Chapter 180 An Unavoidable Negotiation

Generally speaking, if Feng Bujue were to make a "choice" randomly based on his intuition, he would most likely pick a terrible option.

But now, the title ability [Divinely Calculated] perfectly makes up for Brother Jue's lack of "luck." As long as the skill is not in a cooldown state, he can complete the selection by "casting a hexagram."

For example, right now, Brother Jue has successfully relied on his skill... to find the mission objective.

In the previous five minutes, he sloped downwards along the passage and encountered almost no obstacles, arriving at a very bright cave.

The light source in this cave was none other than various piles of treasure...

"You actually guessed right..." Before long, Ruoyu also caught up with Brother Jue and jumped into the cave from the passage entrance.

"I told you..." Feng Bujue looked back and said, "It's not guessing, it's my title ability."

"Oh? There's such an ability?" Xiao Ling, who followed closely behind, heard Brother Jue and Ruoyu's conversation and immediately chimed in, "Could it be... that the matter of the skill card hidden in the previous room was also calculated by you, Team Leader?"

"No." Feng Bujue replied, "It was Zhuanjiezun who secretly told me." His expression changed slightly, "Eh? Why would you think of that?"

"Because your performance at that time was a bit strange." Xiao Ling looked at Brother Jue and said, "At first... without any warning, you suggested that we search that room; although we searched for a long time and still found nothing, you had no intention of giving up." She paused for a moment, "However, after finding that skill card, you were ready to leave there as if it were a matter of course." She curled her lips, "This series of actions gave people the feeling that—from the beginning, you knew that there was, and only was, one item in that room."

"Well—amazing..." At this time, Xiao Tan, Buu, and Oubu also arrived in the cave. Buu heard Xiao Ling's reasoning and said, "How could I not have thought of that!"

"Even if you noticed some abnormalities, you might not have thought too deeply." Xiao Ling looked at Buu again and said, "Because that level of abnormality is not enough to explain anything. It was only after I learned that the Team Leader really has a 'divination ability' that I combined it with the previous events... and made a guess." She shrugged, "But I was still wrong."

"You don't have to belittle yourself... it's already good enough to be able to deduce this far." Feng Bujue continued, "After all, you don't know about the secret communication between Brother Zun and me, so it's impossible to come to that kind of conclusion out of thin air." As Brother Jue spoke, he turned off the flashlight in his hand (the light here was sufficient, so there was no need for lighting equipment) and strode forward.

"Alright, let's focus our attention on the 'treasure' in front of us. You can slowly talk about the things between me and Brother Zun after we clear the level." Feng Bujue said as he walked, "Everyone... be careful, there are no bones or anything in the cave, which implies three possible situations..."

He paused for two seconds and continued, "One, there are no traps or other threats around the treasure; two, the traps or threats around the treasure have wiped out all the treasure hunters who came here before; three, we are the first batch of treasure hunters to come here, and the probability of a trap ahead is 50%, but if there is... it must be in an untriggered state."

"Don't worry, there are no traps." Suddenly, Dian Hu Wang's childish voice echoed in the cave, "I have already cleared all the negative flags here... right now, there are only gold and silver jewels all over the ground, and..." When it said this, the treasure pile in front of Brother Jue collapsed like a landslide, revealing a huge metal box, "... a supreme treasure in the pirate world."

"Hmph... if someone else said that, I might believe it..." Oubu heard the sound and immediately raised his head and shouted, "But coming from the mouth of you, who wanted to kill us not long ago, who would believe it!"

"Yeah, Brother Jue." Xiao Tan also chimed in, "This is obviously a trap, don't..."

"It's okay." Feng Bujue waved his hand and interrupted Xiao Tan, "I know what I'm doing."

Two seconds later, Brother Jue also raised his head and said in a louder voice, "Dian Hu Wang, what do you mean by this?"

"I want to make a deal with you." Dian Hu Wang replied, "What Zhuanjiezun can give you, I can also give you... I can also guide you to find items, I can also guarantee that you clear the level, and tell you 'what you want to know'." As if worried that Brother Jue wouldn't believe it, it paused for half a second and added, "I am a god born in the 'ancient era', I know things that Zhuanjiezun may not know; and what Zhuanjiezun knows... after I completely occupy its body, I will naturally know as well."

"Hehe..." Brother Jue laughed, "Do you think that's enough? Under the same conditions, what reason do I have to betray my agreement with Brother Zun and trade with a guy of unknown origin like you?"

"You better think carefully... Feng Bujue. At this moment, my control over this 'brain world' is above Zhuanjiezun." Dian Hu Wang replied, "As long as you stand on my side, Zhuanjiezun's hope of turning the tables will completely disappear... that is to say, when you choose my side, it's the same as 'winning'." Its tone changed slightly, "Conversely... if you still stubbornly stick to your own opinions and become enemies with me, what will happen? Do you have full confidence that you can expel me from this world?"

"Hmm... that seems to make sense." Brother Jue responded pretentiously.

Dian Hu Wang thought that it had already shaken the other party, and it continued, "One side is a 100% guaranteed deal, and the other side is an uncertain adventure... you are a smart person, you should know how to choose..."

"That's right..." Feng Bujue nodded, "Whether you take care of Brother Zun, or he expels you, it doesn't make much difference to me. As an otherworldly traveler, I'm not afraid of you retaliating." He stroked his chin and pondered, "In this case, it seems easier to choose to stand on your side..."

"Then... you agree?" When Dian Hu Wang asked this question, there was a hint of nervousness in its tone.

"No." Feng Bujue replied with a smile, looking cheap.

"You..." Dian Hu Wang really wanted to curse at this moment, but it couldn't lose its temper, so it could only endure its anger.

At this moment, Dian Hu Wang... felt like an insurance salesman, saying a lot of flowery words to the customer, and just when he took out the contract to sign, the other party replied: "I didn't say I wanted to buy it."

"In terms of conditions..." Feng Bujue raised a hand and rubbed his fingers upwards, "Let's talk about it again."

"What do you want? Just say it..." Dian Hu Wang was a little impatient. It had never seen such a greedy, cunning, and shameless guy, but it had to negotiate with the other party. Because... it and Zhuanjiezun were both without a way out.

This "parasitism" took Dian Hu Wang a very long time and effort to prepare. It dispersed all the power it had accumulated over the years in order to escape from the "Gate of Nothingness" and quietly sneaked into Zhuanjiezun's brain world. It knew very well... that there would be no second chance. Once it failed, it would be caught back and become a part of the "seal" forever.

Originally, it was about to succeed, but it never expected... that Feng Bujue, this uninvited guest, entered this script world through Zhuanjiezun's guidance at the critical moment when it was about to "transform"...

According to the system's default plot, the final Boss of this script was the little boy who called himself "I" in the nursery rhyme. And Dian Hu Wang's first host after infiltrating the brain world... was the corpse of this Boss.

If the players cleared the level according to the normal process, Dian Hu Wang would lose its host and leave Zhuanjiezun's brain in an extremely weak state... if that happened, it would be finished...

Therefore, this ancient guarding demon had no choice but to compromise and negotiate conditions with Feng Bujue, this opportunist.

And Brother Jue had already seen through this point—the one who really didn't want to take risks... was Dian Hu Wang itself.

"Hehe... I think... how about this." Feng Bujue pondered for a moment and said, "You first take all the items and skill cards in this script that we can take out... and bring them all here. Uh... consider it an expression of sincerity."