Li Wu's expression changed, but he quickly relaxed, a slight smile on his face, though it was hidden by his mask.

"I'm Invincible Cute Tuan, the one who put the Thunder Shield up for auction."

Hearing Li Wu's words, Hao Jianjun stepped forward from the party without any formalities and said directly, "I want to buy your Thunder Shield skill book, but I don't have enough cash at the moment. Can you take it off the auction for now while I gather some funds?"

If it were anyone else, Li Wu might have scoffed.

With over a hundred people under him, not being able to come up with tens of thousands is quite exaggerated.

However, Li Wu now suspected that these people were military personnel, and active duty at that, so it didn't seem too strange.

Even with many subordinates, they are still the country's, not personally paid by him, and Hao Jianjun had clearly spent a lot, otherwise, how could he have withstood the Silver Wolf King at noon without dying?

Of course, even a leader is human, and maybe he's under strict control from his wife, so being a bit short-handed is quite normal.

Li Wu fantasized in his mind but didn't hesitate in his actions. The next second, he took the Thunder Shield skill book from the auction house and said with a smile, "Give me whatever you have now, and we'll talk about the rest when you have it."

Hao Jianjun looked at the skill book in the trade interface, momentarily stunned despite his high position.

This player with a girly name has a rather decisive and bold way of doing things.

After handing over all 76 gold coins to Li Wu, Hao Jianjun nodded at Li Wu and said in a deep voice, "The Thunder Shield in the auction house just reached a bid of 104 gold, and it should go higher. Let's say it's 110 gold, so I still owe you 34 gold."

"Alright." Li Wu nodded and turned to leave.

Not even a few more words of courtesy?

Hao Jianjun opened his mouth, but the words of promise had no chance to be spoken.

This was too smooth!

In reality, it's understandable, given his status, everything goes smoothly wherever he goes, but this is a game!

It wasn't until the friend request notification sounded that Hao Jianjun realized it was a request from Invincible Cute Tuan.

Now this is more like reality!

34,000 bucks, not even an IOU, better add a friend to chase it down.

"You don't need to repay the 34 gold, but could you, Commander, reveal some of the game's secrets?"

Seeing the message from Invincible Cute Tuan made Hao Jianjun frown.

This 34,000 is better left unpaid!

After some thought, Hao Jianjun replied:

"I understand what you're asking, but I don't know much. I can only advise you to improve your strength in the game as much as possible. That's all I can say!"

After replying, Hao Jianjun directly deleted Li Wu!

He didn't feel much psychological burden for revealing this little secret. Some things have long ceased to be secrets among certain people, and one more doesn't matter. Besides, he quite admired this young man with a girly name but a decisive way of doing things.

But a secret is a secret, and to prevent the other from digging deeper, he simply deleted him. After all, the guy said he didn't need to repay the money.

Li Wu saw Hao Jianjun's reply and couldn't calm down for a long time.

Damn, isn't that just stating the obvious?

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Who doesn't want to improve their strength?

Li Wu had always found it strange, and probably everyone in the world did too.

Why are all countries forcing their people to play games?

Even the national defense forces are involved!

A small Beginner Village No. 5188 has gathered a hundred-man team, so spreading that to tens of thousands of beginner villages, doesn't it mean almost the entire national military force has been rounded up?

Just thinking about it is terrifying!

The idea of "cutting leeks" is just a joke; there must be some enormous secret for all the world's leaders to issue such an absurd policy.

Is it due to resource shortages? Planning to establish a second world within the game?

Or is it like The Matrix, ultimately imprisoning everyone in the game world?

Or is the third world war planned to be resolved peacefully, with the battlefield in Blue Star Online?

Otherwise, is Mars about to collide with Earth, and humanity can only survive as spiritual consciousness stored in a massive hard drive buried deep underground?

Li Wu imagined many possibilities, but they were just guesses. Today, he finally encountered someone who seemed to be a military leader, so he naturally wanted to take the opportunity to inquire.

He didn't expect the 34 gold favor to reveal any earth-shattering secrets, just a tiny hint would be enough.

Unfortunately, 34,000 only got him some useless talk, and when Li Wu wanted to ask more, he found that he had been deleted as a friend!

While pondering whether to turn around and ask in person, he heard a shout from behind, and Hao Jianjun was leading his men to charge at the Silver Wolf King.

The battle began, and Li Wu was instantly swallowed by the crowd of players.

Hao Jianjun's strength was even greater than at noon, standing firm against the Silver Wolf King without retreating, and with the support of his teammates' healing, the Silver Wolf King couldn't take him down for a long time.

Li Wu was jostled by the crowd, unable to stand his ground, and was pushed into the battlefield.

"This is unbearable!"

Seeing the Silver Wolf King so close, Li Wu turned to rush out, but unfortunately, whether it was bad luck or not, just as he was about to leave the attack range, the Silver Wolf King executed a Thunder Pounce right nearby, leaving no grass within a 30-meter range!

Li Wu was struck!

Taking full damage, even after reviving, Li Wu felt a liver-trembling pain, taking a while to recover.

This was a pointless ordeal, not only wasting an hour with nothing gained but also losing 34,000 bucks, leaving Li Wu on the verge of tears.

He had planned to rely on his newly leveled-up Slash to snatch the BOSS. With a 0.3% Slash, he could deal 204 damage to the Silver Wolf King, still hopeful of landing the last hit. Then, not only would Slash level up again, but even picking up something with a golden glow would be a huge gain, even if targeted by others.

"Ding, your auctioned [Zombie King Helmet] (Gold) has been sold for 7 gold 35 silver. After deducting a 10% transaction tax, 6 gold 61 silver 5 copper has been transferred to your wallet."

"Ding, your auctioned [Boar-hide Boots] (Gold) has been sold for 12 gold. After deducting a 10% transaction tax, 10 gold 80 silver has been transferred to your wallet."

"Ding, your auctioned [Amethyst Ore] *3 failed to sell. Starting bid was 3 gold, and a 1% storage fee of 3 silver has been deducted."

Seeing his wallet swell again, Li Wu immediately clicked to withdraw.

Including the payments from Bai Dabao and Hao Jianjun and what the Electric Zombie King dropped, he withdrew a total of 121 gold.

With two unsold Silver Equipment items in his bag, Li Wu stored them in the warehouse and then called Spicy Rabbit to go grind turtles together.

Hao Jianjun shouldn't have spoken without reason, right?

Whether true or not, leveling up quickly is definitely the right move.