Chapter 55: Descent of the God!
Six mutant creatures stared in shock at Li Cheng, who lay paralyzed on the ground.
They had always looked down on Li Cheng—but that was only because he had betrayed the Gene Primordials and willingly served as a lapdog for the Truth Society.
In terms of strength, even the strongest among them would not dare claim they could defeat Li Cheng.
Yet just moments ago, Li Cheng had been brutally crippled by Bai Fu—completely ruined in a close-quarters battle, the area he excelled in!
It was simply unbelievable.
The six mutant creatures gasped sharply. Bai Fu's main class was Psionic Prayer-user, right? If she could beat Li Cheng so soundly in a domain she wasn’t even good at, then how terrifying was her actual psionic power?
They felt as if a mountain had landed on their shoulders.
"This is the true strength of the White Death?"
"This woman isn’t a good person. She’s been hiding her power since the Abandoned Cooling Plant, deliberately pretending to be weak to lure us in wave after wave!"
"She’s a menace!"
"The priority now is to report everything that’s happened here!"
Seeing Bai Fu walk closer and closer, the strongest mutant creature—C3—stepped forward and assumed command.
"C6, return to the vehicle and report using the onboard terminal. C5 and C4, keep the rookies at bay. The rest of you come with me to deal with Bai Fu. Don’t be afraid. No matter how strong she is, she’s only one person. Once C6 completes the mission, with all six of us, we might still survive her onslaught!"
C6 curled his lips.
You think with six of us we can barely survive?
But upon seeing Li Cheng’s miserable state, he held back the urge to complain.
At this point, their goal was no longer to kill Bai Fu—but to avoid being captured alive by the Gene Primordials and tortured into spilling secrets.
He turned and dashed into the vehicle, casually tossing out a heavy grenade launcher.
Li Cheng was down, his identity exposed. He was worthless now. They didn’t need to worry about his safety anymore. The grenade launcher had to be used, and if it accidentally blew Li Cheng up, even better.
"Nani, Ah Zhen, are you for real?"
The nearby Players were all shocked.
Bai Fu might be able to block pistols, but a heavy grenade launcher?
That was wishful thinking.
They rushed toward C2, who had caught the launcher, but after only a few steps, C5 and C4 began unleashing a wild barrage of bullets.
Fortunately, there were plenty of natural covers, and they were fast enough—otherwise a lot of them would’ve been lying dead already.
"Damn, no combat etiquette at all. They’re actually using a grenade launcher!"
A few Players who narrowly dodged the bullets hid behind rocks and started cursing loudly.
They wanted to stop them, but without any ranged weapons, and with just a few small pistols, there was no way to change the situation.
"This is bad!"
Xia Shi, who had been hiding in the car all along, turned pale when she saw the heavy grenade launcher. She quickly threw a few flashbangs and smoke bombs forward, hoping to buy Bai Fu some time to dodge.
Then, carrying two assault rifles loaded with specially-made incendiary rounds, she jumped off the vehicle.
Landing with a roll, she dashed behind a large rock to her right.
"Bai Fu, catch! I’ve already alerted Division Four—they’ll be here soon! We just need to hang on for a few… uh."
Halfway through her shout, Xia Shi froze.
Bai Fu hadn’t moved at all during the smoke screen.
Bai Fu, what are you doing? No matter how far forward that road stretches, it only ends in death!
The flash-blinded mutant creatures were also stunned at this scene, then immediately overjoyed.
This was it—this was the chance! If they could land a direct hit on Bai Fu, even if it didn’t kill her, wounding her seriously would give them a shot at breaking out before Division Four arrived.
"C2, now!"
C1 and C3 shouted simultaneously.
C2, a seasoned veteran, wouldn’t miss such a golden opportunity. He eagerly raised the grenade launcher.
Take this, Bai Fu!
In that instant, everything around seemed to slow down.
Bai Fu’s eyes swept across the scene, catching glimpses of the anxious expressions of the Players and Xia Shi, the gleeful faces of the mutant creatures—almost everyone believed that this one grenade would shift the battle entirely.
Hoho, it felt just like when Dio used The World!
Bai Fu: [Battle Etiquette]
In an instant, an invisible psionic force locked onto C2.
C2 was horrified to find his body seemingly fused with space itself, unable to move.
The sensation didn’t last long—when Bai Fu across from him suddenly made a throwing motion, his body, as if pulled by invisible threads from Bai Fu, mimicked the exact same throwing gesture.
Thus, the heavy grenade launcher tightly clutched in his hands flew out, tracing an arc through the air toward Bai Fu.
“！”
This was a development no one but Bai Fu had anticipated, so by the time the other five mutant creatures reacted, they could only stare helplessly, unable to do a thing.
There wasn’t even enough time for them to question or yell at C2—their facial expressions hadn’t even had time to change.
Clang!
