"You..."
Brother Kun pointed at Benjamin with trembling right hand, then collapsed before he could finish speaking.
"Such fine cloth armor should be worn by me!" "
Benjamin stepped forward and used his absorption ability to collect the wreckage into his life box.
He obtained seven throwing knives, two skins, two cell phones, and a set of cloth armor.
The walls of the container house were torn to shreds by bullets, a layer of fine dust settled on the ground, and rays of sunlight seeped through.
Benjamin endured the dust and entered, re-disguising himself as Brother Kun. Raghav's appearance was still too conspicuous in the Crimson Moon Federation.
He walked along the stony grassland, following the abandoned building, searching for Lynas's trail all the way.
Brother Kun's phone was unlocked with a fingerprint sensor, but Benjamin unlocked it directly with his index finger.
He opened a red "Qianxun" chat application on the phone, the mainstream online communication app in the Crimson Moon Federation.
The first line was a news push from a public account, and the second line was a cute pink cartoon cat avatar holding a lollipop, with the contact name "Lynas".
[September 12, 14:25]
Lynas: "Is Second Senior Brother worth it?" "Father and I turned against each other over a spot to be someone's dog!"
Brother Kun: "Worth it!"
Brother Kun: "Where's the thing? Give it to me."
[September 23, 7:41 AM]
Lynas: "Are you going to kill me, Second Senior Brother?"
Brother Kun: "That dart could hit the thigh or the heart. Lynas, give me the thing, or I'll kill Chyou and that old man!"
Lynas: "You hurt me!"
Brother Kun: "Give me the thing, and I'll let you stab me a couple of times. Now, I'm at my limit, just like the old man. He can't beat me."
Lynas: "Are you really that heartless? Father is old, and I can't bear to see him become a scapegoat. Since you're so determined to go, promise me that after you get the thing, you'll reconcile with Father and apologize to him. You owe him."
Brother Kun: "Okay, I promise." "
Lynas: "Okay, tomorrow at 3 PM, Green Lane Abandoned Park in the western suburbs, Building 4. I'll be waiting for you."
The phone chat ended there. Benjamin glanced at the building number next to him and walked towards the abandoned building ahead.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
This Lynas wasn't some tower guardian, but Benjamin was curious about something that could make two ordinary-level strong individuals fight like this.
He desperately wanted to understand the true nature of this world—what kind of strong individuals existed, what powers did they possess, and what dangers lay ahead!
Currently, he knew nothing, and he felt utterly uncertain.
Lynas was squatting quietly in the dilapidated lobby on the first floor of Building 4, lost in thought, completely oblivious to her surroundings.
Only when Benjamin approached and heard footsteps did she hurriedly turn around.
"Second Senior Brother, you're here!"
Lynas's expression was somewhat tangled and dejected.
"Whether I should come or not, I'm here. Stop talking so much. Where's the stuff, Lynas?"
Benjamin tried to imitate Brother Kun's tone.
"You can't go back on your promise. If you promise, I'll give you the thing."
Lynas's expression was somewhat distrustful, but mostly helpless.
She never imagined that the once harmonious martial arts school, with its five siblings who grew up together, could turn out like this.
The eldest brother and the third brother both died on the road to becoming dogs.
The second brother and her father, who had clearly reached the highest human limits in kung fu, still fought each other for a spot meant to die.
Recalling the wonderful times her father led the five of them in training, all she wanted was for her family to live together harmoniously and peacefully.
"What's there to back out about? I, Brother Kun, never go back on my word."
Benjamin was now only curious about what could possibly cause such a fight between master and disciple.
"Here you go, the Boiling Blood Worm is in the box."
Lynas pulled out a palm-sized silver metal box with several perforations.
"Is it really the Boiling Blood Worm? How can you prove it?"
Benjamin took the box, completely bewildered. What was a Boiling Blood Worm? The three of them were risking their lives for a single worm?
But not wanting to reveal his identity, he asked indirectly.
Lynas seemed a little anxious upon hearing this. Was her second senior brother trying to back out? She quickly said:
"Second senior brother, you promised to go see Father with me. Once you swallow the Boiling Blood Worm, it will attach itself to your stomach, providing 20% increased muscle utilization and continuous repair of hidden injuries. You'll see once you swallow it."
Just increasing muscle utilization and repairing hidden injuries?
Hearing this, Benjamin looked at the Boiling Blood Worm in his hand, speechless. What kind of trash was this?
When he first became a cursed disciple, he could forcibly break through the limitations of his brain, approaching 100% muscle utilization.
However, there was no need to constantly release the muscle damage limit, smashing his body to pieces with a single punch.
This Boiling Blood Worm was completely useless to him because he also didn't have any hidden injuries.
To turn against each other for something like this, Benjamin even felt that his cloth armor was far more useful.
He pondered for a moment. When this girl was chatting with Brother Kun, she kept talking about being a dog.
What did "being a dog" mean? For whom would she be a dog?
It seemed that whoever used the Boiling Blood Worm between Brother Kun and his master had to become a dog for some people.
This "dog" is definitely not meant to serve ordinary people.
After all, they have already reached the limit of ordinary human bodies, and with the addition of the Boiling Blood Worm, they can even exceed the human body limit by 10%.
Could it be a certain tower guardian organization, the power of a tower master, or some other power?
Benjamin admitted he was unwilling to take the risk.
Who knew if someone within that organization possessed the ability to see through disguises?
His skin-transfer ability was merely an external change, unable to alter his inner self.
Benjamin pondered for a moment, deciding the best method was to have Brother Kun's master become their so-called 'dog.'
He could then, posing as Brother Kun or that young man, gather intelligence about the organization behind it from their master. This indirect approach would be safer.
This was also an opportunity to understand the world. Having figured this out, Benjamin tossed the box to Lynas.
"Huh?"
Lynas caught it instinctively, utterly bewildered.
"I suddenly realized something. The old man's lifelong dream... I'm still young. Let him have the chance!"
Benjamin casually quipped.
"Really, Second Senior Brother, you..."
Lynas was somewhat incredulous.
Just a second ago they were fighting to the death, and the next second he'd suddenly given up. Was this enlightenment, the so-called prodigal son's return?
"Then will you come back to the Red Pine Boxing Gym with me? You promised to reconcile with Father. Anyway, I'll give you the Boiling Blood Worm; you were the one who didn't want it."
Lynas was a little confused by Benjamin's words.
"I have things to do. You take the Boiling Blood Worm back to your father first. After I'm done with these next few days, I'll contact you through 'Thousand Messages' to go back to the boxing gym."
Benjamin said, turning and leaving. There was nothing useful left here.
Even if it was just a preliminary contact with the deeper forces of this world through the boxing gym, Benjamin planned to complete next scenario world first and become stronger.
On the way home, his mother sent a message through Thousand Messages saying that she and Aunt Les had gone shopping.
Sitting in his bedroom, he felt a bit inconvenient.
If he went to the instance one day, and his mother knocked but didn't answer, then suddenly reappeared later, it would be difficult to explain.
Therefore, he considered finding a secure, secret base specifically for entering the Lighthouse after next scenario world ended.
He locked the bedroom door, contacted the Lighthouse Mark, and the space shifted and transformed, bringing him to the Lighthouse Plaza.