Chapter 227: Reckless, Underground Dragon God Leinorz!

What the heck, I got bribed by players as an NPC!

Actually, as a gentle, kind, very considerate game developer who understands players' difficulties and has both cyber parents present.

Even if the players don't say anything, Ji Ming will still step in at critical moments.

But interpersonal relationships need maintenance; if someone is willing to give something to express their sincerity, why not accept it?

So Ji Ming gave a light cough and adjusted the voice changer to a hoarse, muffled tone.

"Increasing NPC favorability through giving gifts, friendly dialogue, completing designated tasks, etc., is indeed one of the gameplay methods."

Saying that, he stretched out his hands wrapped in black leather gloves.

"And when the corresponding NPC's favorability increases, players can naturally post tasks in reverse, request assistance, or... huh?"

At the moment his finger touched the shoulder-mounted gun, Ji Ming suddenly felt a strange sensation well up inside him.

Thinking back to when I first drew the 【Grave Digging Technique】 skill, I thought it was just a weird gadget with little significance.

As a result, I later relied on shovel mastery to fight three bandits, used feng shui qi sensing to discover the underground city, and with excavation expertise dug into it.

Actually, including 【Stitching Corpse Technique】 and 【Farewell Technique】… it seems every skill I drew happens to be just right for later events.

So now, I've come into contact with a gun I don't know how to use at all, and have never even heard of—a bizarre firearm...

Got it.

Mysterious luck, activate!

The long-dormant free skill points were finally used; after a brief gacha animation, a brand-new skill was born.

{I Step on Horse Social Security!: Put the flintlock firearm in hand into a no-reload state, lasting N seconds, cooldown N seconds (N is your vitality when activating the skill)}

{Introduction: Black meat's here, today I played 11 multiplayer biohazard matches, turned into a blue old man 45 times total, and beheaded 14 steel dads (sticking out tongue)}

So my vitality is 25, which means I can basically go off the charts for nearly half a minute, right?

"Good good good, thanks, eggplant!"

???

After uttering a stale meme that Howard couldn't understand at all, Ji Ming took the shoulder-mounted gun and walked toward the open space outside the city.

Although the players had already gone all-out with their output, even bringing out the red-clothed cannon to fire two shots, they ultimately couldn't stop the stone giant from fully self-repairing.

Meanwhile, taking advantage of this time, the Golden King also arrived at the giant's feet with his personal guards.

Upon entering the battlefield, arrows and magic flew overhead, making the lizard people nervous and urging them on.

"Your Majesty, let's quickly make it lower its head so we can climb up!"

The Golden King was about to say yes, but his brows furrowed.

"Impossible!"

"The head is one of the most vital parts of the human body; their next attack will definitely target there. If we burrow in, we'll only become the focus of their concentrated fire!"

"If you ask me... we might as well burrow into the giant's ankle. Since they don't even want to get near the giant's main body, they definitely won't attack here. We can safely settle in and wait for victory to arrive!"

Everyone looked at each other, and they all sucked in a cold breath.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Taking advantage of the humans not noticing yet, the Golden King ordered the stone giant to open a doorway at its heel, letting them burrow inside.

"Hehe, we've got this in the bag!"

But after a brief excitement, they all fell silent again.

"Your Majesty, it's really dark in here; let's open a window."

"Idiot, if we open a hole, they'll just know we're inside, right?"

"Oh oh, Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise..."

The people were still habitually flattering their leader when they suddenly felt their bodies lighten.

Then came a feeling as if the whole world were being turned upside down—sky-spinning, earth-turning—and a tremendous roar that seemed about to shatter a person's five viscera and six bowels.

"It hurts so much... Your Majesty, what's going on now?"

"Stay calm! This should be it starting to walk; everyone hold on tight... this son of a bitch, how is it lifting its legs so high!?"

This is a room entirely made of rock; even a slight bump is no joke.

However, the stone giant has no leisure to attend to these passengers' feelings; having been angered by artillery fire, it is now advancing at full speed,

Thus seven or eight lizard people are like jelly in a box, constantly flipping up and down inside, up and down...

"Ah, who stepped on my face?"

"Damn, who elbowed me? It kills me!"

"Damn, which bastard poked me... damn it, that's a rumor, a rumor!"

Unfortunately, the giant's footsteps are truly too loud, and the stone chamber's soundproofing is too good.

Whether it's the players or the earth elementals, none have heard or cared about their wails.

