Wiping Out the Calamity Rat Swarm

The Eighth Street group area of the Liangmin County migration.

At the entrance to the Wu family shelter, Wu Qianqian sat on a stool with a gloomy expression. A middle-aged couple beside her also wore icy expressions.

"That brat from the Cao family actually dared to call my daughter a jinx. That bastard!"

"Let me catch him," the woman cursed angrily, "and I'll curse him out every time I see him."

"Other than being a little handsome, how is that little brat from the Cao family any better than Wang Dahai? The Wang family is rich and powerful!"

Father Wu spoke coldly, glancing at his daughter. "Don't have anything more to do with that brat from the Cao family."

"Wang Dahai isn't just ugly. He already has a wife."

Wu Qianqian frowned and said gloomily, "As for Cao Fengqi, I'll never speak to that bastard again."

If Wang Dahai weren't so ugly and Cao Fengqi weren't so handsome, who would have wanted him?

A good-for-nothing who couldn't even afford her bride price. Hmph!!

"Daughter, think about Dahai. What good are looks in times like these? Strength is everything. Wang Dahai's father isn't just a powerful warrior; he's also a distant relative of the Wang family."

Mother Wu's eyes flickered as she advised her, "Their family lacks for nothing, and they can afford the bride price. As for him already having a wife, doesn't that prove the Wang family has the means? You're still young, and there are things you don't understand. By the time you're older, it'll be too late for regrets. Listen to your mother."

"I don't want him!"

Wu Qianqian turned her head away and spoke coldly.

"Qianqian."

Just then, a voice called out. Gao Chen and four others walked over, and one of them called out on seeing Wu Qianqian at the entrance.

"Qianqian, did you have a fight with Cao Fengqi?"

A girl continued, "We ran into him at the market just now. He actually spent two souls on a piece of powerful equipment. But that guy was so arrogant and conceited, giving us the cold shoulder."

"Huh?"

Hearing what they said, Wu Qianqian looked startled. "What? He spent two souls on a piece of equipment?"

Two souls were extremely valuable. One soul was enough to build a 25-square-meter level 3 shelter.

She recalled how Cao Fengqi had arrogantly told her not long ago that he'd been very lucky these past two days.

Could it be...

"You didn't know?"

Gao Chen looked at her in confusion. "Wu Qianqian, did you and Cao Fengqi have a falling-out?"

"Don't mention that bastard. I don't know him."

The thought of Cao Fengqi calling her a jinx made Wu Qianqian grit her teeth.

"You really did fall out?"

The group looked astonished. "What happened?"

Wu Qianqian clenched her fists and said no more than, "I must have been blind to give that broke loser a chance. Now he's got a little money, and he's forgotten everything I did for him."

"Two souls for a piece of equipment?"

Father and Mother Wu looked shocked as well. They said in disbelief, "How could that brat have gotten his hands on such precious resources?"

"He had a stroke of dumb luck, and now he doesn't know who he is anymore."

Wu Qianqian spoke bitterly. "He'll regret it someday."

Cao Fengqi knew nothing of what was happening with the Wu family. If he had, he would have been even happier.

Inside the Cao family shelter, while his family happily sorted through the food, he went straight into the Lost Land.

In the unknown deserted town, Cao Fengqi looked over the equipment he wore.

[Night vision device: level 3] [Crude arcane necklace: level 3] [Arcane Musket: level 4] [Three Spirits Saber: level 3] [Evil Concealment Armor: level 3]

Compared with the first day, his equipment and weapons were now incredibly luxurious.

"Calamity Rats, your emperor has arrived."

Cao Fengqi grinned and headed right, following his memory.

He hadn't explored much of the deserted town, and he had made a particular point of remembering the swarm's location.

Less than twenty minutes later, he smiled as he looked at the vast amount of level 3 resource information his cheat had found.

Perhaps this area was the rat swarm's territory, for Cao Fengqi's journey had gone smoothly.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

His return quickly attracted the attention of a Calamity Rat.

