Seeing how Rumeng Zhimeng could no longer keep up her act, Wuji suddenly felt that these days were truly boring.
However, he at least remembered that Rumeng Zhimeng was female, so he didn’t speak too harshly: “If you have nothing to do in the future, don’t come looking for me.”
Rumeng Zhimeng suddenly vanished on the spot.
—Because her mood fluctuated too violently, she was force-logged out by the system.
Wuji shrugged, completely unconcerned about where she went—
They were merely using each other in the first place; now that both had seen each other’s value, it was long time to part ways.
Besides…
He had found a much more fun target now.
Wuji opened his friend list, looked at Huaishu’s location, summoned his mount, and flew toward the bottom of Wangshan Cliff.
The bottom of Wangshan Cliff was huge. After a brief thought, Wuji flew toward the northeast corner of the cliff bottom—
After these four days, Huaishu was already nearly Level 30. To guarantee the gains of grinding monsters above her level, she had to maintain a level gap with the monsters at all times. The wild monsters in the northeast corner of Wangshan Cliff bottom were at the highest level for this wild map.
Sure enough, before Wuji had walked long in the northeast corner of the cliff bottom, he spotted Huaishu—
She was currently meditating and resting under a tree.
She had spent these past few days here, needing to save her potions. Whenever she could meditate to recover, she would never use a potion.
Yet right now above her head, a BaiBu Snake was flicking its tongue—
Silently creeping closer toward her.
The BaiBu Snake, 30 levels higher than her, needed to do nothing; just a gentle bite and a single drop of venom would send her straight to reincarnation.
Wuji stopped in his tracks, watching with great interest.
The snake’s belly was tightly wrapped around the tree, its head stretching forward continuously, about to touch Huaishu’s exposed neck—
Her mismatched set of gear left her slender neck exposed, and the information explored through the snake’s flicking tongue was almost a fatal temptation to the WuBu Snake—
It suddenly lunged forward!
Su Shu reached out almost instantly, a dagger flashing from bottom to top!
The BaiBu Snake seemed to throw itself onto the blade, instantly splitting into two halves.
Su Shu then stuffed the WuBu Snake’s drops into her pouch, picked up the dead snake, deftly skinned it and extracted the snake gall, and finally placed it into a burlap pouch on the side—
These movements were remarkably skilled, clearly tempered through a thousand trials.
Having done all this, she went back to meditating as if nothing had happened.
Wuji: “…”
Fuck!
That’s fucking godly! It’s his first time seeing someone use themselves as bait to kill a snake like this!
Is it not good to operate properly and stay alive?
The BaiBu Snake was one of the fixed elite monsters in the northeast corner of Wangshan Cliff bottom, refreshing roughly every two or three minutes. The snake was fast and dropped a lot, so ordinary players could only handle it with long-range AOE attacks—
Yet Su Shu…
Su Shu held her dagger horizontally, actually fearing that its movement wouldn’t be fast enough to slice itself into two halves!
Wuji was genuinely impressed.
Dropping his intention to just watch the fun, he took a few steps forward—
—Click.
Su Shu suddenly snapped her eyes open, looking in his direction.
Wuji was startled, looking down at his feet: a dry branch had broken into two pieces, lying on the ground.
The system’s refresh followed rules; at least it wouldn’t refresh natural objects. This was what Su Shu had discovered while hiding here these past few days.
So Su Shu had placed these dry branches all around the area where she sat—
Once a person or wild monster approached, these noises would alert her.
Su Shu sat still in place, looking cold-eyed at Wuji.
Wuji chuckled, spreading both hands to show he meant no harm.
Su Shu then closed her eyes again.
Wearing a demeanor that said “please get the hell out, I don’t want to talk to you nor do I welcome you.”
Wuji found it even more interesting. He walked leisurely toward where Su Shu was sitting, during which he watched her handle a second snake attempting a sneak attack in the exact same manner.
Wuji walked up to her and squatted down.
Su Shu didn’t move, treating him as nonexistent.
Wuji poked her: “Are you really planning to level up alone like this? And then go challenge Rumeng Zhimeng’s whole group?”
Su Shu didn’t even open her eyes, but admitted generously: “Yeah.”
Wuji thought about it, then poked her again: “How about I help you kill them?”
