The sage was determined to die.

The so-called collection of pain is also a kind of pain.

Ji Bai continued his mining work. You Daoyun was getting numb from all the electric shocks. He got used to the pain after a while... Of course, he couldn't get used to it.

Ji Bai looked down at the thing in his hand. It kept expanding as he did his work, growing round and plump like a fat man who had been overeating.

Ji Bai stared down at the thing, and after a while, he suddenly pretended to slip and dropped it on the ground.

The expected collision did not occur. This thing seemed to have gained sentience and clearly knew who it should attach itself to.

In other words, this stuff is sticky.

"Could this really turn into a literary talent?"

Ji Bai thought about it more and more and felt that it was a bit outrageous, and began to question the designer's incomprehensible purpose.

"Never mind." He thought for a moment, "I'll have someone else verify it later."

……

"That fragment...did you design it?"

In the darkness, in a place perfectly suited for a secret plot, Ji Ying pulled down the brim of her hat and spoke to the person before her.

The woman's voice was clearly speechless; the darkness did not prevent her from seeing.

She looked at the person in front of her and answered irrelevantly, "We don't really need to be so mysterious, do we? Isn't this all my territory?"

Ji Ying calmly said, "You chose the ground."

woman:"……"

"I'm used to it. After all, I've been a mouse for a long time."

The woman quickly changed the subject, even adding a self-deprecating remark: "That thing isn't exactly real, nor is it fake, but I don't think anyone could actually pass the level."

"What do you mean?" Ji Ying asked.

The woman smiled in the darkness and asked, "Would you simply hand over the treasure you've obtained to someone else?"

Ji Ying was silent for a moment, then said, "That is indeed difficult."

So...

She smiled, her fingers closing and opening as if simulating the moment a firework bursts open.

"Greed will kill everyone. Being too eager to hide that thing will only drain you dry."

"So all you have to do is let go?" Ji Ying said. "You did it on purpose, to take advantage of this."

"All's fair in war." She paused, then said, "That's called fishing."

"That's quite interesting."

Ji Ying recalled the scene of the old tortoise being drained of its life force. He hadn't intervened then, and naturally, he hadn't spoken of what he had seen now.

Considering their collaborative relationship, he thought for a moment and said, "Aren't you afraid something unexpected might happen?"

The woman initially wanted to object, but then suddenly fell silent.

Seeing this, Ji Ying said, "You should also know that that person could become an unexpected surprise at any time."

In the darkness, the woman's sharp eyes were fixed on him like those of a lone wolf.

She said, "I know, or rather, it's better this way."

……

Ji Bai was fishing in the water.

Since he could breathe in the water, he was too lazy to swim to the shore. He kept an eye on the small fish coming and going, and used whatever was available, such as a piece of seaweed, to start fishing.

As expected, the air force responded.

His second mining operation quickly reached a bottleneck, and the pain in his palm reminded him that he was once again on the verge of a threshold.

If he isn't released, he won't be able to do it alone, but he'll most likely be driven insane by the electrocution.

"I feel like things are going a little too smoothly."

As Ji Bai fished, the superfluous genes ingrained in his bones suddenly awakened.

He muttered to himself, "...Did I bite someone else's fishhook?"

He became more serious about fishing, and small fish kept coming and going, but none of them took the bait on his careless hook.

"If I were the fisherman, what would I do with a handsome and intelligent guy?"

He kept guessing, and gradually a face appeared in his mind.

He shook his head slightly, trying to banish that face from his mind. His subconscious judgment made him increasingly convinced that it was a trap.

However, he was different from others; he had a "dead pig doesn't fear boiling water" attitude towards traps.

Rather, if he could actually be tricked, he would applaud.

"A handsome and intelligent guy like me is indeed a rare opportunity for her."

He sighed and said, "It's normal for them to desperately want to seize this opportunity."

only--

He crossed his arms in the water, using them as a cushion, and gazed at the deep, flowing water in a daze, slowly exhaling a string of bubbles.

"How do you plan to use me to achieve your goals?"