“Perfect dissection?”

Upon hearing this comment, Lin Baici suddenly realized the value of this mask. If he wore it, he would naturally possess god-level knife skills when handling ingredients while cooking.

Slicing sashimi, snowflake beef, and even handling poisonous pufferfish, he would be able to do it effortlessly without any training.

Awesome!

However, it might be a bit scary. When customers see this mask, they might lose their appetite.

“Captain, why did you pick up that mask?”

The dwarf didn’t understand. He thought that the Bone-Cleaving Knife, the Bone-Crushing Mallet, and the armor on the Pigman King were the divine taboos and valuable items.

“Is it a divine taboo?”

The woman in leather pants was surprised.

“That’s right!”

Lin Baici didn’t hide anything.

After hearing this, everyone immediately looked at the butcher mask in Lin Baici’s hand, which was shaped like a pig’s head.

“Do you know what effect it has? Can it cause rule contamination?”

The old man was curious.

Lin Baici glanced at the old man and said nothing.

“Hehe!”

The old man chuckled. He knew that his performance just now was terrible and had angered Lin Baici.

The woman in leather pants was also very curious. Most divine taboos would only be noticed by divine hunters after rule contamination occurred. Before the contamination, they were indistinguishable from ordinary items and were difficult to identify.

“Lin Baici should possess some kind of divine blessing or equipment for exploring divine taboos, right?”

The woman in leather pants guessed.

The bartender knew that he wasn’t qualified to divide the spoils, so he picked up the scattered armor fragments on the ground. He estimated that Lin Baici wouldn’t be interested in these things.

The dwarf obtained the Bone-Crushing Mallet. Although he wanted it, he still handed it over to Lin Baici.

“Captain, here you go.”

The dwarf looked at the Bone-Crushing Mallet, which was taller than him, and said, “This thing is quite heavy!”

“It’s for you!”

Lin Baici glanced at it and the Food God didn’t comment. He also didn’t feel any hunger for these two weapons, so they were just ordinary goods.

On the other hand, the dirty apron made Lin Baici “hungry.”

When his Armor-Breaking Divine Blessing hit the Pigman King, it sent the apron flying.

The dwarf was stunned. He didn’t expect such a good thing to happen and quickly thanked Lin Baici.

“Thank you, Captain!”

The dwarf touched the Bone-Crushing Mallet and felt that it could be sold for a good price.

Use it himself?

He was too short and didn’t have enough strength to swing it.

Lin Baici walked up to the apron and picked it up. The rope that was tied around the neck of the apron broke, and he didn’t know if it would affect its effectiveness.

【Gluttonous Apron, after wearing it, your appetite will increase. Even if it’s food you don’t like, it will make you have a strong desire to eat it.】

【Picky eating? Doesn’t exist.】

【After wearing it, the food that enters your stomach will have healing effects, especially for physical injuries!】

【For example, if you break your leg, as the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal bones and tendons. But if you wear this Gluttonous Apron and eat five meals a day, you can recover in a week at most!】

“Good stuff!”

Lin Baici was delighted.

Daily diet should be balanced, but there are some foods like onions and bitter gourds that Lin Baici truly doesn’t like to eat.

Now with this apron, he can eat them.

But even if he has the Wine Pool and Meat Forest and the Food God, it doesn’t seem to matter if he’s picky. Just look at his eight-pack abs, it’s the best proof.

The healing effect is also great, but the apron is too dirty. He doesn’t know if it can be cleaned.

“Is this also a divine taboo?”

The boss lady walked over and looked at the apron.

She noticed the mask, which was a transcendent item, but this apron looked ordinary at first glance.

“Yeah!”

Lin Baici nodded and handed the apron to Nangong Shu, saying, “It’s yours!”

During the battle just now, the boss lady exerted a lot of effort. If it weren’t for her hypnotic ability and powerful control, it wouldn’t have been easy for his Armor-Breaking Divine Blessing to hit the Pigman King.

“No, thank you!”

Nangong Shu didn’t take it and smiled faintly. “You keep it!”

Anyway, I’m not interested in exploring the God’s Ruins. I just want to be a quiet boss lady, drink tea every day, and do yoga.

“Alright!”

There are other people here, so Lin Baici didn’t feel convenient to introduce this apron. He would tell the boss lady when they returned, and if she wanted it, he would give it to her.

