Chapter 106.2: Devil Moth's Lair

Chu Guang ignored the foolish expression on her face, and continued to speak. "In addition, you will get a budget from the profits of the Weapon Shop. They will be used to release tasks to players. Just like I taught you before, you can guide them to do something that you are supposed to do yourself. For example, putting gunpowder in the shell case, oiling the receiver, or even helping you to look after the store for a while..."

"You can freely use your imagination for this. Anyway, you should understand these miscellaneous tasks better than me. Your VM can help you edit the tasks. If there's something you don't know, you can contact Little Seven via VM. Appropriately delegating your tasks will make you more relaxed. "

While listening to Chu Guang talking nervously, Xia Yan didn't dare to move or interrupt him.

But the bowl of venison and mushroom soup was so fragrant, she couldn't help but glance at it several times, swallowing again and again.

After noticing her little movements, Chu Guang, who completed his explanation, smiled and continued in a relaxed tone, "You can think about the rest yourself, I won't waste more of your time. This bowl of mushroom soup is my treat. Drink it while it's hot. There is still a piece of venison in it."

Xia Yan immediately picked up the bowl and gobbled down the meat in it.

She placed it down right after and sighed with a satisfied expression, ignoring the oil on her lips. "It's so delicious!"

"You can go to the north gate after work. It is getting more and more lively there. I guess you haven't been there before."

Chu Guang got up from the chair and put the empty bowl on the wooden table next to the brazier. He counted ten silver coins and placed them next to the bowl.

"After you finish, wash the bowls. Thank you for your help during this period of time."

Even after Chu Guang walked out the door, Xia Yan held the bowl quietly in her hand.

?! What did he just say to me?!

Thank you?!

She couldn't remember if she had ever heard it before, but she knew exactly how cruel and hard-hearted this man was.

Not only was he cruel to his enemy, but he was also not merciful to his own men.

She had seen it with her own eyes that he ordered the dead soldiers to be burned in the furnace with the enemy. He didn’t even bother building a grave for his men.

Such a cruel man was acting kind to her all of a sudden... It had to be a trap!

However, Xia Yan didn't know why, she suddenly felt that she was not as scared as before.

How was she going to put it...?

When the man threatened her that he would throw her out and let her die outside in the cold if she didn't work hard, she was really scared.

But after getting along with him for some time, it seemed like he never really planned to kick her out.

Drinking the soup in the bowl in small sips, Xia Yan couldn't think of anything to say for a while.

Forget it.

He didn't do anything excessive to me anyway.

Also, this venison is quite delicious.

For the sake of this soup, I will wash his bowl for him!

...

After coming out of the Weapon Shop, Chu Guang found Luca and explained the salary system to him.

Having been a slave for most of his life, Old Luca had a dazed expression when he heard that his master was planning to give him money.

Chu Guang really didn't bother to explain again what salary was, and simply said, "Treat it as a reward."

"You can use it to buy some food or go to Woodworking Cabin to buy some furniture. You can support the players’ business, or you can save your money to build yourself a decent house.”

Hearing that he was given a reward, Luca was so moved that tears started to well up in his eyes. He wanted to kneel down to express his gratitude, but then he remembered that his master once said that the people of Shelter 404 were not allowed to kneel, so he immediately put his right fist on his chest.

"Thank you for your generosity, Master."

If Luca felt more comfortable addressing him like that, Chu Guang didn't bother to correct it.

After explaining the work, Chu Guang then asked about the training of the two new warehouse managers.

It must be said that these survivors who used to be serfs were naturally adaptable to the service positions of managing the warehouse.

After all, those positions were not available for everyone at Brown Farm. Only the servants, butlers, and soldiers of the land owner had the opportunity to take up those positions.

However, those people could no longer be regarded as serfs, or even slaves. They were more like subordinates with status. Most of them inherited their father's inheritance, and only in rare cases would a serf be selected to work in the master's house.

Both of them cherish the opportunity and learn as quickly as they could. They estimated that they would be able to put on a VM in a few days.

Chu Guang had confidence in Luca's work attitude. After a brief inspection, he turned back to the nursing home.

Just as he was wondering whether to return to the shelter to play the game he just downloaded, or go to the third floor to accompany Little Seven for a while, there was a commotion coming from the north gate.

It was a scene he was familiar with.

A player with a broken leg lying on a stretcher was being carried by two other players through the north gate.

Chu Guang recognized the person on the stretcher.

