A Single Person's Infinite Wonderful Life

Akitsu nodded, her expression remaining calm, but she was inwardly excited. After all, even Kusa had a chance to show herself, and Kusa was an absolute mainstay in this round of the competition. It would be unreasonable for her not to have a chance to demonstrate her skills.

Akitsu patted his full chest and said confidently, "Leave it to me. No one is better at causing trouble than me. However, it's a bit of a pity that my field can't overlap with Little Grass's field."

Akitsu and Kusa's abilities are like two extremes. Kusa's home ground is full of vitality and lush vegetation, while her home ground is a dead land like the Arctic. Even a wagtail wouldn't dare say it wouldn't be negatively affected by such an extremely cold environment, let alone an ordinary reed sprout.

This tactic seems quite despicable to ordinary people, but Li Wei doesn't mind doing something unethical for the sake of the show's effect. After all, he's not the one who's going to suffer.

Several people rode atop the wooden dragon, gradually ascending in altitude. Li Wei glanced at the drone following not far away out of the corner of his eye, but ignored it; it was part of the show, and he understood. Li Wei wasn't the kind of socially awkward person who felt uncomfortable being watched. Doing something mischievous in front of a global audience was quite exciting.

Li Wei sat cross-legged and said to Qiu Jin, who was standing on the bridge of the wooden dragon's nose, "Let's begin now and give all the participating teams a surprise, bringing them some coolness."

Akitsu raised her hands and tilted her head slightly, like a female priestess in an ancient sacrificial ceremony, giving people a sense of utmost holiness.

Her body began to emit a faint fluorescence, and at the same time, the originally clear sky gradually darkened.

Akitsu raised her right hand, like a conductor leading a concert, and with her gesture, dark clouds gathered in the sky.

In the live stream, Akitsu's demonstration once again shocked the audience. To date, Akitsu is the first Sekirei to demonstrate the ability to manipulate the weather. The idea of ​​weather weapons was proposed in the last century, and various major powers have been trying to tame various weather conditions for use as weapons. However, to date, apart from mastering technologies such as artificial rainmaking, major powers have not obtained weather weapons in the true sense.

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However, Akitsu's ability to control the weather with his own flesh and blood has overturned the audience's worldview. If such an ability existed in ancient times, it would be an invincible existence. In fact, Akitsu could indirectly destroy a country by manipulating the weather. There are quite a few ancient countries that were destroyed by the Little Ice Age.

The dark clouds began to stir, and a large amount of snow mixed with rain began to fall. It wasn't just snowing in Akitsu; it was a whimsical mix of rain and snow.

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Simple snowfall won't cause a significant temperature drop in a short time, but sleet is different; it can bring the temperature down immediately. It's summer now, and all the participants in the competition are dressed quite lightly. Even Sanada Nishi, a leather-wearing enthusiast, doesn't dare wear too many layers, fearing he might get heatstroke from strenuous exercise.

Now, the reed shoots' thin clothing will make them feel what true cold is. They can rely on the wagtails for warmth, but this weather will also make them a burden to the wagtails, thus affecting their mobility. This is like a boulder crushing a crab when you have absolute strength. Whether the other reed shoots like it or not, they have to face the impact of the environment on them.

Inside the live stream room, the chat exploded once again.

Not only were the viewers in an uproar, but even the commentators were speechless. This situation was beyond their expectations, and they had no prepared content to explain it. Now they could only resort to repetitive explanations.

The two anchors who were performing the crosstalk were the first to recover their senses and quickly said, "This is unbelievable! The Great Demon King Team has once again demonstrated its extraordinary strength. Before, they controlled the terrain, and now they've even shown the ability to control the weather! That's a fabricated Akizuki, truly worthy of being a powerful single-digit fabricator!"

Chapter 4. Even Alliances Are Useless

The other commentator also came to his senses. The person who was able to provide commentary in this situation must have a high level of professionalism. Although he was very shocked, he immediately realized his lapse in composure and quickly made amends.

Another anchor quickly added to his companion's statement, saying, "According to the information released by MBI, each of the single-digit listed 'Sekirei' is incredibly powerful. It seems MBI wasn't lying. This ability to control the weather would indeed be considered divine in ancient times. You know, extreme low temperatures can freeze people and livestock to death and destroy crops. In ancient times, severe cold was considered one of the two major natural disasters, alongside drought. No. Akitsu, who controls the power of cold, truly deserves to be called the Goddess of Winter!"

The host, who started the conversation, said, "Now, the other participating teams are in danger. Such low temperatures will definitely have a negative impact on them. I just don't know if they can withstand it."

