Chapter 33: Pass the Buck

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Li Xiaonian joined hands with the warden and the guards to attack the Lord of Hell Wufeng.

It made a great noise.

There was a steady flow of reinforcements from the soldiers of the base, and the players also noticed the fight here. Under the forced call of the soldiers, war doctor players also joined the battle.

“Fuck, is that head the Lord of Hell? He has only his head left, but is still alive!”

“No way! Can only war doctors cause harm to the Lord of Hell?”

More and more players gathered over.

Among them, some experienced players quietly reminded their companions. “Let’s leave here. We’d better keep away. An SSS-level mission won’t be so easy to complete. If the boss brings out his big guns, we’ll all be killed.”

“Yes, you’re right. Anyway, there’s nothing we can help with. Not disturbing these NPCs is the greatest support for them.”

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Soon, an NPC chief brought a dozen mortars with him. After soaking the shells in holy water, they aimed at Wufeng in the sky.

“Fire!”

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh~

These mortars bombarded simultaneously.

Boom~

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Wufeng’s head was scratched by shrapnels, and his newly recovered head became rotten, and a series of figures of damage appeared over his head.

“Hahaha… Ants, Don’t you know I’m immortal? No one can kill me except for Wuyu.” Wufeng laughed out loud, and after the laughter, his face turned cold. “Today you are lucky, but when I recover, you’re all gonna die!”

With that, Wufeng’s head floated high into the sky and vanished into thin air in a moment.

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However, all NPCs were very calm, neither happy nor worried.

Without the leader, there wasn’t any chance to kill Wufeng. It was already a victory to repel him.

The warden waved his arm, and all the soldiers pointed their guns at Li Xiaonian simultaneously and surrounded Earth Dragon One.

Walking up to Earth Dragon One, the warden said with hate, “Are you coming out by yourself, or do we have to pull you out?! We may not be able to kill Lord of Hell, but it’s a breeze for us to deal with you.

Alas…

Li Xiaonian smiled bitterly and slowly walked out of Earth Dragon One. The moment he walked out, he hurriedly took Earth Dragon One back into the [Shadow]. Now Earth Dragon One was his precious property. If it was taken by NPCs, that would be a big loss.

When Li Xiaonian appeared, two NPC soldiers immediately rushed forward, buckled Li Xiaonian’s hands behind his back, and put handcuffs on him.

During the whole process, Li Xiaonian didn’t resist at all. If he wanted to make up for it, he would have to cooperate with the NPCs because he definitely had no chance to kill the Lord of Hell alone.

“Take him away.”

The warden wished he could shoot Li Xiaonian to death now, but in the end, he fought back the impulse because he still had many things to ask Li Xiaonian.

When the players saw Li Xiaonian being arrested by the NPCs, they were all stunned.

“Damn, what’s going on here? That big tank has such powerful firepower. I thought it was controlled by an NPC. It turned out to be June. By the way, why did the tank just disappear?”

“Hehe, we’re still searching for June, but he has already returned to the base. This bastard literally makes fools out of us.”

“June is going to die anyway, now that he was arrested by the NPCs. As long as the vice-president demands, he can definitely seal June forever.”

“Yes, that’s what a liar like June deserves. He must be permanently sealed so that he can never play the game again.”

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In the interrogation room of the Skyfire Base.

Li Xiaonian was tied to a chair. At this moment, all the big shots of the Skyfire Base had appeared, including Longping, the captain of the guard, Taiyan, the deputy leader, and Si Mengqi, the warden.

Even Lang Burang showed up with his secretary Xueyue.

However, the one that Li Xiaonian wanted to see most, the leader of the base Wuyu didn’t show up. He couldn’t help but ask, “What about the leader? Why doesn’t he show up?”

“Shut up. Shut your mouth before we ask you any question.” Warden Si Mengqi snapped, suppressing the impulse to punch Li Xiaonian.

Now Lang Burang had already known that Li Xiaonian was the culprit for the Lord of Hell’s escape. He glared at Li Xiaonian and couldn’t wait to bite Li Xiaonian to death.

Lang Burang didn’t have the self-control the warden had and rushed up to punch Li Xiaonian hard in the eyes.

“Bang!”

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“Little punk, you are a dead meat!”

After giving Li Xiaonian a blow, he felt much better, and the anger he accumulated during this period of time vented a lot.

Li Xiaonian was beaten but couldn’t fight back. Although he only felt 20% of the pain, it was very humiliating.

Angry as he was, he still smiled. “Masters, it seems that you don’t know who else is a spy in the base besides me, right? Come on, you can just hit and torture me, but I won’t submit.”

“Little punk, you asked for this.”

Lang Burang was about to punch Li Xiaonian again, but was stopped by the captain of the guard, Longping.

Longping looked at Li Xiaonian and sighed. “I know what you’ve done. When you knew that Wufeng was the Lord of Hell, you immediately injured him and temporarily saved the Skyfire Base. It can be seen that you still have a sense of justice. However, even if you are killed a hundred or ten thousand times, it still won’t be able to make up for the crime you’ve committed.”

