mesbooks Chapter 6: I'll pay for your escort, okay?
Chapter 6: I'll pay for your escort, okay?
On the matching interface of the top-secret space base, a dark red warning box suddenly popped up.
[Warning: Current readiness level is insufficient. Minimum readiness requirement to enter the top-secret space base: 600000 HAF coins; current readiness level: 152,000 HAF coins.]
Li Bing paused slightly in his hand holding the mouse, raising an eyebrow.
"Insufficient combat readiness?" he murmured.
The live stream was filled with joy.
"Hahaha! That's hilarious! The streamer acted all high and mighty, but he wasn't prepared at all!"
"15 troops on standby? Streamer, are you planning to go in wearing a tank top and offer warmth to the demon kings?"
"I almost fooled him; he only had level two bullets!"
Li Bing glanced at the comments, showing no embarrassment whatsoever.
He opened the warehouse and casually put on five sets of clothes.
However, as his mouse glided over those rows of fully modified giant waves, the M14 whispered, he didn't stop at all.
He gripped the rather shabby-looking, unmodified AKM once more.
"Hello streamer, are you crazy? Level 5 armor with a modified AK? What kind of bizarre outfit is this?"
"This AK doesn't even have a decent grip. Isn't it just asking for trouble to use it in a top-secret space facility?"
Li Bing ignored these questions and was selecting bullets in the ammunition depot.
Level 5 ammunition, 120 rounds, with the bullets loaded into the magazine.
"120 bullets?" Some experienced players in the chat couldn't sit still.
"Hey anchor, do you know how many AIs are in top-secret aerospace operations? How many map-clearing teams? You only have 90 rounds left after loading your magazine. After two rounds of fighting, you'll be stabbing people with a knife!"
Li Bing looked at the 120 bullets and a smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
"120 rounds, that's normal."
"If each bullet counts as a corpse, there are still 100 bullets left."
This extremely extravagant statement instantly created an awkward atmosphere in the live stream.
"Help! He's so rich! I love him so much... Bullshit! Streamer, wake up! This is Delta Force, not your fantasy world!"
"I bet five cents that he'll be killed by the AI within three minutes of entering the game because he's out of bullets."
Just then, a team-up request popped up in the bottom right corner of the screen.
[Player Hajiyao's alt account requests to join the team.]
Li Bing paused for a moment, then casually clicked "agree".
The next second, a female operator appeared in the team lobby.
"Hey, Bing-ge, how's the familiarization going?"
Tang Shiyao's slightly mischievous voice came through the earphones.
"I just finished my live stream, and I've seen you dawdling here for ages. How about I show you around and let you see the world?"
The live stream chat exploded instantly.
"Holy crap! Hajiyao? It really is Hajiyao!"
"A top streamer with millions of followers actually sought out this newcomer to team up?"
"Just who is this newcomer? Could he be a top talent from the Tangzhou Club?"
Li Bing looked at the operators on the screen, her tone remaining calm and indifferent.
"Take me with you? No need, I can clear the map by myself."
Tang Shiyao, on the other side of the screen, was clearly taken aback. She puffed out her cheeks in anger and muttered something under her breath into the microphone.
"That deadbeat straight man..."
But she knows Li Bing too well.
"Fine, fine, you're a god, and I'm just a mortal, okay?"
Tang Shiyao's eyes lit up, and a plan came to her mind.
"Okay, you'll protect me and help me win a game!"
"If you can get me out of here alive, I'll give you 200 yuan per game as a service fee, how about it?"
Li Bing's fingers stopped typing on the keyboard instantly.
200 yuan?
It seems like next month's electricity bill is covered.
"No problem, get ready." Li Bing's answer was crisp and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
The comment section was filled with "???"
"Where's that lonely god from before? Was he bribed with 200 yuan?"
"Hakiyao is actually going to give money to this newcomer? Has the world gone mad?"
"Shouldn't the newcomers be paying Haji Yao so that the top players from Tangzhou Esports would protect and carry them? This script isn't right!"
"Could we have misunderstood him? Is he really a very skilled professional player???"
Before the audience could recover from their shock, Li Bing had already decisively clicked the match button.
The two players teamed up, but no random teammates were matched with them.
The moment the loading screen appeared, Tang Shiyao glanced at Li Bing's equipment and said.
"Li Bing! You only brought a basic modified AK? Not even a scope?"
"I'm used to it," Li Bing replied casually.
"What about the bullets?"
"Enough."
Tang Shiyao silently rubbed her forehead.
She knew Li Bing's marksmanship was terrifying, so she didn't say anything more.
Silently, she chose the operator Butterfly, ready to provide this arrogant guy with air support and medical kits at any time.
Li Bing's gaze slowly moved across the list of operators.
He glanced at Red Wolf's skill descriptions: powered exoskeleton, triple-barreled hand cannon, and tactical slide.
"Ultimate violence, paired with ultimate speed?"
"This body can barely bear my will."
He locked onto Red Wolf, and the chat exploded with comments again.
"Looking at skills on the spot? Choosing operators on the spot? This is totally for newbies!"
"This guy is definitely a newbie! I swear on my roommate's life for ten years, if this guy comes out alive, I'll livestream myself eating my keyboard!"
[Map loading complete: Top Secret Space Base]
[Birthpoint: Two Members]
......
Haotian sat in the gaming chair, his originally straight back now hunched over, his eyes fixed on the broadcast screen.
He looked at Li Bing's meager 120 rounds of ammunition and at the bare modified AKM without even a side panel.
Then, seeing that Haji Yao had chosen a butterfly like a little follower, she was even more surprised.
"A escort fee of two hundred yuan per game?"
Haotian muttered to himself, finding it utterly absurd.
"Hajiyao is insane, or is the world insane?"
As a top technical streamer in Delta, he knew Hajiyao's personality all too well.
Although the owner of Tangzhou Club is usually cheerful and easygoing, she is extremely arrogant at heart. The number of people in the entire e-sports circle who would lower themselves and pay money to play with her can be counted on one hand.
"This is definitely not a newcomer."
Haotian suddenly grabbed his phone from the table, his fingers flying across the screen as he opened the WeChat chat window with the contact name "Hajiyao".
[Haotian: Sister Yao, stop acting like me. Who exactly is that "Youth Explosion" character?]
[Haotian: This recoil control, this awareness, and this arrogant attitude—is this really a newbie? Where did you dig up this monster from?]
The phone vibrated less than ten seconds after the message was sent.
Haotian held his breath and clicked to open it.
Instead of sending a text message, Hajiyao replied with an extremely catchy emoji.
A small figure with a wicked smile.
[Haki Yao: Guess. [Evil smile]]
Haotian looked at the meme and laughed at himself in exasperation.
"Guess? What a load of rubbish!"
He looked at the screen again, and this time, the Red Wolf controlled by Li Bing did not choose to swipe the card.
Instead, they ran towards the central control room!
"Heading straight for the most dangerous place? Aren't you afraid of being surrounded by the prison guards?"