At this moment, Mihiro was also dumbfounded. The current situation was just like Kusano's large-scale change of terrain before, which had exceeded his expectations.

Inside his private office, Mihiro had scrunched up his hair like a bird's nest. He simply couldn't understand it. Kusano was one thing—after all, he was a very special final creation, so it was understandable that he unleashed such power. But Akitsu, a flawed product with failed adjustments, was unleashing such power; it was simply unreasonable.

However, the deed was done, and the power that Akitsu displayed was far stronger than the perfect state initially anticipated. According to the original plan, even a perfectly adjusted Akitsu would not have possessed such abilities.

Hiroto scratched his head, a troubled expression on his face, and said, "This doesn't make sense. Could it be that Li Wei has a way to activate the Sekirei's ability? But he's just a person, how could he activate his ability?"

Mihiro couldn't understand it more and more. After all, MBI had spent a huge amount of money to unlock the abilities of the Sekirei. The amount of manpower and resources consumed was beyond calculation. It could be said that every Sekirei, even the relatively weaker ones, was created with real money.

Most importantly, the manpower and resources involved are often priceless. The ability to operate a wagtail is, in some ways, as difficult as building an aircraft carrier. Both require a nation's strength, and moreover, that is a powerful nation, to be able to do.

Yu Guangren was thinking about this from the perspective of an ordinary person, so naturally he couldn't understand it. He didn't realize that Li Wei was not an ordinary person at all. Using the experience of an ordinary person to speculate on what Li Wei would do, he naturally couldn't get the right answer.

Mihiro muttered to himself, "It's a pity that those useless people in charge of adjusting Akitsu are already dead, otherwise, there would be all sorts of punishments waiting for them."

Mihiro is a man who rewards merit and punishes wrongdoing; his strict system of rewards and punishments is a core element of the cohesive force within the giant corporation MBI. As for a promising talent like Akitsu, if he had known she possessed such abilities, he would never have sent her out to another post; instead, he would have made her a member of the punishment team, capable of leading a team independently.

But there's no going back in life; Akitsu has already been released, and that's an unchangeable fact. Right now, Mihiro is powerless to do anything but rage in a fit of impotence.

Viewers of the live stream could only see the sleet captured by the drone. Fortunately, MBI's drone technology is quite advanced; even in such harsh conditions, the drones continued to operate stably without malfunctioning. However, due to the sleet, the footage captured by the drone appeared somewhat blurry. Some ice crystals landed on the drone's camera, causing perspective distortion and making the footage look strange.

The participating groups at the competition site were struggling to cope with the sudden onslaught of severe weather. After all, not every wagtail possesses the ability to withstand the cold. With their superhuman physiques, they can endure such low temperatures. However, the wagtails are still ordinary people with mortal bodies. Apart from Li Wei, all the participating groups have been negatively affected to varying degrees.

Just like Sanada Nishi at this moment, he was frozen to the bone. He didn't bring the three mascot Sekirei he usually used for disguise, but instead brought his three main battle Sekirei. However, these three Sekirei had a common problem: their abilities were purely combat-oriented and they didn't have any support abilities, so they couldn't provide him with any extra protection against the cold.

Sanada Nishi shivered. He looked at the other Ashibes who were walking together. The others were in worse condition than him. His physical condition was considered relatively strong among ordinary people, but even he couldn't withstand the severe cold for long. If this continued, they would freeze to death here.

Sanada Nishi said, "Everyone, the situation has changed. We need to find a place to shelter from the wind and rain and rest for a while! If we continue in this cold, we can only last for half an hour at most. I don't want to lose the competition and my life as well."

The somewhat effeminate-looking Reed Sprout said, "But hiding like this isn't a solution. This must have been done by Levi's group. No. Akitsu, who can create extremely low-temperature environments, it must be her doing. They're definitely trying to use this environment to suppress our speed and leave us far behind. Sanada, do you have any ideas on how to break this deadlock?"

Sanada Nishi said, "I'm not Zhuge Liang, how could I possibly come up with a solution so quickly? The most important thing now is to save our lives. If we lose our lives, then everything is over."

Sanada Nishi is also having a huge headache. Li Wei is just too powerful, so much so that they have to form an alliance to counter him. But even if they form an alliance and gather the strength of all the other Ashina members except for Li Wei, they are still in an absolutely passive position.

The group, having formed a united front, started off full of confidence and high spirits, but before they had gone far, they were unexpectedly dealt a heavy blow.

