Lu Mingfei, become the king of gambling in dungeons!

"Junior brother, how could I not know you're only thinking about your senior sister and not about slaying the dragon? This dangerous and arduous task is not something we losers should undertake! Let others do the hero work. Don't you understand how much I care about you?"

"Anyway, forward the information I sent you to Professor Schneider and submit it quickly. See this subway station structural analysis diagram? This is the key and route to slay the dragon. Write the mission report and submit it to the school before Caesar does, so we both have something to report. Chu Zihang and Caesar are in military positions, and we are in administrative positions. When the time comes, you can be listed as the first author and I as the second author, and we can say that we two brothers have fulfilled our exploration responsibilities."

Lu Mingfei digested this information: "What 'senior sister' nonsense? And you're writing a thesis, yet you're listed as first author and second author..."

"You have some ulterior motive, don't you?" Lu Mingfei copied and pasted the message, deleting the word "other" and removing the question mark to emphasize his distrust.

Many issues become clear and acute when viewed from an outsider's perspective.

This dog doesn't want anyone to get involved in the dragon-slaying stunt, but he deliberately finds an excuse to send over the key. His real intention is not what he seems; he's just trying to fool you.

To understand a person's purpose, don't listen to what they say, but observe what they do.

Language and sincerity are like two straight lines on different pieces of paper. Some people will actively change the angle of the two pieces of paper and put them together, while others can remain indifferent and keep them from intersecting.

Fen Gou bluntly stated, "What purpose could I possibly have? Tsk, let me think of a way to mix the truth with a lie."

"Speaking of which, it doesn't feel like you're the one logging onto QQ today. It's really strange, hard to fool, but then again, it feels like it's you... My ghostly intuition is usually right, what's wrong with you?"

"Wait a minute, I'll hack into the webcam on your computer to check on your situation. The only thing I haven't hacked on your computer is the webcam; I was trying to leave you some privacy."

"Hiss, junior brother, you've become even more fair-skinned and beautiful since I last saw you. The girl next to you is that girl from your high school, right? I even made a small profit of $8000 using the gossip about you and her back then."

Lu Mingfei looked at the external camera that had lit up with a red light, and twitched his lips: "Misusing idioms like eating instant noodles without the seasoning packet, isn't that just half-truths about your purpose?"

After a pause, the dog gave its answer.

"My goal is very clear: I'm passing the buck to you, I'm giving you a choice."

"Junior brother, the gates of hell are just ahead. That's the dragon's lair of the king of the earth and mountains. I'm just giving you the key so you won't regret it later. How can one loser control another? The choice is yours. I'm used to being a bastard anyway."

"..."

"Thank you." Lu Mingfei read it aloud after typing.

"Aren't you worried I'll trick you into going to slay a dragon?" Fen Dog typed back incredibly fast.

"If that dragon revives, we won't have time to escape from this city, will we?" Lu Mingfei knew perfectly well that as soon as he entered the instance, there was an introduction saying that in the subway station, he would face the King of Earth and Mountains, and the requirement to pass the instance was to survive until the end of the instance.

Therefore, survival is definitely not an easy task.

Game dungeons with boss-level bosses like these are impossible to beat on the first try. Just like Chi You in "Heaven and Earth Tribulation" and the Evil Emperor Ghost in the prequel "The Legend of the Sword Saint from Beyond the Heavens," they are beings that can torment players to the point of near death.

Without waiting for a reply, Lu Mingfei continued typing: "If the resurrection of this dragon will endanger Chu Zihang, Caesar, and my own lives, then I came for that dragon. If you have its location, send it to me as soon as possible. I'm willing to go and die first. Asking you what your purpose is is just to confirm the credibility of your information."

He didn't come here simply to clear the dungeon; what he needed was... to prove his pride.

When it was the German guy's turn on QQ, he fell silent, his hands on the keyboard unable to press any keys.

He remained silent for a while, scratched his head, looked at the clock on the wall, and then listlessly downed two mouthfuls of Pepsi from KFC.

