Chapter 140: Mr. Ji, Kneel Down

Amidst Liu Xiaoxiao's desperate cries, Ji Linmo clutched at Qin Feng's hem as if grabbing onto a straw for dear life.

"Mr. Ji, look... I still cherish you after all~"

Qin Feng finally smiled, the familiar grin of a young man returning to his face. Pinching Ji Linmo's cheek, he spoke in a delighted tone.

"However, Mr. Ji, have you thought it through? From now on, you belong to me~"

In the dead silence, Ji Linmo slowly nodded.

The next second, a golden light flashed between them—the contract had taken effect!

A golden chain looped around Ji Linmo's neck, while the other end was gripped tightly in Qin Feng's hand. As a cold gust of wind blew past, everything vanished from sight.

"I promise I will save you both."

"And you, Ji Linmo, starting today, you are my dog~"

The young man smiled brilliantly, his captivating peach-blossom eyes curving into a pair of crescent moons.

Tossing out a pouch of instant rabbit meat, Qin Feng watched as Liu Xiaoxiao caught it with trembling hands and began to swallow it greedily.

Immediately afterward, a hand forcefully pried open Ji Linmo's mouth, ruthlessly shoving a chunk of meat inside.

"Cough! I can m-myself, ugh—"

Ji Linmo grabbed the youth's wrist, trying to push him away.

Yet the raw, metallic-tasting meat was shoved brutally into his mouth, forcing him to choke it down.

"Eat up, Mr. Ji. This is what you earned."

In the dark of night, the youth's voice was like that of a phantom.

Smiling, he raised a hand and wiped away the tears that spilled from the corners of Ji Linmo's eyes due to the forced swallowing.

Rumble—

With a deafening crash and a violent tremor, the roof of the house was violently torn away by a powerful blast of air.

Against the backdrop of a brilliantly starry sky, a purple radiance shot upward like a reverse meteor shower.

In an instant, the purple flora and trees across the town withered completely, collapsing to the ground alongside the infected residents, who now resembled withered corpses.

The midnight sky was dyed in magnificent, surreal hues.

An unspeakably dazzling splendor kept expanding as meteors streaked across the heavens.

In stark contrast to this, the world below fell into a deathly stillness.

—Every living creature in the town was dead.

[Game Days: Day 5]

[Remaining Players in Instance: 3]

As the notification panel appeared, Ji Linmo hurriedly cried out to Liu Xiaoxiao.

"Liu Xiaoxiao, run! Get out of here!"

Now that the disaster was over, as long as she survived this single day, Liu Xiaoxiao could escape the clutches of Qin Feng's demonic grasp.

"Ji..."

Before Liu Xiaoxiao could finish, she saw the youth smiling as he looked in her direction.

Feeling a chilling wave of murderous intent, the woman hesitated no longer, turning and sprinting away.

"How touching~ Mr. Ji, did you specifically clear away the useless bystanders for what we're going to do next?"

Lowering his voice, the youth smiled playfully down at the man.

That burning gaze seemed intent on capturing every single inch of the man's reflection within his own eyes.

In the darkness, a crackling sound echoed.

The tall youth grinned wickedly and raised the object in his hand.

"Mr. Ji, it's game time~"

A wordless dread crawled with bone-chilling terror up Ji Linmo's spine.

He stared fixedly at the youth. The next moment, as the youth twisted his wrist, a lightning whip gleaming with dazzling light materialized and flashed through the air.

—This was his own former S-rank instance item, the Lightning Whip!

At the sight of the familiar whip, Ji Linmo scrambled to his feet, instinctively taking a step back.

Yet the whip instantly cleaved through the air, cracking against the ground with a sharp sonic boom.

"Mr. Ji, kneel down~"

An invisible chain clamped down on Ji Linmo's body, forcing him helplessly to his knees.

What... what is this?

Ji Linmo struggled to stand back up, but it felt as though he were bound tight by unseen restraints.

Noticing Ji Linmo's perplexed gaze, the youth raised the leather whip, playfully hooking it under the man's chin.

"Mr. Ji, how can my little dog stand up and walk like a human?"

"A good little dog needs to stay properly on its knees. After all, we still have a whole day ahead of us to play slowly~"

With that, Qin Feng extended a hand, gesturing for Ji Linmo to place his "paw" upon his palm.

"Don't... push your luck..."

Vascular cords throbbed violently on Ji Linmo's forehead.

He had anticipated humiliation after becoming the youth's slave, but he had never imagined it could reach such an utterly absurd extreme.

"Mr. Ji, I'll correct you only this once: you must call me master~"

Gazing at the youth's radiant face, Ji Linmo felt his eyes split with rage.

"Damn it! Qin Feng, what kind of—"

The next moment, the lightning whip flared with dazzling sparks as it lashed toward Ji Linmo.

The man widened his eyes. The places where the whip struck didn't hurt; rather, as if intentionally designed that way, they delivered a numbing tingling sensation.

Electric current surged through every bone and fiber of his body like spreading venom, drawing an involuntary low groan from his lips.

"Ugh... you!"

Yet the next lash followed instantly. Ji Linmo tried to fight back, but his body stubbornly refused to obey, rendering him incapable of even standing up!

—Once the contract took effect, everything about him belonged to Qin Feng, meaning he could no longer even control his own body!

"Ugh..."

Ji Linmo collapsed to the ground, curling up instinctively.

Blow after blow rained down, delivering a level of electrical shock that was just barely bearable yet supremely playful, leaving Ji Linmo's vision scattered as he lay limply on the ground, his fingers twitching uncontrollably.

"Stop..."

The moment the man managed to speak, dazzling sparks flashed anew, accompanied by another meticulously calibrated lash.

"Mr. Ji, look at you. I've struck you so many times, yet you still haven't learned your lesson~"

Qin Feng smiled good-naturedly as he straightened the man's disheveled clothes.

"See? Little dogs don't know how to speak human words. Did you deliberately come here asking to be punished?"

But Ji Linmo could no longer hear him. Adrift in the aftershocks of the electricity, he stared blankly ahead, unable even to bring his eyes into focus.

—Far worse than pain, this bizarre sensation of electrical paralysis filled Ji Linmo with a genuine, creeping terror.

The terror of realizing he had completely lost control of his own body.

"Mr. Ji?"

Qin Feng snapped his fingers a few times by Ji Linmo's ear. Noticing the man still showed no response, he let out a cheerful laugh.

"Mr. Ji, how can you be so delicate? It's only been a few lashes—are you acting spoiled for me?"

In the darkness, the youth scooped the man up by the waist and carried him over to the wide double bed.

Ji Linmo finally snapped back to his senses. The moment he tried to speak, he caught sight of the whip still held in Qin Feng's hand.

Prudently, he clamped his mouth shut to keep the madman from going any further.

Yet the next second, he stared in sheer disbelief at the item now in the youth's hands.

"You... what are you going to do?!"

Amidst his disbelieving protest, Qin Feng merely beamed with the brightest of smiles.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ji, you're going to love it~"