Volume 1: The Wheel of Fate Chapter 2: Super Ability Holder

  "Do I look like a fool to you?" Li Ang tilted his head, looking at the cripple. "How could you think I'd agree to such a thing? Don't bother taking care of me if it's going to be something as dangerous as robbing Sha Tou's old home."

  "Don't worry, their main forces have all gone to the provincial base. There aren't many people left in the sand pits. My client said as long as we rescue the people, it's fine. Each person will get 1,000 big coins." The cripple also started to be motivated by profit.

  "Even I can participate, it's as safe as going on a tour." The cripple saw Li Ang being moved and continued to stir him up.

  "You're going too? In that case, I won't be able to participate. You'll end up holding everyone back." Feeling the danger in his words, Li Ang hastily dispelled the greedy thoughts in his mind.

  This world is more chaotic than he imagined. Take this small town called Shacheng for example, on the first day of arrival, I witnessed over a dozen killings, and every day since then, there are people dying. There are elderly people who lost their labor ability being beaten to death by vendors for stealing food; there are children who resisted thieves being stabbed to death with knives; there are people in bars being shot to death due to minor disputes. It's truly the strong doing as they please and the weak enduring.

  Here is the translation:

  Li Ang sold his portable nuclear fusion battery to the cripple at a low price, replenished his bullets, and only then did he feel slightly safer. Then, wandering around the city, he discovered Old Zhang's leather goods store. Without much thought, he decided to become a hunter. Later, Li Ang realized that it was largely because he saw the various dried meats in Old Zhang's store that he became determined to be a hunter. With this newfound resolve, Li Ang immediately spent almost all his money on a hunting knife and a set of cowhide hunting gear.

  Because he wanted to save money, he stayed in a hostel. After experiencing a night of attempted theft and robbery, Li Ang immediately moved into a hotel with armed guards. However, the cheap rooms cost five yuan per day, which was a burden he could not bear. The little money he had soon ran out, and three days later he was kicked out of the hotel.

  Now he can only rely on his brain and vision, the damage is very severe, many knowledge has been found in a destroyed bank, where there were originally several tramps, but Li Ang's three wine bottle caps and shotgun quickly persuaded them to move elsewhere. (Violently occupying civilian houses, revealing evil tyrant temperament) After reinforcing doors and windows, he was lucky enough to start the bank's backup energy supply. Seeing that the fixed fusion battery still had at least ten years of supply left, he finally felt a sense of security for the first time. Next, Li Ang even found a spare door card, overjoyed, he immediately reset the password, and after moving into the vault that could withstand electric shock gunshots, he realized that being able to sleep safely was happiness.

  It seems that Li Ang is the first guest of this vault, which even perfectly preserves bundles of banknotes and a large number of gold bars. Seeing the banknotes with the mark of the Asian Federal Government, Li Ang was confused. It seems that he is still on Earth, but the development trajectory of this world is vastly different from that of his home planet.

  This is gold, the most ductile metal in the world. After failing to persuade a cripple to accept the gold bricks, Li Ang could only use them to make a bed. It was also a fulfillment of his own long-cherished wish, sleeping on a pile of money with gold bricks underneath. Having a place to rest, Li Ang began to consider his future, but compared to before, he had no idea what to do. Unconsciously, he fell asleep and when he woke up, Li Ang was very impressed by his own adaptability, as his dream had quickly changed from making a lot of money to opening a soda shop.

  The lame man heard the sound of his own drumming and said, "I'm helping you because I think we're a good match, after all, you're someone I picked up." Seeing Li Ang refuse, the lame man started playing the warm card.

  "There are so many people outside, and for just a hundred bucks, there are countless people waiting to risk their lives for you. You'd be so kind as to leave this job to me?" Li Ang knew what he was like - his marksmanship wasn't great, nor was his agility. Although he had become much stronger recently, he still hadn't reached the point of self-obsession. Besides, this time they were up against people, and Li Ang had never killed anyone before. It's true that over the past three months, Li Ang had become proficient in using his Beretta, no longer needing to let his shoulder rest for a moment after firing a shot. But he had only been dealing with giant lizards and scorpions; he had never even thought about harming a human being.

