Chapter 38: Shoot Me... SHOOT ME!

Chu Guang turned his head, only to see a muscular man standing at the door, firmly locking Night Ten's neck up with his left arm. His right hand was holding a pistol, pressing the muzzle against Night Ten's temple.

However, as soon as he spoke, two barrels pointed at him.

The brawny man subconsciously hid behind Night Ten while he continued to yell, "Don't move! Your companion is in my hands! I know you are strong, but can you be faster than a bullet?”

Chu Guang holding the gun was dazed, and the corners of his mouth turned up unnaturally.

Strong? Me?

That was embarrassing...

It was the first time someone praised him for being strong in the wasteland in more than five months.

"Chen Yang? You're not dead?!" Xia Yan stared at the man at the door.

The brawny man was obviously embarrassed, but he managed to squeeze a smile. "Hehe, I won’t die that easily here. Wait there, I’ll save you first!"

Hope rekindled in Xia Yan's eyes.

If possible, she certainly did not want to fall into the hands of these primitives. She could imagine how she would be treated if she was captured by them.

Occasionally there were captured mercenaries who were redeemed from slave traders by teammates or insurance companies... Well, that was if they happened to be sold to Boulder City.

But even if they were still alive, they were no different from dead people, be it physically or mentally.

Finally, a gap appeared between the brawny man's arms, and Night Ten, who was almost suffocated, didn't even take a breath.

He yelled while struggling desperately. "Shoot! Shoot me! What are you waiting for? Fuck... This guy has body odor, it stinks!"

If the brawny man knew what this guy was yelling, maybe he would fire the pistol without any hesitation.

But it was a pity.

The man didn't understand and all he felt was the guy yapping noisily in front of him.

Raising the handle of the pistol and smashing the back of the hostage's head, Chen Yang sternly scolded. "Stop struggling!"

But how would Night Ten listen to him? Not to mention that he didn’t understand what the other party was saying.

He couldn't feel pain at all when it was over the set limit, but because of the blow, he yelled even louder. "Fire at me! Administrator, please don't worry about me, I can't die!"

Of course, I know you can't die.

Who do you think gave you access to the game?

Chu Guang wanted to roll his eyes, but he didn’t reveal any expression. He calmly looked at the brawny man named Chen Yang at the door and said lightly, “I don't like being threatened. You'd better put your gun down, put your hands above your head, and face the wall. Then I can spare your life."

Chen Yang roared. "I'm not joking with you! I will really shoot!"

"Me too," Chu Guang looked at him calmly, "Do you want to try? We can count to three and do it together."

Xia Yan, who was leaning against the wall, couldn't stand it anymore. She didn't want her teammate, who managed to escape, to die because of her. She mumbled, "Enough, Chen Yang, you can leave... Don't worry about me."

Chu Guang ignored her.

"3."

Looking at Chu Guang, who was already counting down, a drop of cold sweat slipped across Chen Yang's forehead.

This lunatic!

Doesn't he care about the life of his companion at all?!

And the hostage in his hand, with an expression that seemed eager to die, didn't look like a hostage at all.

"2."

They are crazy.

All of them are crazy!

"Wait a minute, stop, I have no intention of threatening you! You can have her, I only need one thing!" Chen Yang admitted that he was scared.

Glancing at Xia Yan sitting on the ground, he quickly continued, "Give me the key she has, and I will release your guy immediately!”

Chu Guang raised his eyebrows, a little curious. "Key?"

"A magnetic card! She knows what I'm talking about!" Chu Guang looked at Xia Yan who was lying on the ground, but the woman didn't look at him, she just looked at her former teammate blankly.

"So you’re here for the key..."

"Instead of dying here for nothing, it's better to let me complete the mission and get paid?"

Teammate?

This is a wasteland.

Originally, he planned to wait for the creeper to leave and then search the corpses of his teammates, otherwise he would not have played dead. He kept watching with cold eyes and waited until the end.

Chen Yang ignored the disappointed ex-teammate, and slowly backed away with the gun still against the hostage's temple, staring at the expression on Chu Guang's face.

"What do you think? A woman and your companion, I only need a key on her body! It's useless if you hold on to it anyway."

Chu Guang nodded. "That makes sense."

It seemed like a great deal, but... He didn’t really give half a shit.

Chu Guang looked at Xia Yan and mumbled, "Give it to him."

Seeing that the Administrator didn't shoot for a long time, and instead, he began to talk to the man, Night Ten struggled more intensely for fear that this NPC would compromise with the man for him.

"Don't worry about me! Ample Time, are you stupid? Shoot!"

I'm a player.

I’m not scared of dying!

Moreover, if he died, it would be considered a heroic sacrifice! The NPC’s favorability toward him will increase rapidly.

"Motherfu... Don't move, let me aim at him." Ample Time blabbered nervously.

He didn’t dare to move?

It was not that he couldn’t bring himself to do it. In fact, killing his teammate was something that he did quite often in PUBG, but that wasn’t the game they were playing! The Administrator hadn’t said anything, and there was no way he would dare to make a move.

What if he missed the key plot?!

