Chapter 837: The Taboo's Taboo! Enjoy the Feast!

Ji Huai's expression froze, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

After a moment he shook his head and laughed, opening: "If you wish to add a crime, why worry about lacking words."

"Fine, even if it is, so what?"

"I've violated your Taboo's Taboo; are you going to put my likeness on the Wanted List?"

"Now this game has only two outcomes for me—either I smoothly enter the New Era, or I die."

"The former also has two results—either I leave Yue Zhao alone and enter, or he goes with all Dependents."

"Even the Taboo's hand is long, it still can't reach the New Era, right?"

"Your exceptional entry this time is already a crime; Divinity won't let you enter a second time."

"So... don't use your power to bully people; I won't buy that trick."

Su Qi found his brazen reason amusing.

A truly powerful and authoritative superior wants to handle a Normal Difficulty player.

That's even simpler than breathing.

There's no need at all to use the Wanted List he mentioned.

Just a single command, and countless players will answer the call.

Many want to purge the Taboo, and even more want to defect.

"You claim to be a Military Advisor, yet you can't even understand such a simple weighing problem," Su Qi said.

"It's not that I don't understand; on the contrary, Ji Huai knows a bit about some constraints," Ji Huai said.

"You don't truly grasp the Taboo's meaning, and you think you can dodge it with a childish trick?" Su Qi's tone briefly turned compassionate.

This guy is just a frog at the bottom of a well.

No madness, only stupidity.

No wonder he can only crawl within a single era.

He relies on sneaky, slippery tactics to fish in muddy waters.

He even carries the so‑called Military Advisor title on his back.

Truly laughable.

"Then let's wait and see who between you and me can walk out of here alive," Ji Huai said.

Su Qi said nothing, tapping his Finger on the Gate to urge.

Ji Huai calculated the time and suddenly opened the Gate.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to say, "Nice to meet you..."

"I hope you won't disappoint me."

Having said that, the main Gate closed.

Outside the Gate only Su Qi remained, silently watching the desolate scene, pondering alone.

"These days the little guys are increasingly oblivious, even daring to call the Taboo by name."

"Seems that without asserting authority, the world has already forgotten what we do."

"Disappointed? Then it seems you are destined to be disappointed."

Su Qi didn't wait ten minutes; she directly grabbed a Shovel and walked toward the back Gate.

These so‑called bullshit rules, she has no intention of obeying at all.

Thus she pushed open the back Gate and stepped in.

A final showdown drama unfolds!

However...

The figure who should have honestly selected goods abruptly pushed the Gate and returned outside.

He only had a few scattered items on him.

Worth no more than two hundred Star Coins.

"Everything's gone?"

Su Yang slowly lifted the Gate, looked around, confirmed no one nearby, then walked to the Iron Frame Staircase.

This time he didn't intend to set a Trap.

That overused drama can deceive once, but not twice.

"Replay the scene from half an hour ago."

"Deception activation successful..."

A floating illusory Screen appeared before Su Yang.

It resembled a video with a 30‑minute progress bar.

Su Yang dragged the progress bar, focusing the Vision Perception on the start of the dialogue.

From Ji Huai's provocation up to Su Qi entering the back Gate.

There remained ten minutes of blank time.

Sure enough...

Su Yang guessed they would engage in a game.

But he didn't expect to say these directly in front of Lu Zhiwei.

Not even planning to act a little?

After listening, Su Yang couldn't help rubbing his chin.

【9】 "Who set the rule that the Taboo cannot enter the New Era?"

【10】 "Hearing Ji Lao Gui say that, it does seem to have some point..."

Who set the rule that 'Taboo' cannot enter the New Era?

Listening to Ji Lao Gui say that, I actually think there's some merit to it.

"Can a Taboo, such a powerful Organization, even deign to look at this New Era's three melons and two dates?"

"If the mastermind really is Sister Yao Ri, then she should unconditionally stand on my side."

"Could it be that her real purpose isn't to kill me?"

Thinking of this, Su Yang couldn't help but feel doubt.

Su Qi's behavior and past and present performance give people a very contradictory and fragmented feeling.

Rather than saying she is an Executioner who kills without blinking an eye.

It would be more accurate to say she is like a teenage girl in the throes of puberty.

"It seems my guess was correct; Ji Huai will definitely choose to teleport again."

"And this time, he will most likely teleport Yue Zhao over."

"That way, he'll take them all in one fell swoop!"

Su Yang's mouth twitched slightly upward.

He did that yesterday precisely to wait for this moment.

Ji Huai's task was clearly to kill Su Yang, leaving the rest to Yue Zhao to handle.

But he stubbornly didn't do so.

Instead, he started looking for things related to rare Hidden Achievements.

Yesterday, after teleporting Dependents over, he did nothing of substance.

He only ran around the Building Body aimlessly.

The "Raising Pigs" matter already gave a Scent Perception of a clue.

Now, hearing this conversation, Su Yang finally understood completely.

So it was—

Ji Huai was planning to go solo!

They say a soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier.

But you are using the resources Yue Zhao provides to do something contrary.

If he really comes, not chopping you into pieces would be his magnanimity.

"This game... should also come to an end," Su Yang slightly lifted his eyelids, a sharp glint flashing.

His first move upon entering the Building Body was to use the "All-Seeing Eye" to locate all the cargo positions.

Then he also scanned the Monster count and types.

He didn't note the exact locations, just got a rough idea.

After all, he didn't intend to pick up all the goods cleanly.

In terms of total value, picking up about a third would perfectly meet the KPI of ten thousand Star Coins.

The excess should count as one or two small Achievements.

At the same time, he also did a slight "Setup".

Not a lot, but enough to use.

"That should count as the second gift..."

Su Yang thought for a moment, feeling it wasn't rigorous enough.

That makes three in total.

The first gift was a "Yanqing" of the Monster tide on the Planet.

The second gift was yesterday's Trap.

One per day.

Reasonable and proper.

Now just wait for Ji Huai to make a move, and he can start the plan.

"Yue Zhao, oh Yue Zhao, it's time to arrange a Settle Scores for you."

As for Su Qi...

Su Yang hasn't decided yet how to deal with her.

But the boat will straighten itself when it reaches the bridge.

In the face of absolute power, any conspiracy will collapse on its own.

So what needs to be done now...

Only wait!

Standing on the Iron Frame Staircase feeling the cold wind, Su Yang felt his thoughts become much clearer.

Half an hour later, Su Yang seemed to sense something and suddenly turned his head.

"It's coming!"

He looked down at the Shovel and gave a soft laugh.

The Shovel was covered with dried bloodstains.

The sources were many; some were players.

Some were monsters as well.

Mixed together, the smell probably wasn't pleasant.

Su Yang hates the smell of blood.

But he had to let his handy weapon become stained with this blood‑red Liquid.

He gripped the Shovel tightly, pushed open the gate and walked in slowly.

"Friends..."

"Start enjoying this meticulously arranged banquet!"