Lucky One

Lu PingAn found the hidden camp beyond a forest.

After rounding the foot of the mountain, the first thing he saw was a dense mass of Big Trees, their trunks thick and their foliage lush, allowing only scattered rays of sunlight through.

After passing several hidden sentries, Lu PingAn met the person he had come to find.

"You really are lucky."

Looking at Wang Xi'er before him, Lu PingAn did not know how to evaluate her.

Within the green barrier stood another camp that looked like ruins. The ground was scorched black, and with a slightly deeper breath, he could almost smell the lingering scent of burning in the air. The holes of varying sizes in the buildings had long exceeded the scope of "bullet holes."

The buildings clearly bore traces of explosions, and they seemed quite recent.

Yet in truth, their losses were not severe—aside from Wang Xi'er herself, who had been a priority target and had taken a Heavy Bomb straight to the face.

"Your... healing methods..."

Her arm was still being bandaged, and regeneration apparently had not gone smoothly. Suppressed fury filled her remaining eye. Yesterday's noble beauty had become a maimed general bent on revenge today.

Her hoarse voice also carried the quality of synthetic speech. It seemed her injuries were even worse than Cat Cat had described.

"Deferred Payment." Lu PingAn did not make a fuss over it. He threw a one-sixth payment at her, and she recovered at a visible speed. Then the surrounding Healers swiftly moved in to deal with the mutations in her wounds.

"Your ability really is absurd." Wang Xi'er spat out a piece of jade, carefully placed it into a handkerchief, and regained the ability to speak normally.

The reduction of her pain, especially the fact that she no longer