The whole nation: You're put to survive on a desolate planet, you'll be running an alien b

On the other end of the phone, Qin Yue's voice was like a taut string.

"Li Haotian, I don't have time to play games with you!"

"The emergency hotlines throughout Donghai City are about to explode, and the hospitals are overflowing. What do you mean by calling now?"

Li Haotian turned on speakerphone, tossed his phone onto the sofa, and settled into a more comfortable position.

"See, you don't understand social etiquette at all."

"I'm giving you sales targets, and this is the attitude you get."

The breathing on the other end of the phone became noticeably heavier.

"What exactly do you know?"

"All I know is that the people you sent out are probably still loitering around the reservoirs at various water plants, right?"

"Checking water quality and taking samples to look for residues, right?"

Li Haotian picked up a grape and popped it into his mouth.

"Didn't they find anything at all?"

Qin Yue remained silent, and that silence itself was the best answer.

How did you know?

"Because you are using scientific methods to solve an unscientific problem."

Simply put, your equipment is outdated.

Li Haotian spat out the grape skins.

"Here's an address: No. 3 Waterworks in the Suburbs."

"Looking for a player with the account name 'Water Ghost', a B-level talent 'Deep Dive', a skinny guy, and probably a scar on his face."

"Don't ask me how I know, I figured it out by observing the celestial phenomena last night."

Qin Yue's voice was very low.

"You mean, this incident was caused by the players? Not poisoning?"

"More or less."

"You can think of it as him throwing some 'seasoning' into the water, a seasoning that your instruments can't detect."

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, understand?"

After Li Haotian finished speaking, he hung up the phone immediately, not giving Qin Yue a chance to ask any further questions.

Su Wan listened with a pounding heart. She held up her tablet, the screen filled with all sorts of chaotic videos and bright red warning messages.

"Haotian, this is insane! They really dare to..."

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Li Haotian took her tablet and swiped around a few times.

On the screen was a post from a local forum titled, "Fellow family members, does anyone understand?! Someone at the supermarket downstairs got into a huge fight over a case of bottled water!"

In the video below, several people are fighting, shelves are overturned, and goods are scattered all over the ground.

"Look at this camera angle, it's so shaky, there's no aesthetic appeal at all."

Li Haotian shook his head and returned the tablet to Su Wan.

"The news says that D.H.I.E.L.D. has intervened, but they haven't found any trace of poison. The internet is in an uproar."

Su Wan's voice was choked with sobs.

"That text message is real. They really are after you. Let's leave Donghai City right now; it's too dangerous here!"

Li Haotian ignored her, stood up, stretched, and walked towards the kitchen.

"Liu Hu".

Bodyguard Liu Hu, who was carefully carving fruit with a knife at the kitchen bar, suddenly froze.

"Hao, Mr. Haotian."

He quickly put down what he was doing and stood up straight.

"Where's your set of German-imported knives?"

"It's in the cabinet."

Liu Hu quickly opened a drawer, inside which was a set of gleaming knives, each one in excellent condition.

Li Haotian glanced at them and pulled out the longest and narrowest one, its blade as thin as a cicada's wing.

"A willow-blade knife, good for preparing sashimi."

He weighed the knife in his hand and nodded in satisfaction.

"Sir, would you like some sashimi? I'll have the kitchen prepare the freshest bluefin tuna right away..."

Before Liu Hu could finish speaking, Li Haotian interrupted him.

"Need not."

Li Haotian took the knife and then took out a blue whetstone from another drawer.

He walked to the sink, turned on the tap, and a thin stream of water washed over the surface of the whetstone.

In the living room, Su Wan was completely stunned by what she saw.

The entire city was in chaos, with hundreds of thousands suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. People were filled with fear online, and the perpetrators could strike again at any moment.

Meanwhile, Li Haotian, the person at the center of the storm, was leisurely preparing in the kitchen... sharpening a knife?

stab-

The blade sliced ​​across the damp stone surface, producing a rhythmic yet grating friction sound.

The sound was exceptionally clear in the quiet villa.

Su Wan felt completely bewildered and couldn't understand him at all.

"Haotian... what time is it now? How can you still be in the mood for this...?"

"Shhh."

Li Haotian didn't even turn his head, and his hands didn't stop moving at all.

"Don't make a sound."

Sizzle... sizzle...

He stared intently at the angle of the blade and the whetstone.

Su Wan opened her mouth, but ultimately swallowed all her words back.

She sat back down on the sofa, feeling utterly helpless. Looking at Li Haotian's back, she felt as if there was an entire dimension separating her from him.

She picked up her phone and refreshed the latest news.

[Official clarification: Not a virus leak; please remain calm!]

[Shocking! The corridors of the North City Central Hospital are filled with sleeping patients!]

[A bottle of mineral water being sold for 500 yuan? Is this a distortion of human nature or a decline in morality?]

Every news story tugged at her nerves.

In the kitchen, the sound of sharpening knives continued unhurriedly, carrying a rhythm that made one's heart race.

About ten minutes later.

The sizzling sound stopped.

Li Haotian raised the willow-blade knife and held it up to the light.

The blade gleamed coldly under the light, its brilliance almost blinding.

He flicked the blade lightly with his finger.

hum-

A clear, melodious buzzing sound echoed in the kitchen.

"That's about it."

Li Haotian put down the knife and carefully wiped the water stains off the blade with a clean cloth.

Su Wan finally couldn't hold back any longer. She stood up and walked to the kitchen doorway.

"What exactly do you want?"

After wiping the knife, Li Haotian carefully placed it back on the knife rack.

He turned around, looked at Su Wan, whose face was full of confusion and anxiety, and grinned.

"Didn't you catch a few fish at the pier last night?"

"They all look quite fat to me."

As he spoke, he wiped his hands with a towel and slowly walked towards the living room.

"It's been sitting here all night; if we don't deal with it soon, it won't be fresh."

"This fish has a strong fishy smell, so it needs to be cleaned thoroughly when processing it."

Li Haotian walked over to the fish that Liu Hu had kept frozen with ice, bent down, and poked the belly of the largest one.

"Especially for those with big bellies, all the internal organs inside must be completely removed, leaving nothing behind."

He looked up at Su Wan, who had a blank expression on her face, with a smile in his eyes that she couldn't understand.

"Otherwise, the whole pot of soup will be ruined."