  "I know you live in that kind of house, and the person to be rescued this time is also locked inside that kind of house. Originally, there was a professional staff member who came to open the door, but on the way here, he was bitten to death by a giant claw." Only then did he tell the truth after seeing Li Ang refuse to board the ship.

  "This time, everyone who went is an expert, no need for you to fight. Your responsibility is just to open that door, none of us know how to deal with that door." The cripple continued to say. "If you're not at ease, follow me to take a look at them, guaranteed they are all professional personnel. After seeing, you'll feel at ease."

  He had no confidence in getting past the bank's security, after all, last time he was able to get in purely by luck. He thought that since prisoners needed to eat, there must be someone with a key who could enter. But these were things he couldn't say out loud, this was his livelihood on the line.

  If it's just going to open the door, then it doesn't matter if you go and try. Thinking of this, Li Ang asked the cripple: "Is there really no danger?"

  "You're only in charge of the door, you don't need to help with the fight. Apart from the money he gave me, I'll throw in an extra set of equipment for you." Seeing Li Ang start to loosen up, the cripple immediately increased his offer.

  "Alright, I'll do it. With this, our accounts are also settled." Li Ang fully played out the previous senior brother's motto of taking advantage of you when you're ill to take your life.

  "Alright, it's settled then." The cripple nodded in agreement without any hesitation, completely out of character for his usual stubborn personality.

  It seems that the cripple must have received some other benefits, and this time he agreed so readily. This made Li Ang deeply regret not biting the stingy landlord hard earlier. There was no way to get him now, so he had to resort to equipment. He insisted on going down and finally entered the underground warehouse that only VIPs could enter before. From combat boots to a full set of special operations suits, as well as Trevira fiber bulletproof vests and helmets, not to mention, he even dug out a P5H&K mini assault rifle and seven or eight magazines of 9mm bullets.

  "Didn't I tell you not to worry about the battle? Carrying so much heavy stuff is a waste." Seeing all that equipment being devoured by Li Ang, the crippled man felt a pang of heartache.

  "It's hard to say when the time comes, can you say that if they don't fight, they won't hit me? Bullets don't have eyes." Li Ang said while continuing to rummage through the stuff.

  "Alright, alright. Let's go see this client." Obviously seeing Li Ang's still sparkling eyes, the cripple knew it was impossible to let him put it down, and for now, letting him leave immediately was the best strategy.

  The lame man dragged Leon out of the warehouse with reluctance, and still didn't forget to grab two cans of camouflage paint and put them in his pocket.

  After changing into his new equipment, Li Ang looked at himself in the mirror for the first time since arriving here. The harsh life had made his previously slightly protruding belly disappear, and even the fat on his cheeks was gone. Several months of hunting had brought out the long-lost muscle lines on Li Ang's body, making the black special operations uniform look very handsome and fitting. This was no longer the chubby guy from before, but a completely different person. With his naturally bad smile, he seemed to have a particularly masculine charm. Looking at himself in the mirror, Li Ang started to become infatuated with himself. With this new look, he would definitely be able to conquer those shallow women when he returned.

  The lame man's client lives in the largest inn "Double-headed Wolf" in Shacheng, where the guards are not only numerous but also well-equipped, making it one of the safest places in town, and the price is naturally expensive.

  The owner of the inn was said to have been a bounty hunter who traveled all over, just like Luffy. After completing several big jobs and earning some money, he retired and settled down in the desert city, opening an inn that provided protection, helped with various tasks, offered entertainment, and served stimulating drinks. The inn was like a small castle, and its owner was like a small lord. Many things that couldn't be solved by force alone often required the local inn owner to step in and mediate.

  After entering the inn, the lame man led Li Ang to a suite inside, where there was a round table in the main hall. The first thing that caught Li Ang's attention was that the leader of the Double-headed Wolf Guards was also seated there.

  The leader of the Double-Headed Wolf's Guardian is a super mutant, nearly 3 meters tall. It's said that super mutants are only below average height. Of course, since he hasn't been to other places, this mutant named Rock is the only one Leon has seen in this world, but every time he sees him, the oppressive feeling still makes Leon very uncomfortable.

