Upon hearing Qian Qi’s words, everyone instinctively took a step back.
No one expected this master to speak the truth so effortlessly. While everyone found it incredible, they also felt extremely wary and afraid.
Only Xi Pingzhe, after being stunned for a moment, couldn’t help but boast, "See! I told you he’s a master!"
A true strong person wouldn’t be manipulated by these weaklings!
Time was passing slowly, and the Earth Element Awakener and Gold Element Awakener were busily excavating underground, while the utterly exhausted Gong Qiang sat on the ground with a dark face, occasionally hearing Qian Qi’s annoying voice, "Brother Qiang, after you messed your pants, did you still have any pants to wear?"
"You don’t seem like the type to carry spare pants. Are you just going to put on Defense Armor and skip the pants?"
"Ah, not necessarily! What if you don’t usually wear pants? Then your Defense Armor..."
"Oh my! Did you mess your Defense Armor? What you’re wearing now wouldn’t be covered in—"
Unable to bear it any longer, Gong Qiang raised his hand and slapped the back of the dog’s head, "Can you shut up!"
Qian Qi scratched his head where he’d been hit, puzzled, "Why are you so agitated? You can’t beat me to death, so why not pay me to shut up for two minutes... Sigh, you wouldn’t want to mess your pants again, right?"
Gong Qiang was truly afraid of her, not because he was cowardly, but because he really didn’t have spare pants. He only had Defense Armor left, and if she talked him into messing his pants again...
It would truly result in him having nothing to wear.
"Brother Qiang?" Qian Qi waved a small handkerchief in her hand, gleaming eyes hoping, "Look at this QR code, isn’t it nice and clear?"
Gong Qiang’s molars were about to grind to pieces as he angrily opened his Light Brain and transferred three thousand yuan to Qian Qi, "Shut up for an hour!"
"Wow, Brother Qiang is so generous!" Seeing the transaction success, Qian Qi quickly put away the handkerchief and ran off to chat with others.
Finally, Gong Qiang’s ears were blessed with silence. He took a deep breath and sat on the ground, wiping his Mystic Black Hammer, occasionally looking up at the excavation team.
The progress of opening up the underground dungeon intermittently stalled because this team was a rescue team. According to the proportional levels of awakened members, it was necessary to ensure that the attacking Awakeners were Advanced to survive better. Hence, the dispatched Gold Element and Earth Element Awakeners were all Low-level Awakened.
For them, breaking up the wreckage of the upper structures to rescue people wasn’t too difficult, but decomposing the rock layer beneath the soil was not easy. Digging down to the 348 meters underground as Qian Qi said was harder than expected.
"When will this be finished?" After waiting for a while, Gong Qiang grew impatient again, "My task is to rescue people, not to find an instance!"
"Why don’t we just go rescue people first?" Hearing the voice, Qian Qi immediately popped up to offer a suggestion, "Finding instances and rescuing people are not mutually exclusive!"
She waved the fortune-telling banner in her hand, "Look, my side hustle is paid rescue~"
Gong Qiang looked at the words on the fortune-telling banner: ...
Why does it feel person can’t escape the word ’money’?
"I’ll join, I’ll join!" Xi Pingzhe promptly came over, "We can help!"
Just in time to let them witness the master’s demeanor~ The master is not only good at fortune-telling; their martial prowess is also impressive!
"Alright then..." Gong Qiang didn’t want to waste time either; he stood up promptly. After leaving half of the people to guard the pit with Nangong Yan, he led the rest to start rescuing nearby.
But he remained cautious, forbidding Qian Qi from leaving his side for fear that she might run away.
Fortunately, after a few hours, Qian Qi not only hadn’t run away but had also found several survivors trapped under the ruins. Even Gong Qiang was quite amazed at how she knew there were survivors under the rubble.
"Brother Qiang, why are you staring at me ?" After rescuing a wave of survivors, Qian Qi received Gong Qiang’s persistent gaze and wearing a yellow dog mascot costume, she started striking poses, "Did you finally realize Brother Dog’s charm, planning to surrender to Brother Dog?"
My eyes are about to throw up!!!
"Brother Qiang~" Qian Qi opened her legs and raised her hands, forming a big heart, "Pay 5000 yuan, and I’ll be quiet for another 30 minutes~"
Amidst this visual and auditory pollution along the way, Gong Qiang had become proficient at transferring 5000 yuan, just to make the other party quiet for a bit, while Qian Qi then turned to the system to buy the location of the next wave of survivors.
Meanwhile, Xi Pingzhe was curious about something, "Master, aren’t you a paid rescuer? Why don’t you ask these people for money?" ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⚑𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⚑𝙣𝙚𝙩
Clearly, she previously asked him for 6 million yuan!
Qian Qi patted his chest earnestly, "Is your life worth more, or are their lives worth more? They’re just trapped under the ruins, but you were surrounded by two B-level Magical Beasts!"
Nonsense, is it easier to earn one man’s 6 million yuan or 1 yuan from 6 million people? She knows very well!
Xi Pingzhe suddenly understood, "Makes sense!"
After working tirelessly for hours, dusk began to fall. Gong Qiang sent the survivors to nearby already established rescue points, then returned with Qian Qi and others to Nangong Yan’s place.
By now, the pit had been dug very deep, but the underground dungeon hadn’t been found yet. The location was so deep that several Awakeners were experiencing oxygen deficiency, unable to go back down into the pit.
"Tsk!" Learning of this, Gong Qiang couldn’t help but turn to Qian Qi, angrily saying, "You must have planned this early on!"
There’s no underground dungeon here! Because of the difficulty in excavation, they would give up, making it impossible to confirm whether there’s an instance here!
"You can’t blame me for your limitations!" Qian Qi said innocently, she patted Gong Qiang’s chest in a comforting manner, "Why are you agitated again? Isn’t there anything that can’t be resolved peacefully?"
"Then what do you suggest?" Gong Qiang placed the Mystic Black Hammer heavily on the ground, finally regaining some of his sanity, "You want us to pay for the instance location, but we need to see the first instance, right?"
"Hmm..." Qian Qi rubbed her chin in thought for a while, then finally said, "Alright, I’ll help you guys out."
Saying that, she rapidly rubbed her hands together as if forming an Energy Ball, and suddenly, a little white mouse with red eyes appeared in her empty palm.
The little white mouse stood on its hind legs, raising its short forelimbs to its mouth, and whistled, producing a sharp tune. Everyone immediately felt the ground beneath them tremble. Soon, a tide of little white mice surged like a wave from the underground. Under the lead mouse’s guidance, they enthusiastically poured into the pit.
Watching this bizarre spectacle, everyone forgot to speak. Gong Qiang reacted, immediately turning to Qian Qi with surprise, "Are you actually a Beast Master?"
And... have you contracted dozens of Contracted Beasts?
No way, how did she manage this? Even if all these Contracted Beasts are E-level, it’s still quite outrageous!