Chapter 775: Got Nothing?! What Did You Just Call Me?

The party continued onward.

The team that originally had nine members now had only six.

There were still three shovels left, and the flashlights hadn't diminished.

Yet a lingering sense of unease still swirled in the players' hearts.

After experiencing that recent danger, they gained a deeper understanding of how terrifying the monsters were.

The monsters in the Advanced Map were not only more ferocious but also extremely cunning.

A slight slip would turn one into mush, just like those people before, shot by a gun.

Fortunately, the rest of the journey encountered no monsters, and Liu Pangzi said the luck was good.

But the strange thing was…

Not a single piece of cargo was seen!

Apart from the candy clutched by the Stockpiling Insect, everything else was empty.

After walking for a full half hour, they got nothing!

"Strange, where's the cargo?" Lu Zhiwei's eyes were full of doubt.

"That shouldn't be, I can pick up some trash even after walking half an hour in the Simple Map."

"But this is the Hard Map; the yield should be several times more than the Simple Map," Liu Pangzi said, equally puzzled.

Ji Huai furrowed his brow, halted his steps, and thought carefully.

Then he turned his head and looked deeply at Su Yang, "Brother Su Yang, do you have any clue?"

"Me?" Su Yang pointed a finger at himself, paused, and said, "... I'm also confused; could it be that we deliberately chose a Passage with no cargo?"

"Anything else?" Ji Huai asked again.

"As for anything else, I really don't know; you know, it's my first time entering the Hard Map," Su Yang said.

"If I recall correctly, Qin Yu Zhou's innate talent should be able to discern the cargo's location, right?" Ji Huai said.

"What?!" Fu Yuan's heart leapt in shock.

So that means Qin Yu Zhou's function is essentially that of a 'Blind Dog'?

But why…

Ji Huai walked up to Su Yang and said, "You should be the player in this game who first learned his background."

"Yesterday I overheard your conversation; the two of you seemed to have some friction."

"I've never told any of you about the Stockpiling Insect's habit."

"Yet you somehow managed to find the trick?"

Su Yang wore a puzzled expression, "What are you talking about?"

"No need to play dumb; you deliberately took the Stockpiling Insect's candy as a pretext to frame us, just to make us wander here like headless flies," Ji Huai's eyes flashed with an odd Radiance.

Fu Yuan's gaze became wary, and he instinctively kept a few steps away from Su Yang.

Lu Zhiwei stepped forward to protest, "What nonsense are you spouting? We're all playing this game for the first time; how could we know these things?"

"But you, you clearly knew yet didn't say; if you had pointed it out earlier, would we have ended up with this outcome?"

Ji Huai's eyes were sharp as he slowly turned his head, "You mean… I'm the mastermind behind Qin Yu Zhou's death?"

"Of course!" Lu Zhiwei asserted.

Ji Huai lifted his glasses, expressionless, said, "You were the one using people as human shields, you were the one throwing the candy, and in the end all this became my fault?"

"Who knows whether you deliberately led us here?" Lu Zhiwei said, leaning on a shovel.

"Your lip skill is indeed slick." Ji Huai stopped arguing and turned his gaze toward the road's end.

A solid wall suddenly blocked everyone's path.

There were no other branches.

"We've reached a dead end and must return the way we came," Ji Huai said.

"So doesn't that mean… we wasted an hour for nothing?" Fu Yuan furrowed his brow.

"Exactly, this trip yielded nothing," Ji Huai's gaze flicked unnoticed across Su Yang's face.

"Not a single cent gained, and we even lost three people…" Fu Yuan's complexion turned very bad.

Before coming, he still held hope.

He thought the Hard Map would surely be full of rewards.

Seeing the Walnut Pliers and the Stockpiling Insect made his heart race, yet he remained hopeful about the upcoming gains.

Who could have imagined they'd reach the end and see not even a single hair!

Now they must return the way they came and start over!

And they still had to get back to the Spaceship before Midnight Twelve.

Otherwise, the Spaceship would automatically close its hatch and depart.

That means the remaining time was only about thirteen hours.

"Then let's go, while we still have ample time, to other Passages to look for cargo," Su Yang said.

"We have no choice but that," Liu Pangzi sighed.

This was the first time he'd encountered such a thing.

Though a bit surprised, it also made sense.

This place has none, but that doesn't mean other places don't.

Perhaps in unknown corners, a huge batch of cargo is hidden!

Just waiting for them to come and take it.

Therefore, although the group felt a bit down, they were not disheartened.

On the way back, Ji Huai was lost in thought, occasionally glancing at Su Yang ahead.

At this moment, Su Yang was quietly chatting with Lu Zhiwei.

"Was it you who did it?"

"What?"

"You deliberately tried to kill Qin Yu Zhou."

"No way, I've never wanted him dead."

"Then why pull this stunt? Tell me the truth."

"You really want to know?"

"Nonsense, I just spoke for you a moment ago, don't think you can hide it from me."

"Even if I tell you, you won't understand; you'll see later."

"Tch~"

Lu Zhiwei simply didn't ask further.

She knew Su Yang's temperament; if she kept pressing, the outcome would surely be "cold violence".

Soon, they were about to reach the original room.

Everyone stared at the door before them and took a long breath.

Su Yang gripped the Door Handle and said, "Is everyone ready?"

"Open it." Su Qi nodded.

"Wait!" Fu Yuan said suddenly.

His heart still trembling, he clenched his fists, "The Walnut Pliers are still inside; how will we avoid them later?"

"Run, what else can we do?" Liu Pangzi said.

"No, this time we change strategy; we won't run." Ji Huai shook his head.

"Huh?"

Now it was Liu Pangzi's turn to be stunned.

"No, Brother Ji, if we don't run, do we have to hard‑clash the Walnut Pliers?"

"Exactly, it's not Immortal; I just used Innate Talent to learn its weakness."

"Just hit it three times with the Shovel, and we can kill it outright!" Ji Huai explained.

"But… what's the benefit?" Liu Pangzi asked, puzzled.

"We'll only know when it dies."

"Then…" Liu Pangzi hesitated, catching the implication.

"I'll cooperate!"

Just as he was tangled in indecision, Su Yang stepped forward voluntarily.

Liu Pangzi sized him up from head to toe, questioning, "You?"

"Then you go." Su Yang took a half‑step back.

"No, no, no, I don't mean to look down on you; I'm just confirming," Liu Pangzi waved his hands repeatedly.

What kind of joke is this.

For something so dangerous, how could he dare to get involved so lightly?

Three hits with the Shovel means we must endure at least two shots.

Even if the two cooperate, it's hard to gain an advantage against the Walnut Pliers.

After all, reaching it takes time.

Moreover, no one knows whether it has other means.

Considering all this, even a dumb Liu Pangzi knows what choice to make.

"Su Yang, junior, you should go then."

Su Yang raised an eyebrow, half‑smiling, and said, "What did you just call me?"

Liu Pangzi was startled, then corrected, "Su Yang big brother…"

"You first!"