could even be called “bad luck” or “death luck”.
This law of cause and effect often occurs without warning. Or rather, this omen is hidden in normal events, and the target does not see any subtle changes before the accident.
It was as if Qin Lun had just been in a car accident. Could it be that he hadn’t noticed the storm? No oncoming container trucks? Didn’t you find the middle-aged woman’s pet dog behind you? No red Ferrari at least a hundred meters behind?
No, of course Qin Lun saw these things. However, these were all very normal things that did not attract the slightest attention. But when they were put together, they turned into seamless murder props.
The accident did not happen abruptly, and could be deduced as far back as the beginning of the rainfall half an hour ago. However, the reaction time it gave Qin Lun was almost in milliseconds. Even the plane crash at the airport was the same.
This kind of murder according to the law of cause and effect largely ignored Apostle’s combat ability and personal strategy, placing the vast majority of middle-and low-level professionals on the same starting line.
Seriously, compared to other Apostle and Samsara cultivators, people like Qin Lun and Hill were much weaker. They were good at borrowing opportunities. As long as they had a certain amount of buffer time, they could rely on the storyline forces in their hands to contend against a large team.
However, it was useless for this world to borrow this opportunity. No matter how powerful it was, it would not be able to stop the “murder of fate”.
Thus, in this world, Apostle and Samsara instinctively gather along the storyline. In a few hours, in two or three days, all Samsara and Apostle would be gathered in one place.
The reason was very simple. The more companions one had, the higher the probability of discovering a change in the law of causality. For example: the plane crash at the airport. Although it was only a coincidence that Qin Lun was able to avoid the plane crash, it was also related to his unwillingness to ride in such a helpless aircraft.
Sometimes, the target of the death omen could not detect small changes, but his companions were often able to detect them in time because of their different personal habits, thus saving his life.
With this thought, the reason why Hill and the others chose this world came out. They wanted to force Qin Lun out and join up with the others.
What should we do? There was a faint smile on Qin Lun’s face, and there was some contradiction in his heart. On the one hand, he was very interested in the person who Hill had asked for help and wanted to take a look. On the other hand, he didn’t want them to be so happy. It seemed like it was interesting for him to continue to hide and seek wisdom and courage.
“There are a total of seven days left in this world. Let’s wait and see for a few days.”
In the end, Qin Lun still made a decision. Challenging that mysterious power alone made his heart surge. The excitement of dancing on the wire triumphed over other curiosity, and he wanted to play on his own first.
“Then let’s test the extent of this mysterious power’s coverage first!” Qin Lun rolled his eyes and immediately came up with an idea.
From the looks of it, this mysterious force was extremely powerful within the city. With the development of science and technology, the use of energy and machinery in the human world, there are almost everywhere in the city without the potential for death.
It was like water and electricity, food and beverage, transportation, anything that humans could not do without food, shelter and transportation. These things can be seen everywhere in the city. They are products of modern civilization that serve mankind, but when combined, they can also become murder props.
Not to mention how to turn water, electricity and transportation vehicles into killing props, even food and beverage were terrifying. There were many chemical additives inside, and some of them were the best poisons as long as their doses were slightly different.
Even Qin Lun was unwilling to face such a situation, who could endure not eating for a week? Not to mention going to a restaurant for dinner, even buying some vacuum-packed food at a convenience store could be poisonous after deterioration.
Therefore, Qin Lun immediately decided to leave New York and go to a place where there weren’t so many artifacts.
The United States has a lot of land and resources, and there are really many places like this. For example, there are forest parks in every city.
Of course, large national forest parks were generally located in the western states of the United States, but not in the eastern ones. For example: the famous Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Olympic, Yosemite, Redwood and other national forest parks.
Kieran searched for a long time on the tourist map and finally found the nearest primeval forest park in New York, Arcadia Forest Park in Maine.
Although New York is more than a thousand kilometers away from Arcadia in a straight line, the United States has a well-developed road network and can still reach Arcadia in less than 12 hours by car.
Acadia National Park covers an area of nearly 200 square kilometers and is the smallest national park in the United States.
This is a spherical island with only a slender continental bridge connecting the continent’s glacial landform. There are large areas of primeval pine forests, clear freshwater glacial lakes, and the highest peak on the Atlantic coast, the Cadillac Mountains.
It is the northeasternmost United States, bordering Canada. It has coasts, shellfish beaches, forests, lakes, fjords, and wildlife of all kinds. Although there were a lot of tourists, it could be said that it was the least artificial, closest to New York, and most suitable for probing the mysterious power of nature.