[Damn, it can’t be what I’m thinking, right?!]
[What are you thinking? Zoom in and look—it’s not the guy or girl from before, it’s a bunch of foreigners, sneaking around. They clearly look like bad news.]
[Now that you mention it, I remember—I haven’t seen people of other races in the base.]
[I don’t know if you’ve heard this saying from our ancestors: “Those who are not of our kind must have different hearts.” In the apocalypse, of course, we have to stick together with our own people.]
[Don’t come any closer ahhhhhhhhh JPG]
Lu Liuhe picked up the heavy book and took off running, faster than a rabbit, while explaining the history to them: “When the apocalypse disaster first began, the situation in all sectors was chaotic.
In our agricultural research department, spies appeared. They stole all our agricultural research materials and destroyed whatever they couldn’t steal.
Then, our country’s top agricultural scientists died on a large scale for unknown reasons.
Later, as the situation gradually stabilized, several former superpowers established their own bases.
After that, the agriculture in the Fifth Base, where the United States is located, suddenly began to rise, with technology advancing by leaps and bounds.
Now, our base’s food and seeds have to be imported from them at high prices.”
The bullet comments couldn’t take it anymore:
[Damn, my fists are clenched. Trash, I really want to send a few mushrooms their way to taste.]
[National and personal grudges—we absolutely can’t let them go. Streamer, don’t make us look down on you.]
[Damn, they did it, didn’t they? Shameless. Streamer, I support you against them.]
Lu Liuhe wanted to as well, but she was just a farmer. They were all Awakened, five of them, armed with thermal weapons. How could she take them on?
Curse them to death?
Or take her chipped knife and fight their guns?
[They’ve already spotted you. Even if you don’t go after them, they’re coming for you.]
[Streamer, I heard them talking. They’re a mercenary corps sent by the United States to cause trouble in our base. They said since you discovered them, they’re afraid you’ll expose their whereabouts. They plan to xxoo you first, then kill you, and they’re even laughing about how ugly you look.]
“Got it. I’ll find a way to notify the base so they can be on guard.” Lu Liuhe didn’t dare risk her life without knowing the enemy’s strength.
She ran into a cluster of shrubs over a meter tall, crouched down, quickly stuck a talisman on her forehead, and froze in place.
The bullet comments grew anxious:
[Streamer, don’t back down. Just go for it! We believe in you!]
[You’re driving me crazy. Instead of letting them find and kill you, it’s better to strike first and take them on. One is enough to break even, two is a profit.]
[You’re not the streamer. Why don’t you try taking on five people yourself? Anyone can talk big.]
[This is too cruel. Do you want the streamer to go to her death? She’s just a kid!]
Through the gaps in the shrubs, Lu Liuhe saw the men getting closer and closer.
She could see the expressions on their faces—full of arrogant disdain and contempt.
She could hear their conversation—filthy and disgusting, as if they didn’t even see her as human.
The bullet comments scrolled faster and faster:
[They’re coming. Be careful.]
[Streamer, if you take them on and win, I’ll cover all your meals while you’re out and about.]
[They’re ten meters away from you.]
【Holy shit, I can’t watch anymore. Is the streamer really going to die just like that?】
【Those guys are so disgusting, their words are so filthy. They look down on the streamer, but what are they even worth?】
…
While keeping an eye on the movements across from her, Lu Liuhe accurately caught one of the bullet comments and said, “‘If you’re not convinced, fight me’—you said you’d cover my meals outside. Are you serious about that?”
If you’re not convinced, fight me: 【Absolutely serious! I’ll sell my house and car, scrape together every penny to cover your meals. Go beat them up, screw their ancestors eighteen generations back, I can’t stand this humiliation!】
Lu Liuhe wasn’t as hot-headed as him. When it came to her life, she knew how to make choices, but the offer of free meals was worth taking a risk for.
Worst case, if she couldn’t win, she’d just run!
The mercenary squad opposite her was now only five meters away, having moved to her side, making it easy for them to spot her position.
Yet they seemed blind, unable to see her at all.
One of them, a hulking figure nearly two meters tall, frowned, spat out a curse, and asked irritably, “Where’s that little bitch? How did she suddenly disappear?”
Another brawny man, also close to two meters tall, looked left and right, puzzled. “I can’t sense her presence anymore. She must be a Concealment Type Superpowered!”
The two-meter-tall brute cursed again and ordered, “Find her. We have to find her. She exposed our whereabouts—she can’t be allowed to live.”
The bullet comments went wild with excitement:
【What a treasure of a streamer I’ve discovered! Is that thing stuck to her forehead the legendary Invisibility Talisman?】
【Holy shit, so advanced, I love it! Streamer, you’re amazing!】
【That bearded guy said the streamer is a Concealment Type Superpowered, so he must be a Perception Type, able to locate people within a certain range.】
Lu Liuhe wasn’t excited at all.
She was extremely nervous.
As those people drew closer and closer to her, she gently rubbed her fingers together.
About two meters in front of her, a faint crackle sounded.
This noise might be inaudible to ordinary people.
But for Ability Users, whose five senses had been enhanced countless times over, it was keenly detected.
These arrogant, overconfident Anglos, thinking themselves invincible, all rushed toward the source of the sound at the same time, gathering together just as she had hoped.
In the blink of an eye.
The spirit paper in Lu Liuhe’s hand suddenly flew toward them. Her fingers quickly formed a seal as she uttered a low, sacred command: “Thunder, go!”
A series of deafening explosions erupted from the ground.
Giant bolts of lightning, thick as dragons, carrying the force of ten thousand thunderclaps, crashed down upon them with unstoppable momentum.
Piercing, agonized screams shot straight into the sky.
Lu Liuhe remained utterly calm. Seizing the opportunity, she dashed forward, picked up a gun, retreated to a safe distance, and unleashed a rapid rat-a-tat-tat into the thick smoke.
The bullet comments climaxed.
【Streamer, you’re too badass! You’re my one and only queen—I’m obsessed with you, crazy for you, ready to smash my head against the wall for you.】
【They must be completely dead now, right? How dare they cause trouble at our base and try to kill our streamer? Let them taste our streamer’s little fists.】
【Why did you have to provoke her for no reason? She’s the one who dares to wander alone outside the base, cutting down Mutated Flora and Fauna until they run at the sight of her, too scared to even get close.】
[“Don’t talk nonsense upstairs. Our streamer is just a poor, weak, and helpless Planter.”]
[“That’s right, I can testify. The streamer didn’t do anything. It was clearly those shameless people bullying the weak, taking advantage of her young age and frail appearance. Even the heavens couldn’t stand it and struck them dead with lightning.”]
Lu Liuhe backed far away and waited for a long while, making sure those people were completely dead and stiff, before saying, “‘If you’re not convinced, then fight.’ My meals—I keep my word!”
After speaking.
She walked over to the several corpses, eagerly wanting to collect her spoils.
Unfortunately, she had been too scared earlier, afraid that one strike wouldn’t kill them and she’d be counterattacked, so she had used too much force. Both the items and the people had been charred into pitch-black carbon.
However, there were still two backpacks, made of some unknown material. Only the exteriors were scorched, while the insides remained bulging and seemingly intact.
She walked over to the two human-shaped charcoal figures, bent down to rummage through them, and reached out to take the backpacks.
Just as her hand touched the backpack.
Her ankle was suddenly grabbed by an icy-cold hand.