“What a pity, it didn’t drop a divine blessing!”

Xia Hongyao regretted.

“These two divine taboos are not attack types either!”

Lin Baici smiled and said, “But it’s better than nothing!”

He and Xia Hongyao were not separate entities. It didn’t matter who held the pig head mask. Moreover, even if Xia Hongyao borrowed Lin Baici’s divine taboos for a while, he wouldn’t be stingy.

Whether two people are friends or not is not determined by words, but by actions.

Xia Hongyao’s trust in him shown during the battle made Lin Baici very happy.

From now on, he had one more good companion.

Xia Hongyao also thought the same. Lin Baici was not only excellent but also trustworthy. She dared to entrust her life to him while exploring the God’s Ruins.

“Boss lady, why don’t you wear black stockings? Do you know it’s a waste? And can you change the color of your high heels? I don’t like red!”

“What?”

Nangong Shu suddenly heard him say this and looked at him in astonishment.

Is that so?

Are you so frivolous?

Or is this your true nature?

“It’s not me!”

Lin Baici was dumbfounded.

“It’s that sword.”

Xia Hongyao couldn’t help but laugh.

“The sword?”Nangong Shu frowned and looked at the bronze sword in Lin Baici’s hand.

Everyone else also looked over, confused.

“Everyone, look here. I, Lin Baici, have something to announce. I like older women. Auntie, hello, Auntie, wonderful Auntie, Auntie’s tenderness is so lovely!”

“Next time, don’t take off your black stockings!”

The voice of the bronze sword was filled with a sense of superiority, as if this preference was something to be proud of.

“It has nothing to do with me!”

Lin Baici’s head was spinning, and he quickly clarified.

“Hehe!”

The landlady gave Lin Baici a disdainful look, full of charm.

I don’t believe you!

The bartender looked at Nangong Shu and Lin Baici chatting and felt sour in his heart. He actually liked the landlady.

“A conscious weapon?”

The old man was shocked. This was a rare item!

If everyone died together, it would be as if no one died. So Lin Baici handed the bronze sword to the landlady and said, “Dragon Tooth Flying Sword, a rare weapon. Do you want to appreciate it?”

Nangong Shu looked at the bronze sword with mysterious runes and then at Lin Baici, who looked innocent. He crossed his arms.

“Don’t be shy, your XP is quite normal.”

A smile appeared on Nangong Shu’s lips.

Tsk!

Why do I feel a little happy when I hear that Lin Baici likes older women?

“Found it!”

The bartender suddenly shouted excitedly. He found a golden key the size of a finger from the intestines of the pigman king.

“Finally, it’s over!”

The girl in leather pants breathed a sigh of relief.

“I wonder if there will be any more games after we leave?”

The dwarf worried.

“What are you thinking? Escaping from the underground dungeon game definitely hasn’t ended yet!”

The old man sneered.

“Ah?”

The dwarf was stunned.

“I also think this game hasn’t ended!”

Nangong Shu suggested, “Let’s rest for half an hour before we set off. Anyway, we are currently ahead of everyone else!”

In the Dragon and Beauty Bar, the crazy maid laid a carpet on the floor, took off her shoes, and lay on it. She ate potato chips while watching TV.

The TV screen showed Lin Baici and the others.

“They kill pretty fast!”

The maid picked up the clock next to her and glanced at it.

She had hosted so many “Escape from the Underground Dungeon” games, and in the first level, “Slaughterhouse,” the time it took for this team to clear it ranked third on the leaderboard.

The first team had a powerful divine hunter with overwhelming attack power. After activating divine grace, he burned all the pig-headed people to ashes.

Naturally, the iron lump in the pig-headed person’s intestines was also exposed.

The second team had a divine grace with the ability of prophecy, and they directly divined the clues to clear the level easily.

This team led by Lin Baici seemed more normal, relying purely on the intelligence of their leader and the cooperation of the two female members to clear the level.

As for the others, they were just useless extras.

If the team’s strength was taken into account, Lin Baici’s team was the weakest, so getting third place was already quite difficult.

Excellent!

“But the second level won’t be easy!”

The maid picked up the remote control and switched to several other teams.

Tsk tsk!

This performance is so eye-catching.

The maid switched the channel back and continued watching this boy. Not only was he powerful, but he was also handsome and charming.

“Should I be his maid for a while?”

The maid mumbled to herself, took a chip, and threw it into her mouth.

