"A dog?"
Chen Miao unconsciously looked towards the Bee King Sniper Rifle in his backpack, the silencer accessory attached to this sniper rifle was given to him by a dog on the Hell Bus, and this person had even won first place in the city-state competition?
He hadn't seemed that skilled on the Hell Bus.
Apart from being fast, there weren't any other notable traits.
He had this person as a friend; towards the end of the Hell Bus journey, the person had given him an item he obtained from the Rainbow Box during the first challenge. His friends' list showed the dog was named "Wen Xi."
"Is the dog you mentioned named Wen Xi?"
"No."
Zhou Shen shook his head, "That dog's name is Wen Shen. It's just that after winning the first place in the city-state competition, he didn't shine as brightly as the world expected; instead, he vanished without a trace, and no one knew where he had gone."
"I see..."
Chen Miao nodded thoughtfully. They were both dogs, and the name was similar too. Could the Wen Xi he met be the son of Wen Shen? Could an entire family have the Roaring Heavenly Dog as their hidden occupation?
It should be a child born before he became a dog, right? After turning into a dog, he should be considered sterile.
Just then—
"I need to step out for a bit."
Zhou Shen's expression changed slightly as he grabbed the clothes off the chair and looked at Chen Miao for instructions, "A special event has occurred, a new taboo item has been born. A child has insomnia, screaming every night that he can't sleep, yelling for a superhero toy to protect him as he sleeps."
"After his parents agreed, they bought him a monster toy the next day, saying monsters were cheaper. The child was then terrified by the fierce-looking monster and couldn't sleep even more, so he threw the monster toy under the bed."
"His mother then bought him a philosophy book, hoping that the child would feel sleepy while reading philosophy and thus fall asleep faster. However, the child threw it under the bed too, as he didn't understand it."
"Later, the parents bought many things to solve the child's insomnia; all ended up under the bed."
"The child has autism and doesn't communicate at all besides crying; the whole family atmosphere is also very autistic. It was not until today, when he saw his father and mother arguing, that the father picked up a firefighter's axe and chopped his mother to death, that the child completely broke down emotionally and hid in a corner, sobbing loudly."
"The noise was too loud."
"Afraid of being discovered and arrested, and always despising his autistic, non-communicative, crying child, the father grabbed the firefighter's axe and prepared to silence his son."
"At that moment—"
"A monster, well-read in philosophy, wielding a long blade, slowly crawled out from under the bed, stood in front of the child, and chopped the father to death. It is currently taking the child out of the city, causing many deaths along the way. I need to quickly lead a team to retrieve this taboo item."
'Ding, a random event "boss siege" will appear in Fengtian City's Sankui Wasteland in 3 hours.'
'All players, please be prepared.'
'The player who deals the most damage to the boss and lands the final blow will receive a special reward.'
'PS: There are 2 bosses this time, sister bosses, with the name "Evil Medusa".'
"Hmm?"
Chen Miao raised an eyebrow, just about to say something when he saw a message forwarded in his friends' channel from Zhou Shen.
The gist of it was that the one-on-one duel he and Sang Biao were supposed to have this afternoon was canceled.
There were two bosses in this boss siege, and he and Sang Biao would each take one; whoever killed their boss faster would be selected.
Simple and straightforward.
Chen Miao naturally had no objections. He wouldn't even need to make another trip to Fengtian City; it would all be wrapped up right at the Sankui Wasteland on his doorstep.
Besides, the boss was female... he had been eager to test the power of his sniper rifle but had regretted not having the opportunity. This time he could give it a try.
...
In a corner of Fengtian City.
Sang De, with an emotionless face, put back into his pocket a newly activated item. After a long pause, he finally managed to squeeze out a smile as he looked towards Sang Biao, whose body was fully mechanized, and cheerfully said,
"Success, Fengtian City agreed to cancel the duel, and we'll decide who will represent Fengtian City based on who kills the boss faster."
"But I've always felt you could definitely beat him in a duel. Can't you really beat him in a one-on-one fight?"
"..."
After a long silence, Sang Biao lowered his head, the mechanical red light in his pupils flickering. It was some time before he replied in a raspy, machine-like voice, "I can't stop it. I've studied his combat footage, and his Thompson submachine gun has a firing rate of twenty thousand rounds per second."
"In some complicated battle environments, I could still think of some strategies, but in the smaller space of the ring, as soon as he fires, I'd have no choice but to charge forward head-on. I stand no chance in a firefight with him."
"Alright then."
Sang De nodded, then patted Sang Biao's shoulder with a smile saying, "Relax, the boss for this random event has been carefully selected by us and fits perfectly with your Strength."
"The Medusa boss has a classic passive ability, which is immunity to all 'Damage Energy Coefficient 50' and below. Sure, Chen Miao's Thompson submachine gun fires fast, but it's no use if the damage is too low."