"...What the hell are you doing? Is it really that big of a deal to break up? Is it really possible for you to say something so arrogant and domineering?"

It took Fengou a while to send a message.

"Why are you suddenly being so stubborn? Different kinds of people should handle different kinds of trouble. Can you beat Chu Zihang or Caesar?"

These don't seem to be too difficult things... Lu Mingfei paused for a moment.

What breakup? Are you referring to Chen Wenwen next to you?

It seems this dog actually cares about him quite a bit.

He felt a little warmth, although he wasn't really sad, as he had long since given up on this one-sided relationship.

After all... a person who is kind to everyone is not worthy of love.

This is a lesson Lu Mingfei learned from Caesar's several near-death experiences.

Speaking of which, Caesar's last words at Genji Heavy Industries were not fixed. He could change his story and kick the bucket if he was moved to a different place. This guy was probably a super rich playboy. Even in death, he was not honest. In his own words, even the doctrines of Catholicism could not restrain the eagle that was destined to roam.

However, some phrases were repeated frequently when Caesar was near death.

For example—"I don't love my family."

On one occasion, Caesar said that it seemed every elder in Gattuso had told him, "Caesar, we love you, the family loves you, why can't you understand the family's love for you?"

What a ridiculous thing to say! Caesar was bleeding from internal organs, yet he was still smiling at Lu Mingfei, saying, "You don't know the look on their faces when they said that. They were so sincere, like children begging for my love. But in reality, there was only one person in that family who loved me, and that person was killed by them."

Lu Mingfei said, "I know, I know. You've told me this several times. I shouldn't have interrupted you, but my spine just broke and I'm in so much pain that I'm just talking nonsense."

Caesar said you're talking nonsense. There are some things I shouldn't have said. As a true man, dying in silence is really good. Now let's die quietly, listening to the wind.

Lu Mingfei said, "Come on, I can recite what you're about to say. What are you keeping quiet about? I know you're having a lot of internal turmoil right now."

Actually, you can occasionally hear that the Gattuso family treats Caesar quite well on the surface, but Caesar just stubbornly sneers and doesn't care. He says that if you love someone and don't love someone with the same attitude, then you don't deserve to love and don't understand fairness. I love my mother, so I can't love my family.

Lu Mingfei wholeheartedly agreed.

He had never experienced such a profound and unforgettable love, but from what others had told him, he could vaguely understand that a person who is gentle and kind to everyone is incapable of loving others.

If you don't love others, how dare you expect them to love you?

If he continues to give his love to Chen Wenwen, who doesn't love him, how will he be qualified to love someone who truly loves him in the future?

If you are ready to love someone who loves you, you cannot go on to love someone who doesn't love you.

Fen Gou sent another QQ message: "Waaah, you didn't even add me to the list of dragon victims. Today I'm the most heartbroken man in the city who can't eat smoked pork knuckle. Our loser alliance has to have a farewell dinner tomorrow... I'm not going to waste my breath on you anymore. Junior Brother Chu sent me your location message, I'm going to check it out."

"Five minutes, wait for me for five minutes. I'll hack into the library system and steal the original manuscript of the academy's confidential analysis on the King of the Earth and Mountains. I know you're the kind of person who definitely hasn't seen the mission summary, and those people on the board of directors all like to keep things to themselves. Anyway, it's okay, I'll send you the original."

What a righteous hero, even in defeat... Lu Mingfei was filled with respect and waited obediently, his burning golden eyes finally extinguished.

A commotion arose around him, and someone was crying behind him.

"Why haven't you left yet?" Lu Mingfei glanced at Chen Wenwen curiously and handed her a tissue.

"I don't want to, that's not what I meant, I won't bother you." Chen Wenwen's voice was choked with sobs.

"And who are you? Oh, I see."

Lu Mingfei glanced at Chen Wenwen, thoughtfully touched his pocket, and stuffed two coins into her arms.