Chapter 299: Cross-Region Assassination

Fortunately, the woman also understood her situation.

Everyone in the warehouse stared at her, waiting to see what she would say.

"His body is definitely not a player's, nor a human's; we don't know exactly what it is, and he never said..."

This is just more nonsense; Cheng Shuili pressed the knife tip closer, making the woman speak much faster: "But! But his consciousness... his consciousness comes from another major region! He also said he's from Meiguo, his purpose in coming here is to assassinate you—you're the Number One of our subregion, the only player ever announced in a server-wide notice, you're too big a threat."

The pressure from the knife tip eased considerably, and the woman's speech slowed accordingly, but she didn't withhold any information.

"He said the current mergers are of subregions under a major region combining; later, the major regions will merge randomly. He said... he said a server-wide ranking will definitely appear then! At that time, you, you will be their biggest threat to reaching the top!"

"He said... he said if you're killed, our major region, the whole Long Guo, will lose its strongest player; when the server merges in the future, they'll gain absolute advantage! He promised... if successful, he'll take us to transfer regions, to enjoy better resources and status over there!"

The woman's voice was hoarse, almost a wail: "What... what wrong have we done?! We just don't want to wait for death in this hopeless world!"

The burly man's face turned ashen, he went completely limp, knowing everything was over.

Cheng Shuili slowly sheathed her knife.

She looked at the two who, for an illusory promise, had betrayed their compatriots and invited wolves in; her heart held no anger, only extreme cold and disgust.

Cheng Shuili didn't judge whether their choice was right or wrong; she only realized one thing: the two were indeed following Fengyun Tianxia to assassinate her.

Anyone who wanted to kill her, she certainly wouldn't let go.

Cheng Shuili stated the facts in a low voice: "You indeed wanted to kill me, and even prayed in your hearts that Fengyun Tianxia would kill me; if that's the case..."

She turned her back, facing away from the two miserable captives, lips moving slightly as she spoke the final half-sentence: "What right do I have to let you go?"

"No... we..."

The woman still wanted to explain, her lips trembling, but she couldn't form a complete sentence.

The burly man went completely limp, his eyes holding only despairing ash.

Cheng Shuili no longer looked at them, merely tilting her head slightly and telling Ailin and Xinxue behind her: "Clean them up."

Her tone was as flat as saying "just tidy up."

Ailin's eyes flashed, and without hesitation she raised her gun.

Xinxue seemed to hesitate for half a second, but seeing Cheng Shuili's cold profile and the bizarre headless corpse on the ground, she immediately tightened the trigger.

"No!"

"Spare us! We could still..."

Pleas for mercy and gunfire sounded almost simultaneously, then cut off abruptly.

This shot, Xinxue fired with extreme accuracy.

After two short, muffled gunshots, the warehouse fell completely silent, only the rain tirelessly pounding the roof.

Moyu Miji stared at the corpse of Fengyun Tianxia on the ground, then suddenly raised a hand to touch his own neck. He didn't know about this either... he had just collected supplies as a human ticket...

Wu Ya... Wu Ya probably wouldn't also kill him, right?

Moyu Miji was panicking, but Cheng Shuili currently had no capacity to worry about him.

Her mind was still thinking about Fengyun Tianxia.

The body isn't human... yet it can carry another person's consciousness? What exactly is this?

The smooth cut surface gleamed with a metallic cold hardness in the dim light, lacking any biological texture, more like a specially alloyed piece precision-cut.

"Not a player, not a monster, but... consciousness from another major region?"

She murmured to herself, brows slightly furrowed.

This explained many problems, but also brought more questions.

How is this "cross-border" assassination carried out?

How did the other side find her specific subregion?

Would beheading this vessel affect the consciousness? And... what's the situation with the Meiguo major region now? They actually still have the skill to use props to assassinate her?

Cheng Shuili walked to the headless body of Fengyun Tianxia and lightly probed the neck wound with her knife tip.

Server-wide announcement, Number One...

It turned out that in an unknown corner, she had long become a target in others' eyes.

Future mergers will be brutal collisions between nations and regions.

But so what?

Just as Fengyun Tianxia could only be beheaded by her, when troops come, block them; when water comes, earth covers it—premature anxiety is meaningless.

And this experience was merely an early warning for Cheng Shuili.

Cheng Shuili put away Night Hunt, the longsword returning to its sheath with a clear ring, breaking the warehouse's dead silence.

"We should go."

She suddenly said this, then after speaking glanced at the system's time.

Her feeling was correct; the peak of the second acid rain had only twenty minutes left.

Leaving early is better than panicking.

Before leaving the warehouse, Cheng Shuili stuffed all remaining coatings into the Abyssal Ring, leaving only empty wooden crates and a headless corpse on the floor.

Cheng Shuili thought it over and still stuffed Fengyun Tianxia's body into the Abyssal Ring.

This thing's bulletproof effect is really good; if not for Night Hunt's top-tier materials, Cheng Shuili really couldn't handle him today.

Moreover, the materials used for such an outlandish cross-region assassination must also be top-notch.

Now she can't tell what this thing is, but she can take it to the monster merchant NPC at the refueling station to have a look, or show it to Shi Nian.

Either way, it's better than leaving it here.

That dagger, able to block Night Hunt, what ordinary grade could it be?

There's no time to examine it now; Cheng Shuili just shoved it into the Abyssal Ring.

"Go."

Cheng Shuili gave no extra explanation, turned first, and strode toward the warehouse door.

Their chosen shelter was still the same one as last time.

It's near, familiar, and of course the best choice.

But just as Cheng Shuili stepped inside, she received a prompt.

【The current shelter has already provided one protection, but it has failed; please find a new shelter!】

Her face changed, and the few who entered later also furrowed their brows, obviously having seen this prompt. Now is not the time to complain; fortunately they came early, and now that they've discovered this place can't be used, there's still time!

But she still wanted to curse a bit!

The system didn't warn early or late, but chose to remind when the player entered the shelter for the second time—this kind of intention... is truly malicious!

Cheng Shuili immediately pulled up the map that ginger sugar had discovered, searching for the nearest shelter location.

Qi Wan Yi also came over and looked with her. Soon, both of their gazes fell on the same spot.