“Brother Yan, the items and equipment I promised you as compensation are ready. When can you come get them?”

Xiezhi’s message arrived on the Yan Shuangying account.

Wu Wang didn’t reply right away. A full half-hour passed before he slowly typed back.

“Now is fine. Also, could you bring a few sets of clothes? I can pay for those myself.”

The reply was baffling. It left Xiezhi scratching his head.

Clothes?

Why did this Yan Shuangying always say such strange things? He was impossible to figure out.

Then there was the matter of the 【Relic Scramble】. The Abnormal Affairs Bureau still hadn’t figured out how he had entered the Hidden Map or how he’d managed to become the leader of so many players. What exactly had he done in that instance?

No matter how they tried to buy information from those Rogue Players or the people from the Tower of Order, they were all refused flat out.

The Bureau even targeted a few players they were more familiar with, making offers that should have been impossible to refuse. Those players had been practically drooling in the 【Spirit Calamity Plaza】, yet they still insisted with long faces that they wouldn’t sell out Yan Shuangying.

What the hell was going on?

What kind of magic potion had Yan Shuangying fed these people? How did he make these free-spirited Rogue Players protect him so staunchly?

In the end, Xiezhi decided it was best to go directly to the source. It would be faster to just deal with Yan Shuangying himself, so he sped up the transaction process.

After a moment of thought, he asked, “Clothes… any special requests? Do you mean clothing-type equipment?”

Unexpectedly, Wu Wang’s reply was simple.

“No, just a few sets of ordinary clothes. Street stall quality is fine. I’m a poor bastard, I can’t afford anything too expensive.”

Although he didn’t understand, Xiezhi replied with a helpless sigh.

“Then you don’t have to pay. It’s just clothes, they’re not worth much.”

Xiezhi still didn’t understand. Not until he entered the 【Spirit Calamity Plaza】 and arrived at Wu Wang’s meeting room, which was so spartan it looked like a newbie’s first setup.

Only then did he understand why the man had wanted clothes.

The moment he accepted the friend request and appeared in the room, he saw a guy sitting across from him, stark naked, yet with not a hint of shame on his face.

In that instant, Xiezhi’s brain crashed.

He even wondered if Yan Shuangying had some issues with his sexual orientation. He couldn’t have taken a liking to him, could he?

But my fucking sexual orientation is normal!

Wu Wang, however, wasn’t thinking about any of that. He simply took the clothes from Xiezhi’s hands.

As he changed with a complete lack of concern, he spoke.

“Who says only those who stand in the light can be called heroes?”

He paused, pulling on the shirt.

“A hero can also stand here naked.”

Xiezhi’s mouth twitched. He waited until Wu Wang had finished changing before sighing.

“What’s this all about? Weren’t you quite the arrogant one in the Scramble? Leading a group of high-level players to hold back our Abnormal Affairs Bureau, you were a glorious sight, great hero. Why have you started doing performance art now?”

To this, Wu Wang just shrugged. He recalled what had happened when he returned to the 【God-Forsaken Land】 to scoop up 【Void Yellow Sand】 with a barrel.

“My courage got all used up in the instance,” he said shamelessly. “Time for a break. I’m not tough all over, at least not below the knees.”

Honestly, if Xiezhi hadn’t brought clothes in time, Wu Wang might have really used Calamity Coins to buy a cheap piece of clothing equipment. Or, he might have put on the 【Clown’s Red Nose】 from Black-hearted Penguin and gone shopping in the plaza completely naked, just to test the equipment’s effects.

He had long since forgotten about concepts like propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame.

At that point, with the sight of him swinging his “gun” around, he wondered if he would be arrested by the defense mechanisms of the 【Spirit Calamity Plaza】.

His thoughts drifted back to half an hour ago.

After parting ways with the Wan Shitong, he had returned to the 【God-Forsaken Land】, thinking this might be his only chance to make a huge profit. Wu Wang took several large barrels from his backpack and began to vigorously fill them with 【Void Yellow Sand】.

He was halfway through filling them when he suddenly felt a chill. He looked down and was shocked to find his shirt was gone.

The pile of 【Void Yellow Sand】 on the ground seemed a little larger.

In the blink of an eye, his shorts had also vanished into thin air.

By the time he was almost done filling the barrels, Wu Wang was horrified to discover his legs were also gone. Even his hands were only half-there. He was like Flint Marko from Spider-Man, starting to dissolve into a cloud of yellow sand.

The strange thing was, throughout the entire process, Wu Wang didn’t feel the slightest bit of pain. He even felt a sense of returning to the warm embrace of the void.

When he came to his senses, only his head was left.

He had died in the 【God-Forsaken Land】.

But thanks to his 【Undying】 trait, the moment he completely turned into yellow sand, his body was instantly reconstructed, and he reappeared on the spot.

Only then did he understand why the 【Spirit Venerable of the Sea of Desire】 had given him access to the 【Spirit Calamity Plaza】.

It had absolutely nothing to do with eating. It was because humans couldn’t survive in this domain at all. Or rather, no substance could exist for long in the 【God-Forsaken Land】.

Eventually, everything would turn into 【Void Yellow Sand】.

No wonder it was called the 【God-Forsaken Land】. It truly was a place abandoned by the gods.

The 【Spirit Venerable of the Sea of Desire】 hadn’t told him this but had helped him open the passage to the 【Spirit Calamity Plaza】. It was probably a test. If he hadn’t discovered the danger and had died so carelessly, She would have had no reason to pay any more attention to a piece of trash.

But She never would have expected that there was an idiot who would watch himself turn into yellow sand and not run. An idiot who would instead stay right there and keep filling up his big barrels.

Fortunately, once the 【Void Yellow Sand】 was put into the barrels and stored in his backpack, it seemed to stop its assimilation effect. Otherwise, Wu Wang would have feared for all the items and equipment in his backpack.

But this was also why he was now stark naked.

“Forget it. Take a look at the compensation first.”

Xiezhi couldn’t be bothered to wait for an explanation for the nudity. After all, when words came out of Yan Shuangying’s mouth, nine out of ten were bullshit. The guy’s defenses were too strong, as if he didn’t trust a single soul in the world.

Wu Wang glanced over.

Two items, one 【Fine Quality】 and one 【Epic】, were already on the table.

【Six-Flavor Sweet Potato Pill (Fine Quality): Upon consumption, the user’s various attributes are greatly enhanced for twenty minutes. As a side effect, the user will suffer from kidney deficiency and back pain for half a day, starting 24 hours later.】

【Remark: Please use with caution or take with Shen Bao.】

The other Epic Item, however, made Wu Wang a little surprised.

It was a skill scroll.

【Sloppy Repair Technique (Epic, Evolvable): After use, the holder can repair broken or non-functional 【Common】 or 【Inferior】 items, allowing them to function normally for five minutes. The side effect is that the item will be completely and permanently broken afterward. 】

【Consumption Condition: Each repair requires 20 Spirit Energy. (Player’s Spiritual Energy Value = Mental Strength Points × 10).】

【Activation Condition: Slap the item in need of repair three times forcefully. (There’s nothing that can’t be fixed with a few slaps, especially grandma’s TV).】

【Remark Air conditioner repairman, what are you doing?:】

Another Evolvable Epic skill!?