Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

Blood-red words rolled across the parchment.

[A stupid question.]

[A transcendental sequence isn't like building blocks. Simply switching to a higher-level sequence doesn't render your previous abilities obsolete.]

The higher the matching degree, the more perfectly the lower sequence can integrate into the higher sequence, resulting in a qualitative change.

If you choose the 75% "Illusionist" option, your original skills will be at best a "Plus" version.

But if you choose the 100% match "Trickster"...

All your Sequence 9 abilities will be perfectly evolved upon promotion.

Got it? Newbie.

Lin Bai took a deep breath, and the hesitation in his eyes completely disappeared.

Is this still a choice?

If it weren't for that damned "ex-wife" hanging over his head, he might have chosen a more reliable "man of a thousand faces" and played it safe, developing slowly.

But now?

safe?

The safest outcome would be for that woman to catch him and boil him into bone broth!

In this crazy world, only those who are crazier than the madmen can survive.

"I'd even take advantage of a witch, so what's a taboo I'm afraid of?"

"And if I remember correctly, I even found one of the ingredients for a trickster's potion!"

Lin Bai's lips curled into a sinister smile.

"I choose..."

"Forbidden Trickster!"

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[Driving simulation in progress...]

[Forbidden Sequence 8: The Trickster's Potion Recipe]

【Main Material 1: Sky-Splitting Cicada Wing (Already Obtained)】

[Main Material 2: Mistwalker's Core (Obtained by: Defeating the main body in Cloud City's Ghostly Realm)]

[Main Material 3: The Rotten Vocal Cords of the Oathbreaker (Acquisition Method: Dirt Brotherhood)]

[Supporting Material 1: Embers of the Thousand Faces (Method: Refining 1000 masks imbued with spirituality)]

[Supporting Material 2: Stone Eye (Location: 3,000 kilometers away, Yong'an City Lord's Treasury)]

[Note: Tremble, you newbie... I'm just asking you, do you regret it now? How about we try practicing a different "Sewer Cleaner" sequence?]

Lin Bai stared at the long list on the parchment, feeling a pain in his teeth.

Now that we've got the Sky-Splitting Cicada Wings, let's leave that aside for now.

"Mistwalkers? We're going back to Cloud City?"

"Wait a minute... when did a ghostly realm appear in the Cloud City ruins?"

Upon seeing these words, Lin Bai's heart, which had only calmed down for a few minutes, started pounding wildly again.

That awful place was practically the source of his psychological trauma.

Just thinking about the fear of being dominated by the bizarre makes my liver tremble.

"The vocal cords of an oathbreaker...that's easy to deal with, you can exchange them for contributions. The Brotherhood of Dust is truly a wonderful place."

"But what the hell are these thousand masks? And why do we need to refine the embers?"

Lin Bai quickly calculated in his mind.

The good news is that there are no quality requirements, meaning that damaged, second-hand, or even items picked up from the trash are all acceptable.

The bad news is, it must contain spirituality?

Does that mean the minimum requirement is alchemy equipment?

Anything related to alchemy is unlikely to be cheap.

Even if it doesn't need to be intact...

A thousand sheets, how much would that cost?

He originally thought that making spirit-breaking bullets was already a highly profitable industry.

Looking back now, it was just a manual labor job that earned you hard-earned money.

Working myself to the bone every day to craft those measly spirit orbs, earning a measly 500 gold coins, it'll take forever to scrape together this huge sum.

We have to come up with some crooked ways... no, I mean, efficient ways to make money.

Lin Bai continued to look down, and when he saw the last material, he fell silent.

"Three thousand kilometers away? Yong'an City?"

"Parchment, are you out of your mind?"

Lin Bai pointed to his forehead, mentally screaming:

"Me, a mere Sequence 9 Karami, and you expect me to traverse three thousand kilometers of wasteland?"

"I'd rather just pack myself up and offer myself to that witch ex-wife as midnight snack; at least I'd die a quick and painless death!"

Question: Aren't there any affordable alternatives? Even something closer to home, even if it's less effective, would be great!

The blood-written words on the parchment rolled rapidly, exuding a strong sense of "helplessness (schadenfreude)":

[Driving simulation in progress...]

[Estimated simulation time: 0.01 second]

Answer: No.

[Note: That's the closest and easiest "Stone Eye" to obtain.]

The other few are respectively poking their way into the eye socket of a demigod-level cultist, soaking in the ruins of an ancient god 20,000 meters deep in the ocean, and sitting on the dressing table of your "dear ex-wife."

If you'd like to choose one of these routes, and your father's love is as steadfast as a mountain, I can provide you with a free round-trip hearse service, complete with its own background music.

"..."

Lin Bai immediately muted his microphone.

Well, compared to that, a three-thousand-kilometer journey sounds as cute and heartwarming as a kindergarten field trip.

"There's always a way out. If all else fails, I'll just have to walk," Lin Bai tried to reassure himself, his gaze continuing to move downwards.

At the very bottom of the potion recipe, there is a line of blood-written words.

[Promotion Ceremony: The greatest deception is not blinding people, but having someone willingly play along in this one-man show even when they know everything.]

[Ritual content: Deceive someone who knowingly falls for your deception, and then sincerely apologize to them afterward.]

Lin Bai stared at the words, his brows furrowed tightly.

Promotion ceremony.

He had heard this term from Xie Qingtang, that violent woman.

For extraordinary individuals to advance to higher levels, it is defying the heavens and requires specific rituals to anchor their humanity.

Otherwise, the madness within the potion could turn you into a monster in no time.

But the problem is...

[Question: What about the ritual when I advanced to Sequence 9? I just drank one potion, and there didn't seem to be any problems.]

He remembered it clearly; apart from the terrifying smell of the potion, there were no fancy procedures at all.

The parchment seemed to have been waiting for him to ask this question, and the writing quickly appeared:

[Driving simulation in progress...]

[Answer: The advancement ceremony for Sequence 9 "The Conman" is—to experience death.]

[How many times did you die in the time loop of Cloud City before you took the potion?]

You perform that ritual every day, and you're more skilled at it than anyone else!

[Note: I've told you eight hundred times, don't think you're the chosen one. If you hadn't been lucky enough to find me, you'd still be working as chewing gum for the weirdos in Cloud City.]

Lin Bai was speechless.

Good heavens, so all those previous sudden deaths were just the tickets to the game.

That makes sense.

Lin Bai rubbed his face and began to ponder the perverted ritual of this "trickster".

"To deceive someone who knows the truth but still willingly lets you deceive them..."

That has a bit of a "philosophical" feel to it.

First, the other person has to be smart enough to know you're lying to them.

Secondly, the other party has to be stupid enough to know it's a trap but still jump in.

This is a logical paradox in itself.

Unless... it's true love? Or the kind of pure, extreme "love at first sight" kind of relationship?

Of course, this requirement is not difficult in itself.

It mainly depends on who is deceiving whom and who they are deceiving.

If Iron Fist were to deceive Xie Qingtang, Xie Qingtang would probably believe him without hesitation, no matter what he said.

They could act alongside that idiot Iron Fist for ages.

Even for an ordinary person, if they set their sights on their parents, the probability of success would probably not be low.

The problem is, Lin Bai is all alone!

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