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Chapter 14 Robbery

In his previous life, Chu Deng was a lone wolf, but at least he had a base to settle down in.

In a post-apocalyptic world teeming with extreme weather, natural disasters, zombies, and strange beasts and plants, no one dares to leave the group. Only by banding together can one find a glimmer of hope for survival in a world fraught with danger.

The base, which had gathered the vast majority of people, inevitably faced a zombie horde.

Humans possess superpowered individuals, and zombies have also evolved into superpowered zombies. Some even have intelligence comparable to humans, and the leader of these zombies actively gathers their kind to attack the base.

At that time, a high-level zombie caused trouble for the base. It could be called the Zombie King. That battle was bloody and the stench of corpses was unforgettable for Chu Deng.

The final solution was for the strongest ability user, nurtured by the base using all the crystals gathered together, to perish together with the zombie king, barely securing peace.

However, the power of the zombies and the death of the leader of the superpowered individuals exacerbated the conflict between superpowered individuals and ordinary people. The pressure of survival made ordinary people rise up in resistance. Some superpowered individuals, believing in the law of the jungle where the strong are respected and the fittest survive, ruthlessly exploited ordinary people. Unable to accept this, Chu Deng had no choice but to change her destination, but she died on the way.

Knowing that this ocean overlord is at least level five, she glanced at the entire beach based on her experience. Most of the ability users who could handle it with ease were level three. What caught her eye was that she seemed to have spotted an elemental ability user, but upon closer inspection, he was also level three. It seems that the highest level player at present is Yan Mengqi, who is level four.

Yan Mengqi said she didn't want to delete her account, so she had to level up her account too, and also level up Xingchen's account. Yan Mengqi was level 5 and focused on attacking, while the two of them were level 4 and focused on support. They should be able to take down this ocean overlord.

With that in mind, Chu Deng posted her idea in the team chat. Yan Mengqi replied with a sly smile, and Xingchen also said that it was worth a try.

Where do the upgrade crystals come from?

Yan Mengqi said it was not a problem.

She then grabbed Wang Shuhai, who hadn't uttered a sound, and gave him a symbolic shake in the air before slowly uttering two words: "Robbery!"

Wang Shuhai looked up, bewildered: "Huh?"

After sending the message, Xingchen, who was far away on the other side of the beach, rubbed his temples, took a breath, and used the time to recall the whole incident that caused the trouble.

It's puzzling, really. After the three of them met online, Yan Mengqi suggested that they find that lewd wind-type ability user first.

As luck would have it, they ran into each other, and the three of them teamed up to teach him a lesson. Yan Mengqi mainly camped the wind-type resurrection and kept cutting his level, while Xingchen and Chudeng blocked the way and watched the show.

As luck would have it, Chu Deng encountered her target, Kawashima Taro, again. She chased after him, and the wind elemental took the opportunity to escape.

Yan Mengqi originally thought that the damage was almost done and that she didn't necessarily want to force the other person to delete their account, so she was prepared to let him go. However, that kid probably hadn't experienced setbacks and couldn't see the situation clearly. He kept swearing at Yan Mengqi, and even the system couldn't stand it and muted him. Yan Mengqi couldn't stand it anymore and chased after him in one stride.

Wind-type is wind-type, even though it's only level two, it excels in speed. With Xingchen's help, Yan Mengqi managed to chase him all the way to the coast before catching up. Just then, Chu Deng also chased Kawashima Taro to this side.

The two men, eager for revenge, were just about to strike.

Countless tentacles suddenly appeared on the shore. Xingchen was quite alert and put an ice shield in front of the three of them, giving them time to react. The wind-elemental boy and Kawashima Taro only had time to let out a scream before they were pulled into the sea. They probably lost their accounts by now, since the respawn point was right at the death point.

Thus, the scene of the three of them running wildly under the moon came about.

Xingchen sighed, then opened the system panel again and looked at it. He only had water-type crystals left in his backpack from killing fish last time. He opened the exchange shop and exchanged the water-type crystals for ice-type crystals at a low price of 2:1.

Although ice-type crystals can also absorb water-type crystals, the effect is not as good as ice-type crystals. He is here to increase his level, so it is better to use pure ice-type crystals.

It would be great if we had time to trade on the forum, but unfortunately the dungeon is closed now. Except for those players who couldn't be resurrected and were forced to delete their accounts and return to reality, no one can log in to the forum at all.

As expected, Xingchen had no choice but to join the robbery with the two of them. Feeling strangely like she was aiding and abetting evil, she quickly changed into a clean combat suit and approached the red dots on the map that represented the team members.

Find them first, then join forces as robbers.

After abandoning her conscience and joining forces with the two crows, the stars, whose conscience had not yet been extinguished, began to ache faintly.

Yan Mengqi was standing on a fire-type unlucky guy, with fire-type crystals scattered all over the ground beside her.

With her superpowers exhausted and her stamina dwindling, Chu Deng was diligently bending down to pick up the crystals one by one. She didn't even have time to complain about the grit stuck to the crystals; she just blew on them. Instead of waiting for the usual upgrade process—placing the crystal in the enhancement module of the system panel and waiting for about half an hour to load—she adopted the barbaric absorption method of the apocalypse and swallowed them directly.

Seeing this, Xingchen's eyes flickered. He didn't care about pitying the unfortunate fire-type ability user. He quickly stepped forward, picked up the crimson fire-type crystal on the ground, washed it clean with ice sand, collected it, and handed it to Chudeng.

"Thanks!" Chu Deng gathered them all together and swallowed them in one gulp. She definitely wouldn't dare to do that in real life, but this is a game, so being a little rough around the edges in an emergency is acceptable.

In the early days of the apocalypse in my previous life, a group of novice superhumans haphazardly experimented with the uses of crystals, and as a result, they all exploded and died before reaching level two.

As Chu Deng absorbed a large amount of fire-elemental crystals, sparks danced all over her body. The scattered fire elements acted like a lighthouse on the beach, quickly alerting the four people hiding behind Yan Mengqi's steel plate to the sea monster. Its tentacles stirred restlessly, especially as Chu Deng's mark grew stronger, allowing the sea monster to sense her location more clearly. Its giant python-like tentacles swam continuously from the seawater toward the four people.

Chu Deng, who was already close to breaking through, quickly advanced to the second level. Seeing this, Yan Mengqi spared the dying Wang Shuhai at her feet, saying, "You little brat, you're asking for trouble. Why don't you just hand it over voluntarily instead of me having to take action?"

Her arrogant attitude made Wang Shuhai's vision go black, and he felt like he was going to vomit blood. After a few seconds, he was still unwilling to give up, so he said in a hoarse, stuttering voice, "If you're so capable, leave your game name, and we'll have a 1v1 arena match."

When preparing to shift the blame, Xingchen used team privileges to hide the game names of the three players. Unless their holographic IDs were added, their game names would not be visible.

Yan Mengqi, who had been treated like a dog by the wind-elemental boy for most of the day, wasn't buying it. She chuckled and said, "I have a partner, you don't. Hehe, you deserve it."

Wang Shuhai was so angry he gritted his teeth. "You just wait and see. I'll bring my teammates next time to beat you up."

Yan chuckled at his pitiful look and replied dismissively, "Next time." Then she snapped him back to reality.

The last thing Wang Shuhai saw before logging off was the red star tattoo on her arm.

Yan casually said to Chu Deng, "We can't just pick one person to beat up. If we're going to play, let's go big! We need to share the spoils!" Taking advantage of being the highest-level player, she swaggered out of the steel shield, calling to her two teammates with a hint of excited anticipation, "Hurry up, there are even more people over there!"