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Stabbing and cutting the wound several times, he covered himself in blood.
"My health is down to half, hmm, that should be enough."
Li Aozhi hid his suitcase. The money inside would be useful ter, but not now. Given his current state, pleting the shelter task would take at least five weeks, and if there were any mishaps or slow leveling, it could take months.
However, Li Aozhi wasn’t in a hurry. [Starfall Master] pyers, in a way, are like old school fans—they never believe their favorite thing is weak. They only think and endure, with excellent patience.
"My [Charisma] is 13 points, and the main profession of [Civilian]... is meaningless. I don't want to waste experien that. If I get the [Mutant] profession, each level-up will increase [Charisma], and with the [Perma Specialty ? Love Hunter] effect, my growth will be siderable. There's o increase meaningless profession levels early on."
Pyers make tless mistakes early on, but Li Aozhi couldn’t afford that. He didn’t know if, as a regur NPC, he could repeatedly farm dungeons like pyers.
After all, NPCs that enter dungeons are few, usually appearing only due to storyline needs, at least needing to be [Elite] or [Expert] temptes.
Li Aozhi rubbed his forehead and smeared his face with blood. The mix of blood, sand, and frost highlighted his pale skin. With a high [Charisma] boost, he was more noticeable and pitiful at a gnce.
Li Aozhi adjusted his breathing, making his heart rate faster. With stiff, weak steps, he slowly moved deeper into the shelter. His background wasn't good, his clothes were old and worhered and dirty, and after struggling in the snow, he was covered in stains. Holding a camping knife, covered in scars, he looked like he had been through a fierce battle, appearing crazed and delusional.
"Help... help... help me..."
He squeezed his throat, using all his strength to produce the hoarsest, weakest voice. His gray eyes were dull as he stumbled through the dark corridor, occasionally bumping into ers and staircases where surveilnce cameras were located.
"Hehehe, help me—why did you leave me here—help me!"
Li Aozhi wandered seemingly aimlessly for a few minutes, sometimes stopping, sometimes ag crazed, occasionally sshing at walls.
As he cried and covered his face, his gray eyes glinted:
"I’ve put on quite a show, g and screaming. Those ‘doctors,’ even if they were blind, should see me nht?"
Sure enough, after kneeling and g for a while, his ears twitched.
From deep within the shelter, meical sounds echoed.
Tap, tap, tap.
[Someone's ing.]
He tio kneel and cry, silently ting:
[3, 6... 12? Is it 12 or 13? If it’s 13, I won’t o push further; I’ll be directly detained as a high-risk patient.]
Ign the approag footsteps, Li Aozhi tio cry, using his fiips to stretch his eyelids, letting the blood stimute his eyes to produce tears.
This self-harm quickly paid off—a hoarse female voice suddenly came from the once-dead silent shelter corridor:
"Don’t get close. The patient has self-harming tendencies and cks logical behavior, likely a level-five Esha ied. If he suddenly shes out, you could get hurt."
With his fingers c his face, Li Aozhi peered through the gaps, seeing a Frost woman in a white coat with a tilted red cross on her chest. Her left face was delicate, her right covered by a ask.
"But Anna, Assistant Physi, he has a knife..." another womaated.
"Don’t worry—Head Nurse Nodri, please. He might be a rare level-five Esha ied; we must capture him alive." Assistant Physi Anna turo the tall, strong head nurse beside her.
"Leave it to me."
Nodri, with bulging muscles, nodded and donned a mask and tex gloves, then approached Li Aozhi step by step.
Sensing the attatent, the system entered battle mode, reading the oppo's information.
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[Entering battle mode, assessing...]
[Based on your level, you will see the following information about the enemy:]
[Name]: 'Requiem Humanitarian Aid anization' Head Nurse—Nodri Crowe
[Level]: Destru System—lv.20
[Health]: 260/260 (Healthy)
[Attributes]:
Strength—18
Dexterity—11
stitution—20
Charisma—4
Will—5
[Rank]: Alpha Grade (o Extraordinary)
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"An Alpha Grade extraordinary."
And a Destru System warrior.
Li Aozhi wasn’t surprised. No matter the p, Destru System professionals were the most numerous, with low entry barriers and quick results, enced by the military.
However, Li Aozhi wasn’t ed. Although he expected a fight, his ultimate goal wasn’t to kill her.
