LWGP - Chapter 98
Chapter 98: Stuffing Shit
Wang Shu recalled the fleeting glimpse he'd caught that morning of Qiao Xuejing in her silver slip nightgown when he was washing up.
She was actually a very proper person and wouldn't normally come out to wash her face without changing out of her sleepwear, so… was it intentional?
Holy shit!
Has my master's social circle ascended to the point where she needs to sell her body?
Even a goddess like Sister Qiao has fallen. What am I, in my simple innocence, supposed to do!
No, that can't be. Master is definitely not that shallow!
I must be overthinking things!
Zhao Shanxiao wasn't thinking that far ahead. He just saw that the reward was too generous to be normal. He thought of how Wang Jiu always had Wang Shu loot the corpses, so he quietly made a move.
Meanwhile, Wang Shu, who was in the middle of looting a corpse, paused and howled a declaration of loyalty to Wang Jiu, "Master, those three shameless slaves just tried to add me as a friend! I'll bet my 180 jin of flesh that they're trying to poach your adorable disciple!"
Liao Luo and the other two: "!"
Damn it, this damn fatty!
Wang Jiu was examining the patterns on the passage wall up ahead. Hearing him, she didn't even bother to turn around and simply said, "They're slaves, yet they still don't know their place. Trying to poach someone in a desperate situation—such ambition is worthy of encouragement."
The three who didn't know their place and were full of ambition: "…"
The rewards weren't really their business anyway. However, re-clearing a dungeon still yielded rewards, just with reduced difficulty and reduced loot. So, what Mei Qinghe had said wasn't wrong.
Zhao Shanxiao was indeed an ambitious person. He foresaw that he and his men wouldn't be able to clear dangerous dungeons on their own, but the experience of a clear was very important. They could come back and clear it themselves later.
Only a few pioneered a first clear; the majority of people grew stronger by following the paths forged by the strong.
As a slave, he wasn't leaving empty-handed. He was gaining experience, including how to find the treasure in the water pool and in this passage.
So he brazenly stuck close to Wang Jiu, watching her search for the Mountain Bear's lair in the dripping wet passage.
The passage was filled with many ditches and small streams, the water gurgling. Wang Jiu followed the dirtier streams and quickly found the lair.
However, she glanced into the ditch a few more times, looking thoughtful.
The lair was filthy, reeking of a foul bear stench. The bones from its meals and its feces were scattered everywhere. The smell made even Qiao Xuejing, who had followed them, wrinkle her nose.
"The smell is very strong. It's quite unpleasant."
After smelling it for a while, her head felt a little dizzy.
But the loot was also quite obvious. On a pile of dry grass sat a large jar, and beneath the jar lay a class skill book.
Golden Armor, a defensive body-protection skill. It required 50 spirit energy.
Wang Jiu took it and learned it.
She then looked at the jar. Inside was a sticky substance.
She had only just glanced at it when Wang Shu, who had rushed over, smelled the stench filling the lair. He then saw Wang Jiu holding the jar and noticed the paste-like substance inside. His face paled in horror. "Master, why are you holding such a big jar of shit?"
Wang Jiu kicked him.
"It's honey. For rapid stamina recovery. Good stuff."
After tossing the rewards into the party inventory, Wang Jiu also saw the loot dropped by the bear. The rewards for a dangerous-grade dungeon were indeed good.
But she had already shot up to level 16. A Nightmare dungeon wouldn't push her to level 20, would it?
Wang Jiu frowned slightly and led the group toward the main passage. The wind outside was strong, like a typhoon. When they saw the scene before them, everyone gasped in shock.
What was this all about?
In the distance was a small island, connected to their side by a thousand-meter-long floating bridge. The bridge swayed and swayed as the wind blew.
Wang Jiu frowned at the sight. Something was wrong with this bridge.
Just as the group was about to step onto the bridge, Wang Jiu stopped them.
Liao Luo, who had been the first to move, was surprised. "Not fighting?"
Could it be that this woman was afraid of heights?
"We don't need to cross the bridge. Following the pattern, the water pool was the first stage, and the cliff top was the second. That makes this floating bridge the setting for the third stage. The small island is probably the setting for the Nightmare-grade dungeon. There's no point in crossing the bridge to get there. We just need to lure out the third stage's mobs and BOSS here. The risk of crossing the bridge is too high."
Wang Jiu thought for a moment, then called everyone back into the passage.
She seemed to be pondering something.
"Is there a problem?"
