Chapter 104: Global Nuclear Explosion 16
The seven-person car, which was supposed to be full, finally had all its occupants today.
Bai Sinian sat to her left, and Murong Er sat to her right. Chu Yian felt like she was the wall in a girl-chases-boy scenario—sturdy and an eyesore.
They finally arrived at their destination.
She got out of the car and walked to the side, giving them enough space to interact.
Bai Sinian was led by Murong Er. They arrived next to an abandoned factory. After he got out of the car, his gaze swept around, and he immediately frowned. “Where are the things you mentioned?”
“Follow me.”
Murong Er walked straight towards the outside of the factory, then stopped at a manhole cover.
She pried open the manhole cover and handed Bai Sinian a flashlight. “I put the food and gasoline down there.”
Bai Sinian glanced at the flashlight, then handed it to the NPC next to him. “Go down and take a look. While you’re at it, bring up all the food and gasoline.”
Three of the five NPCs went down.
Ten minutes later, a pile of items appeared on the ground.
Seven or eight barrels of gasoline, instant noodles, biscuits, chocolate… Chu Yian didn’t pay attention to these loose or boxed ordinary foods. Among these items, she found canned goods sealed in iron cans. There were 4 cans of meat, 6 cans of fruit, and two buckets of compressed biscuits in iron containers.
In a situation where radiation was everywhere, such food was the safest. The remaining food wasn’t discarded; Bai Sinian also had people move it back for the NPCs to eat. Chu Yian knew about this and didn’t dare to voice an opinion. She was afraid that if she reminded Bai Sinian, he would make her eat the radiated food along with the NPCs.
So humble.
On the other side,
Murong Er watched the NPCs move the gasoline and food into the car, then followed Bai Sinian into the car.
She felt that since she had contributed gasoline and food, her confidence had increased significantly. She directly pushed Chu Yian aside and sat in the middle seat.
Bai Sinian was wearing a gas mask at this moment, so his expression was completely obscured, but this time he didn’t tell Murong Er to stay away from him.
Even a small feedback could become Murong Er’s motivation to go further.
Inside the quiet car, Murong Er’s voice rang out, “Brother Bai, I’ve given you all my things. Now, are you really unwilling to give me a gas mask?”
She actively wrapped her arms around Bai Sinian’s arm, looking at him coquettishly.
“Stop the car by the side of the road.”
Bai Sinian’s reaction made Murong Er’s lips curl slightly.
Just as she thought Bai Sinian had relented, she heard a cold voice by her ear, “Get out.”
Wh-what?
Murong Er froze. She suspected she had misheard.
“I said, get. out. of. my. car.”
Bai Sinian repeated each word, like a heartless scoundrel.
“You…”
Murong Er’s eyes widened, looking at him in shock.
She was also a player who had gone through several rounds of games, and by teaming up with other players, she had successfully cleared three times. Although there were conflicts between players, this usually happened when resources were scarce. When resources were sufficient, everyone would stick together if they could.
This was the first time she had encountered a situation like Bai Sinian’s, where he used people and then discarded them.
Burning bridges, kicking the ladder after climbing.
Murong Er’s words of accusation and blame were on the tip of her tongue when Bai Sinian already pressed a pistol against her forehead.
“Do you not understand what I’m saying? Do you have to become a corpse and be carried out by someone?”
Bai Sinian’s actions showed that she had no right to protest.
Either get out, or die.
Murong Er was furious.
She glared fiercely at Bai Sinian, her eyes wishing to tear him to shreds.
“Looking at me is useless. It’s because your appearance isn’t as good as Little Chu’s, and your abilities aren’t as good as Little Chu’s.”
Bai Sinian leaned back in the car seat, his voice lazy as he spoke. The next second, Chu Yian received Murong Er’s resentful gaze.
Why are you looking at me?
It wasn’t me who kicked you out.
Chu Yian, who was inexplicably targeted, felt so innocent.
Murong Er got out of the car with resentment. “I will remember you all.”
Don’t remember me, just remember Bai Sinian.
As the car drove away, Chu Yian looked at the resentful eyes on the roadside and couldn’t help but sigh. She hadn’t done anything but still managed to incur hatred. Meeting Bai Sinian was really unlucky.
“Why is Little Chu sighing? Is it because I only just chased that woman away?”
Bai Sinian’s voice came through the mask; one could hear that he was in a very good mood now.
Murong Er’s departure not only created animosity but, more importantly, made her start to worry about herself. “Brother Bai, if I lose my usefulness, you wouldn’t treat me like you did Murong Er, pressing a gun to my head and kicking me out, would you?”
Chu Yian deeply felt that teaming up with Lu Qingyuan and teaming up with Bai Sinian were completely different experiences.
Teaming up with Teacher Lu was reassuring.
Although Teacher Lu’s memory was temporary, his character was excellent; he was very good to his own people and often provided unexpected surprises.
But Bai Sinian was different.
He seemed to have a screw loose. Others would go to great lengths for teammates, but he occasionally stabbed his teammates in the back. In the few days Chu Yian had been his teammate, she always felt he would pull some stunt to harm her. He just gave people a feeling of not being trustworthy.
“Wow wow wow.”
Bai Sinian exclaimed a few times upon hearing this. “Is Little Chu jealous? How could I abandon Little Chu?”
He seemed to be getting into character, his tone still unchanged. “You are Brother Bai’s little darling.”
Chu Yian’s expression, hidden beneath her gas mask, was one of utter despair.
Just as the two were talking, the car suddenly braked sharply and stopped. Unprepared, both of their bodies lurched forward due to inertia, hitting the seats in front of them. With a hard gas mask still on her head, Chu Yian’s nose felt sore from the impact.
“My fake nose got crooked.”
Chu Yian blurted out this nonsense, without even thinking.
“What? Your nose is fake.”
Bai Sinian’s surprised voice came from beside her. “I knew your nose was delicate and straight; how could a normal person’s nose look like that?”
“Yes.”
Chu Yian nodded upon hearing this.
Anyway, just go along with what he says.
“That mole at the corner of your eye, was that also dotted on?”
Because of her nose, Bai Sinian suddenly became curious about other parts, then sighed. “I knew it was impossible for a mole to just happen to grow in a place I liked. I never expected that Little Chu is actually a tech beauty.”
“…Yes, I dotted that on too.”
Chu Yian simply admitted, “I also had my canthus opened and my chin done.”
Bai Sinian instantly clutched his chest in pain. “Sister Little Chu is truly a cruel person; all those features I liked were actually man-made.”
“Mm.”
She nodded.
Hearing Bai Sinian’s strange cries, although she knew nine-tenths of it was an act, there was still a tiny bit of satisfaction.
“But your chin is well done, it’s even a double chin.”
Bai Sinian’s voice returned to normal the next second, tinged with teasing and mockery.
