Downtown T City.
Before the apocalypse, this place was once the busiest place in T City. There were over a dozen shopping malls alone, along with numerous office buildings, high-end hotels, and apartment complexes. These places tended to stockpile supplies, so even though it had been nearly two months since the apocalypse, players still came daily to rummage through their drawers, trying to find something useful.
But now, because of the sudden appearance of the monster, the players fled in panic. There was no trace of humans in the surrounding streets. Only a few huge tentacles were swaying from the ground, and roars that shook the earth and the sky came from the ground from time to time.
There were dark clouds right above the tentacles, with lightning and thunder in the clouds, and raindrops poured down from the clouds, revealing a little bit of faint green light.
After dozens of seconds, the dark clouds finally dissipated.
At a dilapidated bus stop on the corner of the street, Ye Miao, who had just taken medicine to restore his various attributes, cautiously reached out to feel around. Seeing that there were indeed no raindrops, he walked out completely and turned his head to glance at the huge tentacles dozens of meters away.
"Let's try one last time. If it doesn't work, we'll retreat." Ye Miao said.
The archers were meaningless, Chu Cheng nodded: "Listen to the boss."
Ye Miao nodded, and everyone dispersed. The archers walked to the other end of the street, then dispersed from the intersection there, entered other streets and alleys, and approached the monster through different paths.
Ye Miao walked directly toward the intersection, sticking close to the wall, trying not to attract the monster's attention. About 20 to 30 meters away, the information panel came into view.
[Name: Alienated Earthworm King]
[Level: ∞]
[Health: ∞, Mana: 25000]
[Attack: 19000, Agility: 1200, Defense: 20000]
[Skills: Unavailable]
[Other descriptions: None.]
Ye Miao sighed, "∞", "Cannot view", "None", this panel is really outrageous.
She was two buildings away from the monster. The buildings were originally very tall, but now only five or six floors are left under the monster's fierce and brutal attack. However, it was enough to block the monster's sight.
Speaking of "sight"...
Ye Miao complained silently in his heart: There are only a bunch of tentacles, and I don’t know how they judge the player’s position.
After waiting for about three minutes, her message bar popped up.
[Chu Cheng] Ready.
【EasyHang】Ready.
【Chen Qibin】Ready.
[Chen Ruhuan] Ready.
【Li Chenqi】Ready.
Closing the message window, Ye Miao took a deep breath and muttered to himself, "The overlap of reality and illusion!"
With that, she sprinted towards the monster. As she walked, more and more identical figures appeared on either side, until all twelve appeared. The system had programmed this skill intelligently. The phantoms didn't follow her exact path, but they would dodge obstacles on their own, making it difficult for the enemy to determine which was the real person.
Soon, the mutant worm king noticed the unusual movement and launched a fierce attack with its six tentacles. Ye Miao leaped up, dodging two of the oncoming tentacles in quick succession. Then, he activated his "Shadowless Sword" skill, leveraging his speed and the rubble surrounding the monster to rapidly close in. With a glance, he saw two phantoms struck by the monster, their health bars emptied, and they vanished without a trace.
Even so, there was still a real person and 10 phantoms present. Ye Miao effectively controlled the hatred, and the archers, seizing the opportunity, launched a wave of arrows at him frantically.
Generally speaking, monsters in the game have attribute restraints, and each monster has at least one attribute weakness. Attacking with corresponding skills can cause high damage.
But the Mutated Earthworm King didn't seem to have any. In previous battles, the archer team had tried various arrows, and the arrows now shot were also varied, but looking at it, the damage caused didn't seem to make much difference.
The mutant worm king roared under attack. The tentacles that had originally focused on attacking Ye Miao and Phantom instantly spread out in all directions, attacking the archer!
At that moment, the phantom vanished. Ye Miao muttered, "Reality and illusion overlap, shadowless sword!"
The skill was triggered again, and 12 phantoms appeared again, followed by the shadowless sword. Ye Miao, who had already stepped on the tentacles of the Earthworm King, slashed with both swords, and the Earthworm King's tentacles that were stretched out in all directions were instantly retracted, and Ye Miao successfully drew its attention back.
"Shadowless Sword."
"Shadowless Sword."
"Shadowless Sword!"
