LWGP - Chapter 143
Chapter 143: Allies
"Luring us underground, getting us chased, forcing us into the laboratory, then opening the door and making us fight the Lycanthrope in there. No matter who won or lost, the damage caused would trigger the self-destruct system and annihilate all of us."
"Fuck! This Research Institute is so damn malicious!"
"It all connects! Should I curse the game developers for being bastards, or the mastermind behind this Research Institute?"
The crowd's anger was palpable, and all sorts of curses flew, but they also frantically used their remaining spirit power to run for their lives.
In the team channel, Luo Sheng couldn't help but ask Wang Jiu how she knew the laboratory system would explode. Was there a control in the computer program?
Wang Jiu: "The power facilities, lighting system, and other basic infrastructure are mostly intact. Even the laboratory's water purification system is fine. The only thing missing is the fire suppression system, which a subterranean research institute would fear most. Just work backward from there."
Working backward, what was missing was likely what it was about to use. This was a classic game developer's trick, and also part of the Research Institute's plan. Combined with the conspiracy mentioned earlier, and working backward again—the mastermind would, in all likelihood, detonate the laboratory to eliminate all threats.
So, after finishing off the Lycanthrope, Wang Jiu immediately prepared to withdraw.
But even so, the activation of this self-destruct program was too swift. After hearing the system prompt, she calculated the distance to the nearest tunnel exit outside.
"Xuejing?"
She asked a single person.
"Too far, not enough time. Go right. There's an emergency escape entrance over there. It was originally for escaping from above to below." Qiao Xuejing, who was extremely sensitive to architectural distances, took over Wang Jiu's role as guide, directly commanding everyone to flee in a certain direction.
She knew this because, from the moment she entered this underground space, Wang Jiu wasn't the only one who had sent out puppets to scout the area. She had too; it was a professional habit.
And Wang Jiu knew it.
Who else could they trust? They could only trust whoever Wang Jiu trusted.
Sure enough, there was an escape exit ahead, but it was sealed.
Bang! A Flowing Light attack exploded, and various speed boosts were cast as everyone rushed upward.
At that moment, the one-minute time limit was up. The last person only heard the roar from the distant laboratory. He didn't dare to linger, scrambling upward under the frantic pull of his companions.
After the self-destruction, a scorching brilliance spread out from the vast laboratory, like a blazing rising sun.
Light does not always bring hope; sometimes, it brings destruction.
It was shattered glass scattering in every direction.
It was a blooming flower.
It was a boundless sea of luminous flowers, carrying a fiery kiss of death, branding its profoundest temperature deep into your soul.
Annihilating you.
After blasting through another iron door to reach the surface-level research institute, the group didn't even have time to catch their breath before following Wang Jiu, continuing to run towards the main gate outside.
Before they could get out, the ground began to shake—if the underground space collapsed from the explosion, what would happen to this research institute?
As the group ran out, before they could even turn around, they heard a dense series of collapsing sounds. Finally, with a tremendous boom, rolling clouds of dust carried away chunks of buildings, which plummeted downward, followed by raging flames that shot ten meters into the air.
The temperature was so high that some of the people running at the back were instantly melted to death.
It was an excruciating way to die, but thankfully it was instantaneous. After dying, they dared not resurrect on the spot. The rest just ran for their lives.
Three minutes later, three hundred meters outside the research institute building, a group of people were drenched in sweat, their faces ashen, as exhausted as if they had all just given birth.
But at the same time, they received a system notification.
Because their strength was formidable enough, the people of the Research Institute had been forced to resort to their final, destructive measure. Before the destruction, they had already transferred to their true lair.
"So, we cleared the dangerous-grade dungeon."
"But why does it feel so unreal?"
Most of the crowd was bewildered. Yan Guanqi and Xia Laoci, however, had stronger nerves. Their first reaction was to find Wang Jiu to express their admiration and curiosity, but they saw her stroke a wound on her neck with a bloodied hand and let out a long sigh. "I also find it quite unreal."
"To think a player could beat me to colluding with the game's natives, constantly making small moves while pulling off such a grand, audacious one."
"You're really something."
After speaking, before a certain person could make a move, Wang Jiu struck first. With a few attacks, she directly blew the person's body apart, but stopped just short of killing him. The moment he lost his ability to fight, she used her Spirit Tentacles to throw his body into a cage.
The cage had just appeared, thwarting his suicide attempt, when she swiftly followed up with a barrage of attacks: Witch Drain, Blood Wrath, and her blade.
But there was one more skill.
「Bloodweep Blade」, requires 1000 permanent spirit energy to learn, but each use costs 1000 spirit power. If the physical blade attack breaks armor and causes the target to bleed, the blade's energy can enter the body and execute their HP. The execution percentage is based on the proportion of physical damage dealt.
As this stream of attacks landed, the man was horrified. A layer of golden light spread over his body, and beneath it, his true attributes were revealed—all stats at 1900!
That meant his original stats were 3800!
So damn powerful!
Unfortunately, he was now being crushed by the even stronger Wang Jiu.
Wang Jiu's current average stats were still over four thousand.
Once the physical damage exploded, the HP execution followed proportionally.
With that one slash, 150 of his 300 HP were gone!
"No, let me go, I can tell you that person's real iden…"
Bang!
