Volume 3, Chapter 46 – The Beginning of Nightfall

“Ding-dong! Mission triggered: [The Beginning of Nightfall]. Do you want to accept it?”

Of course she accepted.

This was the first mission Nine Songs had ever assigned. If Anran refused, she might just get kicked out on the spot.

[Normal Mission] The Beginning of Nightfall

Mission Brief: A special unit from the Morningstar Resistance has already infiltrated the major cities of the Northern Continent and begun carrying out a secret mission from their superiors. In Twinmoon City, night is also drawing closer. Nine Songs’ intelligence network intercepted information and discovered a four-person team from Morningstar. Go eliminate them immediately.

Mission Reward: 3000 EXP.

Mission Rank: D

Mission Repeatability: Unique.

Feilian went over the mission details for everyone present.

This mission was actually very simple.

They just had to bring their weapons, rush in before the enemy left, and kill them.

There was no need to track down the enemy’s movements, and no need to guard against reinforcements.

This was merely a trial mission assigned by Nine Songs, perhaps just to temper the teamwork within their squad.

That was why the reward was modest, and the mission rank was only D.

Not to mention their whole squad going out together, even if Anran went alone, as long as she was careful and struck by surprise, she could still wipe them all out.

“This is the first mission our squad has received in half a month. Everyone, stay sharp and get fully prepared!” Feilian said excitedly.

“They’re just four weaklings. I can handle it by myself.” At some point, Anna had pulled out a knife and was idly playing with it.

“Stop messing around. This mission was personally assigned by higher-ups. If we screw it up, just wait to be disbanded!” Feilian snapped.

“Tch—”

Anna fell silent.

“Let’s finish it fast. It’s such a boring mission anyway. Just let the newcomers use it to get familiar with things.” Daogu yawned.

Feilian gave no clear response. “Gather here again in half an hour. Whatever you need to prepare, do it quickly! This time, we have to make a good start and raise our squad’s strength as soon as possible!”

Chu Yuan went off to prepare his things, but Daogu and Anna remained unmoved.

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Monster Mountain Hermit sat down on a small stool and sank into her own world.

Anran looked around, then suddenly walked up to Anna. “Pretty lady, want to buy a knife?”

She pulled out a mechanical switchblade.

“Huh?”

Anna, who had been spinning her knife, froze for a moment.

Running ads earlier was one thing, but now she had even started door-to-door sales.

What kind of newcomer was this?

“High-strength, super sharp, and with a snap it shoots right out. Great for catching people off guard. Fun to play with and good for killing too. One for 140 Bilu, two for 270 Bilu, three for 400 Bilu!”

Anran demonstrated the functions of the mechanical switchblade for Anna.

She could tell Anna liked melee weapons, which was why she had gone over to pitch it.

“This…”

Anna’s eyes lit up. She was already attracted to the mechanical switchblade, but…

“You should know I sell these to other people for 150 Bilu each. This is already a great deal,” Anran said.

“All right. I’ll buy one.”

Deal made.

Anran happily pocketed the money.

“…”

Feilian held his head in both hands. Hey, are these really my squad members?

Hey, what the hell is this?

“Give me one too,” Monster Mountain Hermit said as she walked over.

“Thank you for your patronage!”

Anran was radiant, as though she could already hear the cheerful chime of money.

Sure enough, this made far more money than selling cakes.

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As long as she opened up enough sales channels, Aila would no longer need to go out and sell cakes before long.

…

Not long after, everyone regrouped at the “base.”

Feilian said, “Move out!”

Then he got in the car and drove everyone out.

Feilian’s driving really was excellent. Even weaving through narrow alleys, he could charge forward without slowing down at all, leaving Anran sighing in admiration. He really did deserve to be called a vehicle expert.

“This mission is an assessment for our squad, and also an assessment for the two of you,” Feilian suddenly said.

“Understood.” Monster Mountain Hermit nodded.

Feilian looked at the two serious faces in the rearview mirror and nodded in satisfaction.

That kind of bearing alone was worth approving.

“By the way, why is your name Monster Mountain Hermit? It’s so weird!” Anran struck up a conversation with the quietly seated Monster Mountain Hermit beside her.

“I just picked it at random.”

“It sounds awful,” Anran said.

“…”

Monster Mountain Hermit nearly choked on her anger. After a pause, she said, “You can call me by my other name, Li Zhuying.”

“Oh.” Anran nodded. “That one’s not bad.”

Li Zhuying fell silent.

But Anran started talking again. “By the way, how did you pass that test?”

“…”

“Don’t tell me you used a mental-type ability to charm those guards?” Anran said in mock surprise.

Li Zhuying could no longer sit still. “Of course not.”

“Then you charmed that retired high-ranking official?”

“…”

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Can you stop being so obsessed with charming people?

Who said mental-type abilities only had charm effects?

Seeing that Anran looked ready to keep guessing, she hurriedly said, “I kidnapped that official and hid him.”

So that really was it, Anran thought.

“Oh! Kidnapping a retired high official, now that’s the kind of move I like!” Anna slapped Li Zhuying on the shoulder in a carefree manner.

Li Zhuying silently edged a little closer to Anran.

“Hey, no need to avoid me like that, Outlander. How about we have a nice chat?”

“No thanks. I’m not interested in you.”

Li Zhuying turned her down directly.

As soon as Anna’s topic ended, Anran picked up again. “By the way…”

Li Zhuying’s head was starting to ache. Why could this NPC yap so much?

“What did you used to do?”

“I stayed at home and wrote novels,” Li Zhuying answered helplessly.

“Amazing!” Anran gave Li Zhuying a thumbs-up. “You definitely wrote action novels, right?”

“Emmm…”

Li Zhuying fell silent for a moment, then said faintly, “In a certain sense, I guess you could say that.”

“Amazing! I admire novelists the most! Have any of your novels been published on No. 1886? If so, I’ll definitely buy a copy and keep it as a collectible.”

“Not yet,” Li Zhuying said. But suddenly she thought of something. It seemed like she could write novels in this world and make money too.

“In the spirit of fair exchange, you should visit my shop often from now on too!” Anran flashed her fangs.

“…”

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“…”

“Screech—”

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The car jolted violently, and Anran, who had not been sitting steady, nearly smashed her head into the back of the front seat.

“What the hell was that?”

Anna was the first to complain in dissatisfaction.

Daogu, sitting in the front, had it even worse and practically flipped over.

“We’re close,” Feilian said “coolly.”

With his driving skill, that should not have happened in the first place, but he really could not resist giving this unreliable bunch of teammates a tiny lesson.

A van suddenly disgorged a whole vanful of people.

A perfectly ordinary number of them, really.

“The targets are hiding inside that abandoned factory.”

Feilian was pointing at a factory building several hundred meters away.

His expression turned extremely serious. “Chu Yuan and Daogu, stay outside and keep watch so the targets can’t escape. Everyone else comes in with me.”

As he spoke, Feilian pulled out a gun. “Half an hour.”

“Ten minutes is enough. Why make it so troublesome?”

Anna flicked away her cigarette butt, vaulted over a rock, and strode forward in black leather boots.

Anran also took out her weapon.

There were only four of them, but even a mosquito’s leg was still meat.

It was time to steal some kills. If she could score all four, this mission alone would net around 5000 EXP.

The target was the enemy, but at this moment, her teammates were competitors too.

Anran’s gaze swept across the people around her.

And so, the five of them charged toward the abandoned factory with fierce momentum.

Meanwhile, the Morningstar agents inside, completely unaware of what was coming, were gathered around freshly boiled water, eating instant noodles.

“This instant noodles smells amazing—”