"What?", Lin Mo's words left Ling Xiao, Xia Wanwan, and the others utterly baffled.
Lin Mo, confident and composed, asked Ling Xiao, "Do you want to save your girlfriend?"
Ling Xiao nodded, "As long as Wanwan can escape Wang Junjie's clutches, no matter what you ask me to do, I'm willing!"
"Then keep selling me out," Lin Mo said, "If Wang Junjie finds out that I've already discovered your betrayal, and that you've switched to my side, Xia Wanwan will only have one ending. Death."
Ling Xiao was a smart man.
At first he didn't understand, but in an instant, he grasped Lin Mo's meaning.
"You mean… let me play along with the scheme?"
Lin Mo said, "You should be able to see this. Dealing with someone like Wang Junjie, the best approach isn't compromise, but to completely crush him."
"I know," Ling Xiao said with a face full of despair, "It's just that Wang Junjie has money and power. I don't have that kind of ability…"
"I do."
Lin Mo's two casual words were like a sudden ray of light piercing the endless abyss of darkness in Ling Xiao's heart.
With a resolute expression, he said, "Alright! What do you need me to do? I'll fully cooperate with you and fight Wang Junjie to the end."
"No rush. Listen to my arrangements first."
In truth, Lin Mo hadn't planned that far ahead. His idea was very simple. Stall for three months.
Once three months passed and Divine Oracle devoured reality, order would collapse. At that point, Wang Junjie would no longer be able to use the law to threaten Xia Wanwan.
And the reason Lin Mo chose to give Ling Xiao this chance was of course not because he was some saint, it was because doing so would bring him enormous benefits.
At first, in the eyes of Lin Mo who had returned after rebirth, Wang Junjie truly was a thorn in the eye that had to be pulled out.
But now, he had an epiphany.
How could Wang Junjie be a thorn in the eye? He was practically a walking ATM.
Out of the six million in funds Lin Mo currently had, at least two thirds had been contributed by Wang Junjie.
And if Lin Mo wanted to make even more money within three months, the fastest way was to suck Wang Junjie's blood.
Not to mention draining all five hundred billion of his family's assets.
Even if he could only siphon off 1 percent of it, that would already be more than enough for Lin Mo.
Secondly, Ling Xiao leaking the boss information to Wang Junjie this time, luring him to bring people charging into the Insect Nest Underground Palace, had actually helped Lin Mo a great deal without him even realizing it.
Because at the time, after killing the boss Insect Shaman, the entire tenth floor of the underground palace had a massive army of 480,000 insect monsters.
If players from Chaotic World hadn't arrived in time to open the exit on the tenth floor and divert the swarm.
Lin Mo calculated that he alone would have needed at least more than ten hours to completely clear out the insect horde.
And according to the settings of Divine Oracle, if monster drops were not picked up within one hour, they would be automatically refreshed by the system.
It was precisely because of Wang Junjie that Lin Mo avoided missing out on the boss's extremely valuable drops.
It was precisely because of Wang Junjie that Lin Mo reaped a huge harvest of spoils through the Chaotic World Guild.
So Lin Mo didn't even have time to thank Ling Xiao. How could he possibly blame him?
Thus, next, Lin Mo formed a team and continued leveling as usual, bringing Ling Xiao and the others along.
As for Lin Mo himself, while leveling up, he also continued collecting Venom Bottles.
This time, with Skinny Monkey and Fat Dahai helping pick up loot, and Ling Xiao and Xia Wanwan helping lure monsters.
Lin Mo immediately felt much more relaxed.
Midway through, Ling Xiao suddenly said to Lin Mo, "Wang Junjie messaged me!"
As he spoke, Ling Xiao did not hide anything at all and directly displayed the chat record between Wang Junjie and himself in front of Lin Mo.
Wang Junjie, [What is Rulebound doing right now? I want every single move of his.]
This was exactly what Lin Mo had been waiting for. Wang Junjie taking the initiative to message him was perfect for carrying out the next step of his blood-sucking plan.
So Lin Mo said to Ling Xiao, "Tell him I'm farming the Venomous set in the underground palace. If he asks what the Venomous set specifically does, tell him that the Venomous set skill's poison immunity effect can be used to resist all poison erosion in poison-type dungeons within Blazing Ember City."
"And those poison-type dungeons are the places within Blazing Ember City whose value far exceeds ordinary wild maps and have the highest exploration value."