Su Shu finally deigned to open her eyes, glancing sideways at him: “What do you want?”
Wuji let out a laugh, lay down on the rock next to Su Shu, and closed his eyes imitating Su Shu’s manner from earlier: “I don’t want anything. I’m just bored.”
Su Shu: “Oh.”
Wuji: “…”
She neither agreed nor disagreed.
It was just as if she took him to be farting.
He couldn’t help pressing further: “Do you have some misunderstanding about my combat power?”
He was at least the number one assassin on the Zhaixinchen mega-server; Rumeng Zhimeng was begging him because of this, okay?
Su Shu frowned impatiently: “What does your combat power have to do with me?”
“Also, you talk too much and your voice is too loud, you’ll scare the BaiBu Snakes away.”
“If there’s nothing else, could you please leave first?”
“I’m very busy, I don’t have time to blabber with you.”
Wuji: “…”
Fine then.
Yet ignoring Su Shu’s words, he continued to ask: “Then when do you plan to go settle accounts with Rumeng Zhimeng?”
Su Shu: “…”
Su Shu said: “None of your fucking business.”
Wuji: “…A young girl shouldn’t be so vulgar.”
Su Shu: “…”
Vulgar my ass.
She held back her patience and asked Wuji: “When on earth are you leaving?”
Wuji shook his head innocently: “Not leaving.”
Su Shu: “???”
She didn’t recall having the kind of friendship with Wuji where they could chat like this.
Wuji explained kindly: “I broke up with Rumeng Zhimeng because of your matter, now I have nowhere to go, so I can only come here and beg you to take me in.”
Su Shu: “…”
She was shocked by Wuji’s nerve to talk utter nonsense.
Su Shu took a deep breath.
Wuji continued: “You are the culprit, you can’t be irresponsible.”
Su Shu: Responsible my ass.
Su Shu stood up from the ground, grabbed her bag, and was about to leave.
Wuji did a kip-up and stood up, asking Su Shu: “Where are you going?”
Su Shu stood firm and showed him a smile: “Mr. Wuji, do you know there are two things in this world?”
Wuji shook his head, looking eager to learn.
Su Shu extended her hand, pointing at him first: “One is called ‘None of my fucking business’.”
Then pointing at herself: “The other is called ‘None of your fucking business’.”
Having said that, she pulled open her friend panel and dragged Wuji’s name into her blacklist.
Wuji: “…”
After shutting down Wuji, Su Shu logged straight off.
After submitting her department transfer application, she no longer needed to go to classes in the Command Department, which was why she could spend these few days immersed in the game concentrating on leveling up.
However, not needing to attend classes didn’t mean not needing to prepare for exams—
Regardless of her grades, she still had to take the transfer exam to switch to the Culinary Department.
And the exam was today.
Three days ago, Su Shu had accessed the Culinary Department’s transfer test questions through her optical computer.
She didn’t even need to use her skills; they were floating all over the school forums.
Su Shu reviewed the exam questions again on her optical computer, and after confirming that she could answer them without opening a book, she grabbed her backpack and went straight out the door—
This was the first time her roommates had seen her in seven days.
Seeing her walk out, the sunflower seeds in the hands of all three roommates dropped.
Su Shu smiled politely at them and was about to head out.
The three roommates hurriedly said: “Su Shu, Su Shu, do you need the Culinary Department exam questions?”
Su Shu stopped: “What’s wrong?”
Roommate Number One gave a “hehe” laugh: “We managed to get the Culinary Department exam questions for you, do you want to practice them first?”
Number Two said: “Although by convention you can go as long as you apply to transfer to the Culinary Department—after all, it’s the bottom major in our school… what if they turn abnormal this year?”
Number Three added: “So why not take a look?”
Su Shu looked at the exam paper in Number Three’s hand and broke into a smile.
She blinked at them: “Why do you think the transfer exam papers for other departments were kept fine, but only the Culinary Department’s leaked out?”
Number One, Number Two, and Number Three looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
Su Shu said: “Because every year, the Culinary Department’s exam papers leak out.”
Number One, Number Two, and Number Three: “…”
Su Shu continued: “Moreover, as far as I know, the questions every year are identical~”
Number One, Number Two, and Number Three: “…”
Su Shu stood at the door, waving her hand casually: “So they definitely won’t reject me!”
