100,000 Points (4,000 Words)

What just happened?

"Look, the Hell Organization is really leaving?"

A bet turned into a disaster. By this point, even Yang Jia's and Mister Ye's level were feeling extremely strained. However, after that despairing black tide swept through the entire Black Gate City, they all felt an indescribable gloom filling their hearts. After a long, long time, they suddenly felt as if they were emerging from the water.

Everything around them was becoming real, and they stared wide-eyed, still unable to fully detach themselves from the profound pressure.

But at that moment, a surprising scene unfolded in their field of vision.

The thick fog that permeated Black Gate City seemed to have a life of its own, slowly receding from the Black Gate City's streets and alleys. Within the fog, corpses, some mutilated and others stiff, were being swept up by the fog, appearing from afar like writhing pale tentacles, gradually being drawn back into the three heavy ship shadows in the air. The ship shadows slowly rose into the sky, moving away from the city.

Retreat?

The Hell Organization is actually retreating?

The impact of this scene is indescribable, from being on the verge of death and despair to suddenly seeing the dawn of victory.

They could hardly believe that such a scene would appear before their eyes.

Is Black Gate City actually a possibility of survival?

"Yes!"

Amidst this endless panic, Mister Ye's voice suddenly rang in everyone's minds. At this moment, even he felt a rare excitement. His voice was no longer as cold as before, or rather, although his manner of speaking was still cold, it conveyed a sense of excitement and exhilaration. "The Hell Organization has surrendered to our chairman."

"From this moment on, our Black Gate City has become the only city to have ever defeated the Hell Organization."

"Our leader killed hundreds of members of the Hell Organization who had invaded Black Gate City in an instant."

"This will be an unimaginable achievement, which will surely shock the entire forum and become the object of admiration for all cities."

"..."

Mister Ye's words caused Ruan Ruan in Black Gate City to take Ruan Ruan deep breath and put her hand on her chest. Little Four suddenly poked his head out from under the trash can lid. Old Zhou Under the Bridge, Red Eyes Ling Ping, and the Serpent Sisters under the bridge remained silent for a long time.

The surrounding fog was rapidly dissipating, revealing the city's dew-dampened appearance.

Before their eyes appeared Xiao Xiao standing in the city center, looking up at the three large ships that were sailing away.

"He's Mingming a pervert, but he's so handsome..."

A bright smile suddenly appeared on Ruan Ruan's face, which still had a few tear stains.

He picked up the metal wrench, stuffed it into his backpack, rolled up the leather whip, and wrapped it around his arm. Suddenly, he was jolted awake, remembering something. He immediately looked at the surrounding surveillance cameras and followed the lines to find the server's location, preparing to go and destroy it... His boss was a real psychopath, but he couldn't let anyone see him like that!

Fortunately, none of the eyewitnesses survived...

"I knew following Brother Xiao would lead to a bright future..."

Little Four climbed out of the trash can, climbed halfway out, and then climbed back in.

He held a stack of information cards of different styles in his hand, many of which were stained with blood, all of which he had collected along the way.

After thinking for a moment, Little Four took out half of the information card and stuffed it deep into the trash can.

The other half was handed over to the public.

One shouldn't be so honest, so it's okay to keep some spoils for oneself, right?

That's what our own association president does.

You can't even find a single bottle of real liquor for customers in his bar...

"Please thank your master for us..."

The Serpent Sisters, on the other hand, were overjoyed and cried tears of joy, hugging and kissing the three dogs repeatedly. Of course, only Ghost and Earl were willing to be hugged and kissed by them. The Erha, being proud and aloof, would only stand in front of the French windows, looking up at the rising sun.

"Come visit us sometime when you have time. We just built a dog farm, and there are lots of beautiful dogs there..."

The Serpent Sisters were so excited they were almost incoherent. "... Beautiful bitch."

The ghost and the count, who were initially somewhat indifferent, suddenly softened upon hearing this and stuck out their tongues to lick their faces.

The Erha in front of the French windows suddenly stood up with its ears perked up.

