Chapter 101: Go Clear the Instance!

Jianxing: "..."

How am I supposed to learn this crap?

"Judging by the progress, this instance is at most your third one, right? How did you grow to this level? Buddy, is there really a cheat?"

Wu Chang thought for a moment, and said in a slightly weathered tone: "I owe everything I have today to my own hard work."

The Negotiation Master rolled his eyes on the side. I don't believe a word of it. You've only been through two instances, one B-rank and one C-rank, how much hard work could you possibly have put in?

Jianxing and the Negotiation Master exchanged a glance, both having already formed a guess in their hearts.

For Wu Chang to have this kind of strength after only two instances, there was only one possibility.

That is, he already had high attributes before entering the instance.

This practice is not unfamiliar within the Administration. As holders of temporary administrative permissions, the Administration receives a fixed quota of Abyss Game players every so often.

Under normal circumstances, the Administration conducts selections within the troops, picking guys whose various attributes far exceed others to become Abyss Game players.

Once these players enter the game, it is equivalent to starting at level seven or eight, possessing a huge advantage compared to ordinary selected players.

In more special cases, the core departments of the Administration will raise children with potential from a young age, finding ways to awaken power within their bodies before they even become Abyss players.

Then, based on the different skills they awaken, they undergo specialized training until their attributes reach a certain level, only then allowing them to become Abyss Game players.

Special players cultivated this way usually come with 9-12 levels of skill points and one skill they are intimately familiar with.

If ordinary players are blank accounts and selected ordinary players are premium starter accounts, then these special players are equivalent to "heaven-sent" starter accounts.

Jianxing and the Negotiation Master both belong to this type.

It is obvious that the mysterious person in front of them is the same, only his talent is more perverted; the attributes he brought when entering the instance were "a hundred million" points higher.

Taking advantage of the harmonious atmosphere, Jianxing asked: "Are you interested in joining the Administration?"

Wu Chang: "UNSUBSCRIBE"

Jianxing: "Don't you know that replying 'unsubscribe' actually means you've already received the message? Whatever your needs or conditions are, you can absolutely bring them up."

Wu Chang: "Then can I reply 'R' to reject it?"

"I'm being very serious, no joke, the Administration really needs talent like you." Jianxing felt somewhat helpless.

Wu Chang said as a matter of course: "Of course I know, who doesn't need me?"

Jianxing: "..."

This conversation was going nowhere.

While Jianxing and the Negotiation Master were still thinking about how to poach Wu Chang into the Administration, the sea monster on the other side reacted.

The sea monster, whose neck was twisted like a pretzel and who had been sleeping peacefully, began to emit light.

Its huge body kept shrinking along with the light, and it was about to transform into human form.

Seeing this, Wu Chang hurriedly walked over. Ailin didn't have a superhero's bodysuit, and he couldn't let these two from the Administration see what shouldn't be seen.

Wu Chang activated his Giant Whale Transformation again, using his body to block their line of sight, and covered Ailin with the black robe he had just taken off.

Ailin had indeed eaten the Golden Flying Fish earlier; not only did she have golden fish scales on her body in her spirit state, but even after retrieving her own body, it was similarly covered in fish scales.

Damn Count Jermaine, don't let me see you in the Count's Manor, kid. If I see you, I have to rip your hood off and slap your face.

If you dare to come out, you're definitely going to have a bad time, remember that.

Wu Chang returned to his human form, picked up the still-sleeping Ailin, and strode toward the edge of the Inner World.

In the distance, the Negotiation Master nudged Jianxing with his elbow and whispered: "Did you see that? Did he just turn that big sea monster into a human?"

Jianxing replied in a low voice: "Yes, I saw it."

"Could that be some important plot quest?" the Negotiation Master guessed.

Jianxing nodded, "It should be. My Sword Heart can sense that he attaches great importance to the plot character that the monster turned into."

The two were whispering behind him, while Wu Chang in the distance had already put a gap of nearly a hundred meters between them.

As they spoke, they suddenly saw a flash of light, and a door appeared out of thin air in front of Wu Chang. "Where are you going?!" Jianxing shouted.

