Chapter 55: Killing Intent!

After the lab session ended, Su Ze returned to the dormitory with his roommates.

It was essentially his final chance to tidy up his bed before doomsday.

In reality there was nothing much to organize since his desk held only his computer and textbooks, and the thick new comforter on his bed was already neatly folded.

“Brother Ze, are you sleeping in the dorm tonight?” Prince Xin asked while changing his slippers.

“No, I’m heading back shortly,” Su Ze replied, shaking his head.

“Oh come on, we haven’t shared a bed in ages, do you really have the heart to leave me alone tonight?” Prince Xin teased.

“Screw you,” Su Ze retorted with a laugh.

He then opened his computer intending to research a bit more so he could perfect Avalon.

However, time was running short since he had to pick up Chen Keqing soon…

“Goddamn it! Stocks plummeted today!” Sun Bin, who occupied the bed opposite him, suddenly exclaimed.

“It’s not exactly your fault, you make it sound like you lost a fortune,” Prince Xin chimed in.

“I have valid suspicions that someone is shorting the market; today’s doomsday news is probably their fabricated lies…” Sun Bin fumed as if defending justice. “Look, there’s a report saying someone made hundreds of times their money by shorting the market today.”

Su Ze did not join their discussion.

However, he mulled over the topic Sun Bin had raised…

Those doomsday news reports were now ubiquitous.

Yet people still treated them as mere dinner table chatter and did not realize this was truly an unprecedented civilization disaster…

Perhaps some individuals in high positions were already aware of the terror behind those doomsday reports.

They knew it was not sensational media hype deliberately created for clicks…

“So what will those with significant power do with this information advantage before doomsday?”

Just as Su Ze indulged his imagination…

His phone on the desk vibrated.

It was a message from Chen Keqing.

“Right after class, a police officer called saying they were investigating something; I didn’t fully understand, but I answered honestly that I hadn’t encountered anything unusual lately.”

Were they actually treating it as a missing persons case?

Looking at Chen Keqing’s message, Su Ze could not help but ponder.

What Qin Yushi had told him today was that the eldest Young Master of the Bai family was personally investigating Bai Zhimao’s disappearance…

“Could something be going on?” Chen Keqing asked further over the phone.

“Have you done anything you’re guilty about recently? If not, then there’s nothing to worry about,” Su Ze joked in reply.

“I definitely haven’t done anything wrong!” Chen Keqing replied swiftly.

Not even self-study could stop Chen Keqing from wanting to chat with Su Ze, and their conversation quickly moved on to other topics.

Su Ze simply closed his laptop, left the dormitory, and went straight to the school gate to wait for Chen Keqing after class.

…………

The high school students finished classes at the usual time.

Su Ze paused at the school’s back gate, his gaze appearing vacant.

In reality, it was not.

He was using the new Talent he had just received that evening.

With this Talent’s power, he could see everything happening around him, but he had to concentrate to pinpoint the direction he wanted to observe.

In other words, the field of view was limited.

However, once he activated the domain, sensing danger and hostility was less troublesome since the alerts were received automatically.

Moreover, the closer the danger and malice, the stronger Su Ze’s perceptions became.

Exactly at that moment.

Su Ze could sense a faint killing intent hidden nearby.

It was genuine killing intent, not the kind of envy from others because he was holding a pretty girl’s hand.

“Su Ze!”

Chen Keqing’s pleasant voice snapped Su Ze back to his thoughts.

She jogged over, looped her arm through his, and urged him to leave the school gate as quickly as possible.

A smile graced Su Ze’s face; he knew Chen Keqing was a bit shy, and by the way, as she held his arm, his Talent activated again, revealing that some men were very jealous.

“Thank you for your trouble,” Chen Keqing said cheerfully.

Swinging her arm through his without reserve, she pressed her soft body against him and asked, “So, you university students must have been talking about the doomsday news today, right?”

“Yeah, some discussed it, but my roommate thinks it’s a man-made lie created to make money in the stock market,” Su Ze said with a smile.

“What about you?” Chen Keqing asked, her clear black-and-white eyes blinking.

“Why don’t you share your thoughts first?” Su Ze countered.

“I don’t really know,” Chen Keqing admitted honestly. “I’m actually a bit scared, but aren’t experts doing live broadcasts on news programs to explain the anomalies? I just don’t understand their technical terms.”

“Hmm…” Su Ze murmured, thinking these people were really speaking nonsense.

“So what do you think?” Chen Keqing asked.

“Me?” Su Ze grinned. “I think tomorrow is the world’s doomsday, and everything will be completely unrecognizable.”

…………..

They got into the car.

Su Ze started the engine and casually turned on the car stereo.

No sooner had they driven away from the school road than Qin Yushi’s call came through, and Su Ze, unselfconsciously addressing Chen Keqing in the passenger seat, put the call on speaker.

“I feel something might be off, Su Ze; the eldest Young Master of the Bai family, Bai Xianjun, just paid me a visit…”

“He spoke politely, but I had the feeling he didn’t quite believe what I said…”

“Do you have any information on your end?”

Chen Keqing, in the passenger seat, hunched her neck and pricked up her ears but still failed to fully grasp the exchange between Su Ze and Qin Yushi.

As for Su Ze…

Even before answering the call, he had already detected the source of the killing intent using the Infinite Domain Talent.

Indeed.

The faint killing intent he had sensed earlier had by now grown intense.

Danger was at his doorstep!

“My situation is…” Spotting a traffic light ahead, Su Ze slowed the car and said, “It seems someone wants to talk to me.”

Just then another unknown number rang in, so Su Ze told Qin Yushi he had to take the call.

He then ended the call with Qin Yushi and picked up the incoming unknown number.

“Hello, are you Mr. Su Ze?”

A gentle, refined male voice came through the phone.

Chen Keqing felt very nervous; she hadn’t understood what was happening, but she could see that Su Ze’s expression was grave and sensed the unease in Qin Yushi’s tone…

So she subconsciously looked out the car window.

As it was late, there weren’t many cars on the road.

They were stopped at a major intersection; the red light ahead showed sixty seconds before it turned green, and the sloping lane to the left also had a red light…

“Sorry to trouble you, but I wanted to ask if you know my brother, Bai Zhimao?”

“Yes, I know him. What’s wrong?”

“He disappeared suddenly these past two days, and my family has been searching for him.”

“And?”

“We hope you can offer some help or clues; we’re very anxious.”

The voice on the phone was polite and unremarkable.

But.

During the conversation, an ordinary dump truck also drove down the slope in the left lane without standing out.

Over the short distance, the dump truck seemed to continuously accelerate until its speed was somewhat abnormal…

Even someone like Chen Keqing, who didn’t drive, could sense the dump truck was out of control.

Tension suddenly appeared on her delicate face.

Then…

“RUMBLE!”

The dump truck barreled straight toward Su Ze’s car, but just before impact, it suddenly swerved, flipped onto its side, and crashed into the nearby traffic light…

That was not mercy from the enemy but the result of Su Ze activating the Strength of the Guardian Deities.