Chapter 147: Mastering Iron Block, Returning to Reality (3k Third Update, Seeking Subscriptions)

When Bai Cangshu saw Mu Xin again, the other party had even reconstructed his avatar, turning into a big man over two meters tall, wearing a hood on his head, with a face that was not human, but rather like an orc.

Such a drastic change made it difficult to associate him with the somewhat naive Reincarnator from before.

Bai Cangshu looked at the other party and smiled.

"It seems you were tortured quite miserably by those Plot Characters."

Mu Xin was startled; he did not expect Tao Baibai to have already guessed his encounter. Yes, before Tao Baibai had left, he had been caught by A-Train, and then Cate used mind control to make him "voluntarily" send word to the company and Tao Baibai, saying he wanted to act alone.

In reality, he had fallen under the control of A-Train and the others, who wanted to interrogate what kind of background these Asians had, who had suddenly appeared and caused a catastrophic change in New York.

"Mr. Tao Baibai is both wise and courageous. I fear that when you handed that Werewolf Bloodline item to Mu Xin, you had already foreseen this possibility."

The person speaking was a woman with golden hair draped over her shoulders, skin so fair it seemed to glow, and pupils that possessed a jade-like luster. This was a woman who, even knowing she was an avatar, one would still feel her original appearance must be beautiful, possessing a unique temperament.

The woman was 1.7 meters tall and exposed her face generously. Beside the two of them was a black-haired man with a ponytail; his avatar had a crescent-moon-like scar on his cheek that spanned his entire face.

The place where they were currently located was the East District Shanty Town Z Zone, the end furthest from the Goddess Residence. Reincarnators rarely came here, and there were very few stalls.

The woman with the codename 【Tian Yi】 was clearly the leader of this remnant trio. As she spoke, neither Mu Xin nor the ponytail man said a word.

Bai Cangshu waved his hand, a fake and flawless smile on his face, though because of the Ancient God appearance of his avatar, that smile which should have been as refreshing as a spring breeze became somewhat terrifying.

"You jest. How could such a thing be foreseen? I simply felt that a weak fellow like Mu Xin would always encounter situations where he might die if he were not careful. At that time... heh, my Werewolf Bloodline item would always be able to save his life..."

Tian Yi looked at Tao Baibai's terrifying face. Intuition told her that in reality, Tao Baibai might have a quite handsome face. Those who made their own faces look incredibly ugly in this sort of place were more than half likely to be people who had already enjoyed too many benefits brought by their appearance in reality.

As for Tao Baibai saying Mu Xin was weak, she did not raise any objections, but changed the subject and continued:

"Regardless of the reason, Mr. Tao Baibai's goal has been achieved. According to your Contract, we will pay with items or Singularities of corresponding value."

Tao Baibai nodded in satisfaction.

His Contract with Mu Xin was inherently an unequal, oppressive contract; in essence, it was a forced buy-and-sell contract under the condition of ensuring Mu Xin's survival.

Although it was indeed a bloodline item with outstanding early-stage effects, a bloodline like 【Werewolf】 was far from having much potential. To continue developing, one could only rely on bonuses from Fighting Spirit, Magic Power, or other energy systems.

The dividends brought by the bloodline itself would gradually be leveled out as attributes increased.

For a bloodline item of this level, selling it in the space for a B-rank Singularity plus nearly ten thousand Dimension Points was already the limit. If one were lucky, one could even pick it up at a lower price.

But according to the Contract, Mu Xin had to pay 2 B-rank Singularities and 15,000 Dimension Points, or items of similar value, to fulfill the rule of being unable to return the item.

Bai Cangshu had effectively forced the sale of this bloodline item to Mu Xin at double the price.

Mu Xin lowered his head at this moment, feeling somewhat ashamed. The ponytail youth lit a cigarette and said nonchalantly:

"This price is quite reasonable, after all, it's equivalent to your life-buying money."

His tone was grand; he did not look like a stray dog, but rather like a great thief who had stolen the legacy of the 【9527】 team, not taking such a painful price to heart.

Bai Cangshu had more speculations about the situation of the three.

Tian Yi also nodded. She said to Bai Cangshu:

"I hope to use the Ability Scroll of 【Six Styles Fragment Iron Block】 to be calculated as one B-rank Singularity plus 10,000 Dimension Points, and then complete the Contract by paying another 1 B-rank Singularity and 5,000 Dimension Points."

Although her calculation method was slightly inflated, it was not significant. B-rank abilities, especially physical technique abilities with high versatility like 【Six Styles】, were the type that were very easy to cash out.

In the Infinite Dimensional Space, abilities like physical techniques, sword arts, and Magic were very mainstream, and there were many Reincarnators who used these abilities, so the prices would all be slightly inflated.

Bai Cangshu looked at the other party, and before he could speak, Tian Yi continued:

"As a reward for you sparing Mu Xin's life, we will not release the news that you have already seized that 【Card】. We created chaos in two other mission worlds, and now the whereabouts of the 【Card】 have become even harder to verify because of the large number of Reincarnators hunting us."

"Whether you are able to use that card or intend to sell it, you can rest assured."

The woman spoke flawlessly. Bai Cangshu also nodded happily. He had previously listed the Werewolf Bloodline item, and the highest offer was only 1 B-rank Singularity plus a few thousand Dimension Points.

Counting it now, he had essentially gotten a scroll of 【Six Styles Fragment】 for free.