His expression and eyes remained as cold as ever, but suddenly the tail behind him started wagging uncontrollably.

"In the end, it all came down to the chairman..."

Meanwhile, Red Eyes Ling Ping, was leaning on his cane, sitting wearily on the steps. His body was covered in wounds, and his hair was wet and completely disheveled. He knew he should hurry back and tidy himself up, otherwise people would see him in this wretched state. But he was too exhausted and needed to catch his breath first.

I felt somewhat disheartened, realizing that I hadn't accomplished anything substantial.

"Mr. Ling Ping..."

But at that moment, he suddenly heard an excited call and then saw his followers and newcomers coming over.

They stood before them, filled with emotion.

The most surprising thing was that suddenly, a fat Orange Cat appeared out of nowhere, unceremoniously stepping on my head, then jumping into my arms and lazily lying down, its tail gently brushing against my face.

"Ah, this..."

Ling Ping was overjoyed and felt a surge of emotion.

"You made the right bet..."

Under the dark bridge, Old Zhou Under the Bridge, wearing a black top hat, sighed softly, feeling a lingering fear.

"It's only because it's the Hell Organization. How could anyone else have succeeded so easily?"

"But thankfully, I knew from the beginning that if he won, it would make Black Gate City famous, and if he lost, he would become a member of the Hell Organization, which we couldn't afford to offend. So this time, at the most crucial moment, I still took action to avoid being purged afterwards!"

"..."

"..."

"Are we really going to evacuate?"

Just as everyone in Black Gate City began to relax, on the large ship, Lady Black Wraith frowned. She hadn't gained much advantage in her fight with Mister Ye, but she hadn't suffered any losses either. The final impact of the death tide had left her with a deep sense of gloom. Although it hadn't killed her, she had lost interest and withdrew from Black Gate City.

But deep down, there was still a vague sense of resentment, so he frowned and asked.

"Of course we have to evacuate."

White Devil slowly peeled the paper off his face and said calmly, "We have so many Aces and 2s in our hands, but who can blame us when the other side has a royal flush? Now that we've played all our cards, there's no need for us to play our last card before conceding, right?"

"If we do our best, we can still make Black Gate City lose as well..."

Blood continued to flow from the Scarred Ghost's body; his fight with Yang Jia had left him severely injured and bleeding profusely.

Most importantly, he inflicted the vast majority of these wounds himself...

"There's no need for that."

White Devil laughed and said, "There's only one King in a deck of cards. If we take another one, it's cheating."

"Of course, the most crucial thing is that our new friend is truly fascinating. His mental power can not only contain the shadow of that monster wielding the chainsaw and bear its side effects, but it can even bear the power of that Mysterious Guidepost. This has far exceeded our expectations. Right now, I'm just curious about what element he is made of..."

"Where will this lead Black Gate City this time?"

"..."

Seeing that the other two captains seemed somewhat unwilling, he also stopped talking.

He smiled and said, "Relax."

"For our Hell Organization, nothing has ever been a true victory."

"Then, naturally, there is no such thing as a true failure..."

"..."

"..."

As they talked, three ominous ship silhouettes slowly moved away from Black Gate City.

The fog that permeated the entire city was slowly dissipating.

In a deep, secluded building, untouched by the massive disaster, the Shepherds watched a television report. The reporter was broadcasting that the severe smog that had hit Black Gate City this time hadn't lasted all day like it had a year ago, but had dissipated within an hour. However, the smog had still caused significant psychological stress and negative emotions among the citizens.

We urge citizens to go out more often, breathe fresh air, and improve their mood.

The Shepherds walked to the window with a smile, drew back the heavy curtains, saw the fog dissipate, and sighed softly:

"That's amazing..."

"Based on the timing and outcome of these two fog events, we can conclude that we are on the right track."

"After waiting for so long, we finally see hope..."

"..."

With a satisfied smile on his face, he turned to look at someone and said with a smile, "You've raised a good son."

"I... I..."

