A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

"People should never be too certain about the unknown, because the unknown is infinitely possible."

"So, Team Leader Liu, can you talk to me properly now?"

"And put away your old bureaucratic ways," Zhou An said slowly.

"You're courting death! Although you're incredibly strong, how many punches can you actually land?"

"In the end, you're just a Level 1 ability user. Today, let me teach you not to be too arrogant in front of your seniors."

Liu Haiyang suddenly shouted, his blood and qi surging.

Immediately afterwards, the opponent's crippled right hand was seen to be restored very quickly.

Liu Haiyang immediately pulled out his belt from his waist.

It was a long whip.

A crisp "snap!" sounded.

A loud bang was heard in the air.

As the opponent's vital energy was injected into the long whip.

The whip transformed from its original silver color to blood red, emanating a faint aura of bloodlust.

"I am not good at fist and foot techniques, but I have been practicing whip techniques for thirty years."

As soon as Liu Haiyang finished speaking, he suddenly swung his long whip and attacked Zhou An.

"If close combat doesn't work, then ranged attacks will?" Zhou An chuckled.

Instead of dodging or avoiding, he raised his hand and grabbed.

The next second, Zhou An caught the whip that was being swung at him.

Liu Haiyang's pupils contracted slightly; he hadn't expected Zhou An to be able to catch his whip with his bare hands.

But he quickly sneered and flicked his wrist: "If you dare to grab my Blood Blade Whip with your bare hands, then leave your hands behind."

As soon as Liu Haiyang finished speaking, the long whip cracked rapidly.

Upon closer inspection, the Blood Blade Whip unfurled, revealing countless tiny and sharp blades.

This Blood Blade Whip is made up entirely of tiny blades.

When it retracts, it becomes a smooth, long metal whip.

Once Liu Haiyang unleashes his power, it transforms into the sharpest bone-scraping knife.

In just a moment, he could scrape the flesh off Zhou An's palm completely.

But to everyone's surprise, the blood-red whip spun and rubbed hard against Zhou An's palm, yet it couldn't tear off a single bit of flesh.

Zhou An, who possesses the dog talisman, is immune to any damage.

“There’s something, but not much.” Zhou An exerted his strength and grabbed the Blood Blade Whip again.

Then, with a sudden tug, the immense force caused the Blood Blade Whip to slip from Liu Haiyang's hand.

Before long, the Blood Blade Whip fell into Zhou An's hands.

A loud "bang!" rang out.

Zhou An lashed out with his whip, but the whip struck thin air.

"This Blood Blade Whip is quite good, a fine item. I'll accept it without hesitation," Zhou An said slowly.

"You...this is impossible!" Liu Haiyang exclaimed in shock.

I need to take a day off!

I just got back from my hometown today, so I need to take a day off. Sorry!

Chapter 160 Internal Investigation Department and Disciplinary Actions

The Blood Blade Whip was a level-four piece of equipment that he had painstakingly commissioned from the Equipment Department of Tianheng Company.

It is extremely sharp, capable of easily shattering even the protective aura of a fourth-level martial artist.

Now, however, he has captured me with his bare hands and confiscated my property.

"I'll say it again, nothing is impossible," Zhou An said with a light laugh.

Liu Haiyang looked at Zhou An with a face full of resentment.

Although he didn't know why Zhou An was so powerful, it didn't matter, he was a level four martial artist.

He is also the leader of the fifth group of the Tianheng Division 1st District Brigade, and has a position and official status.

The other party, even though he is an S-class potential user, is just a member who has just joined Tianhengsi's team.

Zhou An dared to attack him, and even injure him; that was definitely a crime of insubordination.

The rules and regulations of Tianheng Division are very strict. Even S-level potential individuals will be punished if they offend their superiors.

“Zhou An, I admit you’re very capable, but so what? You’re being disrespectful to your superiors.”

“You, a mere team member, dare to lay a hand on your superior and injure me. Tianheng Division will not tolerate you.”

"Just wait until you're in an internal court."

Although Zhou An might be protected from jail by the authorities, his future is definitely bleak.

Promotions are based on an individual's achievements and experience.

We won't promote someone without any scruples just because they have great potential.

Even if you're willing, your political enemies won't be.

Moreover, each of these positions is already filled, so if you want to get promoted, you'd better find a powerful backer first.

"Team Leader Liu, you seem to have forgotten that you attacked me first."

"I fought back in self-defense, but I never expected that a level four martial artist couldn't even beat a mere level one ability user like me."

"It's my fault, it's all my fault for being too heavy-handed. I'll hold back next time, okay?"

Zhou An spread his hands, looking quite innocent.

"You...you..." Liu Haiyang was immediately a little angry.

"What's wrong? What happened? What's wrong?"

“I can hear everything you’re doing here even from my office.” Yan Ling walked in with two of his men.

Upon seeing the two people facing off, his face instantly darkened.

"What's going on here?" Yan Ling asked.

"Captain Yan, Zhou An has committed insubordination and injured me. I'm calling the Internal Investigation Department," Liu Haiyang said venomously.

"Wait, Zhou An committed insubordination and injured you?"

"If I remember correctly, you are a level four martial artist, right? You are the strongest in our District 1 squad besides me."

"You're telling me that a newbie who just joined the company and became level 1 just injured you?" Yan Ling looked incredulous, as if she had heard something earth-shattering.

Upon hearing this, Liu Haiyang's face showed a hint of shame and indignation.

He immediately retorted, "Captain Yan, if I remember correctly, during the test, Zhou An also punched you so hard that you vomited blood."

"If you, a level 5 ability user, can get injured, why can't I, a level 4 martial artist, be injured by him?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Ling's face turned cold: "Nonsense, when have I ever been beaten to the point of vomiting blood by him?"

Only the dozen or so people who were present at the time knew about this.

After she left with Zhou An, she instructed Xiao Ling to have those people sign confidentiality agreements so that they wouldn't reveal the matter.

Everyone was also given hush money.

Even Mu Xi was unaware of Zhou An, a newcomer with S-level potential, at the time.

If Yan Ling hadn't reported Zhou An's information, Mu Xi wouldn't have known.

Mu Xi was completely unaware that Yan Ling had been caught off guard and had been beaten so badly by Zhou An that she vomited blood.

But little did they expect that the news had already reached Liu Haiyang.

Liu Haiyang's face hardened: "You dare to say you didn't? Zhou An was punched by him and vomited blood during the Superpower Guild's assessment."

"Among the dozen or so people present, which one can't testify?"

Yan Ling's expression grew even colder: "How dare you speak to me like that?"

An imposing aura enveloped the entire office area.

Yan Ling's gaze swept across the entire room: "Do you know who struck first?"

However, no one spoke.

At this moment, a person spoke up tremblingly: "Captain, we are all outside and don't know what happened inside."

"Yes, Captain, we were all busy at the time. We just heard some arguing inside, and then it turned into this."

"We have no idea."

These people didn't see it with their own eyes, so naturally they couldn't say it directly.

“It’s alright. I remember that you reported a while ago that you wanted to install surveillance cameras in the office to monitor the work of us team leaders and group leaders.”

"Now is perfect, we can check the surveillance footage," Yan Ling said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Liu Haiyang was taken aback.

Yes, he remembered.

My brother-in-law started some kind of tech company and made a pair of useless electronic products.

This includes monitoring equipment.

He directly proposed installing surveillance cameras in the team's office area under this pretext.

I made a small profit of seventy or eighty thousand yuan from it.