ARBW Chapter 24

Pei Cai Cai was awakened by a phone call from Pei Yuhuai.

Yes, you read that right. It was already afternoon, and she was still sleeping in.

Yesterday, she had attended an outdoor event and didn’t sleep until 3 AM.

Her friends, knowing her nocturnal habits, never called her during her rest time, so she hadn’t bothered to put her phone on silent.

But just as she was in the middle of a deep sleep, her phone suddenly rang.

Cai Cai, with a face full of resentment, groped for her phone and immediately spoke in a harsh tone, “Who is it? If you have something to say, say it quickly. If not, get lost!”

Pei Yuhuai: “Where are you?”

Pei Yuhuai’s voice was too distinctive. As soon as he spoke, Cai Cai knew it was him.

Realizing her earlier rude attitude, Cai Cai quickly softened her tone and said, “Oh, Uncle, it’s you? Why are you calling me? I usually can’t get through to you nine out of ten times.”

Pei Yuhuai was usually very busy, managing most of the Pei family’s assets. Whenever Cai Cai called him in the past, his phone was either with his assistant or secretary.

Today was truly unusual, and Cai Cai instantly became fully awake.

“I want to ask you something.”

“Uncle, go ahead. I’ll tell you everything I know.”

“Hmm, do you know a game called Scarlet Town?”

“Scarlet Town? What’s that?”

Hearing this, Pei Yuhuai’s calm eyes flickered slightly, and his gaze fell on his backup phone.

He looked at the screen, where the game’s firework effects were still playing, and his deep voice slowly spoke again.

“Is that so? Think carefully. You came to my company before and downloaded many games on my phone.”

“Games? Oh, you mean that time. I did download a lot of games on your phone that time, but… I don’t remember downloading a game called Scarlet Town. Ah, forget it. I’ll be back tomorrow, and I’ll come to your company to see you. As for that game you mentioned, maybe I downloaded it by accident. I’ll check it out then.”

Hearing this, Pei Yuhuai paused his action of sending her a screenshot of the game.

“Alright, come over at noon tomorrow, and we’ll have lunch together.”

“Alright, it’s a deal.”

After saying goodbye, Cai Cai energetically jumped out of bed.

Uncle was her cash cow. Every time she met him, she could get a lot of pocket money.

Recently, she had been spending a bit too much, and her pocket money was running low.

It was rare for Uncle to have time to have lunch with her, so of course, she would try to get more pocket money tomorrow.

Thinking this, Cai Cai started to get ready, planning to go shopping to buy a gift for her uncle.

While getting ready, she called her best friend.

As soon as her friend answered, she excitedly said, “Xiao Hui, Xiao Hui, come shopping with me right now.”

Xiao Hui looked at the time and said, “Shopping now? Didn’t you say you were going to rest today?”

“Hehe, my uncle just called me and asked me to have lunch with him tomorrow. I want to give him a gift, so I need to go pick one out now.”

“Ahhh, wait, wait, I’m getting up now! Cai Cai, I’ve always wanted to meet your uncle. Can you take me with you when you have lunch with him tomorrow?”

At Cai Cai’s 18th birthday party, her mother had invited many people.

Xiao Hui was lucky enough to attend and had seen Cai Cai’s incredibly handsome uncle from a distance.

Xiao Hui was an otaku, and few real-life men impressed her as handsome.

But ever since she saw Cai Cai’s uncle, she felt she had finally found her male god.

“Sure, we’ll go see him together tomorrow. But you have to behave and not embarrass me.”

“Of course, of course, I’ll be very careful.”

Meanwhile, on the other side, Pei Yuhuai, who was rarely free, continued playing the game.

Regarding the earlier moment of confusion, he decided to wait until his niece came tomorrow and ask her personally before making any decisions.

Pei Yuhuai watched the fireworks with Lin Mian for a while longer, then picked up Lin Mian and continued their journey.

In less than half an hour, they arrived at the iron wall of the Outer City.

To Pei Yuhuai’s surprise, when they climbed the iron wall, they didn’t see any zombies but instead saw many humans.

Pei Yuhuai looked down at the people outside and was about to ask Lin Mian what was going on when someone pointed at Pei Yuhuai and said, “Are you a Noble? Could you ask this Noble Sir to have his guards help us with something?”

Pei Yuhuai’s gaze lingered on the man’s pointing hand for a moment, then turned to Lin Mian and said, “There don’t seem to be any zombies here.”

Hearing this, Lin Mian grabbed Pei Yuhuai’s arm and looked down.

The iron wall had no guardrails, and standing on it was quite dangerous.

Lin Mian was a bit afraid of heights, so when he looked down, he instinctively grabbed Pei Yuhuai’s arm.

Pei Yuhuai silently allowed him to hold on, looking down at Lin Mian with a gentle and indulgent gaze.

Lin Mian looked up and happened to catch this look from Mr. Pei. The heat that had just subsided on his cheeks began to rise uncontrollably again.

Lin Mian quickly lowered his eyes and whispered to Pei Yuhuai, “Well, there aren’t many zombies left in the apocalypse now. Most of them have been cleared by the Mutants. Nowadays, there are more Mutated Animals, Mutated Plants, and Zombie Animals.”

“Hmm, so where should we go to find crystal cores to level up now?”

“Go further out. There are Mutated Plants and Animals, as well as many Zombie Animals. They also have crystal cores.”

“Alright, let’s head out now.”

Lin Mian was a bit scared and gently tugged at Pei Yuhuai’s hand.

“But, is it dangerous for just the two of us to go?”

“No, you’ve taken the Gene Serum, so you won’t be infected by the Virus. Plus, with me by your side, you won’t be in danger.”