Number One, Number Two, and Number Three nodded simultaneously—
Oh right, a department that leaks its own questions every year out of fear that no one will come, how could it bear to let Su Shu go?!
Sure enough, when Su Shu arrived at the Culinary Department exam hall, she was the only person in the entire room.
They didn’t even use a metal detector, letting her enter straight for the exam.
Su Shu: -.-
The invigilating teacher looked at her with an exceptionally kind gaze. After she sat down, he even used a paper cup to brew her a cup of goji berry and chrysanthemum tea—
Although the invigilating teacher said nothing, his build, weight, and actions all indicated that as long as Su Shu came to the Culinary Department, she would definitely live without worry for food or clothing in the future.
Enduring the invigilating teacher’s gratified gaze, Su Shu spent ten minutes writing down all the known questions and turned in her paper early, cold and unfeeling.
Invigilating teacher: “…”
He somehow felt this student was going to run away.
So almost at the same moment Su Shu stepped out of the teaching building, the mini optical computer on her wrist began to beep—
Student Su Shu, congratulations on passing our department’s transfer exam. The textbooks used by our department this semester can be picked up at the school library with your student ID. The sophomore teachers and students of our department are currently interning on an alien planet, so the start date for this semester is tentatively postponed. Wishing Student Su Shu a pleasant holiday~.
PS: If you are worried about academic credits, you can take a second major as an elective after transferring. The major elective system will open in one week.
Su Shu: “…”
Imperial University had been in session for a month, yet this Culinary Department was still on internship holiday…
Su Shu felt that the reason this Culinary Department could keep operating in the school was mostly that its backing was hard enough.
—After all, rumors in the campus had it that the Culinary Department head was the principal’s wife.
Regardless, she had a holiday again.
Su Shu looked up at the sky, feeling that even the glaring sunlight was exceptionally wonderful—
However, Zhaixinchen in Dreaming of the Rivers and Lakes was not quite as wonderful.
—Th-th-that Huaishu! She-she-she replied again!!!
—What did she reply? Spicy rabbit leg or mushroom chicken?
—Upstairs, that’s enough! I think she might be admitting defeat!
—I bet one gold coin she’s dropping a big move.
—No, what she dropped was a screenshot.
—…Fuck! She’s pulling this trick again.
—I think Rumeng Zhimeng and the others might be exhausted by now, right?
—Not necessarily. Rumeng Zhimeng has Wuji… Speaking of ambush assassins, Wuji is still more formidable.
—Upstairs, don’t you know? Wuji seems to have broken up with Rumeng Zhimeng!
—???? Aren’t those two a couple?
—Who knows? Didn’t Rumeng Zhimeng’s forum status update last night faintly reveal a breakup?
—Do you call that faint? It was just short of pointing at the nose and cursing the third party, okay?
—Third party? Who? Isn’t she Zhaixinchen’s number one beauty?
—To be honest… I have a bold idea…
—…Me too.
—You guys are really bold… Is Wuji out of his mind to look down on Rumeng Zhimeng and fancy Huaishu?
—Is he a mantis shrimp? Does he think his reputation isn’t bad enough, or does he think Rumeng Zhimeng’s looks aren’t high enough?
—But that Huaishu’s operations are slick…
—…
—Fuck! Makes so much sense!
—Upstairs, you guys went off-topic. That thread is too high, too lazy to scroll through. What on earth did Huaishu post again?
—Huaishu: I didn’t post much, just took a screenshot of the names of the people who accepted my bounty to commemorate.
—Wuji: Upstairs is talking nonsense, I took a screenshot too~
—…
—OP: This thread has applied for deletion, everyone take care.
—…Fuck!
The first player killed by Su Shu was named Wuwei Youxi.
Wuwei Youxi was not some top expert in the server, nor was his gear top-tier, but he was a famous bounty hunter in the server—
One of those who earned gold coins by accepting bounty quests, then sold the gold coins to exchange for Alliance credits, using it as a source of livelihood.
Because he relied on it for his livelihood, Wuwei Youxi was among the top tier of bounty hunters.
To kill a player with a bounty as high as 10,000 gold, he had once completed the quest after dying sixteen times himself.
So when Wuwei Youxi suddenly appeared at the spawn point, he didn’t care much.
