Chapter 1: The Shady Atmosphere of the Apartment

"Within the time period of 0:00-2:00 on January 7, 2020, protect four people in the section of the Castle Peak Bypass Expressway in K City (the printer will print out a photo of the four people). During this period, you cannot leave within a one-kilometer radius of the Castle Peak Bypass Freeway. The four people being protected cannot all fall into hell." Can't all go to "hell". Time is like a flying shuttle, today is already December 31, 2019, the last day of the year. The time for the bloodletter mission to begin is getting closer and closer for Mo Yuan. This was his fifth Blood Word, and it could be said that the residents in the apartment were highly focused on it. The fifth Blood Character, which had a great value of reference, was a difficult hurdle for many of the residents to step over. It was important to realize that right now, in the entire apartment, there was not a single resident with a fifth bloodletter! If one could survive the fifth bloodletter, one's voice within the apartment would surely become unprecedentedly large as well. Previously, Qin Ziyuan's behavior of openly killing to establish his authority had created a huge shock in the hearts of countless residents. No one had expected that Qin Ziyuan would be so lawless as to openly kill without any concealment. Afterwards, Mo Yuan had chosen to acquiesce to what he had done. After all, Qin Ziyuan has a group of loyalists around him who can really fight and dare to kill, and as the saying goes, "power comes out of the barrel of a gun", even if Mo Yuan expresses his dissatisfaction, what's the use? Would anyone offend Qin Ziyuan for the sake of Mo Yuan? Impossible, because people always choose to offend a gentleman rather than a villain. Therefore, the tenants were waiting to see who would survive this time, Mo Yuan or Qin Ziyuan, in the bloodletter. Some residents have already privately referred to this as the "Battle of the Two Fars". Mo Yuan and Qin Ziyuan, it is very likely that only one of them will come back alive. The future climate of the apartment depended on the survival of these two representatives of the moderate and radical factions in this bloodletting. Overall, most people did not really want Qin Ziyuan to survive, after all, this person was just too dangerous. He made all the rules and stuff, and if he killed someone today because of this rule, who knows if he would kill again in the future because of other rules? But Mo Yuan's thoughts were different. It was better for Qin Ziyuan to survive. With one more occupant traveling with him, the hope of surviving in the future could be increased a bit. What's more, once Qin Ziyuan was dead, that guy Han Lei, without him at the top to keep him in check, could become an uncontrolled force within the apartment, and might use force to dominate the apartment at that time. This kind of thing was not impossible, in the past, when Fang Han was still in the apartment, there had been cases where residents had used violence, forcing those who were not residents of that bloodletter to travel together to the bloodletter execution site. Even then, when Fang Han had just completed ten bloodletters, many of the residents were insanely jealous of him and even tried to harm him, and only thanks to the support of Mo Yuan and other residents who were on Fang Han's side did they manage to escort him out of the apartment. Now that I think about it, it was after that incident that Qin Ziyuan started to actively collect trustworthy tenants and build up his armament, and he actually managed to get his hands on knives like the Nepalese Dog Leg Knife. Fortunately, Qin Ziyuan did not have any malicious intent towards Mo Yuan, not to mention that Mo Yuan was also clear that although Qin Ziyuan could be a bit unscrupulous, he also had a bottom line. For Mo Yuan, unless the interests of both parties were completely contrary, let him not take action against himself. Currently, what he did is still within the bottom line that Mo Yuan can bear. At least, indeed deterred a lot of misguided tenants, with the blood word more and more harsh, many tenants indeed mental state are increasingly unstable up. At this moment, right next door to him, Dong Xie and Dong Ning, the two siblings, had also felt that the atmosphere of the apartment was completely different lately. When they had first moved into the apartment, they had clearly sensed that there were hardly any normal people among the residents of the apartment. Before Dong Xie had completed his first Bloodletter, all the residents looked at him as if he were a dead man, and most of them spoke to them with either disregard or cynicism, and then again with extreme irritability and a very strong tendency towards violence. However, after Dong Xie and Dong Ning had passed the first Blood Character, many people were much more pleasant to them. In fact, crossing the first bloodletter alone wasn't a big deal, but for one thing, Zhao Long and the other old residents also died instead Dong Xie survived, and secondly, they lived a bit closer to Mo Yuan, who seemed to appreciate them quite a bit, so they also looked at them differently right away. In this place, the degree of snobbery can be said to be completely undisguised. And recently, Qin Ziyuan made a brazen move and actually executed a pair of men and women in public, shocking the crowd to a great extent. The rules that Qin Ziyuan had set up required that infighting, brawling, and forcing residents who would not execute the blood words into the place of execution of the blood words, and other vices, were not allowed in the apartment. At the same time, Qin