Chapter 58: 57: The Show Ends, It's Always Boring Without an Audience.
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The dazzling light almost illuminated the entire night sky of Fengtian City.
The Deputy Directors of the Events Bureau and the Western Third Law Enforcement Bureau, who were still issuing commands, along with their subordinates, all instinctively turned their heads in unison to look towards the rampaging siege boss roaring in the distance.
Immediately after.
They beheld a scene they could scarcely forget for a lifetime.
The piercing and rapid gunfire, which had been tardy in its arrival, suddenly exploded beside their ears!
The whole world seemed to be heavily struck, as countless noises and flashes of light abruptly appeared.
A metal storm, composed of innumerable bullets connecting in plain sight, instantaneously engulfed the siege boss, while tens of thousands of red dots, like locusts, recklessly scoured the entire wasteland.
And the source of all this was the man standing on the hilltop, wearing a woolen coat.
That man, whose face and expression they could not discern.
The absurd and shocking scene in front of them left everyone present practically frozen in place, their mouths uniformly gaping open, momentarily unsure of what to do. Even the Deputy Director of the Events Bureau, despite having experienced countless random events and being adept at dealing with any surprise, was also shockingly transfixed.
Unsure of what commands to issue.
Was that… a Gunslinger Transcendent?
Not allowing them time to be stunned, the metal storm made up of myriad red dots enveloped the siege boss for over a dozen seconds. Then they saw the immense siege monster, now crashing down in the night.
Immediately after.
A notification sound echoed in the ears of all citizens within the jurisdiction of Fengtian City.
"Ding, Fengtian City announcement."
"Congratulations to Fengtian City for successfully resolving this random event 'boss siege.' In this event, the player who caused the most damage was Chen Miao, causing 100% of the damage, and the player who delivered the final blow was Chen Miao, causing 100% of the damage."
"Ding, it has been detected that this is the first time in Fengtian City's history that a siege boss has been vanquished by a single player with full health, thus a special reward is given—a Classless item, Decayed Glory."
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"...Dead... dead?"
The still stunned Deputy Director of the Events Bureau, looking at the collapse of the siege boss not far away, the Fengtian City announcement in his ears, and the suddenly darkened sky again, froze in place for a moment before speaking in a slightly trembling voice.
"Everyone stay put, don't move. We'll clean up the battlefield in an hour."
Chen Miao.
This name was extremely unfamiliar; at least in Fengtian City, he knew of all the noteworthy Gunslinger Transcendents, and it was very likely that this person was not from Fengtian. No matter which city he was from, it was better not to encounter him while being clearly outpowered; he had no courage to withstand such firepower.
Many solo Transcendents do not have a good impression of the authorities.
Rashly encountering one could likely result in unnecessary casualties.
However, after taking a deep breath, he still forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, turned, and said in a low voice to the Deputy Director of the Western Third Law Enforcement Bureau behind him, "Your Enforcement Bureau is in charge of the household registration of everyone in Fengtian City. After you go down, check the archive to see if there is a Gunslinger Transcendent named Chen Miao in Fengtian City."
"See if this Chen Miao is one of our Fengtian people."
"Understood."
Although both were Deputy Directors and of equal rank, the position of the Events Bureau was higher than that of the Enforcement Bureau. The Deputy Director of the Enforcement Bureau nodded respectfully and replied, but internally, he was already in disbelief.
Chen Miao? A Transcendent? A Gunslinger?
Shit!
There's no need to check the archive at all; he was the very person who had personally instructed others to enter this man's data into the archive. It's still in process, and the entry would probably be successful soon.
He was all too familiar with this name!
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Yesterday night, this person grabbed 200 "AI drug pills" in the Sankui Wasteland and then fled the scene, after getting one of his own police captain killed and sneaking into his car, even held a gun to his head forcing him to take 60 of the "AI drug pills".
Could he not be familiar? He was all too familiar.
He spent the entire day today busy with inputting Chen Miao's identity information into the database and fabricating a narrative for the deceased Zhou Yiming, portraying him as bravely sacrificing himself during the pursuit, and just when he was finally ready to sleep after a day's work, he was dragged out to the outskirts of the city to watch Chen Miao's solo performance.
By now, he had no doubts about Chen Miao's relation with the Chi Family in Fengtian City; it was completely normal for such a character to have ties with the Chi Family. At this moment, he only felt a lingering fear—last night in the car, he relied on his protective gear without much terror, but now...
After witnessing this scene, he realized something: under such firepower, the protective gear was less useful than a dirt hole.
At least in a dirt hole, after being blown to pieces, one could be buried right there without the need to collect the body.
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Standing on the hill in the night, Chen Miao removed the half-smoked cigarette from his lips, flicked the ash, and looked towards the boss that had just collapsed loudly nearby with a slight smile curling up at the corner of his mouth.
"This cig really lasts."
"The fight's over and it's not even half burnt."
He glanced at the several items in his backpack emitting white light and the dense announcements on his panel without much attention, instead walked directly towards the monster's corpse lying not too far away with his cane.
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Before the monster had fallen.
He saw several items glowing that had dropped out of the monster's body.
Gear drop.
First grab the gear before someone snatches it.
Hungry Monkey, already brimming with excitement, had dashed down from the hill, and at first glance spotted what he wanted—that huge wolf's tooth club. He couldn't even dare to imagine how imposing he'd be, wielding a seven or eight meter long club!
Though he might not be able to lift it now, there will come a day when he can.
He had a passionate love for such heavyweight weapons.
Just like other laborers who felt that swinging a sledgehammer at the construction site was hard work, he was the only one who took pleasure in it, and he had a faint sense that during this process, his body seemed to be burning, boiling hot and exhilarating, without any wish to stop.
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The others, including Yuan Buping, who were still lying behind the hill in shock, did not come back to their senses until they saw Miao and Monkey's figures running far off, exchanging glances and seeing in each other's eyes the same astonishment and confusion.
"You say..."
After a long while, Yuan Buping was the first to murmur confusedly, "Why does Miao want us to hang around him?"
If it had been before tonight, he would have a clear answer in his mind.
But now... he wasn't sure. A Miao with such capabilities seemed to have no need for them at all, so what was the purpose of their existence?
But quickly.
He snapped out of his silence, hastily patting his brother who was also shocked beside him, saying urgently, "Stop fucking standing there stunned, let's first find Miao and speak to him."
In that instant just now, he suddenly realized.
There's no need for him to understand the purpose of their existence, as long as he can prevent Miao from figuring out what their purpose is, so they wouldn't be kicked to the curb. They still wanted to become supernaturals in a year's time.
Rush over and flatter Miao a bit, playing the role of an audience.
After a great performance comes to a close, it's always boring without an audience to applaud and cheer.
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