The previously high morale plummeted due to the severe cold. Sanada Nishi was anxious but helpless. He wanted to use the strength of the crowd to fight against Li Wei, but he now realized that tricks were useless against absolute power. No matter how he tried to form alliances, Li Wei was too strong and directly undermined their strength.

Chapter 44. The Great Demon King's Mercy

The allied reeds could only find shelter nearby. Fortunately, their current location was not in the forest where the grass had been thrown down, and the various buildings had not been destroyed. Finding a place to shelter from the wind was not too difficult.

Soon, they found a factory dormitory and stopped there temporarily, searching for supplies to get through the winter.

It was originally summer, and the workers who were relocated left behind all summer items, such as blankets and quilts, which were all very thin.

The temperature is still dropping, not yet at its lowest point. In this environment where the temperature is only a few degrees, the things here can still help people maintain their body temperature. But if the temperature continues to drop, then they will have to find new ways to keep warm.

Li Wei's perception range was extremely wide, and he saw all the actions of the other participating teams. Watching these teams frantically search for warm clothing, he felt a sense of satisfaction at having successfully pulled off a prank.

The low temperature created by Akitsu has a lower limit from the start; it won't actually drop to a certain degree unless the temperature is lowered again. But that would be killing people. Creating obstacles is one thing, killing people in a competition is another.

At this point, the MBI referee team began to enter the field, using the unpredictable angles of the drone footage to create blind spots and hide various winter gear in relatively conspicuous places.

The participating teams did not linger too long in the factory's employee dormitory. After collecting basic winter supplies, they left because the supplies there were insufficient to keep everyone warm. Staying in such a place for too long would only make them completely lose the ability to continue.

After leaving the employee dormitory, the pedestrians were "lucky" enough to find a large number of cold-weather suits in the warehouse of the adjacent workshop area. The workshop area is next to a medical company's low-temperature drug warehouse. Before entering the low-temperature area, the staff would wear special cold-weather suits to avoid the harm to their bodies caused by the low temperature.

Therefore, it is reasonable for everyone to see that a lot of winter clothing has been left behind in such places.

The viewers watching the live stream were unaware of the problem, as were the participating Reed Sprouts and Wagtails. They simply felt lucky, as if a perfect opportunity had presented itself, and the cold-weather clothing provided was more than enough for everyone.

Morale, which had hit rock bottom, has visibly begun to rise again thanks to the warm return.

Sanada Nishi, the unsung leader of the team, breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this situation. He was afraid that morale would continue to decline and lead to a complete collapse, which would be disastrous. The situation was already precarious, and Li Wei's strength left him with no choice but to unite with other Ashina members to form an alliance against Li Wei.

Unfortunately, Li Wei was not Dong Zhuo, and they were not the ten warlords. This rabble was not even good enough to be used as expendable resources.

However, Sanada Nishi also had some doubts, because the timing of the appearance of these cold-weather items was too coincidental, and the quantity was also incorrect.

Generally speaking, a pharmaceutical company's cold storage warehouse is managed by a few full-time staff on rotation. Logically, four sets of these enclosed winter suits would be a lot, but now they're talking about dozens of sets, which he finds unreasonable.

The dozens of sets of cold-weather clothing made this place look less like a pharmaceutical company's low-temperature warehouse and more like a clothing factory's warehouse. This aroused his vigilance, and he suspected that MBI might be secretly helping them.

Sanada Nishi thought about it and realized that this might not be a good thing. Since they were in a weak position, MBI was helping them. But what if, when they gained a relatively large advantage, MBI secretly intervened again to help the weaker participating teams?

This pursuit of balance for the sake of balance is actually a serious threat to his desire for victory. After all, he doesn't have a team as strong as Levi's. If he manages to gain an advantage, it can be wiped out by MBI in the backcourt. No one can accept that.

Li Wei has a team of members so powerful that they disrupt the balance of power, so Li Wei can make countless mistakes. As long as he succeeds once, the other participating teams will be crippled. But he is different. He can only fail a maximum of 10 times. Once his trump card is exposed, he loses an important support for winning.

After all, the other Wei Ya aren't stupid. His three tricks might fool people once, or even twice, but no normal person would be foolish enough to fall into the same trap three times. Therefore, his three tricks can only be used at the most critical moment.

Sanada Nishi gritted his teeth, but he was powerless to change the current situation and could only wait and see.

At this point, Li Wei was already aware of the underhanded tactics employed by various factions on the competition field.

Li Wei had anticipated MBI's underhanded tactics backstage, so he wasn't angry. This harsh environment was merely an appetizer he had prepared for the participating teams; the real feast was yet to come.

