Chapter 50: A World Where No One Got Hurt Has Been Achieved

"Oh~ so I can only exchange for a small thing~"

"Then I won't exchange it. I'll keep it as a souvenir; I quite like this style."

Having said that, Wu Wang was about to stuff the ring into his pocket.

The Gentleman Penguin's eyes nearly went straight.

He lightly waved the cane in his hand, just in time to block Wu Wang's hand back and press it down.

Then he smiled and said, "I am not an unreasonable person either. Seeing that you young man are somewhat pitiable, how about this?"

Bloop~

As soon as the words fell, the question-mark box beneath his feet popped open.

Five items of various appearances flew out from within: weapons, armor, skill scrolls, and even a consumable item.

"You can choose one of these five items to exchange for; it's a very good deal." The Gentleman Penguin smiled with unusual sincerity.

But floating above his head was—

【Anyway, they're all trash gathering dust in the warehouse; I was just worrying about where to dispose of them.】

Wu Wang glanced over and found that the quality of these items was basically 【Fine】.

He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

If he remembered correctly, when drawing lots in the Settlement Space, it was explicitly stated that the lowest would be 【Epic】 level items or equipment.

This black-hearted Penguin was clearly setting a trap for himself now, not even willing to bring out an 【Epic】!

Oh, no.

There was actually one 【Epic】 item.

Wu Wang saw a familiar cup of flower tea.

"Have you decided? Young man? Which one to draw?" The Gentleman Penguin maintained what he considered his most benevolent smile.

Hearing the word "draw" immediately made Wu Wang think of the habitual operation of a certain big company in reality.

He reflexively asked back: "You wouldn't tell me these are Hero Fragments that need to be collected in a hundred pieces to exchange, would you?"

The Gentleman Penguin: "?"

Holy crap! How did I not think of this method?

This young man is not simple!

His heart is even blacker than mine!

"Hahaha, of course not; I am very honest in my business dealings."

While saying "honest" with his mouth, the inner thoughts floating above the Gentleman Penguin's head had already become— 【Try this method next time; I'm sure to earn even more!】

As soon as the words fell, he noticed that the other party's gaze was not looking at the items in front of him.

Instead, it was directed at the question-mark box wrapped in colorful ribbons beside him.

Instantly, a strange chill surged to his heart.

The Gentleman Penguin involuntarily shivered.

Before he could wonder why he had the illusion of being targeted by a bandit.

Wu Wang spoke.

"I like unknown adventures. How about this, Mr. Teng Xun•Adolf? Let me reach into the box myself; whatever I get is what I get. I absolutely won't cheat. What do you think?"

"Deal!"

The Gentleman Penguin, as if fearing Wu Wang would change his mind, snapped the question-mark box open.

The smile on his face grew even more brilliant.

He knew he absolutely wouldn't lose.

The space inside the box was nearly infinite; the area storing 【Epic】 level and above quality items was simply not something this young man in front of him could reach by feeling around.

He was too weak.

So weak that if it weren't for the fact that he happened to be in this world attached with that presence, he wouldn't even have glanced at him.

In fact, if his luck was a bit worse, the item he felt out might not even be as good as these five items in front of him.

Of course, it wouldn't be 【Poor】 or 【Common】.

Those things were not worthy of entering his treasure box.

Wu Wang also smiled.

Because he also knew he absolutely wouldn't lose.

Walking up to the Gentleman Penguin, he slowly stretched his right hand into the question-mark box.

This was the hand engraved with the Abyss God Mark.

Thump thump thump thump thump—

Under the Gentleman Penguin's puzzled gaze, the question-mark box began to trem violently.

At the same time.

Wu Wang's face also turned deathly pale.

The Abyss God Mark once again drew a large amount of his vitality, and red tentacles surged forth to begin exploring.

But since this time the question-mark box would not vanish into thin air and flee, no tentacles appeared wrapping around it, so nothing abnormal could be seen from the outside.

After a moment, Wu Wang withdrew his hand.

Clutching a purple scroll hooked back by the tentacles, he exclaimed joyfully, "Wow! Epic!"

The Gentleman Penguin: "?"

No way, bro! You actually grabbed an 【Epic】?

Why didn't you get a Golden Legend!?!

He looked at the question-mark box in confusion.