With a second slash, Wang Jiu finished him off. His HP was depleted.
His corpse lay in the cage, not resurrecting on the spot, nor returning to a revival point.
But all his resources were converted into mail and sent to Wang Jiu's inbox.
The last piece of mail contained a small scroll glowing with purple-gold light. It had just vanished from the corpse's hand and turned into mail.
「Mutual Destruction (Purple Gold Grade, Self-Destruct Item)」
Attribute: AoE, can explode with a destructive effect equal to three times the user's own attributes.
Usage: No requirements, single-use item, can ignore the constraints of cage-type items.
Just now, if she hadn't decisively wiped out all his HP, this person would have used it to blow up a whole crowd of people, possibly including herself. Then he could have resurrected on the spot to fight again or returned to a revival point to escape.
Unfortunately, Wang Jiu never gives her enemies a chance—she had seen his subtle movements and micro-expressions.
When it came to lying, she was truly experienced.
Wang Jiu's hand rested on the cage, her gaze calm. The cage retracted, and she didn't even glance at the corpse.
Turning back, she met the horrified and bewildered gazes of the crowd, who quickly looked away in terror.
She tilted her head slightly, as if pondering something.
This state of contemplation was a bit terrifying, like watching Kayako and Sadako crawl out of a closet or a well, deciding who to kill first.
Luo Sheng was the first to speak. She asked, "Was he the traitor?"
"One of them, I suppose."
Wang Jiu's words were very skillful. Hao Ze and his group, who had just resurrected from the land of death, suddenly met the deathly stares of the group three hundred meters away.
Hao Ze and the others: "???"
"No, no, we didn't collude with the Research Institute people, my god, we really didn't!" Even the usually composed Hao Ze felt like he'd stepped in shit.
They squatted on the ground, surrounded by a crowd, helplessly explaining that they hadn't colluded with the Research Institute, but with a person.
"Diao Guang, he was the one who contacted me, telling me to flank you from behind. Later, didn't you guys go into the laboratory? We got wiped out by Lord Lao Wang. We lay on the ground for a bit and saw that Lycanthrope chase after you. We didn't dare get close, so we just hung back. Then we got tangled up with some mobs. By the time we got there, you guys were running out like crazy. Before we could react, it exploded."
Hao Ze, Hua Zi, Ah Ling, and the others explained earnestly, just short of swearing to the heavens.
Wang Jiu pressed her hand on Hao Ze's, her eyes gentle and warm.
"Please, Ms. Wang, don't smile. I'm scared of you." Hao Ze's fear of Wang Jiu had reached its peak. The cage and the corpse not far away had made the perceptive man understand instantly.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be so docile and submissive.
It was just a game. If you couldn't win, you'd get wiped out. At worst, you'd resurrect on the spot or go back to a revival point. The absolute worst was leaving the dungeon.
But now it was about having your HP executed.
And executed proportionally? If the damage was minimal, it would be fine. HP loss from damage under 5% could be managed.
But even someone with 1900 average stats was taken out in two hits. Hmm, perhaps peace was the best policy?
Thus, Hao Ze was exceptionally respectful towards Wang Jiu.
"No, I don't plan on killing you. After all, you're the true ally who is going to sign an agreement with me."
Hao Ze: "???"
Wang Jiu's cold fingers were especially tight on his pulse, like an old department head in a clinic taking a pulse to diagnose an illness—calm, elegant, and speaking with substance.
"Generally, my allies are fated individuals who willingly engage in cultural exchange agreements with me and sincerely cooperate in commercial and economic activities."
Everyone watched as she spoke, pulling out a book.
The five characters were so large and clear—Slave White Paper.
Their eyes were about to go blind.
One minute later, every member of Hao Ze's team had engaged in a 1000 gold coin project with Wang Jiu.
Two minutes later, Chi Mantou voluntarily participated with a smile, while Li Chui was held by the neck by Dong Long and forced into projects worth 3000 and 5000 gold coins.
Li Chui almost died on the spot.
"I… I don't have that much money."
"Add your nanny's."
Dong Long, now saddled with the nanny halo, took a deep breath and said, "Sorry, the two of us together only have 3000 gold."
Wang Jiu: "You're this broke and still act so tough out here?"
It rhymed so well. A cultured person cursing without using profanity.
The two of them: "…"
Dong Long really wanted to say that the baby he was nursing hadn't been beaten down enough yet.
It had nothing to do with him.
But Wang Jiu was too impatient to listen, simply saying, "Sell your stuff."
With no way out, the two could only sell a pile of resources, finally scraping together 5000 gold.
"You guys are so much better. We did business without even needing to sign an agreement. Not like those people before, who insisted on signing agreements with me."
If you don't pay up, you get done in by her. Who the hell wouldn't be "better"?
The extorted group wore smiles that were awkward yet polite.
Because Wang Jiu's words were sincere, as if from the bottom of her heart, yet not in a manipulative way. Her body, covered in blood, exuded a thin, cold aura. Pale skin stained with blood, she was like a blade that moved through the battlefield as smoothly as flowing water.
It might not have been sheathed yet.
So they were as friendly as a Taobao seller and buyer.
Dear, welcome.
Dear, take care, and please don't come again.
Get lost!
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