Soon after, he found half a cookie.
The man held the cookie with both hands, a look of excitement on his face, and actually ate the cookie right beside the trash can, continuing to rummage through it after finishing the cookie.
’Is he... scavenging for food?’
Ye Mingqiu felt disinterested. He originally thought there might be something good in the trash can, but reality was clearly not so.
"Click!"
Suddenly, a flash bulb went off in the bushes on the other side, casting light on the face of the middle-aged man at an extremely awkward angle. The person who took the photo ran off immediately, at an extremely fast pace, evidently very experienced.
"Not good!"
The man scouring the trash can had a twisted expression and immediately dashed in the direction the other had escaped.
In Happy Town, maintaining a facade of decency was the foundation of life. If decency was lost, it was akin to losing everything. You could be in pain, sad, or desperate, but you couldn’t let others see it. Once discovered and reported, it was tantamount to losing face, facing the plight of being optimized.
At this moment, the middle-aged man had fallen so low that he had no choice but to rummage through trash for food. If this scene was reported, his life would be completely ruined.
The two natives risked their lives in a chase, speeding towards Happy Town.
The guy with the camera was clearly in better physical condition, but he seemed hesitant to run too fast, needing to maintain a facade of decency, at least appearing dignified.
If he reached Happy Town out of breath and at the limit of his strength, even if he successfully reported, he would likely face his own predicament because he did not appear decent enough during the chase.
After all, his pursuer was just a man scavenging in a trash can; being chased to the point of breathlessness by such a man clearly wasn’t dignified.
"Bastard! Don’t run!"
The man behind pursued frantically, although his physical condition was poor, he ran for his life. If he let the other person escape, he would be finished.
In such circumstances, he couldn’t care less about running with dignity; he had to give chase with all his might.
"Whoosh!"
A sharp sound of wind breaking suddenly rang out, a scarlet Blood Spear sliced through the air like a crimson thunderbolt, piercing the photographer’s forehead accurately, pinning him to the ground.
"What is this...?"
The middle-aged man searching through the trash was shocked, looking towards the direction from which the Blood Spear came, only to see Ye Mingqiu, with tattered clothing stained with blood, walking out from the darkness, slowly advancing towards the photographer.
[Hint: You have slain a Level I resident of Happy Town, Experience Points +10, Order Points +10]
Ye Mingqiu nonchalantly pulled out the Blood Spear, then turned his gaze to the middle-aged man, seeing in his eyes as if looking at both a dead man and a Death God, his expression strange.
If he guessed correctly, maintaining a facade of decency was also a necessity for survival.
And now, after experiencing the battle with the hooded man, his clothes were damaged and covered in a lot of blood stains. If he returned like this, it would obviously be indecent, and he would likely be directly optimized.
Thus, Ye Mingqiu had executed a headshot to secure the clothing.
"..."
The middle-aged man panted heavily, a cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, his mind swiftly deducing Ye Mingqiu’s intentions.
This guy has strong hard skills, he should be quite capable outside, he probably has money on him, he needs a clean set of clothes now; without clean clothes, he can’t return to Happy Town.
Confronting him directly is too dangerous; whether I live depends on his mood, I must do something!
Clothes...
Yes, clothes!
If I dirty the clothes by stepping on them, he’ll have to rely on me to wash them clean; to pay rent on time, he’d even have to give me money, and this way, I could live a bit longer.
With that thought, the middle-aged man suddenly stepped toward the deceased’s clothes beside him.
But Ye Mingqiu was quicker, taking a swift stride forward, kicking the man’s calf to intercept him in mid-step, making the middle-aged man roll on the ground clutching his leg.
"This place is not far from Happy Town..."
The middle-aged man spoke, his expression pained but still managing to threaten.
Ye Mingqiu picked up the Blood Spear and swung it without hesitation.
"Slash!"
The middle-aged man’s head instantly fell to the ground, the whole process completely unobstructed; such was the terrifying sharpness of the Blood Spear. If it were an ordinary weapon, the man attacked might still survive a while, but this was the high Attack Power Blood Spear—an ordinary person struck would be instantly killed, no chance.
"You were right."
"This place is not far from Happy Town."
"Therefore, you should die even more."
Ye Mingqiu plunged the Blood Spear into him, the spear began to emit a scarlet glow, absorbing his blood at a rapid pace to replenish the Blood Spear’s Life Force.
[Hint: You have slain a Level I resident of Happy Town, Experience Points +10, Order Points +10]
Current Experience: 20/100
Order Points: 100
Blood Spear Life Force: 19/100
Ye Mingqiu frowned slightly. These two residents of Happy Town only contributed 11 points to the Life Force of the Blood Spear? It seems their blood quality is far inferior to the previous hooded man.
Not far away, a cleaning robot seemed to pass by coincidentally, its headlights illuminating the area.
When its light swept over, it only found the corpses of two residents, one of which had also mysteriously lost its outer clothing.
The cleaning robot did not trigger an alarm, but approached at a relatively steady speed, emitting a mechanical voice: "Ding, recyclable bio-waste detected, recycling in progress."