Chapter 100: Have You Learned It Yet?

The Negotiation Master looked at Jianxing, wanting him to give a signal or provide a hint.

Jianxing whispered, "You can try."

The Negotiation Master nodded and said to Wu Chang, "The one I dropped is that special necklace."

Wu Chang reached out with the hand holding the necklace, but just as the Negotiation Master was about to grab it, he pulled it back.

"That will be 20,000 Corrupted Silver Coins."

Negotiation Master: ?

"Didn't you say this was dropped by us?"

Wu Chang smiled and said, "I am charging a service fee."

The Negotiation Master was silent for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Can you provide an invoice?"

"Sorry, we do not currently offer that service."

The Negotiation Master glared at Jianxing, "You testify for me; once we get out, you guys have to reimburse me for this money."

After receiving the face-to-face transfer from the Negotiation Master, Wu Chang handed the "Blessing of the Great Mother" to her.

That stranger seemed to have a backup plan, but she had been fighting timidly the whole way, clearly holding back her true strength.

You ask how Wu Chang knows?

He is used to holding back his own strength; he can tell at a glance whether the other party has any issues.

20,000 Corrupted Silver Coins as a confidentiality fee, plus clearing a boss as a bonus—that is definitely a "friends and family" price.

Besides, there is someone who can reimburse this money, so why not fleece the sheep while you can?

Holding the Blessing of the Great Mother, the Negotiation Master seemed to receive the command "You have been buffed, go die," and charged toward the sea monster.

After leaving the water, the sea monster revealed its full appearance.

The sea monster's physique resembled a centaur, except the "human" part was a giant, standing black goat.

The black goat had a black cross-star in each pupil, long spiraling devil-like horns on its head, and standard goat hooves below its waist, but where human hands or goat hooves should be at the shoulders, there were two thick fins.

The "horse" half of its body was replaced by a massive fish body, with a dorsal fin on its back, resembling a giant shark.

Simply put, the sea monster was a stitched-together creature made of a black goat and a giant shark, full of an artificial, Frankenstein-like quality.

The thick fins and fish body allowed it to swim rapidly in the sea, while the goat hooves on its front legs allowed it to support itself out of the water and run on land.

The stitched sea monster looked crude, but its strength was not weak.

Its massive body gave it an extremely thick health bar and immense power; the inclusion of Ailin's body in the stitching materials gave it extremely high energy resistance.

At the same time, as a divine messenger, it was difficult to hit with judgment-based skill damage within its own inner world.

If Jianxing were the one acting, he could rely on powerful sword techniques to damage the sea monster and shove the Blessing of the Great Mother into its body.

But for the sea monster to face the Negotiation Master, calling it a hard counter would not be an exaggeration.

Without using her trump cards, it was difficult for the Negotiation Master to cause substantial damage to the sea monster.

While the Negotiation Master and the sea monster were locked in combat, Jianxing, unable to participate, sought out Wu Chang.

"She is a friend of mine from the Administration; she sensed that the new assistants and I were in danger and was sent by the bureau to save the day."

Wu Chang, under his black robe, curled his lip. That was to save you specifically; don't include us new assistants, we don't have that kind of status.

Seeing that Wu Chang did not respond, Jianxing continued, "I just heard her say that the pollution level in the Quiet Town is dropping rapidly, almost to the point of completion. Was that your doing?"

Wu Chang remained silent and did not answer.

Jianxing probed, "If I'm not mistaken, it was you who broke the deadlock at the Moonlight Sanatorium."

Wu Chang watched quietly as Jianxing talked to himself, wanting to see when he would find it pointless and retreat in the face of difficulty.

"People used to speculate that you were just lucky, that you had completed your awakening before entering the Abyss Game and mastered some powerful skill that happened to counter the mechanics of the Moonlight Sanatorium. But those voices have diminished quite a bit since you refreshed the C-rank dungeon completion record."

"Looking at the results alone, I feel it's not obvious enough, but being in the same dungeon as you, I can perceive this chasm-like gap."

"To be honest, whether you can kill a boss depends on strength, but finding clues and clearing a dungeon—strength alone is useless. I consider my strength sufficient for this dungeon, but until now, I haven't even figured out what happened in the town. Would you mind telling me how you found the clues and started clearing the dungeon?"

Wu Chang maintained his cold demeanor and continued to say nothing.

"You have received a face-to-face transfer of 5,000 Corrupted Silver Coins from player Jianxing. Do you accept?"

Wu Chang: ?

What does this mean? Looking down on me, thinking this little bit of money can buy me?

Accept!