Xia Yan silently took out the bloody magnetic card from her pocket, which was handed to her by the captain before he died.

It stood to reason that it was impossible for Chen Yang to know that she had the key unless he already searched the captain’s body.

She immediately understood what was happening.

Xia Yan looked at her former teammate blankly. Compared to sadness or fear, she felt more numb in her heart.

Maybe he will end up miserable in the future. Like a dirty rag, she would probably be thrown in the corner waiting for mold or be sold to other slave traders by these barbarians until she could no longer work.

Whatever it was, she felt that nothing was important any longer.

"Take it." With the key between her fingers, she threw the key out.

Looking at the key at his feet, Chen Yang's eyes flashed with ecstasy, unable to conceal his greed. He stretched out his foot to step on it and wanted to kick it out of the door.

Who would have thought that something unexpected would happen that very instant?

Almost at the same time, he stretched out his right foot, the hostage who was struggling fiercely in his arms suddenly slipped from his elbow, and kneeled on one knee.

Before Chen Yang could react, there were two gunshots ringing from the side, one of which directly shot through his head, causing a burst of blood mist.

𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

With eyes wide open, Chen Yang fell straight back, and he still didn't understand what happened even after he died.

"BOOM!!! Headshot!" Throwing the barrel in his hand, Ample Time shouted excitedly.

What the fuck? I hit him. All you shot at was the streetlight outside... You really need to learn how to aim...

Chu Guang reloaded the rifle with a speechless expression.

He could not count on the marksmanship of these players.

Speaking of which, it was the first time he used his GM authority to kick a player offline. Unexpectedly, the function was really easy to use.

Of course, if the player asked, he wouldn't admit it. At most, he would use the identity of a game designer to explain network connectivity issues.

"You.. Killed him..." Xia Yan looked at Chu Guang stupidly and obviously did not expect that he would shoot suddenly.

Chu Guang growled impatiently. "I’ve said it already, I don’t like people threatening me, not to mention that I’ve already given him a chance."

Not to mention that the guy was planning to point a gun at him.

While talking, Night Ten who was still kneeling on the floor suddenly convulsed and woke up with a dazed expression on his face.

"How did I lose connection just now?"

Moving his gaze blankly and looking at the dead man behind him, Night Ten instinctively jumped from the ground.

"Fuck, how did this guy die?"

Did he miss the plot again?!

Ample Time walked over and patted him on the shoulder. "It may be due to the network connectivity issue, but it’s great that you can log back in... A headshot, hehe, am I awesome?"

"Damn, that’s incredible!"

Well.

It seemed that he didn’t even need to explain it.

Withdrawing his gaze, Chu Guang felt that he was almost fully recovered, so he got up from the chair.

Walking to Chen Yang's body, Chu Guang reached out and picked up the blood-stained key and the dropped pistol by his feet.

The former was temporarily of no use to him, while the latter was great!

Chu Guang played with the pistol for a while. It seemed that the weapon was semi-automatic. He did not know how powerful it was, but it should be decent enough.

"I'm going to leave, good luck."

Seeing Chu Guang talking to her, Xia Yan raised her head blankly. She couldn’t help but wonder, "Aren't you taking me?"

Chu Guang asked rhetorically. "Did I say that I would take you?"

Xia Yan was stunned.

It was completely different from what she had expected, but there was no time left for her to think.

Seeing that the man named Chu Guang was really not joking and took his two loyal subordinates to the door, and thinking that she was going to be left there by herself, she suddenly panicked.

"Are you... Are you really not marauders?"

Chu Guang stopped and teased her. "Are you disappointed?"

"I..." Xia Yan opened her mouth, slightly embarrassed. She coughed dryly the next moment, "I mean, are you survivors from a nearby settlement? Can you bring me there?”

She had nowhere to go anyway.

Wanting to walk back to Boulder City on one leg was far more ridiculous than going head-to-head with a creeper, let alone the fact that she couldn't go back.

Since the group in front of them were not marauders or slave traders, it wouldn't be bad to leave with them.

However, Chu Guang didn't want to take the burden with him.

Shelter 404’s current medical conditions certainly couldn’t provide her with a mechanical prosthetic body.

Without a leg, she would not be able to do heavy work, and he would have one more mouth to feed! If he had spare food, he would prefer to recruit more players.

The next second, he heard the conversation between the players.

"Is this woman a new NPC?"

"It's possible, but it's hard to say... It seems that the Administrator doesn't plan to take her."

"But I think she can still be rescued."

"Indeed, it seems that she should be a mercenary. Even if she lost a leg, she has knowledge in guns and weapons, right? So maybe she’ll become an NPC that sells weapons..."

Emmm...

This seemed to make a lot of sense.

Chu Guang thought a little, and looked at Xia Yan.

"I'll just say it straight. Right now, you’re a burden to us. Even if I bring you over to a nearby settlement, your fate will not be much better than death."

Xia Yan bit her lip and lowered her head.

He was telling the truth.

Needless to say, she could imagine what would happen to her.

Looking at the silent woman, Chu Guang continued, "Of course, if you have a skill, I can take you along... As long as you’re willing to work for me."