ARBW Chapter 34

Chapter 34

“Alright, shall we take a walk together?”

Pei Yuhuai wanted to check on the progress of the town’s wall construction and thought it would be a good opportunity to take Lin Mian for a stroll around the town.

The two of them walked one after the other, and the previously quiet crowd began to murmur again.

“Who do you think Mr. Pei really is? He’s so powerful, giving out abilities and robots, he doesn’t seem like an ordinary person.”

“Mr. Pei is not an ordinary person; he’s a noble, probably among the highest of nobles. Otherwise, after taking over this town, the other nobles wouldn’t be so quiet.”

“Is he just a high-ranking noble? I feel like he might be an alien. Could this apocalypse be his doing? Since he’s from a higher plane, he can casually give out abilities, and the nobles dare not oppose him?”

Seeing someone slandering Mr. Pei, Cheng Xiaowan couldn’t stand it anymore.

Cheng Xiaowan: “The virus was clearly created by other nobles, hasn’t that been proven? If you slander Mr. Pei, aren’t you afraid he might abandon us?”

The slanderer, still defiant, said, “I’m just speculating, I haven’t confirmed it’s him. Besides, I’m not wrong; the virus was created by nobles, and he is one of them. Given his power, maybe he really did it.”

People admire strength but can’t tolerate others being too much stronger than them.

They use the excuse of ‘different hearts for different races’ to try every means to eliminate such a person.

The reason they haven’t eliminated Pei Yuhuai yet is not that they dare not, but that they lack the ability.

If Pei Yuhuai’s abilities were only slightly stronger than theirs, they wouldn’t be as obedient as they are now; they would have tried every means to kill him.

Moreover, their world is not just an ordinary one but a more dangerous post-apocalyptic wasteland.

With nobles still above them, they now need Pei Yuhuai to save them.

Even if they have many thoughts in their hearts, they dare not act against Pei Yuhuai now.

Seeing that some people seemed to agree with the slanderer, Cheng Xiaowan thought they were idiots.

The virus was indeed created by some nobles to eliminate other humans.

If Mr. Pei were one of them, he could have completely ignored their survival.

By pretending not to know about this town, they would have been doomed soon.

Furthermore, if Mr. Pei were truly that malicious, he wouldn’t need to put on an act here.

He could simply force whoever he liked, which would be much easier than building houses and giving out abilities.

But obviously, what Cheng Xiaowan could understand, some people couldn’t.

That evening, someone sneaked out and spread the news that Pei Yuhuai could grant abilities.

He passed the information to the nobles of the Inner City, hoping to use their hands to find out who Pei Yuhuai really was.

However, he didn’t know that as soon as he sent out the message, the game system informed Pei Yuhuai.

Pei Yuhuai looked at the system’s prompt, his eyes revealing no emotion.

If the people he saved really thought he was a villain and planned to use the Inner City nobles against him, Pei Yuhuai would abandon them all and leave with only Lin Mian.

After that, he would no longer care about their survival and might even kill them.

He was not a saint and would not empathize with their plight.

He initially saved them just to make Lin Mian happy.

Even after learning they were real people, he took care of them for the sake of the poor children.

If most of them chose to betray him, he would coldly watch their world collapse.

In his view, people who couldn’t distinguish right from wrong and were full of malice towards those who helped them shouldn’t continue to exist.

Their inferior genes should not be passed on; it would be better for them to be eliminated early.

For the next two days, Pei Yuhuai continued as usual, unaffected by this incident.

That day, after logging in, Pei Yuhuai was spending time with Lin Mian as usual to increase their intimacy.

Then he noticed many gift packs in his backpack.

These gift packs were sent by the system to please him due to his high recharge amount.

Three of them were from robot draws, and a few were saved from before.

Seeing this, Pei Yuhuai opened the gift packs to see what goodies were inside.

He opened three first, which contained various items.

Most were food, water, medicine, and the like.

Only one item was quite good—a larger pet egg.

At seventy intimacy points, the intimacy system rewarded a pet egg.

Now, opening the gift packs, Pei Yuhuai got another pet egg, so he took both out.

The two pet eggs, one large and one small, looked ordinary from Lin Mian’s perspective, but from Pei Yuhuai’s view, there was a string of text descriptions.

Both pet eggs could be opened directly. After reading the descriptions, Pei Yuhuai opened both.

