Suicide was out of the question; it was impossible in this lifetime.
Under the old hen’s frightfully affectionate gaze, Su Shu somehow experienced an explosion of potential, diving headfirst into the dense cluster of chicks—
The old hen fed a mouthful of air. Unprepared, the green caterpillar slipped from its beak and was instantly torn apart and devoured by the chirping chicks.
Holding her breath and crouching down, Su Shu squeezed through the crowd of chicks with great difficulty. The chicks, feeling cramped by her, kept trying to lower their heads to pick Su Shu out from among them—
Having lost its beloved chick, the old hen grew extremely anxious. It wanted to stick its head into the coop to pull Su Shu out, yet feared hurting the other chicks, which inadvertently gave Su Shu a chance to scurry around.
Su Shu jostled left and right, and taking advantage of the old hen’s inattention, she scrambled out of the chicken coop and rolled onto a pile of yellowish-white eggs.
The eggshells were somewhat hard, making a crisp sound upon impact and causing Su Shu’s head to throb slightly with pain.
Hiding among the eggs, Su Shu watched the old hen look for her in the coop with reluctance, only to be forced to leave to hunt for food as the hungry chicks badgered it. A hint of sourness actually welled up in her heart.
Although Su Shu’s job prior to her transmigration was confidential, she had both parents and did not lack parental affection in her free time—
It was just that now she was far away in another world, unable to serve her parents at their knees anymore.
As for the original host, she had been helpless and without support since childhood, relying on government relief to reach where she was today.
To think that a rare moment of warmth actually came from an in-game NPC…
For a moment, Su Shu found herself in a dilemma—
According to her original plan, she had actually intended to sell the news about the old hen being here.
Carrying the buff of the old hen’s love, she should have reaped some extra benefits while selling the information.
—One doesn’t wake up early without profit; that was originally the money-making principle of game merchants.
But now…
Su Shu sighed. For the sake of the old hen’s green caterpillar and the gaze with which the old hen had departed just now, she decided to spare this loving old hen for the time being.
As long as there were no green caterpillars, everything was negotiable.
Su Shu patted her growling stomach, then touched the eggs beneath her hands, stuffing them into her inventory without a shred of hesitation.
Although there were many little yellow chickens in the game, there were no eggs. Not taking eggs when they were right here would make her a complete fool.
Su Shu grunted as she shoveled eggs into her bag. The chickens here were extraordinary, and their eggs were exceptionally large as well, with a single egg taking up one inventory slot. Bearing her running load capacity in mind, Su Shu gritted her teeth and picked only eight to stuff into her bag.
Fearing that the eggs on the outside were not fresh enough, she specifically dug from the center of the pile. When she reached the very last one, she noticed a tiny red egg in the nest, roughly the size of her palm.
A faint white glow shimmered over the red egg, and when Su Shu touched it, it felt warm to the touch.
Her heart leaped, and she immediately stuffed the red egg into her bag—
Based on her years of experience, whenever something unusual happened, there had to be something tricky behind it. This red egg was bound to be a good item.
After stuffing the eggs inside, Su Shu locked her eyes on the entrance and used cover to dash out of the cave.
Some of the chicks had sharp eyes; seeing Su Shu moving outward, they hopped up and tried to jump out of the coop as well, struggling to run out after her.
By the time Su Shu slipped to the entrance, seven or eight chicks had tumbled out of the coop, trotting after Su Shu with all their might—
The chicks had short legs and thick meat, but they moved their legs at a rapid frequency, following Su Shu to the entrance in what seemed like the blink of an eye.
The moment Su Shu stepped out of the cave entrance, she spotted the old hen—
The old hen’s gaze had been affectionate, but when its eyes fell upon Su Shu’s backpack, its expression changed abruptly, to the point where its eyes nearly tore open in rage!
With a “cluck,” it lunged wildly toward Su Shu!
[Server-wide Announcement] The malicious player Huai Someone stole the red egg of the Level 90 wild map boss, the Protective Old Hen, triggering the server-wide player debuff “Hatred of the Old Hen.”
[Server-wide Announcement] The malicious player Huai Someone triggered the Old Hen’s hatred ahead of time. Meng Hui Jiang Hu’s Level 90 main storyline has been unlocked early. We wish all players a pleasant gaming experience.
[Server-wide Announcement] Due to the early opening of the storyline, players killed by high-level bosses will temporarily suffer no penalties.
