Xu Mo was already cursing in his mind. The thing is, do I even need you to pull strings for me?
Isn't this double standard a bit too much? In all my previous playthroughs, this Wan Qianhong always had a terrible attitude toward me.
Forget pulling strings—she practically wanted to kill me on the spot.
Why is it different this time?
Wait, no, this is all wrong!
Just as Xu Mo was considering whether to retake control and give Wan Qianhong a couple of punches to draw some aggro and keep her from meddling, Bai Feifei, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up:
“Senior, if I enter the Inner City as a Scavenger, will I face more dangerous anomalies?”
Wan Qianhong shook her head.
“Of course not. Even though the frequency of anomalies has increased lately, the Inner City is far safer than the Outer City. You’d mostly be investigating basic issues or protecting certain VIPs.”
“With your current sinner status, you can't enter the Inner City directly, but I can figure something out for you later.”
Bai Feifei suddenly asked, “But shouldn't Scavengers go where the anomalies are most frequent? Why do all the Scavengers want to go to the Inner City instead?”
Wan Qianhong froze. She hadn't expected Bai Feifei to ask such a thing. For most people in the Outer City, entering the Inner City as a Scavenger was the ultimate dream.
Bai Feifei turned and looked at the bloodstains on the ground in the distance with a complex gaze. She took a deep breath as if she had made up her mind.
“Senior, just follow the standard procedure. Dispatch me to the place in the Outer City that needs a Scavenger the most.”
Xu Mo: ?
He, who had been about to log back into the body, suddenly stopped.
Oh? A plot twist!?
Yes, yes! This is exactly right!
Wan Qianhong had good intentions but was about to ruin his plans, and then Bai Feifei fixed it by following through.
Xu Mo immediately spoke up in her mind, giving her his full approval.
“Hell yeah, girl! That's the spirit. A real woman should go on a rampage in the Outer City! The Inner City is no place for grinding.”
Bai Feifei had no idea what this Evil God was rambling about now, but at that moment, she noticed Wan Qianhong looking at her with a very strange expression.
Suddenly, Wan Qianhong took two steps forward and pulled Bai Feifei into a hug.
Bai Feifei: ?!
Before she could react, the hug was over. Wan Qianhong looked at her earnestly and said:
“Did you strike that Inner City resident because you were so moved by all this injustice?”
“Uh? Not exactly...”
The reason for the killing was purely because a certain Evil God felt like it.
“I understand! Say no more,” Wan Qianhong said solemnly.
“I also hope this world can become more fair and just. Besides, that Inner City man might have had issues himself; the Prophet is investigating.”
“You have great strength, but since you've decided to go to an Outer City outpost... be extra careful! Don't be impulsive.”
Bai Feifei remained silent. She felt that the senior before her might have a somewhat overestimated perception of her.
Finally, Wan Qianhong asked for Bai Feifei's Scavenger identity card, tapped it against her own, and updated the information:
【Job Rank: Rank 1 Scavenger (Sinner).】
【Assigned Base: Outer City East District Third Outpost.】
...
The next morning.
Outer City, East District Third Outpost.
“Old Wang, a message came through. We're getting a new Scavenger.”
In a dilapidated shack, an old, grease-covered computer tower hummed loudly like a broken bellows.
On the blurry monitor, a progress bar crawled like a snail. A middle-aged man sat in front of the screen and spoke.
“Really? I wonder which poor soul got tricked this time. Haha, just in time, we're short on hands.”
Another man lay on a sofa, shrouded in a cloud of smoke as he replied nonchalantly.
“No, it's a sinner. They probably committed a crime and were sent here to redeem themselves through service.”
“A sinner? What's their background? What did they do?” Liu Wenfeng, the smoker, asked in surprise.
“Not sure. The data transfer speed is too slow. Right now, it only shows that the person is reporting for duty today.”
“Heh,” Old Zhang sneered. “Whatever. Since it's a sinner, there's even less need to be polite.”
“I hope they're sensible and know how to show some respect. Otherwise, all those suicidal backlogged missions will finally have someone to do them!”
