Volume One, Chapter 16: Even Asleep, I Can Watch Over You

Clang!
Thud!
The sharp sound of a glass shattering was immediately followed by the thump of a person collapsing to the ground.

“Hmph, Feng Ling brother? Bah! You stinky brat, a country bumpkin will always be a country bumpkin. You think you deserve to drink my Lafite?”

Looking down at Qi Feng Ling lying motionless on the floor, Liu Qiang kicked him disdainfully several times.

“Brother Qiang~ Did I perform well just now?”

“Brother Qiang~ I made a huge sacrifice for you just now!” Seeing Qi Feng Ling unconscious, the two women quickly gathered around Liu Qiang, speaking in tones full of self-praise.

“Damn sluts, get out of my sight. Once I finish with him, I’ll deal with both of you properly,” Liu Qiang spat, though his attention was fully fixed on Qi Feng Ling on the ground.

“You two, quickly check if he still has any Awakening Beads on him.” Possibly intimidated by Qi Feng Ling’s speed and strength, even unconscious now, Liu Qiang still didn’t dare act recklessly.

Reluctantly, two of his underlings approached after seeing Liu Qiang’s grim expression.

After a thorough search,

“Big brother, this guy has nothing on him except this phone,” one underling said as he held up Qi Feng Ling’s phone.

“Damn brat, those Awakening Beads must be used up, or how could you have beaten me?” Liu Qiang sneered, kicking Qi Feng Ling again.

“So, big brother, what should we do now?”

“What else? He ate those Awakening Beads, so we’ll just eat him.” Liu Qiang sat at the dining table, ready to enjoy the untouched steak.

“Big brother! Big brother! Bad news, Ma Ge’s in trouble. Should we go check?” Before Liu Qiang could take a bite of his steak, a voice came from outside.

Qi Feng Ling recognized the voice clearly—it was the same person who had suddenly disappeared earlier.

Of course, Qi Feng Ling had sensed Liu Qiang’s problem and dared to drink the suspicious wine; it was impossible for him to be so easily knocked out.

[Name: Qi Feng Ling]
[Race: Awakener]
[Level: Intermediate Tier 1]
[Strength: 20]
[Agility: 20]
[Mental: 8/20]
[Constitution: 15/20]

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[Skills: Necromancer’s Summon, Necromancer’s Chant, Eye of the Necromancer Emperor, Necromancer’s Blood Sacrifice]

This was Qi Feng Ling’s current state. Liu Qiang was ruthless, but fortunately, Qi Feng Ling had reached Intermediate Tier 1.

Otherwise, after drinking that wine, his mental strength would have dropped to zero, leaving him completely at their mercy.

“What’s all the shouting? I’m not deaf. Speak up, what happened to Ma Ge?” Liu Qiang’s tone suggested Ma Ge was someone of importance, though Liu Qiang seemed to have no respect for him.

“Oh! Ma Ge took people to find the Awakening Beads this morning, but they didn’t find any. On the way back, he encountered zombies…”

“Stop stammering! We’ve seen zombies before. Why are you so scared?” Liu Qiang’s irritation grew with the hesitation of his underling.

“But, but Ma Ge said those zombies could talk, and guns couldn’t even hurt them. And…”

“Finish your sentence in one go, or I’ll kill you right now!” Liu Qiang’s anger flared at the timid manner of his underling.

“And those zombies were accompanied by another one—two meters tall with four heads. If Ma Ge hadn’t reacted quickly, and if two brothers hadn’t fought desperately, Ma Ge would have died,” the underling described vividly, as if reliving the scene himself.

“Alright, alright. Do you even believe what you’re saying? Four heads? Why not three heads and six arms while you’re at it?” Liu Qiang scoffed impatiently.

“Enough! Did Ma Ge say anything else?” Liu Qiang asked, displeased as he took a bite of his steak.

“He said, ‘How’s the search for the Awakening Beads going? No matter what, you have to go down and find me.’”

Clatter!

“Damn Ma Zhuang! Getting slaughtered by zombies and still ordering me around? If you didn’t have a gun, you’d be dead by my hand already,” Liu Qiang shouted, throwing his plate onto the floor.

The seemingly delicious steak fell to the ground, and one of the underlings swallowed his saliva greedily.

It seemed Liu Qiang wasn’t very kind to them; though he provided them with food, the quality was not guaranteed.

On the floor, Qi Feng Ling heard everything clearly. The talking zombie mentioned was probably a Corpse Hawk;

As for the four-headed zombie beside the Corpse Hawk, a bad premonition rose in Qi Feng Ling’s heart.

Moreover, Ma Zhuang seemed familiar from Qi Feng Ling’s memories of his past life.

……

“Phew! You, you, and you, bring that brat along. We’re going down,” Liu Qiang ordered after a deep breath.

“B-big brother, what if this guy wakes up halfway?” The underlings knew Qi Feng Ling’s power firsthand; they stammered out their fear.

“What’s there to fear? I gave him three times the dose of sedative. Even a cow would sleep for three days on that,” Liu Qiang said confidently.

Just as Qi Feng Ling had guessed, Liu Qiang was smart—considering Qi Feng Ling might be an Awakener, he gave him a lethal dose for ordinary humans.

With Liu Qiang’s words, the underlings dared not argue and carried Qi Feng Ling toward the inner room.

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The Eye of the Necromancer Emperor was indeed powerful. Even with his eyes closed, Qi Feng Ling could see everything clearly around him.

Liu Qiang did not bring Qi Feng Ling back the way they came but led him to another room deeper inside.

The world of the wealthy was truly beyond his understanding!

Inside this skyscraper was a large secret chamber, and even more astonishingly, a private elevator;

The key point was that this elevator still worked when the external ones did not—such was the power of money!

The five entered the elevator, and Liu Qiang pressed the button for the ninth floor.

Seeing this, Qi Feng Ling’s heart settled somewhat.

This internal elevator only had four floors accessible—9, 14, 23, and 34.

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