After leaving the Trading Market, Xiao Jun did not go to the Recruitment Market again. Without thinking, he knew that those people working on his territory came from there.
The streets were still as chaotic as usual, and there were even beggars. Xiao Jun ignored them all.
Ahead, a group of people who had just returned from outside Future City walked by laughing and joking around. One look and you could tell they had a good harvest.
"Brother Jun?"
A pleasantly surprised voice came from the crowd, then a boy ran out. It was Guo Yu, who had lived on the first floor of the hotel with Xiao Jun.
"Captain Guo, bumped into an acquaintance, huh? We'll go ahead first then."
Guo Yu seemed to be doing well in Future City. He laughed and exchanged a few words with the people before looking at Xiao Jun again.
"Brother Jun, you came to Future City too, great! My mom often mentions you."
"Brother Jun, I've joined Future City now, and even became a team captain with dozens of people under me. I'm a second-order mutant now."
He seemed eager to show off to Xiao Jun like a child to his elders.
"Not bad."
Xiao Jun smiled and nodded. He had not misjudged this person. Guo Yu's intimacy towards him was evident.
But something about his attitude seemed off. The Guo Yu in the previous life was Future City's top general, ruthless and taciturn. Now with this trend, I hope he doesn't go astray.
Getting Xiao Jun's approval made Guo Yu even happier. He pulled Xiao Jun along, wanting to take him home. His mother often spoke fondly of Xiao Jun, saying that without him, the mother and son would have died long ago.
Xiao Jun did not decline either. He had nothing to do now and was happy to run into Guo Yu in Future City.
On the way, Guo Yu recounted his experiences in detail to Xiao Jun.
After listening to Xiao Jun's advice, he had become a first-order mutant. Then he brought his mother to the Survivor Team, overcoming many dangers along the way. Fortunately, Guo Yu was powerful enough to safely bring his mother to the Survivor Team.
After joining the team, Guo Yu started as an ordinary team member and gradually displayed his strength, garnering attention. He was arranged to become a small team captain, leading seven to eight people.
Later, he encountered a top-tier airdrop box.
But at that time, his team was not strong enough to deal with a second-order zombie.
At the critical moment, Guo Yu took the opportunity when the zombies were chasing and killing his scattered team members to secretly consume the mutated crystals that should have been turned in. He succeeded in leveling up to a second-order mutant. (Note: Guo Yu had already obtained many first-order mutated crystals from previous missions)
That battle was extremely dangerous. Fortunately, Guo Yu's skills prevailed in the end, and he triumphed over the second-order zombie.
Unexpectedly, that airdrop box turned out to be top-tier.
With all his men dead, there was no supervision.
Guo Yu kept his wits and did not report this matter, secretly embezzling the contents instead.
"Brother Jun, I'll let you in on a secret. There was a mutation compound in that airdrop box. After consuming it, my strength increased by about two times."
Guo Yu looked around furtively, then whispered when he saw no one around.
Xiao Jun found it amusing. This kid was quite naive deep down. He remembered well anyone who was nice to him.
Perhaps because his mother did not die in this life, he did not turn evil and still retained some innocence.
"Then you have to work hard. I'm a third-order mutant now."
Guo Yu nodded seriously, then reverted to childishness in the next second.
"Brother Jun, I heard others say a group with only pretty girls came to Future City. They are quite powerful and are called Xiao Jun's Harem Group. Is that your group?"
Xiao Jun's smile instantly turned awkward. This was too socially embarrassing, Guo Yu was still a minor!
"The name was randomly made up, don't listen to their nonsense."
"What a pity. Brother Jun's group only accepts pretty girls, otherwise I would have joined you."
Xiao Jun was exasperated. Did he really look like a playboy? He had only been with one of the 500 girls, far from comparing with those bigger team leaders.
"You stay obediently in Future City for now. When you become powerful later, I'll take you out to play."
【Brother Jun must feel I'm too weak now, a burden if I join his group and share his resources.】
【I see others checking houses of people living secretly without permission during night patrols, taking their mutated crystals then turning a blind eye.】
【Looks like I should do the same in the future, get more mutated crystals and level up faster to aid Brother Jun sooner.】
Xiao Jun's expression grew darker. How could this cold and ruthless war god have turned into a greedy little puppy? Where did things go wrong?
...
Guo Yu now lived in the west side of Future City, an area exclusively for Future City's direct members. As a small team captain, he naturally got an allocated residence too.
Due to his mother, he chose a lower floor.
Unlike pre-apocalypse times, higher floor apartments were more expensive, except for the penthouse.
In a world without electricity, high floors were unbearable.
Now, Guo Yu was a big team captain of one of Future City's teams, with over a hundred people under him. Otherwise, he couldn't have gotten a second floor unit.
As soon as the door opened, a woman's voice rang out.
"Xiao Yu is back."
Seeing a stranger with her son, Guo Yu's mother became slightly wary. Although her son was capable, he was still young after all. What if someone deceived him...
"Mom, I met Brother Jun today and brought him back. You're always talking about him."
Guo Yu excitedly ran to his mother and happily recounted.
The tension on Guo Yu's mother's face instantly disappeared, immediately replaced by a heartfelt smile.
"Come in quick."
From Guo Yu's mother's heart, all Xiao Jun heard was gratitude towards the person who had saved their lives. She had no other thoughts about him.
"Xiao Yu, go take out the food. What are you standing there for?"
Seeing Guo Yu still standing aside, Guo Yu's mother urged him.
There wasn't much, some chips, jerky, and two bottles of milk.
Despite joining Future City and being a junior leader, Guo Yu didn't get a lot of allocations.
Future City's direct members already exceeded ten thousand. At least half of the harvested resources would be kept as reserves.
The remainder trickled down through layers of distribution. By the time it reached Guo Yu's hands, there wasn't much left.
But it was still better than the vast majority. At least he and his mother had no worries about food, clothing and shelter. He could also steadily enhance his strength.
They seemed quite content with this lifestyle.
But Guo Yu's mother's occasional worried looks did not escape Xiao Jun's notice.
This lifestyle was hard-earned by her son risking his life.
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
