Chapter Fourteen: The Fight, Clues from a Year Ago!
“You’re back.”
Su Cheng opened the door and saw Zhu Shan’er standing inside the house, dressed in a purple jacket.
“Cousin, look, the girl brought me a gift.”
Mindless proudly held up a fairly well-preserved comic book of Journey to the West, beaming with joy.
“Hmm.”
Su Cheng closed the door, opened the safe, and took out some basic enhancement serum. “Here are a few bottles of nutrient serum. Drink them all; they’ll be good for your health.”
Zhu Shan’er also opened the suitcase she had brought. “I have a gift for you too.”
She pulled out an artificial eye. “I won this one. It’s even better than the one I stole last time.”
Su Cheng took the artificial eye and placed it in a drawer.
Zhu Shan’er blinked her pink eyes and asked curiously, “Why don’t you use the good one? Why use this broken one?”
“It’s already repaired.”
Su Cheng glanced at the suitcase in her hand. “You want to modify that leg?”
Zhu Shan’er nodded. “Yes, I won this too. I’m very strong now.”
She took out a D-grade mechanical prosthetic right leg from the suitcase. “They thought I was young and challenged me to fights, but they couldn’t beat me. They all lost.”
“Fights?”
Su Cheng noticed a full set of D-grade mechanical prosthetics in the suitcase.
This was no small matter. A complete set of mechanical prosthetics isn’t something ordinary people can afford to upgrade, especially at D-grade! Even among hunters, they’re rare.
Zhu Shan’er furrowed her brows tightly and drank a bottle of the basic enhancement serum, but soon realized there was no pain, so she relaxed.
She nodded. “Yes, the Wasteland Fighting Arena. You can participate in matches there, but you need certain qualifications. You can also bet on fights with others, no matter life or death. The winner takes everything at stake.”
Su Cheng remained silent. Although Zhu Shan’er spoke calmly, this was a death match!
Fight to the death, extremely dangerous!
He hadn’t expected Zhu Shan’er to engage in such lethal fights.
He had heard a bit about the Wasteland Fighting Arena.
It was the most popular entertainment venue in the Inner City.
Almost all the high officials and wealthy elites went to watch the fights!
Even Future City was involved!
The Wasteland also hosted related peripheral bets and live broadcasts of the matches.
The fighting matches were the hottest events throughout the Wasteland!
However, Su Cheng had never paid special attention to it and had little interest.
“The murderer who killed Mom is someone from the Fighting Arena. There was a Fighting Arena emblem on his clothes.”
Zhu Shan’er finished all the basic enhancement serum and clearly felt her strength multiply several times over!
“What kind of nutrient serum is this? Why do I feel stronger?”
She clenched her fist tightly. “According to my implants, my physical condition is excellent! All my abilities have increased by at least three times!”
“That’s great! Thank you, Brother Su. Now I have a much better chance to avenge Mom!”
With a first-generation military implant combined with a B-grade combat prosthetic and a perfectly optimized body—
Zhu Shan’er could now easily overpower Zhang Jie!
Su Cheng took his tools and approached the operating table. “If you find the enemy, don’t take risks. Find the right opportunity for revenge; safety is the most important.”
Zhu Shan’er lay down on the table. “I will.”
Mindless handed over the prosthetic right leg to Su Cheng. “If you find him, remember to tell us. We’ll help you plan.”
“Exactly.”
Su Cheng began replacing the prosthetic. “Also, if you get injured, remember to come back for repairs. The money you gave last time will be treated as a prepayment for repairs.”
“Thank you.”
Zhu Shan’er was deeply moved.
She knew those nutrient serums were priceless; the money she gave was far from enough!
Soon, after the prosthetic was replaced, she jumped off the table and looked at her right leg.
Suddenly, she saw a simple cat sketch carved with a scalpel on it.
That was Su Cheng’s carving.
Though the lines were crooked and twisted, it made her feel very warm.
She gently touched it, then stood up and took out the remaining D-grade mechanical prosthetics from the suitcase. “Here, I don’t need these. Brother Su, you can give them to others who need them.”
Su Cheng didn’t refuse; he needed more prosthetics to synthesize upgrades.
Zhu Shan’er waved. “Goodbye, Brother Su, Mr. Wukong.”
Su Cheng said lightly, “Come to me if you have difficulties.”
“Okay! I will.”
After Zhu Shan’er left, Su Cheng put the prosthetics away. Observing Zhu Shan’er, he could see the kind of combat power that could be achieved by modifying B-grade combat prosthetics combined with military implants and body enhancements.
In the Old World, this would be considered top-tier fighting strength!
Nutrient serums, advanced combat prosthetics, and military implants were what he needed most right now.
Combat prosthetics could be accumulated by hunting raiders, but military implants were impossible to buy and very rare!
He took out his hunter card and searched for information.
He found no information about military implants.
After all, those were military-grade items; the survivors could never obtain them.
It might also be due to his insufficient clearance; his search range was limited.
He searched the raider information again. This time, there was much more data, so he examined it carefully.
Eight years ago, among the raiders who killed his parents, he had noticed one with a tattoo of the letter 'C' on the back of his hand.
He would never forget that tattoo.
But now many people had tattoos, so just one tattoo wasn’t enough to track much.
Besides this clue, he hadn’t found any other information over the years.
Back then, those raiders had gouged out his right eye and thrown him to the edge of the ruins to mock him.
If not for luck, he wouldn’t have survived to return to the Wasteland.
He was seriously injured and too young to investigate at the time.
As he grew older, too much time had passed, making it even harder to track.
But the HPC Guard must have filed a record.
The HPC guards had watched nearby at first and only later sealed off the scene.
But survivors had no right to enter or access their database!
Su Cheng tried adding the keyword ‘letter tattoo’ to narrow the search.
Suddenly, he found a piece of information from a year ago.
It was a hunting bounty posted by a hunter who completed the bounty.
The wanted raider had a tattoo of the letter ‘Z’ on the back of his hand!
The information was very simple, just a picture and a few words.
Other details were beyond his clearance and couldn’t be viewed!
Who posted it, the hunting location, and other data were all restricted!
Su Cheng anxiously zoomed in on the image.
“Exactly the same!”
The tattoo’s style was identical to the old ‘C’!
Eight years!
After eight years, he finally saw that tattoo again!
Su Cheng clenched his fist, his eyes cold as ice.
Registering as a hunter had its uses!
Indeed, he had found the most useful clue in eight years.
This was all thanks to the Dimension Eye.
Without the Dimension Eye, he couldn’t have grown so strong so quickly.
He would still be slowly saving money and buying low-grade mechanical prosthetics to upgrade himself, just to have a chance to approach hunters.
He might never save enough, as wild ghosts came to collect money every month.
In this world, life was that hard for ordinary people!
He checked his information access level.
He needed an advanced hunter rank!
All information required an advanced hunter’s clearance to view fully.
Intermediate hunters could see more, with a broader scope.
He had to level up his hunter rank quickly!
Only then could he learn who posted the bounty, the raider’s true identity, and where he was hunted down!
Perfect timing—he could hunt raiders, dismantle prosthetics for synthesis and upgrades, and raise his hunter level simultaneously!
“Beep beep.”
The chip emitted a message alert.
He opened the message card.
Zhang Jie’s face appeared immediately: “Hey, my friend, the trouble has been handled. He wants to compensate with 200 bottles of low-quality nutrient serum. Someone should be delivering it soon. Hope you’re satisfied.”
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