Can this be tolerated!?

"This time the commotion is a bit big. We don't need you hidden support for now." Wang Hai saw Jiu Ming about to continue and quickly waved his hand, "Damn it, you don't need so many people to protect students, right? The number of hidden support, if you just add them up a bit..."

"A hundred people isn't a lot either..."

"Yeah, add a few more and it's over two hundred." Wang Hai snorted softly, "You don't need to protect students like this, do you?"

Honestly, when the commander of this camp learned the total number of people, he was stunned for a while. Is this because the people they deployed to seal off the surroundings were incompetent, or were there too many experts?

Damn it, although the higher-ups had some idea about the hidden support, they never expected that they would gather like this on such an opportunity. After a slight headcount, the number was simply ridiculous!

And this was without counting everyone.

Considering the integrity of human nature, it's estimated that the higher-ups will have to discuss some plans to deal with this matter. Prevention is impossible; the methods of the general populace are infinite. If one loophole is closed, who knows what even more absurd methods will appear after a while.

It's better to guide than to block...

And regarding Wang Hai's taunt... Jiu Ming curled the corners of his mouth inwardly. It seems you guys also found quite a few people.

"Then the reward... the full amount?"

"Dream on. One-tenth of what was agreed upon beforehand." Wang Hai's eyes widened. How could you even say that!?

"Oh? One-tenth it is, then."

In short, Jiu Ming's speed in nodding made Wang Hai feel something was wrong. What? Why isn't he arguing more? Agreeing so quickly makes me feel uneasy.

People are just like that...

Jiu Ming couldn't say that because of the commission, he accidentally spent three hours idling, spent nearly three full days in another world, almost became completely transparent, and then slept soundly until past noon the next day!

Let me correct that, it was almost a full day of idling. Speaking of which, he felt he didn't deserve one-tenth of the reward. That's right, that's right. It was just that he remembered after drawing Taunt value from the Snake Pit against the Thunder Snake King, he directly led all the Thunder Snakes back, indirectly saving quite a number of students.

He wanted to discuss with the teachers from other academies, asking if they could also show some consideration?

Got it! Getting a benefit and then acting like a victim. Many people die this way. If Jiu Ming dared to do this, his soloing of the Thunder Snake King, and his abnormal action of stealing treasure before killing the boss, would definitely be exposed.

Afterward, he would be targeted by a group of people. The immense value of twenty thousand 'Origin' points significantly boosted Jiu Ming's mental activity... reference: accelerated heartbeat!

The value of that Lightning Bead... Jiu Ming didn't know if detonating it crazily would unleash nuclear power? Judging by its value, it was probably close...

Well... as expected, the Thunder Snake King was indeed taken down. Just as a group of people who teamed up to fight the boss were about to happily loot the corpse, they frustratingly discovered that what they were looking for was gone.

Experts, based on the descriptions of some people, had already concluded that the item was the essence of the entire mining area. To find another one in a mining area would require the area to have massive mineral deposits.

Otherwise, finding one was already lucky.

So they all prepared for a tough battle, but the entire boss-slaying process was inexplicably smooth!

With the advantage in numbers, the Thunder Snake King didn't last long and was smoothly defeated, leaving no chance for the few experts accompanying the regular army to make a move.

Where's the promised desperate outbreak?

Where's the promised Thunder Snake King using that Super Energy Crystal to unleash a super attack?

In the end, it didn't even let out a fart before it died!

Where are the rewards for defeating the boss? Gone, right? Because of that, they almost fought. Fortunately, some kind expert identified it. Judging by the wounds on the Thunder Snake King's head, the injuries were at least two days old, which was exactly when that group of students rescued it.

Meaning, what the hell, how is this possible! How did that xxx, whoever it was, survive!

No, it should be how this Thunder Snake King survived. Many people saw the scene at the time. Such a powerful giant lightning ball was erased just like that. They took the treasure but didn't bother to kill this snake king, leaving it to cause them trouble?

Fortunately, they managed to occupy such a High-Energy Crystal mine, so it wasn't a complete loss.

Five High-Energy Crystals worth twenty 'Origin' points. Jiu Ming took them from Wang Hai and decisively converted them into 'Origin'. This thing was useless to him. Use it as a battery? He didn't need it. If it were a Mental System High-Energy Crystal, it would be useful to him, but ordinary ones were out.

Mental System ones were rare and had no market. After all, they were too scarce. And don't look at the mere 30 Origin points the High-Energy Crystal in Jiu Ming's hand was worth; even so, it was of quite good quality. Just one piece like this would cost at least tens of thousands at market price...

Most of the ones circulating in the market were of ordinary quality. High-quality ones weren't many. As for rare quality ones, oh, the ones identified by the Mysterious Shop would probably be called High-grade Spirit Stones?

Maybe they were medium-grade.

