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

"no……"

Qi Xie quickly dismissed his own idea.

The evil god is not very bright; unless absolutely necessary, he would never want to ask the evil god for a "blessing".

What if they raise his performance targets again later?

This will accelerate the resurgence of the evil god.

more importantly!

Qi Xie was very suspicious that this thing only recognized the number three among the larger numbers!

Every time the performance targets are raised, they're tripled!

They don't treat their employees like human beings at all!

To prevent failing to meet performance targets from being taken advantage of by the evil god, Qi Xie decided to handle it himself.

But how do we solve this?

Qi Xie racked his brains for a long time but still couldn't come up with a solution.

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall his first experience trading on a trading forum.

He sighed deeply, slumped onto the sofa, pinched the bridge of his nose, and complained:

"Damn it..."

"If only there were some suckers like back then, and we could sell everything at an inflated price, then we wouldn't be short eight hundred. Sigh..."

"..."

"etc?!"

Qi Xie suddenly sat up from the sofa.

"If there are no other suckers, why not just find the original sucker?"

He immediately opened the chat list and found that familiar ID.

"Discovering her husband is gay in the middle of the night, she tearfully took off her women's clothes and slept with him in a high-class setting."

"Sorry, my good friend!"

Qi Xie licked his lips, muttered something to himself insincerely, and sent a message at the same time:

"Hey bro, are you there?"

It took several minutes for the other side to reply:

"What's up, bro? Spit it out, I'm at work right now, it's peak season, super busy."

Work? And he's extremely busy?

Qi Xie thought for a moment.

Oh right.

It was evening, and everyone had gone home from get off work.

Exhausted office workers are flocking to the bathhouse, ready to wash away their fatigue.

The bathhouse attendants must be extremely busy.

It is indeed peak season.

"Hey buddy, I've got some good stuff here, selling it to you at a friend's price. Want to snag a bargain?"

A few minutes later, the other party replied:

"You unscrupulous merchant, you think you can get a bargain? The sun must have risen in the west!"

"Seriously, a level 4 attack-type seal item with special physical attack, I'm selling it to you for 900 points!"

"Oh? Really? Am I kidding?"

The other party responded much faster, clearly showing they were somewhat tempted.

It's important to know that attack-type sealing items that are specifically designed to counter physical targets are always in high demand among sealing items of the same level, generally costing 1200 or more points.

This is the first time I've ever seen anything sold for less than 1000 Weird Points!

However, the other party, being a seasoned veteran of the uncanny walker, was no fool either, and cautiously replied:

Send me a picture of the actual product first, then I'll take a look.

Qi Xie looked down at the dagger with a large crack in his hand and felt that it was not appropriate to just slap it like that, so he turned around and went to the hotel front desk.

I asked the receptionist for a small tube of 502 glue.

Guji—!

Qi Xie looked around and confirmed that the gaps had been filled.

He covered the remaining 502 glue and tossed it into the shadows, then used the system's camera function to take a picture of the dagger and sent it over.

There was a silence on the other end for about a minute:

"Dude, tell me the truth, do you think I'm an idiot?"

"Hey buddy, that hurts our feelings so much. I never thought that way."

"Then don't treat me like an idiot! I'd be grateful you even bothered to apply the glue and spray on a layer of silver paint!"

"There's a glaring crack in the middle of this knife, and glaring glue in the middle too. If you're going to scam me, at least put some effort into it!"

"You fucking crashed my system, you know that? What was the point of putting glue in there?"

Qi Xie: "I think it's impolite to just shoot it directly. The slit in the middle of the dagger is too conspicuous."

"Applying glue is considered polite??? Thank you so much for going to such lengths!"

"You're welcome."

"..."

"Selling this for 900 is a joke! I'll buy it for 200 at most."

After a long silence, the person on the other end replied again, their tone clearly showing impatience.

Qi Xie remained calm and composed, showing no sign of urgency.

"No, at least 800 points, not a single point less."

The other side seemed to laugh in anger:

"Okay, oh bro, I can't buy it anyway, you go sell it to someone else. I wish you good luck selling it. If you can find a sucker to sell it to for 800, I'll give you a weird 200 yuan bonus!"

"You said that?"

"That's what Lao Tzu said!!!"

The person on the other end clearly thought Qi Xie was making fun of him, and said impatiently:

"Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll go get busy. I have a ton of work waiting for me."

Qi Xie calmly sent the message:

"Is Tangquanhui so popular at night? Are you busy as a bathhouse attendant?"

The reply came a full five minutes late this time, and you could feel their extreme shock and panic even through the screen.

"Are you kidding me? How could you possibly know... you opened an account for me?!"

Qi Xie: "It's even more detailed than opening an account, since opening an account won't even reveal your ideal type."

Wait...? Could it be that you...?

"right!!!"

Qi Xie typed with righteous indignation:

I bumped into you!

"What?! How is this possible? What a coincidence! Wait, how can you be sure it's me..."

"Ha, in broad daylight, a body scrubber suddenly appears in a bathhouse that never offers body scrubbing services, isn't that obvious?"

"In broad daylight... Could it be... could you be...?"

"right!!"

Qi Xie sneered:

"I am De'ao."

"You should have seen my information at the front desk, right?"

"Do you still remember all the filthy and disgusting things you did to me when you were disguised as a bathhouse attendant?! You caused me so much psychological trauma! Shouldn't I ask for some compensation?!"

"...I'm sorry, brother, I'm really sorry..."

The other side seemed somewhat at a loss:

"I...I...it's not what you think...that stuff really is shower gel!!!"

Qi Xie: ...

Stop emphasizing that this is a classic case of protesting too much!

"Then aren't the other things you did also true?"

"...I...I'm sorry, brother, it's just...you're just too much of my ideal type...I'm so sorry."

Seeing that the other side was starting to soften their stance, Qi Xie's eyes lit up, and he pressed his advantage:

"Talk is cheap; what about action?"

"I...this...brother, I...I...I bought it for 400 Weird Points, consider that compensation, okay..."

"No! At least 800!"

"Bro... 800 is too much, really not... how about 400? If it works, great; if not, I can't afford any more..."

Qi Xie frowned.

That's a full 50% difference...

It was clear that although the other party felt somewhat apologetic after being confronted with his "toughness," they still maintained their rationality.

This won't do...

We need to use a combination of soft and hard tactics...

After thinking for a moment, Qi Xie sent a message:

"Actually, I don't really dislike it..."

"Wait...?! What? Could it be?! No, wait, is it really what I think? Oh my god? I...I...I'm a little too excited, sorry, you're just too much of my ideal type."

"What kind of 'big advantage' do you think I meant when I said I'd give you a huge benefit?"

!!!

"Now you think 800 is enough to represent your sincerity...?"

『等会！！！那还说啥了！！！800就800！！！不！再加上我愿赌服输！再加200！不对！我再额外加200！1200！这是我的诚意……你明天还会再来吗？』

Qi Xie: ...

After a moment of silence, he opened Dio's chat window:

"Go to Tangquanhui tomorrow... Don't ask any questions, just go. Consider it a favor that Master Qi owes you."