Universe Infinite Canteen

After the twentieth rebirth, Little Huzi proactively offered a cigarette to Ma Lu, "Captain, you didn't join the fight, why do you look so exhausted?"

Ma Lu didn't take the cigarette and rubbed his eyes that were already somewhat numb, muttering.

"You tell me, if there's a kind of creature that's not afraid of fire or water, bullets or blades, high voltage electricity has no effect, anesthesia doesn't work, lasers, poison gas, plasma gravity weapons it all ignores, how the hell can you beat it?"

Little Huzi lit the cigarette for himself, took a deep drag, and said, "That's gotta be fake, how could there be such an undefeatable creature in this world."

"Right, I thought the same, but it does exist, and there's no winning against her!" Ma Lu sighed.

After dying twenty times, he really did start to entertain thoughts of giving up, but deep down, there was still a hint of reluctance.

Mainly because after so many encounters, he still hadn't figured out the opponent's mechanism, dying inexplicably each time, but this left him clinging to the thought that maybe if he could understand the mechanism, the creature wasn't unbeatable.

And it was this very notion that kept him coming back, over and over, seeking the weakness of the Revenge canned carps, yet after twenty times, he was still empty-handed.

The most progress he made was the time he hid in a safe and lasted for 3 minutes.

In the end, the Revenge canned carp still found him.

Its flat body appeared right above his head, the huge bulging fish eye staring at him fixedly, as if mocking his futile attempts, time after time.

And then Ma Lu's world came to a standstill, and though his body was stiff and immobile, his brain could still perceive everything around him.

Which meant Ma Lu was acutely aware that he was being eaten, his body disappearing piece by piece, just like those canned carps eaten bit by bit by other creatures.

It can only be said that the Revenge canned carp truly lived up to its purpose of revenge, embodying the grudge of the entire canned carp species, returning tooth for tooth, eye for eye.

Ma Lu didn't want to experience this feeling anymore, and after much hesitation, he decided to try one last time. If he couldn't find a way to deal with the Revenge canned carp this time, no matter how unwilling he was, he would have to give up.

Having already repeated this twenty times, Ma Lu was familiar with what was going to happen next, and he had even optimized the route to the top floor along with the strategy for the upcoming battle.

The female giant was over there negotiating with people about teaming up for a raid on others. Just as she gathered everyone and hadn't come to a consensus, Ma Lu and his team had already launched their attack.

Maybe there's some kind of destiny at work, because the first one to get wiped out in the fight was the loudmouthed small head of the female giant's group.

And the rest of them performed even worse than during their first encounter, since back then they at least had their teams in place.

Now they were still in the negotiation phase, and caught off guard by the sudden assault, many even suspected Ma Lu and his team were a trap set by the female giant, leading to mutual distrust and fighting as individuals during the battle.

Additionally, being at a disadvantage in strength, they almost instantly crumbled and quickly scattered in retreat.

But no matter how fast they ran, they couldn't outrun Little Huzi's ricocheting bullets and Iron Can Man's self-destructing Mechanical Rats, and within less than two minutes, they were all wiped out.

Little Huzi eagerly went to search the bodies and check the loot, but soon made a face.

These people were generally poor, with only one or two pieces of equipment, and not much loot; adding it all up, it totaled less than 300 pounds and wasn't very valuable, not comparing to the loot from six people.

But even a tiny mosquito is meat, so after the battle, Ma Lu still divided up the weapons, equipment, and food.

Little Huzi felt he had harvested quite a bit already and worried about an unexpected event making it all for naught, so he proposed they first go to the top floor to find a trade machine to exchange the loot for marbles, securing his gains.

The others had the same thought. Ma Lu, without saying much, led everyone to the top floor.

Passing through the checkpoint and walking about a hundred meters forward, Little Huzi gradually realized something was off and muttered, "Strange, why is this place so quiet? Has no one been here before us?"

"That's impossible," Battle Axe Muscle Brother said, "We spent quite some time searching for equipment and catches below, this level must have already been searched."

"Then where are they now?" Little Huzi asked.

Battle Axe Muscle Brother fell silent, then after a moment replied, "Perhaps a battle just erupted not long ago, and they all died."

"I don't smell too much blood though," Black Jack flared his nostrils twice and said, "It's even less bloody here than outside the door, but there seems to be another scent lingering in the air."

"What scent?"

"Revenge."

"Uh... I don't think now's the time to be poetic, can't you be more specific?"

"I think what he means is probably the Revenge canned carps," Battle Axe Muscle Brother said.

"Revenge canned carps? Isn't that just a legend?" Little Huzi frowned.

...

Ma Lu had heard similar conversations countless times, almost to the point of knowing them by heart, but he did not reveal the answer in advance.

Because it was of no use.

In the previous 20 deaths, Ma Lu and his teammates had already tried various methods of teamwork to no avail, so this time Ma Lu planned to act solo.

He wanted to try a different approach; this Revenge canned carp had been on this level for a while and should have left some traces.

Ma Lu wanted to look for those traces, which might hide a way to deal with the Revenge canned carp.

So this time he was very quiet, not saying a word.

Little Huzi noticed his abnormality and spoke up, "Leader, what do you think? Should we retreat for now?"

As he finished speaking, a shadow suddenly appeared above everyone's heads, and without a word, it swallowed Battle Axe Muscle Brother whole; the others finally reacted.

They began to attack the shadow, but to their surprise, whether it was hand-to-hand or ranged weapons, none could cause any damage to the shadow.

As everyone was desperately resisting, Little Huzi turned his head and discovered that someone seemed to be missing from their team.

—Ma Lu had vanished.

Was this him running away upon realizing the situation was bad?

Little Huzi wore an incredulous expression; they had fought a few battles together and had begun to build some mutual trust.

Who would have thought that at a critical moment, Ma Lu, their leader, would be the first to slip away. Little Huzi couldn't help but swear, then also abandoned Chacha and Iron Can Man, fleeing toward the back.

As for Black Jack, he had disappeared without a trace long ago.