Volume 4, Chapter 40 – Reunion

“Don’t kill me, don’t kill me, don’t…”

“Pfft.”

One stab went straight through him, saving Anran a bullet in the process.

“You have killed a researcher of the Morningstar Resistance and gained 1,600 Free EXP.”

The final hit.

99→100.

The title Morningstar Hunter underwent its third change.

Title: Morningstar Hunter Lv3

(You are like a shrewd hunter, constantly hunting the Morningstar Resistance. The tower forged from slaughter has made you mortal enemies with Morningstar.)

Progress: 0/200

Effect: HP +400, Strength +9, Agility +7, Endurance +5, Spirit +1, Charm toward the Morningstar side -2, Charm toward the No. 1886 government army side +2

Wow, wow, wow…

Anran stared at the stat panel in surprise.

She felt that she was so strong now.

Although she did not have the template of an elite monster, every elite monster she had encountered before was nothing but rotten fish and shrimp before her. She could punch one to death with a single blow.

But was it really okay for her Charm to be this high?

She already had 9 points to begin with. With this buff added, she would have 11 points when facing NPCs on the government army’s side.

Charm was the most special of the six attributes.

It was also an initial beginner attribute of 5 points, but since leveling up could not increase Charm, raising it was quite troublesome.

With 11 points of Charm, she could practically become a temptress.

Aside from the title, before even turning in the quest, Anran noticed that her Free EXP had reached 120,100.

She spent 120,000 EXP to raise her level to 16.

After allocating her points, Anran’s stats were as follows:

HP: 630/1000

Stamina: 208/590

Six attributes: Strength 31, Agility 36, Endurance 41, Intelligence 63, Spirit 22, Charm 9

She had officially entered the era of one thousand HP.

Her HP was so high that it was much thicker than that of a tank warrior player with no gear equipped.

Endurance was not only related to HP and Stamina, but also to recovery ability and various resistances. As her Endurance increased, Anran discovered that her original wounds actually did not hurt as much anymore.

I really am strong. Seriously!

But I am also very poor. Seriously. So…

“Where are the files?” Anran interrogated him.

“I’ll look for them right away, right away!”

Shu Mingxu was terrified that Anran would get impulsive and chop him down too, so he hurriedly ran to the shelves nearby and started searching.

Almost all the researchers in the entire laboratory had been cut down by Anran. Shu Mingxu did not want to become the next one.

“Pah. There isn’t a single valuable portable item here.”

Anran circled around the archives room. Aila was also searching very seriously, but in the end, the most valuable things they found were still the few hard drives and dozen-plus books that Shu Mingxu handed over.

“This is all there is here. Everything else is in the laboratory at the end of the corridor.” Shu Mingxu trembled all over. After handing over the items, he immediately shrank into the corner, staying far away from Anran and Aila.

Aila suddenly said, “Anran, Anran, he seems to hate us a lot.”

When Shu Mingxu heard Aila’s words, his calves went weak from fright, and he almost collapsed weakly to the ground.

Please, I’m begging you, stop talking. That psycho has already looked over!

Shu Mingxu panicked.

“It would be strange if he didn’t hate us.”

Anran did not care. She gave Aila a look.

“(=?ω｀=)”

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This time, Aila understood.

pia!(ｏ‵-′)ノ”(ノ﹏

o(＃￣▽￣)==O))￣0￣”)

“!!!”

Shu Mingxu flew into the wall.

Holy crap!!!

Anran hurriedly ran over.

Aila had no sense of how heavy her hand was. Anran had clearly just seen “-102” and “-96” float over Shu Mingxu’s head.

Shu Mingxu had already been injured to begin with. If he was beaten to death directly, that would be a huge problem.

Scout.

HP: 263/680 [Seriously Injured] [Fracture] [Dizzy]

“Good, good.”

As long as he was not dead.

The quest [Strike from Behind] required exposing Morningstar’s secrets to the public, and Shu Mingxu was the person Anran planned to hand over to Nine Songs. If he died, the others might not necessarily know the inside story of the biochemical laboratory.

However, Anran was not going to spoil Shu Mingxu either. Beating him half to death was enough.

After tying Shu Mingxu up, Anran said, “Aila, stay here and watch him. I’m going out to check the situation.”

When it came to speed, Anran could say with full confidence that everyone present was trash.

And she also had the Stealth skill.

“Mm. Don’t worry, Anran.”

“Don’t hit him again,” Anran reminded her.

“Mm. Don’t worry, Anran.”

The corner of Anran’s mouth twitched. Thankfully, Aila was not mischievous. If it were some other brat, she really would not feel at ease.

She returned along the path she had come from and soon arrived at the warehouse.

