Chapter 53: What Cheating! This Is All My Hard Work and Sweat!

【The entire server congratulates the player who has successfully cleared the Nightmare-Difficulty Solo Dungeon — "Chronicles of the Desolate Village"!】

【Below are the post-clearance player comments and annotations...】

Due to the time-flow discrepancy between the dungeon and reality,

the moment the leader had just finished lecturing Bai Li Dao about his delusions regarding the polluting Nightmare-Difficulty dungeon,

the very next second, the system announcement and interface appeared before all players of the Spirit Calamity.

The entire Office of Supernatural Affairs fell into dead silence.

Moments later, thunderous exclamations and incredulous doubts erupted in a chaotic mix.

"Holy crap! Someone cleared a Nightmare-Difficulty dungeon!"

"Damn it! Is that real? And it was a solo dungeon?"

"Yeah, but isn't this big shot's attitude a bit terrible? Those comments are so provoking."

"Bro, I'm hard! My fists are already hard!"

"..."

The leader's sigh still lingered faintly on his face, but now it had frozen completely.

We were just giving our subordinates ideological guidance, and suddenly some big shot clears a Nightmare-Difficulty solo dungeon?

Where does that leave my face?

"Ahem, ahem, ahem, Bai Li, can you not get so excited? Even if someone cleared a Nightmare-Difficulty dungeon, it's most likely not the newbie you're talking about!" the leader said, pressing his forehead and sighing again.

This was simply too coincidental.

Did I not check the almanac before going out today?

But Bai Li Dao didn't hear a word the leader was saying; his gaze was fixed intently on the string of post-clearance player comments.

That familiar, erratic way of thinking.

That provoking tone.

It's possible! It could really be Wei Wang Ren!

The outrageous moves and nonsense he pulled in "Runaway Dragon" are still fresh in my memory.

Without hesitation, Bai Li Dao immediately popped up his friend list, found the other person's ID, and sent a message—

"Brother Wang! What are you doing? Was the dungeon announced to the whole server just now completed by you? Did you happen to clear your own exclusive dungeon?"

"The Office of Supernatural Affairs really welcomes talented people like you to join! If you're interested, we can chat more."

A few seconds later, the other side replied.

But the content left Bai Li Dao speechless.

Wei Wang Ren: "I did just clear it, but it wasn't a Nightmare-Difficulty dungeon. It was just a normal Hard dungeon. There was a Ghost Bride inside, and it took me a long time to sleep with her and get her to let me clear it."

Bai Li Dao: "Uh, you meant 'persuade,' Brother Wang. You typed the wrong character. You can actually use voice input."

Wei Wang Ren: "I didn't type it wrong. Thanks to my daily Kidney Tonic: one bottle wakes you up, two bottles keep you from ever getting tired, three bottles grant immortality. Kidney Tonic! Tastes absolutely great!"

Bai Li Dao: "..."

Are you seriously not joking?

You can actually do that to a ghost?

Although a person's fetishes are free, one shouldn't... at least one shouldn't...

Oh, the other party must really be a widow ghost bride, so she just happened to fit your fetish, right?

Bai Li Dao still couldn't quite give up hope.

His intuition told him things absolutely couldn't be this coincidental; Wei Wang Ren must be connected to that Nightmare-Difficulty dungeon!

But Brother Wang's attitude seemed utterly resolute.

Pressing further would likely backfire and provoke his displeasure toward the Office of Supernatural Affairs, which would be unnecessary.

"By the way, may I ask, what are the Daily Shop and Duo Queue?" Wei Wang Ren sent another message.

Bai Li Dao answered as usual.

"These are features unlocked only after reaching Lv5. The shop updates with different equipment or items every day. I've heard Legendary-tier items can appear, but the price is definitely beyond what ordinary people can afford. Everyone's shop content is different; luck plays a big role too."

"Duo Queue means if you enter a team dungeon, unless it's a dungeon requiring specific items like 'Runaway Dragon' was, you can invite one friend to enter together."

"On the app, you can also find certain commission posts. People who lack confidence in their own strength and want someone to carry them through a dungeon can achieve their goal via the Duo Queue function. These commissions usually offer generous rewards."

