Volume 1: The Wheel of Fate Chapter 9: Expectation and Surprise

  It is better to have met than never to have met at all. —— Li Ang

  When he woke up again, the battle at the foot of the mountain was almost over. During this time, Li Ang also woke up several times. This greedy guy always wanted to know if there was anything special about Lila's body and fainted several times. It wasn't until Jin shook him awake by his collar that he finally gave up.

  "Alright, stop pretending to be dead. We can clean up the battlefield soon, and with me around, you little brat won't suffer any losses." The lame man said with a sly smile.

  Looking at Li Ang's crippled body sitting on the ground, Jin could completely understand. When he first found out that this world had such a group of people, he was also similarly shocked.

  No wonder Jin had a confident look on his face all along, which made Li Ang's teeth ache with hatred. Although his body was completely out of sync with his brain's rhythm and every move caused full-body soreness, he still struggled to get up and pay attention to the developments below. It seemed that he had indeed fainted for a long time, as the situation at the foot of the mountain had completely reversed. The only thing that disappointed Li Ang was that he still didn't understand what made Lila different from ordinary people, let alone the special aspects of other members of the Blank team. This ability probably required a lot of mental effort, and it seemed that he could only try again after recovering his spirit. With his sharp eyesight, he could clearly see the killer bees being slaughtered on one side.

  That distant figure with a trail of afterimages chasing after the fleeing enemy was probably Otto. After his shadow flashed by, the enemy wouldn't immediately fall down, but would instead continue running for several steps before dispersing into various shapes and segments. Lila was like a god of slaughter from hell, annihilating the remaining enemies who still resisted; he seemed to have run out of bullets and was now slaughtering them with his bare hands. As far as Li Ang was concerned, he didn't need any weapons at all - his body itself was his best weapon.

  The enemy's small arms were completely useless against Rila. Li Ang saw a killer bee rider use an assault rifle to fire a magazine of bullets at close range, but except for turning his jacket into shreds, it had no effect on Rila. With just one punch, Rila crushed the person who was frantically changing magazines, turning him into complete fragments, like a massive explosion had occurred on his body, with shattered limbs and the entire person disintegrating. This completely transcended human categories, Li Ang thought to himself. It seemed that Rila's movements were far from as fast as Otto's, but when a desperate enemy fired a rocket at close range, he could only barely dodge out of the way, and fortunately, the shrapnel from the explosion only gave him minor injuries, while the enemy who had fired was almost torn to shreds by the shrapnel.

  Lila's clothes were also burnt to ashes. After discovering that the enemy's heavy firepower had been taken out by Reed, this almost invincible guy started killing the remaining enemies with ease, if anything can represent power, it would be this person.

  At some point, Cripple Gold also rushed onto the battlefield and used flames to flush out a group of stubbornly resisting enemies who were hiding in a depression. Several members of the Killer Bees squad jumped out with their bodies engulfed in flames, rolling around in agony. The oily incendiary made any attempt to extinguish the flames futile, while the intense heat caused their entire respiratory tract to swell instantly. Of course, this was not necessarily unfortunate, as several people soon ended their suffering due to suffocation.

  Flames are everywhere at the foot of the mountain, and the wilderness is littered with burning vehicles. The enemy has already dispersed, and Blank's squad, along with Lamei Jin, Lande, and Toto, the only two remaining gunmen, are sweeping the battlefield. If Leon weren't too exhausted, he would also like to join their ranks, as the guns used by the Killer Bees aren't bad either.

  After realizing that being a bounty hunter is a high-risk profession, Li Ang was prepared to return to his old job as a lizard hunter. However, over the past two days, Li Ang has encountered more dangers than he had in his entire life before. With abilities like Red's, he could at least get his hands on those golden lizards, and what happened afterwards wasn't something he could consider. It was all just a way of living, and if he couldn't go back, then settling down in the desert city wouldn't be so bad after all.

  What made Li Ang admire was the strong vitality of Rock, who had fired so many weapons at him just now and did not take his life. Cassel in the Blanke group was stopping the bleeding from his wound, while Redd, holding a pair of pliers, occasionally pulled out deformed bullet heads from Rock's wound under the impact.

  Now Jin showed the true color of a merchant, carefully selecting valuable things due to limited space. Greed is indeed the driving force for human progress, seeing his gradually swelling pockets Li Ang suddenly felt some strength restored in his body. Dragging his completely unresponsive body, this useless person also struggled to start cleaning up the battlefield.