Ye Miao unleashed three rounds of skills, and the archers dealt various types of damage. After a frenzied barrage, the word "Weak" finally appeared above the Mutated Worm King's head.
In a weakened state, both attack power and attack speed are significantly reduced. Ye Miao shouted urgently: "Now!"
Before he finished speaking, five archers drew their bows at the same time, and the arrows released again flew towards the mutant earthworm king with the iron chain.
"Click, click!" As the arrows struck their targets, the chains automatically embedded themselves in the ground. This was a unique control skill for archers, a blue card but incredibly useful. After Yi Hang first acquired this card, everyone noticed its benefits and paid high prices for it several times, striving to ensure that every member of the team had it.
Li Chenqi, who had the lowest level, was the last to get this card. A few days ago, the system card pack dropped again. He randomly selected 5 cards from the 20 cards. This was the only blue card. He was so happy that he stepped on Yi Hang's instep. Yi Hang was caught off guard and almost fell to his knees.
Now Li Chenqi released an arrow and saw the tentacles that were originally attacking were suddenly pulled away. He cheered loudly: "Awesome!"
Ye Miao took advantage of the restricted movement of the tentacles to cast skills again, while keeping a close eye on the movements of the mutant worm king.
With a "snap" sound, an iron chain was broken. Ye Miao hurriedly dodged the attack and shouted to Chu Cheng: "Can you reconnect it?"
Chu Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "It's still cooling down." After that, he could only shoot arrows one after another and try his best to output.
"Bang--"
“Bang!”
The remaining iron chains broke one after another, and then the seventh tentacle popped out of the ground and pierced the clouds.
As the tentacles stirred, the originally clear sky suddenly turned dark, and the thick clouds gathered into a huge vortex, with lightning and thunder in the vortex.
Ye Miao had no choice but to order with regret: "Retreat!" At the same time, he did a series of somersaults, jumping out of the attack range while dodging the attacks.
The archers also scurried off into the distance. A few seconds later, accompanied by a rumble of thunder, torrential rain fell like a waterfall, weaving a dense mist in the center of T City.
Five minutes later, the six-member team met up in a small square 200 meters away. The rain hadn't stopped on the monster's side. Ye Miao sighed, "It's really impossible to get through."
This monster's mechanics are incredibly inhumane. Its attack power and health are secondary, but the real problem is that after its weakened state ends, it summons thunderclouds and acid rain.
In addition to its own attack, acid rain also has negative effects. After being contaminated, it will randomly trigger any of the following three types: continuous weakening of physical strength/decreased attack power/slowed agility.
Not only that, acid rain falling on equipment will also cause the durability of the equipment to drop rapidly.
The skill that summons the thundercloud has a long pre-swing, but it cannot be interrupted. The only thing the player can do is to control it hard before the pre-swing begins, indefinitely delaying the time it takes to summon the thundercloud.
But the problem is that all control skills have a cooldown time, and the cooldown time is usually longer than the skill effect time, making it difficult to achieve continuous control.
Once the pre-summoning of the thundercloud begins, the player can only run away, escape from the attack range before the acid rain falls, and keep the equipment.
The team failed in several battles in a row, and almost everyone realized that this monster should not be fought this way.
The monsters in the game that are particularly difficult to defeat often have special mechanisms that require players to use their brains to defeat them.
Ye Miao shook his head and said, "Let's go and finish the remaining two copies first, then go back and come back another day."
The next morning, the small market in the village that became rich overnight became bustling again.
Over the past few days, as the number of members increased, Ye Miao noticed that the market seemed to become more lively every day. Sometimes he would see one or two players setting up stalls, and sometimes he would see combat players coming out to earn some extra money. The flow of goods in the territory was very healthy.
Today, Ye Miao saw several groups of people who were obviously business trips. They probably got together by coincidence, and now they were all busy buying goods in the market.
"I'll pay you 10% more, provide ten more bottles of Stamina potions, and order 100 bottles of Intermediate Blood Replenishing Potions. You can pick them up in five days. Is that okay?"
Because prices in their territory were low, the merchant teams always appeared generous. As long as there was a profit, a little extra money or more supplies didn't matter; being able to order the goods was the most important thing.
"Okay." The young pharmacist in front of him smacked his lips and agreed. The business team was obviously relieved and paid the deposit in a refreshed mood.
