“Isn’t it just that I blocked you all? Is it really necessary?” An Bai was speechless as well. Those people had clearly lost their composure.
“I hope that guy gets found and bitten to death by the monsters outside.”
A Survivor who was unhappy with his circumstances cursed An Bai to die horribly.
He made a rough calculation. Around thirty people had been cursing him nonstop, while most were still watching from the sidelines.
Seeing the situation grow increasingly heated, An Bai knew he had to step in. Otherwise, future trades would be difficult to continue.
An Bai: “I only looked away from the manual for a moment, and there are already this many people cursing me?”
The previously lively atmosphere in the chat channel instantly became quiet because of An Bai’s words.
“Liar. If you tricked someone out of their things, you should at least return them.” A passerby who had been swept along by the crowd spoke up.
“Exactly, exactly. Would an S-rank deceive people too?”
“And how exactly would you know?” An Bai said.
“Heh heh, you probably only got that S-rank by deceiving people.” Someone spoke sarcastically.
“I just wanted to trade for something to eat. Is it really necessary? I’m practically starving to death.” At last, the culprit, Zhong Yasong, spoke up.
“Brother Zhong Yasong, tell us what actually happened.” The Strange Man who had traded with An Bai added a comment.
“Exactly. Tell them how I deceived you.” An Bai said.
“Aren’t the photos proof?” Someone whom An Bai had blocked before spoke up for him.
But obviously, far fewer people echoed him this time than before.
“That isn’t proof. That’s an unfounded accusation. Let me show you my evidence.”
An Bai had no intention of continuing to argue with these idiots, so he directly posted the chat history between himself and Zhong Yasong.
.....
Zhong Yasong’s messages in the chat history possessed a certain brain-dead beauty, delivering a devastating blow to those who wanted to continue smearing An Bai.
It was clearly only ten seconds of silence, yet it felt incredibly long.
“I knew it. Andersen isn’t that kind of person.” The Strange Man said.
“Some people’s faces are practically being beaten to a pulp.” Wang Bo chimed in.
“Hahahaha, they already are.”
“He edited the images.” Zhong Yasong refused to give up.
“Genius, since when can the manual edit images?”
“There’s something wrong with this guy’s brain. The manual simply doesn’t have that function.”
The passersby who had previously been swept along by the crowd began mocking Zhong Yasong, and their attacks were even harsher than before.
“As expected, the better someone’s online name sounds, the more disgusting they are in real life!” An Bai threw their earlier mockery back at them.
“Hahahaha, Brother Andersen has a pretty good mentality.”
“We wronged Brother Andersen earlier.” The passersby who had been swept along by the crowd began apologizing.
“Damn it, the one whose ID is Little White Rabbit even called other people perverts? That bastard sent me nude photos earlier to trick me out of my resources.”
After the person whose ID was Little Throwing Knife finished speaking, he posted his chat history with Little White Rabbit.
“This is insane!”
“A man and a woman can be paired up now. One for men, one for women.”
“Don’t trade with these two anymore. One’s a liar, and the other has intermittent explosive disorder.” Someone delivered the final “verdict.”
After all, the evidence was irrefutable. Even the onlookers, no matter how foolish, now understood what had happened.
Before long, the chat channel showed that Zhong Yasong and Little White Rabbit had gone offline.
“They’ve gone to Gotham City.”
“Hahahahahaha.”
Somewhere in the real world, in a snowy mountain range.....
Zhong Yasong lay on the bed inside the level-one train, his stomach growling with hunger.
He closed the manual and tossed it aside. There was no need to think about it; it was definitely filled with people cursing him.
His mind was completely blank. After all, he had always believed in solving problems through force, ever since he was young. Now, it felt as though he had punched cotton.
It was incredibly frustrating! He felt as if his lungs were about to explode.
“Damn it! Andersen, don’t let me run into you. If I see you, I’ll definitely kill you.”
As Zhong Yasong said this, he punched the inner wall of the train with all his strength.
