Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 236 Clues to the Third DLC

To Li You's surprise, Erica still chose to refuse.

In the game setting, Erica's character is a "survivalist", not a good person, nor an egoist.

The personality characteristic of a survivalist is that it is easier to be satisfied and less likely to become negative emotions. Generally speaking, it is a relatively good characteristic.

But because of this, Li You couldn't think of a reason why she rejected him.

Is it because he mistook him for a sniper?

So he said to Erica: "To avoid your misunderstanding, I have to say that I am not a sniper in the military..."

Erica: "...I know you're not a sniper, you're the Master's House, right? You're very famous recently. Although I didn't recognize him at first, I've remembered it now."

Li You was stunned: "Then..."

Erica explained: "To be honest, I admire you. After all, you can still come out to help others at a time like this. But, unlike you, I have companions and a sick father who needs to be taken care of. So I can’t help you.”

Li You: "Oh, you have a companion and an old man...wait a minute!"

He suddenly exclaimed, making Erica jump.

"What did you say, your dad?"

Erica was a little confused: "Right?"

Li You was in a daze.

In the game, Erica mentions how she came to Berggren in her character story.

She originally lived in Gravia and her family was relatively wealthy, but because her mother died young, she lived with her father.

Her alcoholic father was not friendly to her and would beat and scold her from time to time. This also led her to become a thief from the age of 14, relying on herself to support herself as much as possible.

She originally hated her father very much, but on the night when Gravia, where she lived, was bombarded, Erica was shot in the leg, and government troops entered the city and started killing her.

But at this time, Erica's father, who had been extremely rude to her, did not abandon her. Instead, he fled the city with her on his back, and followed the refugee flow like that all night until dawn.

Finally, her alcoholic father took her to Berggren, and the moment they entered the city, her father collapsed and died of exhaustion.

The last words left by such an alcoholic father to Erica were: "You must be strong, these bad things will end."

"—just like me."

To be honest, Li You was extremely sympathetic to Erica's story and recognized her father's final choice. According to his consistent concept, this is rare.

So Li You recruited Erica because he wanted to help her.

But now she actually says that her father is not dead?

Li You quickly asked about her father and her past experiences. Although Erica was a little confused, she still explained her situation to Li You.

The stories all start the same, but diverge later on.

When Erica's alcoholic father carried her near Berggren, they met another man and got help from that man.

It was a girl who lived alone, not much older than Erica, who lived in the suburbs of Bergglen.

At that time, most of the refugees who escaped from Gravia had dispersed and went to seek refuge with relatives and friends. Erica's father carried her on his back and became separated from the others because of overwork.

At this critical moment that may cost both father and daughter their lives, they meet Anna who comes to check on the situation.

Anna rescued them and took the father and daughter to the hospital, where Erica's injuries were treated and her father rested.

Because of such an accident, Erica's father survived, but his health also collapsed and he could hardly take care of himself in daily life.

Of course, Erica could not abandon him. She was taken in by the kind-hearted Anna and took her father to live in her home in the suburbs. They have been supporting each other since Berggren was surrounded, and they have supported each other until now.

Recently, because the weather has gradually become colder, Erica's father's health has become worse, so she ventured here and wanted to steal some medicine back.

They had already succeeded, but they met Li You at this time.

Fortunately, Li You has the habit of observing before shooting, otherwise Erica would have to log off here today.

Li You was absent-minded for a moment.

After a while, he asked: "...Anna? Is she the granddaughter of the old artist?"

Erica was also stunned: "So you know her?"

Li You felt bright in his heart.

Sure enough, it's Anna!

She is the protagonist of the game's final story DLC, Embers of Fire. Her grandfather was an artist and collected many precious cultural relics at home.

After the war broke out, government forces carried out targeted attacks on the cultural facilities of the Vishni people, aiming to destroy their cultural totems and beliefs.

After Anna passed away, she lived alone. As winter approaches, the weather becomes bitterly cold, and without fuel for heating, it is a dead end.

In this case, a seriously injured man fell in front of Anna's house and was taken in by her.

In order to survive the winter for herself and her companions, Anna must find enough fuel. If that doesn't work, maybe the art and cultural relics collected at home can also be used as fuel?

It depends on how Anna chooses.

This is the beginning of the story of Smoldering Embers.

What Li You didn't expect was that the trajectory of Anna in the DLC would intersect with the characters in the classic mode, and eventually influence each other, and even the characters' background stories would be changed.

But if you think about it carefully, didn’t the fate of the Adam family in Father’s Promise DLC also suffer from misalignment?

He has different situations in the three DLCs, which also shows that everything can be changed.

Li You was thoughtful.

After Erica finished speaking, seeing that Li You was still thinking, she stretched out her hand and waved it gently in front of him.