Ye Miao enjoyed the hustle and bustle with a smile, sat down in front of the newly opened wonton stall next to her, and ordered a bowl of wontons.
The wontons arrived quickly. They were small, fresh meat wontons, with shredded seaweed and dried shrimp sprinkled in the soup. Ye Miao had just taken a sip of the hot soup when a few acquaintances noticed her: "Hey, Boss!"
Wang Yong and his teammates gathered around him, nothing much to do, just a cheerful greeting: "Good morning, boss!"
"Good morning." Ye Miao smiled. Wang Yong sat down across from him at the small wooden table. "Shall I treat you to something else?"
"No need." Ye Miao shook his head. "I just woke up, so just eat something that suits my taste."
Then I asked him, "How is it? Are you adapting here?"
"That's fantastic!" Wang Yong said earnestly. "I can't say about faraway places, but nearby—this area of T City—our village is the most comfortable."
"That's good." Ye Miao nodded. Wang Yong glanced at the two merchant teams not far away who were ordering food from He Kailai. He lowered his voice and said, "Boss, I heard that two of the four merchant teams that arrived yesterday have applied to join our village. Do you plan to approve them?"
Ye Miao looked up at him.
He quickly explained, "I didn't mean anything else! I was just asking. After all, in this business, you have to have an idea of your competitors, right?"
Ye Miao thought about it and said without hiding anything: "Their applications will not be approved, don't worry."
"That's great!" Wang Yong was relieved. He tactfully did not ask Ye Miao the reason, nor did he bother her any further. He simply took his team members away.
Just five minutes later, the owner of another stall not far away brought a cup of blueberry shaved ice and placed it next to Ye Miao, explaining, "A player named Wang Yong asked me to bring it here. The money has already been paid."
"...Okay, thank you." Ye Miao smiled and accepted it with peace of mind.
It can be seen that Wang Yong was grateful to her for not approving other business teams to join, but in fact she was not doing it for Wang Yong.
On the one hand, from the perspective of the player profession, merchant teams are a "scarce resource," scarce not only for them but also for other territories. Given the sudden wealth and favorable prices, merchant teams are naturally willing to settle here permanently. But she just waved her hand and heard everything. Other territories might lose their only merchant team. If she found out the specific reason, wouldn't they bear a grudge?
Although Ye Miao has high combat capability, she does not want to make enemies everywhere. She even let Wang Yong's team in because the two sides had some friendship before, because Wang Yong and his team played a crucial role in her digging into the corner of the Fearless Village. Otherwise, she probably would not even approve Wang Yong's application.
Anyway, she also has her own caravan, Ren Guoqing.
On the other hand, from the perspective of territory development, it may not be a good thing to attract all caravans, big and small.
Although she had upgraded her village and capped it at 1,000 members, it was still only 1,000. This cap meant she no longer had to carefully select new members, but she still had to strike a rough balance. If the territory's trades alone reached dozens or even hundreds of members, the territory's development would be severely unbalanced.
So, aside from Wang Yong's team, she had simply ignored all the other teams whose attributes clearly indicated they were merchant teams. Given the current prices, recruiting new merchant teams should be the easiest option. She could always find time to recruit new ones when she felt the two existing ones were insufficient.
After eating the wontons, Ye Miao walked to the residential area. Some new wooden and stone houses had been built, and several red brick houses had been renovated.
She no longer needs to build new huts. Older members are doing better off, and most have already moved on. She buys their huts at a low price or resells them directly to new members, reducing the demand for new ones.
That’s great!
Ye Miao was genuinely happy for the improved quality of life for her members. Of course, she was even happier when the relatively expensive houses sold better than the cheap thatched cottages!
After working hard for so long, it is finally her turn to make money every day with her eyes closed.
On the east side of the village, Lu Weiwei and Su Xinran finished their breakfast and went to the pen with the team members to see that the geese were mature!
The two then harvested the geese the same way they had the ducks yesterday, but with fewer geese, they only kept two pairs. They still kept half of the geese to try to hatch the adults, and gave some of the rest to Sun Chen and Ye Miao as "dividends." The rest was theirs.
As for the team members, they had all agreed on their wages in advance, and they would only be paid in gold coins, not in items.
