That opening line wasn't Wang Zhen's!
Although Wang Zhen was an eighteen-year-old hitman with nine years on the job—and a special kind of dropout who'd barely made it through compulsory education—his line of work demanded a high level of expertise, so he'd received far more education than nine years' worth.
As a result, Wang Zhen was highly professional! If he weren't, he wouldn't have survived this long. So when faced with a group of complete strangers from all sorts of backgrounds, professions, and social classes, he wouldn't reveal his true intentions. He was just like Zhang Jie, the big brother who'd deliberately acted crude and deranged earlier, and was now putting on a chuuni act.
"Zheng Zha, Zhan Lan, Wang Zhen, we're in trouble this time! Real trouble! Fifteen newcomers! Fif...teen... newcomers! Do you know what that means?" After delivering his signature opening line, Zhang Jie finally noticed how many newcomers there were. His face immediately turned grim. "Fifteen-person difficulty! A fifteen-person difficulty scenario! I've never encountered one before! We're screwed this time!"
"It's no big deal, don't worry, Brother Zhang! We have Zheng Zha, after all. He's got a C-rank Vampire Baron bloodline and Intermediate Internal Energy Enhancement! Fifteen-person difficulty is a piece of cake for him." Watching Zhang Jie put on an awkward act, Wang Zhen knew what he was up to, so he played along and tossed him a line.
Compared with Zhang Jie, who knew exactly what was going on, Wang Zhen felt far more confident than the clueless Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan.
Unlike those people, who could only rely on the Main God to exchange points for shoddy knockoffs from that shameless counterfeit dealer, Wang Zhen was a cheater with a cheat of his own. He trusted the cheat that had been with him for eighteen years more than he trusted the Main God!
It was this "Good Luck" cheat that had landed him the Alchemy profession. He'd performed Human Transmutation four times—in other words, communicated with the Gate of Truth four times and taken a bite out of the Main God each time. Now he could conjure a Transmutation Circle instantly at will, making him little different from those superpowered folks who casually hurled energy blasts.
I've earned too few reward points, though. I've only managed four Human Transmutations. It feels like too few! Wang Zhen unconsciously rubbed his obliques, thinking with some regret. But losing my sense of pain really is a double-edged sword! Back then, if that cheat that kept waiting for the Dayun Truck hadn't shielded me from the damage those drugs caused, I wouldn't have known how bad things had gotten. I couldn't feel any pain, after all. Even now, because I can't feel pain, I can endure losing internal organs and then have the Main God repair me!
This time I need to earn more reward points and fix this lack of pain. It has too many downsides. As Wang Zhen pondered how to earn more points, he looked over the newcomers.
With his Vampire Baron bloodline and Intermediate Internal Energy Enhancement, plus all the praise from old fox Zhang Jie, Zheng Zha felt he was the strongest member of the Zhongzhou Team—and therefore its big boss!
Now that he was recruiting new members, it was only right for the big boss to step forward and show everyone who called the shots!
But Zheng Zha had clearly imagined the Main God was far kinder than it was. He thought all he had to do was puff out his chest once, twice, then a third time, and the newcomers would shout, "Come out and pay your respects to the boss!" Then they'd cut a chicken's head, burn yellow paper, and bow down together, becoming sworn brothers from different parents who loved their brothers more than gold.
Wang Zhen, who'd spent years lurking in the dark, knew all too well how certain people behaved!
Take those three with their punk hairstyles, dyed a distinctive shit-yellow—not golden yellow, nor the light yellow of flax, but the unmistakable color of human waste! Honestly, even well-traveled Wang Zhen had to admire the trio's nerve. That color was no ordinary person's to pull off. And their clothes and pants were so bizarre, he couldn't imagine anyone but people with missing brainstems buying them, let alone wearing them in public! Then there were their tattoos: a loach-like dragon coiling over one shoulder, a fish that looked like a mantis shrimp, and a Guan Yu tattoo just like Wu Lao'er's from the village entrance.
Seeing these three one-of-a-kind big shots, Wang Zhen was a hundred percent sure they were the sort no active gang would dare take in. He knew the opportunity had come...
The best way to hide a leaf was to toss it into a forest!
Wang Zhen wanted to keep his strength under wraps from old fox Zhang Jie for the time being. As a cheat user, he'd grown too powerful too quickly for the number of reward points he'd earned. Of course, he couldn't stay too low-key, either. He could jump around and make a scene when it was called for, as long as he didn't steal Zheng Zha's title as the first to unlock the Gene Lock! Then Zhang Jie, who cared above all about staying alive, wouldn't pay attention to him.
Wang Zhen casually brought his hands together, and a Taran Tactical 1911 Combat Master appeared in his hand. This redesigned model, based on the 1911A1, looked flashy and cool, perfectly matching his current cosplay style.
He was waiting for the three big shots to kick off!
If they didn't lose their tempers, how could he make an example of them?
"You sons of bitches! I know you're with that piece-of-trash Xiaohun! I've seen you before! Don't make trouble for yourselves. Let me go, or I'll slaughter your whole families!"
"That's right! You idiots, do what my big brother says! Don't piss him off! If he loses his temper, your wives and kids, your parents—every last one of them will suffer!"
"You hear that? All of you hear that? What're you just standing there for? Waiting for my big brother to get mad? CNMLBD, you bunch of idiots! My big brother's Sha Qiang! Sha Qiang, got it? Fourth Master Pu's top man... Brother Cow Dung's top man!"
"Are you all fucking deaf? Get that little bitch over there to come cool us off! Yeah, you! You've got the nerve to give my big brother attitude? Think we won't strip you naked, take turns with you, and make a porno to sell to your parents?"
The three wiry big shots staggered to their feet and unleashed a stream of vile abuse at Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan, who were busy recruiting newcomers.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three crisp gunshots rang out in quick succession, cutting the three big shots off mid-rant.
"Sorry, I just couldn't hold back! Your mouths stink!" Wang Zhen fired three shots without a second thought, opening up the three big shots' stomachs. "I can understand that you've suddenly found yourselves in a strange place, surrounded by strangers and hearing things you can't accept. But that doesn't give you the right to curse everyone out and vent your fear and anxiety however you please!"
"Even if you don't understand, don't believe, or refuse to follow Captain Zheng Zha, please wait patiently and quietly for the mission to begin. Once it officially starts, you can go wherever you like. We won't stop you!"
As Wang Zhen finished speaking, the door behind the newcomers quietly opened...
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