Chapter 335: The Three Tests (2/2)

I watched anxiously as the remote control plane slowly approached but before I could breathe a sigh of relief, it shot up into the sky. ”Go to the roof!” I shouted.

We ran all the way to the top of the building, only to find the plane hovering at the edge. I instructed Dali to grab ahold of my body while I tried to reach for it. ”It’s too dangerous,” discouraged Dali.

”There’s no time left,” I urged. ”The five-minute limit given by Deng Chao is how much time the hostages have before being poisoned to death!”

Dali and several muscular boys held me from behind as my body suspended in mid-air. In truth, I was a little afraid of heights so looking down made me dizzy with fear and I was drenched in cold sweat.

Just as my fingers were about to touch the plane, it suddenly lost power and plunged straight down to the ground, the vials breaking into a thousand fragments. My heart sank violently like a plummet of lead.

”What a pity! Although you passed the test, you didn't manage to get the reward!” Deng Chao’s voice boomed from the speakers. “The next location is of great significance to you and me. It’s where we first met!”

I slammed my fist into the concrete floor, teeth gritted so hard I thought I might break my molars. ”That fucking bastard!!”

My knuckles were bleeding profusely. Frightened by my appearance, Dali comforted, ”Dude, don't blame yourself! You mustn’t give up!”

When we went back downstairs, the three boys had breathed their last. ”You killed them! It’s all your fault they died!” accused their professor. “You killed them, three people, three families! How will you answer for this? Are human lives a joke in your eyes?!”

I ignored him and walked away, resisting the impulse to lash at him. The professor caught up with me from behind, pulling me by my shirt. ”Say something! Didn't you promise to protect us? But look at what happened! The only one you protected is yourself!”

”Professor, please calm down!” persuaded Dali and the others.

By this point, fury was smoldering in my chest and my gloomy eyes were staring hard. The professor was startled by my expression.

Deng Chao’s plan was very meticulous, having pre-calculated every single one of our actions. If I continued to do as he asked, I would only walk right into his trap. If I wanted to turn things around, I had to preempt his actions.

”Is the lecture room where your first confrontation took place?” asked Dali.

”He should be referring to the lake!”

Earlier when I grabbed the sign, I noticed something in the grass by the lake, though I was too preoccupied to examine further. This time round, I walked over to pull something out from the grass. ”Ahhh, a dead body!” shouted the girls.

It was actually a life-sized mannequin with a hollowed torso and a letter within.

I opened the letter which read, ”This is your third test. Haven’t you always boasted of your proficiency in the human body structure? What you see before you is an empty torso. You need to find suitable organs from the surrounding area to fill up the torso and place it under the nearby camera within five minutes.”

“Dali, turn on your cell phone and keep talking. Look around with the others. I need to handle something!”

”Where are you going?” asked Dali.