Chapter 8

"He shot at me, I won't let him leave here alive!"

Qi Yuan directly sentenced Molin to death.

The bartender frowned slightly upon hearing this, but still let Molin down. Rules are rigid, but people are flexible. Recently, Blackstone Town has not been very peaceful. At such a time, confronting a superhuman who can resist bullets with his body is absolutely not a wise choice.

Qi Yuan lifted Molin with one hand and drew the dagger from his waist with the other.

"No! Don't kill me! I don't want to die!"

Molin struggled desperately, trying to break free.

"Who wants to die!"

Qi Yuan said coldly, then pressed him onto the table and stabbed him in the back.

Pfft!

The cold blade pierced through the heart, pinning Molin firmly to the round table, and crimson blood flowed all over the floor.

Molin's body twitched a few times and soon stopped struggling.

The bartender was silent for a few seconds, then said in a deep voice, "Killing in the tavern, a superhuman still needs to be punished. You need to go to the mine and work for a month, or you can choose to pay a fine of one thousand yuan!"

One thousand yuan for a life!

The bloody rule was so starkly revealed, yet no one found it inappropriate.

In Blackstone Town, the life of an ordinary person can only be sold for one thousand yuan in a place like a tavern.

Outside, it might only be one hundred yuan, or even less!

Qi Yuan glanced at the dead Molin, took out two ten-yuan bills from his pocket, and placed them on the corpse to settle the bill and the compensation for the broken glass.

"I choose to go to the mine and work!"

The bartender was clearly taken aback. When Qi Yuan exchanged the rotten wolf's fangs with Old Luo, he had already received the news that another tough guy had come to Blackstone Town.

That's why he had backed off just now, to avoid a direct conflict with Qi Yuan.

Even after Qi Yuan had drawn blood, he still gave the other party a way out.

The fine was essentially a way out for powerful superhumans. After all, one thousand yuan is not a small amount, and others can't afford it, but for powerful superhumans, it's just the price of a rotten wolf.

For a superhuman like Qi Yuan, who can resist bullets with his body, hunting rotten wolves is no longer a significant risk.

Moreover, the bartender knew exactly how much cash Qi Yuan had, which was more than enough to pay the fine, so there was no need to stay in the mine for a month!

Although the mine is not dangerous, the conditions inside are absolutely harsh.

In the bartender's view, although Qi Yuan is powerful, he has not yet reached the level to confront Situ directly. A superhuman of this level has no need to offend Situ for one thousand yuan.

Unless— he is Situ's enemy!

The bartender's gaze sharpened. Since Xu Kui enslaved a second-stage insect beast, his ambition has rapidly expanded. He has already challenged Situ's authority several times, trying to become the new leader of Blackstone Town. If the person in front of him is deliberately sent by Xu Kui to cause trouble, then the matter is beyond his ability to handle.

The bartender hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to seek help from outside.

Qi Yuan glanced at the wall clock and said with a smile,

"It's already late today. I'll go to the mine with the convoy tomorrow morning. Is there any problem?"

Seeing Qi Yuan's sincere smile, the bartender was taken aback again, a strange thought floating in his mind.

Could he really want to go to the mine to work?

Are superhumans nowadays the more powerful, the more frugal?

"You can go tomorrow, but if you run away, you will face a town-wide manhunt!" the bartender said.

"Walking is too far. Remember to have the convoy pick me up tomorrow."

Qi Yuan shrugged and then walked out of the tavern alone.

The bartender silently watched Qi Yuan's departing back, then snapped his fingers. Two men in work clothes came out from the back room, carried Molin's body away, and cleaned the table and the bloodstains on the floor thoroughly.

Back at the bar, the bartender whispered to a woman in revealing clothes beside him, "Send someone to keep an eye on him, then investigate his background to see if he is one of Xu Kui's people."

"If he is one of Xu Kui's people, should I kill him?" the woman licked her lips, speaking seductively.

The bartender shook his head with a grim expression.

"Xu Kui's background is not that simple, otherwise he would have already become a corpse."

"If he is not one of Xu Kui's people, just ignore him. This kind of guy is not as easy to deal with as you think."

"If he really is one of Xu Kui's people, don't act rashly. Warn him to leave Blackstone Town. If he dares to cause trouble in the mine, let him die there. The mine is our main resource point, and there must be no accidents!"

The woman nodded, pretended to bend down to pick up something under the bar, and suddenly turned into a shadow, disappearing without a trace.

"Only a first-stage ability, yet a close-range gunshot can't even break the skin. This is definitely not enhanced defense. What kind of ability is it?"

The bartender tapped his fingers lightly on the bar, muttering to himself.

"If it's a completely new ability, his genetic sample would be very valuable!"

The new era has lasted for hundreds of years, and many abilities have been discovered, captured, and studied. Each new superhuman ability represents a magical genetic code. Laboratories dedicated to the study of superhuman genetic locks offer high rewards for each new ability's genetic sample.

Although Blackstone Town does not have a superhuman genetic laboratory, the nearby Sand Shelter and Black Steel Shelter do. They offer rewards of over ten thousand yuan for each new superhuman genetic sample, and if the sample comes from a human, the price doubles!

The bartender extended his left hand, and two deformed bullets appeared in his palm, the same ones Qi Yuan had removed from his body.

The bartender stared at the two bullets, then seemed to make a decision. He took a transparent glass bottle from under the bar, placed the two bullets inside, and sealed the bottle.

Ten thousand yuan is enough for a mechanical upgrade or to buy a piece of mechanical equipment!

Apart from the basic genetic samples of insect beasts and the black ore mined from the mine, Blackstone Town has little to offer that the shelters would be interested in.

Therefore, the things Blackstone Town can exchange for are limited. Apart from some freshwater purification devices and food processing equipment, there are only some old and outdated firearms that the shelters have already phased out.

As for those evolution potions and powerful mechanical equipment, even if Blackstone Town can afford the price, they are unwilling to sell them.

Unless you can offer something they are interested in.

The skull-crushing weapon in Situ's hand was exchanged for the corpse of a second-stage insect beast.

If Qi Yuan's genetic sample can unlock a new superhuman ability, then these two bullets would be a huge fortune that even Situ would be tempted by.