【dd99115435 (Tian Yi) has initiated a trade with you】

【You have obtained Ability Scroll, Six Styles Fragment Iron Block (B-)】

【You have obtained B-rank Singularity *1, Dimension Points 5000】

【Your Contract with lk99547854 (Mu Xin) has been completed, the Contract has been destroyed】

After completing the trade, the woman codenamed Tian Yi took one last look at Bai Cangshu, nodded, and turned to leave. The ponytail man followed. Mu Xin, whose appearance had changed greatly, intended to leave, but after thinking about it, he spoke again:

"Mr. Tao Baibai, be careful. You have been... a bit too prominent lately."

Having said that, he left with the woman. A flash of light and they had disappeared without a trace, presumably having returned to the Team Space. Bai Cangshu raised an eyebrow. He knew that with Mu Xin's personality, this sentence was highly unlikely to be a curse or a threat, so... was the other party reminding him?

Tsk, what a naive good person. Did he not know that sparing him was only for the sake of profit?

Bai Cangshu inexplicably remembered the surviving boy from 【Fifth Element】, the look in his eyes when he watched him in the Shanty Town, that kind of anger and hatred.

Perhaps, the reason why humans are human is precisely because they have these emotions beyond reason.

He stopped thinking about these useless things and took out the scroll.

【Ability Scroll, Six Styles Fragment Iron Block (B-)】

【Learning Requirement: Constitution > 15, Strength > 15】

After obtaining an S+ Rating in this mission, his attributes were distributed evenly. Even in the erosion state, he met the requirements, so he crushed the scroll.

【You are learning the ability, Six Styles Fragment Iron Block】

【Judging qualification for study...】

【Judgment passed】

【You have mastered the ability, Six Styles Iron Block lv1】

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【Six Styles Iron Block (B-) lv1: Control Qi and blood, tense muscles, body becomes as hard as rock, exempts low-intensity damage, and has a reduction effect on damage】

For lv1 Iron Block, the description did not mention the effect of ignoring guns and cannons. Bai Cangshu guessed that it probably needed to be leveled up to achieve the ability displayed by those CP9 people in the original work.

Completely ignoring various slashes, strikes, and gun and cannon attacks.

Although 【Iron Block】 is often criticized, the reason why the "infamous scenes" became infamous must be because those Iron Block users were incredibly convinced of the strength of their own Iron Block.

And what forged this confidence was that along the way, countless guns, cannons, and slashes had snapped before their Iron Block.

Compared to the "Dispersion" achieved through technique, Iron Block is a form of purely rigid defense; for some intense impacts, the effect might not be outstanding, but for large-area attacks, highly penetrating stabs, slashes, and the like, it has a powerful effect.

Furthermore, there might be a significant connection between "Iron Block" and abilities like "Armament Haki."

After resolving this Contract, Bai Cangshu moved his mind and had already returned to the real world.

He pulled back the curtains and looked at the angle of the sun outside the window; less than ten minutes had passed in the real world.

Bai Cangshu pulled open the door and shouted downstairs.

"Lin Qinfu, come up for a moment!"

Lin Qinfu clenched his hand and gave a look to the lackey who was still bandaging him, and the lackey immediately turned and left.

He decided to put some pressure on "Moye."

Only then did he wince and clutch his right hand as he went upstairs, and sure enough, he saw that baleful star sitting by the window, doing nothing.

"For those medicinal herbs, there's no need to look for some of them anymore."

"Just arrange for someone to go and inquire if anyone knows what "Undying Grass" and "Ziying" are."

Bai Cangshu deliberately gave Lin Qinfu an opportunity; he was actually actively baiting "Moye" to come over. He knew that these Reincarnators who had gained power would always have some matters influenced by so-called Reputation and public opinion.

If you enjoy the resources and benefits brought by all this, you will inevitably face the corresponding entanglements.

Bai Cangshu looked at the image on the monitor; he had originally intended to use this thing to deal a fatal blow to "Moye," but after passing a mission world and obtaining "Instant," Bai Cangshu began to look forward to being able to kill the opponent head-on.

The Infinite Dimensional Space actually has very few restrictions on Reincarnators of the taijutsu, swordsmanship, and marksmanship types; as long as your use of abilities in the real world is not determined to exceed common sense, you will almost never be punished, let alone worry about being erased.

Conversely, abilities that are incompatible with the modern world, such as summoning types or energy projection types—abilities that look like they shouldn't exist in the modern world at a glance—have quite strict restrictions.

Once observed, a Reincarnator will trigger a "Time-Limited Erasure Mission" and must eliminate all those who know within the stipulated time, otherwise, they themselves will be erased by the Space.

Bai Cangshu guessed that the rules of the Space are likely based on the difficulty of "Cognitive Intervention"; the easier it is to eliminate the influence of an action or ability, the lower the price the Space pays, and the lower the restrictions the Reincarnator receives.

And those situations where the Space must intervene in cognition on a large scale mean that the Space has to spend some kind of price, and the Reincarnator will receive severe punishment.

The Space is like the most shrewd and ruthless merchant, conducting resource conversion.

The Space possesses the ability to interfere with cognition on a large scale, and even when a Reincarnator dies, it can completely erase the traces of their existence, but the Space will not use this ability for a Reincarnator without reason.

These cameras all over the park are a hidden lethal weapon for some Reincarnators.

(End of this chapter)