Akitsu stopped casting the spell. Although her power was much greater than before, this kind of precise control over the weather still took a toll on her.

Akitsu lowered his hands, let out a long breath, and said expressionlessly, "It's a pity it's not winter now. Lowering the temperature to this level is already the limit. If it were winter, I could lower the temperature to below ten degrees."

Akitsu herself has relatively few facial expressions; to those unfamiliar with her, she might seem expressionless. However, those who know her well understand that she possesses a very rich range of micro-expressions. To the world's audience, viewed from a drone's perspective, she appears as a calm and aloof ice goddess, but Li Wei can discern through her micro-expressions that, if Akitsu had a tail, it would be wagging like a windmill.

Li Wei laughed and said, "This is already very impressive. You have to know that it's the height of summer now. Being able to lower the temperature to near zero while enduring the high temperatures is already quite good."

Akitsu clenched his fist and said, "Please give me half an hour to recover. Once I've regained my strength, we can have another snowfall. At that time, I will lower the temperature so they can experience winter ahead of time."

Li Wei laughed and said, "That's enough. This is about enough. If we keep going, we'll really be killing people. The wagtails can withstand this low temperature, but the reed shoots are just ordinary people. This is a test for them. If the temperature drops below a certain degree, it will just be pure torture."

In the live stream, viewers heard Li Wei's words and another war of words broke out. Li Wei's supporters and opponents directly exchanged insults in the chat.

Li Wei was already aware of this situation through his puppet clone. This was quite normal; even money couldn't be universally loved, let alone a living, breathing person like him. There were those who supported him, and naturally, there were those who disliked him.

Chapter 4. Trap

The internet is a place where most people vent their emotions. With global live streaming like this, viewers from all over the world participate, and it's impossible to please everyone, so all sorts of problems will naturally arise.

Moreover, Li Wei's supporters are mostly women. Women are often irrational and tend to support whoever is handsome. Li Wei is the most handsome among all the Reed Sprouts, and also the most mysterious. This sense of mystery, combined with his extraordinary charm, naturally gives him a large number of female fans.

Then, for every female supporter Li Wei had, there was just as many male enemies, because Li Wei was just too handsome, handsome enough to become a public enemy among men.

A young boy discovers that the girl he likes is a supporter of Li Wei, and that the girl he likes actually likes another man. How can a young man tolerate such a thing? And for a middle-aged man, discovering that his partner is watching a live stream and looking at Li Wei with eyes that reveal infatuation and longing is the most serious provocation to a middle-aged man's dignity.

This kind of appeal directly led to a physical division among male and female viewers watching the live stream. The two sides engaged in heated arguments on various platforms, writing lengthy posts and insulting each other's relatives, creating quite a spectacle.

Li Wei was already used to this kind of situation. After all, the various verbal battles in the real world were far more intense than this. Humans always seemed to cross the line of morality time and time again. He was used to it anyway.

This kind of polarization is exactly what Mihiro wants to see. After all, he needs to stir up everyone's emotions. Only sufficiently intense emotions can become high-quality "fuel." Therefore, he hopes that there will be as many and as intense as possible such verbal battles.

The number of drones tracking and filming Li Wei has increased significantly. Based on the direction of public opinion online, Yu Guangren issued orders to his subordinates to film more footage related to Li Wei. The focus of the live broadcast from now on will be Li Wei's team.

The three girls around Li Wei were unaware of this; they were still chattering and laughing, showing no sense of urgency about participating in the competition.

Li Wei said, "Akitsu, after we've rested, we'll proceed with the next phase as planned. This time, we're sure to give them a surprise."

Akitsu nodded, and the wooden dragon lowered its altitude, passing over the top of the building. Li Wei's team calmly moved towards the next coordinate point. Now, apart from them, all the other teams were hindered by the severe cold. At this time, even if they were to proceed on foot, they could reach the next coordinate point ahead of the other teams.

Inside the official MBI livestream room, the two anchors heard orders from their superiors through their headsets: they were to focus on commentating on Li Wei's team's content. If they performed well, a promotion and raise were just around the corner, and they would also receive a huge year-end bonus. Spurred by the money, the two anchors' eyes were practically red with envy. When they heard the figure for the year-end bonus, they almost couldn't catch their breath.

"Let's see what the Demon King team is doing now. They're heading towards the next coordinate location. The official team has set up some supplies, but they've also left some traps. I wonder how the Demon King team's luck will be. The traps set by the official team are very dangerous. If you're not careful, you'll bleed. If you're really unlucky, you could even be seriously injured."