When Lily saw him, Brother Dabiao was incredibly excited.
Especially when he thought about how his subordinates, who had called him 'Big Brother' just a while ago, had run faster than anyone when he was in trouble, he was even more grateful to Lily for coming back to save him again.
True friendship is seen in times of adversity.
Look at those bastards, and then look at Lily…
Brother Dabiao suddenly slapped himself.
He was wrong, how could he compare those born to Lily?
This wasn't praising Lily; it was clearly insulting her!
Brother Dabiao chuckled and stepped forward: "Why haven't you left yet?"
Lily urged: "Stop talking nonsense! Are you staying here because you want those Outsiders to chase us faster? Hurry up and leave with me!"
Yes, yes, this is indeed not the time to dwell on such matters.
Brother Dabiao obediently followed.
The two walked one after another, not speaking, just pushing forward with their heads down.
After turning more than a dozen corners, Lily stopped.
"What's wrong?" Brother Dabiao asked curiously.
Lily breathed a sigh of relief: "The Outsiders shouldn't be able to catch up here for a while."
Brother Dabiao looked Four Directions, he had an impression of this place; if Outsiders unfamiliar with the terrain tried to find it, it would indeed be difficult in a short time.
Thank goodness, he was finally saved!
Brother Dabiao was deeply moved: "Thank you, my life is yours. From now on, you can make me do anything you want!"
Lily quickly shook her head: "No thanks, no thanks. You're my top supporter, Big Brother, I should be thanking you."
Top supporter, Big Brother?
Brother Dabiao was a bit confused. He saw Lily rummaging in her pocket, so he leaned his head closer.
Seconds later, Lily took her hand out.
He widened his left eye and finally saw clearly that what lay in Lily's palm was clearly a bag of quicklime.
Wait, quicklime?
Damn it!
Brother Dabiao realized the danger, but it was too late.
Lily sprinkled it forcefully, and the quicklime directly covered his entire face.
The burning pain stimulated Brother Dabiao to howl.
You bastard! Give me back all my emotion from just now!!!
While Brother Dabiao was frantically rolling on the ground, Lily rushed forward with her small knife without a word.
She had painstakingly brought Brother Dabiao here precisely to snatch the player's kill.
If she delayed any longer, and players were attracted by Brother Dabiao's screams, wouldn't all her efforts be in vain?
Stab him, damn it!
The small knife jabbed wildly, and accompanied by numbers like "-13" and "-9" floating above his head, Brother Dabiao's HP began to drop rapidly, and several new statuses appeared after his name.
[Bleeding], [Weakened], [Crippled]
It's over.
It's already over!
Brother Dabiao, unable to move his legs, wanted to cry but had no tears.
Who could he blame? Could he blame himself for being blind to a true bastard?
He really shouldn't have compared Lily to his subordinates who abandoned him and ran away.
In terms of being a bastard, those Four Directions combined weren't even qualified to lick the feet of this human-like fellow, Lily.
What a sin!
If this continued, how many people would be deceived by Lily's appearance and then die by her schemes?
Just thinking about this scene made Brother Dabiao tremble with anger.
But on second thought, the situation didn't seem so bad.
Anyway, he was about to die, so having a few more people get scammed to death by Lily was better than being the only one, right?
Thinking this, Brother Dabiao, who was gasping for breath due to severe injuries, suddenly died with a sense of relief.
[You killed Brother Dabiao, contribution 56%, after correction based on level difference, you gained 560 experience points]
Lily, who received the notification, clenched her fist tightly.
Awesome!
Even more awesome things were yet to come.
Just as she was rummaging through Brother Dabiao's pockets, the game notification sounded again.
[You completed the repeatable hidden quest [Fist of Order], gaining 1000 experience points and 1 attribute point as a reward]
[Fist of Order]
[Quest Description: Many small groups that disregard order wander the Abandoned Cooling Plant. Eliminate them to prove your determination to maintain order!]
[Quest Objective: Eliminate any chaotic group with a danger rating no lower than [Yellow], repeatable]
Including the [Debt Repayment] quest issued by Martin, Lily would gain a total of 3560 experience points after taking down Brother Dabiao.