Wu Chang couldn't help but say, "Handing out 5,000 Corrupted Silver Coins just like that, your Administration is quite wealthy." Jianxing smiled and didn't hide anything, saying directly, "As long as it's information about you, the bureau can reimburse it."

Tsk, is this the confidence of a large organization?

Seeing Wu Chang break his composure and stop pretending to be cold, Jianxing asked again, "Can you tell me how you found the clues and found the entry point to clear the dungeon?"

Wu Chang shrugged, "I can't teach that, it's innate."

"You mean you possess some kind of awakening skill for clearing dungeons?" Jianxing asked.

Wu Chang's eyebrows knitted together, and his gaze toward Jianxing became strange.

No, buddy, your progress in clearing the dungeon and digging up information is a mess, why are you so enthusiastic about digging up my secrets?

If you're so good at guessing, why don't you guess the dungeon plot?

He said in a flat tone, "Ever heard of the Innate Deadlock-Breaking Body?"

"Never heard of it."

"It's good you haven't heard of it, because I haven't either."

Jianxing grinned, with an expression that said, "Are you f***ing kidding me?"

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Wu Chang: "Since you've never heard of it, why would you think I was born with a skill to clear dungeons?"

Jianxing realized his mistake and thought that seemed to make sense.

Just then, the Negotiation Master, who was locked in combat with the sea monster, was slapped away. She was like a badminton birdie being smashed, landing heavily in front of the two.

Fortunately, the sand was soft enough to absorb most of the force, otherwise, this blow would have seriously injured her.

The Negotiation Master crawled out of the sand pit, spat out the sand in her mouth, and looked up at the two of them with dissatisfaction.

"You two, I'm a woman out there fighting for my life, and you two men are standing in the back watching the show and chatting. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Jianxing turned around and, along with the Negotiation Master, looked at Wu Chang.

Wu Chang: ?

Where's your shame? Why the f*** are you looking too? Didn't she just talk about you?

He suppressed the urge to retort. As a guest river god with professional ethics, since he had taken their money, he couldn't let their money go to waste.

He took the "Blessing of the Great Mother" from the Negotiation Master's hand, turned back to look at Jianxing, and said:

"You said something wrong just now."

"Which part?" Jianxing asked, puzzled.

"You said clearing a dungeon doesn't rely solely on strength. It's not that it doesn't rely on strength; it's that your strength isn't strong enough yet. As long as you have enough power, you don't need to care about any rules in the dungeon; just crush your way through."

"Watch closely, I'll only teach this once."

After saying this, Wu Chang walked toward the sea monster with the necklace.

The original sin represented by the stitched sea monster was Wrath. The sea monster itself possessed a little intelligence. Two of the three had already been beaten by it, and seeing a third person who didn't know life from death, its cross-pupils showed mockery, hot air puffed from the goat's nostrils, and then, just like it had dealt with the Negotiation Master, it charged toward Wu Chang.

Wu Chang took off his robe and threw it high into the air, revealing the giant whale swimsuit covering his entire body under the black robe.

Then his body suddenly surged, instantly transforming into a 15-meter-tall giant whale man.

The massive physique was already spectacular, and with the aesthetic bonus of the superhero bodysuit, he looked even more majestic and extraordinary.

Even Jianxing and the Negotiation Master, who were used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but open their mouths wide.

He turned his body and twisted his hips, his left hand held horizontally in front of him, his right hand raised high, like a Vajra-furious Buddha statue.

The sudden transformation caused the sea monster's gaze to shift from looking down at the ants at its feet to looking up at the palm raised high above its head.

Looking at the existence in front of it that was half a head taller than itself, the mockery in its eyes vanished, and its wrathful gaze became clear.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

The next moment, Wu Chang swung his right arm in a full circle, like a professional player in a slapping contest, and slapped the sea monster's goat face hard.

Bang!

This slap sounded like a drum being smashed, and like a sudden clap of thunder on flat ground.

No technique was needed; the slap with 140 points of strength spun the sea monster's goat head 360 degrees, half of its goat face was slapped into a collapse, and its eyes rolled back as it fell into an infant-like sleep.

Taking advantage of the fact that the sea monster hadn't yet recovered from the power of the divine messenger, Wu Chang pried open the sea monster's goat mouth and shoved the "Blessing of the Great Mother" inside.

He deactivated the giant whale transformation, reached up, and caught the black robe just as it was about to fall to the ground.

He turned back to look at Jianxing and asked, "It's just that simple. Did you learn it?"

A sudden third update, are you surprised, is it unexpected?

(End of chapter)