To Li You's surprise, Erica still chose to refuse. In the game setting, Erica's character is a "survivalist", not a kind person, nor an egoist. The personality characteristics of a survivalist are that it is easier to satisfy and less likely to become negative emotions, which is generally a good characteristic. But because of this, Li You couldn't think of the reason why she rejected him. Could it be because she thought he was a sniper? So he said to Erica: "In order to avoid your misunderstanding, I have to say that I am not a military sniper..." Erica: "... I know you are not a sniper, you are the one who helps you, right? You are very famous recently. Although I didn't recognize it at first, I remember it now." Li You was stunned: "Then..." Erica explained: "To be honest, I admire you very much, after all, you can still come out to help others at this time. But, I am not like you, I have companions and a sick father to take care of, so I can't help you." Li You: "Oh, you have companions and an old... Wait!"
He suddenly exclaimed, which gave Erica a jump. "What did you say, your father?" Erica was a little puzzled: "Yes?" Li You was a little stunned. In the game, Erica mentioned her experience of coming to Bergeron in her character story. She originally lived in Gravia and her family was relatively wealthy, but because her mother died early, she lived with her father. And her alcoholic father was not friendly to her and would beat and scold her from time to time, which led to her becoming a thief at the age of 14 and supporting herself as much as possible. She originally hated her father very much, but on the night when Gravia, where she lived, was bombarded, Erica was shot in the leg, and the government army entered the city and began to kill. At this time, her father, who had treated Erica very rudely, did not abandon her, but carried her away from the city, and walked with the refugee tide all night until dawn. Finally, her alcoholic father took her to Bergeron, and the moment they entered the city, her father fell down and died of exhaustion. Such an alcoholic father left Erica with the last words: "You must be strong, these bad things will end." "--Just like me." To be honest, Li You was extremely sympathetic to Erica's story and recognized her father's final choice. According to his consistent concept, this is rare. So Li You recruited Erica to help her. But now she actually said that her father is not dead? Li You hurriedly asked about her father and her past experiences, and although Erica was a little puzzled, she still explained her situation to Li You. The beginning of the story is the same, but there are differences later. When Erica's alcoholic father carried her to the vicinity of Berglen, they met another person and got help from that person. It was a girl who lived alone, not much older than Erica, and she lived in the suburbs of Berglen.
At that time, most of the refugees who escaped from Gravia had dispersed and sought refuge with relatives and friends. Erica's father, who was carrying her on his back, got separated from the others because of overwork. At this critical moment when the father and daughter might die together, they met Anna who came to check the situation. Anna saved them and took the father and daughter to the hospital, treated Erica's injuries, and let her father rest. Because of such an accident, Erica's father survived, but his body collapsed and he could hardly take care of himself in daily life. Erica certainly couldn't abandon him. With the kind-hearted Anna's adoption, she took her father to live in her home in the suburbs, and they supported each other after Berglen was surrounded until now. Recently, because the weather gradually began to get colder, Erica's father's health became worse, so she took the risk to come here and wanted to steal some medicine back. It had already succeeded, but she met Li You at this time. Fortunately, Li You had the habit of observing before shooting, otherwise Erica would have to go offline here today. Li You was absent-minded for a moment. After a long while, he asked, "…Anna? Is she the granddaughter of the old artist?" Erica was also stunned: "So you know her?" Li You knew it clearly. It was indeed this Anna! She is the protagonist of the last plot DLC of the game, Embers Smoldering. Her grandfather is an artist and has collected many precious cultural relics at home. After the outbreak of the war, the government army carried out targeted attacks on the cultural facilities of the Vishini people in order to destroy their cultural totems and beliefs. After the death of her grandfather, Anna lived alone. Winter is coming, the weather becomes very cold, and without fuel for heating, there is no way out. In this situation, a seriously injured man fell in front of Anna's house and was taken in by her. In order to survive the winter for herself and her companions, Anna must find enough fuel. If that doesn't work, maybe the artworks and cultural relics collected at home can also be used as fuel? It depends on how Anna chooses. This is the beginning of the story of Embers Smoldering. What Li You didn't expect was that Anna's trajectory in the DLC actually intersected with the characters in the classic mode, and finally influenced each other, and even the background stories of the characters were changed. But think about it carefully, isn't it because of this that Adam's family in the Father's Promise DLC had a misaligned fate? He has different situations in the three DLCs, which also shows that everything can be changed. Li You was thoughtful. After Erica finished speaking, she saw that Li You was still thinking, and stretched out her hand and waved it gently in front of him. "... Hey? Hello?" Li You came back to his senses and said, "Well, I understand. It's like this, I... have a friend who is an old friend of Anna's grandfather, but unfortunately he has passed away." "Before he died, he asked me to go and see Anna's situation and take care of her if I have the chance. So if you don't mind, I hope you can tell her for me that she can come to me if she needs anything, and I will try my best to help.