To be fair and just, Dreaming of the Rivers and Lakes allowed the player with a bounty on them to see the coordinates of the player coming to assassinate them, mainly to make it convenient for the player to flee.
There were also those who were skilled and bold, using these coordinates to counter-snipe.
So those who accepted bounty quests had to have the awareness of being counter-killed at any time.
Furthermore, counter-killing players suffered no penalties whatsoever.
Instead, Wuwei Youxi dropped a relatively good piece of clothing.
—Right now, Wuwei Youxi was somewhat troubled.
He could actually send an announcement on the world channel. As long as enough people came, whether she came out of the spawn point or not, Huaishu would die here—
Yet he was unwilling to part with the reward.
Ever since Wuji and Rumeng Zhimeng broke up, Huaishu’s bounty amount had also risen to 10,000 gold.
Besides, he had seen earlier that Huaishu was only Level 35.
A Level 35 alt account couldn’t withstand a single strike from him.
—Wuwei Youxi maintained that Huaishu being able to kill him earlier relied on disguise and the element of surprise.
So since he knew Huaishu had come to this map, Wuwei Youxi decided to try once more.
While he wanted to keep it secret on his end, Su Shu had no intention of keeping it secret—
She directly reopened a thread, and on that death list that called for her life, she crossed out Wuwei Youxi’s name with a red horizontal line.
She still said nothing, just a single screenshot, yet it made the forum lively once again—
—Holy crap, she actually took a strike at Wuwei Youxi?!
—Is Wuwei Youxi some kind of top expert? Isn’t he counter-killed quite often too?
—Wuwei Youxi doesn’t rely on skill to earn a living, he relies on persistence, okay?
—Huaishu’s enemy list is so long, let’s see who can outlast whom!
—Huaishu can’t possibly fight it out to the end with Wuwei Youxi…
—This time I bet on Wuwei Youxi!
Wuwei Youxi in the game thought so too.
His target was only Huaishu, while Huaishu had quite a few targets…
He could completely afford to drag it out.
So after replenishing his HP and MP at the spawn point, he stepped out of the spawn point once more.
As a bounty hunter, Wuwei Youxi did have vigilance. Before stepping out of the main gate of the spawn point’s safe zone, he poked his head out, wanting to see if there was an ambush—
Then the wind flashed past his ears, and he appeared at the spawn point once more.
Wuwei Youxi suddenly raised his head—
He saw that on the beam of the spawn point’s main gate, Su Shu was slinging a big axe, crossing her legs, and sitting on top.
There were even bloodstains on the axe.
Wuwei Youxi: “…”
He knew how he died.
Su Shu swung her legs on the beam and asked him: “Do you still plan to kill me?”
Wuwei Youxi: “…”
Su Shu pinched the money pouch he had just dropped from his body, smiling warmly: “If you still plan to, I’ll just camp here for you.”
Wuwei Youxi: “Aren’t you afraid I’ll call people?”
Su Shu said: “Do I look like I’m afraid?”
Su Shu continued: “Besides, my level is low and I have few items. Dying isn’t a loss for me.”
Speaking of which, the more she died, the more Rumeng Zhimeng would have to spend…
Thinking about it like this, it really was a bit displeasing.
Wuwei Youxi was a bit unsure of Su Shu’s thoughts.
He stood in place and pondered for a long time before finally raising his head: “I’ll try one more time. If I still can’t kill you, I’ll abandon this quest.”
Taking a bounty quest in Dreaming of the Rivers and Lakes cost no money, but actively abandoning it incurred a penalty of one-tenth of the bounty amount—
Fined to the person with the bounty.
Rumeng Zhimeng’s bounty was 10,000 gold, so he would need to compensate Su Shu 1,000 gold.
Su Shu: “Sure.”
Then she flipped down, sitting grandly right at the entrance of the spawn point, making it clear that wherever Wuwei Youxi came out from, she would chop him down right there.
Just like a lighter.
Wuwei Youxi: “…”
Wuwei Youxi simply sat down inside the spawn point.
—Isn’t it just competing in time? Let’s see who gets anxious.
Gradually, however, some sneaky traces gathered around the spawn point—
Su Shu also moved from the main entrance of the spawn point to sit on the threshold of the spawn point.
—She also entered the safe zone.