Everything was still where it had been. No one had come in.

Anran trusted Nine Songs’ strength very much. With the ability of these Morningstar soldiers, there was no way they could stop them.

But it was precisely because of that that Anran both felt reassured and not reassured.

She was reassured because Morningstar’s people were not strong enough to split into two groups and interfere with her. She was not reassured because those bastards from Nine Songs were too strong. If Dante got killed by them, she would lose tens of thousands of EXP and a blueprint for an explosive round.

A massive loss.

She would go out and take a look first.

This was Anran’s first time setting foot in the open area of Morningstar’s base in the Vike Mountains.

“Bang!”

Before she even had time to sigh with emotion, a bullet flew past her side and struck the warehouse wall.

How damn enthusiastic.

Anran revealed a twitching smile.

She hurriedly hid somewhere concealed. After all, although she now had plenty of Endurance, she still could not take bullets with her body. A bullet from a low-powered handgun, if it did not hit a weak point, might be something she could resist a little, but a large-caliber bullet like this was out of the question.

“The bullets have already reached this place. Looks like Morningstar’s people can’t hold out at all.”

Anran muttered. She only had two pistols and some melee weapons left. She needed to go get something.

Whoosh.

With a light tap of her toes against the ground, Anran nimbly flipped over a wall. Her body stuck close to the wall, and she did not even need to bend over to keep herself in a relatively safe position.

“Rat-tat-tat…”

There was the sound of a machine gun firing not far away. Anran felt her way to a corner, and when she heard the faint sound of footsteps, she immediately paused.

Morningstar’s people.

Then there was no need to be polite.

“Pfft.”

The mechanical switchblade stabbed a small hole into the man’s back.

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A lethal critical hit, plus an extra punch from Anran, directly killed this small fry.

“The weapon delivery has arrived.”

Anran picked up a rifle that had fallen to the ground.

These soldiers really were trash. They actually only provided 600 Free EXP.

“Retreat, retreat, retreat! That damn Rainer, it’s been almost 35 minutes and that bastard still hasn’t come out. Screw him!”

“That bastard probably ran off by himself first, (艹皿艹)”

“Ah, my foot!”

“Ahhh, my butt! It hurts!”

Noisy shouting instantly filled the surroundings.

Had the place already completely fallen?

There were two people who dared to call Rainer by name, which meant their status was not low either. Could Dante be among them?

“Boom!”

Crash, clatter.

Just as she was thinking that, a huge bang immediately made the wall beside her shake. Anran was sprinkled with dust all over her head, and she quickly spat twice.

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

The consecutive explosions were accompanied by miserable wails. The continuous bombardment made Anran’s heart sink.

Could those lunatics from Nine Songs not go a little easier? What if they killed Dante?

Could you afford to compensate me?

“Fuck, my hand! Ahhh!”

“Why are you still worrying about your hand at a time like this? If it’s broken, it’s broken! Run, brother!”

“…”

His hand was broken, and he could just not care?

“I…”

As soon as Anran poked her head out, she saw a man with a severed hand fall flat onto the ground.

He died from massive blood loss.

A middle-aged man with a big beard next to him sighed, then immediately started running.

His own life came first. Besides, this was only a flimsy brotherhood that had just been established. With one fewer person, it might even be easier to run.

There were a full twenty or so people in this fleeing group. Was Dante among them or not?

Anran could not care about that much anymore. She held the rifle level, aimed at the person running at the very front, and pulled the trigger.

“Bang!”

“Splatter!”

One person fell. She aimed at his head and fired another shot.

550 EXP.

Then Anran quickly aimed at the next person.

“Bang!”

“Hiss…”

The shot hit an unlucky guy in the foot. Just as Anran was about to finish him off with another shot, she suddenly saw the middle-aged man with the big beard fall down.

“Chief! Are you okay?”

Hm?

Someone shouted.

Anran’s gaze immediately locked onto Dante.

Dante, who had tripped and fallen, instantly cursed inwardly. Damn it, yelling “Chief” at a time like this was basically telling everyone that his identity was not ordinary, wasn’t it?

In order to escape, Dante had deliberately changed into an ordinary soldier’s uniform.

Now that someone had shouted at the top of his lungs like this, it was all over.

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Not only did Anran look over, but the people from Nine Songs also looked over.

The person who had shouted immediately sneaked away.

“…”

Wow.

What a scheming boy!

Shameless enough, that was for sure!

She had finally found the target.

Anran gave him a thumbs-up, then fired two shots in celebration.

“Ah!”

The scheming boy fell to the ground and turned into 600 EXP.

“Yo! Looks like your identity is anything but ordinary!” A muscular woman walked out with a loud laugh.