[System Notice] Player Huai Shuo, the benefit buff “Love of the Old Hen” has expired.
Although Su Shu had once been the old hen’s most beloved chick, her inherent caution prevented her from ever letting her guard down against a boss. Thus, as the system prompt sounded with a “tick,” she bit down on a health potion and rolled on the spot—
The old hen’s coop was on a cliff, and Su Shu had already gained experience from rolling down last time. As she tumbled downward, she kept gulping health potions continuously—
The old hen flapped its wings and charged straight down from the mountain peak. Stumbling, its entire body fell over, rolling downward like a ball with loud thuds—
The old hen was large and heavy, surpassing Su Shu in just a short moment and reaching the bottom of the mountain first.
Su Shu, who was stopped midway by a rock: “…”
There were only rocks on the mountainside. The old hen, having come to a halt, stared fixatedly at Su Shu with its cross-eyed gaze—
“This old lady was wondering why you wouldn’t even eat such a delicious caterpillar. It turns out you were a spy sent by that bitch Muyue to steal my egg.”
Su Shu, who had already seen a rabbit talk, remained completely calm upon seeing the old hen suddenly speak.
When even a Level 5 wild map boss could speak human words, it would be truly strange if a Level 90 old hen couldn’t speak human language.
Su Shu’s impression of wild map bosses was limited to that mentally challenged rabbit and the short-tempered pigeon. Seeing such a ferocious old hen all of a sudden, she couldn’t help but run her mouth: “What if I log off and don’t log back on?”
Old Hen: “…”
The damned game developers, who had been stunned by the early storyline release and later gathered backstage to spectate Su Shu: “…”
They were so angry, yet it/they really didn’t know what to do if Su Shu refused to log on.
Looking at the old hen that seemed to have frozen, Su Shu couldn’t help but laugh in her heart.
Supposedly an intelligent NPC, but in the end, still inferior to humans.
Confronting the old hen as a Level 7 low-level account, Su Shu knew without thinking that she had exploited an untested loophole.
Under these circumstances, the game company had not forced her to log off for server-wide maintenance or come to negotiate with her, showing that this game company was very legitimate and powerful—
Thinking back to when she played mobile games, whenever a system bug appeared and players got a small advantage, the damned game developers would ban accounts one after another without stopping.
Complaints aside, Su Shu did not want to log off right now.
Although dying at the hands of the old hen would bring no penalty, Su Shu believed that if she died back to her spawn point, the egg of unknown use that she had secretly taken would definitely be reclaimed by the system.
Su Shu’s eyes darted around, and she noticed tiny black dots gradually appearing behind the hen, signaling that people were approaching.
Those who could rush to the new map at this time were bound to be high-level players who had smelled the old hen’s presence long ago—
Presumably coming to try their luck to see if the old hen was a wild map boss.
Likely not expecting that just as they arrived here, they would actually discover that the old hen was a wild map boss—
Su Shu could clearly feel the black dots moving faster and faster.
While guarding against a surprise attack from the old hen, Su Shu opened the map—
One of her benefits as a novice player was that she could see the IDs of newly arrived, non-hidden players on the map.
The old hen stared at Su Shu’s movements: “This old lady doesn’t believe you’ll stay offline forever.”
Seeing clearly who was coming on the map, the thought turning in Su Shu’s mind grew even more certain—
Talk about someone delivering a pillow right when one wants to sleep, and someone coming to throw away their life right when one wants to escape.
Su Shu smiled: “Of course I won’t.”
The moment her voice fell, Su Shu sprang up abruptly, leaping into midair using the rock that blocked her path as a foothold!
A thunderous bomb exploded in midair!
The blast’s air current pushed Su Shu away from midair—
Her health bar rapidly depleted right before her eyes!
Su Shu poured the health potions given by the pigeon spirit into her mouth without a hint of distress. As the shockwave in the air dissipated, she dropped another thunderous bomb!
Explosions sounded continuously in midair. Su Shu leaped and fell in the air, her health bar jumping back and forth on the verge of hitting rock bottom, just like her—
With great difficulty, she controlled her direction and health line in midair, finally landing not far from the newcomer under the old hen’s gaze and pursuit!
Without time to mind the aching pain blasted out by the explosions on her body, Su Shu scrambled up from the ground, threw her backpack behind the newcomer, and rolled along with the momentum!
Unable to care about the rolling Su Shu for the moment, the old hen charged straight after Su Shu’s backpack, slapping a wing toward the newcomer!