For the Space King

After some twists and turns, Li Qinwu returned to the Hideout, took a cold shower in the bathroom, washed his clothes clean, then ran naked to the heater and hung them up to dry.

He saw that the knees and seat of his pants had been worn through. This old-fashioned worker's outfit was grayish white, made of coarse but sturdy cloth, yet even it could not withstand Li Qinwu's running and jumping outside.

His shoes were done for too, nearly worn through. He needed to go out and get a few pairs.

If he got beaten to death outside, everything on him would drop, and he would revive naked in the Hideout, so he had to keep some spare clothes on hand.

Li Qinwu placed a grooved piece of iron on the heater, opened a bottle of Holy Oil and spread it over the surface, then opened the Ceramite bucket and scooped out a spoonful of food starch to make pancakes.

Before long, a fried starch pancake was ready, and he began eating.

After one pancake, a status appeared in the lower-left corner of his vision: Divine.

Divine: The power of the God-Emperor, Lord of Mankind, protects you. You will not lose your way, nor will you be cowardly. Evil cannot enter your body, Chaos cannot enter your mind, and the light of mankind shall endure forever. Energy +5. Duration: 2 hours.

After swallowing a Holy Oil-fried pancake, Li Qinwu shuddered all over, feeling incomparably refreshed.

The Divine status not only increased his Energy attribute by 5 points and heightened his perception of the world, it also cleared all the Chaos Corruption on his body!

In the world of Warhammer 40,000, everyone had more or less Chaos Corruption.

For ordinary people, it was around 0.001%, which was considered normal. On worlds invaded by Chaos Daemons, that number could skyrocket to 200% or even 2000%.

Once Chaos Corruption went off the charts, a person could be warped into all kinds of Daemonic monsters. Terrifying stuff.

With that one pancake, the Divine status directly cleared Li Qinwu's Chaos Corruption to zero. One word: awesome!

Although Chaos Corruption in ordinary people was only 0.001%, which looked tiny, the difference between absolute zero and one was enormous.

In this completely uncorrupted state, Li Qinwu felt as though his soul was utterly clean. It was incredibly comfortable.

He hurriedly fried the rest of the food starch, using up one bottle of Holy Oil to obtain 15 Holy Biscuits.

Then he cleaned the food Ceramite bucket and placed it beside the oven to dry, intending to use it to store the Holy Biscuits.

After that, he slept like the dead.

When he woke up, he lay on the bed and checked his attributes and inventory.

Attributes: Strength 13, Endurance 14, Energy 12.

Firearm Proficiency 16, Throwing Weapon Proficiency 15. (I won't list the proficiencies that didn't increase.)

Inventory: Lasgun ×1, PDF Semi-Automatic Combat Rifle ×1, Shotgun ×1, Homemade Autogun ×2, Pipe Shotgun ×1, Homemade Pistol ×1.

Lasgun Magazine ×1, 30-Round Drum Magazine ×2, Homemade Gun Magazine ×6, PDF Semi-Automatic Combat Rifle Magazine ×3.

8.9×55mm Rounds ×340, 8.9×55mm AP Rounds ×76, Homemade Rounds ×421, 35mm Shotgun Shells ×80, Homemade Pistol Rounds ×15.

Homemade Poison Gas Grenades ×6, Smoke Grenades ×2.

PDF Body Armor (Level 3) ×1, PDF Ballistic Helmet (Level 3) ×1, Drum Magazine Chest Rig ×1, Medium Hiking Backpack ×1.

Holy Oil ×2, Holy Biscuits ×15.

Poison Needles ×78, Rage Drugs ×24.

Assets: 45,890 Fertilizer Coupons.

After taking stock of his assets, Li Qinwu got dressed, opened the door, and headed for the Fertilizer Gang's territory.

The place used to be packed whenever he came to the Fertilizer Gang. This time, only a few people walked through the corridors, and even the two guards from before had been replaced with unfamiliar faces.

Li Qinwu made his way to Black Merchant Nipall's shop, glanced at the Black Merchant's extremely ugly expression, and casually pulled three Rage Spines from his bag.

"According to our agreement, give me the refrigerator. And pay me for the people I killed this time. Little Knife should have told you about my results already."

Black Merchant Nipall's face darkened. He gave his underling a look, and the underling carried the refrigerator over and set it in front of Li Qinwu. Black Merchant Nipall then took a stack of Fertilizer Coupons from under the table and slapped it down in front of Li Qinwu.