As for the 'Lightning Bead' in Jiu Ming's hand, that was purely him getting lucky. If it were another time, even if he got the item, he wouldn't have survived. He would have had the means to get it but not the life to enjoy it.

Sitting on the sofa, Jiu Ming propped his chin on his hand and looked at the 'Lightning Bead' placed beside him. It was a perfect sphere, with faint, clear lightning currents flashing from time to time within the vibrant purple sphere.

Holding this thing, Jiu Ming felt a very strange sensation. His perception of certain energies around him suddenly increased to a very high level. This was a miracle for him, a 'magic' idiot!

The Super Energy Crystal in his hand was what allowed him to do this.

Hmm, if a lightning Archmage or Magic God from some fantasy dimension were here now, would they go bankrupt and beg and plead to buy this thing from him?

@Pikachu, Lei Zhenzi...

Suddenly obtaining such an awesome item, even if he let the Mysterious Shop 'decompose' it as a waste, would be enough for him to live comfortably for over a year.

"Well, with this thing, I might be able to go to Academy City and pretend to be a Level 5... No, Level 4 should be no problem... Sigh."

Speaking of Academy City, Jiu Ming's lips curled slightly. He had asked Panel-kun more than once, and the answer was always the same: the Mysterious Shop only provided dimensional travel when he accepted a commission. If he wanted to travel on his own?

Fine! Wait until you're so powerful that you can break through the Plane Barrier, then you can do whatever you want!

Breaking through the Plane Barrier, he chuckled. The difficulty would be comparable to an ordinary ant trying to bite through a diamond.

It was simply impossible!

Even with all sorts of heaven-defying ideas, without heaven-defying power, one was just so helpless. If only his dad's surname was Long?

It was almost the end of the month. After growing a bit, Jiu Ming stood up. He couldn't just do nothing. Throwing the valuable items he obtained directly to the Mysterious Shop felt too much like a loss, especially the more valuable ones. The best way was...

"Hello? What? You're short on money again?"

Seeing the familiar garbled text, Wang Hai answered the call with practiced ease. Jiu Ming's intention was simple: money, right from the start.

"Those hideouts I told you about? They were all busted the day before the crackdown. If you're short on cash, go find Old Li at Changhe Academy. Cooperating with their research can be quite beneficial."

"Go! I'm not so poor that I have to sell myself!" he spat, and Jiu Ming hung up decisively. Wang Hai on the other end shrugged at Li Rui Ming beside him, indicating he couldn't help.

Sigh, go hunting?

There are quite a few powerful Exotic Beasts that are worth a lot. As for doing business?

Holding a High-Energy Crystal of such high value, Jiu Ming wasn't in the mood to find 'ordinary people' for petty transactions anytime soon.

He wanted a big client!!!

Crack!

"..."

He came just like that? How magical?

No!

Jiu Ming, who had been putting on a welcoming smile, twitched slightly at the corner of his eye. How to put it, the arrival was accompanied by such immense killing intent and the smell of blood. Hey, hey, don't tell me it's that enemy who called himself 'Void' again!

A troublesome guest. That Void died so cleanly last time that he didn't even need the morgue provided by Panel-kun.

He wondered if he would die so cleanly himself.

Unexpectedly, the one with such a fierce aura was a blonde girl with waist-length hair. She wore a long dress resembling a Taoist robe. If only there wasn't that killing intent and the smell of blood, he could have admired her for a while...

As the girl walked in, she immediately locked onto the only living being in the entire living room. The words Jiu Ming wanted to say were choked back. Ah! He felt like this was another high-class existence. He quickly scanned his remaining Origin Points. His invincible state was guaranteed, and the protection mechanism lasting over thirty seconds was enough for him to Taunt the other party a dozen times and then swagger away from the Mysterious Shop temporarily.

The Mysterious Shop didn't have restrictions on this, but if there was a Guest inside the Mysterious Shop, he couldn't leave for more than six hours. After that, he would have to return to face the person left inside. The second time he wanted to leave the Mysterious Shop again, he would need to send the other party away, 'send away' in every sense of the word.

Six hours... How many people would have that kind of patience?

In short, this time it looked like trouble was coming. Compared to the last one who looked like nobody's darling, this one was pleasing to the eye... and even more deadly!

For example, the moment the girl saw the Super Energy Crystal in Jiu Ming's hand, she raised her hand without a word and fired a light projectile formed by some unknown energy.

Bang!

Catching the light projectile, Jiu Ming forcefully crushed it and then put his hand back under the table...

Passive defense wouldn't disrupt the Mysterious Shop's protection mechanism. Phew... my hand is numb!

He shook his hand, which was under the table, a couple of times and let out a breath. How familiar that action just was!

It's a robbery!

Actually, if he could, Jiu Ming wanted to say, why don't we just sit down and talk slowly? Looks determine destiny, and strength determines the key. If the other party was ugly and their strength was similar to his, Jiu Ming would have directly drawn his weapon and attacked without a second thought?!

How could he tolerate that!?