Bai Fu caught the grenade launcher thrown by C2 with absolute ease.
Surprise Motherfucker!
With her finger on the trigger, C2 had already broken free from the control of Battle Etiquette, and the other five mutant creatures now realized the full gravity of the situation.
What the hell!
“C2, you actually betrayed us!”
“Are you insane?!”
“Get out of the way!”
The tables had turned.
Now it was the mutant creatures who were in disarray, while the Players and Xia Shi revealed expressions of joy.
Unlike last time, when Bai Fu pressed the trigger, no one tried to stop her.
With a slight tremble of the launcher, an armor-piercing round shot out of the thick barrel and struck the strongest of them—C3—head-on.
C3 didn’t even have time to dodge. He let out a miserable scream as damage numbers floated up above his head.
【You dealt 76 critical damage to C3!】
【You inflicted a crippling blow on C3. C3 has entered a mildly disabled state!】
【C3 is bleeding, losing 2 HP per second!】
The armor-piercing round blasted C3 into the air, crashing into and toppling C1. During the flight, blood gushed from C3’s throat—his condition even more tragic than Li Cheng’s.
No—I can’t die so easily here!
C3’s eyes brimmed with pain and unwillingness. His face twisted, he struggled to get up from the ground. But just then, a second grenade launched from the barrel—targeting C3 again, and C1 who had been knocked over.
Boom!
This one was a high-explosive round. Upon impact, both C3 and C1 were blown away. C1 was especially unfortunate—his hand was blasted clean off.
Before the severed arm even hit the ground, Bai Fu pressed the trigger a third time—again at C3. The grenade exploded, and flames immediately engulfed C3’s body.
Under the searing blaze, C3 only screamed twice before falling completely silent.
Three-shot combo: armor-piercing, high-explosive, incendiary—executed flawlessly!
A crisp system alert rang out in Bai Fu’s ears.
【You killed C3. 100% contribution. XP adjusted for level difference: 6000 points】
"Hss—"
All the surrounding Players froze.
They had long heard of Bai Fu’s power through various sources, but they had never imagined she was this strong.
Was this the true power an NPC in a hidden storyline should possess?
Unbelievable!
The remaining five mutant creatures stared at C3’s charred corpse, with no energy left to blame C2.
All they felt was icy dread in their limbs.
Not long ago, C3 had said that with all six of them, they might survive Bai Fu.
And now, mere minutes later, C3 had become a corpse.
How are we supposed to fight this?
“C6, did the message get sent?!”
“Almost there, almost!”
C6 was panicking like a cat on a hot tin roof, terrified that Bai Fu might suddenly send a round his way and blast both him and the vehicle sky-high.
The launcher he had tossed out was a heavy grenade launcher with a 30-round drum. Although it hadn’t been fully loaded at the time, there were still at least ten grenades left in it.
This time, though, his worry was unnecessary. Bai Fu had no intention of attacking C6.
Of course, she wasn’t sparing C6 out of mercy—it was because she didn’t want to damage the vehicle he was in.
She had long wanted a military vehicle of her own, but felt reluctant to spend the money. If she bought a car, she wouldn’t have enough left to customize Power Armor for Anya.
Now, look at that—the Truth Society was not only delivering XP, but also gifting her a vehicle.
Living Buddhas, the lot of them.
“Stop her, hurry! C4, C5, forget those nobodies—just cover C6! He has to send the report back!”
C2, who was still intact, shouted.
C4 and C5 looked at C2 with strange expressions. Damn it—if you hadn’t thrown the grenade launcher to Bai Fu, would things have turned out like this?
They suspected C2 was trying to backstab them—but he wasn’t wrong: they had to protect C6 now.
As for C1, whose hand had been blown off…
Just as they turned to look, a grenade struck C1 in the head.
【You killed C1. 100% contribution. XP adjusted for level difference: 5000 points】
Just kill them all already!
“Get in close—if we close the distance, we won’t have to be afraid!”
But how could Xia Shi, who had been hiding all this time, let C4 and C5 get close so easily?
She drew her gun and opened fire.
The special incendiary rounds might not be strong enough to instantly kill mutant creatures, but they were more than enough to keep them from approaching Bai Fu.
Damn it!
C4 and C5 were furious, but there was nothing they could do.
Thankfully, C2 didn’t kick them while they were down. Instead, he kept firing at Bai Fu, trying to stop her from using the grenade launcher.
But Bai Fu, now on a killing spree, didn’t care about those bullets. Even if she was hit in vulnerable spots, it barely cost her any HP—there weren’t even any visible wounds. What was there to be afraid of?
Amid the crossfire from Xia Shi and the mutant creatures, Bai Fu strolled leisurely through the battlefield—not like a fighter, but like someone taking a post-meal walk.
But after what they had witnessed, no one dared to underestimate her anymore.