This is something that everyone should be happy about, but when there are so many people, it is hard to guarantee that they will have different ideas.
While Lu Weiwei and Su Xinran were delivering their dividends, Chen Ling quietly complained to her teammates, "We were all working hard, but they kept all the harvest for themselves. They're treating us like laborers!"
The teammates were a little surprised by such remarks. After a pause, they tried to persuade him, "Don't say that. This is just another job the boss found for us because the harvest has been poor lately. 30 gold coins a day plus three meals a day is a lot. If we go out to gather like before, we definitely won't make this much!"
"You're so easy to talk to." Chen Ling said angrily, "Of course the boss means well, but those two are just bullying us!"
"Boss!" Su Xinran found the residential area and went straight to Ye Miao's residence. Ye Miao was building a roof for a stone house. Hearing the sound, he jumped down and called her, "Xinran!"
Su Xinran stopped and turned around, only then noticed that the stone house next to him had not been built yet, and smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I didn't see it."
After saying that, he walked forward and gave her the various goose wings, goose legs and goose eggs he had harvested.
"You harvested geese too?!" Ye Miao was delighted. He opened his backpack and said, "I'll pay you and Weiwei for your work these past few days first... It's been four days, right?"
We had agreed before that each person would get one hundred yuan per day, which would be eight hundred yuan for four days.
Ye Miao pointed out the gold coins, but Su Xinran held his hand and said, "No, no, we got a lot of the harvest, so we can't ask for wages!"
Ye Miao explained: "The harvest is the harvest, but the wages are agreed upon. It is considered as the tuition for you to bring in new people."
"No!" Su Xinran insisted, holding her hand. After a pause, he said seriously, "What if I don't think this is helping you, but building my own team?"
Ye Miao was stunned.
Su Xinran continued, "If we don't disband this team and continue raising chickens and ducks on our territory even after the soil erosion problem is solved, will you keep paying us wages?"
As she spoke, she moved closer and winked at Ye Miao with a smile.
"Hehe." Ye Miao also laughed and took the gold coin back. "You wish!"
"That's right." Su Xinran was satisfied. "Boss, you just need to be a good shareholder and wait for the dividends. You don't have to worry about our daily income!"
Su Xinran said it sincerely.
Yesterday, she was delivering ducks to Sun Chen, and Lu Weiwei found Ye Miao. They were both supposed to split the items 50% with Ye Miao, but Ye Miao only took 20%. After Su Xinran heard what happened, she wanted to ask Lu Weiwei: Do you think that's appropriate?!
There was clearly a misunderstanding between the two parties on this matter. Ye Miao believed that regardless of the gains, she was responsible for mentoring the new recruits and was responsible for paying them tuition. Su Xinran, on the other hand, felt that if Ye Miao took 50% or even more, she would consider herself purely working for Ye Miao and accept the wages. But Ye Miao only wanted 20%, which was a completely different matter!
Ye Miao understood what she meant and calmly reminded her, "I have no objection to following your advice. But think carefully. I'm just the middleman. If there are any problems between you and the team members, I can step in and resolve them. But if you treat them as your own team, then I won't be responsible if there are any problems next time. Can you and Weiwei handle it yourselves?"
"Let's try it!" Su Xinran said firmly.
Ye Miao sneered: "That's fine too. I'm happiest being a hands-off boss."
"Okay, goodbye, boss!" Su Xinran pretended to bow and then ran away happily.
Ye Miao looked at her back and took a deep breath: She did a lot of work but refused to charge more money, and was eager to save her trouble. Some members in her territory were really nice!
Su Xinran ran all the way back to the pen. Lu Weiwei, who had delivered something to Sun Chen, had already gone back and seemed to be arguing with someone.
Su Xinran was stunned, her steps unconsciously stagnating. Then she continued to walk forward, only to see Lu Weiwei's eyes red with anger: "If you have any objections, just say it. You knew that these two pairs of geese were kept for hatching eggs, and you just took them away! What are they going to use to hatch the eggs now?!"
Chen Ling's eyes rolled up to the sky. "Anyway, this is what I deserve. After all these days of hard work, how much did you earn? Why can't we share?"
Su Xinran had already guessed what had happened when she heard this, but she still asked with a sullen face, "What happened?"
