Apocalyptic Wasteland Simulator

Chapter 165 - 160: Change! The Shrinking of Human Nature
When Chen Pingchuan used his appraisal skill, the azure light screen made it look as if he were staring intently at Li Chuntao. This gave her the strong delusion that he was captivated by her beauty.So, while inwardly mocking Chen Pingchuan for his false propriety, she secretly cursed his thievery, acting as if Old Man Li’s possessions were her own. I’ll sell him out the second I’m free, she resolved. I’ll make sure everyone knows he found a treasure.

Despite her malicious thoughts, Li Chuntao kept a pitiful and innocent look on her face.

”Sir,” she said softly, her voice carrying a seductive allure. ”Can I... can I leave now? Look, you’ve already gotten what you wanted. Won’t you please let me go?”

She bit her lower lip slightly, her eyes glistening with tears, the very picture of pitiable fragility.

When Chen Pingchuan didn’t respond, a flash of panic crossed her eyes, and she spoke again. ”You... you aren’t planning to kill me now that you have the treasure, are you? Sir, I beg you to spare me. I’m just a poor, helpless girl.”

After speaking, Li Chuntao tried to grab Chen Pingchuan’s arm, leaning forward to reveal a burst of cleavage.

Chen Pingchuan was not only unmoved but even let the disgust he had been suppressing show on his face. As he dodged backward, he said indifferently, ”Don’t be silly, madam. I don’t kill women. You can go.”

That one word, ’madam,’ completely shattered Li Chuntao’s facade. Hatred for Chen Pingchuan flooded her heart, so much so that when she turned to leave, she forgot to maintain her act as a helpless woman.

WHOOSH!

Li Chuntao hadn’t even reached the door when the bell of fate tolled for her. Chen Pingchuan picked up a fragment from the shattered wooden cabinet and threw it with all his might. The not-so-large piece of wood seemed to carry an immense force, piercing ruthlessly through her head before she could even react.

BANG!

With a soft thud, Li Chuntao’s body dropped like a puppet with its strings cut, crashing hard onto the ground. Blood erupted from her shattered skull like a burst dam, quickly spreading out to form a shocking pool on the floor.

Oops, too much force!

Chen Pingchuan hadn’t expected his current strength to be so immense. Based on my feeling, that strike should have just been enough to kill her, not create such a gory scene.

However, the sudden surge in all his physical attributes had thrown off his control over his own body.

Looking at his handiwork on the ground, Chen Pingchuan clasped his hands together. Your acting was good, but it’s a shame I have a system. Tragic.

After muttering to himself, Chen Pingchuan quickly left Old Man Li’s residence. He needed to find that armored vehicle he wanted in the mining site. He, Chen Pingchuan, was about to become a man with his own vehicle.

After Chen Pingchuan vanished from sight outside Old Man Li’s villa, a woman who had been hiding far away slowly approached the small building. She first gave the villa a brief scan, eventually spotting Li Chuntao’s tragic state in the second-floor study.

Instantly stunned by the scene, she began muttering to herself, ”The memory is real. He isn’t my classmate at all, but a monster possessed by the Demon God. His behavior is just like a Black Demon... which means my classmate Chen Pingchuan is probably already dead, and no one else knows his true identity.”

”No, I have to stop him. I have to tell Sister Nightingale the truth.”

The woman muttering to herself was Ye Luo. Chen Pingchuan’s earlier guess had been correct; she was also the mysterious woman outside the Energy Crystal Warehouse.

Tonight, after having already fallen asleep, Ye Luo had suddenly received a vivid and incredibly realistic memory. In that memory, a mysterious killer attacked the mining site, sparking a huge battle between Sister Nightingale’s faction and the mine guards. Then, her classmate Chen Pingchuan suddenly appeared, stunning everyone with his overwhelming dominance. He proclaimed himself to be from the Divine Realm and even began preparing to deal with the impending Black Demon tide.

The memory had seemed normal up to this point. Even though Chen Pingchuan’s abilities exceeded Nightingale’s expectations, the rest was something she could still accept.

However, with the arrival of the Black Demon tide, she saw the impossible: several ten-meter-tall Kings of Black Magic who actually knew Chen Pingchuan. His final words, ”We’re on the same side,” shattered all of Nightingale’s hopes. The tiny flicker of affection Ye Luo had felt for him also vanished completely with that shout.

Black Demons were Ye Luo’s lifelong enemy; her life’s wish was to kill every last one of them.

Ye Luo’s real name was Lan Yeluo. Her parents and her younger brother had all died in the Black Demon massacre that followed the Red Rain. If not for her remarkable talent being discovered by Huang Yujia, who was on a mission in the outer district, she too would have likely perished in that catastrophe. This was the reason for Ye Luo’s intense hatred of the Black Demons.

Now, although Chen Pingchuan’s appearance was unchanged, Ye Luo was certain. He’s no longer human!

That memory must be divine guidance. It was just like back then in the outer district; she had prayed for God to save her, and her pious prayers were answered when she met the gallant Sister Huang Yujia.

Of course, Chen Pingchuan knew nothing of the person behind him. Had he known Ye Luo was still tailing him, he would have laid numerous traps, waiting for the girl to walk right into them so he could kill her. Whether it was a misunderstanding or not was unimportant.

Chen Pingchuan searched the mining site but couldn’t find the armored vehicle. Unfortunately, while the appraisal skill could identify item information, it didn’t have a search or locate function. It was a real pain.

Although he didn’t find the vehicle, his search wasn’t a total loss; at least he had discovered Nightingale’s whereabouts.

At that moment, Nightingale was directing her subordinates. One group was settling the female wanderers Old Man Li had captured for his own pleasure, while another was taking the captives from the mining site and locking them up one by one in the cafeteria. The reason for locking them in there was that only the cafeteria had enough space to hold all the prisoners. This wasn’t because there were too many mine guards, but because there were too many miners. This unassuming mining site surprisingly housed hundreds of them.

Chen Pingchuan watched the busy Nightingale and began to mull things over. Should I take Nightingale with me when I leave? A level-six powerhouse would be a considerable asset... but humans are creatures of emotion. Those different feelings often lead people to make the wrong decisions at critical moments, becoming what people would call a liability.

Forget it. I really am better off alone.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Pingchuan finally decided to continue his journey alone.