…

“It’s a bit boring!”

Lin Baici finished speaking and stood up from the camping mat. “Hongyao, let’s go!”

“Why?”

Xia Hongyao stood up.

Everyone’s gaze turned towards them.

Lin Baici didn’t answer, but walked to Gao Mawei’s side, put his arm around her waist, and whispered something in her ear.

The old man had good hearing and heard the words “have some fun,” causing his gaze to involuntarily fall on Gao Mawei’s chest, showing an envious expression.

I also want to play!

The landlady’s eyes were slightly puzzled.

Isn’t Lin Baici that kind of person? What does he want to do?

“What do you mean by ‘have some fun’?”

Xia Hongyao also whispered, “Are we going to fight monsters?”

As for Lin Baici hugging her waist, she didn’t pay any attention to it because she regarded Lin Baici as a close friend and teammate, not a man.

Lin Baici hugged Xia Hongyao and left the hall. After closing the door, he looked around and casually opened a door to enter.

There were a large group of pig-headed people in the room, but because Lin Baici had killed the pigman king, according to the rules, the intimidation amplification caused these pig-headed people to shrink into a corner, trembling in fear.

“Let’s change our cards!”

Lin Baici took out his card.

On the exquisitely crafted card was a monster with green skin all over its body, a big head, short limbs, sharp teeth, and an ugly appearance.

It was wearing a tattered leather armor and carrying a large nail hammer.

Orc! Orc!

The goblin on the card roared and swung its nail hammer.

“Great!”

Xia Hongyao didn’t hesitate at all and handed her Red Dragon Queen card to Lin Baici.

“Don’t you want to ask why?”

Lin Baici looked at Gao Mawei.

“I trust your judgment!”

Xia Hongyao giggled. Her eyes were bright, like stars in the night sky. She never doubted her friends, including Gao Mawei.

Lin Baici raised his hand and flicked Xia Hongyao’s forehead.

Smack!

“Don’t hit my head!”Xia Hongyao raised her hands and quickly covered her head: “I rely on my IQ to eat!”

“Alright, enough nonsense!”

Lin Baici lowered his voice and told Gao Mawei about his discovery.

The more Xia Hongyao listened, the more shocked her expression became.

…

Lin Baici and Xia Hongyao returned to the hall.

The old man saw that Xia Hongyao’s clothes were a bit messy, with scratches on her chest.

“Let’s go!”

Lin Baici stuffed the camping mat and the remaining food into the black bowl, then took the key and walked towards the wall to the north.

There was a door on top.

Lin Baici inserted the key and turned it three times to the left.

With a click, the door opened.

Xia Hongyao rushed in first, but before she could step in with one leg, Lin Baici pulled her back.

“Women go last!”

Lin Baici looked at the old man. “You have to contribute too, right?”

“Alright!”

The old man knew he couldn’t avoid it, and since they had just entered a game, there might not be any danger, so he walked in cautiously.

Everyone followed.

The vision turned black, lasting about seven seconds. The light gradually brightened, and they could see some things, but it was still dark, like early morning in winter at four or five o’clock.

Lin Baici took out five powerful flashlights and distributed them.

“Thank you, Captain!”

The dwarf and the woman in leather pants quickly thanked him.

“Don’t I get one?”

The bartender felt a bit depressed.

“I only bought five!”

Lin Baici didn’t take a flashlight. He used a torch made of pine wood for illumination.

“Five is enough!”

The woman in leather pants envied them. “Only you divine hunters with spatial divine taboos can carry so much luggage. If it were us, even carrying a flashlight would feel burdensome!”

“Does this seem like the lair of some kind of monster?”

Xia Hongyao shook the flashlight and looked around.

The place where everyone was located was a cave tunnel, seemingly underground, cold, damp, with green moss growing on the walls and floor.

The air was very murky.

Lin Baici was too tall, and the cave was only about two meters high, so he felt very oppressed, with a feeling of being unable to stretch his limbs.

“Old man, lead the way!”

Lin Baici arranged, “I’ll go second.”

The old man sighed but didn’t refuse.

There was no other way. Lin Baici had already gained everyone’s recognition, and he had obtained it through his strength. If he refused, he would definitely be expelled from the team.

Ding ding dong, ding ding dong, the bells rang.

The sudden Christmas song startled everyone.

“It’s that maid singing!”

