Upgrade Points (I)

To everyone's surprise, the fat man smiled obsequiously and said, "Oh dear, I forgot. It should be you, boss, who fires the first shot. Look at my pig brain! Just call me when you're done..."

"Pah! You really are a pig-brain!" Li Wei wanted to kick the fat man, but said coldly, "Have you been brainwashed by your lust? This woman isn't a prostitute at all; she's clearly bait, and you didn't even realize it. You wanted to go in, huh? Go ahead, you've just stepped into their trap!"

The fat man suddenly realized what was happening, but looked at Li Wei with an innocent expression. "This... no way, I thought that girl was pretty slutty, how could she...?"

"That was all an act. From the very beginning, she only appeared to get close to us. Think about it, when the two of us are together, anyone with eyes can see who's the main target and who's secondary. If she were a prostitute, she would definitely be targeting me, but what about that woman? She was going after you, which is suspicious in itself. Besides, the 'deal location' she chose is too far away. It takes more than 20 minutes to get to the downtown area from here. If she were really a prostitute, she wouldn't choose a place like this, because time is money!"

After Li Wei's analysis, the fat man looked at Li Wei in shock, secretly giving him a thumbs up, thinking to himself that he was truly a senior. Fortunately, it was what he thought, otherwise Li Wei would have kicked him long ago.

In short, that woman has a problem, and a very serious one.

"Boss, do you think she might have been sent by the Great Wizard?" At this crucial moment, the fat man's mind sharpened, and he asked in a low voice.

"Possibly, but of course we'll have to ask her directly for details!" Li Wei said, then walked to the door and went inside.

As soon as Li Wei entered, he smelled a strange fragrance. Instantly, Li Wei shut down his sense of smell. Then, he saw a huge fist smashing down on his forehead.

Li Wei was not about to be hit by the fist, but he neither dodged nor evaded. His eyes flashed, and he shot out a ball of devouring black silk, which instantly shredded the fist and turned it into energy that he absorbed into his eyes.

The other party didn't scream. From the moment Li Wei entered the house, he could tell that what attacked him was just a mechanism. The mechanism was set up so that as soon as the door was opened, a spring would shoot out an arm.

Inside the house, Julie, who had met him at the beginning, stared at Li Wei in disbelief, clearly unable to believe that someone could directly confront the mechanisms inside the house and even win.

It's important to know that this kind of trap has already killed many people, including adventurers who have been away from home for a long time.

"Quick, cast the nets!" Julie reacted quickly. She shouted, and two men threw out two metal nets from the left and right sides respectively. The metal nets covered Li Wei from all sides.

Li Wei continued to use the Devouring Technique, transforming the metal mesh into energy and absorbing it.

"What was that just now?" Julie finally realized that the other party had used some kind of black, thread-like substance to shred the metal mesh, but what kind of weapon was that?

"Don't worry, he's already inhaled the incense poison. It'll take effect soon. Although it's not fatal, it'll keep a man lying down all day," a man jumped out from behind the door and shouted.

Both he and Julie were wearing small face masks, presumably to protect themselves from that kind of poison.

Another man, carrying a long knife and looking menacing, walked out from behind the door. He was also wearing a mask. When he saw Li Wei, he grinned maliciously and swung his knife to slash.

"Such a bloodthirsty nature, I truly cannot let you live!" Li Wei thought to himself, and then unleashed the Devouring Technique once more.

This time, it devoured a living person, who was unlucky enough to be instantly turned into energy and sucked into Li Wei's eyes.

The terrifying scene terrified Julie and the other man, who turned and ran. But Li Wei wouldn't let them have their way; he rushed forward and captured them all.

After letting the fat man in, Li Wei began interrogating the two separately. The big man was handed over to the fat man, while Li Wei interrogated Julie. As soon as he asked her a question, Julie looked terrified and started talking non-stop like spilled beans.

As Li Wei listened, he began to sense something was amiss. This Julie wasn't sent by the Great Wizard at all; she was a member of a small faction in Wizard City. This organization specialized in luring outsiders here for entertainment, then murdering and robbing them. They had done this many times without fail, but unexpectedly, they had been outmaneuvered by Li Wei today.

Li Wei also knew that Julie's organization was called the Skeleton Gang, a small but well-known gang in Wizard City. In the New World, such gangs were everywhere, and for survival, both good and bad people had to rely on them. And for survival, gangs were almost ruthless, with murder, robbery, forcing women into prostitution, and human trafficking being commonplace.

When asked again, Li Wei received the same answer, and judging from Julie's demeanor, she didn't seem to be lying.

Li Wei went out and compared his testimony with the fat man who had interrogated the burly man. They found it was indeed true. The advantage of separate interrogations was that they were largely immune to fabrication and deception; if the two men's statements differed even slightly, there was a problem. This time, Li Wei noticed that the two testimonies matched on many key points. At this point, Li Wei wasn't too concerned about the so-called Skeleton Gang. After all, no matter how powerful this organization was, it couldn't compare to a Grand Wizard. Besides, the other side didn't seem to be using any underhanded tactics, so Li Wei temporarily put the matter out of his mind.

After searching the room with the fat man, Li Wei discovered a large number of magic crystals.

In a basement, ten large boxes were slowly piled up, each filled with magic crystals of varying quality, clearly intended to be handed over to the Skeleton Gang headquarters. No one expected that Li Wei would end up getting a freebie.

Li Wei decided to devour all of these magic crystals, but this decision led Li Wei to discover something crucial.

After Li Wei devoured all the magic crystals in the ten boxes, he first heard a 'ding' sound, and then his Black Paper jumped out on its own.

"Absorbed over 100,000 units of energy, gained 1 upgrade point..."

Upgrade points?

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, but upon closer inspection, he revealed an expression of ecstatic joy.

"Upgrade points can raise the level of a single starfield under the Destroyer's jurisdiction by 1... After a starfield is upgraded, the Shadow Street belonging to the starfield will automatically increase by 1 level, unlocking the 'Shadow Auction House' and 'Training Room' functions, and increasing the level of items sold by Shadow Merchant..."

Then, Li Wei saw that a new resource item called 'Upgrade Points' had appeared on his Black Paper, and at that moment, the upgrade points were marked with the number 1.