Nodri Crowe slowly raised her fist. Her strength far exceeded that of normal people, her health was several times Li Aozhi’s. Handling him was easy.
"Don’t resist, patient," she said. "I’m here to help you."
Hearing this, Li Aozhi trembled, l his head as if provoked, his tone bewildered.
"Help... help me?"
Nodri exged gnces with the assistant physi. The ied seemed somewhat lucid, possibly less dangerous than 'the Professor' estimated.
"Yes, you don’t o be afraid." Nodri approached Li Aozhi, her inner energy releasing pressure like a wall falling on him.
Ordinary people would feel a deep sense of despair from this geic deterrence.
However, the man before her was unresponsive, silent.
Nodri didn’t lower her guard, spreading her massive hand, which could tear a northern giant bear, toward him. If he suddenly attacked, she was fident she could ter with a palm strike to his jaw.
"If he is a rare level-five ied, it’s best not to harm his sciousness..."
Nodri thought.
Seeing this, Li Aozhi raised his head, his disheveled bck hair revealing a small red mark on Nodri’s right neck.
A warrior’s strength wasn’t granted by the wind. Those who quickly gained power without keeping up with martial arts would have ots called 'en.'
Usually, breaking the 'en' would cause signifit damage, even allowing weaker oppos to defeat stronger ones.
Although pyers ter eliminated such weaknesses, in the early extraordinary system of Azure Star, few realized the 'en' issue, assuming it was natural bance.
Fag Nodri’s outstretched hand, Li Aozhi hesitated before 'cautiously' pg his hand in hers.
"Alright, tai was successful."
Nodri felt the weak grip and battered body, certain he couldn’t resist, and veyed this through her strength and presence.
Esha ied have geic mutations, typically with strong danger senses. Faced with overwhelming ehey wouldn’t resist, but—only if not provoked.
The moment Nripped his hand, she unched an attack, pulling him down, kig away his camping knife, and pinning him with a knee on his back. She then cuffed his wrists with posite material handcuffs.
Nodri quickly shouted:
"Target is under trol! Repeat, target is under trol!"
The medical team immediately surrouhem with firearms. Li Aozhi didn’t resist, hanging his head, silent, letting them tie him up and put him in a yellow restraint suit before being dragged up by the female medics.
Nodri cpped her hands and casually said to the calm Assistant Physi Anna:
"Looks like the Professor misjudged. He’s not that highly ied, just a bit aggressive."
"He’s severely injured, not showing full strength. Don’t doubt the Professor’s judgment," Anna said ftly. "Besides, avoiding the main gate and reag the abandoned logistics station is suspicious."
"So, you think he awakened Aether?"
"It’s possible. The Professor’s judgments are never wrong."
"Anna, the Professor isn’t a god." Nodri shook her head, looking at Li Aozhi. "This doesn’t look like a high-risk ied to me. The Professor must be losing his mind—"
"Head Nurse Nodri!"
Anna’s stern gaze, even on her half-masked face, showed distent. She said quietly:
"If you doubt the Professor, look closer. I firmly believe the Professor is never wrong."
"Really?"
Nodri, annoyed by Anna’s blind faith, approached Li Aozhi, one hand holding his o prevent movement, the other lifting his , examining him closely. Finally, she stared into his dull gray eyes, then sneered:
"Such a weakling, nothing like a level-five Esha i—"
Before she finished, Li Aozhi opened his mouth, a fsh of white light from his to such cle, even an Alpha Grade warrior couldn’t dodge.
Shing!
Nodri froze, releasing her grip, clutg her right neck, blood gushing from a cut along the blood vessels.
A cold bde erfectly embedded in the small red mark.
For some reason, Nodri felt unsteady. Her well-honed energy leaked like a pierced balloon.
"Head Nurse!"
"Are you alright, Head Nurse Nodri?"
Nodri’s face turned pale. She tried to speak, but her vision turned bck.
Thud!
With a crisp sound, Nodri fell to her knees, not having lost much blood but in shock.
Anna g the fallen Nodri and calmly said:
"I’ll take Head Nurse back. Jasmine, Ashley, you and the security team escort the patient back."
The 'ied' didn’t meet her gaze, silently escorted away by armed guards. Anna looked down at the ground.
In the er y a camping kh a missing tip.
Anna was silent for a moment, then pressed her earpiece.
"Anna, what’s the situation?"
A gentle inquiry came from the other end.
"Professor," she said, "your diagnosis was, as always, accurate."