The landlady had remembered that voice. Although it was distorted through the microphone and the echo in the cave tunnel, it was still that crazy maid.

“Ladies and gentlemen, because Lin Baici’s team killed the Pigman King and cleared the first level, the first level will close in fifteen minutes!”

“Please select one person from each team that has not cleared the level as the price for your clearance!”

“Please note that the person chosen as the price will be eliminated!”

“If your team treats each other like family and is unwilling to sacrifice others, then everyone will be eliminated together!”

The maid announced.

It would be interesting if everyone entered the same level and competed. Otherwise, it would be boring if Lin Baici left everyone in the dust.

Upon hearing this rule, the woman in leather pants blurted out, “What the f*ck?”

“So cruel?”

The bartender felt somewhat fortunate that he followed Lin Baici. Otherwise, if he were in another team, he would definitely be chosen as the price.

“Long live the captain!”

The dwarf cheered.

“I think that transgender person must be regretting it now. Why didn’t they spend five thousand meteor coins to buy a spot in the team earlier?”

The old man’s dissatisfaction with Lin Baici lessened a lot.

“Let’s go!”

Lin Baici urged.

…

In the room, the sunglasses-wearing male team that had just finished killing a wave of pig-headed people was dumbfounded.

“Lin Baici has already cleared the level?”

The sunglasses-wearing man was extremely unhappy. He was the one who went upstairs first.

“Our luck is really bad, isn’t it?”

Someone complained.

“It’s not luck. Lin Baici must have found some kind of clue downstairs, that’s why he’s faster than us!”

Chen Fujiang’s face darkened.

It was a pity that the two sides were enemies, otherwise it would be great to team up together.

No one said anything, but they all regretted it. They should have tried harder to join Lin Baici’s team at the bar earlier.

They had initially made fun of the old man for spending so much meteor coins to buy a spot in the team, but now it seemed that he was very wise.

“Don’t think about anything else. What do we do now?”

“What else can we do? Lin Baici has already cleared the level, so we can only choose someone and pay the price!”

“But the ‘price’ will die!”

Everyone started arguing.

Although they hadn’t cooperated for long, they had a general understanding of each other’s character.

“Let’s vote by raising our hands!”

Chen Fujiang suggested, “We can’t waste any more time. Lin Baici is probably already in the second level by now. If we let them go ahead again, we might have to pay the price!”

Everyone understood this, but it was too cruel.

And everyone was worried about being chosen.

“One more thing, don’t be afraid to offend anyone. Rest assured, the chosen ‘price’ will have its head blown off by me first, guaranteeing that it won’t harm any of you!”

The maid’s words made Chen Fujiang and the other strong individuals feel much more at ease.At such times, it was usually the ones with no contributions or the peripheral members of the team who were chosen as sacrificial lambs.

…

Stalactites hung upside down from the cave ceiling, dripping water with a steady tick-tock sound.

Lin Baici and his team of seven had been walking for over twenty minutes without finding anything.

The tunnels in this nest were intricate and confusing. Without a map, they couldn’t find their way out.

They arrived at a junction with five different paths.

“Little Lin, use the Divine Turtle Shell to divine our path!” Xia Hongyao suggested, feeling that wandering aimlessly was not a solution.

“If I use it too much, I’ll be cursed and my luck will decrease!” Lin Baici was preparing to activate his Hundred Flavors Breath to discern the direction by smell, but as soon as he activated it and took a breath, a choking smell of smoke wafted in.

Achoo!

Lin Baici sneezed and quickly warned, “Be careful, there’s a monster coming!”

Before he could finish his sentence, seven or eight torches were thrown from the tunnels.

The flames on these torches were not big, but they produced a thick smoke that quickly filled the tunnel.

“Hongyao! Boss lady, crouch down, take these masks!”

Lin Baici quickly pulled out two gas masks and handed them to them. Only then did he put on one himself. While doing all this, he also summoned the Muscle Buddha to act as a shield in front of him.

His caution proved useful. As the smoke thickened, spears and arrows were shot in, clanging against the walls as they hit.

“Ah!”

The woman in leather pants screamed as her arm was pierced. “Leader!”

She cried out, trying to crawl towards Lin Baici.

“Get down! Get down quickly!”

Xia Hongyao urged.

Staying here was a dead end. Just as Lin Baici was about to tell everyone to break out, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

Hidden mission triggered!