After a pause, Longping continued, “Now we’ll give you a chance to make up for it. Tell us everything you know. Why did you rescue Wufeng? Who put you up to this?”

Li Xiaonian shrugged. “I was punched, so I’m a little dizzy and can’t think of anything.” With that, Li Xiaonian pouted his lips at Lang Burang. “Let me punch him back and maybe I will remember it.”

“Don’t mess around!”

Longping scowled, staring at Li Xiaonian and saying murderously, “This is not the time to throw your tantrum.”

“Hehe, am I messing around?” Li Xiaonian smiled, and then his face suddenly turned cold. “Yes, I admit that I made a big mistake, but are you sure that it’s all my responsibility? In the final analysis, it’s all your guys’ fault that I made such a big mistake.”

“What?!”

The warden Si Mengqi glared at Li Xiaonian. “If you can’t give me a reasonable explanation, I’m going to kick your ass today too.”

Li Xiaonian glanced at the big shots present and said, “I am just an ordinary player. I had the honor to start the game from the Skyfire Base. But this huge Skyfire Base was controlled by the Wolf Walk Guild and they forced me to join the guild. What kind of a shitty rule is this?”

“I just didn’t want to join the guild and be bound by the rules. Was I wrong? I wanted to be free, so I could only pretend to be a member of the Red Legion. This was not a crime, right? However, when Lang Burang discovered that he was deceived by me, he tried to seal me and you NPCs just let him.”

“Where there is oppression, there will be resistance. The appearance of Wufeng let me see the light of freedom. Otherwise, how could I be deceived by him so easily? Isn’t what I did today the result of your persecution? Even if it weren’t me, there would be someone else tempted by Wufeng.”

“Besides, when I learned that Wufeng was the Lord of Hell, I immediately tried my best to kill him, but what did you do to me? Arrested me, tied me up, and now even let my enemy humiliate me. ”

Hearing Li Xiaonian’s words, everyone present was silent.

Being passed the buck to by Li Xiaonian, Lang Burang almost vomited blood with anger. “Bullshit! Do you mean it’s the responsibility of our Wolf Walk Guild?”

Li Xiaonian shrugged. “Whether it’s your guild’s responsibility or not will be determined by the leaders present. If they continue to protect you, I have nothing to say.”

Taiyan, the taciturn deputy leader, sighed and beckoned the soldiers to untie the rope. “June has got a point. Untie the rope on him. He is not our enemy.”

What!

Lang Burang shouted angrily, “Leader Taiyan, in any case, the responsibility for this incident lies with June. If we let him go, who will bear the responsibility?”

He had planned to directly kill and permanently seal Li Xiaonian after the interrogation, but now it seemed that his plan fell through.

If this little punk was released, it would be very difficult to catch him again.

“Huh?”

Taiyan’s face turned dark. “Are you questioning my decision?”

“No, no.” Lang Burang hurriedly denied it.

The soldiers untied the rope from Li Xiaonian.

Li Xiaonian moved his wrist, and before the others realized what happened, he suddenly raised his hand.

Smack!

He slapped Lang Burang in the face so hard that the latter was almost sent flying.

Then, Li Xiaonian said coldly, “Just because you’re rich doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want, OK? I know you want to kill me, but I want to get rid of you too!”

In his previous life, Lang Burang kept picking on him and caused him a lot of trouble. If it weren’t for Tianyu’s protection, his family would have been driven mad by him.

Even with Tianyu’s protection, his best friend Ling Baifei was implicated and almost went bankrupt.

Having the chance to live a whole life again, he didn’t want to endure this guy anymore.

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Slapped by Li Xiaonian, Lang Burang was stunned, so was his secretary Xueyue.

“How dare you slap me! You powerless, penniless little punk! How dare you!”

Jumping up in a rage, Lang Burang had completely forgotten that this was the game world. He was waving his fist and pouncing on Li Xiaonian to fight him hand-to-hand.

“Stop!” The security captain Longping snorted coldly and reached out to stop Lang Burang.

Lang Burang, who almost went crazy with anger, yelled, “Go away. If you dare to stop me, I’ll kill you too.”

Longping’s face turned dark, and he took out the rope around his waist and tied Lang Burang tightly before he looked at the deputy leader Taiyan.

Taiyan waved his hand. “Mr. Lang, you’ve lost your mind and are no longer suitable to stay here. Now leave.”

Two guards immediately took Lang Burang away.

Lang Burang instantly calmed down and hurriedly said, “Chief Taiyan, I was wrong. Please don’t expel me.”

Unfortunately, Taiyan insisted on it and motioned the soldiers to expel him.

Seeing Lang Burang leave, his secretary Xueyue could only leave too.

In the entire interrogation room, only Li Xiaonian and the NPC leaders were left.

“Mr. Lang has left, and you’ve gotten back at him. Now you can tell us why you saved Wufeng.” Taiyan looked straight at Li Xiaonian.