“What, what, what do you want to do?”

Dante sat on his butt and kept shuffling backward, his legs shaking with fear.

Tao Tao cracked her knuckles.

The cracking sounds made Dante swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Heaven have mercy, he was still different from Rainer.

Rainer’s Biochemical Demon profession combined both combat and research capabilities, while Dante’s Weapon Engineer was only an engineering-type profession.

He had no problem fighting a few ordinary people, but going up against a monster like Tao Tao was a complete joke.

“You…”

Dante groped around his body and finally found that pistol. The moment he raised his hand, Tao Tao’s right hand moved as fast as lightning. She pinched Dante’s wrist and released it, and his wrist was directly dislocated.

“You dare play with guns in front of me?”

Tao Tao laughed loudly and was just about to deal with Dante’s other hand when a loud shout suddenly came from behind her. “Stop!”

“Hm?”

Hearing the sound of wind coming from behind her, Tao Tao turned and punched.

“Crack.”

Anran flashed to the left and lightly dodged Tao Tao’s punch.

Even so, she still frowned. This woman’s reaction speed was so fast. That backward punch just now was also full of power, as if even the air were about to explode.

“It’s you?!”

Tao Tao had wanted to continue the attack, but after seeing Anran’s face clearly, she immediately stopped.

She had seen Anran in person and had also seen photos of Anran, so of course she would not mistake her.

“Haha, Anran, you really are here! But what do you mean by telling me to stop?” Tao Tao asked.

Anran relaxed her body, at least on the surface. She said, “This person is the equipment research and development chief of Morningstar’s secret base in the Vike Mountains!”

“…”

Dante stared at Anran without saying a word.

For a moment, he could not figure out what this woman wanted to do. But no matter what, she had at least stopped another muscular woman from laying a vicious hand on him.

It hurt so much.

Dante supported his own arm, the muscles on his face constantly twitching.

“Then he really is a big fish.” Tao Tao was somewhat excited.

“But…”

“But what?”

Tao Tao watched as Anran slowly walked to Dante’s side.

Anran said, “But this person is completely useless.”

“???”

Tao Tao was dumbfounded, and Dante was dumbfounded too. Could this woman be trying to save him?

“Where are you retreating to?”

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Anran pointed her knife at Dante.

Dante did not say a word.

“Do you know what Rainer is researching?”

Dante still did not say a word.

“Where are the materials from your research?”

Dante did not speak.

“See?” Anran spread her hands. “This person is not useful at all. We might as well kill him.”

Holy crap.

Dante was so frightened that his face turned green. Did you just say something wrong?

“However, to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings, I’ll take you to meet someone useful.” Anran grabbed Dante.

“Captain!”

At this moment, several team members following Tao Tao also came over.

The people of Nine Songs were not all gathered in one place, so Anran did not see Li Zhuying.

“Could this be a fake Anran?” someone muttered quietly.

“…”

Damn it.

Forget it. She might as well call Aila out directly.

Anran took out a walkie-talkie and contacted Aila. Aila had always been carrying this little thing on her.

“Mm-hmm, Anran, Anran, I’ll come out right away.”

“Just wait a moment.”

Anran said with a smile.

Although she really wanted to stab Dante to death with a single slash, considering that she still had to make a deal with Nine Songs next, Anran had to take Nine Songs’ feelings into account.

Seeing that Anran had contacted Aila, Tao Tao also directly notified the person in charge of Nine Songs’ operation this time.

The one who came faster was still Aila, but her entrance scared everyone.

Shu Mingxu had been tied to a chair, and Aila directly carried over both the chair and the person together.

“…”

“!!!”

They were shocked!

“Ahem!” Anran quickly coughed a few times. “Aila, you don’t need to keep carrying him.”

“Oh!”

Aila put Shu Mingxu down together with the chair.

Tao Tao wiped the sweat from her forehead. “Who is this person?”

“He is a researcher from this base’s biochemical laboratory…” Anran explained it to Tao Tao.

As soon as she finished speaking, a large group of people walked over from afar. The one walking at the very front was the excited Li Zhuying.

“Uh…”

The corner of Anran’s mouth twitched.

Sure enough, Li Zhuying pounced straight at her, but before Anran could dodge, Tao Tao pulled Li Zhuying back.

“Don’t get worked up!”

“Mm, mm, mm, mm!”

Li Zhuying stared at Tao Tao’s back with eyes full of resentment. It had almost managed to hug Anran just now.

“What is going on here?” The person in charge leading Nine Songs swept his gaze over Anran, Dante, Aila, and Shu Mingxu.

Tao Tao immediately repeated Anran’s words.

Interesting.

“Wake him up,” the person in charge said.