Chapter 1 The Beginning

Generally speaking, if Feng Bujue were to make a random "choice" based on his intuition, he'd probably pick the worst option.

But now, the title ability [Prophet] perfectly made up for Jue-Ge's lack of "luck." As long as the skill wasn't on cooldown, he could use "divination" to make his choices.

For example, right now, Jue-Ge had successfully relied on his skill... to find the mission objective.

In the past five minutes, he had been walking diagonally downwards along the passage, and with almost no obstacles, he had arrived in a very bright cave.

The light source in this cave was none other than all kinds of treasures piled up like mountains...

"You actually guessed right..." Not long after, Ruo Yu also caught up with Jue-Ge and jumped into the cave from the passage.

"I told you..." Feng Bujue turned his head and said, "It's not guessing, it's my title ability."

"Oh? You even have this kind of ability?" Xiao Ling, who was close behind, heard Jue-Ge and Ruo Yu's conversation and immediately interjected, "Could it be... that you divined that there was a skill card hidden in that room earlier, Leader?"

"No," Feng Bujue replied. "Zhuan Jie Zun secretly told me." His expression changed slightly, "Eh? Why did you think of that?"

"Because your performance was a bit strange at that time." Xiao Ling looked at Jue-Ge 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 didn't seem to want to give up at all." She paused for a moment. "However, after finding that skill card, you seemed to take it for granted that we should leave." She pouted her lips. "This series of actions gave the impression that—from the beginning, you knew that there was, and only was, one item in that room."

"Ugh—amazing..." At this time, Xiao Tan, Buu, and Obu had also arrived in the cave. Buu heard Xiao Ling's reasoning and said, "Why didn't I think 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 isn't enough to explain anything. It was only after I learned that the leader really has a 'divination ability' that I combined it with the previous events... and made a guess." She shrugged her shoulders. "But I was still wrong."

"You don't have to belittle yourself... it's already good enough that you could deduce that much." Feng Bujue interjected, "After all, you don't know about the secret communication between Zun-Ge and me, so it's impossible to come to that kind of conclusion out of thin air." As Jue-Ge spoke, he had already turned off the searchlight in his hand (the light here was sufficient, so there was no need for lighting equipment) and walked forward.

"Alright, let's focus on the 'treasure' in front of us. You can slowly talk about the matter between me and Zun-Ge after we clear the stage." Feng Bujue said as he walked. "Everyone... be careful. There are no skeletons or anything in the cave, which implies three possible scenarios..."

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 already killed all the treasure hunters who came here before, leaving no bones behind; three, we are the first treasure hunters to arrive here, and the probability of traps ahead is 50%, but if there are any... they must be in an unactivated state."

"Don't worry, there are no traps." Suddenly, Dian He Wang's childlike voice echoed in the cave. "I have already cleared all the negative flags in this place... Right now, all there is here is gold and silver jewelry all over the ground, and..." As he said this, the pile of treasure in front of Jue-Ge collapsed like a landslide, revealing a huge metal box, "...a treasure of the pirate world."

"Hmph... if someone else said that, I might have believed it..." Obu heard this and immediately raised his head and shouted loudly, "But coming from you, the guy who wanted to kill us not long ago, no one would believe it!"

"Yeah, Jue-Ge." Xiao Tan also interjected, "This is obviously a trap, don't..."

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

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

"I want to make a deal with you." Dian He Wang replied, "What Zhuan Jie Zun can give you, I can also give you... I can also guide you to find items, I can also guarantee that you clear the stage, and I can tell you 'what you want to know'." As if he was worried that Jue-Ge wouldn't believe him, he paused for half a second and added, "I am a god born in the 'ancient era', and I know things that Zhuan Jie Zun may not know; and what Zhuan Jie Zun knows... after I completely occupy his body, I will naturally know as well."

"Hehe..." Jue-Ge laughed. "Do you think that's enough? When the conditions are the same, what reason do I have to abandon my agreement with Zun-Ge and trade with a guy like you who comes from nowhere?"

"You better think carefully... Feng Bujue. At this moment, my control over this 'inner world' is above Zhuan Jie Zun's." Dian He Wang replied, "As long as you stand on my side, Zhuan Jie Zun's hope of turning the tables will completely disappear... That is to say, when you choose my side, it is equivalent to 'winning'." His tone changed slightly, "Conversely... if you still stubbornly insist on your own way and oppose me, what will happen? Are you absolutely sure that you can drive me out of this world?"

"Hmm... that seems to make sense." Jue-Ge replied pretentiously.

Dian He Wang thought that he had already shaken the other party, and he continued: "One side is a 100% possible transaction, 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 Zun-Ge, or he drives you out, it doesn't make much difference to me. I'm a traveler from another world, so I'm not afraid of you retaliating." He touched his chin and pondered, "In this case, it seems easier for me to stand on your side..."

"So... you agree?" Dian He Wang's tone revealed a hint of nervousness when he asked this question.

"No." Feng Bujue replied with a smile on his face.

"You..." Dian He Wang really wanted to curse at this moment, but he couldn't bring himself to do it, so he could only suppress his anger.

At this moment, Dian He Wang felt like an insurance salesman who had said a lot of flowery words to a customer, and just as he was about to take out the contract to sign, the customer replied, "I didn't say I wanted to buy it."

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

"What do you want? Just say it..." Dian He Wang was a little impatient. He had never seen such a greedy, cunning, and shameless guy, but he had to negotiate with the other party. Because... he and Zhuan Jie Zun had no way out.

This "parasitism" took Dian He Wang a very long time and energy to prepare. He scattered all the power he had accumulated over the years in order to escape from the "Gate of Nothingness" and sneak into Zhuan Jie Zun's inner world. He knew very well... that there would be no second chance like this. Once he failed, he would be caught and become part of the "seal" forever.

Originally, he was about to succeed, but he never expected... that Feng Bujue, this uninvited guest, would enter this script world through Zhuan Jie Zun's guidance at the critical moment when he 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 He Wang's first host after sneaking into the inner world... was the corpse of this Boss.

If the players cleared the stage according to the normal process, Dian He Wang would lose his host and leave Zhuan Jie Zun's brain in an extremely weak state... If that happened, he would be finished...

Therefore, this ancient guardian demon had no choice but to compromise and negotiate with Feng Bujue, this guy who was taking advantage of the situation.

And Jue-Ge had already seen through this point—the one who really didn't want to take risks... was Dian He Wang himself.

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