"...Hey? Hello?"

Li You came back to his senses and said, "Well, I understand. It's like this. I... have a friend. He was an old friend of Anna's grandfather. Unfortunately, he has passed away."

"Before he died, he asked me to go and see Anna and take care of her if I had the chance. So if you don't mind, I hope you can tell her for me that she can come to her if she needs anything. Me, I'll try to help.

"Oh, as for asking you to work here or something like that, of course that's not necessary."

Erica looked at him with some suspicion: "Is this happening?"

Li You knew that his method of making something out of nothing needed evidence to support it, so he said, "Although it sounds unbelievable, it's true."

"Well, when you see Anna, tell her that I know that in the collection left by her grandfather, there are watercolor paintings painted by her mother and a wood carving of a Vishney buffalo left by her grandfather. This should prove that I Tell the truth."

Erica nodded: "I think I've heard of it...Okay, then I'll tell her this. Can I leave?"

Li You smiled and said, "You can do it at any time, but be careful on the road."

Erica picked up the dropped knife, still a little wary, and left while looking at Li You.

Li You continued to think.

Li You originally wanted to interfere with the story of the burning embers. After all, this DLC actually gave him the deepest feeling among the three DLCs.

However, because its story begins at the latest, in winter, Li You is not ready to deal with it yet, but will finish other things first.

But he didn't expect that Anna's clue would come to the door on his own, so of course he wouldn't let it go.

"I asked Marco and the others before that the arrival of winter is not far away, and it may start snowing in half a month at most. It seems that it is time to start making preparations here."

After making up his mind, Li You stopped delaying and took away most of the supplies from the bandit stronghold. Then he sent the most important special medicine to Mattai at the auto repair station, and donated some to the city hospital along the way. Finally, he left enough just in case and took it back to his shelter.

The more urgent commissions have been processed, so let’s call it a day.

But coincidentally, when he came back, he was attacked by robbers.

It was a group of armed gangsters, almost all of them armed with guns, and their target was the ruins of the villa.

However, during this period, although Li You was busy running commissions and rarely came back, Aiji and Marco were not idle every day.

Under Aiji's plan, with the help of the workbench left by Li You and the supplies that Marco went out to search for and hoard during this period, everyone worked together to make a lot of improvements to the ruins of the villa.

Inside the villa, they added a lot of furniture and facilities, such as building two simple beds, repairing the kitchen stove, and making simple mouse traps.

Livia even built a bunch of primitive brewing vessels, which allowed her to make home-brewed wine using simple materials. Although some items that can be easily made in the game cannot be made because people do not have the relevant knowledge, in general, the facilities of the shelter are becoming more and more complete.

As for external protection, everyone blocked all the weak points of the villa ruins except for the sentry on the third floor, such as windows and side doors. Marco also installed a simple alarm device on the door to ensure that they would not be attacked while sleeping.

To be honest, this place should no longer be called a villa ruins. It is already a fully functional shelter. In this case, the gangsters' attacks have long ceased to be a big threat.

What's more, although Li You was running outside all day, Ai Ji was still here.

So at this time, Aggie was occupying the sentry post on the third floor, and Roman was hiding in the window behind the balcony on the second floor, each holding a gun and exchanging fire with the gangsters.

Aggie's marksmanship has made great progress compared to before. He is no longer a rookie who can only hit two shots when emptying the magazine from a few meters away. At least he has reached the level of a business enthusiast.

Roman has received relevant training and his marksmanship is quite good. The two of them occupied a favorable location and could easily resist the gangsters' attack.

In fact, with Aggie's perception, even if those gangsters wanted to find an opportunity to sneak attack, it would be a joke.

However, it seems that the bandits who attacked tonight are not simple. Even if they are powerful, it can be seen that they are organized and not like ordinary bandits.

The battle seemed to have been going on for a while, but there was still no winner.

Aiji on the third floor was also a little irritable. She kept shooting with her gun, but the gangsters were very good at using the terrain as cover and it was difficult to take them down for a while.

In fact, for Aggie, the fastest way to clean up this group of gangsters is for her to rush out with the broken steel claw, go around behind the group of people, and then quickly attack and chop them all into pieces.

Nowadays, Ai Ji's physical ability has almost completely lagged behind Li You. Only one thing, that is the physical defense and recovery ability of the Night Demon Queen, is still far stronger than Li You who remains a human.

Even if she was shot a few times during the raid on the group of gangsters, it was not a serious injury and she would recover quickly.

Unfortunately, this kind of thing obviously cannot be done.

She was thinking about how to solve these troubles as soon as possible when she heard a loud gunshot in the night sky in the distance.

"boom--!!!"

The familiar roar made her eyes light up.

"Finally home!"