With another 200 experience points, she could level up her Psionic Apprentice profession to Level 5 in one go.
By then, no matter if it was Brother Dabiao or Little Brother Dabiao, even if the players didn't help, she could punch him to his knees and make him call her 'daddy'!
"Now I've finally completely shed the role of cannon fodder in the Novice Village (Newbie Village)."
Lily let out a long breath.
She heard hurried footsteps from a distance, and after only a dozen seconds, the sound of players talking became clear.
"The scream came from this way."
"Hurry, hurry!"
"Ahhh, who stole my kill."
Excavation Princess, who had transformed into a war correspondent, led Black Tiger Afu and Patrick Star and others quickly through the ruins.
Originally, they thought they had lost track.
But as they walked, they heard screams from a distance, and as they ran towards the source of the screams, they suddenly received a game notification that Brother Dabiao had been killed.
Who did it?
After turning a corner, Excavation Princess stopped.
"What's wrong?" Patrick Star asked, puzzled.
Excavation Princess pointed her hand.
The dozen or so remaining players all peered out, and what they saw made them lose their composure.
Beneath the shattered high wall, on top of accumulated debris, lay a blood-soaked corpse.
Beside that corpse, a white figure leaned against the wall, with the cold light shining down, making the blood on her clothes and the back of her hand particularly conspicuous.
The barrage of comments in the live stream began to go wild.
[So cool!]
[World-famous painting!]
[Oh no, your clothes and hands are dirty, let me help lick them clean]
[Lick what, you fool? Excavation Princess, quickly go see if Mysterious Girl X is okay!]
Excavation Princess suddenly snapped back to reality and hurried deeper into the alley.
"Um, are you okay, Mysterious Girl…"
"My name is Lily, 'Bai' as in the sun, 'Fu' as in grass. Just call me by my name. I'm fine, just a small injury."
Lily straightened up and forced a smile from her tired face.
Her appearance immediately stirred the players' protective instincts.
[So Mysterious Girl X is named Lily, what a cute name]
[Fu Fu, my Fu Fu, how did you get hurt? It's all my fault for not protecting you by your side]
Lily coughed a few times.
"Thanks to you all, if it weren't for your efforts, I couldn't have… It's just, sigh, many of your companions died. It's all my fault, I didn't protect them well."
As she spoke, her smile disappeared, and she shook her head and sighed, her face full of sadness.
Excavation Princess quickly stepped forward to comfort her: "It's okay, they'll revive soon."
Patrick Star slung his stick over his shoulder and chimed in: "That's right, it's not real death, you don't need to blame yourself."
The players comforted Lily one after another, and no one cared about her snatching the kill anymore.
But Lily still sighed: "You don't need to comfort me like this, I'll adjust my emotions."
She pulled out a handful of credit coins from her pocket.
Credit coins are the currency used in the Abandoned Cooling Plant, issued by the nearby super-large settlement "Linn", and are in circulation due to their good quality and difficulty to counterfeit.
"This is the money I found on him. I can't take it; you all have it."
Both Excavation Princess and the other players in the live stream were stunned by Lily's move.
You're right, but this is Lily, an NPC who wholeheartedly protects players. Before the battle, she considered the players' safety, and after the battle, she took all responsibility for the players' deaths and even gave the money she found on the Elite Monster to the players as compensation!
[Have you ever seen an NPC like this?]
[Cry, all of you, cry!]
[I apologize for saying Fu Fu was bad before. From today on, I am a Fu Bao!]
[Who wouldn't go crazy facing Fu Fu? They're just holding on]
[Damn it, how can you guys accept this money?]
All the players in the live stream went mad.
Lily nodded with satisfaction.
Fortunately, she had a flash of inspiration and smeared some blood on herself to fake an injury before the players arrived, otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy to win the players' favor.
Now it's all good.
She took all the benefits from Brother Dabiao that belonged to the players, and afterward, she gave less than a tenth to the players, and the players still had to thank her!