Metaphysics boss 4 and a half years old: My aunt’s milk is so sweet

Chapter 537 Weirdness
The giant stone axe was only a few tenths of a centimeter away from Ranran. Under the extremely dangerous pressure, she forced herself to open her eyes wide and hold her breath.

This was the closest she had ever been to death.

The extremely urgent situation almost made her brain unable to function. For example, why did she want to save Anzi like crazy when she saw him in danger, and why did she do something that disregarded her own safety?

But Ranran still found something strange.

As mentioned before, this was the closest Ranran has ever been to death.

【Eye of Truth】 was not activated.

Something suddenly flashed through Ranran's mind.

In a flash, she raised her eyes to look at the sharp axe. The blade, which could cut iron like mud, stopped exactly at the tip of her nose. It was so close that it was almost touching her nose, but it did not cut her skin.

That's right! The Iron Guard stopped moving!
Ran Ran breathed a sigh of relief and first backed away from the giant axe. The first thought that came to her mind after surviving the disaster was:

She really relies too much on the [Eye of Truth] now.

If her judgment about the [Eye of Truth] just now had been wrong, she would have died by now.

"slowly!"

Everything happened so fast that Anzi had just been thrown to a safe area by Ranran when he saw the huge axe chopping towards her. Although he didn't know why the Iron Guard stopped at this moment, he was still almost scared to death.

"Come here quickly!" He looked pale and urged Ranran anxiously.

Ran Ran exhaled a breath and walked towards the crowd, but because she was still the closest to the city gate among everyone, the Iron Guards followed her with heavy steps. This situation made everyone scream crazily.

Ran Ran could only comfort him, "Don't worry about him for now. As long as we don't get close to the city gate, he shouldn't act rashly."

Everyone looked confused, wondering how Ranran was sure of this. Ranran immediately shared all her speculations.

Huaer immediately said distressedly: "But if we can't leave the city, how are we going to pass this trial? The S-level area must dig out all the truth and clues."

Regarding such important matters as the general direction of action, Anzi had already made plans to follow Ranran and do whatever Ranran said, so at this moment he was thinking about another problem.

"I remember there seemed to be a guard standing on each side of the city gate... Am I remembering correctly?"

Liu Shuo nodded, "Indeed, there are two."

Anzi scratched his head. "Then the question is... where is the other one now?" He asked while bypassing the huge iron guards and trying to see the scene outside the city gate. "Is he still guarding outside the gate?"

Jingjing had recovered a lot from the shock, but her expression still looked slow, giving people a sense of calm sadness. She spoke a little slowly, "Since it's a city, there shouldn't be only one exit."

Anzi opened his eyes wide, "You mean the other guard went to guard another city gate?"

"It's very likely." Liu Shuo held up his eyes on the bridge of his nose. "If the purpose of the Iron Guards attacking people is to prevent people from leaving the city, then they naturally need to defend the city strictly. It makes sense for the two Iron Guards to act separately."

Jingjing was startled when she heard this and raised her head suddenly, "That Zhang Peng..."

Anzi hissed softly, "Yes, Zhang Peng was scared away by the Iron Guards, and he should be running around in the city now. He should not have forgotten that he has to leave the city before he can proceed to the next step..."

"I just don't know if he's lucky. What if he meets another Iron Guard..."

Anzi looked at Jingjing's complicated expression and couldn't help but ask, "Are you still worried about him?"

Hua Er said coldly: "Anyone who abandons his partner and runs away alone in a dangerous situation can be considered dead."

She stared at Jingjing, "Even if you know for sure that he is not dead, please treat him as dead." Liu Shuo added with an unpleasant expression, "And this man is not only selfish, he is also extremely cold-blooded. Lei Zi died to save him..."

"He was able to escape without any hesitation or psychological burden for even a second!"

"To describe him as a scum is an insult to the word scum!"

He looked at everyone quietly, raising a pale smile, "I didn't mean to worry about him, but... I was shocked when I suddenly thought of it."

Ran Ran finally came to his senses from his deep thoughts. "Habit is a very scary force. It's hard for people to change in such a short time. Don't be too harsh on them."

"As long as Jingjing is clear in her mind, that's enough. Let time take care of the rest."

When Lei Zi was mentioned again, everyone's eyes inevitably glanced towards the direction of the wall at the city gate, but they did not dare to look closely because of the tragic scene. They just glanced at a corner and then looked away in fear.

Ran Ran carefully observed the expressions of the crowd. After all, Li Jianye's team of six was temporarily formed due to the pressure of survival after entering the trial, and the relationships between them varied greatly.

Just like Liu Shuo and Hua'er, although they were also shocked, scared and even indignant about Lei Zi's tragic death, there was very little sadness in their expressions.

Looking at Li Jianye again...he still hasn't come back to his senses, it's like his soul has been sucked away.

Ranran looked at his face which had aged so much in an instant, and couldn't help but be surprised that she only just saw the white hair on his head and the white stubble on his chin.

Perhaps it was because Li Jianye, who had not lost his apprentice, was too high-spirited, and the radiance in his eyes completely overshadowed all the traces of vicissitudes of life.

At this moment, his eyes were empty, looking straight ahead, and his empty eyes seemed to see nothing. Until he realized Ran Ran was observing him, his cloudy and bloodshot eyes turned slowly to Ran Ran, like a seriously ill patient who was about to die.

Ranran was momentarily captivated by that look that disregarded everything.

She read out a meaning from it:
If he had the ability to do it, he would definitely use the most cruel means to make the Iron Guards unable to live or die.

Ranran clearly saw the muscles on Li Jianye's face twitching subtly before he opened his mouth to speak.

It is hard to imagine that beneath such fragile flesh and blood lies such a raging and terrifying rage.

Li Jianye pointed at the iron guard behind Ran Ran.

“…What on earth is he?”

Grief made his voice hoarse, and his voice was so soft that it was almost impossible to hear what he said without listening carefully.

Ranran frowned slightly. What Li Jianye needed now was an explosion, not suppression.

Suppression would only make the hatred in his heart even more terrifying.

Seeing that no one responded to Li Jianye, Anzi gritted his teeth and said, "It's hard to answer this question. After all, none of us dare to get close to study this big guy carefully."

Li Jianye lowered his eyes and looked at Ranran. The cold wind made his lips pale and dry.

The death of an important person left him with only pain. His old, weathered eyes suddenly moved, like a ball of dry mud that suddenly cracked, revealing a still moist and fresh interior.

He looked at Ranran.

"What about you? You don't know the answer either?"

Ranran felt like a life-saving straw, being held tightly by Li Jianye.