Chapter 7: Green Snake

The so-called "tempura" is actually a type of dish where ingredients are coated in batter and deep-fried. It generally includes seafood like large shrimp or octopus, or vegetarian options such as eggplant, asparagus, or even cherry blossoms. Of course, there are also some outliers that use insects like grasshoppers or locusts to make it.

What Bai Cangshu was eating at this moment was standard large shrimp tempura.

Crunch, crunch.

Japanese cuisine is consistently light and does not quite suit Bai Cangshu's palate, but relatively speaking, this tempura was already much better than the oden and takoyaki that Tang Baduan had sent over previously.

【You have consumed 10 special dishes in this world and completed the Milestone: Gourmet】

【Gourmet—Consuming any ingredient grants a random buff; the buff effect is related to the ingredient and the cooking method】

【You have unlocked subsequent milestones: Kingly Gourmet, Heretical Gourmet】

【Kingly Gourmet: Consume a total of over 100 legendary dishes across different worlds】

【Heretical Gourmet: Consume a total of over 50 dark dishes across different worlds】

Bai Cangshu wiped his mouth, then stuffed the pudding dessert from the side directly into his mouth. This kind of fragrant, sweet dessert is quite good no matter which country makes it.

【You consumed a dish and gained the buff: Keen Perception—Your perception is slightly enhanced】

The buff effect was not obvious, but Bai Cangshu was not surprised. After all, something like pudding is seen everywhere and is not rare. If he could eat the dragon meat of Bikedaomowang's offspring, perhaps the effect would be much more significant.

In Bai Cangshu's view, things like 【Milestones】 are similar to 【Achievements】 in video games; once completed, one can obtain special rewards, and they seem to have subsequent potential for advancement.

In this way, he should indeed seek out more such things in mission worlds.

Ring~ The old-fashioned phone in the hotel lobby rang. Bai Cangshu did not go to answer it, but simply stood up and walked toward the mountain path.

There was no one else in this mountaintop hotel at this time except for Bai Cangshu; this phone call was a secret signal between Tang Baduan and Bai Cangshu.

After Bai Cangshu killed that swordsman that day, he returned to the town and gave Tang Baduan a sum of money, telling him to give him a signal every time someone returned.

To be safe, he even gave the driver Feibo a sum of money; he could tell that Feibo was very afraid of him.

This was much easier than that swordsman who had to guard the mountain path in the rain.

Heh, money, after all—although he cannot take it out of the space, there are plenty of Plot Characters in this world who need money.

Bai Cangshu swung that scimitar, found a red face mask to put on, and walked toward the mountain path.

"Two more..."

Over these past few days, besides having Tang Baduan continuously send over various special dishes, Bai Cangshu had already ambushed and killed three people on the mountain path. Adding in the two people Tang Baduan said were counter-killed by their targets during their missions, the mission had failed.

That is to say, of the 8 people including himself at the beginning, only two remained alive.

One was the middle-aged man carrying a double-barreled shotgun, and the other was the woman who had been the first to grab the envelope.

Tang Baduan had specifically warned Bai Cangshu that the woman was not simple; she was also a somewhat famous assassin in the underground world, nicknamed 【Green Snake】.

Bai Cangshu wore his mask, holding a scimitar in his right hand. He did not use up that dual-wielding weapon specialization because he was not sure what kind of specialization ability Tao Baibai would teach him, so he decided to save it for now.

This getup was Bai Cangshu's old routine. On the blurry mountain path, visibility was poor, and there were always people who, upon seeing his attire, would only keep their guard up against this blade, only to be shot down by Bai Cangshu with a few rounds.

Bai Cangshu was not the type of person with a special penchant for melee combat, or rather, when he was not "having an episode," Bai Cangshu was actually very rational.

While thinking, Bai Cangshu had already arrived at the narrow mountain path entrance. He specifically chose a section of the road without guardrails that leaned against the sea. In the distance, there was indeed a figure walking up the path shrouded in mountain mist.

Judging by the build, it should be that middle-aged man carrying the shotgun.

Bai Cangshu's heart stirred, and he also moved forward, aided by the clouds and mist.

When snatching the envelope that day, Bai Cangshu noticed that although the opponent used the double-barreled shotgun as a club to swing, his hands were always gripping the handle position.

That is to say, the opponent was very confident in his own marksmanship. If anything went slightly wrong, even in that kind of chaotic close-quarters combat, he would still rely on shooting to resolve the enemy. Therefore, facing this kind of true Archer, Bai Cangshu did not feel he should rely on a revolver for long-distance shooting.

"Welcome back, Master Tao Baibai asked me to come and greet you."

Bai Cangshu spoke nonsense that had no basis at all, his right-hand scimitar hanging low.

The man carrying the shotgun did not respond and continued to move forward; that double-barreled shotgun was still carried on his back.

Bai Cangshu frowned. Could the opponent really be that naive, actually believing his nonsense at a time like this, completely off-guard?

Suddenly, Bai Cangshu's footsteps paused. A flash of light appeared in his left hand, and the silver revolver 【Doom Knocking】 appeared directly.

He raised his hand and fired immediately.

Bang! This shot hit the opponent's head directly; it must have triggered the special effect of 【Doom Knocking】.

The moisture in the air on the mountain path was heavy during the day, and even when the opponent fell, his figure was somewhat blurry. Bai Cangshu squinted his eyes and suddenly leaned down.

Bang! As the middle-aged man's corpse fell, a figure that had been hiding behind him all along was finally revealed. No, it should be said that the shotgun man Bai Cangshu saw had been a corpse from start to finish, which was why he hadn't seen a kill notification.

It was this woman who had been supporting the corpse up the mountain from behind!

Bai Cangshu saw the double-barreled shotgun detach from the corpse and be raised, so he instantly lowered his body and charged forward. On this kind of mountain path, facing a long-barreled shotgun, the risk of running backward was far higher than rushing over.

By the time Bai Cangshu heard the gunshot, he had already charged out; even the white smoke rising in front of the opponent turned into slow motion. His pupils dilated, he gripped the scimitar straight, and slashed horizontally with great force.

Hum! Without any technique to speak of, Bai Cangshu's muscles bulged, relying entirely on an instantaneous explosive power of over 600 jin to propel this scimitar to a terrifying speed.

The long-haired woman's pupils shrank, her waist bent, and her hands let go of the shotgun, watching the steel blade slice through the air and then instantly sever the neck of the middle-aged man whose body still retained some warmth.

Pfft! A head flew up directly, and blood sprayed upward like a fountain.

Clang! Bai Cangshu had used too much force; after this blade severed the neck, the momentum did not stop, and it struck the mountain rock directly, the blade instantly snapping.

Madman!

The female assassin nicknamed 【Green Snake】 cursed in her heart. That slash just now had left her with lingering fear; if she had been a split second slower, she feared her entire head would have been split open.

She had long ago sensed that Tao Baibai's so-called trial actually implied that everyone should kill each other, so after completing the mission, she had been hiding outside the town and had not gone up the mountain.

Seeing that three people in a row had returned without a sound, she secretly followed the middle-aged gunman who returned today up the mountain and used the fog to assassinate him, using the corpse to cover her ascent. She had not expected Bai Cangshu to be not only sharp-witted but also a madman with no psychological burden regarding killing.

Green Snake pushed hard, and the headless corpse lunged toward Bai Cangshu. The woman followed the corpse forward step by step, her feet never leaving the ground, approaching with a footwork that seemed to glide across the ground, two cold glints lighting up at her fingertips.

(End of chapter)