"Oh, as for asking you to come to work for me, of course there is no need." Erica looked at him, a little suspicious: "Is this true? " Li You knew that his ability to create something out of nothing needed to be supported by evidence, so he said: "Although it sounds unbelievable, it is true." "Let's put it this way. When you meet Anna, tell her that I know that among the collections left by her grandfather, there are watercolor paintings painted by her mother and wood carvings of Vichy bison left by her grandfather. This should prove that I am telling the truth." Erica nodded: "I seem to have heard of it...Okay, then I will tell her this. May I leave?" Li You smiled and said: "Anytime, be careful on the road. " Erica picked up the dropped knife, still a little wary, and left while looking at Li You. Li You continued to think. Li You originally wanted to interfere with the story of the smoldering embers. After all, this DLC actually gave him the deepest feelings among the three DLCs. However, because its story starts the latest and it is winter, Li You is not ready to deal with it yet, but to deal with other things first. Unexpectedly, Anna's clues came to him by themselves, so of course he would not let it go. "I asked Marco and the others before, winter is not far away, and it may start snowing in half a month at most. It seems that it is time to start preparing here. ” After making up his mind, Li You did not delay any longer and took away most of the supplies in the bandit stronghold. Then he sent the most important special medicine to Ma Tai at the auto repair station, donated some to the city hospital, and finally left enough for emergency and took it back to his own shelter. The more urgent commissions have been handled, so let's call it a day. But by coincidence, when he came back, he was attacked by robbers. It was a group of armed bandits, almost everyone was armed, and their target was the ruins of the villa. However, during this period, although Li You was busy running commissions and rarely came back, Aggie and Marco were not idle every day. Under Aggie's planning, with the help of the workbench left by Li You, With the supplies that Marco had collected during this period, everyone worked together to make a lot of changes to the villa ruins. Inside the villa, they added a lot of furniture and facilities, such as two simple beds, repaired the kitchen stove, and made simple mouse traps. Livia even built a bunch of primitive wine brewers, which allowed her to make her own wine with simple materials. Although some items that can be easily made in the game cannot be made because everyone does not have the relevant knowledge, in general, the facilities of the shelter are becoming more and more complete. As for external protection, everyone blocked all the weak points of the villa ruins except the third-floor sentry post, such as windows and side doors. Marco also blocked the door. A simple alarm device was installed to ensure that they would not be attacked while sleeping. To be honest, this place should not be called a villa ruin. It is already a fully functional shelter. In this case, the attacks of the bandits are no longer a big threat. Moreover, although Li You is running outside all day, Aggie is still guarding here. So at this time, Aggie occupied the sentry post on the third floor, and Roman hid in the window behind the balcony on the second floor. They were each holding a gun and exchanging fire with the bandits. Aggie's shooting skills have made great progress compared to before. He is no longer a rookie who can only shoot two shots with an empty magazine from a few meters away. At least he has reached the level of a professional enthusiast. Roman has received relevant training and his shooting skills are quite good. The two occupied The terrain is favorable, and it is easy to resist the bandits' attack. Even with Aggie's perception, it would be a joke if the bandits wanted to find an opportunity to attack. However, the bandits who attacked tonight seemed to be not simple. Not only were they powerful, but they were also organized, unlike ordinary bandits.