No matter how calm Wuwei Youxi was, he knew what was going on. He hurriedly said to Su Shu: “I didn’t tell anyone your location.”
He was still thinking of monopolizing the bounty and wouldn’t ruin his own wallet like this.
Su Shu turned back and blinked at him: “I know, I had someone leak the coordinates.”
Wuwei Youxi: “…”
Is this person crazy?
Does she really think she can ride solo for a thousand miles like Guan Yu from ancient China?
Su Shu touched her own tummy, as if feeling a bit lonely, and explained to Wuwei Youxi: “The map of Dreaming of the Rivers and Lakes is too big, how troublesome it is to search for them one by one…”
While speaking, she pulled out a small pot and a modified alcohol lamp from her bag, lighting it with a skill.
She asked Wuwei Youxi: “Are you a Water Mage?”
Wuwei Youxi looked at her actions with wide eyes: “No.”
Su Shu felt it was a pity.
She could only do it herself.
Su Shu’s level was low and her skill points were limited, so besides fire skills, the only water skill she elected was Ice Freeze—
At least ice was made from water.
Wuwei Youxi watched Su Shu with wide eyes as she used a chunk of ice in the pot, melted it directly with Fireball, and poured it into a large basin.
Wuwei Youxi: “…”
What on earth was in her bag?
Su Shu then calmly pulled out a BaiBu Snake.
She had already skinned it and dug out its gall earlier, so now she only needed to wash it in hot water, then chopped it directly into snake sections with a dagger and put them into a bowl.
Then on the large threshold of the spawn point, she inverted an iron bowl to use as a cutting board, chopped ginger, garlic, and scallions into fine pieces, and put them into the snake sections to marinate.
Wuwei Youxi: “…”
Su Shu then retrieved a small yellow chicken from her bag, her hands never stopping as she plucked feathers and disarticulated bones, while taking time to look up and ask him: “Do you have any dietary restrictions?”
Wuwei Youxi: “…”
Who is she, where is she, what on earth is she trying to do?
What was Su Shu trying to do?
Su Shu was making Dragon and Phoenix Stew.
Ever since she caught gophers in the middle of the night and heard snakes in the woods, she had this thought—
Ever since she saw the small yellow chicken, she had firmed up this thought.
Now that she had to wait for people and happened to have freshly caught chicken and freshly killed snake, why not utilize this time?
While Su Shu was working in full swing, the players peeking around the spawn point were completely dumbfounded—
—What is she trying to do?
—Is this her last meal before dying?
—Am I seeing this right, is that a BaiBu Snake?
—Can a BaiBu Snake be eaten?
—Who knows?
—There’s chicken and snake…
—Dragon and Phoenix Stew is really delicious.
—Can we make a deal?
—How about we wait until she finishes brewing the soup before we fight?
—Once we finish her off, we can drink the soup!
—…Fuck!
Su Shu was completely oblivious, continuing to busy herself with the work in her hands—
Either way, she was blocking the safe zone entrance, and those people couldn’t do anything to her.
After coming out this time, she had specially gone to a blacksmith shop to customize a stand and a large iron pot.
She wasn’t a Cantonese person after all, so making soup still had a few little habits from her hometown.
—For example, before simmering soup, sautéing the meat in a pot with oil, scallions, and ginger first.
She set up the adjustable stand, mounted the large iron pot on top, and lit the fire. When the oil temperature reached 80% heat, she dumped the chopped chicken and snake sections straight into the pot for a quick stir-fry—
Wuwei Youxi watched those hands that had held a big axe to chop off his head earlier, now lightly and nimbly flipping the spatula. The chicken and snake meat under the spatula mixed with plant fat, seeping out a dense, rich aroma.
Wuwei Youxi suddenly felt it was meaningless.
He worked himself to death as a bounty hunter every day, living in fear, never even properly enjoying a meal—
This world was simply not worth it.
While Wuwei Youxi was feeling utterly despondent, Su Shu’s side was in full swing—
These days she had been tortured by monsters daily, and to survive, her mastery over her skills had become increasingly adept—
Her Fire Control skill was practiced to perfection, directly reflected in the heat control of her cooking.
Su Shu flipped a few more times, then poured the thawed cold water from the side into the pot. After adding ginger slices and scallion knots, she covered the pot lid.