Yet the emotion he sensed from the box was one of grievance, as if it had not intentionally summoned the space storing the 【Epic】 item.

Was this truly an accident?

"I... I truly congratulate you..."

The corners of Gentleman Penguin's mouth twitched.

Just as he was preparing to tearfully accept the ring and leave this sorrowful place, he suddenly noticed something amiss in the scroll Wu Wang held.

After examining it closely, a relieved smile spread across his face.

This time, it was a smile from the bottom of his heart.

"Hahaha, your luck is simply too good. This scroll requires another skill to be used, and that skill happened to be taken by the red tentacle thief I mentioned." Gentleman Penguin spoke with smug pride.

The last time he had suffered a loss in business was with a human who had held a long sword and forcibly hacked through a Nightmare instance... No! That guy was so strong he was practically a monster!

Apart from that, he had traversed ten thousand worlds and almost never made a losing deal.

He had thought he would capsize in a ditch this time.

He never expected the item the other party drew was a skill scroll completely unusable on its own; thus, helping clear out warehouse trash didn't count as a losing deal.

"Is that so? That is truly a pity."

Wu Wang shook his head and sighed.

In reality, his heart was blooming with laughter.

【Heaven-Sent Palm Technique (Epic): After performing a double jump using 【Cloud-Soaring Ladder】, free-fall downward with palms facing down to deal massive damage to the struck target.】

【The more double jumps performed, the higher the damage; stamina consumption is calculated cumulatively based on the specific number of jumps.】

【Note: Have you ever heard of a palm technique that descends from the heavens?】

Gentleman Penguin felt he had made a profit.

Wu Wang also felt he had made a profit.

A world where no one was hurt had been achieved!

Oh, a certain question-mark box was severely hurt inside, but unfortunately... it was not human.

The man and the penguin had just started laughing.

A prompt appeared before Wu Wang—

【You have completed the main quest.】

【You may remain in the current instance for a maximum of 2 hours.】

【Do you wish to leave the instance now?】

Without the slightest hesitation, Wu Wang chose "No."

He still had matters to attend to in this village.

He had said that human-blood buns were not so easy to swallow; sooner or later, they would choke to death.

Two hours, then...

Should be enough to get about seventy or eighty percent done.

He stored the 【Heaven-Sent Palm Technique】 scroll in his backpack.

He could not possibly learn it in front of Gentleman Penguin; otherwise, even if the other party were an idiot, he would notice something was wrong and deduce that Wu Wang was the red tentacle thief he had spoken of.

He also checked the number of bullets in his backpack, then gently picked up Second Sister and laid her flat on the offering table to prevent her from catching a cold lying on the ground.

Afterwards, he turned and left, as if having made a firm resolution.

"Hey, young man, catch!"

Gentleman Penguin's voice came from behind; Wu Wang instinctively turned his head and reached out to catch the two items the other had thrown.

One was the dagger he had just used to stab his heart in search of the Great God of Yin Fate; the other was a piece of coarse linen fabric.

"Seeing how unlucky you are, I'll offer a complimentary service. Check the effects of the dagger and the map yourself; the duration is only two hours, you know."

Having said that, Gentleman Penguin placed the ring obtained from the trade into his top hat.

He raised his cane and drew a circle on the ground.

It looked like a pitch-black wormhole, impossible to see through to the situation on the other side of the circle.

The entire penguin jumped straight into the circle.

Finally, he vanished without a trace.

He came quietly, left quietly, waved his sleeves, and took not a single wisp of cloud with him.

Wu Wang looked down.

【Curse-Stabbing Dagger • Modified: When used in a place with sufficient resentment, it can liberate the resentful spirits bound within.】

【Coarse Linen Map • Modified: Can display the location of all living creatures within a certain area; restricted area — Yin Fate Village; duration: two hours.】

"Hehe, black-hearted penguin, you are so good that I almost feel reluctant to scam you." Wu Wang shook his head and sighed, "But thank you all the same; now no one can escape."

The next second, his gaze was firm.

He picked up Akka and began stuffing bullets one by one into the magazine, grinning to reveal a familiar smile—the kind of madness that only appeared in the radio room of *Runaway* back then.

"Second Sister, your hometown is a terrible place."

"I am also a terrible person."

"What is even worse is—I do not repent."

"Some debts can only be repaid with blood; this place will soon become a true desolate village..."