Ziyuan had originally intended to actively encourage informants, especially those who report addicts, Qin Ziyuan would actively give advice on the blood words he executes (Qin Ziyuan is unlike Mo Yuan, who usually isn't his direct descendant, and he won't give constructive advice on blood word tasks), only for Mo Yuan to strongly oppose it, and only after consulting with him did this matter come to a halt. Otherwise, the interior of the apartment would definitely be plunged into a horrifying environment where everyone would snitch. However, even so, many people would still be on guard against each other, and everyone would be on their own. Right now, when Dong Xie went out a door and greeted anyone, everyone was trembling with fear, not daring to say more than a few words. Now, because Dong Xie lives directly across the street from Mo Yuan, and because Mo Yuan himself has not hidden his admiration for Dong Xie, many people have begun to classify Dong Xie as part of the "moderate faction led by Mo Yuan" in their minds. This time, no one knows who will die, Mo Yuan or Qin Ziyuan, and if Mo Yuan dies and Qin Ziyuan takes full power, they will be afraid of settling scores. In reality, Qin Ziyuan didn't even have the idea of antagonizing Mo Yuan, he was just dissatisfied with Mo Yuan's overly gentle attitude in dealing with things. "The atmosphere in the apartment is also really too depressing lately." On the dining table, Dong Ning gave Dong Xie a piece of meat and said, "It seems that my previous thoughts were right. These residents, too, are not oil-saving lamps. It's just that I really didn't see before that Qin Ziyuan, this person, is so ruthless in his methods. The moment he makes a move to kill someone, everyone is now on the edge of their seats." "If that snitching system is really engaged, that would be terrifying." Dong Xie felt his heart creeping out just thinking about it, "There's no court here, so if someone wants to plant evidence and eliminate dissidents, that would be terrifying. In this place, everyone doesn't know what day they'll live to, and each and every one of them could fall into a state of insanity at any time. It was important to realize that the number of tenants who had executed the Bloodletter a small number of times was overwhelmingly high. If they feel that they can t live one day and simply go crazy before they die …… then they will be in trouble. This apartment, the law is completely ineffective." Dong Xie was especially worried about Ah Ning, in terms of face value, she was absolutely ranked number one in this entire apartment, and just after entering the apartment for those two weeks, a pair of moves from certain residents had been dishonest. Now, it was only slightly better. But lately, Dong Xie had noticed that those few residents from Qin Ziyuan's faction would look at Ah Ning a little off-kilter, and would even come up to accost her from time to time. Ever since the public execution of the residents, these people have started to act like foxes and waving around all day long, and everyone is afraid of them! Thinking of this, Dong Xie clenched his fists in death! Chapter Two: Checks and Balances The few tenants that Qin Ziyuan had taken in were all of the more capable types. And among them, there were also those who had a relatively low number of bloodletters. They also realized that they had little hope of survival, but it was an imposing thing to follow Qin Ziyuan and flaunt their weapons. They borrowed Qin Ziyuan's name behind their backs and would also do some dog-fighting things, but of course they didn't dare to go too far. These people, as long as they didn't go too far, Qin Ziyuan would definitely turn a blind eye. It seems to be double standard, but in fact the standard is never for the benefit of the service, human beings from the ancient times from the sacrifice of the benefit to unify the standard of the possibility, that is the cart before the horse. Qin Ziyuan executed the drug addicts, the hell believe that he was for the safety of the apartment residents, all he did was just to maintain the stability of the apartment, a crazy drug addict will cause a lot of instability. But those who are loyal to him won't do anything against him. If Qin Ziyuan wanted them to obey him, there would definitely be a certain degree of protection, or else he wasn't the hero of a web article, and he didn't have a kingly aura, so why should he follow him? Dong Xie had once accidentally seen a female resident enter Han Lei's room alone in the middle of the night, and at that time he naturally understood what was going on. Actually, Han Lei was fairly disciplined in his behavior, but a few other people around him were constantly staring at Ning with salivating eyes. However, when they hadn't actually done anything yet, Dong Xie couldn't snap at them. These few people knew that they would probably die in the Bloodletter sooner or later, and would definitely do things recklessly. At this moment, although Dong Xie was chewing on the meat inside his mouth, he didn't have the slightest intention of eating. Recently, he and Ning were definitely inseparable when they went out, but those few residents would still come up to accost them from time to time. Of course it's not too much right now, but the problem is that …… soon, Mo Yuan and Qin Ziyuan will have to go and execute the word of blood. If Mo Yuan died and Qin Ziyuan dominated the apartment alone, he might do things a bit more overbearingly; and once Qin Ziyuan died, it would instead be even more terrifying, and that would mean that the group of people under him would tear off all their disguises and directly turn