Lu Weiwei was already crying with anger. Under Su Xinran's gaze, the other members, although they did not do anything bad together, still felt inexplicably guilty and explained together in a halting manner.
Many people whispered: "We tried to stop it, but we couldn't stop it..."
Chen Ling sneered when she heard this: "What's mine is mine, no one can stop me!"
He behaves like a commoner.
"Alright." Su Xinran said calmly, "We don't know how to judge people. We admit defeat. Since you've already killed those geese, take them. But I'm making it clear, starting tomorrow, you're no longer a member of this team."
"Tsk, who cares!" Chen Ling said contemptuously, "You're using chicken feathers as a token of authority, as if no one can live without you! What kind of people are you!"
This made Lu Weiwei panic for a moment. She grabbed Su Xinran and said, "No, we promised the boss..."
Su Xinran held her hand in return: "Don't worry, I've already told the boss about what we discussed last night, and he agrees. I don't think the boss will side with Chen Ling on this matter."
"Is that so..." Lu Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief, wiped her tears, and said sadly, "What about the remaining goose eggs?"
Su Xinran smiled and comforted her, "It's okay, we can sell them together first, and then try hatching the eggs after we catch new geese. Or you can just not try, I think the game settings for geese and ducks are not much different. We'll see how the ducks do in a few days, and then we'll know if the goose eggs are safe or not."
"That's right..." Lu Weiwei sobbed.
"Don't cry." Su Xinran teased her, "Aren't you ashamed of yourself for crying when you're the captain?"
“…” Lu Weiwei tried hard to hold back.
Sun Yuanyuan tugged at Lu Weiwei's sleeve and offered her some advice: "Sister Weiwei, I see the pancake vendors at the market are using eggs. Perhaps goose eggs would work too? I'll go ask. Our goose eggs are blue quality, so they won't be a problem selling them!"
"Okay." Lu Weiwei forced a smile. Su Xinran glanced at her sideways, and the meaning in her eyes was: Look, you still need your little sister to coax you!
In the wooden house, Cao Xi was bored and used her skills to refine cards using the elemental materials given to her by Ye Miao.
After a burst of white light, the card appeared and Cao Xi's breathing suddenly stopped!
Eye of Medusa
【Quality: Gold】
Description: Skill. Upon use, enemies the user sees will be petrified. If the user's gaze is directed at them, the petrification duration is doubled. Affects up to 3 units. Petrification duration is 1-6 seconds, and the skill duration is 2-5 seconds. The specific petrification time and duration depend on the combat skill level.
It's a gold card with very good attributes!
Cao Xi couldn't help but feel excited when he thought about the market price of the gold card.
Logically speaking, this gold card does not belong to her.
But she really wanted...
Taking a deep breath, Cao Xi calmed himself and quickly packed his backpack. He packed his gear, medicine, and food, then headed to the small market and bought a bunch of random things, filling up the remaining space in his backpack. Then, without looking back, he walked out of the territory.
If a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth! The end of the world has begun for a long time, and it can be said that we have entered a new stage. Only by accumulating some wealth at this time can we live a better life in the future.
The prices in the village of overnight wealth were indeed very friendly. If she sold the things she had just collected outside, she could easily double or triple her funds.
And that gold card can be sold directly for more than 30,000!
Cao Xi mentally calculated the numbers, unable to help but smile. She walked quickly until she rounded the hill at the end of the orchard, then finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then she found a deserted spot and opened the control panel.
"Player [Cao Xi] has exited [Get Rich Overnight Village]."
In the territory, Ye Miao, who was still building a house, received the reminder and frowned suddenly.
An alchemy player who had promised to help her make cards suddenly and quietly withdrew from the territory. She could guess why without asking.
She couldn't help but sigh and shook her head helplessly: "Can't people trust each other more?"
After saying that, she left the unfinished red brick house behind and strode to the reception hall, opened the panel and made an announcement.
[Ye Miao] recruits bounty hunters to capture the player [Cao Xi].
If you capture the target person directly, you will be rewarded with 5,000 gold coins.
If you provide effective clues, you will be rewarded with 2,000 gold coins.
All members inside and outside the territory received this notice at the same time and were inevitably stunned for a moment.
And then—of course everyone responded positively!
