"Let me tell you something. Every single mantis here is my precious asset. You owe me an explanation!"
Jiang Hai strode toward Wu Bei, putting on an angry front.
Inside, however, he was practically laughing out loud.
He had been wondering how to sell this insect museum for an outrageous price.
And now Wu Bei had handed him the perfect excuse.
What he didn't know was that, in Wu Bei's eyes, he was already a dead man.
"What kind of explanation do you want?" Wu Bei asked calmly.
Jiang Hai straightened his face. "Each of those mantises is worth over a million. You have to compensate me!"
"But since you're interested in buying my insect museum, I can give you a discount."
"Ten billion. Buy the museum, and I'll let this go."
"Heh…"
Wu Bei laughed.
He knew Jiang Hai was shameless.
But he hadn't expected him to be this shameless.
In his previous life, this bastard and Han Lingxue had worked together to scam him into buying the place for two hundred million—and even then, Wu Bei thought his past self had been a complete idiot.
Now Jiang Hai dared to ask for ten billion just because he killed a few mantises.
Good.
That would make killing him all the more satisfying.
"What are you laughing at?!" Jiang Hai suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Wu Bei by the collar, his voice dark and threatening. "We're discussing a very serious matter here!"
"If you don't compensate me, I'll call the police. You'll go to prison!"
"I'm sure you don't want to spend the rest of your life behind bars, do you?"
Seeing how confident Jiang Hai looked, a cold killing intent flashed through Wu Bei's eyes.
"Ten billion, right? I can give it to you."
"But we'll use a different currency."
"Oh?" Jiang Hai was almost bursting with joy. "What kind? Dollars? Euros?"
"Your mother's currency."
Before Jiang Hai could explode in rage—
a sharp, searing pain erupted from his lower abdomen.
Instinctively, he lowered his head.
One look nearly made his eyes pop out of their sockets.
Wu Bei's hand had transformed into a sharp blade, piercing straight through his stomach.
The horrifying sight sent Jiang Hai's adrenaline skyrocketing. He screamed at the top of his lungs, "Monster!"
After shouting that, he didn't even care about the wound in his abdomen and ran wildly toward the exit.
Wu Bei watched his panicked retreat and muttered to himself, "Stabbing the stomach once won't kill someone. I'll remember that."
"System, put all five free attribute points into Agility."
Ding. Allocation complete. Current Agility: 10.
"So this is the entry-level standard for a ghost hunter?"
"But if I want to clear the first global dungeon without injuries, this still won't be enough."
Wu Bei felt the changes in his body and murmured to himself.
In his previous life, many humans hadn't turned into strange beings. Instead, they awakened various abilities.
But their lives hadn't been easy either.
Because when the strange descended, countless strange dungeons also appeared across the world.
Every survivor had to enter a personal strange dungeon once a week.
Regions, cities, provinces, and even entire nations also had to send people to challenge dungeons at fixed intervals.
Clear them, and everything remained stable.
Fail—and the strange would descend again, wiping out all humans in the area.
That was why, after the apocalypse, the governments established a strict hierarchy.
For example, if any single base attribute exceeded 10, one could become a ghost hunter.
Exceed 20, and you'd qualify for special government subsidies.
Exceed 30, and you could become the ruler of an entire region, holding the power of life and death over its people.
In his previous life, the Han family had risen because of a genius who quickly became the ruler of Jiangcheng.
That was why Wu Bei had been treated like livestock and imprisoned.
But now…
Wu Bei coldly looked at Jiang Hai, who had collapsed on the ground from blood loss and could only crawl forward. "Are you scared?"
"Wu Bei, I'm warning you—murder is illegal! Call an ambulance right now and send me to the hospital. I'll pretend nothing happened!"
"Otherwise, you'll rot in prison for the rest of your life!"
"Heh…"
Even at a time like this, Jiang Hai still dared to threaten him from above.
Wu Bei smiled. "Have you ever considered that I came here specifically to kill you?"
"You… I…"
Jiang Hai froze, completely at a loss for words.
But when he saw Wu Bei's arms fully transform into mantis-like blade arms, he panicked and shouted, "I won't pursue the mantis issue anymore! You absolutely can't kill me!"
"If you do, the Jiang family won't let you off—and Han Lingxue won't either!"
"After all, I'm her cousin!"
"I know," Wu Bei replied calmly.
"What?"
Jiang Hai was utterly confused.
If Wu Bei knew he was Han Lingxue's cousin, why would he still kill him?
Wasn't Wu Bei her loyal lapdog?
As Jiang Hai stood there in shock, Wu Bei slowly stepped forward, rubbing his blade arms together, killing intent overflowing.
"I don't just know you're her cousin. I know this insect museum belongs to Han Lingxue."
"I know the two of you set me up and planned to dump this place on me."
"I even know you and Han Lingxue have been sleeping together, treating me like a fool dangling on a hook."
"You… how do you know that?" Jiang Hai was completely terrified.
Only he and Han Lingxue knew about those things.
How could Wu Bei possibly know?
"Because I crawled back from hell."
With that roar, Wu Bei went completely berserk, hacking Jiang Hai apart again and again with his blade arms.
Only after Jiang Hai had been chopped into countless pieces did Wu Bei finally exhale, reverting his arms back to human form.
He looked at the pile of mangled flesh on the ground and raised an eyebrow.
The apocalypse was still three days away. He wasn't sure whether the system could handle a human corpse.
"System, devour."
Ding. Host has devoured an unawakened human. Gained 100 experience points.
Ding. First-time devour of an unawakened human. Gained 1 evolution point.
Evolution point?
Wu Bei's eyes lit up.
In his previous life, he already knew that the most terrifying aspect of Infinite Evolution was that the talents obtained through devouring could be further strengthened using evolution points.
Unfortunately, before he could learn how to acquire them, Han Lingxue had imprisoned him.
Now, he finally had the chance to find out.
"System, explain how evolution points are obtained."
There are three ways to obtain evolution points.
First: Devour high-tier lifeforms.
Second: Complete first-kill achievements against high-tier lifeforms.
Third: Obtain them from dungeon clear rewards.
After hearing this, Wu Bei narrowed his eyes. "So you're saying that if I kill a strange for the first time, I can gain an evolution point—but killing humans again won't work, right?"
That is correct.
With the confirmation, a dark gleam appeared in Wu Bei's eyes.
He had originally planned to kill Han Lingxue right after dealing with Jiang Hai.
But now…
Killing her like this would be a waste.
Letting her turn into a strange first—and then erasing her—would be far more profitable.
With that thought, Wu Bei was about to use his evolution point to see how far Blade Arms could evolve.
But just then, his phone rang.
Han Lingxue?
Why was that bitch calling him now?