Chapter 10 (1/2)

The road from Suzhou to Shanghai was blocked. Before accelerating to a high speed, Tang Mo had to push two vehicles that were blocking the road.

Yes, he pushed the cars away alone.

After the black tower incident, Tang Mo discovered that his physical condition and psychological qualities had greatly improved.

Let’s look at the change in physical conditions. His strength increased, his eyesight improved, his recovery capacity increased and his skin became as hard as iron.

When Qian Sankun allowed Tang Mo to open the trunk to get his clothes, Tang Mo had deliberately tested the hardness of his skin against the trunk’s lock. The palm of the hand was one of the most delicate parts of a human body. The sharp lock moved across his palm but there was no wound or even pain. Therefore, Tang Mo decisively decided to fight Qian Sankun. It was precisely because of this increase in physical condition that Qian Sankun’s knife failed to cut through his calf to his bones, only leaving a trace of blood.

In addition, there was the improvement in psychological quality.

Tang Mo had never won a certificate of merit as a student but he also never did anything bad. He wasn’t a petty thief and was too lazy to cheat on exams.

This was the first time he had killed someone. It might be self-defense and an accident, but he had killed Qian Sankun.

Yet apart from the momentary panic and helplessness, he soon calmed down and thought about what to do next.

He didn’t know whether he had become cold-blooded because of the change in his body or if this was actually him.

Tang Mo looked at the book in the passenger seat before shifting his gaze back to the front and continuing to drive.

Due to the need to clear the road, the one hour drive was stretched out. The sky was the white of dawn when Tang Mo just entered the boundary of Shanghai. He was two kilometres away from the toll station when he saw seven cars rear-ended and blocking the highway.

Tang Mo got off and touched a car.

Creak.

There was the loud and clear sound of tires moving across the ground. The seven cars were seriously collided. The front four cars had been crushed while the fend in the middle of the expressway was crooked. Tang Mo moved from the back car towards the front car. He exhausted half his strength and finally reached the first car.

“A luxury car?” Tang Mo laughed loudly.

The first car was a Maserati sports car. The fiery red body was smashed. A luxury car was hit like this. The tires were stuck and not rolling around.

The cold winter wind blew as Tang Mo forcibly pushed the Maserati. He prepared to open the door of his car when he suddenly stopped moving and turned. “Who?”

The only answer was the rustling of wind.

Tang Mo didn’t open the door. He stood by the car with his finger pressed to the match tattoo on his wrist. He coldly asked again, “Who’s there?”

There was still no one.

Tang Mo wasn’t in a hurry as he stepped towards the pushed Maserati. He placed his feet lightly and his body was tense as he remained alert to possible changes. He placed his hand on the Maserati’s damaged body and was about to pull it open. Then he heard a trembling voice. “Don’t, I…I’m coming out. I’ll come out myself. I mean no harm.”

Tang Mo raised his head and looked at the young man who walked out from behind the Maserati.

It was a black-haired young man with a height of 180cm, wearing a thin white shirt and jeans. His clothes were torn and stained with blood. He had several injuries on his body but they were scarred and no longer bleeding.

In the cold wind, the man’s lips were purple and his hands trembled as he raised them. He walked out of the car and watched Tang Mo in a horrified manner.

“I’m the owner of this car. I don’t have any ulterior motives. I saw you earlier. If I was going to attack you, I would’ve done it when you were pushing the cars.”

Tang Mo watched him for a moment before asked, “Why didn’t I find you when I was pushing the car?”

The young man explained, “I was hiding under the highway. It is too cold here. The area with grass is a little warmer. I was driving back to Shanghai from Nanjing yesterday morning. I had just arrived in Shanghai when the car behind me suddenly crashed into me. When I woke up, I found myself thrown out of the car window. However, I wasn’t dead. Then I discovered…” There was a hint of fear on his face. “I found no one in the rear-ended car. There wasn’t even a drop of blood!”

Tang Mo looked at him indifferently and didn’t relax his vigilance. “They have disappeared. You might’ve been unconscious due to the car accident and missed the black tower announcing the start of the game. Now there are less than 500 million people left in the world. The others…” Tang Mo pointed to the rear-ended cars. “They had disappeared.”

The young man’s eyes widened in fright and he froze in the cold. He looked at the cars who rear-ended him before looking back at Tang Mo and whispering, “My family is in Shanghai. You are going to Shanghai. You…can you take me? I saw that you are strong enough to push these cars out of the way. I will give you how every much money you want if you give me a ride.”

Tang Mo heard these words and smiled softly.

The young man was bewildered.

Tang Mo replied, “I am going to Shanghai. It doesn’t matter if I give you a ride. But do you think that money is still useful in this world?”

The young man was startled and his face gradually whitened. It seemed that he only just understood what type of world this had become.

Tang Mo got into his car and the young man got into the passenger seat. Tang Mo quietly lifted the book on the seat and put it on his side. He had just placed the book when it slowly disappeared. Tang Mo was a little surprised but quickly regained his calm. Then he drove with the youth to Shanghai.

“My name is Li Wen.” The young man wrapped himself in the coat Tang Mo lent him and said with a shiver, “Thank you. I just woke up less than two hours ago and ran to the front toll booth. However, no one was there. I didn’t know what to do and returned to my car. It wasn’t long until I saw you. You really have a lot of strength. My windbreaker was in the car but the car was crushed. I couldn’t get it out and also died of being frozen.”

“My name is Tang Mo.” Then he asked casually, “You don’t have a lot of strength?”

Li Wen shook his head. “It isn’t very much. I can’t push the cars away and I also couldn’t take out my windbreaker.”

“But you aren’t dead.”

Li Wen stared blankly at Tang Mo.

Tang Mo drove with one hand and spoke lightly, “There was a big car accident but you survived. You haven’t lost your arms or legs. Don’t you think something is strange?”