The redhead woman didn’t expect Lin Baici to do this and immediately looked worried, "Doing this, we’ll definitely encounter a lot of rule pollution!"
"Exactly, let’s think of a way to go straight to the source and find the ultimate BOSS!"
Everyone was thinking the same thing, but they didn’t have Lin Baici’s confidence in purifying every rule pollution. For them, encountering Taboo things was like playing a highly fatal game!
Lin Baici walked towards the eastern end of the first floor.
Everyone looked at each other, somewhat at a loss. Lin Baici’s actions were too rash.
The redhead woman was conflicted.
Huang Jinxiang remembered his previous experience of not following Lin Baici and ending up with blisters all over from an oven. This time, he had learned his lesson.
Tai Mei nodded, "No one try to dissuade me, I’m God Lin’s dog!"
Bath and Dorisan didn’t speak, but their actions of chasing after Lin Baici said it all.
They trusted Lin Baici.
As Lin Baici passed by each room, he forcefully knocked four times on the door.
Thud, thud! Thud, thud!
The sound was dull, echoing in the dim corridor. Newest update provided by NoveI★Fire.net
"Lin Baici, by doing this, you’re going to attract that Knocking door ghost!"
He had done this before, and it resulted in a creature draped in white cloth appearing, with odd attack power and difficult to kill.
"Do you think I don’t know that?"
Huang Jinxiang rolled his eyes, "We’ve tried it long ago!"
"Then why aren’t you stopping him?"
The redhead woman was puzzled.
"Because killing that monster drops a master key that can open every room in the building."
Li Yintong explained.
The redhead woman finally understood, realizing that after killing a rat, they could dissect a key from its stomach to open the corresponding door.
"God Lin, you’re truly brave!"
Part-time Uncle hustled through the crowd to Lin Baici’s side, offering him a cigarette with both hands: "God Lin, have one!"
"Thanks, but no thanks."
Lin Baici declined. He sniffed, catching the scent on the middle-aged man’s body, looked down at his shoes, and then his gaze traveled up to the name tag on his left chest where a name had been scratched off.
"Is that a Taboo thing?"
Li Yintong was curious. If it wasn’t, why would he carry such a thing?
Part-time Uncle nodded, seeing Lin Baici refuse the cigarette, he gave an awkward smile and passed it to Tai Mei, "Here, have a smoke!"
Li Yintong, in fact, was well-versed in smoking, drinking, and dancing, but she had to maintain some decorum in front of Lin Baici.
Part-time Uncle continued offering cigarettes to everyone: "This is high-quality stuff, don’t be shy, smoke up!"
Kim Myungjin and Hua Yue Yu directly declined, while Gao Heng took one, pinched the cigarette in his hand and rubbed it across his nose, giving it a sniff.
The scent was right, but he wouldn’t smoke a cigarette given by a stranger.
What if it was cursed?
When Lin Baici knocked on the ninth door, the Knocking door ghost appeared.
"Lin Baici, it’s coming!"
Jie Susi alerted. Though he was overshadowed by Lin Baici’s presence, he was still one of the first to sense the monster’s appearance.
Everyone instantly looked over.
Thirty meters away, a door opened and a creature draped in a white sheet floated out.
It was short, had two legs, but its feet were off the ground, with just the tips scraping the surface.
On the sheet, there were two dark holes, like abysses, which were the monster’s eyes.
"Don’t be fooled by the fact that there are two legs under this sheet, in reality, it only has two legs."
Several people who had never seen this Knocking door ghost were confused.
"The sheet itself is the monster, make sure it doesn’t touch you, or it will peel off your skin!"
Jie Susi shared the monster’s information with the others purely to gain favor, "Also, physical attacks are ineffective against it, so use Divine Grace instead!"
Part-time Uncle blew out a smoke ring and fiercely kicked the wall, "Does that mean I’m useless now?"
"Since you know so much about it, you must have fought this kind of monster before. Why don’t you go ahead and take care of another one for us?"
Huang Jinxiang made a suggestion.
