Chapter 46: I Feel Terrifyingly Strong Right Now!

The middle-aged woman, who was using a piece of sheet metal to cover her head, didn't even ask; she stood in the rain, hesitating for a long while, but still couldn't bear to give up the rain gear Liu Mu said she could trade for. Gritting her teeth and stamping her foot, she was the first to return to the rain shelter.

"Boss, it's fine if I take a little less," the woman said, truly terrified—not just by the corpse Liu Mu was currently dragging out on the ground, but also by the large eyeballs visible in the back of the truck bed...

"Don't be afraid, ma'am. If people don't offend me, I don't kill them. Take what is yours," Liu Mu said, lifting the corpse and tossing it with what looked like a casual flick, yet it flew over ten meters and landed in the nearest building ruins.

"Besides, I value integrity in my business. I'll be coming back often, and I'm counting on you all to look after me."

Liu Mu was tired of saying the words "value integrity," but when you're out and about, you have to promote your own reputation, right? Sigh, if there were still internet like before, she could have just started a livestream. Now, it was all up to her own mouth to sell and praise herself.

Even after putting on the rain gear and leaving with another set in her arms, the woman still felt lightheaded, unable to believe that the boss who killed without blinking and kept a fierce beast had actually made the trade with her.

And all she had given were a few burst gas canisters and two pieces of Black Stone; that stone looked sturdy, and she had originally intended to take it back to prop up a bed leg.

From far away, Liu Mu was still waving at her, telling her she must come back to trade for things later.

The woman didn't know that Liu Mu wanted to remember her appearance and number: No. 569, female, had been in close proximity to a Giant Sun Fragment for a relatively long time.

That's right, those few pieces of Black Stone were exactly the "Giant Sun" that Xing Tianyang and his people were searching for everywhere.

Many fragments had fallen in the south of the city, but the Base here didn't seem very proactive about it. Of course, it was also possible that the Giant Sun had shattered upon impact, making it easy for survivors to pick up.

Liu Mu didn't feel any energy fluctuations from them, but she still cautiously sent them into her space for isolation.

The woman left, and the others nearby stopped watching and began to come forward one after another to trade for other rain gear.

The fat man Liu Fugui returned after more than half an hour, bringing over a dozen survivors with him. Each of them carried bundles of scrap metal, and they successfully traded for rain gear.

In the less than an hour that followed, all the available rain gear was traded away. Liu Mu packed up the remaining tarps and said to Liu Fugui, "Trade these to you all in a bit as well. This rain won't stop anytime soon, so you should plan ahead."

Upon returning to the Base, Liu Fugui had asked some acquaintances about Liu Mu. He was a businessman himself and was best at getting to know people. Once he asked, he learned that Liu Mu had been received by Song Yulin, and it was said she even had a connection to Song Yulin's direct superior, Yang Shuo.

With that said, Liu Fugui immediately had a new idea.

He had originally wanted to come over earlier, but he heard a commotion outside and saw with his own eyes from a distance that Liu Mu and a mutated beast had killed someone.

As it turned out, none of the soldiers in the Base who were usually very fierce toward them stood up. Liu Fugui became even more determined to get closer to Liu Mu; it would be best if he could help her do things.

In any industry, in any era, if you find a powerful thigh to hug, you should hug it. Rising to the top alone is simply impossible; this isn't some brainless power fantasy, this is the realistic apocalypse.

"Alright, Boss, don't move, I'll pack up, I'll do it!"

Liu Fugui busied himself helping to clear the stall, as diligent as if he were starting a business again.

Come to think of it, he was indeed starting a business again—entering an industry he had never touched before, with a new boss who had connections in both the military and the government.

Liu Mu naturally didn't know what was going on in his head; she just thought Liu Fugui was grateful that she had provided medicine and was willing to take the hardware from his shop that had lost its value.

Quickly packing up the stall, the two of them entered the driver's cab in front.

Just as Liu Mu was about to insert the key to start the engine, her hand paused in mid-air, and a low, uneasy growl came from the truck bed behind her.

Liu Fugui, sitting in the passenger seat, was like a frightened bird and instantly sensed the abnormal atmosphere. "Boss, what's wrong?"

