On how PhDs become human evil

"100,000?! Why don't you just rob someone! Besides, I've given 80% of my money to my clan, where would I get 100,000 Valis?! And who would carry 100,000 Valis around with them?!" There were just too many things to complain about, and Bai Jie didn't even have time to keep up with the complaints.

"Oh right, I forgot to mention, as punishment for spying on us earlier, Doctor, you'll have to pay some more money."

"You want money for just a few glances! Are you obsessed with money?"

"It's probably around 900,000, or 300,000 per person."

"Are you demons?!?!"

100,000 plus 900,000 equals a million dollars! Even if you bought Bai Jie, you wouldn't have that much money!

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Meanwhile, in the underground city, Cliffheart is exploring the sixteenth level.

PS: Update

P.S.: People told me to drive carefully, so I've been correcting my driving habits for a long time. Hopefully, it's okay now.

Section 10. Thomson's Ripple Dash!

"Monster Festival?"

On this day, Bai Jie, who had just finished sparring with Finn, learned of the name from a conversation between Tiona and Tione.

Incidentally, both Tiona and Tione are level 5 first-tier adventurers and pillars of the Loki Familia; their race is Amazon.

Seeing that Bai Jie was interested, Tiona smiled and said, "The so-called Monster Festival is a super-large event held once a year and hosted by the Ganesha Familia! The event takes up the entire arena to train monsters captured from the dungeon!"

"Training monsters from the dungeon?" Bai Jie's expression became somewhat subtle. "Those monsters, whose minds are completely different from humans, can be trained?"

"I don't know how you came to the conclusion that monsters' brains are different from humans, but the training isn't complicated at all. You just need to let the monster know that the tamer is stronger than it, so that it becomes docile," Tione added. "So, Little White, are you interested? It'll be starting soon, Loki and Ais have already set off."

Bai Jie pulled out his notebook from his pocket and checked today's schedule. He said, "I was originally planning to go to the dungeon, but it's good to take a break once in a while. Besides, I'm almost at a bottleneck. Continuing to train won't improve me anymore, so I'll go check out this monster festival instead."

"Let's go then! The older sisters will show you the way!"

Tiona and Tione took Bai Jie's arms and walked towards the door.

"Wait a minute, seniors! I haven't called Exusiai and the others yet!"

"That red-haired girl with the halo above her head has already spread the word. They're different from you; they enjoy life in Orario every day!"

Hearing that Exusiai and the other two had secretly gone to the festival ahead of him, Bai Jie was immediately annoyed.

These operators are really going too far! They're completely disregarding him, the Doctor!

(Looks like we'll have to deduct their elite materials and combat records from now on.)

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In Orario's arena, it was already packed with people by the time Bai Jie followed Tione and Tione into the arena. Inside the arena, a beast tamer wearing an elephant-face mask was trying to tame a golden-horned deer with a long whip.

"Golden Horned Deer...a monster from the twentieth floor. It's a wonder the Ganesha Familia could bring it out of the dungeon," Bai Jie exclaimed.

Little did they know that Bai Jie's exclamation surprised Tiona and Tione.

"Little White, have you been to the twentieth floor? You're still level 1, aren't you?"

"Yeah, I went with Texas. They said we'd go down to the twentieth floor, but actually after the fifteenth floor, I could only watch from the sidelines. The monsters on the sixteenth floor were beyond my capabilities."

Upon hearing this, Tiona and Tiona's gazes towards Bai Jie changed. They had both climbed up from level 1 and knew the combat power of level 1. If it were them, they would never dare to go down to the fifteenth floor when they were level 1.

Sometimes I really think, Xiaobai, you're really amazing.

"That's right, that's right, it's amazing in every sense."

"What are the seniors saying? No matter how good I am, I still get beaten up by the captain."

The Amazon sisters were speechless again. Finn was one of the top adventurers in all of Orario. How long have you been an adventurer? How dare you think you can defeat Finn?

It has to be said that Bai Jie was overthinking things.

Just as Bai Jie, Tiona, and Tione were watching the performance in the arena, Bai Jie suddenly noticed a slight commotion on a separate stand not far away. Then, Bai Jie noticed that some people in the arena began to make some abnormal movements.

"Oh, isn't this Xiaobai, Tiona, and Tione? You're here too."

Loki's voice suddenly rang out behind the three of them. They immediately turned around and saw Loki and Ais standing behind them.

"Loki? What's wrong?"

"Well, it seems like Ganesha is in some trouble. Oh, right, Little White, come with me. This might be a good opportunity for you to level up to lv2."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jie immediately perked up.

Bai Jie had been looking forward to reaching level 2 for a long time. His ability value was already high enough to make him level 2, but he had been waiting for this moment because he didn't have any great achievements.

And this opportunity has finally arrived!

“Take me there, Loki.”

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Orario has eight main streets: East, South, West, North, Southeast, Northeast, Southwest, and Northwest. Loki is currently running along West Street with Bai Jie and Ais.

