The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 659 - 475: 996 is the universal rule of the multiverse_2

Chapter 659: Chapter 475: 996 is the universal rule of the multiverse_2

Liu Zheng asked as soon as he entered the lounge.

"No!"

Niu Ma, buried in an erotic magazine, replied without lifting his head.

"You won’t take it for nothing, you might even make a profit."

"What are you up to again?"

Upon hearing this, he finally raised his head.

"Dai Legao agreed to take me to the auction, but only for bartering. So I want to stock up on some extraordinary items just in case."

Liu Zheng said.

"Stock up on some extraordinary items, why don’t you dream on, you think extraordinary items are just like the fish you hauled out of the sewer."

Niu Ma rolled his eyes and said.

"Others definitely don’t have any, but someone like you, with all your skills and financial resources, surely has some stock."

He said with a cheeky grin.

"Does that mean the same thing? You’re just using them together."

Niu Ma complained.

"It’s irrelevant, as long as they’re complimentary terms used for someone like you, it’s never wrong."

Liu Zheng said solemnly.

"Hmph, slick talker. Two items at most, and you’ll have to either return them with better ones or pay extra to buy them, otherwise I’ll strip down your takeout box to pay the debt."

Niu Ma said.

Compared to the Legendary Armor, the Legendary Takeout Box would obviously yield more profit for him.

"No problem."

Liu Zheng agreed immediately.

Given Niu Ma’s stinginess, getting two items from him was already quite good.

Niu Ma opened his big mouth and spat out two things.

"Take them, take them, don’t disrupt my rehab."

He turned around, back facing Liu Zheng, and said.

"Alright."

Liu Zheng walked over and picked up the items on the ground, a flute and a horseshoe.

The flute seemed to be carved from some creature’s bone, with some red stains that were likely blood.

Moreover, the holes on the flute were very irregular, indicating the maker not only lacked skill but also patience in polishing.

"Name: Shepherd’s Bone Flute (Disposable)"

"Type: Item"

"Quality: Excellent"

"Effect: When used, it taunts surrounding carnivorous creatures, the louder and more pleasant the flute sound, the better the effect."

"Note: Once there lived a shepherd boy who went to the mountain to tend his sheep every day. One day, feeling bored, he shouted down to the farmers below, ’The wolf is coming.’ And the wolf hiding among the sheep tore through its sheep skin and cursed, ’You saw through my disguise, this boy is too dangerous to stay long.’ Then, the wolf ate the shepherd boy, leaving only bones."

"Can be taken out of instance: Yes"

"Goodness, so the Shepherd’s Bone Flute is made out of the shepherd boy’s bones, right?"

Liu Zheng’s lip twitched.

Indeed, the item descriptions in Metropolis are always filled with dark humor and Hell jokes.

Packing the Shepherd’s Bone Flute into the system space, he then looked at the horseshoe.

"Name: Cursed Horseshoe"

"Type: Equipment"

"Quality: Excellent"

"Effect: Strength Attribute +100, but the player’s strength attribute can no longer exceed 100 points, and this equipment cannot be easily removed"

"Note: Gain the present, lose the future."

"Can be taken out of instance: Yes"

"Wow! Have you ever used this horseshoe, big guy?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Of course not. When I found it, my strength was already higher than the boost it could give, so what do I need it for."

Niu Ma replied.

"Where did you pick it up?"

He asked curiously.

Even though Metropolis teems with the non-human and gods are as common as dogs, extraordinary items aren’t just picked up anywhere, right?

At least the Sanitation Department wouldn’t agree.

Despite Liu Zheng finding a perfect-quality item, the Cooking Immortal’s rice cooker in the trash last time, there was an elderly lady in funeral clothes with unknown power nearby waiting.

Oh right, I wonder if her funeral clothes are related to the Dragon Robe funeral clothes on Sha Jiang, I can ask Sha Jiang next time.

"Oh, found it on a refused take-out customer’s body."

Niu Ma replied offhandedly.

"...I suspected as much."

Picking up from the body, clearly rummaged from a corpse.

One excellent item, one of superb quality, and the superb quality one is cursed, this haul wasn’t ideal, just better than nothing.

But despite the significant downside of the horseshoe, its positive effects were equally prominent, who knows, maybe a buyer needs it.

