Zhang Chengfu, completely unaware of the approaching crisis, returned home early since he had no afternoon classes at the university.
Ever since he accidentally fell to his death while hiking and was resurrected in the Survival Space, every round of the survival game brought immense pressure. His way of venting that stress was by finding himself a beautiful mistress.
Today was the day Zhang Chengfu had an appointment for a tryst with her at his home.
After meticulously tidying himself up and taking a shower, Zhang Chengfu dressed to look handsome and suave. Sitting on the sofa, he selected the red wine for the date. He poured half a glass, took a chilled can of beer from the fridge, opened it, and poured it into the wine.
He swirled it gently and took a sip.
After a while, when Zhang Chengfu had finished most of his drink, a knock sounded at the door. He opened it to see the person he was expecting.
"Xiao Man, you're here."
"Brother Zhang, you look much handsomer than usual today."
"When am I not handsome?"
Zhang Chengfu closed the door and pulled Xiao Man into his arms. Their clothes fell away as they rolled onto the bed.
After the passion, Zhang Chengfu couldn't resist a sudden, overwhelming surge of drowsiness. He fell into a deep sleep, completely unaware that he had been drugged; he simply thought he had drunk a bit too much.
After all, in the Survival Space, no one knew his true identity. Even for his teammates in his survival squad, the only thing they knew was that he was a university professor.
Professors in universities were as common as ox hairs; trying to find him precisely was no easier than fishing for a needle in the ocean.
The beautiful and charming Xiao Man took a shower, dressed, snapped a photo of the sleeping Zhang Chengfu, and left elegantly in her high heels. As for what use that photo might have—who knows!
Ten minutes later, a young man dressed as a courier arrived wearing a peaked cap. The hair visible at the back was black. He entered the building carrying a cardboard box large enough to hold an adult.
A moment later, he walked out carrying it, shaking his head gloomily as if he had found the wrong place, and walked quickly out of the residential area.
He casually placed the box onto a rented tricycle and rode away.
On the outskirts of Qingnan City, in an abandoned, unfinished building, Cyan walked in carrying the box containing Zhang Chengfu.
This was a place Cyan had spent a long time searching for—the most suitable spot to deal with Zhang Chengfu.
Splash!
Icy water was thrown onto his face. Zhang Chengfu woke from his dream only to find, to his horror, that he was chained to a chair. These were the heavy iron chains used to lock main gates.
A light flickered on—a USB charging light, bought online for less than 10 yuan, shipping included! Who knew how long it would last, but for Cyan, using it once was enough.
After a brief moment of panic, Zhang Chengfu calmed down. With his abilities, breaking these chains should be incredibly easy. Seeing the "youth" leaning against the wall wearing a British-style newsboy cap, he roared: "Who are you? Why did you kidnap me? What is your goal? Don't you know this is a crime?!"
"A crime? Was it not a crime when you killed me, hmm?" Cyan took off her hat, her silver-white eyes glaring at Zhang Chengfu with pure hatred.
"You... who are you?!"
Zhang Chengfu didn't remember ever killing such a beautiful youth with fiery red hair intentionally streaked with four colors. A trace of confusion flickered in his eyes, followed by a furious shout: "You've got the wrong person!"
As he shouted this, Zhang Chengfu felt a sense of relief. If it was just a mistake, he wouldn't have to expose the abilities he gained from the Survival Space to solve this.
"Was my thesis easy to use, Professor Zhang?"
Cyan's fingers lightly tapped the wall as she walked and talked. "One-three-five, two-four-six... you regularly drink different brands of red wine. On Sundays, before your tryst with that mistress named Yu Xiao Man, you drink a glass of red wine mixed with beer. Truly worthy of you, such style."
Cyan clapped her her hands, looking at the pale-faced Zhang Chengfu. She could have let him die in his sleep. However, she didn't want him to die so easily.
Zhang Chengfu's face gradually darkened. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out words he himself could hardly believe.
"You're Cyan Wei... Impossible! Your body should have been dissolved!"
Melting Gas—the trademark skill of the plot character Mack the Knife from Captain Commando, an alien who looked like a mummy. Enemies killed by him would melt into liquid.
"Could it be... you..."
Zhang Chengfu thought of a possibility he was unwilling to admit.
"That's right. The Survival Space resurrected me. Surprised? Unexpected?"
Cyan laughed loudly, tugging at her clothes. With a tearing sound, she revealed the Survival Brand on her chest that only survivors could see.
"So you're a survivor too... then this is much easier! I didn't expect you'd be resurrected by the space... and turned into a girl!" Zhang Chengfu looked at Cyan mockingly.
"Don't think chains like these can restrain—Gwaaaah!!!"