Outside the villa shelter, the gangsters who were all staring at the second and third floors were stunned. Looking back, they saw their boss at the back fell heavily to the ground, and all the parts above his chest had disappeared. .

The gangsters: "...!?"

"...It's that guy, that guy is back!"

"No way, get out now!"

“——Let’s go, let’s go!!”

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-!!"

Hearing the iconic gunshot and seeing the gangsters running away in a hurry, Aggie and Roman couldn't let go of this opportunity. They appeared one after another and shot, and a series of bullets knocked down most of the gangsters.

Only the fastest and furthest bandit managed to escape the two men's shots and escaped into the darkness.

He ran as fast as he could, avoiding open spaces as much as possible and taking only small paths. Before he came, he had heard that the damn sniper was like an owl in the night. The night could not stop him from shooting. Only by hiding in a intact building could he have any hope of survival.

So after running along the alley between the buildings for a long time, he immediately got into an abandoned apartment building next to him and ran into the stairwell with no blind spots.

He couldn't help but breathe heavily, his heartbeat was so fast, and he kept looking outside, looking at the safety door at the top of the stairs, praying not to be discovered.

Li You didn't show up for the time being, which made him feel relieved, and his violent heartbeat gradually calmed down.

But at this moment, there was a soft "click" from the side door on the other side of the corridor, which immediately made him feel relieved again.

He walked over cautiously, gripped the gun tightly, mustered up his courage, and pushed open the side door.

There is nothing outside.

He then breathed a sigh of relief: "I hope it's just a rumor..."

He took the opportunity to observe the situation outside and found that everything was normal, so he planned to leave.

However, as soon as he turned his head, he met a pair of black eyes!

“Ahhhh——!!”

After a brief scream, calm returned to the apartment building.

……

At the villa, although a gangster ran away, neither Aiji nor Roman had the intention to chase him.

It's not safe to go out, not to mention that since Li You is back, they don't need their help. The two just collected the corpses of the gangsters outside the door, and took the guns and ammunition that they had pulled out of their bodies, as well as knives and body armor, back into the villa.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Li You to walk back from the street with a gun in one hand and dragging the escaped gangster with the other.

In the dark, he could use his abilities relatively easily. It was too easy to catch a robber who was panicking, so Li You even had time to tease him.

He followed the gangster all the way, and finally suddenly appeared behind the gangster, scaring him. He was having a lot of fun, but he didn't know whether the unlucky guy was surprised or moved.

Li You returned to the villa and threw the unconscious gangster to the ground: "Throw this guy into the basement. I will interrogate him later."

Marco, who had been on standby, responded and carried him to the basement.

Li You looked at Aiji, Roman and Livia who had gathered and said with a smile: "Sorry, I'm late."

Roman and Livia both breathed a sigh of relief, while Aggie complained: "You still know how to come back."

Li You just smiled: "Sorry, I've been a little busy recently. Thank you for your hard work."

Livia nodded vigorously: "Indeed, Ai Ji is not very old, but she seems to know everything. Even the reinforcement method of the shelter was mainly done by her. She is really amazing."

Ai Ji was a little embarrassed and said, "It's just my previous experience."

Of course she was talking about her experience in the suburbs of Harlan City, and Li You understood it, but Roman and Livia misunderstood, and Livia said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't want to explore your past. .”

Aggie felt even more embarrassed and could only wave his hand and said, "It's okay."

Li You was very satisfied when he saw that they were getting along well. Then he took off his backpack and said, "I brought back a lot of good things today. It was really an unforgettable night."

This was originally a line that a character in the game would say after making a big gain, but neither Roman nor Livia, including Marco, who had just come up from the basement, had any big reaction.

They have long been used to it. As long as Li You goes out, he will never come back empty-handed.

Marco, an experienced scavenger, turned into a porter specializing in collecting tools and wood.

After listening to Li You's general account of his experience, Marco said directly: "As expected of you, Li You, you can do what we can't do so easily."

Li You: "..."

The lines are somewhat familiar.

In the end, he reluctantly left today's harvest to Marco and the others, then returned to his own dedicated room in the basement, closed the door, and opened the system backpack.

In the backpack, the wooden mailbox of Skyrim Province was shining brightly and darkly.

This is a sign that a reply has been received.

Li You took out the mailbox, put it in front of him, opened it, and found a reply letter lying quietly in it.

When he took it out, he saw that it was Eima's reply. His signature beautiful handwriting was pleasing to the eye.

"We haven't contacted you for a long time. Sir Li You, thank you."

"Thanks to you, Ashina City is now very peaceful, and the arrangements you left before you left are also being carried out in an orderly manner. I can briefly describe to you...

"As for what you asked about, I also checked the records in ancient books, and finally found something.

"For the record, you might be able to try this approach..."

(End of this chapter)