Who gave you permission to travel through time with Earth?

Chapter 65 The Traitor

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This is one method, but it should have been used from the very beginning. What's the difference between surrendering now and surrendering when you first fell into the trap? Oh... so many more people died.

Regardless, this could be considered a timely way to cut losses. Jiang Yu's eyes showed a moment of hesitation, but Tie Zhao coldly snorted and said directly:

"It's too late. This is an incomplete dungeon with incomplete mechanisms; it has no self-repairing ability. It destroyed all the rooms on the first floor and the murder cellar on the second floor. How could the scavengers possibly let us go?"

"I'm willing to take the gamble. The intelligence is already very clear. If we bet right, we can get 20% of the headquarters' profits. If we bet wrong, we can simply not enter the room and wait outside to surrender."

"You didn't even figure that out? You're really drunk."

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Fang Jin remained silent, but Jiang Yu nodded in agreement with Tie Zhao's idea. Moreover, having come this far, she was unwilling to give up and wanted to go up and see for herself.

Moreover, she herself had seen the treasure room of the Scavengers' Headquarters, and even though the arrival of the dungeon had greatly changed the environment, Jiang Yu was confident that she could still discern some of the characteristics.

Having made up their minds, the three of them could no longer stay in the tavern filled with the stench of blood and flesh. They turned and walked towards the dimly lit door of light, stepping out one after another, their bodies floating up to the third floor as if turning into mist...

"Buzz—"

Inside the detached zone, Guo Shi heard that familiar buzzing sound again. She had the same feeling when she entered the chessboard space, but this time she clearly sensed more.

"The tendrils... have been severed?"

Psychic power is intangible and formless, and can be reconnected immediately even after being severed. This time was no exception, but what Guo Shi found unusual was that her psychic threads were severed at the same time in an instant.

Just as a train roared past, tearing through the air and leaving a brief vacuum at the rear, Guo Shi's feeling was similar, even like the lingering sensation at the severed pores of his mind.

They were all telling her that some enormous thing had suddenly passed by, unconsciously snapping all her mental threads and severing all of Guo Shi's connection with the outside world.

This situation... seems to have only one explanation. Guo Shi raised his face and opened his eyes, the emotions hidden in his deep gray eyes boiling like never before.

Chen Yuanqing activated "Inspiration".

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On the third floor of the Museum of Wonderful Ideas, three large doors were displayed before them, from left to right: turquoise, orange-yellow, and dark gray, exuding an aura that was more mysterious and magnificent than the previous floors.

Jiang Yu's eyes immediately lit up. The two elements, yellow and the middle plate, matched up on the large door in the middle, and she also discovered the mark she had left on the treasure room.

It's this one... Jiang Yu was very certain. She turned to look at Fang Jin and gave him a confirming and delighted look, but the latter just nodded at her with a forced smile.

It seemed he had indeed been badly affected by the alcohol poisoning. After confirming this, Jiang Yu gave him a bright smile, but then a different thought arose in her mind.

She's a traitor and a traitor within the family. Moreover, Jiang Yu was forced into the cooperation by Fang Jin, so her loyalty and sense of contract couldn't be expected in the first place. It would be strange if she didn't have any ulterior motives at this time.

Iron Cover knew this very well, which is why it had Jiang Yu walk in front, watching her firmly grasp the brass handle and push open the heavy door with a creak...

A glint of blade light rapidly magnified in their field of vision.

"Jing Xiu? No...you shouldn't be here!"

"What's wrong, Xiaoyu? I missed you so much I rushed back!"

Jing Xiu laughed wildly and stomped on the wooden chair, immediately unleashing a wolf-tooth-like Howling Moon Slash. Jiang Yu quickly retreated, throwing a ball of yarn from her sleeve. Countless red threads, like steel needles, instantly covered the entire treasure room!

Jiang Yu was shaken. The rules were clear from the beginning: everyone had to start from the first floor to complete the dungeon. Logically speaking, even if Jing Xiu was guarding the headquarters, he should not be exempt from this rule.

Therefore, when they first entered the instance, Jiang Yu looked around and didn't see any scavengers. He subconsciously assumed that everyone else had already left, but this wishful thinking was quickly shattered!

"But there's still a chance..."

Before she knew the headquarters had been replaced, Jiang Yu was aware that the treasure room was guarded, and given her timid nature, she couldn't possibly go to the battlefield unprepared.

In fact, most of her methods and trump cards revolve around this arrogant swordsman in front of her, and the red thread can restrict Jing Xiu's movement and sword techniques to the greatest extent!

After resting, she had recovered most of her fighting strength. Coupled with the iron shield and Fang Jin's wrist, Jiang Yu was convinced she still had a chance! Therefore, although she was inwardly alarmed, she remained completely calm and composed in her response…

Until Iron Shield betrayed her.

"Bang—!"

A heavy punch landed squarely on her waist! Her internal organs shifted out of place, and the terrifying impact seemed to tear Jiang Yu in two. She flew backward and crashed heavily into the wall!

Overwhelmed by a strong feeling of nausea, Jiang Yu collapsed to the ground, uncontrollably vomiting bile and food scraps. Amidst the mess on the ground, a few glaringly bright red spots clung to the scene.

"you……"

Jiang Yu was about to say something, but the iron shield didn't give her any chance. It grabbed her hair directly, and the other iron claw blasted her face with a heat source cannon!

Jing Xiu watched this betrayal with great appreciation. This was the entertainment he had been waiting for. Of the three tasks Chen Yuanqing had assigned, which were complicated and boring, this was the only one worth putting in some effort.

The third task... is to use the Inspiration ability to exchange a corner of the chessboard space for the headquarters' treasure room, and then, with the help of the Iron Shield including the undercover agent, kill all the members of the headquarters' shochu club.

Only when Jiang Yu stopped moving completely, her twitching legs slumped down, did the Iron Shield, panting heavily, stop firing the heat source cannon, so much so that it could only barely stand by leaning against the wall.

"What? Is that not enough? But there's still one waiting to be slaughtered, enough to lighten my burden a bit."

Jing Xiu clapped his hands happily, but his words were merciless. He even spat on the ground to urge Tie Zhao to keep working, too lazy to even draw his weapon from his waist.

"He drank all the drinks in the tavern. The poison from the red and green glasses was almost enough to kill him, and with the dizzying effect of the strong liquor, he was either dead or a lamb waiting to die."

Iron Cover replied indifferently that he was a scavenger who had been recruited by Chen Yuanqing. After witnessing the chess piece space and the museum with his own eyes, he believed that the liquor club had no chance of winning and that the punitive expedition was bound to fail.

Failure was inevitable; his betrayal was merely one of the factors that led to it. And since he was already struggling to survive, why couldn't he also seek wealth and status? And why couldn't he turn the tables on the soju association?

I did nothing wrong... I did nothing wrong...

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"Are you sure... he's so drunk he's on the verge of death?"