Su Shu turned her head and said to Wuwei Youxi: “Since you don’t have dietary restrictions, I put everything in.”
“You’ve been dead for so long and haven’t eaten anything either. Have a sip of soup in a bit.”
This time Wuwei Youxi didn’t refuse, but sat listlessly in place, implicitly agreeing.
Su Shu sat down on the threshold once again.
The people around quietly increased.
—Su Shu had leaked her own location on purpose.
To make it believable, she initially only let one specific person see it quietly—
Unsurprisingly, the person who spotted her only shared it with a very small group.
So by the time she finished processing all the ingredients, the people peeking at her around the perimeter numbered less than twenty.
Su Shu was a bit unhappy.
—Did this group of people have no self-awareness at all?
—Were these dozen or so people the purpose of her setting up such a grand scene today?
—Did they really think that by guarding the spawn point, they could infinitely gang-kill her for money?
When Su Shu was unhappy, she wanted to play big.
—She turned on a live stream.
Dreaming of the Rivers and Lakes had a live streaming system.
This live streaming wasn’t about influencers selling goods, but was dedicated to—
Players sharing their pleasant daily lives.
The live streams in Dreaming of the Rivers and Lakes were filled with life players enjoying quiet moments.
—After all, only people in the game who were bored out of their minds would watch others play games in a game.
So when Su Shu first turned on the live stream, no one recognized her.
Instead, everyone was very interested in the fiercely burning large cooking pot.
—Is this the spawn point of Wuya Peak? Did you come here to do a new eating stream?
—What is being boiled?
—I saw chicken feathers? Probably stewing chicken.
—Don’t just say chicken, let’s keep it civilized, friend.
—Hey hey hey, this food streamer isn’t professional, why did she just leave the pot sitting there?
—Though speaking of which, as soon as I look at this big pot, I feel this cooking is professional!
—It would be even better if there were firewood.
—Firewood chicken is the most delicious.
Su Shu, taking an occasional glance at the stream field: “…”
Is there something wrong here?
This was clearly not the effect she wanted…
What effect she wanted, the stream-watching crowd didn’t know, but that didn’t stop the aroma in the pot from wafting into their noses when she lifted the lid—
Yes, for realism, scents in live streams could be transmitted to the audience watching.
This was extraordinary!
Attracted by the aroma, the audience stared wide-eyed, wanting to see what on earth was in the large iron pot—
However, steam was billowing, and nothing could be seen.
It made these bored-out-of-their-minds audiences itch in their hearts.
—Can’t see, right? The streamer is ignoring them, right?
No problem, they could ask!
So some drooling audience members who couldn’t hold back took a screenshot along with the stream room number and went to the forums to ask—
Food posts always attracted attention, so in just a moment—
—Holy crap?! Huaishu turned into a food streamer?
—Isn’t she seeking revenge?
—I said she just wanted to hype things up!
—Hyping confirmed!
—Poor Rumeng Zhimeng.
—#HuaishuShameless!
—I won’t give her stream room any popularity!
However, no matter what people on the forum said, not only did the number of people outside the spawn point where Su Shu was located grow, but even the viewer count in her stream room surged upward rapidly—
In a short time, it actually ranked in the top six of Dreaming of the Rivers and Lakes stream rooms.
Su Shu: -.-
Even after thousands of years, the essence of humanity remained “so good.”
The popcorn-eating crowd in the stream room: So good, it really smells so good QAQ
The crowd of onlookers outside the spawn point: So good, it’s fucking too good!
However, no matter how good it smelled, the accounts that needed to be settled still had to be settled.
Rumeng Zhimeng’s little sister, Fang Zhi, was pushed forward as a spokesperson: “Huaishu, what on earth do you want?”
“Why do you have to drag so many people into your grievance with Rumeng Zhimeng?”
“What wrong did Wuwei Youxi do? You have to camp at the spawn point to kill him?!”
Fang Zhi spoke with righteous indignation, winning unanimous agreement from the surrounding people.
Su Shu scooped the soup with a spoon before raising her eyes to look at her.
Fang Zhi puffed out her chest, wearing a proud expression.
Su Shu asked: “Pardon me, who are you?”
Fang Zhi: “…”
Su Shu tapped the edge of the pot with her spatula, producing a dull sound.
Su Shu asked her: “You say my grievance with Rumeng Zhimeng doesn’t involve others, right?”
