Suspicion

It was a scroll, lying Jingjing in Song Shige's palm, its appearance simple and unadorned, even bearing the marks of time.

The material is neither leather nor paper, but warm to the touch, subtly exuding an aura of antiquity. On the scroll, three Text, written in a vigorous and ancient style, seem to flow gently as if possessing a life of their own—"The Vast Sea Scroll."

Su Luo activated her Appraisal, but it was like throwing a stone into the sea; she received no feedback whatsoever.

"You can't see it, can you?"

Song Shige had anticipated this, and sent a screenshot of a message through his Personal Channel:

[Unknown Scroll (Special) (Normal)]

[Already bound to: Song Shige]

[There seem to be some pictures inside...]

"This reminds me of someone." Su Luo's eyes flickered slightly.

Song Shige nodded. "Han Song's small porcelain bottle."

Su Luo pondered for a moment, then carefully covered the surface of the ancient scroll with her Divine Power, just as she had when examining Han Song's porcelain bottle.

His Divine Power was as if it had hit an absolutely smooth, impenetrable wall; he could not perceive anything.

"Just like that porcelain vase, completely preventing detection."

"This thing automatically bound itself to me as soon as I picked it up. Considering the description of its 'special' quality and its unanalyzable characteristics, I speculate that it is likely also a similar growth-type item," Song Shige continued.

"We'll see how to use it when we get back."

Song Shige then pulled out a few more props and various oddly shaped objects.

"[Blueprint (Excellent) - Blackwood Dummy Stake], [Blueprint (Excellent) - Blood-Transforming Pool], [Duckweed Blood Fruit], [Food Voucher of Choice], [Stamina Potion]..."

[Duckweed Blood Fruit]

[After consuming this item, your strength increases by 0.2.]

Su Luo glanced at the several treasures that could increase Attributes, but none of them could improve his Constitution. Simply increasing his strength wouldn't be of much use to him, since his strength would naturally increase along with his Constitution.

The blueprints are useless; they contain no content and are merely a medium for the system to construct related buildings.

"Is there anything you need here?" Song Shige asked.

"Don't you have any Skill Books?"

Su Luo really wanted knowledge of other Survival Worlds.

"If they had Skill Books, they would have used them directly. These treasures were probably left behind by weirdos who couldn't use them."

In the end, Su Luo took five Food Voucher of Choice.

"Actually, if you need it, I can have someone send more over next time," Song Shige said.

"No need, simple happiness is enough."

Su Luo waved his hand; he hadn't eaten for a long time, he only occasionally tasted food.

At that moment, the system's voice came through.

[Area 8 has been eliminated; all remaining areas receive +7 points]

"Faster than I expected, these two are quite strong." Su Luo was somewhat surprised.

Immediately, he took out a fleshy doll and placed it to his lips.

[How are your injuries? Come meet us here in our area.]

Soon, the doll vibrated, its little mouth opened and closed, sending a reply.

[Everything went smoothly, no fighting occurred, will arrive within five minutes]

"No battle took place? The other side just ran away?" Song Shige looked doubtful.

Su Luo shrugged:

"I don't know, maybe the man in black said something to her through Personal Channel that terrified her?"

After saying that, Su Luo turned and went into the Laboratory, kicking out everyone who was inside.

"Consultant Su, I don't think that Trickster and the Mech Armor are good people. Take me with you; the Laboratory needs me."

Before the crude Battle System, Guizishi spoke with a serious expression.

This is so satisfying! This endless Suppression of firepower is practically cheating!

The last time Guizishi played something this fun was when he was young, playing a private server of Legendary, the kind where one hit could deal 999 damage.

"Get out, get out! Playing games isn't allowed here." Su Luo his hand, and a storm swept him out, engulfing him and the others into a Meteorite.

Looking at her thin white undershirt, Su Luo thought for a moment, then took out her old black apprentice robe and put it on.

There's no way around it, the [Dawn Moon Robe] that the [Collector] gave me is on cooldown, so I'll just have to make do with the one I had before.

"Walk."

Su Luo let Song Shige get into the car, stepped on the gas, and drove the Laboratory towards the Fire Domain.

Meanwhile, outside the planet's exosphere, in the frigid vacuum of Vacuum.

The Trickster and the Mech Armor were suspended Jingjing, separated by a subtle distance.

In the distance, a huge orange-red Fixed Star occupied most of the field of vision; its starlight no longer twinkled, but instead poured coldly onto the two of them.

The Trickster's hands danced with light and shadow as he smiled at the Mech Armor that was also staring back at him.

The reason for running so high is very simple.

Anna must have gone mad; she managed to send herself and her Sanctuary they're now stuck in low Earth orbit, barely surviving.

Anyway, when the Mech Armor flew into space with the Trickster, he was completely stunned.

Why didn't I think of this method earlier? If I had known I could just camp in space and gain points, why would I have bothered fighting?

However, as they approached their target, Anna chose to eliminate them without hesitation, giving them no chance to fight.

But the lack of fighting was not a good thing for either of them.

They had all hoped to slack off during the battle, letting the opponent bear the main pressure, thereby weakening the opponent's strength.

Even further, if they procrastinate until the Demon King and the Scholar get impatient and join the battle themselves, perhaps they can take advantage of the chaos...

In short, both of them were happy to see the Scholars get in a bit of trouble.

But to their surprise, Anna didn't even try to test them; she ran away as soon as she saw them, as if she were frightened.

This is really awkward.

The Trickster smiled, but was filled with apprehension.

'If this armored giant in front of me isn't satisfied with third place and tries to eliminate me here... if those flesh puppets hadn't been destroyed by that Scholar, I wouldn't have risked my real body!'

The face, completely covered by Mech Armor, revealed no emotion.

'This clown is talentless and immoral. I could accept second place in this Continued Battle, but I'm not in good form, and my opponent's methods are unpredictable...'

"There's no point in continuing this stalemate. If our only goal is to cause trouble for the Scholars and the Demon King, we can simply hide and wait for the time to run out. Then they won't get the points to eliminate us."

Once inside the atmosphere, the Trickster broke the ice by offering a brilliant suggestion.

People don't mind doing bad things, especially things that annoy others.

"I don't believe you. You have the means to locate people. If you escape my sight, you'll definitely reveal my location to the Scholars, using me to draw attention and protect yourself."

The Mech Armor easily saw through the Trickster's little scheme.

"Moreover, your suggestion to split up is itself a sign of weakness. It proves that in a one-on-one situation without interference, you admit you are no match for me and cannot hold onto second place based on your own strength."

"Then you're welcome to try." The Trickster's smile remained unchanged.

Each lost in their own thoughts, they gazed at each other with tender affection, as if they were husband and wife.