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My Nascent Soul Ran Away Again-Chapter 215 - : Tapping the Electronic Wooden Fish,
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Chapter 215: Tapping the Electronic Wooden Fish,
Increasing Quantum Merits, Cultivating Turing Immortals, Entering the Cyber Heaven
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The summer in the Sangna Plains was pale.
Pale skies, pale earth, pale, distorted number trees โ everything was lifeless.
In the midst of this desert, a battered garbage truck traveled over undulating mounds.
The Scorpion Il transport vehicle, an old model from before the Great Catastrophe, was tough and durable, making it a favorite among the scavengers eking out a living in the wasteland.
โBig sister, weโre approaching Yellowstone Town,โ said the man in the truck, a pipe clenched between his teeth, gazing towards the distant town.
โYellowstone Town is a coveted place. Many scavengers dream of obtaining town resident status,โ the woman clicked her tongue, โUnfortunatelyโฆโ
She rubbed a short knife against the metal ring on her wrist, producing a brushing sound.
The man, Gu Tie, and the woman, Gu Ying, were siblings.
But in todayโs world, the ethical concepts of the lower classes were shattered by harsh realities.
Being siblingsโฆ Was often just one aspect of their identity.
โLilโ Tie, we must seize this opportunity,โ the woman secured the knife at her waist.
โI traded that high-grade prosthetic limb to the Black Dragon Strongholdโs chief to get you this surgery opportunityโฆ Once itโs done, youโll be an โQi
Refining Cultivator.โโ
โDonโt worry, big sister, I understand,โ Gu Tie smiled casually.
โWeโre just scouting around. What could go wrong?โ
โYellowstone Town is under the protection of the โOverlord Blade Sectโ. If the Black Dragon Strongholdโs chief is sending us as scouts, he must be acting under someoneโs orders,โ Gu Ying shook her head.
Scavengers who survived in the wasteland had their own philosophies of life.
Yellowstone Town was a significant settlement, its residents wary and xenophobic, and possessed considerable firepower.
Only scavengers who earned their trust could enter the town for trade.
Gu Ying was cautious and meticulous. She knew well that the task from the Black Dragon Strongholdโs chief wouldnโt be simple. ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ก.๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ
However, the opportunity to transform her brother into a โQi Cultivatorโ easily shattered Gu Yingโs defenses.
The garbage truck trundled on.
After cresting a hill, two figures cloaked in black appeared in the sights of Gu
Tie and Gu Ying.
Clad in dark cloaks, without any vehicles, they trekked across the Sangna Plains.
Gu Yingโs wariness spiked. She signaled Gu Tie with a glance to keep distance from these strangers.
In the wasteland, the best strategy upon encountering unknown people or things was to avoid contact.
However, Gu Tie turned to her, lowering his voice, โBig sister, they donโt have weapons!โ
โWhat?โ Gu Ying frowned, โNo weapons?โ
Gu Tie pointed to the truckโs dashboard, dirty and resembling a radar with its emanating ripples.
โI turned on the detector; it found no metal,โ Gu Tie said.
Gu Ying wanted to chide her brother for carelessly using the detector. In the wilderness, electricity was precious, especially during the Sangna Plainsโ cloudy summers, making it hard to fully charge solar cells.
But now, Gu Yingโs attention was also on the detector.
It was well-known that the deeper the cultivation, the higher the degree of cybernetic integration, and more metallic parts on oneโs body.
Detectors donโt lie.
Undoubtedly, these were two โmortalsโ , just like Gu Tie and Gu Ying.
No, much weaker than usโฆ
Gu Ying glanced down at the short shotgun by her side.
With a nearly thirty-millimeter caliber, it was a rare, high-powered shotgun even among wasteland hunters, not just scavengers.
But it was too long, and the recoil too strong. Gu Ying more commonly used a large-caliber handgun.
At close range, it could blow an enemyโs head off.
And in the truckโs cabin, there were even heavier weapons like rocket launchers. For scavengers without a fixed abode, their truck was their entire fortune.
โShall weโฆ Take a shot?โ Gu Tie licked his lips.
Under normal circumstances, this phrase would carry no hidden meaning.
But now, Gu Tie was suggesting they attack these two strangers.
Gu Ying hesitated.
Attacking lone or wounded scavengers, murder for loot, they had done such things before.
Or rather, on the wasteland, acting on greed or lust at the sight of valuables or beauty was all too common.
A piece of clothing, a hat, even the organs of scavengers could be sold for money.
But they needed to get to Yellowstone Town quickly, and Gu Ying didnโt want any complications.
โBig sister, it wonโt take long,โ Gu Tie said.
โWeโll just kill them. Their cloaks look like good material; we could make clothes out of them. And if weโre lucky, any unmutated organs they have could be sold in the cityโฆโ freewebn(o)vel.com
โAlright.โ
Gu Ying nodded, unholstered her large-caliber handgun, and disengaged the safety.
Gu Tie also took out his pistol, placing it on his thigh.
The siblings exchanged a glance, and the garbage truck slowed down, heading towards the cloaked figures.
โSuch poor feng Shui here,โ Lu Xuan remarked, adjusting his cloak.
The sun was a dismal white, the sand and stones were a dismal white, even the plants on the ground looked as if they were suffering from albinism.
After retrieving the drive core fragment from Yuan Star, the worldโs laws had changed.
The source of โHeavenly and Earthly Qiโ vanished, causing global upheaval.
Overnight, even War Gods lost their transcendent powers, regressing to mere mortals..