Liu Mu put the key in her pocket and simultaneously picked up a polished Steel Pipe from beside the driver's seat. "Get out of the car immediately, run toward the Base, don't look back!"

Without further explanation, Liu Mu opened the cab door and signaled for Niu Boyi to head toward the Base.

Liu Fugui's reaction wasn't slow; he followed her out of the car and ran back. He almost instantly guessed what might have happened, but he was just a bit puzzled: the Stadium was filled with mostly young men, so who would dare to invade at a time like this?

This Base, when it came down to it, was about survival of the fittest. It had only just been established and still had some women, children, and the elderly, but anyone could imagine that after a long time, there would be no more old, weak, sick, or disabled people here, and even women would be rare.

Liu Mu had never quite understood why this Base only had sentries within fifty meters, without a single early-warning hidden post on the perimeter.

Of course, it was impossible for her to block the Mutated Animals alone, so she stopped only when she reached the sentry post with Niu Boyi and shouted inside, "Tell the people inside, a pack of Mutated Animals is attacking!"

The ones on duty were the same two from before, currently huddled inside the room to avoid the rain, and they didn't believe Liu Mu's words.

"Boss Liu, you aren't talking about this big dog, are you? Mutated Animals aren't allowed near our Base. If you bring it again, you must report it first, otherwise don't blame us if we kill it by mistake."

"Is that so?" Liu Mu took half a step back and looked coldly at the soldiers in the sentry post, then suddenly raised her hand to beckon Niu Boyi, and decisively led it away in another direction.

The Mutated Animals were still hundreds of meters away; in the Black Rain, human senses couldn't detect them at all. But Niu Boyi could. Liu Mu had been kind enough to give a warning, but these two had secretly aimed their guns at Niu Boyi, so she wouldn't blame herself for not caring.

Niu Boyi was very irritable. It followed Liu Mu, rushing under the eaves of the Stadium, still barking wildly into the Black Rain, cursing the idiots in the sentry box while snarling at the animals.

Liu Mu told Liu Fugui to go directly into the Base and take his companions to hide. If the Base couldn't hold, they might be found while hiding, but there was a greater chance of keeping this place safe.

The huge barking drew the soldiers inside the Base. Before they could question her, Liu Mu pointed to the distance in the rain curtain, where one could already see black shadows rushing out of the building ruins, sprinting toward them.

Unlike the idiots in the sentry box, these soldiers immediately sounded the alarm, and the entire Base sprang into action.

"Don't rush, they haven't even asked us for help yet," Liu Mu pressed down on Niu Boyi's head; the touch was greasy from the Black Rain, which really ruined one's mood.

However, she had already tested it before: her own skin didn't feel the same level of burning pain as ordinary people when in direct contact with the Black Rain; it just felt uncomfortable, like being covered in grease.

Just as she was minding her own business, dense gunfire suddenly erupted above the Base. The Mutated Animals had already reached the distance of the sentry box, and the two soldiers who had been guarding it were caught by the Mutated Wild Dogs at the front of the pack while running back after hearing the alarm, dying almost instantly.

There were already quite a few bunkers made of broken bricks and mud piled up outside the Base, and the soldiers were now firing from behind them.

But they discovered with horror that even with aim, these Mutated Animals took at least seven or eight shots to fall, and they likely wouldn't die immediately.

This was the first time Liu Mu had seen so many Mutated Animals attacking a human settlement since her rebirth, and she was actually a bit nervous. But she also wanted to see to what extent the animals had mutated now.

The Black Rain not only made her business better but also startled these animals out. The only place in the city that could provide refuge and still had plenty of "food" was here.

Liu Mu's gaze gradually deepened. She discovered that when she concentrated all her energy, everything in her field of vision slowed down. She could even see the trajectory of the bullets clearly; if she stared at a muzzle, she could even see the sparks flying and the air waves left behind by the bullets as they were fired.

At the same time, her body was also undergoing changes. Her bulging muscles were almost tearing through her T-shirt and jeans, her blood was surging like a mountain stream, her mind was active to an unbelievable degree, and even her bones were restless—they wanted to strike.

"Niu Boyi, I think I have a clue about the uncertain mutation direction the system mentioned. I feel terrifyingly strong right now!"

Niu Boyi, "Woof woof woof, so are we going in?"