Liu Zheng also packed the "Cursed Horseshoe" into the system space and called Doctor Nile.

"Doctor, how are things going?"

He asked.

"Waiting for the scarab to poop, but it shouldn’t be too big an issue."

Doctor Nile optimistically estimated.

"That’s good. I wanted to discuss something with you."

Liu Zheng explained the auction event.

"I can help you, but not too much. Items from our tribe can’t appear at the auction, the risk is too great."

Doctor Nile didn’t refuse outright but did not fully agree either.

"No worries, doctor, just your willingness to help is great, anything you can contribute is appreciated."

He nodded and said.

"Alright, I’ll get everything ready, and you can come pick it up then."

After hanging up, Liu Zheng called the Fisherman.

"What’s up?"

The Fisherman asked.

"Did the Sea Girl and the others leave?"

He inquired.

"They left long ago. That yellow-haired friend’s said everything should be fine, so they left."

The Fisherman’s tone sounded somewhat dissatisfied.

"That’s not bad. Once there’s a first time, there’ll be a second. Repairing a father-daughter relationship isn’t something to rush; you need to be patient."

Liu Zheng advised.

"Of course I know that. You don’t need to tell me. So, what do you want me to do for you this time?"

The Fisherman asked.

"Two things. I’m going to an auction tomorrow night and may need you to help order some takeout."

"Sure, but not more than an hour."

The Fisherman agreed promptly.

"That should be enough. The second thing is, the auction requires barter. Can you lend me some Extraordinary Items?"

He added.

"No. Our clan focuses on self-training and exploring bloodline abilities, rarely using external objects. The few items I have are at the bottom of the box and can’t be given to you yet."

The Fisherman said definitively.

As for when they could be given, that would be when they truly become family.

"Then how about fish similar to Extraordinary Items?"

"Do you think raising fish is like farming, growing a whole field at once? After the large surgery last time, more than half of the fish in the pond died. I might be able to work something out with ordinary fish, but I really can’t do anything about extraordinary ones."

"Essentially, these extraordinary fish are part of the sewer’s power, and giving you too much won’t please the sewer either."

To assuage Liu Zheng’s concerns about stinginess, the Fisherman even revealed some secrets.

But Liu Zheng, as a half-colleague, didn’t have much of a problem.

"Don’t need many, one or two is plenty."

He quickly said.

"At most two."

The Fisherman said.

"Alright. By the way, Napoleon asked me to buy fish from you and even gave me a list."

Liu Zheng also mentioned the fish buying matter.

"Read it out to me."

"Okay."

He took out the list and read it to the Fisherman, item by item.

"The varieties are all there, but some quantities are insufficient. I can substitute with closely related species."

The Fisherman said after hearing it all.

"Okay. How much?"

Although the White Feather Chicken requested everything without less, if the Fisherman couldn’t supply it all, there was no other choice but to cut off two sheep legs for fish and mutton stew or a few tentacles for marinara seafood.

"This time, it’s on me."

The Fisherman hung up the phone.

"What’s this, a mediation fee?"

Liu Zheng thought to himself, holding the phone with a strange expression.

No matter what the Fisherman thought, he was the one who gained.

"Ring-ring~"

He hadn’t put down the phone when it rang again.

Liu Zheng looked at the caller ID; it was Wang Manni.

"What’s up?"

He answered and asked.

"Mr. Delivery Man, the company wants to know if you’re ready."

Wang Manni said respectfully.

"Just killing some bugs, doesn’t require much preparation. But has your company prepared what I wanted?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"It’s ready. But the company requests not to conduct the transaction near the West River Center. Why don’t you suggest a place, and I’ll come to you."

Wang Manni said.

"Then let’s trade on Rose Street."

He said.

"Okay. So, when shall we meet?"

Wang Manni asked again.

"Is tomorrow night okay?"

Liu Zheng initially wanted to say anytime was fine, but he remembered the auction and changed his mind.

"What time exactly? If it’s too late, those targets might not be in the office building."

Wang Manni said with some difficulty.

"Before eight in the evening."

He said.

"Oh, that’s no problem."

Wang Manni sighed in relief.

is the universal law across the Metaverse, even the Metropolis’ workers have to endure it.

As for why the management is still there?

What’s more exciting for leaders than manipulating workers when they work overtime?