Chapter 11: An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth.
Quickly, several female students who were still fighting were forcibly separated by the arriving teacher.
The lead girl's shins were already bitten bloody by Chu Qingqing; Chu Qingqing's body was even more miserable, covered with bruises from being beaten and small blood holes left by a compass.
So the teacher raised an eyebrow and reprimanded both sides, then took them all to the office to find their homeroom teacher.
As soon as he entered the classroom earlier, Cheng Jinyang went straight back to his seat, pretending as if nothing had happened, silently observing.
He was well aware of the teacher's actions and attitude.
Many teachers actually don't want to deal with violence among students, especially those who are just passing time. This is largely because schools often lack clear definitions and punishments for violent behavior.
Most of the instigators of violence are problematic students. If teachers handle it lightly, it's ineffective; if they handle it heavily, it can lead to parental involvement.
Putting in effort to solve the problem without reward naturally dampens motivation, so it largely depends on individual professional responsibility.
However, seeing blood is a whole different story. Looking at the wound on the calf of the girl who was bitten by Chu Qingqing, it was shocking. There would definitely be a need to go to the nearby hospital for stitches.
At that moment, even though the teacher was just passing by, they felt somewhat powerless and hurried to call the head teacher of their class.
So, Chu Qingqing and the other four were taken away, and the remaining students immediately started buzzing with discussion.
Cheng Jinyang didn't want to look at their crooked noses and twisted mouths, so he just laid his head on the desk and fell asleep, secretly listening to their discussions.
Unexpectedly, from these discussions, it can be heard that the classmates in the class don't actually harbor much resentment towards Chu Qingqing; they just feel she's too reclusive and introverted.
As for why she's bullied, it seems to be entirely unjust. Perhaps in September of her first year of school, a heartthrob from the neighboring class confessed to her and was rejected, sparking dissatisfaction from a female class bully who secretly admired him...
It seems that Chu Qingqing is really miserable.
Just because someone looks a little prettier, disaster strikes. After a few minutes, the sky gradually darkened.
In dreams, time flows differently from reality. Important events seem to pass slowly, while insignificant moments fly by. One moment, a fight just ended in the early morning; the next moment, it's almost time for afternoon classes.
Returning from the infirmary, Chu Qingqing's body was wrapped in bandages, bearing the marks of her injuries. Shivering, she hugged her arms and made her way back to her seat.
"Hey, Ah Suan!" a boy teased her, laughing. "You're in trouble. Hu Niu said that when she comes back from the nearby hospital tonight, she's going to bring people to block the classroom, break your legs, and hang you at the stairwell!"
'Hu Niu,' that's the name of the girl who leads the bullying. She's tall and strong, skilled in fighting. Even the tough guys from other classes don't dare mess with her.
Additionally, Hu Niu really hates pretty 'vixens' the most. Many beautiful girls from neighboring classes have been picked on by her for no reason in the corridors. From this perspective, her combat ability is indeed much higher than that of the Weibo boxer.
Cheng Jinyang propped his chin with one hand, casually observing Chu Qingqing from the corner of his eye. He saw her sit back down in her original position without much reaction, staring blankly out the window.
It felt like she had become numb to the outside world.
He sighed, stood up, and followed the other students out of the classroom.
Dinner time had arrived.
Suddenly, the meal was over. Cheng Jinyang walked back to the classroom leisurely, only to see students gathered outside, pointing and discussing something inside.
A certain ominous feeling arose, prompting him to push through the crowd and rush inside, only to find that all the desks and chairs in the classroom had been pushed to the sides, making way for a clear space in the center.
Chu Qingqing lay gasping for breath on the ground, her body convulsing as if in spasms, while several girls continued to swing chairs at her legs. Hu Niu, leaning on a cane, stood coldly at the classroom door, blocking the only entrance, her expression icy as she stared at the fallen Chu Qingqing.
"Nobody is allowed in!" she turned around, roaring like a madwoman, "Otherwise, I'll beat all of you together!"
Cheng Jinyang: .......
Although it's just a nightmare-like memory and the reality has already passed, when he is confronted with this cruel scene of violence, there is still an unbearable anger.
Sigh, better go find the teacher quickly.
Cheng Jinyang turned around, and then...
Suddenly spinning around, he viciously punched Hu Niu squarely in her big round face.
The fist connected with the side of her face, and in an instant, her facial features contorted as several teeth were knocked out, accompanied by a spray of blood, sending her crashing to the ground.
The surroundings immediately fell silent, even the gang of bullies who were still attempting to break Chu Qingqing's legs stopped in shock, their actions halted midway.
Ah, so refreshing!