Fang Zhi snorted coldly: “Of course.”
“Then what kind of creature are you standing here?” Su Shu said with a beam, “And what does her grand bounty count as?”
Fang Zhi’s face turned red with anger: “Rumeng spent real gold and silver, why can’t she post a bounty?”
Su Shu retorted: “Then why can’t I kill the people who came to kill me using my own skill?”
“What do you call accepting a bounty and getting killed?” Su Shu said lazily, “That’s called failing to act tough and getting fucked instead.”
“If your skill is inferior to others, what is there to feel unfair about?”
Wuwei Youxi lowered his head listlessly.
Fang Zhi simply didn’t know what to say.
Her gaze fell upon Su Shu’s pot—
She suddenly used a speed skill and charged over!
Su Shu was prepared long ago. Following her momentum, she stepped to the side, and just as Fang Zhi was about to brush past her, Su Shu grabbed her rear belt and yanked backward—
Fang Zhi was pulled directly into crashing against the door beam.
Face-first into the beam; anyone who heard the sound couldn’t help feeling pain in their face.
Fang Zhi was hit so hard she was dizzy, stars flashing above her head.
Su Shu stared at her: “What did you want to do to my pot?”
Fang Zhi’s face quickly turned a purplish-black—
In a game, after all, there were always some exaggerated effects.
However, when exaggerated on a person’s face, it looked a bit hilarious.
Snickers broke out continuously from the surroundings. Fang Zhi’s face went white to red, red to purple, purple to black—
She took a deep breath: “Don’t you just want to get famous?”
As she spoke, she threw a skill straight at Su Shu’s pot!
Su Shu was prepared long ago. The moment Fang Zhi raised her hand, she slapped her across the face—
Fang Zhi stumbled, her hand wavering—
Su Shu delivered another flying kick directly onto Fang Zhi’s fingers—
The skill in Fang Zhi’s hand was thrown right at the crowd outside the spawn point—
While she herself…
Slammed face-first onto the red-hot iron pot!
A scorched stench quickly spread outside the spawn point and inside the stream room—
Even masked by the aroma of the Dragon and Phoenix Stew, everyone’s face felt a sting—
Yet a chill involuntarily rose in their hearts.
This Huaishu…
Why could she be so ruthless and brutal?
Just when they thought they had reached the limit of ways to die, Huaishu could always find a new death method that made one’s blood run cold…
The ruthless and brutal Su Shu: “…”
This was truly an accident.
However, she didn’t plan to explain either.
Either way, the person wouldn’t actually die.
Besides, when she went on missions in her past life, what kind of insane, psychotic people had she not seen?
Su Shu had zero emotional waves in her heart.
She was even glad her pot was big and heavy enough not to flip over.
Fang Zhi, however, vanished directly on the spot.
It wasn’t that she died, but that her heart suffered excessive shock and was force-logged out directly by the system.
Su Shu: -.-
So cowardly.
She swept a glance outward, and the people under her gaze involuntarily took a step back.
Su Shu silently counted and found that most of those on her enemy list had come here.
She secretly switched her peace mode to Good and Evil, contentedly seeing a small blade appear over the names of her enemies outside.
Su Shu said to Wuwei Youxi, who was sitting inside the spawn point so listless his eyes were lifeless: “Do you want to come have a bowl of soup?”
A question mark slowly appeared over Wuwei Youxi’s head.
Su Shu said: “The people are almost all here. I’m afraid you won’t have an appetite in a bit.”
Wuwei Youxi: “…”
He looked at the people outside, then peeked at the pot before him, sniffing his nose: “I’ll drink.”
Su Shu scooped a bowl for him.
Time in the game always passed faster than in the real world. Although Su Shu hadn’t simmered this soup for long, in the game—
The chicken and snake meat that had passed through hot oil had boiled into a milky white. When Su Shu scooped with a spoon, the snake bones and snake meat had already softened into a ball.
Su Shu asked him: “Are you eating the meat?”
Wuwei Youxi: “Is there any catch?”
Su Shu said: “Nothing, just afraid you’ll have a shadow when looking at meat in a bit.”
Wuwei Youxi: “…”
After dying these two times, he had already realized that Su Shu was not a person who would joke with him—
Besides, he had felt from the start that this woman brewing soup before him was going to cause trouble.
