Guild Headquarters.
In a secluded corner, the tattooed man, Shan Lie, found Qin Xiufang, who had just returned.
Inside Shan Lie's room, Qin Xiufang was surrounded by a group of burly men. Her face was cold, yet there was a hint of fear.
The torture that Zhao Yi could endure, she could not.
"Why isn't Zhao Yi dead?"
Shan Lie, shirtless, his tattoos swirling like dragons and snakes across his chest, his eyes filled with murderous intent!
Qin Xiufang took out a handgun and respectfully placed it on the table.
"This guy is hard to deal with."
Her expression was grim.
Shan Lie slapped his thigh in anger and said:
"Why the hell didn't you just shoot him at the start?"
"Who would have thought an old thing like you would have a gun?"
Qin Xiufang's face was extremely unpleasant.
After everything that happened not long ago, she was actually very glad she hadn't shot Zhao Yi at the start of the dungeon.
Otherwise... they would all be dead!
"A specter helped him block the bullet."
She explained casually, as no one outside could know what really happened inside.
It's not like a game dungeon, where players' brilliant performances are recorded and uploaded to forums. The tasks in the real world have no records.
Only the participants know.
The atmosphere in the room was heavy. Shan Lie lit a cigarette, his sharp gaze piercing through the white smoke, landing on Qin Xiufang's wrinkled face.
"Keep the gun."
"This thing isn't worth much... Next month, there will be a Tide of Demon Spirits. With Zhao Yi's personality, he won't miss it."
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"You have one more chance."
"Kill him, and our previous promise still stands!"
Qin Xiufang didn't refuse and put the gun back in her pocket.
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Apartment 707.
The door opened, and Liu Ruoqing, wearing a burgundy nightgown, saw Zhao Yi out of the room, her eyes dreamy.
"Come again next time, darling."
She waved slightly at Zhao Yi, who couldn't help but cough a few times.
Those who knew understood he was there to treat an illness.
Those who didn't might think he was there to exorcise demons!
He shook his head, carrying a notebook as he left the seventh floor and returned to his room.
Opening the notebook, it recorded two simple patients.
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[Patient: Liu Ruoqing]
[SAN: Stable, uncontrollable]
[Cause: Red Devil Personality]
[Specific Manifestation: When subjected to intense external stimuli, the Red Devil personality dormant in the body awakens. It hunts specific groups and consumes them with exquisite culinary methods, paired with green vegetables. Without green vegetables, the Red Devil refuses to eat and goes on a rampage, killing indiscriminately... Once it has enough delicacies, the Red Devil personality will be satisfied and return to slumber until the next awakening.]
[Note: The Red Devil originates from a spiritual creation made by a black goat's offspring from the Western world, combining evil seaweed and its foul saliva. It's often sown in groups with high mental focus. Although the black goat's offspring doesn't have much fondness for the Red Devil it unintentionally created, it is considered the most perfect creature recorded by humans so far.]
[Treatment Plan: Talk therapy (temporary)]
[Category: Unknown ingredient, pending further confirmation]
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[Patient: Tian Tian]
[SAN: Stable, uncontrollable]
[Cause: Dangerous Delusion]
[Specific Manifestation: ... She always believes she has a friend named Winnie, visually represented as a ragged teddy bear she holds, but the bear doesn't actually exist. Only patients with the same condition can see it directly. When the delusional personality senses danger, it forcibly unlocks the body's genetic lock and eliminates the source of danger immediately... If the delusional personality persists too long, it will cause the genetic lock to collapse, leading to death or irreversible transformation.]
[Note: This subject's personality has severely deluded, suspected to have encountered some unspeakable entity in the dark.]
[Treatment Plan: No treatment needed, under observation]
[Category: Good ingredient (unripe)]
...
Closing his notebook, Zhao Yi tossed it into his inventory.
Then he opened his system panel.
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[Character: Zhao Yi]
[Level: 3]
[Experience: 25/100]
[Items: Old Liu's Property Deed, Pandora's Box (Fake), Substitute Doll, Crusher (Shotgun), Butcher's Carefully Cooked Soup]
[Life: 20/20]
[Strength: 35]
[Spirit: 101 (100+1)]
[Luck: 0]
[Title: Ghostbane, Sharp Edge, Rule Breaker, Mentor]
[Soul Weapon: Bloodstained Scalpel (Plunder)]
[Points: 12000]
[Rating Acquisition: S+, SS, S]
[Domain: Strengthening (F-)]
...
The biggest changes were his strength and points.
Zhao Yi's current rating acquisition already allowed him to access the high-level mall.
Inside, he could exchange for various specter limbs, exotic arts, secret treasures, weapons, techniques... The required points varied depending on the effect.
For example, a fierce ghost arm with a strength of one hundred required 240,000 points and two ratings above S.
These limbs couldn't evolve further, and each use would corrode the player's body with the fierce ghost's resentment until one day, the player's mind is completely consumed by the resentment, turning into a fierce ghost themselves!
Therefore, before a player is completely corrupted by resentment, they must earn more points to replace the original limb with a stronger fierce ghost limb.
It's a path of no return.
But among the vast player base, a considerable number chose to exchange for specter limbs.
The reason is that exchanging limbs provides the fastest, most stable, and most comfortable increase in strength.
Zhao Yi wasn't interested in this, his gaze constantly searching through the vast mall, looking for something peculiar.
Finally, in the techniques section, he found a strange technique.
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[Technique: Lunyu (1/492)]
[Quality: White (White, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, Gold, Red)]
[Introduction: In an Eastern world during the Warring States period, there was a sage named 'Kong.' He advocated benevolence and virtue, stood 2.2 meters tall, and could break city gates with one hand. He had three thousand disciples and persuaded the rulers of seven states, successfully implementing his teachings through continuous beatings. 'Lunyu' was the code of conduct established by 'Kong' for people of that time.]
[Note: Collecting all the pages can evolve into the red limited edition technique—'Lunyu']
[Evaluation: Zhao Yi! Your purity is still too low!]
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PS: Start copying the book!