Cheng Jinyang shook his hand satisfactorily, the sensation from that punch was really not bad.
Well, it's just a nightmare, who cares.
"Aren't you supposed to hit me too?" He flexed his wrists and gestured towards a few girls carrying chairs into the classroom, smiling, "Come on, hit me."
However, those few girls didn't move. Or rather, they couldn't move anymore.
At some point, all the desks and chairs in the classroom had collapsed onto the ground. The metal frames of the desks and chairs poured out like mercury, engulfing the ankles of those few girls.
Cheng Jinyang's expression suddenly changed: he saw Chu Qingqing slowly rising from the ground—lifted up by countless metal arms, like Jesus on the cross, while more liquid metal swiftly climbed up the bodies of those few girls.
And in an instant, it condensed into dense thorns!
Countless metal spikes pierced through their bodies. The semi-liquid nature endowed the metal with mobility, while the semi-solid nature ensured they had the strength to tear flesh apart. As a result, the bodies of these girls immediately split apart, with blood and limbs hanging on the surface of the metal spikes, staining them a ghastly crimson, resembling a scene from hell.
The spikes then transformed back into liquid and formed the shape of a heavy hammer, fiercely smashing towards the exterior wall of the classroom.
With a deafening roar, outside the classroom, some students who hadn't reacted yet were immediately buried by the collapsed walls. The remaining students who were lucky enough not to be buried were also engulfed by the roaring metal flood, then pierced by countless spikes, dying on the spot.
Cheng Jinyang silently watched it all. The metallic torrent that had just crashed through the classroom deliberately veered away from his position, leaving him unscathed.
However, the classmates who were originally around him had all collapsed by now. The air was filled with a foul, bloody smell, along with a strange hint of rust, intensifying as Chu Qingqing, carried by metal, approached.
"Did you just try to save me?" Chu Qingqing leaned close to Cheng Jinyang, her eyes devoid of life, her voice hoarse like the friction of magnets.
A third of her face had already turned metallic, like a bronze mask embedded in flesh, probably a negative effect from forcibly triggering her abilities without proper calculation.
"You'd better go see a doctor," Cheng Jinyang said calmly.
"I haven't finished killing yet..."
"What?"
"There are still those teachers," Chu Qingqing seemed uninterested in discussing further with him, immediately rushing towards the teachers' office riding the metal waves.
"Wait!" Cheng Jinyang hurriedly chased after her, "While these teachers may have been negligent, there's no need to kill them..."
His words weren't finished when several screams echoed in the office, followed by blood seeping out from under the door.
Cheng Jinyang: .......
Chu Qingqing emerged again, this time with half of her face overtaken by spreading metal, evidently corroded even deeper.
"If you keep going like this, you'll end up dead," Cheng Jinyang said helplessly.
"So what?" Chu Qingqing looked at him with empty eyes. "If it weren't for awakening my abilities, I would have died just now."
"If this is supposed to be a good world, then why do I have to suffer so much?" she murmured to herself as she continued walking towards the classroom next door.
Many students had already been drawn out by the screams coming from the teacher's office, only to be engulfed by a metallic wave, their cries silenced before they could even utter a sound, crushed into pulp.
"It is unfair for them to treat me like this. Why is there no one coming to rescue me?"
A metallic giant wave surged into the classroom, accompanied by faint screams that were soon drowned out by the roaring tide. It seems that Chu Qingqing's mastery of her abilities is deepening as she explores them, but the cost is an increasingly heavy burden on her body.
"If this is a cruel world, then everything I've experienced can be explained by the law of the jungle." She emerged slowly from the classroom, her body already stained with blood the kind that could make Miss Ah Zhi faint.
However, on her two-thirds metallic face, there appeared a demonic smile as if possessed by madness:
"I am weaker than them, so I can only endure violence and bullying; conversely, if I am stronger than them, then what's the problem with killing those who have bullied and cursed me, as well as those who have watched me being tortured without a care?"
"The problem is significant," Cheng Jinyang sighed, probing, "Aren't you becoming the person you once deeply despised?"
Chu Qingqing hesitated for a moment.
"No," she scoffed, shaking her head, "This is the person I aspire to become."
"In every moment of violence inflicted upon me, I swear that one day, I will repay those former perpetrators with a thousandfold of the pain they caused."
"You don't approve of my actions because you have never truly endured suffering. You haven't experienced that extreme agony that makes you crave 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'."
Countless metal arms hung low, lowering Chu Qingqing, who looked like a blood man, next to Cheng Jinyang, her lips perfectly aligned with his ear, emitting a chilling whisper:
"Right, JinYang~?"