Wang Xu, at the computer, ignored him and continued staring at the screen. Suddenly, he spoke in surprise:
“It's actually a woman? And she's this young?”
Hearing this, Liu Wenfeng instantly blurred across the room and crowded in front of Wang Xu, staring at the grainy image of Bai Feifei on the screen.
“A girl? This young! How did she end up a sinner!?” Liu Wenfeng’s eyes went wide, clearly unprepared for such beauty.
“No idea. The information is transferring too slowly. Tsk, the connection frequency of the signal towers in the Outer City is just too low,” Wang Xu complained, slapping the computer hard.
“And she's a pretty one. Interesting.”
Liu Wenfeng, cigarette in mouth, rubbed his hands and paced back and forth.
“When she gets here, don't you say a word. I need to show her who's boss first, let her know the rules of this place.”
Wang Xu: “...”
Knock, knock, knock.
Just then, a knock sounded at the door.
The door opened, and Liu Wenfeng’s eyes immediately lit up. Standing at the door was indeed Bai Feifei.
“Hello. Are you the seniors of the East District Third Outpost? I am the new Rank 1 Scavenger, reporting for duty.”
Bai Feifei spoke with neither humility nor arrogance as she held out her identity card.
She was currently in control of her own body. As long as there wasn't a major plot point, Xu Mo decided not to take over randomly and just observe silently.
“Oh, a sinner. I don't care what you did; you'd better behave yourself now that you're here,” Liu Wenfeng said with a stern face.
As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Feifei’s hands and added, “What... you came empty-handed?”
His implication was blatant, but Bai Feifei completely failed to take the hint and simply strode past him into the room.
“Yes. I'm here to collect my equipment, so I didn't bring much with me.”
Liu Wenfeng: ?
Wait, how did she just walk past me so naturally? It was like she was entering her own home.
After a moment of stunned silence, he turned around with a cold laugh.
“Collect equipment? Hmph, since you're in such a hurry, I assume you're ready for a mission.”
“That's perfect. We have plenty of backlogged missions that need people—dismemberment cannibalism cases, pollutant radiation zones, mines suspected of harboring large clusters of aberrations.”
“Since you're so eager, I'll leave them to you.”
Hearing this, Bai Feifei finally reacted, but she only looked up at Liu Wenfeng in surprise.
“Really? That would be best. Once I've finished selecting my basic equipment, give me a mission. I can head out immediately.”
“Thank you, Senior.”
With that, she continued looking around before heading toward a door with a keypad lock. According to Xu Mo's guidance, that was the equipment room.
Liu Wenfeng was dumbfounded. If these types of missions were actually assigned to a Rank 1 Scavenger, it would be a near-certain death sentence. He had only meant to scare her.
Does this woman not understand human speech?
Beep—!
While he was hesitating, the keypad-locked door to the basic equipment room was opened directly by Bai Feifei!
“Wait, how do you know the code!?”
Both Liu Wenfeng and Wang Xu were shocked!
Of course she didn't know the code, but how could Xu Mo not know it?
Then, the ignored Liu Wenfeng snapped in annoyance.
“Tsk... Damn it! Who gave you permission to act on your own? Do you even know your place? Get back here...”
Losing his temper, he strode up behind Bai Feifei and reached out to grab her shoulder and yank her back.
In a flash, his vision blurred, and he felt a sharp strike to his right wrist!
He had an old injury on his right wrist that no one else knew about, but this sudden attack made half his body go numb.
At the same time, the cigarette in his mouth was snatched away. The glowing cherry of the cigarette was thrust toward his right eye, stopping precisely a single centimeter away.
The one holding the cigarette was none other than the seemingly harmless girl!
His right eye was also a weak point!
Liu Wenfeng stood frozen, not daring to move. The girl’s cold voice reached his ears:
“Senior, I personally have a lot of respect for you, but I hope you can stay away from me and not get in my way.”
“Otherwise, if ‘I’ really get unhappy, very bad things might happen.”
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