Ten minutes of contemplation felt as long as a century.

Inside the carriage, only the sound of heavy breathing and the clanging of Master Wang's wrench against the seat could be heard.

"No... someone has to go down and take a look."

Master Wang suddenly lifted his head, his bloodshot eyes showing that he was at the end of his rope.

He didn't want to die; he wanted to go home.

But he didn't dare to go down himself.

"Who will go? Who's willing to go?"

Master Wang's gaze swept over the carriage like a hungry wolf.

The students who met his gaze quickly lowered their heads, afraid of being called out.

"Master Wang!"

Li Xin, who had been huddled in the corner, suddenly shouted, pointing to the back row.

"Let Jiang Nan go!"

"He's a mute, just a transparent person in the class who doesn't participate in group activities!"

"At a time like this, it's perfect for him to contribute to everyone!"

"Besides, he's disabled, so even if... even if something happens, the loss is minimal!"

This was blatant moral coercion!

It couldn't even be called moral; it was murder!

"Li Xin, are you even human?"

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Yang Wei stood up abruptly, eyes wide with anger. "Bullying a mute? Why don't you go yourself if you're so eager?"

"I... I'm the class monitor! I have to oversee everything!"

Li Xin argued unreasonably.

"Enough!"

Teacher Chen Tong stood in the aisle, arms outstretched.

"Master Wang, Li Xin, calm down! Jiang Nan is my student, and I absolutely won't allow you to force him to his death!"

"Get out of the way!"

Master Wang, already driven mad by fear, couldn't hear reason.

He pushed Chen Tong aside, brandishing the heavy wrench, and shouted viciously, "Anyone who stops me will go down!"

Chen Tong was pushed against the handrail, letting out a muffled groan of pain.

Master Wang strode to the back row, grabbing Jiang Nan by the collar and lifting him halfway up.

"Little mute! Don't blame me for being ruthless! I'll send you out the window in a moment!"

"Take a look outside! As long as it's safe, I'll let you back!"

Spittle sprayed across Jiang Nan's face.

Jiang Nan looked at the crazed middle-aged man before him with an expressionless face, his eyes as if looking at a corpse.

He hadn't intended to kill anyone first.

After all, Word Spirits were precious.

But since someone was courting death...

Jiang Nan's right hand, hanging by his side, slowly lifted, thumb up, index finger extended.

The muzzle aimed at Master Wang's forehead.

However, at that moment.

"Squawk!!!"

A sharp screech suddenly erupted outside the window!

The sky darkened.

The once dim sunset vanished instantly, replaced by inky blackness.

And on the branch that corresponded to the broken bus window.

The crow that Jiang Nan had "aimed" at earlier had now doubled in size!

Its feathers turned blood-red, staring intently at Jiang Nan inside the bus.

It remembered this human!

That gesture was a provocation!

"Roar!"

The mutated crow let out a beast-like roar, flapping its wings and crashing into the window!

And Jiang Nan, from beginning to end, never let down his guard against it.

After all, this wasn't Blue Star; any creature could be a threat!

The moment the crow launched, he moved.

But he didn't warn Master Wang or push him away.

Instead, he suddenly lifted his leg, kneeing Master Wang hard in the abdomen, using the force to roll away and break free from the restraint!

"Ugh! Damn mute, you're stronger than you look..."

Master Wang bent over in pain, about to curse.

"Crash!"

Glass shattered!

A dark shadow, accompanied by a foul wind, instantly filled the spot where Jiang Nan had just been.

That was Master Wang's position.

"Pfft!"

There was no suspense.

The dagger-like sharp beak pierced through Master Wang's throat, the massive impact directly breaking his cervical vertebrae!

Blood sprayed like a fountain onto the roof, splattering across Li Xin's face.

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

Master Wang clutched his bleeding throat, eyes bulging, looking incredulously at Jiang Nan, who watched coldly from the side.

Then, he fell heavily to the ground, twitched twice, and stopped moving.

"Ahhhh! Someone's dead!!"

"Monster! That's a monster!"

The carriage instantly turned into a hellscape.

The mutated crow, after killing, didn't leave but stood on Master Wang's corpse.

It shook the flesh and blood from its beak, its scarlet eyes locking onto Jiang Nan once more.

Its target had always been this human who dared to provoke it!

"Damn it, let's fight it!"

Yang Wei, though scared, still had some courage.

He grabbed a fire extinguisher from the bus, ready to charge with two other tall athletes.

"Don't come over!"

Chen Tong was about to pick up the wrench on the ground when she saw Jiang Nan move.

Facing this murderous monster, Jiang Nan didn't run but instead beckoned it with his finger.

"Squawk!!!"

The mutated crow was completely enraged, flapping its wings and stirring up a storm in the narrow carriage, charging straight at Jiang Nan's face!

"Run!!"

Yang Wei shouted desperately.

Anyone could see that the crow was too fast for a human to react!

Just as the sharp beak was about to pierce Jiang Nan's head.

Jiang Nan suddenly bent down, reaching under the nearby seat.

There, a shivering figure was curled up.

"Don't... don't kill me..."

Li Xin hugged his head, praying frantically.

Suddenly, a massive force struck!

"Since you're so eager to be a leader, why don't you take the first blow for everyone?"

Jiang Nan sneered inwardly. With a single movement, he hoisted Li Xin out by the collar as if he were nothing but a helpless chick.

Then, without hesitation, he used him as a shield!

So-called waste utilization, nothing more.

"No... no!!!"

Seeing the gaping maw so close, Li Xin's pupils shrank to pinpoints.

"Pfft!"

This time, the beak pierced through Li Xin's chest!

"Ahhhh!"

Li Xin let out a piercing scream, blood gushing.

The mutated crow seemed surprised by the turn of events, its beak stuck in Li Xin's ribs, unable to pull out!

It flapped its wings angrily, trying to shake off the burden.

"Now's the time."

Jiang Nan released the limp Li Xin, stepping back.

The world changed in his eyes.

At that moment, the surrounding screams, cries, and Li Xin's wails seemed to fade away from him.

With a thought.

Jiang Nan's expression remained indifferent as he slowly raised his right hand.

A standard execution posture.

Chen Tong had just picked up the blood-stained wrench, looking up to see this scene.

The usually silent boy stood in a pool of blood.

Facing the terrifying monster tearing at Li Xin's flesh, he neither dodged nor flinched.

He simply raised his hand, making a... handgun gesture?

"Jiang Nan! Get out of the way! You'll die!!"

Chen Tong shouted, rushing over.

But in the next second.

Jiang Nan's lips, sealed for eighteen years, finally parted.

He softly uttered the first word since arriving in this world.

"Bang!"

Boom!

No flames, no smoke.

But in Jiang Nan's vision, the deducted "1"!

Instantly transformed into a brilliant meteor, compressing terrifying airwaves, shooting out!

Ignoring space, ignoring defense.

Instantly arriving!

"Pop!"

The struggling mutated crow didn't even have time to cry out.

Its head exploded into a cloud of blood mist!

The headless bird corpse collapsed instantly, pressing down on the barely breathing Li Xin.

Blood mist filled the air.

The entire carriage fell silent once more.