Chapter 12: Meeting an Old Acquaintance

Xu Feng had ten years of experience in exterminating the extraterrestrial Insect Race. These Insect Race, which seemed hard to kill, had their weaknesses fully figured out by humans in his previous life, with countermeasures developed. These low-level bugs, in his previous life, only threatened ordinary people who hadn’t broken through to One Star. For an “old hunter” like Xu Feng, killing them was way too easy.

“You, you know how to mix medicine?” Wang Ying said in surprise. “What exactly do you do? How come you can do everything?”

“What do I do? Professional bug killer, haha!” Xu Feng laughed jokingly.

Soon, the two arrived at the nearest big drugstore.

“Huh, there seem to be people inside,” Xu Feng felt alert as soon as he stepped into the drugstore. He sensed something alive hiding inside.

Xu Feng swung his Bone-Cleaver forward and shouted loudly, “Who is it? Come out! If you don’t, I won’t be nice.”

Immediately, there was a rush of panicked noises from behind the drugstore counter.

“No, no shouting, do you want to die? Die by yourself outside, don’t hurt us. If you attract the bugs, we’ll make you pay,” a human voice roared softly from behind the counter, trembling slightly, seeming very afraid.

“Huh, the voice sounds familiar, you are…” Xu Feng’s face suddenly twisted into a fierce expression. “Wang Zhipeng!”

“Ah, Xu, Xu Feng, are you off work?” Wang Zhipeng looked up from behind the counter and saw Xu Feng holding a Bone-Cleaver. He obviously became happier.

“Haha, Xu Feng, how did you escape here?” Wang Zhipeng came out from behind the counter, carefully checking around before walking forward, showing an ingratiating smile.

“Heh, I just got out of the subway and ran into this. I was chased here by the bugs. What about you? How did you get here?” Xu Feng smiled, but a strange light flickered in his eyes.

If Wang Zhipeng hadn’t cheated him out of his one thousand Fate Points at the start, Xu Feng wouldn’t have been forced to kill Black Armored Beetles with bare hands. His strength growth fell behind most people from the beginning. After all, others all had the first gift from Earth’s Will. Yet, after losing those thousand Fate Points, Xu Feng was even worse off than ordinary people.

If one spoke of resentment—whether it was being used as cannon fodder later, robbed of treasures, ordered to hold the rear, hunted down, or ambushed—none of that produced as much hatred as Wang Zhipeng cheating him. This was a cheat right at the start. Whenever Xu Feng faced difficulties later, he thought that if Wang Zhipeng hadn’t stolen those thousand Fate Points, if he had bought a Black Iron Grade weapon or a Black Iron Grade defensive item, he would surely be better now. Once, twice, three times—every time, Xu Feng couldn’t help but think this way. Imagine ten years of that, how much hatred piled up.

Meeting Wang Zhipeng here made Xu Feng feel very mixed inside. After all, Wang Zhipeng was one of Xu Feng’s few friends in the city and even his neighbor. People say close neighbors are better than distant family. But, all for just a thousand Fate Points.

“Wang Zhipeng, why are you here?” Xu Feng’s voice was a bit cold. His knuckles holding the Bone-Cleaver whitened slightly. In his original memory, Wang Zhipeng had hidden together with him in a small restaurant.

“Hi, don’t mention it. I came out for dinner and ran into this. I got stuck in a restaurant, then a big wave of bugs came, and the bodies bitten by bugs started rising. Everyone ran away. I was chased here by bugs and just hid inside.” Wang Zhipeng seemed oblivious to Xu Feng’s cold tone and talked to him like a friend.

“Xu Feng, I’ll tell you a secret.” Wang Zhipeng glanced at Wang Ying behind Xu Feng and whispered, “At the restaurant where I started eating, in its basement, there’s a Fate Store.”

“Oh, really? What is it?” Xu Feng asked, his eyes flashing.

He and Wang Zhipeng had met at that restaurant initially, so he naturally knew about the Fate Store in the basement. But that restaurant was too far from the hotel Xu Feng was at. Plus, he had seen a Wandering Merchant, so he didn’t go there.

“There, you can buy equipment with Fate Points. I saw it—the cheapest Black Iron Grade gear only needs two or three hundred Fate Points.” Wang Zhipeng looked back at the counter and said quietly, “One of those people over there has two thousand Fate Points. Work with me to trick him out of it. After we buy the equipment, we can each have one piece.”

“Two thousand Fate Points—at this stage, someone who has that much can only have the gift from Earth’s Will.” Xu Feng stared at Wang Zhipeng helplessly. In this life, Wang Zhipeng hadn’t cheated him but had switched to tricking someone else.

With two thousand Fate Points, if used to gamble on a talent, it might have gotten a good one. It was unclear why this guy hadn’t chosen a new talent.

“Forget it, I’m just here to find some medicine,” Xu Feng shook his head.

In this life, Wang Zhipeng hadn’t done anything wrong to him. He couldn’t just attack him outright. At most, he wouldn’t be friends and would avoid him forever.

“Originally, I kept thinking, if I ever saw him again, I’d slice him to death with a single stroke. But now…” Xu Feng thought helplessly, “There’s no reason. Should I tell him, ‘You cheated me in my past life, so I’m here for revenge this life’? He’d think I’m crazy.”

“Hey, hey, listen to me.” Wang Zhipeng saw Xu Feng wasn’t cooperating and got flustered. He said, “That’s two thousand Fate Points. We could at least get a full set of gear. It’ll give us big advantages early on. This is an opportunity.”

Wang Zhipeng was clever, but only in small cunning ways. Like in his previous life, after cheating Xu Feng, he bought a Bronze Grade weapon, then went out alone to kill the Insect Race. Later, because of his Bronze Grade weapon, a small gang recruited him as a small leader. After that, Xu Feng heard no more about him.

“Not necessary!” Xu Feng shook his head and turned to walk toward the drugstore shelves. Wang Ying followed him closely.

Wang Zhipeng looked at Xu Feng’s back, his face darkening. He had expected to easily win his neighbor’s trust, but Xu Feng hadn’t fallen for it.

Wang Zhipeng’s eyes rolled, and he ran back behind the counter, starting to whisper with that group of people.

“See that? That guy wants to steal the drugstore’s medicine. We got here first. Everything here should be ours. Can’t let him take it for free…”