Anti-War Game: Starting from Normandy Campaign-Chapter 702 - 338: Wu Zixu’s Boundless Hatred

At this moment, the Crown Prince Jian and Grand Tutor Wu She were stationed outside.

King Chu Ping feared Wu She might revolt once he found out, so he first summoned Wu She back, falsely accusing that the Crown Prince Jian was plotting a rebellion, wanting to observe Wu She’s reaction.

Having been with the Crown Prince Jian for a long time, Wu She naturally knew these were lies and argued rationally with King Chu Ping.

However....

Seeing Grand Tutor Wu She argue for reason, this only strengthened King Chu Ping’s resolve to eliminate Crown Prince Jian.

The king of Chu was him.

Not Crown Prince Jian!

Subsequently, Wu She was imprisoned by King Chu Ping.

At the same time.

On Fei Wuji’s suggestion, Wu She was forced to write a letter to summon his two sons, Wu Shang and Wu Zixu, back to eliminate them completely.

Meanwhile, King Chu Ping also sent people to assassinate Crown Prince Jian.

However, Crown Prince Jian had already received the news and escaped.

On the other side.

Wu Shang and Wu Zixu also received a letter from their father Wu She.

The messenger, holding a letter personally written by Wu She, approached Wu Shang and Wu Zixu:

"The king commands, if the two young masters return with me immediately, the Grand Tutor’s life can still be spared."

"If you dare defy the order...."

The messenger deliberately drew out his words, the implication clear without saying it.

Wu Shang, upon hearing this, wanted to depart, but Wu Zixu grabbed him and led him away from the messenger:

"Brother, wait! This move by the King of Chu clearly aims to capture all three of us, father and sons, in one go."

"If we go, the whole family will suffer, falling right into the traitor’s trap!"

Wu Shang’s eyes were full of hatred, his fists clenched white, as he undoubtedly knew, yet....

Wu Zixu took a deep breath and whispered:

"We should rather seek refuge in another country for now."

"If we simply surrender, not only will we fail to save father, but we won’t even have the chance to seek vengeance!"

Wu Shang was silent for a moment but slowly shook his head:

"Besides, if we cannot avenge in the future, won’t we be more ridiculed?"

"Father personally summoned, as a son... how can I fear death and not go?"

"You should leave; I’ll face death calmly."

Wu Zixu was anxious, calling out:

"Big brother!"

From a distance.

The messenger impatiently walked over:

"You two..."

Wu Zixu, as if startled, grabbed a bow and arrow from the nearby rack, pointing it at the messenger’s forehead:

"Stop!!"

"If you take another step, don’t blame the arrow for being blind!"

The messenger indeed stopped, frightened and shocked, not daring to step forward, while Wu Zixu shouted angrily at Wu Shang:

"Big brother!!!"

But Wu Shang waved him off, and Wu Zixu gave him a frustrated look, hearing footsteps approaching from afar, knowing there was no more time to flee.

Wu Zixu bit his lip, casting one last look at his big brother.

Since the foolish king had already decreed, Chu would no longer be a safe haven; he must leave Chu as soon as possible.

Wu Zixu, deep in thought, quickly escaped from there. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

As for what happened thereafter.

Wu Zixu was already oblivious, as the scene of him struggling to evade King Chu Ping’s pursuers played out, with several close brushes with death, even coming within inches of the trackers a few times.

In just a few days.

Wu Zixu had gone from being a noble of Chu to a ragged beggar.

At this moment, Wu Zixu was trudging along with a bamboo pole.

Until a moment.

The burning hunger in his stomach became uncontrollable, forcing him to kneel, frantically grabbing at the wild grass and roots beneath him, chewing as he stuffed them into his mouth, his eyes blood-red:

"I can’t die... I can’t die yet..."

Wu Zixu panted, lacking strength, yet stubbornly persevering.

In a daze.

He seemed to see the city gates of Chu, saw the Wu clan members being oppressed by the Chu army, beheaded one by one for public display.

The blood dyed the execution platform red, heads rolled, eyes not closed in death.

His father and brother’s tragic death of being torn apart by horses.

Every image was like a sharp knife stabbing into his heart.

Wu Zixu’s teeth clattered, his whole body trembling, fingernails dug deep into his palm, obsessed with hatred, his voice hoarse like a ghost:

"King Chu!! Fei Wuji!!!"