Speaking of which, Bai Li Dao suddenly froze.

As if realizing something.

His hand typing trembled slightly.

He slowly asked: "Brother Wang, what level are you?"

The other side didn't hesitate at all and immediately replied: "Level 6. You should be able to see that, right?"

Wu Wang looked at the "Lv7" displayed next to Bai Li Dao's ID in his friend list.

It seems the other party has also been working hard to level up!

In just a few days, he's already leveled up a whole tier!

What a diligent Office of Supernatural Affairs player!

Little did he know that Bai Li Dao's hand was now shaking like a leaking Purple Mood battery, his expression growing stranger and stranger, until finally he turned to his leader with a tear-stained face.

The other party thought Bai Li Dao had suffered some kind of blow and immediately asked what had happened.

All they heard was Bai Li Dao, his mind suddenly blank, blurt out:

"Boss, does the Spirit Calamity game have cheats?"

"Cheats that can level you up six levels in three days."

Leader: "?"

What the hell, why did you suddenly lose your mind?

If the Spirit Calamity game had cheats, then supermen would already be flying all over the real world!

The expression on his face also became strange.

He then patted Chen Baili's shoulder with grave concern and comforted him: "Chen Baili, I also bear some responsibility; I shouldn't have crushed your enthusiasm for new recruits so hard. How about this? After work, go see Dr. Jiang first. There's a business trip mission we still plan to send you on, so rest well first."

Dr. Jiang, full name Jiang Xingyue.

He is the most excellent psychiatrist at the Mingyang City Bureau of Unusual Affairs branch.

Members of the Bureau of Unusual Affairs who suffer mental pollution from clearing dungeons or develop psychological problems due to certain situations all go to him for treatment.

His treatment results have received widespread praise.

This is also the first doctor Chen Baili intended to take Wei Wang Ren to see after pulling him into the Bureau of Unusual Affairs.

"No, no need... I'm fine."

Chen Baili rubbed his temples and said helplessly: "Please tell me about this business trip mission first."

He was now truly beginning to suspect whether his deceased brother really had some kind of item that could conceal his level, as the leader had said.

Seeing this, the leader could only explain the mission.

"Accompany me to the neighboring province. They just sent a red alert requesting our aid. It is said that some supernatural creature has awakened in a certain deep mountain and holds malice."

"Supernatural creature? What kind of malice?" Chen Baili was somewhat confused.

The leader shrugged helplessly and said: "Unclear. Currently, we only know the enemy is hostile to humans, oh, and also to penguins."

Chen Baili: "?"

What the heck is that?

How did it get dragged onto penguins?

What is all this nonsense!

————

Wu Wang ended his conversation with Chen Baili.

Sitting on the bed, he kept rubbing a rusted broken sword; this was the hidden reward he had just drawn out.

Bad news—this thing wasn't drawn (snatched) from the question mark box.

When drawing lots, the system notified that the Treasure Merchant Guild's warehouse lottery was currently under maintenance; Wu Wang thought this matter should have nothing to do with him.

Subsequently, the system compensated him with another warehouse belonging to the game itself for drawing lots.

Good news is—the Abyss God treats everyone equally.

It even robs the game warehouse!

The result was this epic-grade broken sword.

How can a scholar's business be called cheating? These are all his own efforts and sweat!

Moreover, the effect of this thing is very strange.

One can only say that if the Yin Yuan Village truly exists and the Great God Yin Yuan is still sealed there, then this broken sword will be useful; otherwise, it is just a piece of scrap iron.

He probably has a way to use the broken sword to fleece a huge amount of wool from the Great God Yin Yuan.

Now, set off immediately to find the Yin Yuan Village!

"Second Sister! Let me ask you something!"

Wu Wang opened the bedroom door and went out.

He saw that hamster at the dining table still stuffing food into its mouth fiercely, making "mumble mumble mumble" sounds.

He completely failed to notice a strange black pen that had inexplicably appeared on the bed, seeping out threads of blood-red ink.

It drew the character "Death" on the quilt.

Because some bastard hadn't formally bid it farewell yet, the Pen Spirit was summoned and hadn't left...