Li Qinwu picked up the money and began counting. This time, he had killed 63 Chemical Dogs and 4 Chemical Pigs, for a total of 20,100 Fertilizer Coupons. Not a single coupon was missing.

He put away the money, hoisted the refrigerator, and was about to leave when Black Merchant Nipall called out to him.

"Wait. I've got another job for you!"

Li Qinwu turned around.

"Talk."

"We suffered heavy losses this time, but it's not over. We won't give up on the Reactor.

"Boss Electric Eye has emptied his coffers to expand the force. He's planning to fight again in a month.

"But the Chemical Gang will only expand faster. Their Poison Needles will draw in huge numbers of Poison Insects. We need to curb their recruitment."

Li Qinwu asked, "What do I have to do? How much?"

Black Merchant Nipall took a deep breath and placed a 35-kilogram bomb backpack on the table.

"Take this into the Chemical Gang's territory, find somewhere crowded, and detonate it. Pull it off, and I'll give you ten thousand, along with my friendship."

Li Qinwu thought this mission was easy. Wasn't this basically free money? He accepted it immediately!

Ding! Mission accepted!

Black Merchant Nipall needs you to curb the Chemical Gang's recruitment rate. A bomb exploding in the Chemical Gang's territory can effectively kill enough able-bodied forces.

Mission Reward: 10,000 Fertilizer Coupons, Black Merchant Nipall Favorability Lv. 2.

Li Qinwu asked, "How do I prove I succeeded?"

Black Merchant Nipall said, "I have informants stationed around the Chemical Gang. As long as you successfully detonate the bomb in a crowd, they will testify for you."

Li Qinwu said, "Wait here!"

He took the items and ran back to the Hideout, put them down, stripped off his clothes, pants, underwear, and shoes, wrapped a scrap of cloth around his leg, and entered the instance.

He first entered the Reactor instance, then entered it again through the breach on the first floor of the Reactor, teleporting directly near the Chemical Gang.

The Chemical Gang's territory had an utterly deranged style. High furnaces mixing chemicals stood everywhere, the air was filled with toxic chemical fumes, and countless emaciated people wandered around like skeletal soldiers.

The Chemical Gang was recruiting as well. Their recruitment speed was indeed faster than the Fertilizer Gang's. A few Chemical Dogs waved Poison Needles in their hands, and huge numbers of Poison Insects crowded around to sell their lives.

Perhaps because their recruitment had gone overboard, the Chemical Gang's territory was packed with people. The gaps between those chemical furnaces were crammed full.

After briefly observing the surroundings, naked Li Qinwu swung his junk and charged straight into the crowd.

Because the Chemical Gang was a chaotic mix right now, with Poison Insects drawn in both inside and outside the territory, no one noticed him, and no one could stop him.

He burrowed straight into the depths of the crowd like a loach, desperately squeezing into the mass of Poison Insects.

The Poison Insects were also charging forward like mad, because the Chemical Dogs up ahead were handing out needles.

After who knew how long of charging forward, Li Qinwu reached the very front of the crowd.

A Chemical Dog handed him a Poison Needle across a long table.

"Oh, strong young man, so impatient to serve the gang? Here, take one. I guarantee it'll send you straight to heaven."

Looking at Li Qinwu's naked body and those sleek, tight muscles, he wondered whether he should hand this man over to Mother as a massage toy.

Li Qinwu slapped the Poison Needle away and cursed, "Get lost! I only smoke Pheobe King!!"

Then he jumped onto the long table. As the thousands of people present stared at him in unison, he felt that being this confident might not be such a good thing.

Li Qinwu prepared to pull the detonator cord on the bomb backpack and blow himself up, but with everyone watching, wouldn't it be awkward not to shout something in such a formal setting?

He thought for a moment, then got it. He shouted, "For the Space King!!!"

Then he viciously yanked the detonator cord on the bomb backpack. The 35 kilograms of explosives detonated, and Li Qinwu instantly lost consciousness without feeling even the slightest pain.

The next second, he revived naked on the bed in the Hideout, without even a scrap of cloth on him.

Eight hours had passed since he blew himself up. That's right, his death-and-revival cooldown was eight hours. Upgrading the "bed" could reduce the cooldown.

He sprang to his feet, threw on his clothes, socks, and shoes, then raced over to Black Merchant Nipall and held out his hand.

"Pay up!!"

Black Merchant Nipall's eyes widened as he stared at him in disbelief.

"No, weren't you dead?"