“I’m not worried about myself. I’m worried that Mr. Pei might be in danger.”

“I can’t die, so you don’t need to worry about me.”

As the protagonist of the game, even if he accidentally died, the game would revive him.

Hearing this, Lin Mian looked at him in disbelief.

At this moment, Lin Mian became more convinced that… Mr. Pei might be an alien.

How could a human be immortal?

Mr. Pei was either an alien or a god.

Or perhaps, Mr. Pei had an Ability of Immortality?

Just as they were leaving the iron wall, the game interface suddenly popped up with a new lottery page.

Yes, a new lottery page, not the one for Abilities.

Seeing this, Pei Yuhuai said to Lin Mian, “Wait a moment.”

Lin Mian didn’t know what Pei Yuhuai was going to do, but he obediently waited upon hearing his words.

Pei Yuhuai looked at the new lottery page, which stated that they were about to explore a more dangerous game area.

To ensure their safety and provide a better gaming experience, the Game System suggested that Pei Yuhuai draw a combat robot.

In other words, this new lottery page was for drawing combat robots.

Combat robots were easy to understand.

They were robots used for combat, a relatively high-tech thing.

Pei Yuhuai raised an eyebrow and clicked on the lottery page.

Similar to the Ability lottery, this time each draw cost 5,000 yuan, which was quite expensive for a mobile game.

But fortunately, Pei Yuhuai was no ordinary person. To him, 5,000 yuan wasn’t expensive.

So without much thought, he went for a ten-draw, which cost 50,000 yuan.

The ten-draw had a small guarantee. Even if Pei Yuhuai didn’t draw a combat robot, the system would gift him a small robot.

The guaranteed small robot was a small shooting robot resembling a light sphere.

Its energy came from solar power, and its attack method was a special light wave, also converted from solar energy.

Pei Yuhuai released the small robot and then took out the robot he had drawn himself.

Two robots, one big and one small.

The big one was the one Pei Yuhuai had drawn, a life-sized female combat robot.

This robot’s energy source was electricity, and a single charge could keep it on standby for over a month.

Her attack methods included using an electric gun and a close-range light blade.

Pei Yuhuai then did two more ten-draws. From these, he drew one robot, and the system gifted him two more small robots.

Pei Yuhuai didn’t release them all, planning to check the situation outside first.

If it turned out to be very dangerous and the two robots couldn’t handle it, he would release the other robots then.

Lin Mian looked at the two robots that had suddenly appeared beside him and asked uncertainly, “Mr. Pei, are they… robots?”

“Yes.”

“Why are there robots?”

Pei Yuhuai, while leading him outside, calmly explained, “Because you said it’s dangerous outside, and I happened to have some robots, so I released them. They can protect us, so you don’t need to be afraid.”

Hearing this, Lin Mian’s face showed a hint of embarrassment.

He knew that Mr. Pei was very powerful and didn’t need protection.

Now that Mr. Pei had released two robots, it was mainly to protect him.

Thinking this, Lin Mian felt very happy. He thought Mr. Pei was so nice, so patient and gentle with him.

He felt that his current happiness must be what people called bliss.

Was this how it felt to be in love with someone you liked?

Lin Mian jogged to catch up with Pei Yuhuai and whispered, “Mr. Pei, can I hold your hand?”

Hearing this, Pei Yuhuai slowed his pace a bit.

When the system prompted him with a message that Lin Mian wanted to hold his hand, he clicked the agree button.

And as the two of them interacted happily, oblivious to their surroundings.

The people outside the iron wall were all intently watching them.

Among these people were Mutants and Lower Class People.

The man who had spoken to Pei Yuhuai earlier was a Fire-based Mutant.

They had encountered some trouble and had wanted Pei Yuhuai’s guards to help.

But Pei Yuhuai was “arrogant” and didn’t respond to his request.

This had already made him somewhat dissatisfied, thinking that these Nobles from the Inner City were all too high and mighty.

Now seeing that Pei Yuhuai only had one person with him and two strange-looking metal objects, he couldn’t help but have a terrible thought.

If… if he killed them, could he take their supplies?

That Noble looked extraordinary and must have many good things on him.

And the beautiful young man beside the Noble, he was so good-looking that he could probably be exchanged for a lot of supplies.

Just as he was thinking this, Pei Yuhuai happened to pass by with Lin Mian.

Pei Yuhuai hadn’t noticed him at all, but the corner of his eye caught a flash of red.

Red?

Red Name?

Indicating hostility towards him.

Also indicating that he could be killed.

So as Pei Yuhuai led Lin Mian past him, Pei Yuhuai’s cold eyes met his for a moment.

Then, in the next second, the Fire-based Mutant seemed to go crazy.

He suddenly raised his gun and shot himself in the mouth.

His action was clean, swift, and without any hesitation.

Lin Mian, hearing the gunshot, looked over in confusion, only to hear Mr. Pei beside him say, “Today, is there anything you want as a gift?”

Lin Mian raised his beautiful eyes to look at Mr. Pei, not understanding why he was suddenly bringing this up.

“Mr. Pei, that person, what happened to him? It seems like… he shot himself?”

“I don’t know, maybe he was sick. Don’t worry about him. You haven’t answered me. What do you want as a gift today?”

“I… I don’t want anything.”

Someone had just died in front of him, and he wasn’t in the mood for gifts.

Lin Mian: “Mr. Pei, let’s leave here quickly. I feel like this place is a bit strange.”

Pei Yuhuai: “Alright, hold on tight.”

As Pei Yuhuai finished speaking, the two of them disappeared.