Behind him, Xiao's Father, looking panicked and haggard, stammered, "President, you have to protect me..."

"I... I can't go see him!"

"..."

Why not?

The Shepherds smiled at Xiao's Father and said in a long voice, "When a child accomplishes something great, shouldn't someone share their glory and joy? What could be more appropriate than sharing it with their parents?"

The muscles on Xiao's Father's face were trembling slightly. He wanted to say something, but he was only overwhelmed by panic.

He felt extremely unwilling, but he also knew that his fate had already been decided by the president.

"I was just about to be discharged from the hospital, why is it foggy now?"

Inside the hospital, Xiao's Mom was chatting with a nurse. The nurse should have already gone off duty, but because the dense fog had come so suddenly and was so intense, she stayed at the hospital. Since she had nothing else to do, she chatted with Xiao's Mom, with whom she had become close friends. "Actually, you could have stayed a few more days. Your child paid the full amount all at once..."

"Their line of work is really fast at making money..."

"..."

"Making money is fast, but it's also tiring..."

Xiao's Mom was beaming from ear to ear, but deliberately feigned dissatisfaction, saying, "I've always wanted him to change jobs."

"However, my child has indeed been good since he was little. He studied diligently when he was young and we didn't have to urge him. But then again, his father and I also feel a bit sorry for him. We got divorced when he was taking the college entrance exam, which was a huge blow to him. We even took our anger out on him for a while... Sigh, I really hope he won't hold a grudge against me as his mother!"

"..."

"What child would hold a grudge against their parents?"

The nurse comforted her, then saw the news on TV and exclaimed with delight, "Huh? The fog's gone..."

As she spoke, she got up, drew back the curtains, and sunlight immediately streamed in.

"To be honest, before this, I really didn't think Black Gate City could win..."

In the street, Yang Jia took a few deep breaths. It was clear that she was somewhat listless, and it seemed that she had suffered some pain in the battle with the Scarred Ghost. However, watching the black ship disappear into the sky above Black Gate City, her mood lightened. She put aside her mental trauma and came to Xiao Xiao: "What did you just say to him?"

"The Hell Organization Mingming has the strength to fight back."

"If they were to follow their old habits, they probably wouldn't leave until at least half of Black Gate City had been demolished..."

"..."

"We didn't talk about much..."

Xiao Xiao turned to look at her, sunlight shining from behind him, outlining a beautiful silhouette. "It was just an exchange of our understanding of this world and our experiences in purchasing special elements. Now, I'm a Collectors, after all."

"I see..."

Yang Jia gave Xiao Xiao a deep look, but her confusion only deepened. "Although we had already agreed not to pry into the matter..."

"But the Collectors's route requires a huge amount of points as a backing..."

"You haven't even paid back the 100 initial points I lent you, how did you manage to collect so many Enhancement Element?"

"..."

"??"

Xiao Xiao never expected that Yang Jia would bring up the 100 points at this moment.

But then he quickly stopped caring. "Heh, what's a hundred points? I just earned 100,000..."

"Wrong?"

"What about the 100,000 points?"

"..."

He was immediately shocked and looked up in the direction the Hell Organization had left, instinctively wanting to chase after them.

However, just as he was thinking this, he suddenly saw that just as the last wisp of mist was about to be drawn away from Black Gate City, a black scroll suddenly fell from the mist. As if it had its own life, it fell straight towards him. Xiao Xiao hurriedly reached out and caught it. Feeling the contents contained on the parchment, a sense of surprise and happiness overwhelmed him.

"The Hell Organization may be arrogant, but they really keep their word..."

"..."

As he pondered this question, he suddenly looked around curiously. "Where is the Lin Bo brothers from Dante Organization?"

"People from such a large organization must have tens of thousands of points, right?"

"..."

Looking at his excited expression, Yang Jia suddenly felt a pang of sympathy and hesitated before asking, "Should we tell him that secret?"

"To be honest, Lin Bo's bet of his entire fortune has somewhat damaged the image of the Dante Organization..."