Chapter 392: Chapter 334: Brother, do you want a wife or not?
"Is Mutant No. 30 still alive?" Li Zheng checked the world channel and noticed the announcement was still stuck on Mutant No. 31 being killed, with no news about No. 30.
"Maybe Ma Long and the others got injured and are recuperating," Zhan Zhouzhou said in the group, "After all, the strongest opponents have signed an agreement, so they don’t need to rush and can take their time with the challenge."
Yan Guang: "Then should we seize the opportunity now and take down No. 30?"
Phoenix Mountain: "What’s the point of taking down No. 30? If we’re going to do it, let’s go for No. 29! Otherwise, it’ll look like we’re bullying."
Li Zheng rubbed his chin, feeling it wasn’t that simple: "No rush, we’ve got plenty of time. There are still five days left. Everyone do what you need to do, just keep two exploration chances for the event."
Lin Fengjiao: "Huh? Keep two? Aren’t we competing for points? Wasn’t No. 30 said to be the weakest mutant currently?"
"We are competing, but there’s no need to rush." Li Zheng said, "It’s been a few hours since Mutant No. 31 was killed. Even if Ma Long and the others were injured, they should’ve recovered by now. The fact that they haven’t taken down No. 30 suggests it may have some unusual traits. We should prepare before we go in."
Zhan Zhouzhou: "I don’t mind. Call me when you guys are ready."
Li Zheng: "No problem."
Yan Guang: "So shall we go explore first?"
Li Zheng: "Go ahead, be careful."
Phoenix Mountain: "Wait! Bro, do you still have any Abyssal System items? I need some! My Abyssal Bloodline Ability hasn’t improved in ages!"
The luck of the Ou Huang failed?
Li Zheng narrowed his eyes. He had already noticed Phoenix Mountain’s Abyssal Bloodline Ability had stayed at Lv3 for the past four or five days.
It indicated that Phoenix·Ou Huang·Shan hadn’t found any Abyssal System items, leading to no improvement at all.
With his unusual luck, not acquiring any Abyssal System items seemed even more abnormal.
Could it be that Yan Guang and Yu Xiaoyu exploring with him diluted his luck?
Li Zheng scratched his chin, his eyes flashing with an inexplicable light: "I do have some. Quite a few, actually."
He showed the serotonin obtained from clearing the Fallen Abyss. Seeing the amount, Phoenix Mountain panicked on the spot:
"Holy crap! Bro! My dear brother! Sell me some! No, no, sell me all! I’m begging you! Ever since I’ve been exploring with that wicked woman, I haven’t gotten much to boost my strength. They’ve taken everything!"
Yan Guang raised an eyebrow: "Are you saying Xiaoyu and I are dragging you down?"
Phoenix Mountain: "Do you not realize it yourself? Look at the stuff we find in exploration—apart from one pair of Fist Spikes, it’s all materials you can use! I haven’t seen any items to develop my Genetic Ability in ages!"
Yan Guang: "Then should I leave?"
Phoenix Mountain was overjoyed: "Please, go!"
Li Zheng frowned. Logically, when Phoenix Mountain and the two of them explored together, their combined strength should’ve resulted in higher difficulty rooms. How come their gains decreased so drastically?
Thinking it over, he asked in the group: "While exploring, what’s the highest level and type of creature you encountered?"
"Creature? It’s all mechanical monsters lately!" Phoenix Mountain was furious: "It’s all mechanical hipsters! The materials we decompose are all snatched by that wicked woman. At this rate, her hand will reach Diamond Level. Damn it!"
Yan Guang boasted: "Isn’t it good that sis got stronger to protect you?"
Phoenix Mountain roared: "Get lost! Who wants your protection?"
As they bickered in the group, Li Zheng fell into deep thought.
The saying ’heroes can’t resist the temptation of beauties’ makes sense.
Often it’s not the beauties that are hard to resist, but that heroes’ lives start revolving around them afterward.
Had it not been for Yan Guang, Phoenix Mountain would’ve likely had his Abyssal Ability maxed out by now.
Li Zheng felt fortunate he didn’t have such troubles; the single life was just so "free."
"Alright, stop fighting!" Li Zheng mediated in the group: "I’m not against giving you serotonin, but from the looks of it, you probably can’t trade anything that interests me."
Phoenix Mountain hurried: "Bro! We’re brothers, why talk about trade?"
Dammit, this guy’s skin is getting thicker, wanting a free ride?
Li Zheng’s face darkened: "Even brothers settle accounts. If you keep saying things like that, no matter how many good items I have, they will have nothing to do with you in the future."
Phoenix Mountain’s eyes rolled: "Bro, do you want a wife?"
Everyone in the group instantly understood what he meant and angrily cursed: "Get lost!"
After cursing him out, Li Zheng continued: "I’m not entirely devoid of sentiment. I can give you the items, but you must agree to one condition."
Phoenix Mountain hesitated: "What condition? As long as it doesn’t require me to offer myself, I’m open to discussion."
Li Zheng’s face darkened even more: "Damn, have some shame, will you? Apart from Yan Guang and Yu Xiaoyu, who would be blind enough to fancy you?"
Yan Guang: "Meow?"
Li Zheng then took out the Platinum Level concentrated serotonin and shared the information in the group: "If you agree to my condition, you’ll not only get over twenty standard serotonin vials, but these concentrated ones will also be yours."
More than twenty standard serotonin would be enough for Phoenix Mountain to upgrade his Abyssal Bloodline Ability to full level.
The concentrated serotonin could allow him to develop another Platinum Level Abyssal System Ability.
This deal seemed like a win any way you looked at it.
However, precisely because of this, Phoenix Mountain hesitated: "Tell me the condition first."
"The condition is simple and doesn’t even require immediate fulfillment," Li Zheng smiled slyly: "Once you win the ultimate victory, you and Yan Guang hand over the item not included in the prizes to me."
The item not part of the prizes referred to the hidden Outer City ticket reward from the terminal.
Only if Li Zheng’s team won could the members, besides receiving an Extraordinary Level item, each get an additional ticket into the Outer City.
"Isn’t the event reward supposed to be an Extraordinary Level item? Is there some additional reward?" Phoenix Mountain sensed something amiss but couldn’t figure out the key point.
Li Zheng said: "Don’t worry about it. If you accept this condition, we can sign an agreement now."
Phoenix Mountain realized Li Zheng wasn’t revealing everything on purpose, laying a trap for him.
However, the amount of serotonin Li Zheng offered was hard to refuse. If he didn’t agree, he didn’t know when or how he’d ever gather such an amount on his own.
Actually, he hadn’t come away completely empty-handed these past few days and had traded for a few vials privately, albeit in small quantities—better than nothing.
In truth, Li Zheng could procure even more serotonin, because most of the serotonin after defeating the Fallen Abyss was with Xiao Siyuan.
If Li Zheng needed, Old Xiao wouldn’t hesitate to offer.
Lin Fengjiao knew about this but was on Li Zheng’s side, keeping silent in the group without mentioning it.
Phoenix Mountain weighed it for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and making up his mind: "I’ll sign!"
Seeing those two words, Li Zheng smiled contentedly.