into wild beasts. There were only a thousand days to be a thief, not a thousand days to prevent a thief. Dong Xie considered whether or not to show his defection to Qin Ziyuan and express his willingness to work for him, but with his level of zero victories in fights, Qin Ziyuan obviously couldn't see himself either. In terms of intelligence …… he felt that he and A Ning combined, Qin Ziyuan would not take it seriously. Then, fall to Mo Yuan's side? Mo Yuan and Qin Ziyuan's relationship was more subtle, but to be honest Mo Yuan didn't really have an absolute direct line, although there were residents who had a relationship with him, but unlike Qin Ziyuan's side who had carried out a full-scale arming, he didn't know how many controlled knives they had collected. Killing two restrained people and having to use a Nepalese dog leg knife to slit their throats, it was obvious that this was showing off muscles. "Ah Ning." "Hmm?" "In the worst case scenario, once Mo Yuan and Qin Ziyuan both die in the next Bloodletter mission, you know the consequences, right?" Dong Ning's gaze stagnated. Of course she knew. One must know that if occupants like Mo Yuan and Qin Ziyuan both failed to survive the fifth Blood Word, they would naturally become more and more desperate about their future hopes of survival. Once despair set in, the residents would likely go completely out of control, and the existing order would completely collapse. And this apartment, at most, can only be left for 48 hours before having to return. What would happen if the residents lost order and turned into beasts? Dong Ning could well imagine. Once there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor and class conflicts in society, it will fall into chaos. This apartment, on the other hand, was a lawless zone where the number of times a blood character survived was equivalent to class. Qin Ziyuan's approach was actually not wrong; he relied on the community of interest to build up his own armament, thus maintaining order in the apartment. The most fundamental reason why everyone obeyed his orders was that he would grant the Blood Characters all sorts of constructive advice on their tasks to ensure that their survival rate increased, in complete contrast to Mo Yuan's willingness to be selfless to the entirety of the residents. "Qin Ziyuan he obviously doesn't see us." Dong Xie could see this in the previous meeting, "He ridiculed us for having so much money but not knowing how to use it to get the landlord's son to reveal more information in the first place. This is indeed a huge oversight on our part. It's not quite the same as Mo Yuan, who only recruits tenants with a high number of blood words or a strong force to use for him. He definitely can't look at the likes of us. Right now it's because Mo Yuan still looks at us that he's tightening up. If either Mo Yuan or Qin Ziyuan dies, or both, the situation will deteriorate.The apartment 8 years ago actually encountered a similar situation, the difference being that there was a resident named Shangguan Mian at that time, who seemed to be an international assassin, and whose powerful strength was what ensured order in the apartment." For a while, the atmosphere at the table became incredibly stiff. They all recognized a grim reality early on: the occupants, who were also human, were somehow more terrifying than the evil spirits. "I must make two preparations." Dong Xie's hand struck the table, "The first thing is …… to arm ourselves first as much as possible. Our current point is money, find a way to acquire some powerful weapons as much as possible. Guns are obviously impossible, but some controlled knives should be possible to get. Luckily, Qin Ziyuan won't frisk anyone entering or leaving the apartment." "I'm afraid it won't be that simple." Dong Ning wasn't too optimistic about this, "For example, that Han Lei, he's an expert in Muay Thai, which is why Qin Ziyuan relies on him in particular. Of course, the fact that Han Lei is so strong and still has to follow Qin Ziyuan's orders is because he knows that he can't force Qin Ziyuan, or else he'd be able to let him die in the word of blood by intentionally giving him a wrong way to live." "It's a pity that only the animals carried by the residents during the time period when they enter the apartment can enter the apartment, other animals can't enter the apartment at all if they're brought together. Otherwise find a way to buy a Scottish Shepherd, or a Tibetan Mastiff or something like that ……" "Brother, the problem is, if you can really bring an animal in, Qin Ziyuan can do this just as well." "Of course I said that this is a two handed preparation, a worst case scenario. This time, Bloodletter …… they'll be in full contact with the apartment residents, and we'll have to come up with a plan together to do everything we can to make sure that both of them survive. As long as they both don't die, on the one hand, the apartment order can continue to be maintained, and on the other hand, the residents will also see hope." Dong Ning knew that this was indeed the best way to go. Dong Xie was also thinking in his heart at this time that as long as his Bloodletter Survival Counts went up, he would find a way to build up his own armed and direct system. The reason why he couldn't win in fights in the past, and the fact that the other party resorted to group fights from time to time, was also an important factor. Before this, Mo Yuan and Qin Ziyuan can not die, these two people check and balance each other, it is the best for him. So …… time flew by and 2020 arrived. Mo Yuan and Qin Ziyuan's fifth Blood Word mission was about to kick off!