From the large egg came a small black dragon.

The dragon, resembling a Western dragon, looked a bit ugly.

With its floppy wings, it should be able to fly when grown.

Raising such a dragon would be quite nice; riding it out would definitely be impressive.

From the small egg came a pink piglet.

The piglet looked somewhat like a mini pig.

But seeing the tusks in its mouth, it didn’t seem like a complete pet pig but more like a mutated one.

Lin Mian, curious, circled them for a while.

Then he said to Pei Yuhuai, “My ability is now at level four, can I tame them?”

Pei Yuhuai: “No need, these are already pets; they’ve recognized us as their masters. You don’t need to use your ability to tame them; they’ll obey you.”

Hearing this, Lin Mian beckoned to them, but since the two little ones were still too small, they weren’t as obedient as expected.

They wobbled for a while but didn’t move towards Lin Mian.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to go, but they were too weak; taking two steps could make them fall.

Lin Mian found this quite amusing. He crouched down to personally teach them how to “walk,” appearing very gentle and patient.

Watching Lin Mian interact with them, Pei Yuhuai opened the other gift packs.

This time, he opened quite a few and got a good item—a photon gun.

The photon gun was different from ordinary guns.

Ordinary guns need bullets and become useless once out of ammo.

But the photon gun uses sunlight as bullets. If it runs out, it can recharge using solar energy.

Pei Yuhuai looked at the gun and decided to give it to Lin Mian.

He didn’t need the gun; it wasn’t very useful in his hands, but it would be practical for Lin Mian.

It was Lin Mian’s first time using such a high-tech firearm.

Not knowing how to use it, he asked Pei Yuhuai to teach him.

As the couple practiced shooting in the villa’s courtyard, a few people suddenly arrived at the town’s entrance.

These people were dressed strangely, and the man leading them held a live-streaming device.

Seeing someone in the town notice him, the man waved at the device.

“Hey everyone, I’m Xiao Chen. I’ve arrived at the entrance of this mysterious town, here to explore as requested by many netizens.

I heard there’s a mysterious noble in this town, very powerful. He not only has many abilities but also a large financial group, making the town’s organizers back off.

Alright, enough talk, I see the townspeople. Follow my camera to see the true face of this town!”

With that, he stepped into the town.

At this moment, there were already over a thousand people in his live stream.

A thousand people, before the apocalypse, was nothing.

But after the apocalypse, a thousand is no small number.

Because the population in this apocalypse is only one-tenth of what it was before.

And those who can watch live streams are all nobles.

In such a situation, a thousand people are equivalent to several million.

Since the town’s organizers handed Scarlet Town over to Pei Yuhuai, the nobles of the Inner City have been discussing his identity.

However, despite various investigations, they haven’t figured out which family he belongs to.

Precisely because they can’t find out, they dare not provoke Pei Yuhuai.

As for why Xiao Chen suddenly took the risk to come to the town, besides his curiosity about Pei Yuhuai’s identity, he also knew about Pei Yuhuai’s ability to grant powers.

This is no small matter.

If Pei Yuhuai can grant abilities to anyone, it means he can give them to lower-class people, mutants, and nobles alike.

Pei Yuhuai’s attitude towards nobles isn’t friendly, and many nobles worry he might ally with lower-class people and mutants against them.

This concerns their lives, so they are naturally very concerned.

To protect their interests and safety, someone sent this noble named Xiao Chen to scout.

For now, they want to avoid conflict with Pei Yuhuai. If he’s willing to cooperate with the nobles, they will actively give him whatever he wants.

Of course, if Pei Yuhuai doesn’t want to cooperate and is clearly against the nobles, they will unite nobles from home and abroad to eliminate him by any means necessary.

The moment the man stepped into the town, Pei Yuhuai received the message.

Looking at the system’s reminder, he stood up and said to Lin Mian, “Some guests have suddenly arrived in town. Would you like to come with me to see?”

Lin Mian, feeling nervous, quickly put down the piglet and picked up the photon gun.

“Mr. Pei, are they here to cause trouble?”

“Not sure, we’ll find out when we see them.”

Saying this, Pei Yuhuai led Lin Mian out of the villa.

Noticing Lin Mian’s nervousness, he gently comforted him.

“Don’t be afraid, nothing will happen.”

Pei Yuhuai didn’t care about others’ lives, but he would definitely protect Lin Mian.