Doomsday Train, I went crazy by hoarding billions of items.

Chapter 47 The Future She Wanted
Upon discovering the car, Zhang Cheng didn't make a fuss. Instead, he took his trusted men to find gasoline.

After finding the gasoline, he gathered his underlings and forced the weakest group of players to clear the way with their bare hands, while he stared at the nearest village on the navigation, his eyes filled with greed.

The Anti-Young Lady Alliance's real name is Ding Shaojie. He surrendered to Zhang Cheng early on when Zhang Cheng was trying to win people over.

The two seemed to hit it off immediately, but Zhao Yan knew that Zhang Cheng was always wary of Ding Shaojie.

There was nothing Ding Shaojie could do. He thought he had hidden his ambition well, but every time he saw Zhang Cheng taking supplies, his eyes were anything but honest.

Zhao Yan originally didn't want to reveal her relationship with Lin Yang, because firstly, she couldn't be completely sure that the "Black Silk Miss" was Lin Yang, and secondly, at that time she was already with Zhang Cheng and had her own plans.

She knew better than anyone how petty Zhang Cheng was.

But later, the Anti-Young Lady Alliance looked at her more and more directly, and Zhang Cheng, who had gathered a large group of players and directly established the "Holy Land Guild," became more and more frivolous towards her. She finally couldn't sit still any longer.

She had to demonstrate her value to Zhang Cheng.

Sure enough, after she presented the information that "the young lady in black stockings is very likely Lin Yang" and "she has a way to extract more than half of Lin Yang's supplies," Zhang Cheng's attitude towards her improved considerably.

But Zhao Yan also knew that all of this was only temporary. The subsequent situation would depend on whether her information was reliable and whether the plan to deal with the black-stockinged young lady went smoothly.

As for Zhao Yan, she naturally hoped that the young lady in black stockings would lose to Zhang Cheng.

After all, Zhang Cheng is her primary target now. If Zhang Cheng can acquire all of the Black Silk Lady's resources, it means that her wealth will increase significantly after she deals with Zhang Cheng.

From the moment she joined Zhang Cheng's side, Zhao Yan began to move step by step toward the future she desired.

And this future is definitely not one of groveling at the feet of some man.

Zhang Cheng and Ding Shaojie are ambitious, but so is she.
Zhao Yan could indeed strip dead players of their backpacks and storage space, but what Zhang Cheng didn't know was that this skill didn't actually belong to her.

It was something she copied from the Anti-Young Lady Alliance!

Her true skill is called "Heartlessness".

[Skill. Heartless (Rank B): Burns away the love others have for you, sacrificing life points to activate the skill. The life points sacrificed increase with the target's skill level and decrease with the intensity of their love (not less than 500). After using the skill, you can choose one of the target's skills to copy, lasting for 48 hours (visible to the public, with 80% of the original skill's effect, and a 72-hour cooldown).]

This so-called "love" is very flexible. It seems that, in the eyes of the game system, strong possessiveness or pure lust can both be considered part of love.

When using skills, the percentage will be given directly to accurately calculate the health points required.

The reason he chose to join the anti-young lady alliance was twofold: firstly, it was an experiment, as Zhao Yan always felt that since he wasn't wholeheartedly following Zhang Cheng, he must have some hidden cards; secondly, it was because the way he looked at her was all too familiar.

Especially knowing that he wasn't as loyal to Zhang Cheng as he claimed, he naturally harbored some darker thoughts when dealing with Zhang Cheng's women.

Of course, most importantly, Zhang Cheng's skills are not very useful to Zhao Yan for the time being, and they require too much health points to be spent, which is not worthwhile.

The Anti-Young Lady Alliance, however, gave Zhao Yan a genuine surprise.

Thanks to the benefits she gained from siding with Zhang Cheng, even though she had less than 50 health points left after using up her skills, she still spent 590 health points without hesitation to copy this "Legacy Plunder".

Although it can only be used once, it was more than enough to recoup the cost when used on Lin Yang, who was captured alive.

She had even fulfilled the prerequisite for "counter-killing": as long as she killed Lin Yang, she would immediately obtain 64% of Lin Yang's resources!
Although a considerable amount was wasted, given Lin Yang's current apparent strength, even half of it would be enough for her to squander. With that, how could she possibly fail to deal with Zhang Cheng?

She originally planned to tell Zhang Cheng everything after he died at her hands.

She even thoughtfully concealed the existence of this skill from the Anti-Young Lady Alliance, just as she didn't tell the Anti-Young Lady Alliance that Zhang Cheng had never truly trusted him.

The Anti-Young Lady Alliance thought they could use Zhang Cheng's influence to their advantage, but since Zhang Cheng dared to let him do this, he could certainly ensure that Lin Yang would be brought back alive.

—Zhang Cheng's resources are not just limited to a skill that has become obsolete.

These two are wary of each other and have backup plans, which makes it easier for her to take advantage of the situation, doesn't it?
Unfortunately, both Zhang Cheng and the Anti-Young Lady Alliance are useless. They talk a big game, but together they can't even handle Lin Yang, who just walked right into their doorstep.

Fortunately, the young lady in black stockings really was Lin Yang.

This is easy to handle.

If it were Lin Yang, he certainly wouldn't refuse a message delivered to his door... and her.

There was no man that Zhao Yan couldn't catch.

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Jiang Ran leisurely browsed the trading hall, bought some necessary items and materials, and then accepted Yan Yan's friend request.

As soon as the request was approved, Yan Yan sent a message.

Ah Yan was overjoyed: "Ah Yang, is it really you? Waaah... I heard from the Ghost Realm that they were going to deal with you, and I thought it was just a coincidence of names. I'm so glad you're alright!"

Jiang Ran: ...

How should I respond to this?
But judging from this, perhaps Yan Yan is the one who recognized the black-stockinged young lady's identity?
Jiang Ran typed without making a sound.

The young lady in black stockings: "What, he lost and now he knows he's come to me?"

Ah Yan wanted to be happy: "Ah Yang, I was forced into this. If I had met you first, I wouldn't have... The Ghost Domain, relying on its resources and weapons, imprisoned me and even attacked me. I'm living worse than an animal..."

"If I hadn't overheard him saying that you were the 'Miss Black Stockings,' I probably would have killed him along with me long ago! I was going to tip you off, but he was very wary of me."

"It's all thanks to you for dealing a heavy blow to him. Now the Holy Land Guild is in turmoil, people are restless, and many are dissatisfied with him, which is why I had the opportunity to contact you."

"Ah Yang... I'm so cold, he didn't even give me a warm coat..."

Along with these words came a selfie.

The snow was heavy, and the woman in the photo was dressed very lightly, with large areas of skin exposed to the cold wind, bearing various bruises and marks.

But paired with her slightly disheveled yet undeniably beautiful face, and her cool yet stubborn expression, she possessed a uniquely broken and tormented beauty.

However, even the most beautiful roses have thorns.

Yan Yan's next sentence almost made Jiang Ran's back hurt.

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