  After the legendary doomsday, many animals had mutated species. The drastic change in environment often led to the extinction of many original species, while the mutated ones survived. The golden lizard hunted by Li Ang was a mutation of the mutated species, its skin emitted strong golden fluorescence at night. It is said that this drove some women in the surviving big cities crazy and created a huge market.

  It seems that mutants also want to make some extra money, although he still wears a full set of combat equipment at home.

  The mutant wore a breastplate made of thick steel plates riveted together, which protected his vital areas very well. His thick skin had become completely keratinized, and it was said that ordinary bullets had no effect on mutants. Next to him was a 127mm heavy machine gun used for tanks, probably only these mutants could use such a weight with ease. Can this still be considered human? It's clearly turned into a humanoid tank. Li Ang secretly evaluated. I don't know what his lower body has become, probably it's impossible to succeed with ordinary people anymore. Thinking again about the mutant's keratinized skin full of cracks everywhere, Li Ang immediately upgraded his malicious curse towards men to being raped by female mutants.

  On the round table were several bottles of strong liquor, and around the variant people there were a few others who were also sipping. Like the variants, they all wore combat gear, and Li Ang's glance revealed that they had equipped many old-fashioned equipment that he liked very much. Not only did they have classic weapons like AK47, but someone was carrying an old NATO-style 5.56mm 16A1; there were even Scorpion RPI micro-assault rifles and Uzi-like equipment. And a person sitting in one corner who looked like a team sniper was holding a 14 rifle with a mounted scope, which was simply the perfect equipment for Li Ang's hunting use.

  "Blanc, he's the only one around here who knows how to open that mechanical door." The cripple said as he came before a man who was obviously the leader of this group.

  Li Ang only then noticed the young man sitting next to him, who looked very sharp in his deep black combat uniform. Although he was wearing sunglasses and Li Ang couldn't see his eyes, he couldn't help but notice the man's chiseled features, neatly trimmed beard, and slightly raised mouth, which seemed to convey a hint of disdainful smile. The young man appeared to be sizing him up as well.

  Another successful person, and a damn old handsome guy. Li Ang, who was not born to be very successful, had a natural sense of hatred towards this kind of successful people. His own girlfriend had unknowingly gone to bed with a married, stupid-looking and fat successful man.

  "Do you know this kind of building called a bank?" asked Blanc, wiping the smile off his face.

  If it were a world that had always lived like this, it would probably be very difficult to understand what role banks play. However, Li Ang is from a world where there are banks all over the streets. He still keeps his bank card with him, although this thing seems to have no use at all.

  "A financial institution, another important social functional unit under a different system. Do you know what finance is?" Li Ang asked back.

  Because of Li Ang's question, Blank was very surprised. Suddenly, he became serious as if he had discovered something. After taking off his sunglasses with his hand, his black eyes stared at Li Ang carefully.

  Being sized up by this young man, Li Ang felt a deep chill, his breathing seemed to be suppressed, as if his soul had been seen through by the other party at once.

  This feeling lasted for half a minute before it ended, when Blank collected that sharp gaze Li Ang discovered himself almost out of strength, temples unconsciously already flowing with cold sweat, only then could he let out a long breath. And on the other side, Blank didn't look easy either, his chest heaving violently.

  What the hell, does this guy like men? Sitting there fantasizing and getting a feeling for himself. Li Ang felt a chill run down his spine, and he couldn't help but think of what a senior had said before - that the ultimate state of a recluse is to be able to fully possess someone just through fantasy.

  Here is the translation:

  "Similarly, on this side, Blank was also very strange. As one of the few people in the organization with a 'strategic eye', he had clearly sensed that the person in front of him was not an ordinary human being. However, after observing for nearly a minute, he couldn't discover what special abilities the other person possessed. Even when analyzing Lütfen, who was considered to have talent and potential by the organization a few years ago, it only took ten or so seconds. Although Lütfen is no longer under the organization's control now, Blank still has great confidence in his own abilities. Has he already grown old, with his abilities somewhat declining? It seems that after completing this mission, it's time to apply for training work behind the scenes. Suddenly, Blank felt a bit down."