Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 90 Joining the gang?Or reopen?

The man named by Li You, Karim, is a very interesting guy.

He was about thirty years old, with a stubble on his face, a conspicuous scar on his forehead, and a pigtail on the back of his head, giving him a fierce appearance.

Of course, now when he looked at Li You and Yuzi beside him, his face was completely devoid of ferocity and was full of fear.

In the game, Karim is the quartermaster of the Rice Gang and is considered powerful within the Rice Gang.

But unlike most of the villainous criminals in the Rice Gang, he is not a real villain.On the contrary, he is a man with rare loyalty.

Karim used to be the bodyguard of Errol Assani, a high-ranking official in Haaland.Errol was unfortunately bitten when the virus first broke out. At that time, no one knew there was such a thing as an antidote, except Errol himself.

In order to save Errol's life, Karim did not believe what he said about the antidote and forcibly took him for amputation, so Errol lost his left leg.

Errol was so angry that he fired Karim.

After losing his job, Karim had no choice but to seek refuge with Les and gradually became famous among them. He gained Les's trust and became a quartermaster.

In the game, the protagonist Crane will meet Les for the first time when he goes to trade for the antidote, and he will assign Crane tasks.

After that, if the player ignores the branch plot and only pushes the main plot, then the second time they see him is in the building at the end. Karim, who was shot and injured by Les, reminded Crane that explosives were installed upstairs. He had to take a detour to get up, and then he bled to death.

This was how Li You played at the time, so he felt a little confused: Didn't we just meet once? Why do you and Kelan look so sympathetic to each other? Did I miss something in the plot?
Later, he understood what was going on after doing the side mission "Stop" in the school that was related to Karim.

It was also that mission that made him feel a lot better about Karim.

In addition, Li You didn't plan to let go of that task this time. He already had a rough plan.

Putting aside what happened next, Li You looked at Karim sitting on the ground and smiled kindly, with a familiar look:
"Hey Karim, why are you acting like this after I haven't seen you for a while? Didn't Les take you with him when he ran away?"

Neither Rice nor Tahir was found among the captured personnel or the corpses killed in battle. Li You knew without guessing that Rice must have escaped directly through the escape tunnel.As for Tahir, he might still be in the old city.

But what he didn't expect was that Karim would still stay here. He thought that Les would take him with him when he escaped.

Karim's eyes were filled with fear and surprise, and he answered cautiously: "...Does this friend know me? I'm just a nobody in the Les gang. How could Les take me and run away?"

Li You smiled: "You are his quartermaster and administrator, a nobody? You are too humble!"

Hearing Li You's words revealing his identity, Karim's face couldn't help but darken. He thought that he would be unlucky today, so he simply said with a pinch of his neck: "It seems that you know my identity very well, then... No need to talk nonsense, let’s do it!”

However, although he spoke forcefully, his body could not help but tremble.

Li You thought it was very interesting, so he didn't try to sell anything to him, so he said, "Don't worry, I don't intend to kill you. Why don't I say I want to give you a chance."

Karim was stunned: "Opportunity? What opportunity?"

Li You smiled: "It's very simple. I plan to establish a new force, different from the Tower, and certainly not like the Rice Gang. I want to change the current situation in Harlan."

"And I am lacking a capable manager and professional quartermaster, so if you are willing to join me, you can survive."

Establishing power was something Li You had been planning on the first night after landing.

To save Harlan, his strength alone is definitely not enough, even if he has a system.If nothing else, take a look at the protagonist of the game, Kyle Crane. Even if we don’t look at the gameplay in the later stages, his story strength is one of the best and he is hard to rival.And did he save Harlan in the end?
Many things cannot be accomplished alone.So Li You had to choose a different path from Crane from the first step.

But of course, Li You also knew very well that he himself was not a leader. If he wanted to gather survivors and form a force in Haran's apocalyptic environment, a qualified manager was necessary.

So Li You focused on Karim.

This man is knowledgeable, prestigious, capable, and loyal. He is a rare talent in Haran. Wouldn't it be great if he could be captured as a coolie?

But Li You didn't expect that he would be able to catch him during his first raid on Rice's headquarters.He originally planned to let Racine take over the position of administrator first.

Now that we have Karim, it's even better.

Karim obviously didn't expect Li You to say such words, and his eyes suddenly widened:

"You want to form a force? My friend, I'm not telling you. You raided Les's headquarters, almost blew up his bureau, and drove him out of the tunnel like a dog. Do you know what this means?"

Li You thought for a while: "Hmm...will Les fight with me to death?"

"More than just fighting to the death! Les will go crazy!" Karim almost jumped up, "To be honest, I really admire your courage, but after you did such a thing, not only did you not find a place to hide, Instead, you want to build a force in a blatant manner? You are simply crazy!"

Compared to Karim's panic, Li You was calm: "Of course I know the consequences of doing this, but if you think about it carefully, it's not me who ran away today, but Les, right? Then why should I be afraid of him?" "

Karim was choked up for a moment: "...You have no idea how powerful Les' power is scattered throughout the city."

Li You showed a confident smile: "Don't worry, it will be fine if Les continues to let his people scattered around. If he dares to gather people together, it will be convenient for me to deal with them."

Li You looked at Karim: "Okay, we have talked enough, I don't have that much time."

"Give me an answer. Do you want to die here, or do you want to work for me?"

Li You waved, and Yuzi walked over quietly and stood behind him.

Karim looked at Li You, then looked up at Yuzi, and smiled helplessly: "Isn't there only one answer to this?"

He struggled to get up and bowed his head to Li You: "I am willing to work for you."

"Haha, okay." Li You laughed, "So the people from the Rice Gang are really interesting."

Karim was helpless and said: "Well... I don't know, how many people do we have now? I can make preparations."

Only then did Li You remember that he had forgotten to mention this:

"Oh, I almost forgot. Congratulations! You have gloriously become the No. 2 member of our new force!"

Karim: "??"

Is it too late for me to quit now?

　Thanks to book friend 20230829122047554, Queque_cA, and Amy Ramte for the reward_(ω　∠)_
　　
　
(End of this chapter)