Chapter 46

Ye Zhao dragged the two men back. Just as the self-heating hot pot was ready, she lifted the lid, and an even richer aroma wafted out. Lotus root slices, kelp, tofu skin, potato slices, wide glass noodles... She swallowed, poured in plenty of vinegar, then cradled the container and started eating.

The lotus root was sour, spicy, crisp, and refreshing, while the wide noodles had soaked up all the flavor. So fragrant, so delicious!

As she ate, she scanned the two men on the ground.

[Scan successful: Create Peach Wood Sword*1, requires Creation Points 100.]

Other than that, the two of them had nothing else of value on them.

After Ye Zhao finished two self-heating hot pots and drank a bottle of cola, she let out a satisfied burp.

Once she was full and satisfied, she tied up the two men on the ground, then brushed her teeth with mouthwash. No matter how hard life got, staying clean was one of her personal principles. After brushing, she popped a milk candy into her mouth before quietly climbing onto the ruins to search for that dead rat hiding somewhere.

It had to be said that finding someone with a Spatial Ability amid a stretch of ruins was incredibly difficult. Ye Zhao's physical attributes had only been enhanced a little, and she simply couldn't sense spatial fluctuations. She leaped around the rubble without finding anything, and even felt like she was putting on a monkey show for someone.

That was right—she felt like someone was watching her, yet she couldn't find the source of the surveillance. It made her very unhappy.

With a dark expression, she returned. Manager Liu and Little Zhao had already woken up and were now struggling to scoot away on their asses. Ye Zhao kicked each of them once, and the two men unwillingly passed out again.

The fourteenth day since entering the game, night.

The Granulation Ghost, which had behaved itself for an entire day, grew frenzied again. The second floor where Ye Zhao was staying swayed precariously, on the verge of collapse.

Ye Zhao got up and looked around. The entire world was deathly quiet. Beyond the ruins, the streetlights glowed dimly, and fragmented moonlight spilled down, illuminating one numb yet crazed ghost after another.

Manager Liu and Little Zhao, still tied up, had also regained consciousness. They were exchanging looks. Ye Zhao hadn't stuffed rags into their mouths. If they dared draw the ghosts over, she could run—but could they?

The two sat on the ground, clearly terrified by the swaying floor beneath them. They kept pleading with Ye Zhao, begging her to spare them. "Please, hurry up and uncuff us! If you keep us cuffed like this, we'll be dead for sure when it comes!"

"You don't want to bear the blame of indirectly causing someone's death either, do you?"

"Please, give us another chance! We really know we were wrong! From now on, we'll follow your lead in everything!"

They kept struggling. If they had been tied up with ordinary rope, they might have managed to break free. Unfortunately, what Ye Zhao had used to bind them wasn't ordinary rope, but handcuffs created with Creation Points. Their meager strength was nowhere near enough to break free.

It wasn't that they couldn't move at all—they just had to bend over, clutch their ankles, stick out their asses, and run. At that speed, they were no faster than ants.

But Ye Zhao turned a deaf ear. The hatred in their eyes grew heavier and heavier, though they didn't dare reveal it outright. They nearly ground their teeth to pieces.

As the Granulation Ghost downstairs grew increasingly crazed, Ye Zhao could barely keep herself steady, swaying as if she were floating at sea. She stood up and dragged Manager Liu away.

Manager Liu was horrified. "What are you doing? What are you doing?!"

He frantically grabbed at everything within reach. He even sprawled on the ground and refused to move, but he couldn't budge Ye Zhao, whose strength was like that of a bull. As he drew closer and closer to the Granulation Ghost, he could hear its furious, restless panting...

Realizing what Ye Zhao intended to do, he began twisting wildly.

"What are you doing? Are you trying to kill me? You're murdering me!" Forgetting that he might draw the ghosts' attention, he screamed at the top of his lungs, "Help! Murder! Murder—"

"It was Zhao who wanted to rob you! Throw him instead! Why are you throwing me?"

"Ma'am, boss, please don't kill me! I'll give you all my game items! As long as I can leave the game, I'll give you every asset under my name for free!"

Ye Zhao replied flatly, "Thanks for the kind offer."

Manager Liu: Fuck your kind offer!

"Yes, yes, I'll give it all to you! Please, let me go!"

"As the saying goes, if you don't pull weeds out by the roots, they'll grow again with the spring breeze." Ye Zhao considered it carefully, then shook her head. "Otherwise, I'll have to constantly watch out for someone stabbing me in the back. Not worth it."

"I won't! If you spare my life, I'll be too grateful to even think of anything else! I swear I'll never seek revenge on you!"

Ye Zhao would have to be insane to believe him. She had already dragged Manager Liu to the Granulation Ghost's battlefield. The entire section of the second floor there had collapsed, and the Granulation Ghost was going mad atop the rubble. "I saw it, I saw it..."

Ye Zhao said, "Be a good person in your next life. Goodbye."

No! Manager Liu screamed in utter terror. His fearful cries echoed through the pitch-black night. He wanted to escape, but he couldn't break free from Ye Zhao's grip no matter what!

Then, he felt himself fly. His eyes widened, and his final awareness was of the Granulation Ghost catching him in its embrace before an overwhelming mass of flesh buds wrapped around him—

The man who had once pushed others out to shield himself from disaster had never imagined that one day, he would die the very same way.

When Ye Zhao returned after pulling off something big, Little Zhao was fleeing madly with his ass sticking out. Sweat drenched his head, and his face was deathly pale. By now, his fear of Ye Zhao had surpassed even his fear of the ghosts.

Too terrifying. That woman was too terrifying!

He had killed people too, for the sake of snatching game items. But he had never smiled so gently when he killed. He had felt fear and guilt too. That woman was definitely a fucking psychopath!

Perhaps fear had unlocked his potential, because this time he ran noticeably faster than before. He quickly made it back to their previous temporary base. Unfortunately, the companions who were supposed to help him weren't waiting for him. What awaited him were Nie Yun and Old Wang's iron fists.

Right now, he could only bend over and pick up soap, leaving him with almost no fighting ability. He was soon kicked to the ground and saw his companion, who had likewise been tied up on the floor.

"What happened?"

His companion had also been beaten black and blue. He said helplessly, "They said they needed to take a shit. I couldn't exactly make him shit where he stood, so I took him aside. How was I supposed to know that fat guy could move so fast? I..."

Nie Yun might not have been able to beat three people, but couldn't he beat one?

He was a man who had undergone intensive training, after all!

Nie Yun had now turned the tables. Old Wang massaged his shoulders and pounded his legs as Nie Yun asked, "What happened over there? Was that Manager Liu screaming just now? Is he dead?"

Thinking of something, Little Zhao shuddered uncontrollably. "There's a terrifying killer over there. She caught us and threw Manager Liu down to feed the ghosts! I only managed to escape while she was distracted! She's too terrifying. We need to run!"

Nie Yun recalled Manager Liu's shrill screams and shuddered as well. He told Old Wang, "Then we'd better be careful. Let's stay nearby and try not to run into that killer! We definitely can't beat her if we do!"

Old Wang nodded repeatedly. "I'll listen to you, Brother Nie."

Brother Nie was still thoughtful enough to send Ye Zhao a message, warning her to be careful. He had heard that a terrifying killer was hiding in these ruins, so she should be careful not to get caught.

Ye Zhao unwrapped a milk candy and replied with an ok.