"5,000 gold coins! Damn! If I can get them, I will buy a red brick house immediately!!!" A ranged mage ran towards the gate, fearing that he would be left behind.
Less skilled players were also pondering, "Cao Xi's name sounds familiar. I think I saw him a few days ago? I could try my luck out there. Don't alert the enemy and just come back and tell the boss. It's like running an errand and earning 2,000 gold. Pretty good value!"
Of course, some players also raised questions: "What's going on? Why are there suddenly bounties for people's capture?"
As soon as this was said, another member nearby said, "I don't know why, but our leader has always been kind to others. To suddenly issue this kind of announcement must have pissed her off."
"That's right." The player who asked the question earlier agreed, and then added a sigh, "It's not easy to make her angry."
After the announcement was issued, all Ye Miao had to do was wait patiently.
Not long after waiting, even her team channel received curious inquiries.
[Yihang] Bounty hunter? What's going on? Boss, did this guy bully you?
[Chen Ruhuan] Someone still dares to bully our boss? Look at what nonsense you are talking about!
[Chu Cheng] Are you from Fearless Village?
Ye Miao replied: "No, it was an alchemist I hired a few days ago. She suddenly left the territory just now. I suspect she used my materials to make a gold card and wanted to keep it for herself."
Chu Cheng raised his eyebrows when he saw the reply, changed into a plain white outfit, and walked out of the territory without saying a word.
In the game, Archers and Assassins are considered to have the highest Agility among combat players. The only ones with higher Agility are probably Merchants who have invested a lot of Agility points.
Chu Cheng is a full-level archer, and his agility is much higher than that of ordinary archers. After leaving the territory, he searched everywhere at full speed, faster than most "bounty hunters".
In order to avoid wasted work, he avoided crowded places, estimated the other party's speed and distance, and searched far away along some small paths.
After taking several detours, Chu Cheng finally saw a figure in the distance in the evening.
He hid behind a tree not far away and clicked "Add Friend".
The next second, a pop-up window popped up: "Are you sure you want to add player [Cao Xi] as a friend?"
"OK." "Cancel."
After confirming the other party's identity, Chu Cheng smiled faintly, pressed "Cancel", and then clicked into the dialog box.
[Chu Cheng] I found Cao Xi, come quickly.
Below is a coordinate map with his own coordinates marked on it.
Ye Miao was stunned and immediately went out.
Ye Miao was a warrior, so agility was her weakness. Although Cao Xi's agility wasn't high either, he had already walked for most of the day, so it wasn't something she could catch up to in a short time.
So she first found Sun Chen and asked, "Can I borrow the sika deer?"
"Oh, okay!" Sun Chen opened his backpack and took the deer out without asking what it was for.
"Thank you!" Ye Miao thanked Sun Chen while patting the deer's head to express his gratitude. Then he rode the deer and galloped out.
Chu Cheng followed Cao Xi slowly along the narrow path. After more than ten minutes, Cao Xi realized he was being followed, so he secretly drew his dagger and stopped.
Chu Cheng seemed unaware and continued forward. When he was two steps away from Cao Xi, Cao Xi suddenly turned around and pointed the dagger at his throat: "You are following me!"
Cao Xi shouted angrily, but had no intention of taking action.
Chu Cheng showed surprise and raised his hands: "I didn't..."
Cao Xi looked him up and down, vaguely feeling that he looked familiar, but couldn't remember who he was. He gritted his teeth and said, "You've been following me for a long time!"
"..." Chu Cheng looked innocent, quickly scanning the map and said, "I'll go back to our territory."
Cao Xi frowned: "Which territory?"
Chu Cheng: "Compressed biscuits and a seafood feast."
"?" Cao Xi was obviously stunned by the name, and then he looked at the map himself - there was indeed a territory called "Compressed Biscuits and Seafood Feast" on the edge of the map, which was at the camp level, about a few kilometers away from here, and this road was the only way back from this place.
Cao Xi then relaxed a little, and looking at Chu Cheng's all-white clothes, he thought that he should not be of a high level, so he relaxed his vigilance a little.
She retracted the dagger, ignored Chu Cheng, and continued on her way.
Chu Cheng pretended to breathe a sigh of relief and said nothing more. He continued to follow her silently, always keeping a distance from her, neither too close nor too far.