"I, Wu Zixu... will surely annihilate your entire households!!!!"

Wu Zixu, chewing on grass roots, carried on with overwhelming hatred to survive.

As night fell.

The cold wind cuts like a knife.

In a cave, Wu Zixu, wrapped in his tattered robe, curled into a ball, yet still unable to ward off the chill of the cold wind.

Suddenly.

Wu Zixu’s entire body shook uncontrollably, his body trembled without end, his forehead burning hot, while cold sweat soaked through his clothes, his fingers digging firmly into the crevices of the rocks, knuckles turning white.

Seeing this scene.

Many Blue Star netizens in the livestream realized.

This is a disease in [Huaxia], called malaria, commonly known as "shaking chills."

The mortality rate of this disease in ancient [Huaxia] is very high.

In the scene, Wu Zixu, curled up in agony, groaned painfully, his hatred roaring like a viper repeating itself:

"King of Chu... Fei Wuji..."

It was already unconscious muttering, yet this deeply rooted hatred compelled Wu Zixu, even in a comatose state, to continue uttering the names of these two people.

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream, considering his age, were unsure if he could survive it.

But fortunately.

Wu Zixu pulled through, though he was severely weakened.

The scene shifts again.

At this moment, Wu Zixu had escaped to Zhuguan, the border of Wu and Chu.

Yet his appearance had drastically changed.

Describing him as skin and bones wouldn’t be an exaggeration; from a distance, he could be mistaken for an old man nearing seventy.

Only Wu Zixu’s eyes, burning with overwhelming hatred, shone brightly, though he dared not advance because the guards at Zhuguan ahead were conducting inspections.

The portrait in their hands was precisely Wu Zixu.

Seeing this, Wu Zixu could only suppress his urge to pass through, pondering ways, yet the pursuers behind him were closing in fast.

Night falls.

In a broken temple amidst a stormy night.

In his dreams, Wu Zixu suddenly let out a scream:

"Ah——!!!"

But he quickly came to, forcibly swallowing the scream.

Before his eyes, his clansmen, his father, Wu’s clan over three hundred people...

"Unless Zhuguan is crossed, blood vengeance cannot be avenged!"

Driven nearly insane by hatred, Wu Zixu suddenly saw a strand of broken hair fall before him.

Wu Zixu was startled.

Then reaching out, grasped at a handful of black hair within his hand, mingled with many white strands.

Trembling, Wu Zixu clutched the hair, pulling it out in handfuls, as lightning flashed and thunder rumbled outside, and Wu Zixu stumbled and tripped outside the broken temple, falling into a water puddle.

Crash—!

A clap of thunder resounded.

As lightning streaked across the sky, Wu Zixu saw his reflection in the puddle.

His black hair was all gone, as if frost and snow covered his head.

In just one night, his hair had turned white.

Wu Zixu’s eyes first showed surprise, then joy, followed by maniacal laughter:

"Hahaha!"

"Heaven helps me! Heaven helps me!"

Kneeling on the ground, letting the torrent wash over him, Wu Zixu’s smile was ferocious, smearing mud and water on his clothes, making himself appear even more wretched and miserable:

"You couldn’t have imagined, could you?"

"Couldn’t have imagined I, Wu Zixu, would become like this?!"

"Hahahahaha."

"King of Chu... Fei Wuji!!!"

"On the day I return, I shall ensure your Chu kingdom becomes a mountain of corpses!!!!"

"A river of blood!!!!"

"Hahahahaha!!!!"

Boom—!

This scene made Blue Star netizens in the livestream gasp.

He’s gone mad.

Completely mad.

So consumed by overwhelming hatred and frenzy, could Wu Zixu still be considered a normal person?

But given Wu Zixu’s experiences, such hatred was quite understandable.

After all, the Wu clan, more than 300 people in total, were all slaughtered. The term "exterminate three clans" they had heard in the [Huaxia] series plot, but this was the first time they saw it.

Wu Zixu had not seen it with his own eyes at his side.

Those were fantasies conjured up.

But the [Viewing Version] provided imagery from that side, making Wu Zixu witness the real scene might have driven him even crazier.

The scene of a person being dismembered by five horses, some Blue Star netizens found it hard to watch.

A person being torn apart alive by the limbs and head pulled by five horses, nobody could bear to watch.