If he remembered correctly, the dude went out with Makka Pakka from the east gate carrying wooden bows and javelins while singing happily in the afternoon.

Earlier in the day, he was still wondering whether they had gone the wrong way when they left from the east gate. Seeing him again, Chu Guang believed that they had been going out to court death from the very beginning.

Chu Guang had a strange expression on his face. He turned on the system and opened the player list. Sure enough, Makka Pakka's icon had turned grey. Obviously, he had died.

Stepping forward, looking at Sideline Slacking lying on the stretcher with gradually weakening consciousness, Chu Guang frowned and asked, "What happened?"

"Moths! Lots of moths! And one moth is so big, it's almost as long as my arm! Their teeth are like scissors!"

Chu Guang wasn't sure if the expression on Sideline Slacking's face was excitement or fright. In short, he was very emotional, and he gestured in the air with both hands animatedly.

"We went to the residential community in the northeast of the Wetland Park on the map. There is a ruin of an artificial greenhouse and we originally planned to see if we could find something useful in it. After spending a lot of effort to get in through the emergency exit, we saw many cocoons hanging on a huge web! We were stunned when we just entered. When we finally recovered and wanted to study what they were, Makka Pakka who went ahead of me was being gnawed on by the moths that came out of nowhere!"

Construction Boy, who was carrying the stretcher, was also listening. He couldn't help swallowing when he heard the last sentence.

"Gnaw... Gnawed?"

"Yes! They were gnawing on him!" Sideline Slacking gasped, ignoring the bleeding wound, and continued with agitation, "Realising that he couldn't run away, Makka Pakka took off his VM and threw it to me. I didn’t dare to look back, and rushed to the emergency exit! But when I was almost to come out of the emergency exit, my leg was bitten by two big moths..."

"Fortunately, these bugs are not cold-resistant. After I crawled out of the emergency exit desperately, the moths behind did not dare to give chase. The two moths that bit my leg also didn't have much strength left. I stabbed them a few times with a dagger and finally killed them. But I didn't expect that they would be able to bite down on me so quickly that by the time I killed them, they had already eaten half of my leg..."

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Ate half of your leg...

Sideline Slacking's description was so vivid that Chu Guang's brows were twitching repeatedly.

Fortunately, the pain that exceeded the limit was blocked. If that happened to another survivor, it would probably be so painful that he wouldn't be able to breathe after the first bite.

"Devil Moth." Chu Guang took a deep breath, glanced at the player's bloody broken leg, and immediately came to a conclusion.

"You are missing a leg, and even the bone is gone. This is not an injury that the nurturing cabin can heal. Without the characteristics of Limbs Regeneration, no matter how strong your constitution is, it is still useless. Do you understand what I mean?"

The most humane way was to kick the player offline, lock their login authority, and then send the clone directly into the furnace.

In fact, it didn’t matter whether it was dead or not. Without consciousness, the clone was an empty shell without a mind. It did not affect the recovery of Active Matter.

Sideline Slacking, of course, understood the suggestion. After all, that was the old tradition of Shelter 404. He nodded quickly in response.

"I know! I know, dear administrator. But if I must die, can I choose a way to die?"

That was a reasonable request.

Chu Guang nodded.

"No problem, how do you want to die?"

Sideline Slacking said shyly with an embarrassed smile, "I want to try the Gallows Of Justice... I'm really curious."

Chu Guang was struck speechless. "..."

It was the first time he heard such a strange request.

Anyway, it wouldn't affect him recycling the body, so he agreed.

...

In that way, Sideline Slacking, who had just been carried into the outpost, was carried to the gallows outside the north gate by the two players.

"Wait, let me think of a cool line first. I want to die like a hero!"

"Stop wasting my time, off you go!"

"Wait...!"

The two players dealt with it quickly and sent the corpse with a crooked neck to the furnace.

His equipment and VM would be stored in the locker in the airlock room. Three days later, he would be back again.

Chu Guang went to the third floor of the outpost and found Little Seven.

"A Devil Moth's nest was found in the northeast of Linghu Wetland Park."

"Devil Moth?"

"A kind of insect mutant. You can mark it with three skulls on the map for me. This thing is not easy to deal with."

Little Seven tilted the camera. "Do you want to forbid players from entering that area?"

"It's not necessary, just a warning," Chu Guang thought for a while, and continued, "the restrictions on 76th street can also be lifted, but the danger signs must remain."

"I'm very curious how these players will deal with this difficult problem."