It was almost seven in the evening when Ye Miao arrived. She had been riding the sika deer all the way, and her stamina had hardly been depleted. But when the deer galloped, her stamina dropped rapidly, and she had to drink two stamina potions.
Finally seeing Chu Cheng's back, Ye Miao breathed a sigh of relief and raised her voice: "Chu Cheng!"
Chu Cheng turned around. A dozen meters away, Cao Xi, suddenly hearing her voice, also turned around with a look of astonishment.
Coincidence? Calculation?
At that moment, Cao Xi had no time to judge.
She felt her scalp go numb, a cold sweat broke out, and she shook her head in disbelief: "You...you you you..."
How is that possible?!
Ye Miao glanced at her, turned over the sika deer, and drew his two swords expressionlessly.
Cao Xi was so scared that she sat on the ground: "Don't...don't..." Her voice was almost crying.
Ye Miao was emotionless: "What gave you the confidence to think you could just take my things and leave without me making a fuss?"
Cao Xi was truly frightened and began to cry. She backed away, scrambling on the ground as Ye Miao approached. Seeing that they were within a range where Ye Miao could kill her, Cao Xi knew she couldn't escape. She wailed and hugged her legs, "I was wrong! I was wrong! But that was... just a low-probability event! I didn't expect it to happen!"
Ye Miao: "You didn't expect it, so you took it as soon as it came out?"
Cao Xi: "I...I, I, I..."
Ye Miao lowered his eyes: "Just because I have a good temper doesn't mean I can tolerate others taking advantage of my trust."
"I'll give it back to you!" Cao Xi was shaking violently all over. He took out the card from his backpack, but his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't even open the backpack.
After struggling for a few seconds, she simply pushed the backpack onto Ye Miao: "It's all yours! Everything is yours!"
Ye Miao's eyes were filled with indifference. "All your belongings will be marked with the original owner and sold on consignment in the territory. There are many people in the territory, and as the owner, I want to let everyone know what can and cannot be done."
Cao Xi's eyes were filled with despair, but suddenly he had a change of mind and drew out a dagger, stabbing Ye Miao.
However, the effect of this attack on the [Night Demon Heavy Armor] was almost negligible. Instead, it triggered Ye Miao's negative skill, [Nightmare Invasion].
The next second, Cao Xi saw that her health was [-300] and she wanted to escape in a hurry, but Ye Miao grabbed her wrist and easily stopped her delusion.
One second, two seconds...
Unless you escape from the three-meter range, the effects of [Nightmare Invasion] will not stop.
Cao Xi watched himself continue to lose blood and cried miserably, but it was of no use.
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About 20 seconds later, Cao Xi's health bar finally returned to zero. Despair was finally over at this moment, and her body fell down weakly.
Soon, the health bar disappeared. Ye Miao picked up her backpack, opened it, and sighed, "The 'relics' are quite rich."
Turning around, she found Chu Cheng standing a few meters away, looking at her with his arms folded, without saying a word.
"Is it a bit cruel? Sorry, I'm sorry." Ye Miao was calm.
Chu Cheng stretched out his hand: "Reward."
"Oh, yes..." Ye Miao directly took out 2,000 gold coins from Cao Xi's backpack and handed them to him.
Chu Cheng calmly put it away. Ye Miao looked at him twice before she suddenly asked, "Why did you call me over here instead of just taking her back?"
Chu Cheng chuckled: "I can see that you are very angry. If we take her back directly, she will be mentally prepared on the way. For you, it would be better to attack her unexpectedly, right?"
"Hmm..." Ye Miao wanted to say that the sense of ritual didn't have to be so strong, but she had to admit that he was right.
Chu Cheng continued to himself: "Seriously speaking, I still owe you someone."
Ye Miao was puzzled: "What?"
"I'm the one who tricked you into drinking the trick potion a long time ago. If I hadn't shown up, you would have been happy to solve the problem yourself." Chu Cheng clicked his tongue apologetically, "Sorry, I meant well but ended up with something bad."
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Starting tomorrow, I'll be on Saturdays and Saturdays. Since my underlying disease has finally stabilized, the doctor agreed to give me the vaccine...
The epidemic in Beijing has spread everywhere recently, and I am trembling without a single vaccine.
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