He said firmly: “I’ll eat!”
—What if she wanted to boil human flesh later?
Wuwei Youxi’s movement of taking the bowl was like eating a last meal before execution.
Su Shu: “…”
Actually, thinking so wasn’t wrong either.
She touched her tummy again; she was genuinely hungry.
She grabbed an even larger bowl, filled it up for herself, blew twice, and drank directly.
With one gulp of the slightly salty, warm soup, Su Shu felt comfortable all over.
She savored the flavor and felt that next time she should throw two dried chili pods and Sichuan peppercorns into the soup.
—Rich soup paired with double peppers, perfect.
Su Shu’s satisfied look, along with Wuwei Youxi’s expression of enjoying something so delicious his tongue was about to fall off, made the audience inside and outside the live stream feel very uncomfortable—
Damn it, even if you don’t give us any to eat, at least describe the taste, okay?!
You named Huaishu, aren’t you supposed to make a debut and be a food streamer?
If you’re so unprofessional, how are you going to make money?!
The surrounding people could no longer hold back either—
Su Shu was guarding at the main gate of the safe zone, displaying a grand stance of one person holding the pass against ten thousand, but they couldn’t really drag it out with her like this.
However…
They had already seen the end of Fang Zhi, who had wanted to step forward earlier.
Although she didn’t die, on anyone else, rounding it off was equal to a fate worse than death!
Everyone was very restless for a moment.
Su Shu naturally realized this restlessness.
She looked at the system time and the surrounding people, finding it about right, then extended her hand to Wuwei Youxi: “Return the bowl to me.”
Wuwei Youxi obediently handed the bowl back to her, casting a lingering, reluctant look at the pot during the process.
The water in the pot was actually almost boiled down, and what remained was all meat.
Very fragrant meat.
Yet as if she hadn’t seen it, Su Shu directly extinguished the fire, held the pot ears with her hands, and splashed it right outside the main gate—
Then rinsed the pot with melted ice, and in two or three moves, packed all the cookware back into her bag.
Everyone’s heart pained upon seeing this—
Such fragrant meat…
After carefully packing everything, especially her customized pot, Su Shu was finally willing to turn her gaze toward the people outside.
The people looked over by her involuntarily puffed out their chests.
Su Shu asked: “Do any of you… want to leave right now?”
The surrounding people: ????
If they were going to leave, why would they stay until now?
Seeing no one move, Su Shu could only say regretfully: “Then I… can only invite you all to watch fireworks.”
The surrounding people & the live stream audience: Watch fireworks?
They saw Su Shu take a step back, her entire body retreating into the safe zone—
Then she made a subtle gesture, and a fireball bounced off her fingers—
Su Shu said: “Do you know that in the game, pharmacies have saltpeter, mountains have sulfur, and grocery stores have charcoal?”
These system-owned items, as long as she placed them properly, would not be reclaimed.
So she had buried them around the spawn point long ago.
Wuwei Youxi was merely an exceptionally famous bait that Su Shu happened to run into in her plan.
Before the crowd outside the spawn point could react, someone in the live stream room heard Su Shu’s words and shuddered violently—
Ancient China’s bl-black powder?!
However, before that person could send a bullet comment, the entire screen blew up with a loud bang—
—Bang!
Amid the fierce explosion, accompanied by continuously flying white light, items kept splashing out everywhere—
Looking at Wuwei Youxi’s expression of wanting to vomit but unable to, Su Shu thought to herself that luckily she had the foresight to pack away her pot, otherwise…
Otherwise she would have had to forge another one.
Su Shu withdrew her gaze and smiled brightly at the live stream camera: “Ancient China had a dish called ‘One-Pot Fresh’, which referred to throwing any dish into the pot just to save trouble and be quick.”
“I also wanted to save trouble, so my dish is called…” Su Shu said, “Sending the whole pot sky-high to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the sun.”
However—
This battle was far from over.
Dreaming of the Rivers and Lakes had two respawn methods: one was respawning back at the main city registration point, and the other was respawning nearby—
And the vast majority of the people she had blown sky-high chose to respawn nearby.
Looking at the continuously increasing number of people at the spawn point inside the gate, Su Shu broke into a smile—
In a game, after all, only when there were many people would it be lively.