Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a foul stench.

In the dim light, several pairs of cold, bloodthirsty eyes stared at the two of them, like a pack of vicious wolves ready to devour their prey.

Liu Zheng got goosebumps, but he was very happy inside.

Very good, that's the look he wanted.

The shop assistant turned on the lights, and the room was immediately illuminated in every detail.

The sudden bright light stung these pet humans who rarely saw the sun, and most of them instinctively closed their eyes.

There was only one girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, who, despite tears streaming down her face and her eyelids trembling, stared intently at them, her teeth grinding together.

"What happened to her?"

Liu Zheng pointed at the girl and said.

"Oh, she was originally the star pet in this batch, with the best physical condition and intelligence."

"But something went wrong along the way, which caused her to fall seriously ill. After she recovered, her intellectual level dropped drastically, and she became more like a beast than a human."

the clerk said.

"Beast."

He pondered those two words and nodded.

Liu Zheng read a sentence in a book that he always thought was cool, but he didn't quite understand it.

It wasn't until he saw these pet humans that he truly understood the meaning of that sentence.

Losing humanity means losing a lot; losing animality means losing everything.

"What's her name?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"The pets we sell don't have names yet. They'll only be named after they're bought by their owners. This is for the customers' enjoyment and their right."

“They only have numbers; this little woman’s number is AWM1997.”

the clerk said.

AWM, isn't that a sniper rifle model?

"Then let's call you Sniper Rifle."

Liu Zheng said.

Are you going to buy her?

"That's right, not just her, I want to buy all these pet humans."

His fingers swept across all the cages, eliciting a chorus of bared teeth.

"That's not cheap."

The shop assistant hesitated.

"How many?"

"This AWM1997 alone costs 100,000, and the rest together will cost around 300,000."

the clerk said.

"Why are they so expensive? Shouldn't these all be defective products?"

Liu Zheng frowned.

"Handsome guy, it's not just your Bloody Restaurant that holds fighting contests."

The shop assistant winked at him.

"If you buy enough, we can even introduce you to the Metropolitan Fighting League."

"I see."

Liu Zheng suddenly realized.

No wonder the shop assistant believed him so easily; there was a precedent for it.

"But with them huddled in the cage like that, I can't tell if they have any problems."

He made up an excuse.

"That's easy. Just pay a small deposit first, and I'll let you inspect the goods."

the clerk said.

"Then let's pay ten thousand first."

Liu Zheng nodded.

"Ten thousand!"

The shop assistant hesitated.

Another stack of banknotes slipped into her collar.

"It's not impossible."

She changed her words.

"Lobby, lobby, set up the area for inspection."

The shop assistant took the 10,000 yuan that Liu Zheng handed her and picked up the walkie-talkie at her waist.

"Received by the lobby."

A reply came through the walkie-talkie.

"Let's go, we can wait in the lobby. These goods will be here soon."

the clerk said.

"OK."

Liu Zheng followed her back to the lobby and found that it had completely changed.

Not only was the main gate sealed off with a large iron plate, but all the furnishings and pet cages were also removed.

It can be said to be quite efficient.

The shop assistant pressed a button on a walkie-talkie, and immediately a bunch of iron bars rose up around the perimeter, enclosing an octagonal cage.

She pressed it again, and the floor immediately collapsed, raising eight cages from the ground. Inside the cages were the same pet humans she had just seen in the small room.

The clerk pressed another button, and the doors of the eight cages opened automatically, allowing the pets and humans to emerge.

Surprisingly, instead of attacking each other, they gathered around the girl and coldly stared at Liu Zheng and the shop assistant.

Why aren't they fighting?

He asked with a frown.

"These beasts are very united and will only attack us. But it doesn't matter; with a little effort, they'll turn into real wild animals."

The shop assistant sneered as he was about to press the button.

"There's no rush yet."

He reached out to stop him.

"what happened?"

The shop assistant looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"I remember your name is Xiaomei, right?"

Liu Zheng said.

"Yeah, you rascal, you've already forgotten someone's name so quickly?"

The shop assistant rolled her eyes at him.

"How could I forget such a beautiful name?"

One of his tentacles quietly wrapped around her waist.

"Still at work."

The shop assistant verbally resisted, but physically he was quite accommodating.

"I was just thinking about a question."

"what is the problem?"

The shop assistant asked in a low voice.

"Look at this, doesn't it look like the takeout you ordered?"

Liu Zheng's other tentacle, holding a lunchbox, drooped down in front of her.

"what!!!"

The shop assistant let out a terrifying scream, startling even the pets and humans in the octagonal cage.

Chapter 156 Let's Light the Fire

After the scream, the shop assistant suddenly shoved Liu Zheng.

The immense force directly cracked his ribs on the side and pushed him several meters away.

As expected of employees of a century-old store, they are not weak even among humans.

"That's it?"

However, Liu Zheng showed no surprise whatsoever; instead, he gave a mocking smile.

He strode forward and lunged forward again; by the time he reached the shop assistant, his fractured ribs were almost completely healed.

The shop assistant, his face contorted with rage, swung his iron fist at him.

Despite his slender fists, he displayed a force that even a world-class boxing champion couldn't muster.

Even the strongest man in reality, wearing full protective gear, couldn't withstand that punch.

Unfortunately, she was facing Liu Zheng.

Regardless of his own opinion, he has already strayed far from being human.

Liu Zheng straightened his chest and took the punch.

His fair, delicate hand pierced through his chest cavity, turning into a bloody hand.

The shop assistant's face lit up with smugness, but it quickly turned into fear.

Because Liu Zheng not only didn't look pained, but actually seemed to be enjoying it.

"I'm so touched that they opened their hearts to me so quickly."

He said with a look of utter delight.

"In return, I'll help you loosen up your muscles."

Three tentacles tightly gripped the shop assistant, while a fourth tentacle held a boning knife high in the air.

With a flash of light, the shop assistant's left arm was severed at the root and fell to the floor, his fingers twitching a few times.

The shop assistant screamed, tears of fear streaming from her eyes.

"Don't cry, the more you cry, the more I want to torture you."

While speaking in a gentle tone, Liu Zheng raised his knife and chopped off one of the shop assistant's legs.

A large amount of blood gushed from the wound, staining his hooves red.

"I didn't realize your ingredients were of such high quality."

Liu Zheng was somewhat surprised that the cutting went so smoothly.

"No, stop torturing me. I'll sign for the takeout, I'll sign for it."

The shop assistant tried her best to hold back her tears, her beautiful face contorted in pain.

"You definitely need to sign for the takeout, but before that, there's one more thing you need to do."