Chapter 378: Chapter 321 Spatial Wondrous Stone
Room 33, Li Zheng and his group sat around, resting and recovering their Genetic Force while also treating their wounds.
Besides having some corrosive wounds on his cheeks, Li Zheng was covered in cuts from sharp fangs and claws, feeling a constant dull pain and itchiness. Now that he had calmed down, it was extremely uncomfortable.
Phoenix Mountain’s left shoulder was pierced through; if it weren’t for Zhan Zhouzhou’s quick action, his injury would have been much worse.
Zhan Zhouzhou, seemingly unscathed, was actually lightly injured. While dealing with dozens of spike bones and pointed feet, one swept past her, hitting her back, injuring her internal organs.
The remaining Lin Fengjiao and Yan Guang, being far away, were the only two uninjured players in the team.
This time, they thoroughly took it easy.
Li Zheng was sprinkling Black Water on himself when he suddenly noticed something amiss.
Getting up and looking around, he indeed didn’t see the thing he suddenly remembered.
Sitting back down, he asked, "Phoenix, where’s your pet?"
"Dead!" Phoenix Mountain was treating his wound without looking up.
He had quite a lot of private encounters with Xiao Siyuan, learning many simple wound treatment methods and exchanged quite a lot of healing materials from Old Xiao.
"Dead?" Li Zheng wasn’t quite convinced. Could Phoenix Mountain and Yan Guang not protect a single pet?
"That’s right, because it was timid and disobedient, I stomped it to death!" Phoenix Mountain finished disinfecting his shoulder, applied Muscle Regeneration Powder, and wrapped it with a bandage.
"You could really be that ruthless?" Li Zheng glanced at the crooked bandage Phoenix Mountain had wrapped, with the edges not adhering at all.
"No, he’s kidding you." Yan Guang couldn’t stand it anymore, came over to grab the bandage, unwrapped it, and re-wrapped it for Phoenix Mountain, saying while wrapping, "Phoenix Mountain gave the cat to Yu Xiaoyu to take away."
"Yu Xiaoyu?" Li Zheng took a second to react, then remembered she was Phoenix Mountain’s former blind date, who came back after successfully losing weight and capturing her male god.
"The girl was called back by her family, and she usually took care of the pet, so Phoenix Mountain just gave it to her." Yan Guang’s bandaging skills weren’t great either; Phoenix Mountain glanced at it sideways, his face twisted.
Lin Fengjiao weakly intervened, "Let me do it, I have a lot of experience with bandaging."
Everyone looked at her wrapped in bandages and felt quite convinced.
After Lin Fengjiao took over, her technique was indeed much more professional, with edges pressed down neatly, as if ironed, fresh and aesthetically pleasing.
Yan Guang watched and learned from the side, occasionally nodding, as if understanding some technique.
Phoenix Mountain, who was staring initially, suddenly had a change of expression, receiving a private message.
It was from Yu Xiaoyu, seeking help to bridge a gap.
"Old Li, open your private chat; someone wants to discuss business with you." Although Phoenix Mountain usually resisted Yan Guang and Yu Xiaoyu, these two held more weight in his heart than he let on.
Yu Xiaoyu just mentioned it, and he immediately conveyed it.
"Looking for me?" Li Zheng complied by opening his private chat restriction.
"Yeah, Yu Xiaoyu’s cousin, he requests your help with something." Phoenix Mountain said casually, but his eyes were unfocused, likely replying to a message.
Yan Guang became distracted watching Lin Fengjiao bandage.
Li Zheng had barely opened his chat restriction for a few seconds when a player named Liu Qishao sent a private message, immediately asking them to give up the subsequent activity exploration.
"Why?" Li Zheng frowned, his expression slightly displeased.
He originally thought Yu Xiaoyu’s cousin wanted to privately trade with him before the auction, much like Misaka Tsuchiemon.
He had considered offering a discount out of respect for Phoenix Mountain.
But now, it seemed that wasn’t the case.
Liu Qishao knew that powerful people are often proud, even if they usually appear low-key, they have an inherent pride.
So he humbled himself greatly: "I can’t disclose the reason, but please rest assured, Mr. Li, if you’re willing to grant us the top spot for this event, Kunlun will offer you a satisfactory price."
This was a bribe attempt.
Li Zheng thought of the announcement from that morning; it seemed that the team led by Ma Long belonged to Kunlun.
Instead of replying to Liu Qishao immediately, he explained the situation to the others in the team and then looked at Zhan Zhouzhou, asking, "Ma Long and his group are your family’s archenemies. Should we let them have this event? It’s up to you."
The opinions of the others didn’t really matter.
Even Yan Guang, who invested the most materials, didn’t propose refusing when he learned the negotiator was Yu Xiaoyu’s relative.
Lin Fengjiao didn’t want to withdraw either, because she wanted to personally see the mutated beings on Fudao Island punished one by one.
However, reaching Mutant 33 had already resulted in varying degrees of harm to Li Zheng and the others, changing her mind.
To her, preserving the safety of Li Zheng and others was far more important than the thrill of revenge.
She didn’t want Li Zheng and the others to continue getting hurt, even if eliminating the mutants wasn’t solely for her revenge.
Phoenix Mountain?
Phoenix Mountain was the only one against giving up the event.
But everyone could tell he was speaking with a forked tongue.
Li Zheng didn’t mind, as long as the benefits were satisfactory. Even if Liu Qishao asked him to secure the first victory and hand over the prize, he could do it.
Emphasis on: sufficient benefits!
So it all depended on Zhan Zhouzhou’s decision now. As long as she disagreed to withdraw, the team would continue challenging the mutants until they no longer could.
Zhan Zhouzhou was silent for a long time, then quietly said, "Let them have it, you can negotiate the price."
"No problem, leave it to me!" Li Zheng was a bit puzzled by Zhan Zhouzhou’s choice; logically, she should be the only one opposed.
After all, it was her family’s archenemy!
However, Li Zheng didn’t inquire further and started negotiating the price with the anxious Liu Qishao.
Although the final reward for this event was an Extraordinary Level item.
If they withdrew, it was unlikely Kunlun would offer an equivalent replacement.
Moreover, since there were still six days left for the event, no one knew what might happen later. Liu Shaoqi implied that regardless of whether Kunlun secured the final reward, they would compensate Li Zheng and his team with two "Spatial Wondrous Stones" each.
Spatial Wondrous Stones were a type of channel jump item possessed by Kunlun, originating from a special merchant akin to Luo Aiman, graded the same as ordinary Space Jumping Devices, all Platinum.
Of course, these "Spatial Wondrous Stones" weren’t without limitations.
The limitation of Space Jumping Devices is that each player can only use it once every thirty days.
The limitation for Spatial Wondrous Stones is that they can only jump within 10 channels adjacent.
For example, a player in channel "1" can use it to freely choose a channel between 1-11 for teleportation.
This item was of no value to Li Zheng, who had already switched professions.
Thus, he asked for a higher price, securing enough materials for a set of Hover Propulsion Devices for everyone.
Triple the price compared to before.