"Yes. I have a question, and I need your opinion."
Holy shit, this is unprecedented!
Even the System's curiosity was piqued.
Amidst everyone's curious anticipation, Wang Jiu asked seriously, "Tell me, if you ate shit, would it affect your combat effectiveness?"
Everyone and the System: "???"
FML, are you nuts?!
But they still got Wang Jiu's point. "You mean stuffing shit into the seafood? Ah, that Mountain Bear's shit, it's full of… holy shit! Will that work?"
Do you have to be so devious?!
"It should work. My disciple experienced the manure truck explosion dungeon, and those monsters couldn't handle the smell of shit. Also, I just observed the Mountain Bear's lair. No water plants grow in the runoff from its feces, but the other stream ditches have some plants. This indicates that the former has some lethality."
That's fucking bullshit. What kind of shit isn't lethal?
"You don't agree?" Wang Jiu asked them.
The three slaves remained silent.
Wang Jiu: "I know you won't agree, so I plan to ask the System for help."
She took out the Slave White Paper.
The three slaves sneered.
A threat?
Did she really think they would agree to help her stuff shit? In her dreams!
Ten seconds later, the group was huddled in the bear's lair, stuffing dried bear-shit balls into the mouths of large fish and other seafood. Liao Luo and the other two, in particular, maintained a remarkably high level of efficiency.
Better to get the pain over with quickly.
But what surprised them was that Wang Jiu was doing it herself.
And she did so without any hesitation, probably to save time.
Dao Dao looked at Qiao Xuejing, feeling exceptionally heartbroken: Just a week ago, my master was watching a fashion show in New York, and now she's stuffing shit balls into seafood.
At least Wang Jiu was there with her, otherwise, how could she bear the shame?
Once they were done, they gave the seafood a quick rinse, then took some clean seafood, chopped it into pieces, and squeezed out the fresh blood to cover the surface, intensifying the fishy smell. Then, they carried several boxes and threw them onto the platform.
"If the monsters are on the floating bridge, they're likely some kind of bird. Throw the food, then hide in the passage."
After speaking, Wang Jiu retreated. After a short wait with no activity, Wang Shu had expected Liao Luo to mock Wang Jiu, but the man was exceptionally quiet.
He didn't know if it was because he was afraid of her.
But… what was that sound?
Soon, the group heard strange cries. Looking up, they saw a black shadow flying in from high above the floating bridge.
One of them, a snow-white seagull with a ten-meter wingspan, circled high in the sky. Unable to see Wang Jiu and the others hiding in the passage, it began to descend.
Wang Jiu and her group didn't make a move, waiting patiently as the flock of seagulls, which looked as if they hadn't eaten in centuries, devoured all the large fish.
Seeing this, everyone's stomach churned.
Liao Luo and Jiang Kaikai's faces turned green. They stole a glance at Wang Jiu, who was calmly picking at her fingernails, and they both cursed inwardly: What a terrifying woman.
After finishing the seafood, the seagulls were probably too full. Their bellies were round and fat, and they rested on the platform for a while. Wang Jiu waited a moment, noticing that the seagulls' condition seemed off. They started making retching cries.
"The fish in their stomachs is starting to digest, and the stuff inside is making them nauseous. Attack!"
Wang Jiu directly threw out her Puppet Cards. Three grey-shadow puppet BOSSes immediately entangled the vomiting white gull BOSS, preventing it from flying away.
The white gull BOSS's attributes were as follows.
White-Feathered Seagull BOSS (Dangerous Dungeon Bronze Grade, Level 17)
Strength: 700
Agility: 800
Stamina: 720
The other stats were fine, but its agility and flight ability were the main problems. It was no wonder Wang Jiu resorted to such a dirty trick. If she didn't want to risk crossing the floating bridge but still wanted to take down these seagull monsters, "poisoning" them was the only way.
Fifty seagull mobs weren't that many, but each one had high stats, averaging around 70. According to Wang Shu, he would have to struggle to take down even one seagull mob, let alone the BOSS.
While the puppet BOSSes were tying up the seagull BOSS, Wang Jiu had everyone hide in the passage and use ranged attacks to kill the mobs. Her and Zhao Shanxiao's ranged attacks were formidable, and with the mobs weakened, the fifty were killed off extremely quickly.
Three minutes later, with the mobs cleared, the group began to focus their attacks on the white gull BOSS.
Another three minutes, and thud!
