My Romance Game Updated – Chapter 106
by Little PandaCounterattack
“I just saw them—all the mutated birds are pretty big. How about we make a small opening in this iron door? If any of them try to charge in, they’ll get stuck in the opening. Then we can take the opportunity to harvest their heads one by one?” Ren Chenxi suggested, gesturing at the iron door.
“That could work! But, what are we going to use to cut the door?” Zhang Tongqi’s eyes lit up, but then she looked troubled. “If I use my fingernails to poke holes one by one, I’m afraid the door and the wall will collapse from the birds’ attacks before I even finish making the opening…”
“Don’t worry, we won’t need your nails~” Ren Chenxi said as she pulled a gaudy long blade, worth a hundred thousand crystal cores, from her inventory. “This will do just fine.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Ren Chenxi raised the long blade and stabbed it straight at the iron door. The blade instantly pierced through the thick metal, and she felt its tip impale a mutated bird. Piercing the door was one thing, but cutting a proper opening still required significant strength. Thus, the job of finishing the cut fell to Lu Ping.
Following Ren Chenxi’s marks, Lu Ping completed the task with ease. The moment Lu Ping pushed out the completely severed piece of metal, a bird head the size of two fists lunged in. Ren Chenxi, of course, unceremoniously brought her blade down on it.
One mutated bird died, and countless others heroically followed, rushing into the small opening to deliver their heads. After slashing for only a short while, Ren Chenxi frowned. “No, this is too slow…”
Indeed, while the method of harvesting bird heads through the small opening worked, the birds outside weren’t just foolishly charging into the hole. Swarms of them were still frantically attacking the door and the wall. In just a short while, fine cracks began to appear on the wall around the doorframe.
“Yingying, reinforce the wall, quickly!”
As soon as the cracks appeared, Mu Ning had Tang Ying crystallize the wall. At the same time, she leaned close to Ren Chenxi’s ear and whispered, “Do you still have any of those Shield Cards?”
“I do, but are you planning to go outside and fight them directly?” Over the past few days, besides her five free daily draws, Ren Chenxi had also spent another 100,000 crystal stones on twenty more card draws. She had managed to save up three SR Shield Cards.
“Exactly. Fighting them outside will divert some of their attacks from the wall and the door. Besides, attacking through this small opening is too slow. I’m afraid the door won’t hold for much longer.”
As if to prove Mu Ning’s point, a beak-shaped bulge immediately appeared on the thick iron door. Then a second, and a third…
The birds’ attacks intensified. If they delayed any longer, it really wouldn’t hold.
“Fine! I’ll go out with you! You use your wood and ice attacks, and I’ll use this long blade!”
Ren Chenxi didn’t lower her voice for that last part, so the other girls heard her loud and clear. Upon hearing that Ren Chenxi and Mu Ning were going to risk going outside, they anxiously tried to talk them out of it, even saying that if they insisted on going, they would all go out and fight together. Ren Chenxi understood their worries, but she managed to dissuade them with a simple line of reasoning.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be fine out there. Your Boss’s ice ability can create a very sturdy ice shield, but its area is limited. If you all come out, Mu Ning will have to split her focus between protecting you and fending off the birds, which would be even more dangerous. So, you should just guard this door. Especially you, Tang Ying. You need to repair any cracks in the wall immediately. If the iron door gets seriously damaged, we’ll be counting on you too.”
The girls hated the idea of being a burden instead of a help. So, left with no choice, they had to agree to Ren Chenxi’s proposal. Who could argue? Their abilities weren’t as high-level as Xi-jie’s and the Boss’s. And besides… Xi-jie and the Boss were strong enough to kill a 7th-order mutated octopus, right?
To get outside, Ren Chenxi and Mu Ning had to open the iron door first. In that time, the mutated birds would surely try to force their way through the gap. So, Ren Chenxi had Lu Ping hold the door firmly, while the others were to grab weapons or use their abilities to attack any bird that tried to slip through the crack. To that end, Huo Keyu and a few others even ran downstairs to bring up several large machetes.
The large machetes that Ren Chenxi had collected before were distributed to non-espers like Huo Keyu and Du Tian. Whenever they went out, they always carried these machetes with them. Watching Huo Keyu come up with a large machete in hand, Ren Chenxi looked down at the gaudy long blade in her own and felt a pang of guilt. She had all these cards, yet she was still complaining that her sharp long blade was too flashy. Meanwhile, ordinary people like Huo Keyu treasured the very machetes she had cast aside.
Maybe I should find some time to buy Keyu and the others some better, more suitable weapons? But what excuse would I use to give them out?
While Ren Chenxi was lost in thought, Mu Ning had already placed her hand on the doorknob. “Are you ready? I’m opening it.”
Hearing Mu Ning’s voice, Ren Chenxi snapped back to her senses and quickly used an SR Shield Card on both herself and Mu Ning. “Alright, get ready to open the door! Sisters, it’s up to you to hold the door now!”
“Don’t worry, Xi-jie! Leave it to us!”
