Picking Up Fragments

"Xiao Ming ge, let's hide quickly, or else a lot of people will come to steal from us!"

Tuan Tuan, well aware of her own abilities, had already found a very sneaky spot to hunker down.

She didn't dare openly show herself near the airdrop; she'd died this way too many times...

But Jiang Siming didn't care, just standing right under the airdrop, waiting.

Sure enough, less than half a minute after the signal went out, a couple of players, like cats catching a whiff, started coming over.

A duo drove up in a jeep and stopped at a high ridge nearby, planning to snipe Jiang Siming's team, who had set the airdrop, before going down to grab it.

But just as they parked, Jiang Siming's SKS fired several shots in rapid succession, and in less than half a second, the driver was knocked out of the car, falling to the ground covered in dust.

The other player immediately jumped out and hid behind the jeep, trying to throw a smoke grenade to revive his teammate, but the jeep's high chassis exposed his lower body.

Jiang Siming quickly fired four more shots through the bottom of the jeep, each bullet hitting his legs.

If this were real life, his legs would've been blown into two pieces by Jiang Siming's bullets.

The first squad that came over was swiftly wiped out by Jiang Siming before they even had a chance to fire a single shot.

"Isn't it good to stay alive? Why come here to die?"

"Isn't it good to live? Why take your life so lightly?"

"If you want the airdrop, then trade your life for it!"

"Haha, God Ming's violent aesthetic is still so thrilling!"

"Whoever comes will die; the airdrop is protected by me, God Ming!"

…

The audience got hyped up, even coming up with their own narrative for Jiang Siming's inner thoughts. It was quite something.

After taking out the two players, as expected, no fragments dropped.

Jiang Siming was already used to it these days, keeping calm and collected.

He didn't even bother going over to loot, continuing to wait right there for the airdrop to land.

A minute and thirty seconds passed quickly, and a massive airdrop box, with a distinctive yellow smoke trail, landed right in front of Jiang Siming.

As soon as it hit the ground, Jiang Siming saw a blue fragment shining inside this super airdrop!

Jiang Siming was delighted; he hadn't expected a blue fragment to appear on his first super airdrop summon!

Just as he was about to go over to grab it, a 'ping' sounded as a 98k bullet hit him from behind.

Although it didn't hit his head, it struck his level 2 armor and took out a third of his health.

"Dang it! Xiao Ming ge, there's someone else lying in wait to ambush us!"

Tuan Tuan, who had just come out of the buildings to join Jiang Siming in looting the airdrop, was so scared her southern accent slipped out.

"Not bad, kid, hitting a moving target."

Jiang Siming wasn't flustered at all by the ambush and didn't even bother to heal.

He turned around, raised his gun, and with eagle-like sharp eyes, immediately locked onto the enemy.

The player who had hit the moving target was feeling pretty proud of his good aim and was just about to take another shot.

Bang bang bang!

His scope had barely come up, and before he could aim, Jiang Siming landed two SKS bullets right in his head. Your next read awaits at empire

Right away, two damage numbers appeared on the opponent's level 2 helmet: -73, -73.

Of course, these damage numbers were invisible to others, but Jiang Siming had already memorized the damage figures by heart.

Each SKS bullet deals 73 damage to a level 2 helmet, 85 to a level 1 helmet—something even many professional players might not know.

With a total of 146 damage, the player collapsed straight to the ground, calling loudly for his teammate's help: "Damn, is this guy using cheats? He hit my head with both shots on the return!"

The teammate of this small-time expert gave a bitter smile and said, "Look at the ID of the person who killed you before saying that."

"Damn, damn, damn!" The small-time expert, lacking better words, kept repeating "damn."

"We ran into God Ming!"

"Now I see… let me get you up, and let's get out of here. Fighting him would be suicide."

"Wait, trust me this once—when I get up, I won't heal. I'll go head-to-head with him one more time."

Saying this, the small-time expert got up, undeterred, and peeked out again, raising his gun to aim.

He felt his aim was on point today; after all, he had just hit Jiang Siming once, so maybe he could give him a good fight.

But as soon as he stepped out, Jiang Siming's bullet flew over again— -121 damage, hitting him unarmored and instantly knocking him down again.

"Um… maybe we should just leave?"

His teammate smiled bitterly and replied, "Can we really leave?"

Just as he finished speaking, Jiang Siming had already reached the slope below them, and a grenade flew up from the bottom of the hill. Boom!

"Damn, damn…" The small-time expert's catchphrase echoed once again. But neither of them felt upset; on the contrary, dying at the hands of Jiang Siming was an honor!

"Hurry and record this! Let's post it on TikTok—guaranteed to get a ton of likes!" The small-time expert had found his path to fame—post it, post it!

One of their loot boxes even dropped a golden fragment, but Jiang Siming didn't pick it up immediately; he first grabbed the blue fragment from the airdrop.

With no further interruptions, Jiang Siming calmly walked up to the super airdrop.

"Picked up [Heart Preserving Pill x3] Blue Fragment *1 (1/1), Fragment count complete, can be used directly."

[Heart Preserving Pill]: Has powerful auxiliary effects for heart function, equivalent to the effect of the best sedatives by a hundredfold.

When used on a dying person, it can extend their life for more than half a day, and it can instantly cure those with heart disease.

What a treasure!

Jiang Siming praised it, mainly because there were three pills this time, which was much better than the single pill each for stomach cancer and leukemia he got before.

Jiang Siming thought of Zhao Xiaoxiao's piano teacher from a few days ago. Didn't she have a heart condition? Maybe he could sell it to her?

Pfft, pfft, pfft!

Jiang Siming scolded himself for being too money-minded.

How could he think about money first when it came to such a beautiful girl? This was an insult to his cultivation practice, how vulgar, Jiang the Gunner!

After putting the pills away, Jiang Siming looked over the airdrop gear, which was indeed luxurious: two level-3 sets, a Groza, an Mk14, and two medkits.

Fully geared, Jiang Siming and Tuan Tuan each wore a level-3 set. Tuan Tuan couldn't use the Groza or the Mk14, so Jiang Siming carried them both.

Finally, they each donned a desert ghillie suit, looking splendid.

"Xiao Ming ge, could you do me a favor?"

"How?"

"Let's squat here on this hilltop together and look at the sunrise over there, and then we'll both tilt our heads." Tuan Tuan asked shyly.

"Sure, let's do it," Jiang Siming agreed generously.

The two of them, dressed in ghillie suits, faced the desert sunset. As the sun cast its glow, they both tilted their heads in unison.

Tuan Tuan even played Jiang Siming's song "Lu Zhou Moon" as background music. Though it was a sun, not a moon, it created a romantic atmosphere.

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Don't get the wrong idea—this wasn't gunfire; it was the sound of Tuan Tuan frantically pressing the screenshot key.

Not only her, but many viewers were also saving this scene; it was full of feels.

"Xiao Ming ge~" Tuan Tuan suddenly called out to Jiang Siming.

"Hmm?"

"I missed you."

"Me too."