And shouldering the shoulder-mounted gun like a long pole weapon, Ji Ming has already arrived before the many players.

Unlike the so-called mountain giant, this stone giant composed of earth elementals has no 'core'.

It's merely a pile of earth elementals stacked together, so attacking any part is the same.

But from a structural destruction standpoint, since it has such enormous self-weight, attacking its support point will cause it to collapse from the bottom up.

Therefore, Ji Ming's target this round is……

Hold the gun steady with both hands, legs apart, plant your feet firmly, and pull the trigger.

I·Step·on·Horse·Social·Security!

One can only say it's no wonder this bizarre weapon needs two people to wield—when fired, it's immensely imposing.

The exaggerated caliber brings considerable power, directly blasting a large pit in the giant's ankle.

How did this newbie village boss manage to get so skilled just by touching the gun barrel?

Howard stared wide-eyed, wanting to step forward and ask the Mysterious Merchant how this shoulder gun felt to use.

However, just as he took a step, he saw the other party pull the trigger again.

Boom—

???

Wait! Don't even mention the second shot—he seems not to have loaded the first one at all!

Loading? Load your ass!

Since he doesn't need to change ammo, and the warehouse has a near-infinite supply of ammunition,

then the only thing affecting Ji Ming's damage output now is the speed at which he pulls the trigger.

And he happens to have exactly that speed!

……

No, what are you all thinking about, all that messy nonsense?

What gives him this speed is certainly not his twenty-eight years of singledom, but rather his near-human meat grinder–level intense pill‑pounding!

In short, amid the incessant roar of gunpowder, Ji Ming's fingers practically left afterimages.

The projectiles, each weighing over two hundred grams, gathered into a rain that pattered noisily onto the rock giant's ankle.

Although 【I Step on Horse Social Security】 exempts bullet loading and rapid fire from damaging the gun itself, it does not exempt recoil.

If an ordinary player used a shoulder gun at such a high rate of fire, the barrel would have flown to the sky, leaving no trace of aim.

But as a user of a long-handled weapon whose qi and blood are no longer low, one of Ji Ming's fundamentals is a steady gun mount.

Thus, even with rapid fire, he can ensure the trajectory converges as much as possible to a point, at least at this close range, achieving point‑and‑shoot.

Recoil?

Just a lie from the game developers!

Originally, the players were also wholeheartedly firing at the rock giant, but seeing this scene they all stopped what they were doing.

"Hey hey, Boss Howard, isn't this the shoulder gun we just ordered from Master Weiermo? How did it end up in the Mysterious Merchant's hands?"

"Because they can make a modern firearm produce the effect of an aircraft cannon—it's too brutal."

"Brother Qiang, are we still ambushing the newbie‑village boss tonight?"

"Brother, life in the game is still life! I was thinking we might as well go ambush a tortoise‑back beast or something."

And inside the stone chamber in the giant's ankle, the lizard people, bruised and battered, had finally escaped the tumbling washing machine when they heard a continuous crisp sound from outside.

Some of the guards had already been scared to tears, sniffling.

"Your Majesty, I feel like they're hitting this place."

"Don't be afraid, it's a technical adjustment, don't be afraid!"

But what's the use of self‑deception?

Amid ever‑more shocking tremors from all directions, the Golden King finally heard a creaking sound from overhead that could not bear the weight.

The projectiles concentrated at a point cut into the giant's ankle like a surgical drill, then the gun barrel swung around to aim at the other side.

The fragile joint suffered repeated heavy blows; the rock giant, already not very steady on its feet, swayed twice and then collapsed with a crash.

The lizard people were fortunate, for Ji Ming's chosen cut did not include the stone chamber's location.

But they were also unfortunate, because the fracture point of the ankle happened to be right there, leaving them like an opened sardine can staring up at the star… sky.

Staring at the pitch‑black ceiling, the dumbfounded Golden King reached up and felt the air above.

"Damn it, where's my giant? Where's my huge giant?"

After a moment's hesitation, he cautiously poked his head out like a turtle.

What came into view was a black‑robed figure holding an ultra‑long iron tube, and a bunch of despicable humans raising their hands in the air, not knowing what they were doing.

Notable scene: 【The Lewd Old Lizard Living in the Prison】

"Damn!"

With a startled cry, he shrank back into the stone chamber and patted the stone beside him.

"Hurry hurry hurry, Earth Elemental, get up already—we'll keep fighting!"