  "It should be the heteromorphic pheromone, the killer bee leader has adult male bees. We have people who are killer bee people." Xiao whispered to report to Blank.

  "Are there still living drones?" Blank asked.

  "That car just caught fire and there are no survivors," Xiao reported immediately.

  Blanc slightly furrowed his brow, the situation had become increasingly chaotic. The Elder's secret mission for himself now seemed to be known by everyone, when did the Brotherhood's intelligence control become like this? Not only did the Executor come, but the Killer Bees also targeted him. What to do next made him hesitant. Had he misjudged from the start, would the Executor, even if they had conflicts with the Elder, openly deal with his own action group? The real threat to himself actually came from the Killer Bees.

  His current whereabouts have been discovered by the Killer Bees, and it's not difficult to follow such obvious tracks. All Blank can do is disperse the enemy's forces, and encountering the Killer Bees seems to be only a matter of time. The consumption from the previous battle was severe, and next time they might encounter an elite squad of Killer Bees. Rushing to meet up with the 17th base's squad also has its dangers. What's frightening is that if Snow's prophecy is accurate, no matter what choice he makes, the outcome will be the same.

  Eliminating everyone except Snow is undoubtedly the best option at present, but Sakura's existence as an exception makes Blank conflicted. Looking at Sakura who was also paying attention to him beside Snow in the distance, he hesitated. As if knowing his thoughts, Sakura smiled at him with a mocking gaze. Lila, Otto and Yeo should be able to handle her, but many of the Spirit System's variant abilities are beyond human expectation. Blank had no way to gauge Sakura's threat level, making it impossible for him to make a good judgment.

  Could it be that her nemesis was right next to her, but just now was clearly an opportunity for her to make a move. Afraid that Sakura would make a sneak attack, Blank hadn't let Yo take action earlier and had even let him prepare to create illusions for Sakura at any time. But this Sakura seemed to have no malicious intent, neither helping nor causing trouble.

  Guarding against someone who can't distinguish between friend and foe sometimes requires more effort than dealing with an enemy. After much hesitation, Blank decided not to provoke unnecessary trouble. Let Jin take her away, at least it could divert the enemy's attention. If they still followed, then they were enemies. Thinking of this, Blank finally made up his mind.

  Those who can survive in the wilderness are efficient. The warriors who cleared up the remaining killer bees on the battlefield did not take too much time.

  After a brief rest, Blanke said to Jin and his party: "Jin, you will return to Shacheng soon. The situation from now on is not something we can control, your mission has ended."

  After hearing Blank's words, including the gunners of Kinne, they all let out a sigh of relief. After all, after things developed to this point, they were basically useless except for being cannon fodder, and being able to leave the mission was undoubtedly a good choice.

  Li Ang came with Jin, and the one who wanted to return to Shacheng was him. After hearing Blank's decision, he felt relieved. As expected, old ginger is still spicy, although the task introduced by lame Jin was thrilling, but in the end, they could still return safely. After returning to Shacheng, whether it was the Steel Iron Brotherhood or the Killer Bees, as long as they didn't bother him, he wouldn't care about their affairs anymore.

  When Li Ang was about to leave, Xiaoxue hurriedly said that she wanted to thank the person who had saved her. As for Li Ang and Lede, Blank had originally intended to win them over because of the urgent task and his own confusion, so he didn't deliberately try to please them. Seeing Xiaoxue coming over, he took the opportunity to curry favor with them.

  "It can be used on any Brotherhood turf for VIP treatment. You can rest safely and get supplies or weapons. Hope to see you again." Blaine said as he handed two magnetic cards to Leon and Red.

  On the other side, Xiaoxue took advantage of the hug to secretly put the glass bead she had crushed yesterday into Liang's pocket. This small action did not attract anyone's attention, and even Blank, who was meticulous in his thinking, was completely unaware of Xiaoxue's intentions. No one would have thought that this lovely little girl had any ulterior motives, but apparently, this did not include Sakura. As Xiaoxue carefully put the object into Liang's pocket, she didn't notice at all that something had also been put on her own body by Sakura.

  Two girls facing each other smiled so sincerely, but who could know what they were thinking in their hearts? Understanding women is obviously not something men can do.