Who gave you permission to travel through time with Earth?

The third preparatory class... Ark Antique Shop.

"sough……"

Fang Jin sat listlessly at the counter, balancing a copper coin sword between her fingers. The sunlight outside was perfect, and soft, glistening dust rose and fell in the air, making one feel somewhat drowsy.

After Guo Shi and the others left, they excitedly rushed over to take over the land deeds for the two raw material stores. This shop was then handed over to Fang Jin to manage and open for business... using his own reserves.

As for why there are antique shops on campus, Du Wei's explanation is very down-to-earth... because they are too damn expensive, so they only attract a specific group of people, while ordinary students can only stare at the prices and look on with envy.

This became the disguise for the designated equipment point for the preparatory class students. The store itself had some decent consumables, and with the additional stock that Fang Jin had taken from the chess pieces, the store really looked quite presentable.

"But not a single customer has come in..."

Fang Jin, bored, picked up a small bamboo brush and began sweeping dust from the only antique item in the shop—a wooden lucky cat displayed on the counter. She picked out each speck of dust one by one, gathered them up, and then tossed them into the air.

Come to think of it, he beat the students in the third preparatory class so badly that it's already a good thing he didn't have to pay for their medical expenses himself. It would be too difficult for him to make money off them. His conscience... he has no conscience.

So it was just boredom. There were still ten days left until the Bronze Hall assessment, and Fang Jin had unfortunately used up all her points, so it was impossible for her to enter the dungeon again in advance.

There is no limit to the number of times you can enter the dungeon early... but there is a financial constraint. Tier 2 players start with 10 points, and each additional entry adds a zero. Different tiers of players correspond to a different number of zeros at the end.

Fang Jin generously spent three times to enter the dungeon ahead of time. In addition, he had already advanced to the third tier of players. If he wanted to enter the dungeon a fourth time, he would have to spend 100,000 evolution points on the system...

...and still have to take out loans and incur debts.

He'd have to be out of his mind to do this kind of business.

"As for the second agreement..."

Fang Jin lay on his side on the counter, muttering to himself. Three playing cards magically appeared in his hand, but because he was a beginner and not very skilled, the cards fell uncontrollably onto the table after they appeared... and pierced deep into it.

Du Wei laid out all the benefits, and these were the things he needed to do to increase his bargaining power. Moreover, he didn't have to do them all; he only needed to do two of them, and the agreement would be reached.

However, the delegation is temporary. The delegation on the surface of the card will only appear when the time is right. Once completed, the card itself will disappear into nothingness, and Du Wei will receive a simultaneous sense of this.

"What if the card patterns don't appear at the appropriate time?"

"Haha, if that were the case, you'd pass immediately... but that's absolutely impossible."

Playing tricks... Fang Jin idly tossed two cards into her sleeve, her movements becoming increasingly smooth and fluid, leaving only one card between her fingers as she looked down at it.

This was the only card that, after Fang Jin acquired it, immediately burned away the gray paint on the surface, revealing the clear graphics and text underneath. Upon seeing it, Fang Jin's pupils almost uncontrollably contracted.

The portrait depicts a gentle young woman in a black pleated skirt and large-framed glasses. Her ponytail is tied back with a white hairband, which adds a touch of liveliness to her otherwise timid demeanor...

It was Xu Rou... Although the name marked under the portrait was different, there was no doubt that it was her.

[Hunting mission (fake) has been triggered!]

[Instance Name: "Wolf Feast"]

[Instance Type: Main World, No Rank, Single Player Scenario]

[The current hunting mission (fake) has been updated: Kill Xu Xinyuan, the eldest daughter of the Xu family of the Forest Merchant Guild. She will participate in the core level Bronze Hall assessment as a candidate. Please choose an appropriate time to take her head.]

[Note: Hunting missions (fake) are task assignments issued to individuals or groups using system privileges. The reward is still paid by the issuing party. The system only guarantees the mandatory items after the mission is issued.]

Fang Jin frowned. To be honest, he was startled. He almost instinctively thought that the Beast Company's affairs had been exposed and that the other party was using this method to intimidate and warn him.

But thinking about it again... it's really unlikely. After all, there were hardly any left in the team, and the probability of Zhou Tongtong or Xu Xu Xinyuan from the Forest Industry Association being tricked into revealing information is too small.

"So...it's just a coincidence? The first job I was commissioned by the Third District authorities was to kill my former teammate?"

He found it absurd. With a gentle pinch and twist of three fingers, the card spun through the air before finally falling back into Fang Jin's hand. The hard material seemed to completely disappear from this reaction.

Even if Xu Xinyuan concealed her identity from them and gave them false names, they were still teammates who had gone through thick and thin together, surviving several life-or-death situations. Now, Fang Jin was being asked to turn around and point a gun at her...

……

...Hmm, it seems he really doesn't have anything he can't bear to do.

In Fang Jin's view, human relationships can be quantified. How many experiences and memories you have with her, what position this past holds in your comparison chain, and when you can give it up.

In Fang Jin's mind, this was something that had to be clearly distinguished. People always lose too much when they hesitate. It would be better to put everything on a scale and chain from the beginning and weigh the weight and where it should be.

In extreme situations where you have to choose between two options and decide which is more important to you, you won't let foolishness and fear of loss lead to the tragic situation of losing both.

So, he placed the potential benefits on one side of the scale, while on the other side lay Xu Rou's life and the memories he had with her in the past... It seemed obvious which was more important.

"..."

"You're overthinking it."

Fang Jin suddenly relaxed, the darkness in her eyes gradually faded, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on her lips.

He was already cold enough, and had no choice but to be cold. When faced with something he truly wanted, Fang Jin would undoubtedly put the above principles into practice, giving up, or even personally cutting away, some useless things.

"But right now, it's not that time yet, is it? Maybe before everything settles down, I can try to be a little greedy, like... having both?"

Fang Jin thought to himself, he was a man and a businessman. Since even personal favors could be put on the market, why couldn't he buy them all and collect them? If he had money, why not be a little more willful?

If he had a different prey, he wouldn't be agonizing over this anymore. He slumped onto the table, enjoying the warm afternoon sun, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

To be lucky enough to get the chance to kill Zhou Tongtong would be the most wonderful situation he could ever hope for...

"..."

"Squeak..."