Cheng Shuili had originally intended to start crafting immediately, but when she glanced up and saw the harsh sunlight outside, she forcibly suppressed the urge.
There were too many variables during the day; the risk of acting now was too great.
She stood up and stretched her arms, but before she could finish, a piercing roar of an engine suddenly tore through the air!
Cheng Shuili froze, her head snapping toward the rear window. A pickup truck, modified beyond recognition, was roaring toward her!
It was fast, and it was getting closer to Cheng Shuili's shopping cart by the second...
And there wasn't the slightest intention of slowing down!
The roar even intensified; the bastard was actually accelerating!
Cheng Shuili's pupils contracted. This madman was clearly intent on killing her!
This pickup was obviously modified; the front end was designed to ensure its driver remained unscathed, while Cheng Shuili, as the victim, would end up in a wrecked vehicle with her life forfeited.
The driver of this pickup was aiming to kill her!
In the blink of an eye, Cheng Shuili scanned the cabin. The furniture and workstation were fixed in place, so they wouldn't be damaged by the impact.
She had a vehicle repair card on hand; as long as she was alive, the state of the vehicle was manageable!
Getting out of the vehicle was the best choice now.
Cheng Shuili made up her mind and moved in two quick steps to open the door. Just as she was about to step out, she caught sight of the metal pipe lying quietly on the floor.
The same one she had used to bash the slime.
As the initial shock passed, Cheng Shuili's teeth began to chatter with rage. A surge of fury rushed to her head; she was unwilling to escape in such a pathetic manner!
The moment she saw the metal pipe, Cheng Shuili suddenly knew how to strike back.
She flashed a smile, bent down, and snatched up the metal pipe. Its cold touch made the fire in her heart burn even brighter.
Cheng Shuili pushed open the door and stood beside the shopping cart, holding the metal pipe.
The roar of the pickup's engine was close enough to touch, yet Cheng Shuili felt as if she could hear the whistling of a javelin cutting through the air.
"Fine then," Cheng Shuili muttered to herself, raising her arm and aiming the metal pipe at the driver's seat. "Since you don't want to hit the brakes..."
"Then you can forget about hitting the gas ever again!"
Cheng Shuili gritted her teeth as she spat out the words. The metal pipe glinted coldly in the sunlight, and her knuckles turned white from the force of her grip.
The pickup was less than fifty meters away. The roar of its engine made her eardrums ache, but she didn't budge, anchored to the spot like a statue.
Cheng Shuili needed to ensure that this metal pipe could be driven steadily into the man's body!
The veins on her forehead throbbed. She stepped back with her right leg, leaned her body slightly back, and hoisted the metal pipe over her shoulder.
This was the standard javelin-throwing posture she had learned on the track and field team back in college!
Her amateur skills weren't worth bragging about.
But at this moment, they were truly useful!
Thirty meters.
The steel guard on the pickup's front bumper was clearly visible. Cheng Shuili could even see the twisted smile on the lips of the man in the driver's seat behind his sunglasses.
Large snowflakes hit Cheng Shuili's face, slightly distorting the scene before her.
Cheng Shuili's breathing became long and steady, even though her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would break through her ribs.
Twenty meters.
Now!
Cheng Shuili's muscles released like a spring. The metal pipe whistled from her hand, tearing through the cold air.
In that instant, time seemed to stretch!
Cheng Shuili watched as the metal pipe spun toward the pickup, saw the arrogant driver's smile freeze, and saw the spiderweb cracks suddenly appear on the pickup's windshield.
"Bang!"
The deafening sound of the metal pipe piercing the windshield erupted at the same time as the screech of tires slamming into an emergency brake!
Cheng Shuili didn't stand there to admire her handiwork; she immediately dove toward the side of the road.
Regardless of the outcome, her life was the most important thing!
The pickup careened wildly down the road like a wounded beast.
The screeching of tires tore through the air once more. The pickup's frame twisted under the force of inertia, and the metal skeleton connecting to the cargo bed groaned under the stress before finally overturning on the road with a massive crash.
Cheng Shuili didn't have time to think; she immediately jogged back to her shopping cart.
This, this, this...
It's too cold!
The world outside is so icy!
Having been out for only a moment, Cheng Shuili felt like she was about to freeze solid. This was her first time experiencing such extreme cold, and she finally understood why those without a heating stove couldn't survive.
But now was not the time for sentiment!
The pickup had flipped right behind the shopping cart, less than a meter away at its closest point, yet it hadn't damaged the shopping cart in the slightest!
Cheng Shuili didn't bother putting on her polar cold-proof suit first. Instead, she gripped her dagger and climbed onto the pickup in two steps.
She needed to ensure the driver was no longer a threat.
Through the cracked windshield, she could clearly see the man's face, twisted in agony.
The metal pipe had impaled him through the abdomen, pinning him to the driver's seat like a specimen.
The arrogant man in the sunglasses was pale, and he seemed to have coughed up a mouthful of blood during the crash; the front windshield was already stained blood-red.
The man was pinned tightly to the seat by his seatbelt and the metal pipe, and gravity was constantly pulling him downward.
He couldn't even fall out!
The constant tugging caused waves of sharp, stinging pain, relentlessly stimulating the man's nerves.
"Save... save me..."
The man's voice was hoarse and weak; he looked truly pathetic.
No time to waste.
Now is the time for revenge!
Cheng Shuili yanked the door open, and cold wind mixed with snowflakes poured into the cabin. The man's eyes brightened, and his lips trembled as if he wanted to say something.
But before he could speak—
"Slap!"
A loud, stinging slap landed hard across his face!
Cheng Shuili used all her strength. The man's head jerked to the side, and his sunglasses flew off, shattering into pieces against the window.
"Save you?" Cheng Shuili's voice was colder than the wind and snow outside. "You've got some nerve. Why didn't you ask for help when you were trying to kill me just now?"
"Huh? Speak up!"
Cheng Shuili said this, but she had no intention of listening to his excuses.
The man's face swelled visibly, and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. He turned his head with great difficulty, his eyes filled with a mixture of pain and disbelief.
"Killers pay with their lives; those who court death must accept their fate."
Cheng Shuili backhanded him across his swollen face again. "If your father didn't teach you that, your grandma here will make sure you get the lesson today!"
Cheng Shuili delivered another slap before she felt satisfied.
She rolled her wrists and hopped off the pickup. She returned to the shopping cart, put on her polar cold-proof suit properly, and only then stepped out with her dagger to circle the pickup and take a closer look.
This must have been a upgraded vehicle; it was more of a truck than a pickup. The front bumper had been specially reinforced. If she had actually been hit by this thing...
Cheng Shuili shivered, refusing to let her mind finish that thought.
As she rounded to the back of the truck, she finally heard the system notification.
【You have killed player Sun Siqiang. You have obtained 50% of player Sun Siqiang's supplies.】
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