If the Earth Elemental had a brain, it would probably be cursing the Golden King's ancestors eighteen generations back right now.

But they don't, so the scattered giant fragments on the ground began to tremble and move again.

No way, can it still move?

【I Step on Horse Social Security】 has already entered cooldown……

But actually, even if it could be sustained, after that big blast the ammunition recovered from the mall is already insufficient.

Thus, leaning on his elongated gilded shoulder gun, Ji Ming, who had also stirred a bit of true fire, rubbed his temples and a light once again appeared in his eyes.

"You still dare not to die, huh? I want to see whether your stamina lasts longer or my divine power is stronger…"

But just then, a long dragon roar suddenly came from the distant darkness.

—One listen tells you it's definitely not Bu Long Fei Er De: first, the lazy dog wouldn't go out; second, her voice isn't that hoarse.

In everyone's sight, a gray dragon with a remarkably dignified face, as if dotted with boulders, slowly emerged in midair.

It seems the young rock dragon, who had been lodging in the Inverted Castle, could no longer hold back and came out to rescue his little brother……

Ji Ming immediately swapped to his long‑handled shovel, double‑checked his status panel, and prepared for a hard fight.

And the Golden King was also overjoyed, raising both hands and shouting praise.

"O Dragon God, O Dragon God has come to save me!"

Then he saw the Dragon God open its massive maw toward him and spew a series of stone spikes.

Before he could react, those lizard people with no cover whatsoever were all shot down.

Even in death, their faces were smeared with blood, yet still bore the joy of having been rescued in peril.

He used the most cruel means to execute the believers who had erred, yet the dragon god remained resentful, muttering complaints.

Damn idiots, you almost squeezed them to death!

After all, if He hadn't used up a precious rock-heart, temporarily preserving a higher magic reserve, He would surely have died in the den today.

Having slightly eased his anger, he turned his gaze to those humans.

Warriors, archers, mages……

As Golden King Duke said, looking out, there were hundreds of people, and these little reptiles were all professionals!

As a newly ascended deity who has already gathered some divine power, the dragon god may not be formidable, but is already sufficiently professional.

That group of lizard people's strength is indeed not bad, but they only cause trouble, leaving him with hardly any days of peace throughout the year.

If He could bring this stronger and sufficiently intelligent group of humans under His command and convert them into believers… wouldn't He be able to advance further?

So He organized His wording, speaking as solemnly as possible.

You tiny ants, I am the offspring of the earth, the king of the underground heights, the lord of sheer cliffs, the owner of the inverted castle, the armor of bedrock, the underground dragon god, Leinorz!

You murdered My followers, took their wives and daughters, plundered their property—this is no different from offending My divine might!

But as a rock brimming with glory, I am merciful, willing to give you a small chance at redemption……

Flapping his wings, he commanded the earth elements to disintegrate in place, forming a divine throne.

Now, kneel before this divine throne, swear allegiance to Me, become My follower, and you will gain a chance to live!

But after His words fell, there was no gathering response as He had imagined; all the humans merely looked at Him with strange eyes.

???

Oh, it seems my extraordinarily handsome opening has already stunned this group of pitiful meat worms.

Indeed, after three months of planning this ultra-imposing opening, naturally it turned out extraordinary!

……

But it's been this long already—why hasn't anyone moved yet?

Feeling pleased, He decided to mercifully remind humanity of its stupidity.

Thus Leinorz shifted His gaze, landing on the strangest black-robed person in the crowd.

Swear allegiance to Me! Start with you!

The black-robed person's body trembled slightly, then they pointed at themselves.

Haha, mortals are mortals—just a little fright and they're scared like this.

That's right, it's you—I grant you the honor of being the first to swear allegiance to Me!

Yet that black-robed person still showed no reaction, instead spreading their hands to signal those nearby.

Bastard, you're refusing to give face, huh!

The dragon god of the bedrock flew into a rage, deciding to let this puny human know what is meant by 'thunder and rain, all grace of the sovereign'!

Amid the surge of mighty magic, His voice rang like a great bell.

Fool, didn't you hear Me?! I… ah!!!

Hidden within his sleeves, Ji Ming repeatedly opened and closed his fingers while snapping his wrist at lightning speed, stacking the Cramp Technique and the Fart Technique over and over.

Dragon god, right? Badass, right?

Dare to put on airs before a supreme deity—today I'll make you crawl like a stink bug!