Apocalyptic Wasteland Simulator

Chapter 204 - 199: Ability User Bar
”Speak! What is that thing? And where did you take our boss?”
At this moment, Jiang Fulong was more dead than alive, hovering on the brink of death. His mind was filled with excruciating pain and his consciousness began to blur. He could only respond weakly, ”I don’t know... I don’t know... Kill me. Please, give me a quick death. Just kill me.”

”What? You don’t know?” Gelieza frowned, his face full of suspicion.

”I really don’t. It was given to me by a mysterious figure. He said I would face this calamity in the future and that I should use it to escape at a crucial moment. The destination is random.”

”I really don’t know anything else,” Jiang Fulong said, his voice feeble.

Then, Jiang Fulong briefly recounted everything. He revealed in full detail how the mysterious figure had given him the teleportation device, directed him to this place, and generously provided a large amount of equipment, money, and supplies.

”I’ve told you everything I was supposed to, everything I know. Please, give me a quick death.”

His eyes filled with despair and pleading, Jiang Fulong awaited Gelieza’s final judgment.

Gelieza’s gaze fell on Jiang Fulong’s urine-soaked pants. A mocking curve touched the corner of his mouth as he said coldly, ”Now you know fear? Don’t you think it’s a little late for that? As for what to do with you...”

He trailed off, abruptly pausing. His sharp gaze had caught a pair of eyes filled with hatred staring fixedly in his direction.

He turned his head slightly and spoke to the woman standing there. ”Our boss said to make him into a human pig.”

”A human pig is—”

Before Gelieza could explain, the woman interrupted him. ”I know. I’ll take good care of him. What about his subordinates...?”

Gelieza dismissed her concerns directly. ”All of his subordinates have been dealt with. There’s no need to worry.”

Then Gelieza turned his gaze to Liu Haofeng. Ever since Chen Pingchuan had disappeared, Liu Haofeng, who had been offering support from the back, had fallen completely silent.

”What do we do now?” Gelieza asked. ”Did you and the Boss make any plans? If you got separated, where would you rendezvous?”

Gelieza looked at Liu Haofeng with hope. Even though things are dire now, at least this gives us a direction. It’s better than before when everything was unknown and all I could do was wait.

Liu Haofeng’s brow was also furrowed, his expression shifting constantly. He spoke with some uncertainty, ”The Boss and I didn’t have an agreement like that.”

But he immediately added, ”Although we didn’t have an agreement, for some reason... I have a gut feeling that the Boss is somewhere to the south.”

As he spoke, Liu Haofeng pointed out the window toward the southern night sky.

「....」

Chen Pingchuan struggled to open his leaden-heavy eyes. The first thing that entered his vision was a deep alleyway, so dark it seemed capable of devouring everything.

On both sides of the alley stood several large garbage bins. The trash inside reeked like the breath of a carrion-eater, emitting a stench so sickening it could make one faint. His back was propped weakly against a wall, and the greasy sensation made his stomach churn with nausea.

His limbs ached unbearably, and his entire body felt as if it had been drained of all strength. He couldn’t move a muscle.

As his mind gradually cleared, he recalled the moments just before. To stop Jiang Fulong from escaping, he had grabbed the small teleportation device without thinking of the consequences. A blinding white light had flashed like lightning. Then, he felt himself pulled into a space completely dominated by darkness—a darkness so dense it was almost tangible, a blackness that was pure and absolute.

There, he felt abandoned by the world, unable to perceive anything, accompanied only by the endless, encroaching darkness.

After an unknown amount of time, a faint speck of light had appeared abruptly. He saw it as a lifeline in an ocean of darkness and swam toward it with all his might, miraculously breaking free through that tiny point of light.

Chen Pingchuan never wanted to enter that place again. No, he couldn’t endure even another second of it. It was truly like the legendary Dark Hell.

Wait, Dark Hell?

The thought had barely surfaced in his mind when it was abruptly cut short. A girl of about sixteen or seventeen had appeared before him without any warning.

She had shiny, shoulder-length black hair that was slightly, naturally curled, like the wispy edges of a cloud. Her rounded face resembled a ripe peach, with a faint pink blush. Her large eyes, full of life and curiosity, were framed by long, fluttering eyelashes that looked like tiny fans. A small, delicate nose stood playfully in the center of her face above a cherry-red mouth. Her lips were curved into a sweet smile that revealed a row of pearly white teeth.

She wore a simple maid’s dress, its skirt swaying gently with her movements. A light blue ribbon was tied into a delicate bow at her waist, adding to her playful and lively appearance.

”Hey, who are you?”

As the girl’s face drew closer, Chen Pingchuan instinctively tried to pull away. But his body only managed a slight twitch before intense pain made him hiss, sucking in a sharp breath.

”Oh dear, you’re hurt! Don’t move, don’t move! I’ll help you.”

The girl was startled at first, instinctively stumbling back a step and nearly falling. After steadying herself, she reached out her pale, delicate hand toward him without a hint of disdain for his current state.

Chen Pingchuan looked nothing like his usual self; all of his former dashing elegance was gone. While the fierce battle that afternoon hadn’t physically harmed him, his clothes bore witness to the brutal combat. His shirt and pants were ripped to shreds, riddled with holes from the hail of bullets. Because of the urgent need to raid the Black Skull Camp at night, he hadn’t had time to change.

So, to the girl, Chen Pingchuan now looked like a young man in his early twenties who had been forced onto the streets by poverty. Judging by his tattered clothes and current condition, she figured he probably hadn’t had a proper meal or a good night’s rest in a very long time.

”Get away! Don’t touch me!”

The pain in his body was agonizing, but he found the girl’s proximity even more intolerable. Even though she was likely just trying to help him out of kindness, he still snapped at her harshly.

Unexpectedly, his rebuke failed to deter her. Instead, she...