"To clear the instance," Wu Chang said indifferently, then carried Ailin through the light door.

"Wait!"

Jianxing and the Negotiation Master sprinted toward the light door, but they were a step too late; the light door vanished just as they arrived.

"I haven't gotten on board yet, I haven't gotten on board yet!" Jianxing and the Negotiation Master shouted at the spot where the light door had disappeared.

Buddy, even if you don't need us as combat power, you can clear it yourself.

But at least let us out of this ghost place before you leave!

Wu Chang brought Ailin back to the Golden Beach. He took a grill and four Golden Flying Fish from his portable space, and began grilling fish while enjoying the moon.

Perhaps because the grilled fish was too fragrant, Ailin's eyelids twitched in her sleep, and she slowly opened her eyes.

She looked toward the grilled fish, following the scent, and just as she was about to say something, a spasm hit her stomach, and she opened her mouth to spit out a chess piece.

Wu Chang put down the grilled fish and picked up the piece, discovering that it was carved with a small figure wrapped in black smoke.

"Item Name: Proof of Wrath"

"Item Type: Special"

"Item Description: Holding the Proof of Wrath allows free entry into the special space—the Lost Sea. In the Lost Pier area, you will be regarded as a divine messenger with the authority to judge the sins of targets. If the target's morality value is below 5, they will be judged as a sinner."

"Note: Within the range of the Lost Sea, holding the Proof of Wrath allows you to increase your own attributes through anger; the more intense the rage, the stronger the power."

From the note on the Proof of Wrath, it could be seen that the sea monsters in the Lost Sea were so tricky, leaving Jianxing and the Negotiation Master helpless, not just because of the judgment authority and immortality, but because their own attributes were higher than other divine messengers.

The source of these attributes came from the rage within Ailin's body.

It could be seen that although Ailin had no negative emotions now, she was capable of anger back then.

Whether the object of that anger was the townspeople, Count Jermaine, or Professor Ebert, that was unknown.

Ailin spat out the Proof of Wrath, but it seemed there was still something in her mouth; she opened it again and spat out two large teeth.

Looking at the two large teeth in his hand, there was dead silence between Ailin and Wu Chang.

Ailin: "Mr. Seikos, how did you put the 'Blessing of the Great Mother' on me?"

Wu Chang's gaze drifted, his pupils uncontrollably looking toward the sky, but since the stars had all gone to the Starlight Lighthouse, he could only count the moon out of boredom.

"When your spirit was in the pendant, didn't you see what happened outside?"

Ailin shook her head, "I had no consciousness during that time."

Wu Chang let out a long breath and regained his composure, "I took advantage of your body not paying attention and threw the necklace into your mouth."

Taking advantage of her body not paying attention meant she had been knocked unconscious by him and was unable to pay attention.

Hmm, this was the truth.

Ailin rubbed the cheek on the side where she had lost the two teeth and asked suspiciously: "Then why does my face hurt so much?"

Wu Chang said without changing his expression: "Probably because you chipped a tooth. That necklace of yours is quite hard; it must have hurt like hell to bite down on it."

"Is that so?"

Ailin stuffed the two teeth back into her mouth and cast a holy light spell on herself. After the light faded, the two teeth had grown back.

Since they could grow back, the misunderstanding was resolved, and nothing had happened.

Wu Chang took the initiative to hand over a piece of grilled fish, fawning: "Eat first. You just retrieved your body and need nutrition. Golden Flying Fish is a specialty of Brif; you've probably forgotten the taste, so you can try it again."

Having lost the Sin of Gluttony, Ailin no longer had anything that could make her addicted to the fish, so she could eat the Golden Flying Fish to her heart's content.

Sure enough, after eating the Golden Flying Fish, Ailin's attention immediately shifted, and she no longer thought about how Wu Chang had helped her recover her body.

Ailin could see that Wu Chang was plotting something and asked: "What are we going to do in a while?"

Wu Chang took a bite of the grilled fish in his hand, pointed the iron skewer holding the fish toward the Count's Manor at the highest point of Brif Island, and said vaguely while chewing: "After we finish eating, come with me to tear down that doghouse."

(End of chapter)