Chapter 28: The Mysterious World of Ferocious Beasts!

Hiss...

As these words were spoken, the crowd, already stirred by the prospect, collectively drew a sharp breath. Those with weaker nerves even saw their eyes turn bloodshot on the spot.

A Green-grade Longevity Pill from the Roulette! That was a treasure capable of extending one's life by at least a century. Even to the core members of the club, such an item was considered a top-tier resource. And now, merely finding the corpse of Zhou Yiming was enough to earn such a reward!

What the hell!

Luo Shan was one of those whose eyes had turned red. He thought indignantly to himself: Damn it! A living, breathing man like me isn't even worth as much as the corpse of a pretty boy! A single corpse could be traded for a Green-grade Longevity Pill that adds at least a hundred years of life, while his own remaining lifespan was barely over ten years! It was truly infuriating—comparing people only served to make one sick with jealousy.

The others felt much the same, once again realizing the terrifying extent of a "love-struck" obsession.

But that was not all. Liao Yuanfeng continued:

"And if you can find Zhou Yiming alive and escort him back safely... then, Wang Xueyan promises a reward of one Blue-grade Longevity Pill! Furthermore, you will be allowed to choose any three items from the Blood Swallow Club’s point-redemption warehouse!"

"Holy crap?!" Someone in the crowd couldn't help but exclaim out loud.

"A Blue-grade Longevity Pill?! At this stage, it seems only Chang Jiao'e can refine Longevity Pills in all of Jiang City, right? And even she can only refine them up to the Green grade at most! That means the Blue-grade pill Wang Xueyan is offering must have come from the Roulette! And a Blue-grade Longevity Pill from the Roulette... damn it! It can extend one's life by at least a thousand years! Do you have any idea what a thousand years means? The entire recorded history of our nation is only five thousand years! If I could live for a thousand years... damn!"

Various exclamations filled the air, showcasing the shock within everyone's hearts. Luo Shan’s eyes turned red once more; he was tempted to leap into Qin Lake immediately, ready to risk everything to bring back a living Zhou Yiming.

Only Jiang Yi remained thoughtful as he listened. He remembered that in his previous life, Luo Shan had indeed brought Zhou Yiming back. And it was a living, breathing Zhou Yiming! Yet, in that past life, Luo Shan never received any Blue-grade Longevity Pill, let alone the chance to pick three items from the Blood Swallow Club’s warehouse. The reward Wang Xueyan promised clearly had never been honored for Luo Shan.

Jiang Yi wasn't certain of the specifics of his past life, but if his guess was correct, there were two likely scenarios: either Wang Xueyan deemed Luo Shan’s strength too insignificant and simply went back on her word, or others from the Le Tian Club, like Liao Yuanfeng, had usurped the reward that rightfully belonged to Luo Shan. Both were possible. After all, in the world of the Doomsday Game, might makes right. In his previous life, Luo Shan was simply too weak. He lacked the power to force the strong to keep their promises.

So, in this life, if Jiang Yi were to find Zhou Yiming and bring him back, could he truly make Wang Xueyan honor her pledge? If he couldn't secure the benefits from Wang Xueyan, was there any point in using the Qin Lake passage to enter the Realm Battlefield? Jiang Yi felt a flicker of hesitation.

In truth, there were likely others harboring similar doubts. However, those with meager strength had no right to question the powerful. Therefore, after the initial exclamations, the voices emerging from the crowd were almost entirely filled with fervor and excitement:

"Captain Liao! I am willing to take on this mission to go into the Beast World and find Zhou Yiming!"

"Isn't it just exploring the Beast World? I'm willing too!"

"Count me in, Captain Liao!"

"Me too! Count me in as well!"

The voices volunteering for the mission rose one after another. Liao Yuanfeng was not at all surprised by this turn of events. He raised a hand slightly, calming the passionate youths who had been whipped into a frenzy by the promise of profit, then said in a deep voice:

"Rest assured, everyone. Wang Xueyan is no ordinary person; what she says, she will fulfill! Members of the Blood Swallow Club are already on their way. Once the person in charge arrives, they will issue a White-grade Longevity Pill to every player who agrees to take the mission through Qin Lake as an advance!"

At this point, Wu Xu, a captain of the Qin Lake guard with a more imposing presence, asked: "Captain Liao, I would like to ask—is the White-grade Longevity Pill provided in advance by the Blood Swallow Club from the Roulette, or is it manually refined?"

"Ahem," Liao Yuanfeng coughed lightly. "Rewards distributed on such a large scale are, of course, only manually refined."

Wu Xu was not surprised and nodded slightly. Then, another captain from Qin Lake turned to Liao Yuanfeng and said:

"Although our three teams are stationed at Qin Lake, we actually have no understanding of the Beast World. I wonder if Captain Liao could spare a moment to give us a brief explanation of the situation there?"

Hearing this, Luo Shan’s eyes lit up. After all, he had just joined the death squad and also knew nothing about the Beast World.

Liao Yuanfeng nodded generously. "Since the people from the Blood Swallow Club haven't arrived yet, I’ll take this time to give you a briefing. You should already know that after the Doomsday Game descended, the once-connected cities were separated into isolated regions by the oceans. Various beasts basically invaded our world through natural water sources like rivers, lakes, and seas. Those natural water sources automatically became two-way passages between our world and the Beast World. Beasts can invade us through those channels, and we, in turn, can explore the Beast World through them.

"Jiang City was known as the 'City of a Thousand Lakes' before the apocalypse. That is why our city has so many beast passages, and the number of Beast Worlds they connect to is equally vast! Currently, the development of every faction in Jiang City is inseparable from the exploration of the Beast World. As for what exactly lies within the mysterious Beast World... I can only say that every passage leads to a different situation!"