Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

Zhao Jian'an was taken aback by Qi Xie's suddenly stiff voice:

"I said, the main reason for buying these things is to keep it a secret. As for whether I'll gain anything else, it's all a gamble..."

"The previous sentence!"

Zhao Jian'an repeated blankly:

"Can you believe we once discovered a law in a fallen world where 1+1 equals 3?"

now.

It's 7 PM.

The streets were bustling with traffic, and the barbecue stalls were crowded with people, filled with the cries of children and the sounds of men carrying bottles of liquor and boasting.

In such a noisy environment.

Qi Xie felt the sounds around him gradually sink into the night, becoming completely silent. He felt goosebumps rise from his entire body to the top of his head, accompanied by a loud "boom"—

What is one plus one?

three……

It's alright, have yours.

"..."

Images from the past flashed through his mind, and Qi Xie stood frozen for a minute with his mouth slightly open.

"Feed?"

It wasn't until Zhao Jian'an spoke again with a questioning voice that Qi Xie came back to his senses, and he didn't know whether he was speaking to Zhao Jian'an or to himself:

"That's impossible. If 1+1=3 were true, it would mean infinite matter or energy."

Each "addition" creates a new amount of matter or energy. The entire process triggers exponential expansion, tearing apart all structures, making planets and life impossible!

It's like placing one stone next to another, and three stones appear on the ground. If you place two of them again, there are three stones again...

Matter doubles out of thin air, easily filling the entire space, and everything becomes crazy and chaotic.

Zhao Jian'an, who was on the other side, was stunned.

Before becoming a wanderer, he was a psychologist who supported his family by practicing at a private clinic.

He didn't quite understand what Qi Xie was saying.

After a long while, he finally remembered.

In the archives preserved by the Special Operations Bureau.

The young man on the other end of the phone, a man who was both crazy and rational, had been abandoned by his parents when he was a child, but he managed to get into a relatively good university by relying on government subsidies and part-time work and study.

"I don't know about that. I can't understand these things either. In my opinion, it's precisely because I can't understand them that it's another world..."

Zhao Jian'an smiled wryly:

"There are too many things in this world that humanity can't understand, so one more wouldn't be surprising... I genuinely don't know. And I'm not interested either..."

Perhaps it was a professional habit, but Zhao Jian'an's voice was gentle and calm, carrying a certain soothing power that gradually calmed Qi Xie's chaotic thoughts.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little surprised to hear about this."

Qi Xie regained his composure slightly, but his thoughts were still inevitably somewhat agitated.

Because if that so-called world where one plus one equals three is truly the world before the evil god.

After ruling out coincidences, or the low probability that the evil god with a bad mind only recognizes 3 and not 1, we can conclude that...

This means that the evil god is indeed rapidly recovering!

I thought this thing was mentally challenged!

Ok……

We need to get our hands on the information about that fallen world that's related to the evil god; maybe we can find clues about the evil god.

I can offer a discount in exchange for all the official data about the Fallen World, which will prevent the other party from discovering my main objective.

"Mr. Qi? Are you very interested in that world?"

Zhao Jian'an, sitting opposite, asked in confusion.

Considering the possible connection between the authorities and system administrators, Qi Xie instinctively wanted to deny it in order to avoid exposing the evil god.

However, he immediately realized that it would be abnormal for a normal person not to feel any curiosity when they first heard about these strange worlds.

"It's alright, at least it's something new."

Qi Xie controlled his tone and forced himself to remain calm as he said:

"Ten thousand Weird Points is too few. Ten thousand eighteen thousand Weird Points, plus all the information you've collected about the Fallen World."

"Eighteen thousand won't do, Mr. Qi. As we said before, we don't even know if the technology from this other world will be usable..."

Zhao Jian'an sounded hesitant.

"Fixed price, 17,000!"

Qi Xie said firmly:

"It's a gamble, but the potential rewards are enormous. If I'm not mistaken, once we actually acquire something, the things we develop, because they incorporate technology from another world, will have no competitors in the traveler's market. It'll be an absolute money-maker..."

Just as Qi Xie was about to try to fool Zhao Jian'an using the same tricks he used to fool Jiang Zhengyi, the noise that broke out next to him interrupted Qi Xie for the third time.

"Hey, boss lady! Why don't you come to our table and have a couple of drinks with us?"

"That's right, boss lady! Our brothers have spent so much here, let's have a toast to them!"

The group of young thugs at that table were clearly drunk and started acting out, fueled by their intoxication.

Perhaps in their eyes, they didn't say anything inappropriate.

I've had a few drinks and made a couple of jokes. You're a business owner who runs a restaurant, so why don't you give us some face and have a good laugh with us?

at this time.

The well-maintained proprietress, who was busy with her daughter—the young girl who had just served Qi Xie beer and food—sounded awkwardly and could only raise the skewers she was carrying for other customers.

"I'm busy right now, you guys drink. I'll bring you two more bottles of wine later."

She could tell that the group was causing trouble because of the alcohol, but it wasn't easy for their small shop to keep running. Since it was a semi-service business, they didn't want to offend their customers, so they just wanted to lose a little money and let things go.

Qi Xie was interrupted for the third time, and veins bulged on his forehead.

He is particularly agitated right now because of the resurgence of the evil god.

But with clues to the evil god right before his eyes, Qi Xie restrained himself, took a deep breath, and decided to get down to business first:

"So, 17,000 for one bet is absolutely worth it..."

The young people's dissatisfied voices were still chattering in my ears:

"What's the point of drinking alone? We're not just drinking to fill our stomachs..."

Qi Xie: "Think about the medicine I gave Jiang Zhengyi before..."

"That's right! It's no trouble at all for you to have a drink with us. We've already poured you a glass, someone has to drink it, right?"

Qi Xie: "I know you've developed a semi-finished product..."

"We won't make things difficult for you. If you won't drink, have your daughter come and have a drink with us!"

"Captain Zhao, wait for me a moment."

After speaking calmly, Qi Xie put down his phone and stood up.