Reboot: Mechanic

contemporary romance

Chapter 19: 132 Years

During the time Shi Tian spent amputating Benmos's right arm, Krissie was feeling nauseous from the disgusting and grotesque scene she was forced to watch.

She had one hand covering her mouth, and it wasn't to stop the corrosive pollutant in the air from going to her nostrils, but was an attempt to stop herself from throwing up.

"Keep acting like some weak chick and you're going to end up being dominated by another Bennos' type of person." Shi Tian sneered coldly when he saw her ridiculous reaction.

Although he had just awakened for not a long time, he at least knew this world isn't for the weak to survive anymore. There are no laws in the wilderness, and death is extremely common.

Not to mention, murder is no longer a crime since not a single person had come forward to apprehend him or criticized him based on the previous event.

"Stop idling and take this right arm. You're going to be fabricating the story of my right arm being sliced off by a monster." Shi Tian said, telling her to lie to the entry guards.

That way, she would also be implicated in a series of troubles if she decided to play some tricks.

Meanwhile, Krissie bit her lips tightly, clearly understanding his devious mindset was to drag her down the mud as well. Even if she had no intention of playing tricks, she would still be implicated if Shi Tian were ever caught by the authorities.

In other words, Shi Tian basically shackled her fate alongside him once she went through with this ploy.

Without a choice, Krissie reluctantly grabbed the sliced-off right arm and stared at Shi Tian, seemingly waiting for his next orders.

"You can hate me all you want, but we're both just trying to survive in this messed-up world. So long as you do your parts correctly when we're being asked by the security guards at the entrance, then I can promise that we'll go our separate ways once you finish guiding me to the person that can fix my arm." Shi Tian exclaimed and stood up.

"And what about my fee?"

"I can give you two Source Crystals in return for your effort."

"Three, I need at least three Source Crystals because of the risk you're planning to do," Krissie said adamantly, her eyes brimming in a radiant light, clearly unwilling to proceed with the plan without a much higher reward.

Source Crystals are precious, but one needs to have the life to use them. Otherwise, it would just be an empty item, unable to be used.

Shi Tian pondered for a moment before nodding his head.

"Deal!" He then said, thinking that it was a fair deal.

Of course, he could have refused her demand, but that might cause some complicated implications and he had no intention of making things more complicated than it already was.

Sometime later, Shi Tian proceeded to dump the corpse aside, letting it rot on the surface. A person like Benmos did not deserve any proper burial or respect compared to Yolanda.

Thus, Shi Tian couldn't be bothered to waste any more time on a lifeless corpse.

His ruthless actions, however, had caused Krissie to really understand his personality. A person that is focused on his goal and would treat others like nothing- even going as far as killing them if one was to become an obstacle to his path.

"Let's go back before the sky turns dark again." Shi Tian calmly said, glancing at the sky.

During his journey here, he had learned that the monsters were more active at night than daytime. And that the monsters seemed to have their ability enhanced at nighttime, making it extremely dangerous to travel during the nighttime.

Of course, this might be common knowledge to the people here since none of them had to experience what kind of hellish things he had gone through.

"By the way, Krissie. I have been traveling for a while now, so I forgot the date already. Can you tell me what is today's date and year?" Shi Tian suddenly asked, giving a fake reason.

Krissie didn't suspect a thing and answered truthfully, "It's the May of 2271, but no one cares anymore since it's just some numbers in this broken world."

When Shi Tian heard her answers, his body did not react at all, but inwardly, he was in pain- an emotional one to be precise.

The worst part was that his emotional pain was quickly suppressed by his passive ability, Serene Calmness, causing him to stay normal despite hearing such astounding news.

'So the time has gone by for 132 years, but my body still functions like a young man. How hilarious!' Shi Tian thought to himself.

To survive for so long and not feel any function of oldness, Shi Tian had already understood he was no longer an ordinary human. Even with the greatest medicine and healthcare, one would never be able to escape old age, yet he seemed to be the exception to this natural law.

"Is something wrong?" Krissie suddenly asked in confusion when Shi Tian remained motionless.

"No, it's just that the time does go by quickly when traveling." Shi Tian said calmly, not planning on revealing anything to her.

After that, they began to walk back to the camp and along the way, Shi Tian asked whether or not Benmos had any friends or companions.

Luckily for him, Krissie said Benmos was an arrogant man that could barely cooperate properly with anyone that had worked with him before.

Hence, his reputation was hot garbage and was considered human trash. If it wasn't for the fact that he was quite the decent mercenary, people wouldn't have even cared about him.

"Benmos enjoyed torturing people, especially his enemies and when he spotted a beautiful woman next to his enemy, he would snatch them for enjoyment. And once he's done playing with them, he would kill or sell them to a black market." Krissie explained, showing a resentful expression.

And during her explanation, Shi Tian remained expressionless the entire time.

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