She wasn’t in a hurry. Only when she had a clear shot would she pull the trigger, maximizing the impact of every grenade.
For a moment, it felt like she was channeling the terrifying dominance of a tyrant blasting Jill with a grenade launcher.
In the wilderness, explosions, gunfire, and curses mingled together.
The Players who had initially been eager to rush up and help Bai Fu now completely gave up on the idea.
What was the point? Just to become cannon fodder?
They might as well enjoy watching Fu‑fu descend like a heavenly god and take on six foes solo.
This kind of VIP front-row seat wasn’t something just anyone could experience.
They only regretted there wasn’t someone nearby pushing a cart yelling, “Sunflower seeds, peanuts, folding stools!”—otherwise, wouldn’t this be bliss like that of the immortals?
“Well done, Fu‑fu!”
“I can’t even imagine how powerful Bai Fu will be once she fully recovers.”
“She might even blow up a star.”
“Crap, my wife’s so fierce—how am I supposed to catch up to her in the future?”
The Players in the live‑stream room also shed their gloom and began watching joyfully.
【So jealous. How amazing would it be to witness this battle live?】
【Fu‑fu’s hands are red from all the shooting. Let me blow on them.】
【Death has arrived!】
【Wait, wait, wait. It’s my turn to play now.】
At first, Xia Shi had been earnestly assisting Bai Fu, but after C2 and C4 were both wounded and the battle decisively turned, she stopped and kept switching her gaze between Bai Fu and the Players, her face full of awe.
A death god wielding a grenade launcher, harvesting lives—and a bunch of outsiders chatting and joking beside a blood-soaked battlefield.
A monster paired with monsters—maybe she really had picked up a ghost back at the Abandoned Cooling Plant!
But it was precisely these “ghosts” who helped Division Four break the deadlock and snatch the initiative back from the Truth Society.
Xia Shi felt a fire light up within her. She’d always been the rule-following type—thanks to her upbringing—but right now, she just wanted to vent her emotions.
Damn Truth Society, weren’t you so arrogant? Let’s see you act tough in front of Bai Fu now!
“Charge! Take them down!”
Bai Fu was startled by the sudden shout. She turned around with a strange expression and saw Xia Shi blushing, yelling at her with excitement.
“？”
Forget it, now wasn’t the time to worry about Xia Shi.
Bai Fu casually launched a grenade, sending the still-struggling C4 off to meet his maker. Then she walked to the car—C6 was still frantically yelling into the terminal.
“That’s enough.”
She pulled out a gun and emptied an entire magazine into C6’s head as he stared in terror.
The gunshots and screams transmitted straight through the terminal to the Truth Society. A moment later, a broken, intermittent voice came from the other end.
“I admit I severely underestimated you.”
Bai Fu put the gun away, then asked with interest, “You’re the president of the Truth Society?”
“No.” The person on the other side of the terminal denied it. “I’m Bernardo, Minister of the Combat Unit. Dealing with you doesn’t require the president’s personal attention. From now on, I’m putting you on the Truth Society Tier-1 kill list. The next time we meet will be the day of your death!”
Tch.
Anyone can talk big.
Bai Fu said, “Let’s hope your life is as tough as your mouth.”
With that, she shut off the terminal, not giving Bernardo the chance to retort. Go ahead and stew in silence, old Deng!
After dragging C6’s corpse out of the vehicle, she casually shot the dying C2 to finish him off.
At this point, aside from Xia Shi firing a few supplementary shots, she had practically wiped out all six mutant creatures by herself—at the cost of only 386 HP.
“Awesome, awesome, awesome!”
Suddenly, Xia Shi leapt forward and hugged Bai Fu, cheering loudly. Bai Fu felt like her brain was about to be shaken into mush.
“Stop! Stop!”
Don’t bounce anymore—one more bounce and you’ll be spitting all over my face.
Xia Shi suddenly remembered that Bai Fu was still slightly injured. She quickly let go and apologized, “Hold on, I’ll bandage you right away.”
“No need for that—I brought medicine.”
Bai Fu pulled a bottle of Recovery Potion she had snatched from the Wildfire Gang out of the tactical pouch on her hip and chugged it down. Her HP began to slowly recover.
Just as she was about to say something to Xia Shi, the roar of an engine sounded in her ear. She looked in the direction of the noise and saw a familiar Division Four vehicle approach.
Finally here?
She glanced at Li Cheng, who was still barely hanging on to life.
【You completed the mission [Special Operation], reward: 10,000 XP, 5 Gene Primordials Faction Reputation】
【You completed the hidden mission [Death of the Mutant Creatures], reward: 50,000 XP】
【You completed the hidden mission [Who is the Spy?], reward: 100,000 XP, Special Potion - Gene Enhancement Potion, Prayer Card Blueprint】
A string of alerts chimed in her ear—a fat wave of gains!