Overwhelmed by the puppet swarm and with a "bomb" buried in its stomach, the seagull BOSS collapsed, foaming at the mouth as it fell.
Zhao Shanxiao did a quick calculation, his expression strange. "It seems like it didn't even use half its strength."
It actually felt easier to fight than the Fishman Chieftain.
Could it be that this was how Wang Jiu always cleared dungeons?
Was deviousness the true path to victory?
The System quickly calculated the rating.
Total Dungeon Rating: 11 stars. Personal Rating: 11 stars.
A double eleven.
Liao Luo and the other two were stunned!
It was over, just like that, with a double 11-star rating?
They still felt a bit dazed. Damn, that was a high rating.
Jiang Kaikai quickly sent a private message to Zhao Shanxiao: "If we save up a wave of puppet resources to focus on one dungeon and get a high rating, even if it's not a double eleven, a double ten would be great. That's two spins on the Lucky Wheel. The probability of getting a homestead would be much higher. Her strategy is actually very sound. These low-level puppet cards will eventually become obsolete. How can they compare to the importance of a homestead? Spirit energy is the way to go!"
Zhao Shanxiao had actually already made up his mind, but this just reinforced his conviction.
"I understand. No wonder this woman progresses so fast. Trading resources for more and stronger resources. Impressive!"
But he also knew that by clearing the dungeon from simple to dangerous, her understanding of it gave her an advantage in strategizing for a high rating.
Skill was the way to go.
Nine puppets, a massive investment for a single burst.
Who else could be so extravagant?
Ignoring their fluctuating thoughts, Wang Shu was looting the white gull BOSS's corpse while looking at the bridge. "Master, it doesn't look like there's anywhere to dig for hidden treasure on this bridge. Are we really not going to that island?"
"We're not going. Didn't you see the barrier at the end?"
But this third stage felt a bit poor, didn't it?
Bang!
As the white gull BOSS's corpse dissolved under Wang Shu's hands, a pile of items burst forth. Everyone looked and frowned.
The rewards were even worse than the Mountain Bear's. Could it be because it was poisoned by shit?
Just as Liao Luo and the other two couldn't help but laugh, the floating bridge vanished.
"The bridge is a treasure? You took it?"
Wang Jiu looked at the miniature floating bridge item in her hand.
Thousand-Meter Floating Bridge (Special Permanent Item, can be used for transportation.)
Usage: Can be used over sea or air, freely connects within a thousand-meter range.
It didn't seem as useful as combat resources, but Wang Jiu was quite happy to get it. For no other reason than in the current world, methods of transportation were practically non-existent. With this floating bridge, she could actually do a lot of things.
Like that night of the Eternal Night… she had always wanted to go see where that golden BOSS's corpse had fallen.
But that area seemed to be inaccessible.
This item was a godsend. It all depended on how she used it later.
Lost in thought, Wang Jiu put it away while confirming the end of the dungeon and collecting the rewards.
"I still have this Mountain Bear Quest Scroll. Opening it reminded me that the Mountain Bear had a treasure stolen by the seagull chieftain. I don't know where it hid the treasure. The system says I can get a clue now and receive the reward directly, or choose to use it for the Nightmare-grade dungeon. You're all in my team, so accept the quest. We're going into Nightmare next."
Her goal today was never the dangerous dungeon, but the Nightmare-grade one. That's why she just pushed through it without much finesse. But because she had invested so many puppet resources, she still managed to get a high rating.
The power gap was just too large.
But Nightmare-grade would definitely be different.
After speaking, Wang Jiu directly chose the Nightmare clue. The others naturally accepted as well. Before choosing the Nightmare dungeon, Wang Jiu randomly distributed the rewards.
Liao Luo and the other two could only watch as a huge pile of rewards was distributed among the three people and one pig.
The three of them didn't get a single copper coin, but they hadn't contributed much either. It felt like they were just coasting…
"That's not true. Didn't you help me stuff shit? Two-thirds of the shit was stuffed by you."
Wang Jiu comforted the three disappointed men, successfully disgusting them.
The rewards from a dangerous-grade dungeon were at least double that of a normal one. There were four pieces of silver-grade equipment, three class skill books, twelve basic skill books, eight garden fields, and a whole lot more.
Wang Jiu's contribution rate was 75%. Aside from Qiao Xuejing taking a silver longsword, Sword Frost, two garden fields, and other items, most of the major resources went to her. The smaller resources were a huge windfall for Dao Dao and Wang Shu. Under the slave agreement, the three slaves' contributions didn't count and were evenly distributed among Wang Jiu's group. As a result, their contribution scores increased, and they received a large amount of low-to-mid-tier resources, completely swapping out their gear for a full set of dungeon bronze attribute armor and accessories.