“Okay, I’m opening it… 3, 2, 1…”
As Mu Ning’s countdown ended, the iron door was pulled open just wide enough for one person to pass. The moment it opened, the mutated birds outside flapped their wings and frantically squeezed into the gap. Shielded by the cards, Ren Chenxi and Mu Ning paid them no mind, pushing through the birds to get out. Mu Ning was the first one out, with Ren Chenxi right behind her.
“Quick! Close the door! Take care of the birds that got inside!”
Before the stunned girls could react, the iron door was shut from the outside. At the same time, the few mutated birds that had managed to squeeze in fell to the ground, bleeding and screeching. It turned out that as Ren Chenxi was squeezing through the gap, she’d kept her long blade held high. In the chaos, the birds that charged in slammed right into the sharp edge. The sheer velocity of their charge meant some had a wing sliced off, while others were completely disemboweled.
Inside, the girls speechlessly stared at the heavily wounded birds. Outside, Ren Chenxi and Mu Ning came face to face with the overwhelming, dark mass of mutated birds that blotted out the sky.
As soon as Ren Chenxi and Mu Ning appeared on the rooftop, most of the mutated birds indeed abandoned their attacks on the door and wall, turning their sharp beaks toward the two of them instead. But thanks to the protective shield, the birds couldn’t harm them in the slightest. The girls watching from behind the iron door finally let out a sigh of relief when they saw Ren Chenxi and Mu Ning were completely unharmed. At the same time, they were secretly in awe. Mu Ning’s ice-system defense was just too powerful; so many ferocious attacks, yet none could break through her ice shield.
Although, they couldn’t actually see an ice shield at all. But maybe… maybe it was just too transparent for them to see?
Since the birds’ attacks were completely blocked, Mu Ning took the opportunity to unleash dozens of vines, which began to violently ensnare and crush the mutated birds in mid-air. While controlling the vines, she didn’t forget to remind Ren Chenxi:
“Be careful. A large-scale mutated bird attack like this is usually directed by a high-level leader bird!” Having been through a zombie tide, Mu Ning was clearly experienced with such attacks. The last time their base faced a zombie tide, a 5th-order zombie had been commanding it. Back then, she had risked completely exhausting her abilities and stamina to kill that 5th-order zombie. Only then did the zombie tide lose control, with some zombies continuing the assault while others began to wander aimlessly.
“Most of these birds are low and mid-tier. If there’s a leader bird, I’m guessing it’s high-tier!” Ren Chenxi also raised her long blade, slashing at the birds diving toward them. With a single horizontal sweep, the sharp blade cut down a whole swath of mutated birds, sending them crashing down.
“What’s wrong? Can’t the Shield Card block a high-tier mutated bird? But that mutated octopus last time…”
“The Shield Cards we’re using now are lower-level ones. They can defend against attacks from birds below high-tier for thirty minutes, but against a high-tier mutated bird, they can only block ten attacks,” Ren Chenxi explained, viciously cutting down several more birds as she spoke.
“How many of those cards do you have left?” Mu Ning asked, continuing to slaughter the birds in the air while her gaze drifted toward the dark, oppressive clouds in the distance.
“I only have one of these Shield Cards for mid-tier enemies left, and only one for high-tier enemies. But the high-tier one can block attacks from a high-tier mutated bird for ten minutes.”
“Then you should use that card on yourself. If a high-tier bird appears, you take the chance to…”
“No need!” Ren Chenxi cut her off. “I may only have two Shield Cards left, but I have seven advanced Explosion Cards! That’s more than enough to deal with one high-tier mutated bird.” After all this time drawing and saving, Ren Chenxi had accumulated seven SSR Explosion Cards. Even more ridiculously, she now had thirty-six SR Critical Hit Cards!
Seeing Ren Chenxi’s confident expression, Mu Ning didn’t say anything more, but she didn’t let her guard down one bit. Even though she knew Ren Chenxi was strong, she still hoped she could be the one to protect her when the danger came.
The Shield Cards only lasted for thirty minutes, so the two of them seized the time to madly slaughter the swarm of mutated birds. It wasn’t just Ren Chenxi and Mu Ning; other espers in the base were also hiding inside buildings, fighting back through the windows as best they could. The espers used their abilities to attack and defend, while ordinary people raised their machetes and long rods, ready to strike down any bird that broke in.
With just over ten minutes left on their shields, a thick layer of mutated bird corpses had already piled up at their feet. The number of birds in the sky had also visibly dwindled.
The dark clouds that had filled the sky finally began to dissipate, and specks of sunlight started to break through.
Just as Ren Chenxi cut down the last mutated bird in front of them and looked up at the sky, her expression suddenly sharpened. She saw an enormous mutated bird, its wingspan at least the size of a small helicopter. And its level was displayed as 7th-order!
The author has something to say:
Puxin Ning1: She refused to use the only advanced Shield Card on herself, so she must want to use it on me! So! She must like me too! So! What should we name our future children?
Xixi: ?????
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