Chapter 434: Chapter 372: Be Prepared, No Danger
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"Honestly, Old Li, your nuclear blast strike is a bit too overbearing, it’s like you’re a God of Killing when you meet an enemy!"
The group sat in a circle, with Li Zheng holding the Mysterious Declaration, directing the light to the center.
Phoenix Mountain sighed, "At the moment the mushroom cloud rose, an inexplicable BGM popped up in my mind, getting my blood boiling."
"Which BGM?" Li Zheng asked curiously.
"That... what’s it called again?" Phoenix Mountain pulled out a thorn from his shoulder socket, frowning and thinking hard, "I can’t remember for the moment, just remember it was a popular song online, oh right, a piece composed by Mud Furnace."
"Is it the one that starts with hěi～ēiéiěi～hēiéi...?" Li Zheng hummed a segment.
"Yes, yes, it’s this one!" Phoenix Mountain threw away the thorn he had just pulled out, looking somewhat puzzled, "Why does it sound a bit strange though?"
"No doubt about it." Lin Fengjiao spoke up, "Big Brother Li, with your sense of pitch, you better not sing this in front of Doctor Xiao, I’m afraid he’ll come after you, and I won’t know who to help then."
Li Zheng’s face darkened, "If you want to say I can’t hold a tune, just say it, no need to beat around the bush and mock me. As for Old Xiao’s fighting capability, I can take on ten of him! And another ten of you while I’m at it."
"Hehe." Lin Fengjiao chuckled and continued to tend to Phoenix Mountain’s wound.
"I remember Li Zheng, you seem to have an ability to draw flames up close, right?" Zhan Zhouzhou said, "Now combined with Yan Guang’s long-range incendiary bombs, it’s almost unbeatable. I think for the next two days, we shouldn’t explore anymore, and instead use all exploration chances to challenge the mutants, striving to clear the event, so we don’t keep worrying about it."
"I have a different opinion though." Phoenix Mountain shook his head and said, "From the strength of these mutants, besides Old Li, there’s basically no one who can continue taking down more challenging mutants. With our high kill points, I estimate no one will surpass us in the coming days."
"You mean..."
"I mean let’s not waste those exploration opportunities, and go about doing whatever else needs to be done, wait until the end of the event to claim the rewards."
Zhan Zhouzhou and Phoenix Mountain both made valid points, and from a personal gain perspective, Phoenix Mountain’s idea seemed more reasonable.
Not to mention they had just killed Asano Yuji, and probably no one else in the Matrix could guarantee taking him down without any team casualties.
Let alone the stronger mutants yet to come.
Stopping the event seemed like the best proposal.
But Li Zheng’s thoughts were closer to Zhan Zhouzhou’s; the event should still be fought, and more mutants must be killed.
"Do you remember our discussion before we first entered the event?" Li Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "All these mutants were actually caused by the nuclear leak on Fudao Island. If we stop here, will the remaining mutants be released after the event ends?"
"If released, will they turn against normal humans, killing indiscriminately?"
"These are all unknowns."
"So I think it’s better to kill as many mutants as possible, eliminating potential future troubles."
"You can call me a Saint or meddling, but I think it’s better to nip these hidden threats in the bud."
"Otherwise, if they get a chance to grow stronger, solving the issue may not be as easy as it is now."
The truth about the mutants is currently only known to Li Zheng’s team, maybe some remnants on Fudao Island also know.
Everyone else thought this event was an activity organized by the Terminal, not taking it to heart.
Including Kunlun, who was the most eager to challenge earlier.
"You do make some valid points." Phoenix Mountain nodded pensively, then cursed angrily, "These damn bastards, they make a mess, and we have to clean up after them!"
"It’s like when they wanted to discharge nuclear wastewater into the sea, making the whole world pay the price, utterly shameless!"
No one can remain calm when encountering similar incidents in life.
It’s like when a colleague makes a mistake at work, and if you don’t help solve it, the boss will punish you too.
Can you accept that?
It’s hard to accept.
But you have no choice, you must accept!
Because you’re working in the same company.
Success or failure is shared.
The key difference in what Li Zheng’s team encountered is...
You can always change jobs if things go awry in the company.
They have nowhere to jump, they have to swallow their grievances.
Is there anything more unbearable?
Yes!
The colleague causing this mess is still your neighbor...
And this neighbor has a brat who knocks on your door for no reason and curses at you, or steals your stuff when you’re inattentive.
Aren’t you mad?
Definitely mad, right?
It gets worse!
This colleague causing trouble, with his brat banging on your door, cursing you, stealing your stuff, making you restless...
Then you have a Quisling at home, siding with the adversary.
I’ll tell you, if I were you, I’d feel like killing someone!
The saying goes ’Settle internal issues before dealing with external ones,’ I hope our leaders will one day address the Quislings at home, those who lean a certain way after watching some anime.
"It’s alright, let’s uphold the big nation style, and not stoop to their level," Li Zheng consoled him.
At this point, Li Zheng remembered something and said to Zhan Zhouzhou, "Reach out to Ye Kai and them, make sure to improve themselves in the coming days, maintain combat readiness, I may need your support anytime."
"Got it." Zhan Zhouzhou nodded, seemingly deep in thought.
Phoenix Mountain asked, "What? You don’t plan on engaging with them even outside the event, do you?"
"I just... ouch... take it easy! This is flesh, not stone! It really hurts when you pull so hard!"
"I’m telling you, fists can’t beat four hands, I’m aware of those two organizations of theirs, they have a lot of people, fighting them to exhaustion is a disaster for us!"
"Don’t worry, it’s just to be prepared." Li Zheng said casually, diverting the topic, "I’m going back to rest a bit. Once you’re done, let me know, and we’ll kill a few more mutants tonight."
With that, he took out the event ticket and left with Little Sakura.
As he left, Yan Guang followed suit without uttering a word.
Zhan Zhouzhou glanced at where Yan Guang had been sitting, sighed, and also left the event.
"Tsk, at least wait until I’ve pulled out these few thorns, now there’s no light!" Phoenix Mountain complained.
Lin Fengjiao said to him, "There are only a few left, you go back and pull them yourself, save you blaming me for hurting you again."
With that, she ignored Phoenix Mountain and exited the instance.
Everyone had left, and only Phoenix Mountain remained in the dark event instance.
He sighed somewhat desolately, "Why does everyone take that damned woman’s side?"
...
After exiting the activity, Li Zheng opened his private messages, found a person’s avatar and clicked on it, "Brother Misaka, I have a business proposition for you, are you interested?"