Chapter 5: Thirty Years East of the River, Thirty Years West of the River, Don't Bully Luo Mou for Being Poor!
Reunion Movement.
An organization composed entirely of Infected.
The worldview of Terra is built upon the versatile energy source—Originium.
And so-called Infected are patients who have contracted Oripathy, damaged by the energy substance—Originium.
People infected by Originium. The theoretical fatality rate is 100%, and upon death, there is a risk of spreading infection and potential dangerous abilities, thus they are loathed by society.
The Infected of the Reunion Movement are extremely xenophobic, hostile towards the normal human society that once oppressed them, proclaiming that "the Infected should be proud of their identity and actively acquire and use their own power."
In short, they are a group of thugs.
However, at its inception, this organization did not have all sorts of strange ideas.
It could even be considered quite a progressive organization.
They were friendly to the Infected, friendly to serfs, and hoped to gain recognition from small citizens and middle-class farmers.
But unfortunately—
Luo Su's current status was that of a noble mine owner.
Completely outside their scope of unity.
No, rather than being outside their scope of unity, he was the kind of existence whose demise would make the Infected exclaim, "Good riddance, pop the champagne!"
Luo Su looked at the groups of Infected outside, taking a deep breath.
Holy crap!!
Is this motherf*cker here to raid his own house?!
"...What happened?"
Raiden Mei seemed to notice that Luo Su's expression was a little off.
—Because she was isolated, she was very good at noticing changes in other people's emotions.
Hui Hui and Naruto also had a setting where they were good at observing other people's emotions, but these two kids were genuinely poor and had never seen anything delicious. Now, they were buried in their food, not even looking around.
At this moment, this young lady quickly noticed that Luo Su's state of mind had a small problem.
"It's nothing, just a small change has occurred."
Luo Su tried his best to remain calm, saying with a smile.
A true warrior must face a life of being hung from a lamppost and confront the vivid blood of going into the basement.
So—
Let me see what enemies are outside?
Luo Su stood up and looked outside.
In his vision, a silver-haired beauty in a military uniform stood at the front of the line, and beside her was a chubby, beautiful girl.
Behind the chubby, beautiful girl was a monster like a mountain.
Beside the monster, heavy shield warriors like iron towers were lined up, their momentum like a collapsing mountain.
It's over.
Luo Su quickly came to this conclusion.
The heir of the Black Snake—Talulah.
The leader of the Yeti Squadron—FrostNova.
The last pure-blood Wendigo—Patriot.
Ignoring the chubby, beautiful girl who was just making up the numbers, the remaining two were undoubtedly genuine royal bloodlines. In this world where bloodline theory clearly existed, it meant they were extraordinarily difficult to deal with.
Especially Patriot, this old fellow, in his prime, only needed two of his kind to cover him to take down a city.
Although he didn't have his kind to cover him at this moment, behind him were shield guards who had rebelled from the Ursus army with him.
"...Boss, you don't look so good."
Even Hui Hui, who had been eating all this time, sensed an unusual aura.
She wiped the oil from the corners of her mouth with her sleeve, her slightly baby-faced cheeks looking incredibly cute.
"Just surrounded by an armed force capable of besieging a city."
Luo Su said frankly.
Raiden Mei: "!!"
Hui Hui: "?! !!!"
Uzumaki Naruto: "??"
They all looked at Luo Su, their faces full of disbelief.
No, what heinous crime did you commit, buddy, to have an army capable of conquering a city come to besiege your property?
Did you break a heavenly rule?
Or did you tear up the Book of Life and Death?!
"Should we run?"
The mage's thinking was quick. Miss Hui Hui laboriously picked up the pot full of stewed meat next to her, packed it as a red envelope for herself, and then sent all the group members directions to the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
When in doubt, run.
As long as I run fast enough, no difficulty can catch up to me!!
Luo Su deeply agreed.
What damn mine, or beast-eared girl club, I don't want it anymore!!
I'm going to the Scarlet Devil Mansion right now!!
[Oh, great Lord! There's also Talulah of the Reunion Movement here. She's the Crown Prince of the Victoria Kingdom. Quickly recruit her, and you will gain the qualification to ascend as the Regent of Victoria!]
[In addition, you will receive a gacha chance!!]
This Residual Value prompter actually had a function to issue quests.
Luo Su was shocked, then directly clicked the X button.
Holy shit.
I'm about to be nailed to a church by Patriot like Jesus, and you're telling me to be Lü Buwei?
If you want to change hosts, you can just say so.
No need to imitate the Ming Dynasty's succession law of falling into the water.
[Oh, my friend, I mean, is there a possibility that they actually don't have any...desire to fight?]
?
Luo Su was stunned.
The Reunion Movement members were basically all pitiful people whose assets had been drained by nobles and then discarded at will.
Was his identity as a noble mine owner not enough to draw hatred?
[No, your background is not within the Reunion Movement's attack range.]
The prompter stated a certain fact directly.
?! !!!
[You bought Originium mines at an exorbitant price, and before they could be developed, a huge explosion occurred. Your tragic story is already a legend in the Ursus business world. Everyone loves to see those in high places fall into the mud, don't they?]
[You are a noble and a big businessman, yet due to an accident, you owe a debt equivalent to Chernobog's two-year GDP. You are simply too suitable to be a laughingstock.]
[The Reunion Movement is here only because they think you are so poor now that you might need to sell assets, and they want to take this opportunity to buy some cheap food—they are not so bored as to criticize a super debtor or the head of the Digital Four Heavenly Kings.]
Luo Su: "..."
His expression could no longer be described as ferocious.
So, he wasn't even qualified to be criticized, was he?
As a noble, a mine owner... he didn't even have the qualification to be criticized.
What kind of humiliation was this?
F*ck you, I f*ck you.
Luo Su pointed a finger at the sky, silently cursing the heavens for assigning him such a clownish identity.
"...Boss, aren't we running?"
Hui Hui's voice interrupted Luo Su's accusation against the heavens.
She tugged on Luo Su's sleeve, signaling him to run.
"Not running anymore."
"Are we going to fight?"
At this moment, Skadi, who had been relatively silent, spoke.
"The main combat power of the opponent is a Wendigo, a Red Dragon, a group of shield guards, and a rabbit."
"If Hui Hui uses magic for a bombardment, it should be able to deal with the shield guards and weaken the remaining three guys... I can deal with the injured Wendigo and the rabbit, and Luo Su should also be able to deal with the injured Red Dragon."
"Before they have a chance to spread out and attack, victory will be ours."
Should it be said that she is indeed an Abyssal Hunter?
Skadi's combat literacy was extremely high. She quickly calmed down and completed a basic tactical plan.
If this was a minute ago, he would definitely consider it.
After all, he was a big capitalist and had to protect his assets.
But now, there was no need for that.
After all—
He found that he had no assets to protect at all.
"No, there's no need to fight."
Luo Su rubbed his cheeks hard, making his smile as gentle as possible, so that he looked more approachable.
Hui Hui: "???"
Skadi: "???"
"Not fighting?"
Skadi was a little confused.
"Who told me I was just a bankrupt mine owner?"
Luo Su gritted his teeth, secretly formulating future mining and cross-border trade plans.
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!
Don't bully the poor mine owner!!