"Shouldn’t the leader of the Statue of Liberty be competent? Come on, let everyone see what you’ve got."
Li Yintong mocked Jie Susi.
Jie Susi was indifferent; the Knocking Door Ghost was strong but not as formidable as the Gnoll they had encountered earlier, so even if he killed this ghost in a second, it wouldn’t change others’ impression that he was inferior to Lin Baici.
The working uncle hawked and spat out a wad of phlegm: "Coward!"
The Knocking Door Ghost paused in the corridor for a few seconds, looked around, and immediately floated over when it spotted Lin Baici and the others.
Everyone was on high alert.
"Gao Heng, Redhead, Jie Susi, and everyone else, leave this monster to you. If you don’t want to deal with it, stop following me!"
Lin Baici’s tone was icy as he issued an ultimatum.
He could have killed this monster before, and now with the Paramour Pliers and Climbing Boots, plus the strengthening from the Meteorite, he was even less likely to screw up.
But with cannon fodder present, why should he step up?
Lin Baici didn’t have these people follow him out of the goodness of his heart or to babysit them!
Upon hearing this, everyone’s expression changed slightly amid a murmur of voices, but none were surprised; in this world, there had never been a free lunch.
"Guys, don’t let God Lin look down on us, let’s move!"
Gao Heng exhaled a deep breath: "Chief Jie, let’s lead the attack!"
Jie Susi took two steps forward and smashed the unlocked door to the right: "Let’s fight inside, the corridor is too cramped!"
Huang Jinxiang and Li Yintong, being from the Nine States like Lin Baici and having known him for only a short time, considered themselves part of his inner circle and did not participate in the combat, following her as she stepped back.
Dorisan looked eagerly at Lin Baici, hoping to follow her lead.
Bath patted the shoulder of the doll on his shoulder, and it immediately stood up, bowing as it pleaded, "God Lin, I am your loyal follower!"
The doll did not dare to say "teammate" but used "follower," a term connoting a lower status.
Lin Baici waved his hand dismissively, and Dorisan and Bath immediately followed him, overjoyed.
As the Knocking Door Ghost passed by the room where Jie Susi was, a kettle was thrown out, hitting it. Since it was a ghost, the kettle slid to the ground below without a solid body to hold it.
A crisp metal sound rang out.
The Knocking Door Ghost immediately floated inside, and sounds of a scuffle erupted from within.
"This Jie Susi is too petty!"
Li Yintong was speechless: "He doesn’t have the openness and confidence of a true boss!"
"He went into the room, claiming it was more spacious, but really he’s afraid Brother Lin would see how he fights!"
Tai Mei explained, "For a genius like Brother Lin, watching others in combat can reveal a lot of information!"
Big Ocean Horse nodded in realization.
Lin Baici silently counted, and when he reached 79, the noises from inside the room stopped.
The Knocking Door Ghost was dead.
The white sheet burned, and within the flames was a universal key.
Gao Heng was quick to grasp it.
"I’ll take this to God Lin!"
Gao Heng looked at Jie Susi: "No problem, right?"
Jie Susi’s face showed embarrassment as he nodded.
He knew that in the eyes of these people, he had utterly lost his standing.
Gao Heng rushed into the corridor, ran up to Lin Baici, and handed the universal key to him.
Lin Baici did not take it but looked at Jie Susi, who had emerged from the room: "Did he agree?"
"If he didn’t agree, I would have hammered him to death!"
Gao Heng bared his teeth, of course, he didn’t dare to speak too loudly, lest Jie Susi hear it. After all, while they didn’t want to provoke Lin Baici, they had no problem dealing with him.
"Give it up, they want to use Oppa as their tool!"
Kim Myungjin was dissatisfied, realizing that the person who opened the door would definitely be the first one to enter, and if there were Taboo things, they would be the first to be tainted.
"So... should we let Jie Susi open the door?"
Gao Heng chuckled awkwardly, feeling like he’d misspoken.
Lin Baici took the key and casually opened a locked door nearby.