With a bang, the inner wall of the train dented slightly outward.
“Ow, that hurts like hell.” For a moment, he felt as though his bones had shattered.
Suddenly, his right eyelid twitched.
Cold sweat inexplicably trickled down his forehead. He suddenly remembered that it was night, and that there were nasty things outside.
His anger was instantly extinguished, and his survival instinct made him curl up.
“You didn’t hear that. You didn’t hear that. Please don’t let it hear me.” Zhong Yasong squeezed his eyes shut.
But the more one feared something, the more likely it was to happen. Before long, the grating sound of something scraping glass reached his ears.
Once, twice—it scraped slowly and steadily.
The sound of scraping rang out rhythmically like a requiem, every stroke pounding against Zhong Yasong’s heart.
Zhong Yasong felt that it was the tolling of death’s bell, coming to steal away his soul.
Suddenly, the scraping sound vanished.
Even so, he kept his eyes tightly shut, not daring to make the slightest sound.
After waiting for nearly fifteen minutes, there was still no unusual sound outside.
“Could that monster really have left?” Zhong Yasong wondered.
Zhong Yasong opened his eyes and slowly turned his head toward the window. Aside from the scratches, there was nothing but pitch darkness.
His suspended heart finally relaxed. Before he could even utter a few harsh words, two additional “red lanterns” suddenly appeared outside the glass.
The owner of the red lanterns grinned. At last, their eyes met.
Another swipe of its claw!
Zhong Yasong’s face turned pale with terror. A large area of his pants became wet, and he crawled into the space beneath the bed.
.....
“Aah!” In the lonely night, a shrill scream rang out from deep within the snowy mountains.
“Did everyone notice? Zhong Yasong’s profile picture has gone black.” After a while, someone spoke.
“It really has. It’s blacked out.”
“A reminder to everyone: do not make loud noises in the night, even inside the train.” The person whose ID was orca group leader spoke.
“Right. That guy probably got carried away by his anger and did something irrational.”
“It’s very dangerous outside. The monsters in the night aren’t something we can deal with at our current level.”
With a few interested parties steering the discussion, Zhong Yasong’s incident was soon forgotten.
An Bai did not want to pursue the matter either, and he could not be bothered with those fence-sitters. He went offline early to rest.
When the Polar Night arrived, An Bai, sound asleep, was awakened as usual by the shaking of the train starting up.
“I’m still a little sleepy.” An Bai stretched, his voice also somewhat louder than it had been during the night.
Based on his observations over the past few days, moving trains seemed to be somewhat safer.
He rose from the bed and went to the table, staring at the five units of kangaroo flesh essence placed on it.
The red ping-pong-ball-like objects before him were the flesh essence Li Zhiluò had mentioned, capable of strengthening the human body.
After taking a sip of water to moisten his throat, An Bai grabbed the flesh essence and swallowed it without hesitation.
A scorching sensation spread through his throat. An Bai felt as though his throat were on fire.
He hurriedly gulped down another large mouthful of water, swallowing the flesh essence into his stomach. Only then did the burning sensation in his throat ease somewhat.
After enduring the initial discomfort, An Bai felt a warm current rise from his abdomen and spread throughout his body as time passed.
After swallowing the remaining four units of kangaroo flesh essence one after another, An Bai clearly felt that his eyes had become more lively.
【Survivor Andersen successfully swallowed five units of kangaroo flesh essence】
【Level: first tier】
【Stamina: 12→15】
【Strength: 10→13】
【Agility: 12→18】
【Sanity tolerance: 20】
【Intelligence: 15】
“My agility increased by six points all at once!” An Bai was somewhat surprised by the result.
This was only common grade flesh essence, so he reckoned it was because kangaroos were naturally agile.
Converted to a race, if he had previously been able to run one hundred meters in fourteen seconds, he could now do it in ten.
Although his stamina and strength had not increased as much as his agility, An Bai could still feel slight changes in his body.
All in all, An Bai was quite satisfied with this improvement.
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