During the run, Loki explained the current situation to Bai Jie.

"What? The monster that Ganesha captured has escaped?!" Bai Jie was completely dumbfounded. "What's going on? The Ganesha Familia can't even handle guarding against monsters? It's a large family, after all."

"How would I know? Anyway, our goal now is to hunt down these escaped monsters so that Ganesha will owe us a favor."

"You really are all about profit."

"Of course, people need to eat—oh! Over there! It's a silverback ape!"

In the three people's sight, a silver-backed giant ape with broken shackles on its body was rampaging through the streets and alleys.

Silverback Apes are monsters that appear on the eleventh floor. This wasn't the first time Bai Jie had seen one, but in the past, he would only come out to finish off the monsters after Exusiai and the others had beaten them half to death. This was the first time he had fought a fully-powered Silverback Apes.

Loki patted Bai Jie on the shoulder and said, "Alright, go for it, Bai Jie! I know you can do it! Defeat that monkey in style and become a level 2!"

"I don't think I need to go up and confront it head-on."

"Huh? How are you going to fight?"

Bai Jie didn't answer, but instead picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the silverback ape.

The stone hit the silverback ape squarely on the head, and the ape immediately turned its gaze to Bai Jie.

“WRYYYYYYYAAAAAA!!!”

With a harsh cry, the silverback ape charged towards Bai Jie, swinging its right arm, which was as strong as a pillar, and swung it forcefully—

However, just as it was about to sweep its arm out, Bai Jie reached behind him and, to everyone's astonishment, pulled out... a submachine gun!

"Eat my Thomson Ripple Dash, you bastard!!!"

"Puff puff puff puff puff puff puff!"

Without hesitation, Bai Jie pulled the trigger. In an instant, dozens or even hundreds of bullets made of magic stones formed an impenetrable barrage that enveloped the silverback ape. Its enormous body, which was originally its source of pride, was now turned into a sitting duck!

"Clap c ...

Bullets relentlessly pierced the silverback ape's body, spraying bright red blood like a fountain. The surrounding buildings were also not spared, with windows shattered one after another.

Seeing this, Loki was stunned and stared wide-eyed. She had seen many people fight, but she had never seen anyone as reckless as Bai Jie, who actually pulled out a submachine gun from who-knows-where and started firing wildly!

"Click-click-click!"

Suddenly, the comments stopped abruptly. Bai Jie curled his lip and said, "Tch, out of bullets, let's switch to another one."

Bai Jie casually tossed aside the submachine gun, then reached behind him again. This time, he pulled out a round object, removed what looked like a small needle, and threw it at the silverback ape.

"BOOM!!!"

A deafening explosion rang out in the street, and a blinding flash of light filled everyone's vision. The scorching shockwave forced everyone to take two steps back.

"Hey, even though it's just a prototype, this grenade is pretty powerful. Make a few more in the future."

After the aftershocks of the grenade explosion subsided, Bai Jie walked briskly toward the silverback ape. At this point, the silverback ape was practically a tattered mess, covered in blood, with a large bloody hole in its back, presumably caused by the grenade.

After stretching for a bit, Bai Jie clenched his right fist and slammed it into the silverback ape's head. He thrashed it around for a couple of seconds before pulling it out, then turned around and gave Loki a thumbs up.

"Okay, all done."

PS: Update

Section 11. You idiot! Rhodes Island has the best technology in the world!

"Hey Loki, what are you touching?"

Looking at Loki, who was touching him all over, Bai Jie rolled his eyes and asked.

"How did you even get those weird weapons out of there? They don't look like things you could hide on your person," Loki said, groping around. "And are those really weapons? They look like bows and arrows, but much better."

After swatting away Loki's groping hand, Bai Jie said, "So those were just prototypes I made. Why make such a fuss? If you want them, I'll make a few hundred for my clan later, provided you give me enough materials and magic stones."

"Oh my god! Can you still make that kind of 'pfft' thing?!"

"It's not called 'the thing that goes 'rat-a-tat-tat,' that's a submachine gun. As for the one I threw earlier, that's a grenade. Just think of it as a bow and arrow that can fire rapidly and an explosive device. Now that I've taken down that big monkey, I should be able to level up to level 2, right?"

Upon hearing this, Loki did not answer immediately, but fell into thought: "It's hard to say. Your battle was too easy, without any sense of adventure. Whether it can be called a great achievement remains to be seen—but I think it should be fine!"

"Are you really a god? You don't even know this simple thing?"

"Even gods aren't omnipotent! Besides, I've sealed away all my divine power!"

Just then, a loud noise suddenly came from the street next door, and then, whether it was his imagination or not, Bai Jie felt the ground shaking.

(Earthquake? No, Orario is not located at a plate boundary, the probability of an earthquake is extremely low...)

"Little White, over there!"

Amid Loki's shouts, Bai Jie looked in the direction Loki was pointing, and then he saw a long, green snake on the other side of the house. However, the snake did not open its mouth, and its head was even cone-shaped.

Is this thing really a snake?