Hearing this, Xia Wanwan asked, "Senior Lin Mo, is what you're saying true?"
"Of course it's true."
Hearing Lin Mo's affirmative answer, Xia Wanwan said in shock, "Then aren't we indirectly guiding Wang Junjie to develop resources? Why don't we just make up some fake information for him?"
Lin Mo revealed an inscrutable smile, "Only if it's real enough does it become convincing."
Seeing that Lin Mo clearly had his own plans, Ling Xiao followed his instructions and relayed the message to Wang Junjie.
———
At the same time, elsewhere—
After having the boss stolen, his guild wiped out, and even losing the Insect Nest Underground Palace to the Dragon Soul Guild, Wang Junjie was so furious that he couldn't sleep at night and was grinding Shadow Guards in Shadow City with his guild members.
When he saw Ling Xiao's reply, his anger flared even higher.
"Didn't those Dragon Soul dogs steal the Insect Nest Underground Palace? Why can Rulebound still get in?"
"Could it be that those Dragon Soul people earlier were all acting on his orders, called over by him?"
"Damn it! Fack! Rulebound, you dog! I'm not done with you!"
In his rage, Wang Junjie also noticed what Ling Xiao had mentioned about the Venomous set.
Too lazy to think it through himself, he directly asked his strategist, "Do you think it's real or fake? Could this be another one of Rulebound's schemes?"
It was clear that Wang Junjie had been played by Lin Mo with one trap after another like a fool, to the point that he was scared stiff.
Chaotic World Zhuge adjusted his glasses, "Whether it's real or fake, we'll know once we test it."
"Brother Jie, don't rush. Let me probe it first."
Saying that, Chaotic World Zhuge opened the official Divine Oracle guide and searched for poison-related dungeons within the human race's Tier 3 main city, Blazing Ember City.
Then, using his identity as vice guild leader of Chaotic World, he ordered a group of lackeys around him, "You guys go check out Snake King Island, Poison Marsh, and Corrosion City. Within half an hour, I want comprehensive data on all of these dungeons."
The crowd of subordinates, hearing Chaotic World Zhuge's command, acted carefree and unmoved.
Until Wang Junjie roared angrily, "Why the hell aren't you moving? If you don't bring back the data, all of you get the Fack out!"
"Yes! Brother Jie!"
———
Half an hour later—
After receiving feedback from all sides, Chaotic World Zhuge immediately showed a delighted expression, "As expected…"
"The poison ants in the City of Machinery dungeon produce venom that is a rare material. It can be used at the blacksmith shop in Blazing Ember City to replace reputation when crafting equipment."
"The toxic gas in Poison Marsh can be used to synthesize magic scrolls."
"The venomous snakes on Snake King Island, their gallbladders can be used to refine equipment quality."
"The value of these dungeons is indeed extremely high."
"But opportunities and dangers coexist. All of these dungeons are Venomous, and the poison erosion is extremely severe. Players will be poisoned to death within seconds of entering and can't stand their ground at all."
Chaotic World Zhuge said thoughtfully, "Unless one wears the Venomous set equipment with poison immunity effects that Wind Whistling mentioned."
"Damn it!", Wang Junjie ground his teeth, "I knew those Dragon Soul dogs were up to no good. They must have known all this already, which is why they went to farm the Venomous set in the underground palace."
"No! We absolutely can't let those Dragon Soul dogs seize these dungeons first! I'm taking people back right now."
"Brother Jie, you can't," Chaotic World Zhuge hurriedly advised, "If we clash with the Dragon Soul Guild again and both sides are badly wounded, in the end Rulebound will reap the benefits."
Wang Junjie was furious and anxious, "Then what do you suggest?"
"I have a plan," Chaotic World Zhuge pushed up his glasses and whispered into Wang Junjie's ear, "We can directly spend money to buy the Venomous set. That way we don't need to do it ourselves, and we can continue focusing on hidden dungeons. We get the best of both worlds."
"Yoshi!", Wang Junjie was overjoyed, "The strategist really is smart! Reward! Five hundred thousand!"
"Thank you, Brother Jie! Rest assured, leave this matter to me!"
Wang Junjie sneered viciously, "Didn't expect that useless Ling Xiao to actually be of some use."
"But Xia Wanwan will sooner or later still be my plaything beneath my crotch! Heh! Heh…"
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