Apu's question was inexplicably tinged with calm confidence, immediately drawing the attention of his other teammates.
"How hard could it be? All I can tell you is, it's no easier than getting that female ghost in the basement pregnant..." As though provoked, Mad Dog immediately raised his voice. "I've even been inside a royal tomb, but compared to this underground passage, that was nothing. We didn't even clear the First Trial just now before Gao Ye triggered a mechanism and burned to death."
"It really is hard," Old Qu interjected. "We still haven't figured out why the mechanism's killing function was triggered. We'd already crossed two stone slabs perfectly safely before that..."
"Heh."
After hearing their accounts, Apu gave a slightly cutting sneer and replied succinctly, "If necessary, I can give it a try."
His attitude and response were the very embodiment of a master show-off, inexplicably brimming with disdain for Yu Weifeng's team, as though he were saying, "I told you not to go, but you insisted on throwing your lives away. No one could stop you. Happy now? You didn't even see the underground vault's door, and a teammate died for no apparent reason. Feeling good?"
Mad Dog had always had zero tolerance for this sort of sophisticated showing off. "What's that sneer supposed to mean? Having period cramps? Fuck, listen to you showing off. I'll take you there tomorrow. Let's see what you're actually made of...!"
"Enough. Shut up." Yu Weifeng hurriedly rebuked Mad Dog, then asked Apu amiably, "Have you studied mechanisms?"
"Every great artisan has the heart of an apprentice. I wouldn't call myself proficient. I just know a little." Apu's tone remained calm.
"Holy shit. Holy shit...!" Mad Dog wasn't particularly educated, so he could only swear repeatedly to express his frustration at having