In other words, except for Wang Jiu, they had all completed their attribute sets.
Qiao Xuejing's average attribute had already broken 200.
Dao Dao and Wang Shu had both broken 100.
"So the benefit of clearing several difficulties of a dungeon in a row is these sets?" Zhao Shanxiao subconsciously recalled the other three silver armor pieces, which also seemed to be part of a silver set, now all equipped by Wang Jiu.
If the bronze sets were this amazing, how strong would her attributes be when she completed a silver set in the future?
Wang Jiu received even more resources. She equipped them, including another class skill book.
Besides Golden Armor, the seagull BOSS dropped fewer items than the Mountain Bear, but Liao Luo and the others hadn't noticed this class skill book.
Flowing Light. It was a ranged magic light bullet, single-target, but could be controlled with one hand.
This meant she could attack with a blade in one hand and cast ranged spells with her right hand.
It required 100 spirit power to learn, which spoke to its value.
The chests and Lucky Wheel spins were left untouched. After using these visible resources and adding the attribute points from leveling up to 16, her stats changed.
HP: 67
Spirit Power: 620 (Permanent Spirit Energy: 600)
Strength: 590
Agility: 660
Stamina: 570
The stats from silver equipment were indeed impressive, but unfortunately, they weren't silver accessories, let alone growth-type silver accessories.
But Wang Jiu knew that the biggest boosts to her power right now were spirit power and class skills.
The newly acquired Golden Armor and Flowing Light were enough to double her strength. She also got 60 reputation and two mystic realm fragments. Speaking of which, she already had five fragments, and with these two, that made seven. She would have to clear it soon.
Having reached 100 reputation, the System asked Wang Jiu if she wanted to exchange it for a small territory.
Wang Jiu was about to, but she cautiously asked an extra question, "Do you have territory leaderboards?"
System: "Yes, two lists. One is a leaderboard for the time taken to acquire a small, medium, or large territory, and the other is a leaderboard for territory strength."
Wang Jiu: "For a small territory, if I get it now, what would my rank be?"
System: "In the ninth district, you'd be 154th. That's very impressive."
Wang Jiu frowned. The ninth district was huge, covering China and several other Asian countries.
It did sound very impressive.
Wang Jiu didn't ask further and opened the two territory leaderboards herself. "Only the top 200 on the list get rewards, right?"
"Yes, homestead rewards. For example, the top 200 who get a small territory all receive a homestead, but the size varies. The 200th place gets a 25-square-meter homestead, but first place gets a 500-square-meter one."
Wang Jiu gasped. A direct homestead reward?
And this was just for small territories within the ninth district. What about medium and large territories… what about being first in the entire world?
As expected, territory was the way to go.
Wang Jiu: "Then I won't exchange it for now. I'll save it."
A small territory cost 100 reputation, and a medium one cost 300. However, three small territories could be upgraded into one medium territory. The reputation cost seemed the same, but the process required massive construction and manpower resources. It was very complex and troublesome.
System: "So ambitious."
Wang Jiu didn't argue, but she noticed the notifications flashing in her social group. It was still a bunch of friend requests and private messages.
She glanced at them, casually rejected them all with a single click, then checked the time.
"Time's up. Nightmare dungeon, let's go."
The group vanished, teleporting into the Nightmare dungeon.
The moment they entered, everyone was horrified, including Wang Jiu.
Because—they had been teleported directly into water.
They nearly drowned. Before they could even get their bearings in the darkness, a pair of huge, cold, oily-green eyes suddenly appeared.
"Watch out!!"
A massive underwater fish monster, fifteen meters long, swung its tail. Wang Jiu and the others didn't have time to react.
Bang!!
In an instant, Wang Shu, Dao Dao, and Jiang Kaikai were struck and killed instantly.
Blood and flesh splattered everywhere.
As Wang Jiu reeled in shock, she felt a chill from behind.
Voom!!
A longsword stabbed fiercely from behind her, striking her squarely in the back.
The attacker, a figure in the dark water, smirked.
This was a player, another player who was also doing the Nightmare dungeon.
But the System rules stipulated that Wang Jiu's team had cleared the dangerous dungeon. How did this person get in?!!
Was the Dog System being a bastard again?
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