Zhang Chengfu's muscles bulged, but just as he was about to snap the chains and kill Cyan, the chains suddenly erupted with electricity. As the intense shock hit him, his body convulsed violently.
"The power of these electric car batteries isn't bad."
Cyan watched Zhang Chengfu, who was rolling his eyes and foaming at the mouth from the shock. She clicked her tongue, shook her head, and pressed the remote again.
Intense sparks flashed across Zhang Chengfu's body once more.
"You... you kill me... and you won't have it easy either... this is a crime! Let me go, and I can act as if nothing happened!"
Zhang Chengfu hadn't given up hope of living. He tried to persuade Cyan to let him go.
"I can go public with the truth, that I took your thesis. Cyan Wei, you were always a good kid... your parents came to the university looking for you after you went missing. I can help you, make them accept you."
Zhang Chengfu tried to appeal to her emotions and logic, even bringing up Cyan Wei's parents. But it was all in vain; not only did he fail to persuade Cyan, he enraged her instead.
Because Cyan was not Cyan Wei. To be precise, she was an existence with Cyan Wei's soul but was completely different from him.
Cyan didn't have Cyan Wei's complete memories, only fragments. The only relatively complete parts were the memory of being killed by Zhang Chengfu and her hatred for him!
"I am not Cyan Wei. His family has nothing to do with me. The hatred from being killed by you is very troublesome for me. Only when you are dead will my hatred for you vanish."
Snap!
Cyan snapped Zhang Chengfu's neck. She took out a fruit knife and stabbed it into his heart, pulling it out and stabbing again, repeating the motion.
She continued until Zhang Chengfu's upper body was a bloody mess, unrecognizable.
Revenge was satisfying and refreshing, yet after the revenge came an unprecedented emptiness, as if she herself had become a hollow shell.
[Survivor No. 11766, you have killed Survivor No. 8775, a member of the Black Smoke Squad, in the real world!]
[Survivor No. 11766, your Slaughter Value +1! Current Slaughter Value: 1 point.]
[Warning: Excessive Slaughter Value will cause negative consequences!]
A blood-red card, seemingly condensed from blood, appeared on Zhang Chengfu's corpse.
[Bloody Card obtained. Use the Bloody Card?]
[1. Obtain Survivor No. 8775's Survival Points.]
[2. Randomly draw 3 items from Survivor No. 8775's inventory or private room.]
[3. Obtain 50% of Survivor No. 8775's Survival Points and randomly draw 1 item from his inventory or private room.]
Receiving the information from the Survival Brand, Cyan calmed down. She let out a long sigh, her emotions gradually steadying. After thinking for a moment, she chose to randomly draw three times.
A bloody treasure chest filled with fresh blood appeared before her. The blood inside bubbled and gurgled, overflowing from the chest and staining the skull carvings on its surface, looking as if blood-tears were flowing from the dark, hollow eyes of the skulls.
Truly bad taste...
Cyan reached her hand into the chest. The sensation of touching the scorching hot blood was vivid; the viscous blood coated her hand like syrup. After feeling an object, she immediately pulled her hand back, and a short sword appeared in her grip.
[Mack's Dagger (Right)]
[Type: Plot Character Weapon]
[Attributes: Attack Power 26~39, Strength +2, Agility +2, Attack Speed +20%.]
[Special: 10% chance on hit to spray Melting Gas, dealing 5 damage per second for 10 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.]
[Set Attribute: Collect both Mack's Dagger (Left) and (Right) to activate set attributes.]
[Requirements: Agility 15.]
[Warning: Once equipped, this item is soul-bound to the user and cannot be traded. If the user dies, the item disappears!]
[Note: You scum! Don't think you're leaving Earth alive!]
Looking at the weapon's attributes, Cyan suppressed her disgust and quickly reached back into the chest to complete the remaining two draws at once.
[Strawberry Cola]
[Type: Recovery Item]
[Effect: Restores 30 Health and Spirit.]
[Note: Strong Roger likes to drink strawberry cola when he isn't playing baseball.]
[Silver Scale Belt]
[Type: Belt]
[Attributes: Reduces ranged damage taken by 10, increases Spirit recovery speed by 10%.]
[Special 1: Increases movement speed by 20% in water.]
[Special 2: Allows breathing underwater for 20 minutes. Cooldown: 24 hours.]
[Requirements: Constitution 10, Spirit 10.]
[Note: A belt made by the Belmont family using scales collected from fish-type monsters. One sniff will make you question your life.]
Looking at the belt shimmering with silver light under the lamp and the text in the note, Cyan did something she would immediately regret: she leaned down and took a sniff of the scent on the Silver Scale Belt.
Good grief, that smell—she almost got sent to hell to meet Zhang Chengfu then and there.