Translator: AnubisTL
Her innate ability, Mantis, had a hidden effect: she could conceal her own abilities and display the stolen ones to others. This subtle trick had fooled many. After all, no one would suspect a seemingly defenseless woman of posing a threat.
As Scar Dog's words faded, her mind raced.
First, precision shooting was out. Chen Jiang's firepower clearly didn't need an extra 100 meters of accuracy. This ability wouldn't impress him at all.
Weapon manifestation was also a no-go. Chen Jiang clearly didn't need another woman wielding a massive blade, and few men would be attracted to such a woman anyway.
Lucky Star it is!
This ability might just sway the man before her, convincing him to spare her life. Once she secured her position among these people, Chen Jiang would inevitably become a loyal subject at her feet.
Victory would be hers.
She took a deep breath, forcing a pained, resentful expression onto her face. With a bitter laugh, she said, "Fine, look. My innate ability is Lucky Star—a talent with no combat power whatsoever."
"I just came to ask for some water, but you attacked me without even asking—Jian..."
But then—
Bang!
A muffled gunshot rang out. Scar Dog retracted his shotgun, his face twisting in confusion as he stared at the headless corpse before him. "Wait, why was this person's last words so long?"
"Didn't she know last words should be short and sweet?"
"If your last words are too long, the enemy won't even have time to listen! What's the point of saying them then? Plus, long last words are hard to spread around."
As Scar Dog grumbled in exasperation, the woman embedded in the ground slowly revived—still trapped in the earth.
After all, resurrection meant returning to one's location 24 hours prior, and 24 hours ago, this woman had been buried in the ground.
Naturally, she found herself back in the same predicament.
"Finally back, huh?"
Scar Dog, clearly growing impatient, raised his shotgun again, aimed at the woman's head in the earthen pit, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Bang!
The gunshot rang out.
"I really—"
The woman, her face frantic after resurrecting, managed only two words before her sentence was cut short as she collapsed into a pool of blood.
"I told you to keep your last words brief, brief, absolutely brief! Why didn't you listen?" Scar Dog shook his head in annoyance. He hadn't asked about the woman's innate ability to recruit her into Brother Jiang's group.
Instead, he was worried that her ability might involve something like possession or rebirth. What if she caught him off guard and turned the tables?
After all, a woman who had gone to such lengths to find them seemed almost suicidal, making her ability seem suspiciously like possession or rebirth.
Ever since he learned that human players might possess the innate ability to possess and reincarnate, he had become hesitant to kill them.
No wonder items imbued with the power of dao sold for such exorbitant prices in the Nicholas Galaxy.
This dao power was utterly undefendable, making it truly disgusting.
All he could do was be more cautious and minimize the chances of a fatal misstep.
At that moment, Li Hao shook his head, gazing regretfully at the dead woman below. "It's a shame, really. With a little dressing up, she could have been quite attractive. We could have had some fun."
Scar Dog stared at Li Hao with a strange expression. "You're really bold. Aren't you afraid she might pull out a dagger and stab you while you're... enjoying yourself?"
"I'd just chop off her hands and feet. No worries then."
"...What about biting?"
"Teeth pulled."
"Elbows and knees?"
"Limbs severed at the root."
Scar Dog fell into a long, expressionless silence before finally asking, "You'd really go that far?"
"What's the big deal?"
Li Hao spoke casually, "It's not just about being stuck in the wilderness for three months and getting all messed up. Even back on Blue Star, I worked construction."
"Construction sites are full of roughnecks."
"And the work follows the projects. Sometimes, you'd get a job in the middle of nowhere, completely cut off from the world. For two or three years, you wouldn't see a woman, let alone an outsider."
"Manual labor keeps your hormones raging."
"Everyone's pent-up."
"The kitchen staff were among the few who could leave the site. Every week, they'd send someone to the county town, dozens of miles away, to buy vegetables and meat. They'd also bring back a few bull testicles."
"After cleaning them up, everyone would take turns using them."
"And everyone was happy, right?"
"It's perfectly normal. Construction workers have seen it all."
"..."
Scar Dog looked down at his feet, his expression slightly dazed. After a moment of silence, he murmured, "Are you talking about what I think you're talking about?"
"Yeah, if I'm not mistaken, it's exactly what you're thinking."
"Give me a minute to process this. I'm not sure how to react to you right now."
"Hey," Li Hao said casually. "This is perfectly normal. You'll understand when you go to those desolate places—any man would go crazy there."
"Go..."
"..."
"Alright, no need to say more."
Scar Dog paused before speaking expressionlessly, "So what? Should I dig her out now so you can... take advantage while she's still warm?"
"Uh, no need for that."
"Then toss her out and dump her somewhere else. Don't let her rot here."
"Got it."
Soon, the group had dug out the corpse and thoroughly searched it again, confirming there were no hidden items that could revive her.
They threw the body into the phantom gate. Before tossing her in, Scar Dog grabbed his shotgun and blasted the corpse repeatedly, ensuring she had no chance of resurrection.
After all, since they'd made an enemy, they needed to eliminate all risks of future trouble.
With the task completed, Scar Dog and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's go. Now that's done, let's grill something to eat. I'll call Brother Jiang when it's ready. When are we ever going to get a proper cook?"
Meanwhile, in the Nicholas Galaxy, on a distant planet...
Wu Zhending, the youngest son of Wu Jinshen (Wu Cautious), and the man who first contacted Chen Jiang, sat at his desk with a serious expression, staring at the screen before him.
This doesn't look good.
He had initially dismissed his previous purchase of a large quantity of useless one-star items as mere bad luck. But now he realized it seemed someone was orchestrating a scheme against them.
Recently, his family's company had been plagued by a series of unexpected incidents.
Just then—
A notification popped up on the screen.
"Hmm?"
He raised an eyebrow. It was a message from someone claiming to be from the Jiang Cheng Company.
His father had instructed him to send nearly a million one-star items to this man.
Though he had always found his father's logic bizarre, unlike that of a normal person, he believed one thing his father had said was true:
A street thug who could build a company from scratch to its current scale must possess qualities worth learning from.
Therefore, he had complied with his father's instructions.
(End of the Chapter)
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