Frost Moon is still alive, which is indeed a blessing in disguise.

Yun You let out a long breath, and Frost Moon was also relieved for the young girl's survival.

But at this moment, neither of them could feel any joy.

Jack's death was truly a massive blow to both of them.

"So..."

With her head down, Frost Moon softly asked, "What do you plan to do next?"

"Let's get out of here first."

Yun You supported Frost Moon's shoulder and replied softly, "I found a way out. Although I don't know where it leads, at least... it's much better than this place."

"We need to find you some medicine first, to patch up the wounds on your chest and head, to keep you alive."

"Jack's death secured the lives of the two of us, and we can't let his sacrifice be in vain."

The young girl's tone was very calm, so calm that there wasn't even a hint of an interjection.

But Frost Moon felt a suppressed anger... and a sorrow hidden in her heart.

So, he hesitated for a moment before speaking up, "And then?"

"..."

Yun You was silent for a moment, not answering directly, but instead asked back, "What do you think, Frost Moon? What do you plan to do next?"

"Revenge."

This time, Frost Moon did not hesitate at all.

"That idiot Jack saved my life; he rescued me from a human trafficking convoy and gave me the chance to choose my future freely."

"I'm not smart; I don't know what it means to accept fate, I only know one saying."

"Blood for blood."

"Even if it means being crushed to pieces, even if it takes years or decades of planning, I will try to avenge him..."

Blood for blood.

These words spoken by a hacker with her frontal lobe removed always gave a strange feeling.

But Yun You did not scoff nor show any hint of ridicule; instead, she nodded slightly, revealing a somewhat bitter smile.

"Blood for blood, that's inevitable."

"But... we don't have to wait so long anymore."

"We will now go and cut off the heads of those two bastards, and place them before Jack's tombstone as tribute."

"Are you ready for revenge?"

Upon hearing the decisive words of the young girl, Frost Moon was slightly stunned.

"Now?"

He didn't quite understand where Yun You's confidence came from.

After all, just a day ago, Yun You was still an "Intern" who couldn't even take a single move from Yang Lie.

If she was still at that level now, going after Yang Lie would just be courting death, wouldn't it?

This seemed entirely contradictory to Yun You's earlier statement of "not wasting Jack's sacrifice."

"Don't worry, I'm not being reckless."

Yun You gently patted the hacker's small head and explained, "Since I said I would avenge, I will definitely do it."

"I wouldn't lie."

As she spoke, the "Inverted Crown" emblem on her wrist lit up again, as if to prove her resolve.

A King will not retreat, nor will a King escape.

This is what "desire" told her, and Yun You was prepared to do so.

She knew that she now possessed the power to fulfill this promise.

"Alright."

Seeing Yun You so earnest, Frost Moon did not hesitate much.

"Since you, boss lady, have decided to do it, I won't back down either."

"Let's do it together."

"Hmm..."

Yun You nodded slightly, and then said nothing more.

She supported Frost Moon, and Frost Moon supported her.

They were like two lost little beasts who had lost their elder brother, isolated and helpless, but determined to take revenge... to wash away their hatred with blood, supporting each other, striving to survive, to complete their revenge.

They barely squeezed into the narrow path.

...

The environment of the "exhaust port" was as bad as its name suggested.

In the narrow and stuffy passage, it was packed with partially digested human bones and remnants of viscera.

Rotting flesh mixed with sludge fermented in the humid environment, producing an extremely foul stench of decay.

Insects and rats flew in from who knows where, taking root and breeding in the passage, contributing their part to the further deterioration of the ecosystem...

Yun You and Frost Moon had never seen such a dreadful environment before.

Even the scrapyard filled with chemical sewage in the Lower City was much cleaner than this.

The pungent odor made them shiver incessantly, their stomachs were churning, even with gas masks, they couldn't withstand the stench.

Frost Moon even used a chip to block her sense of smell.

But that was useless.

Because as long as he saw the disgusting scene, his brain couldn't help but conjure the smell of rotten meat, forcing him to feel nauseated.

Yun You was slightly better, after all, an Apprentice Death God's endurance is much stronger than that of normal people.

But she was a girl who loved cleanliness, and being soaked in this sludge, no matter how strong her tolerance, it would leave a psychological shadow.

She figured that even if Yang Lie and Xie Kang knew about this path, they probably wouldn't come down to explore.

Those people were used to being high up, not willing to immerse themselves in the mire.

Neither the mighty nor the ordinary could possibly blend into this stench.

But in the end, neither Frost Moon nor Yun You uttered a sound, nor did they complain.

Sharp bone fragments occasionally tore their clothes and skin, piercing with a chilling sensation.

The narrow and decaying fleshy tunnel squeezed their bodies, making it hard to breathe.

Mice and bugs silently watched them from both sides, occasionally making "squeak" sounds, as if mocking their overestimation of their abilities.

But they just crawled silently, struggling continuously on this filthy to the extreme... foul to the extreme path... a path that would bring them freedom and the hope of revenge, as if children crawling through a birth canal towards their own rebirth...

At one hundred meters, Frost Moon was already exhausted.

At two hundred meters, Yun You felt her nose was about to malfunction.

At three hundred meters, they violently broke through a wall made of bones, their blood flowing freely from the punctures of bone spurs.

Then came four hundred meters.

Five hundred meters... six hundred meters... seven hundred meters!

Blood and sweat mixed together, leaving a path of blood behind them.

But this was also their road to redemption.

Finally, one thousand meters.

Exactly one thousand meters!

When Yun You used the last of her strength to forcefully push open a metal plate in front of her, whether it was a manhole cover or a sluice gate...

Swoosh—!

The air in Nest City, with its bleach and scorched scent, accompanied by the glaring light of neon signs, appeared once again before them!

Yun You struggled to climb out of the passage, rolling several times on the ground, her body covered in dirt.

Yet she felt a long-missed sense of relief.

That was the feeling of freedom!

She supported her legs, struggling to stand, her gaze turning to everything before her.

The magnificent night scenery of Nest City was reflected in her eyes!

The towering buildings; the coming and going flow of hovercars; the occasional sound of gunfire and cursing in the streets and alleys...

Everything was so familiar, everything she missed so much.

Nest City... Tiger Head Heavy Industry Group... The mine... Black Tiger Yang Lie... Xie Kang...

Yun You had returned!

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