The battle seemed to have lasted for a while, but there was still no winner. Aggie on the third floor was also a little irritated. She kept shooting with her gun, but the bandits were good at using the terrain for cover, and it was difficult to take them down for a while. In fact, for Aggie, the fastest way to clean up this group of bandits was to let her take the broken steel claws and rush out, go around behind the group, and then quickly raid and chop them all into pieces. Nowadays, Ai Ji's physical ability has almost completely lagged behind Li You. Only one thing, that is the physical defense and recovery ability of the Night Demon Queen, is still far stronger than Li You who remains a human. Even if she was shot a few times during the raid on the group of gangsters, it was not a serious injury and she would recover quickly. Unfortunately, this kind of thing obviously cannot be done. She was thinking about how to solve these troubles as soon as possible when she heard a loud gunshot in the night sky in the distance. "Bang--!!!" The familiar roar made her eyes light up. "Finally back!" Outside the villa shelter, the gangsters who were all staring at the second and third floors were stunned. Looking back, they saw their boss at the back fell heavily to the ground, and all the parts above his chest had disappeared. . The gangsters: "...!?" "...It's that guy, that guy is back!" "No way, get out now!" “——Let’s go, let’s go!!” "Ta-ta-ta-ta-!!" Hearing the iconic gunshot and seeing the gangsters running away in a hurry, Aggie and Roman couldn't let go of this opportunity. They appeared one after another and shot, and a series of bullets knocked down most of the gangsters. Only the fastest and farthest bandit managed to escape the two men's shots and escaped into the darkness. He ran as fast as he could, avoiding open spaces as much as possible and taking only small paths. Before he came, he had heard that the damn sniper was like an owl in the night. Night could not stop him from shooting. Only by hiding in a intact building could he have any hope of survival. So after running along the alley between the buildings for a long time, he immediately got into an abandoned apartment building next to him and ran into the stairwell with no blind spots. He couldn't help but breathe heavily, his heartbeat was so fast, and he kept looking outside, looking at the safety door at the top of the stairs, praying not to be discovered. Li You didn't show up for the time being, which made him feel relieved, and his violent heartbeat gradually calmed down. But at this moment, there was a soft "click" from the side door on the other side of the corridor, which immediately made him feel relieved again. He walked over cautiously, gripped the gun tightly, mustered up his courage, and pushed open the side door. There is nothing outside. He then breathed a sigh of relief: "I hope it's just a rumor..." He took the opportunity to observe the situation outside and found that everything was normal, so he planned to leave. However, as soon as he turned his head, he met a pair of black eyes!
“Ahhhh——!!” After a brief scream, calm returned to the apartment building. … At the villa, although a gangster ran away, neither Aiji nor Roman had the intention to chase him. It's not safe to go out, not to mention that since Li You is back, they don't need their help. The two just collected the corpses of the gangsters outside the door, and took the guns and ammunition that they had pulled out of their bodies, as well as knives and body armor, back into the villa. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Li You to walk back from the street with a gun in one hand and dragging the escaped gangster with the other. In the dark, he could use his abilities relatively easily. It was too easy to catch a robber who was in a hurry, so Li You even had time to tease him. He followed the gangster all the way, and finally suddenly appeared behind the gangster, scaring him. He was having a lot of fun, but he didn't know whether the unlucky guy was surprised or moved. Li You returned to the villa and threw the unconscious gangster to the ground: "Throw this guy into the basement. I will interrogate him later." Marco, who had been on standby, responded and carried him to the basement. Li You looked at Aiji, Roman and Livia who had gathered, and said with a smile: "Sorry, I'm late." Roman and Livia both breathed a sigh of relief, while Aggie complained: "You still know how to come back." Li You just smiled: "Sorry, I've been a little busy recently. Thank you for your hard work." Livia nodded vigorously: "Indeed, Ai Ji is not very old, but she seems to know everything. Even the reinforcement method of the shelter was mainly done by her. She is really amazing." Aiji was a little embarrassed and said, "It's just my previous experience." Of course she was talking about her experience in the suburbs of Harlan City, and Li You understood it, but Roman and Livia misunderstood, and Livia said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't want to explore your past. ” Aggie felt even more embarrassed and could only wave his hand and said, "It's okay." Li You was very satisfied when he saw that they were getting along well. Then he took off his backpack and said, "I brought back a lot of good things today. It was really an unforgettable night." This was originally a line that a character in the game would say after making a big gain, but neither Roman nor Livia, including Marco, who had just come up from the basement, had much reaction. They have long been used to it. As long as Li You goes out, he will never come back empty-handed. Marco, an experienced scavenger, turned into a porter specializing in collecting tools and wood. After listening to Li You's general account of his experience, Marco spoke directly: "As expected of you, Li You, you did what we couldn't do so easily." Li You: "..." The lines are somewhat familiar. In the end, he reluctantly left today's harvest to Marco and the others, then returned to his own dedicated room in the basement, closed the door, and opened the system backpack. In the backpack, the wooden mailbox of the Sky Province was flickering. This was a sign that a reply had been received. Li You took out the mailbox, placed it in front of him, opened it, and a reply letter lay quietly inside.
He took it out and saw that it was Ying Ma's reply, with a beautiful handwriting that was pleasing to the eye. "It's been a long time since we last contacted each other, Lord Li You, how are you?" "Thanks to you, Ashina Castle is now very peaceful, and the arrangements you left before you left are also proceeding in an orderly manner. I can give you a brief description... "Regarding the matter you asked about, I also consulted the ancient books and records, and finally found something. "According to the records, you may try this method..."