Lord Liu Respectfully Invites the Sleeping Dragon Out of the Mountain

Although there were fifteen newcomers, as Zhang Jie had noted in his opening, very few possessed true talent or potential.

Consequently, when Wang Zhen shot holes through the bellies of the three big-shots, most of the newcomers couldn't handle it. They weren't feeling pity for those foul-mouthed trash; rather, they felt a sense of "the rabbit dying and the fox grieving." Furthermore, they simply didn't believe Zheng Zha's claims about dimension-hopping, missions, or rewards like becoming a superman—they recognized every individual character, but when strung together into sentences, it was truly incomprehensible.

Clearly, the reading comprehension of these newcomers was a total failure!

Once the door opened, the newcomers scrambled to rush out. Firearms were banned domestically, and they held an innate fear of guns—especially when wielded by someone who could casually shoot holes through the stomachs of three street thugs.

Though Wang Zhen had a baby face—not quite as "plain" as Louis Koo or as "ordinary" as Daniel Wu—he was still delicate, cute, and appeared harmless.

Previously, relying on this face could reduce mission difficulty by twenty percent, and with his cautious nature, Wang Zhen could shave off at least another thirty percent!

But now, he had flipped his car!

Once the little pistol came out, no matter how handsome he was, nobody dared to love him!

Even the three big-shots, gritting their teeth and shivering in pain, didn't dare to cry out. They simply clutched the holes in their bellies and crawled away step by step.

Seeing the three winding trails of blood on the floor, looking like three mops creating impromptu art, Zheng Zha frowned and hurriedly asked Zhan Lan to go over and help stop the bleeding.

Zheng Zha wasn't being a saint for no reason; Zhang Jie had once said that killing a teammate required paying a penalty fee to the Main God, with each teammate worth 1,000 reward points. Moreover, Wang Zhen had fired entirely to stand up for him and Zhan Lan. Of course, this also served as a warning to the others—after all, while the other newcomers hadn't been as foul-mouthed as those three street thugs, their words had been quite unpleasant. But when Wang Zhen fired three shots in a row, opening holes in the mouths of the three most vulgar guys, it was as if he had snipped the vocal cords of the rest; no one dared to chirp anymore!

"Wang Zhen, thanks for the help! But next time, could you change your method or at least the location? Those three lumps won't last until the end of the plot world. You're in trouble now—you'll have to pay 3,000 reward points!" After stopping the bleeding for the three big-shots, Zhan Lan walked over to Wang Zhen and whispered a reminder.

"End of the plot world? You overestimate them! I bet within ten minutes, those three losers will be fodder for the Alien!" Wang Zhen sneered.

Although more than half of the newcomers had left, four remained. Among these four, three were adults, and the remaining one was a handsome middle-schooler. Those three adults were the newcomers with talent and potential that Zhang Jie had mentioned earlier.

Zheng Zha walked over to chat with the trio, and these three seemingly impressive newcomers also threw out their credentials.

The bespectacled man in uniform identified himself as Chu Xuan, a national-treasure-level researcher from the Longyin Military Base. He held the rank of Senior Colonel, possessed a super-memory, but was not skilled in planning or strategy.

The young man with an ordinary appearance and a dead, indifferent expression identified himself as Zero, a hitman who specialized in long-range sniping.

Standing nearly two meters tall, built like a Siberian brown bear, and with the thick hair of a Russian-mixed heritage, he identified himself as Ba Wang. He was a Russian-mixed individual who possessed great strength, a high tolerance for alcohol, and specialized in providing fire suppression with machine guns.

They were all professionals!

This made Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan very happy. After all, Zhang Jie had said this plot world was balanced for fifteen newcomers; if they had all been rats and rabbits fit only to be Alien rations, the difficulty would have been off the charts!

Finally, the middle-schooler who called himself Li Shuaixi introduced himself. His mundane information left Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan slightly disappointed, but they couldn't ask for more. A sensible and tactful middle-schooler, while not on par with the three professionals, was valuable for knowing his place and understanding his own worth. He also offered his own strength: he was well-versed in many films and could assist their team.

Next, Chu Xuan and the others began to seize the initiative, establishing their status in the team through their professionalism. Zero, the self-proclaimed hitman, used a knife to cut his own arm to test the efficacy of first-aid hemostatic drugs, while Chu Xuan stated he had watched Alien I seven years ago and remembered every detail.

Wang Zhen didn't interrupt. He gave the impression of being the "enforcer" of Zheng Zha's team—ruthless and sparing with words, not one to chatter, but someone who would definitely act when the time came. This was the impression Wang Zhen wanted to project. Although he was a cheater, the first item he obtained was a class-change prop that allowed him to leap ahead of the curve. This was why Wang Zhen wanted to hide his true hand for now; his instant-cast transmutation circles were indeed excellent, but their power was lacking. The Flame Transmutation Circle he used as a facade only produced orange-red flames with temperatures of eight or nine hundred degrees.

Therefore, despite his cool demeanor, Wang Zhen remained clear-headed!

The road ahead was long and arduous!

He still had to continue Human Transmutation, continue communicating with the "Gate of Truth," continue farming for points, and continue opening blind boxes for prizes!

Thus, Wang Zhen didn't care much about the thoughts of Zheng Zha and the others. Just like when he accepted a mission—even if it required preparation, he would complete it with 100% certainty, and naturally, no one would look into the process in between.

By the same logic, as long as Wang Zhen succeeded in ascending to godhood, who would care about the long and arduous journey that preceded it?

Although Zheng Zha was a company supervisor, his company wasn't exactly a Fortune 500 firm. In front of the national-treasure-level researcher, Senior Colonel Chu, he naturally bowed his head. The mindset of valuing rank was deeply ingrained; it wasn't something that could be overturned or ignored just by saying so. Zheng Zha didn't even verify the truth before handing over the leadership to Senior Colonel Chu.

Though Wang Zhen, watching from the sidelines, couldn't tell if this was a case of Liu Bei visiting the thatched cottage three times to invite Zhuge Liang—because the fifteen-person mission difficulty left Zheng Zha feeling insecure and desperately in need of a professional to point the way—or if it was just a brain-dead move by Zheng Zha after being bamboozled by Zhang Jie and suffering a drop in IQ.

Wang Zhen, however, had already made up his mind: once they encountered the Alien for the first time and the inevitable chaos and disaster ensued, he would take the opportunity to leave!

If he wanted to obtain more reward points and side quests, he couldn't stick with Zheng Zha and the others. Doing so would not only make him a pawn to be used as a meat shield, but he also wouldn't be able to secure many rewards or side quests for himself.

Therefore, only by going solo could he ensure he gained the maximum benefit!

Of course, this kind of selfish maneuvering wasn't conducive to unity or hiding his true self, which was why Wang Zhen planned to wait until the first encounter with the Alien. When everyone was running for their lives in a panic, he would take the chance to slip away, muttering, "The team is like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, everyone flies their own way," while he happily went off to solo...