Chapter 11: Reaping What One Sows

Cheng Shuili drew a dagger from behind her waist, coldly gazing at the person on the ground who still hadn't awakened, and she fished out a rope from the shopping cart.

Cheng Shuili recalled the slipknot from her past life that tightens the more one struggles, she held Li Qiang's two hands, quickly wound the rope behind his back, and then bound him tightly.

After binding his hands, Cheng Shuili still felt uneasy, she took out another rope and tightly wound his ankles; as she wrapped it, she felt her fingers touch something.

Is there something hidden here?

She lifted Li Qiang's pant leg, and inside lay a chilling dagger.

【Ordinary dagger (current state: poisoned, soaked in poison for 12 hours, effect ends after 8 hours): an ordinary dagger. A tool is just a tool; how it's used depends on the wielder.】

Poisoned, it ends after thirty-six hours.

Cheng Shuili smiled as she gripped the poisoned dagger, really sorry, she had struck first.

Cheng Shuili held the mineral water bottle, took a sip after tilting her head back, then poured out a little and splashed it directly onto Li Qiang's face.

Li Qiang's brows twitched twice, then furrowed tightly; after a moment he grit his teeth and opened his eyes, meeting Cheng Shuili's calm gaze.

「Hiss, you… you slut, dare to ambush me! I'll kill you! 」 The muscles under his eyes twitched, trembling as he openly revealed his vicious look.

When Li Qiang tried to pull his hand out to touch his foot, he realized his legs and hands were bound; his whole body shuddered, finally realizing he was now a piece of meat on a display board.

Cheng Shuili watched with interest; seeing he had stopped moving, a few beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and say: 「Speak up? Why aren't you continuing? 」

「Little sis, you've misunderstood. 」 Li Qiang forced a smile, 「I was talking about a woman I previously met; I wanted to trade with her in good faith, but she ambushed me when I turned around! 」

「Fortunately I'm blessed with great fortune, otherwise I wouldn't have had the chance to meet you. I was just scolding her earlier; this is all a misunderstanding, little sis—you're beautiful and kind-hearted, helping me is also out of fear I might hurt you. 」

「Don't worry, I really am a good person; first loosen my bonds, don't hurt me, and I'll give you the fragments, okay? 」

Li Qiang's tone carried coaxing; he could only hope that Cheng Shuili had knocked him out out of caution.

He hoped that this girl, Cheng Shuili, lacked the courage to kill with her own hands.

His pair of eyes, appearing utterly sincere, stared fixedly at Cheng Shuili, hoping to see a hint of hesitation or timidity on her face; yet, instead, those eyes held only a faint smile and a trace of strange excitement.

Li Qiang couldn't help but shiver.

Cheng Shuili finally spoke, asking: 「But you said I was the first living person you'd seen? Full of lies, saying more is useless. 」

Cheng Shuili drew out the poisoned dagger, she didn't strike hard, merely making a small cut on his face; seeing blood, Li Qiang had already been poisoned.

As for whether he lives or dies, to some extent it's up to himself. The moment Li Qiang decided to poison the dagger, his own fate was sealed.

He reaped what he sowed.

Cheng Shuili looked on coldly.

Li Qiang was first surprised; he didn't recognize that the dagger Cheng Shuili held was his own, still thinking she lacked the courage to kill, and he breathed a deep sigh of relief.

He couldn't help but smile, but accidentally tugged at the wound on his face; then he sensed something was wrong.

A piercing pain surged from the wound, spreading rapidly; his eyes, his mouth—within moments his whole body was in agony!

This feeling was all too familiar; not long ago he had personally watched an innocent girl suffer and die from poison torture, and now it had so quickly become his turn.

In agony, Li Qiang struggled, twisting his head into a distorted arc, and forcibly snapped his own neck.

【Defeated player Li Qiang, obtained 75% of Li Qiang's supplies.】

【First player kill, achieved the Cold-Blooded Killer achievement: As expected of you, calm survivor! Even your peers can bring themselves to do it.】

Only one achievement, no title.

As the system prompt ended, Cheng Shuili personally saw part of the supplies on the pickup truck turn into smoke and vanish.

The vanished items also seemed random.

Immediately afterward, Li Qiang's corpse and that pickup truck also vanished, as if nothing had happened on the road; only scattered supplies remained on the ground.

Cheng Shuili stared at the dagger in her hand for a while, then stored it in the shopping cart's compartment as an ordinary weapon.

Next came the joyful harvest time.

Adding the three fragments contributed by Li Qiang, Cheng Shuili's fragments totaled nine, still a considerable distance from the twenty‑fragment milestone.

Besides that, Cheng Shuili also harvested: Handsome Master Instant Noodles ×5, 500 ml mineral water ×7, portable tent ×1, double‑layer insulated sleeping bag ×1, thermal insulation material ×5, rubber ×3, nails ×10.

This is Li Qiang's seventy‑five percent of supplies.

Cheng Shuili valued the double‑layer insulated sleeping bag the most.

The weather is still okay now; if extreme cold arrives later, this sleeping bag might just save her life.

Besides that, it's those five packs of instant noodles; eating them every day isn't special, but having a pack once in a while is truly fragrant!

Cheng Shuili happily put everything away and restarted her little shopping cart.

Today's mileage isn't finished yet; experiencing this first thing in the morning is quite a buzzkill.

Cheng Shuili shook her head, twisting the handle with dual purpose, planning to go to the trade market to dispose of some useless items, like that portable tent.

This item seems intended for players who chose bicycles, or for those who picked pickup trucks and panel vans to camp in their vehicles.

Her shopping cart can be said to be quite promising—it not only evolved a compartment, but also has a sofa inside; why would she ever choose to live in a tent?

Cheng Shuili opened the trade channel; it was still as bustling as ever.

She intended to use this to exchange for some vehicle upgrade materials.

Cheng Shuili inferred that the later the vehicle upgrade, the more materials it would require; in other words, that upgrade core becomes more worthwhile the later it's used.

She couldn't guarantee she'd have such luck again; after all, that is a 【Legendary】‑tier item, and like fine steel it should be used where it counts.

At this non‑urgent moment, she ought to prioritize the first upgrade route.

Having made up her mind, Cheng Shuili shouted in the regional channel: 「Portable tent for iron lumps, iron nails, heat‑insulating material, thermal insulation material, plastic, rubber, etc. Bring your own price; if suitable I'll initiate a trade directly. 」

【Xing Gou】: Wow, the big shot has appeared.

【You Mao Bingbing】: Wuya Dalao, I offer ten iron lumps, twenty iron nails plus one thermal insulation material in exchange!