The Calamity Rat stood on two legs, staring at him with blood-red eyes as it let out a shrill cry.

This time, Cao Fengqi didn't run. Holding the Arcane Musket, he shouted like an enforcer, "Go tell the house rats to get over here and face judgment!"

"Chitter, chitter!" "Chitter, chitter, chitter!" "Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

As soon as he finished speaking, house rats emerged one after another from a hole ahead.

Cao Fengqi stared at them, his gaze settling on the Calamity Rat leader at the center of the group.

"Chitter, chitter!"

At the same time, the Calamity Rat leader, as large as a wolfhound, fixed its scarlet eyes on him and gave a fierce shriek, issuing an order.

"Chitter, chitter!" "Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

More than twenty Calamity Rats charged at him in an instant.

"Bang!"

Cao Fengqi looked at them, a hint of coldness in his eyes. He aimed the Arcane Musket at the Calamity Rat leader's head and fired.

The Calamity Rat leader suddenly leaped aside, as if it had anticipated the shot.

The level 4 Arcane Musket was too powerful for the Calamity Rat leader to evade completely, however. The bullet aimed at its head struck its body instead.

Even so, it blasted a fist-sized bloody hole in its body.

"Chitter!"

The Calamity Rat leader let out an angry, agonized cry. Its bloodthirsty jaws opened as it charged madly at him.

Cao Fengqi raised an eyebrow and activated the arcane necklace's defense with his left hand. Ignoring the Calamity Rats lunging at him, he locked onto their leader.

"Bang! Bang!"

This time, he fired two shots in quick succession.

The Calamity Rat leader was fierce, but the Arcane Musket's killing power was even greater. With the script's assistance, the first shot struck its body, and the second hit it squarely in the head.

The ferocious Calamity Rat leader fell at once.

The other twenty-odd Calamity Rats hadn't noticed that their leader was dead.

They were only five meters from Cao Fengqi. Each raised its claws and bared its sharp teeth viciously, ready to feast.

Cao Fengqi smiled faintly. Once the arcane necklace's shield was activated, the warning that had surrounded the Calamity Rat swarm disappeared.

That meant the swarm couldn't hurt him at all.

He tucked the Arcane Musket into his belt and reached back for the Three Spirits Saber.

"Rat-Slaying Saber Technique!"

Cao Fengqi, who had never learned a saber technique, swung and hacked at them. His moves were chaotic, but with the Three Spirits Saber's sharp blade, every slash drew blood.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" "Awooo!"

"Bang, bang, bang!" "Bang, bang, bang!"

The Calamity Rats screamed as the Three Spirits Saber slashed them, and the sounds of rats crashing into the arcane shield rang out incessantly.

"Supernatural equipment like this really is good. Even if you wore level 4 armor that could withstand the Calamity Rats' attacks, the force of their collisions would still throw you off balance."

"This necklace was worth two souls!"

Cao Fengqi looked at himself, unharmed, his face full of excitement.

The stimulus of blood made the Calamity Rats somewhat fearless of death, and they attacked madly. That was just what he wanted.

After more than forty slashes in succession, the entire Calamity Rat swarm lay dead.

"That's for chasing me."

Cao Fengqi excitedly finished off the Calamity Rats that were still alive, one by one.

Soon, he looked at the Calamity Rat corpses covering the ground, his eyes shining brightly.

[Calamity Rat meat: 4 jin] * 25

[Calamity Rat hide] * 25

[Calamity Rat leader meat: 10 jin]

[Calamity Rat leader hide] * 1

[Soul] * 1

After harvesting the Calamity Rat corpses, he had obtained a full 110 jin of Calamity Rat meat.

The large pile of rat hides was enough for him to make five or six rat-hide coats.

"And there's a soul, too. The rats have paid for the arcane necklace for me."

Cao Fengqi grinned as he gathered all the resources and took them back to the shelter.

After returning again, he looked toward the hole the Calamity Rats had come out of.

His eyes flickered as he walked over curiously. When he saw what was inside, surprise appeared on his face.

"What's this?"