Who gave you permission to travel through time with Earth?

West Market, a liquor party.

After the decline of the Ark Shops, the Shochu Association was undoubtedly the most powerful merchant guild in the West Market, but they could not be called the leader and did not have absolute dominance in the West Market.

Therefore, for them, the scavengers' unrest was actually a good opportunity, a legitimate reason to win people's hearts, and an opportunity to destroy the cutting-edge combat power of other organizations, large and small.

Taking advantage of the black market's greed for treasure, the leader of the liquor club issued a notice to gather players from the West Market, preparing to form a team to crush all those scheming grasshoppers who fell from the ruins this time.

The banquet was designed for this purpose. More than forty wooden tables were set up in a tall and magnificent hall, with a gold and red carpet and white soft curtains. At the front was a mountain of glass wine glasses stacked high with clear gin.

Extravagant and wasteful.

"..."

"...So, in fact, less than half an hour after we left Luoqianfang, the liquor company released this announcement, successfully stirring up trouble in the entire West Market?"

"Yes, very comprehensive."

"...Did we waste our money? Two bags of diamonds only got us information half an hour earlier? Could we have gotten the same information by just having breakfast and a bowl of congee?"

"Perfect~"

"That damn profiteer... and if you keep talking like that, I'll beat you to a pulp right now."

"...(hesitant to speak)"

Inside the best restaurant in the western district of the city that never sleeps, Fang Jin and Guo Shi, dressed in suits, sat at the last table. The latter was slumped over the table, clutching his head and growling, as if he wanted to pour the juice in front of him directly onto his forehead.

Fang Jin didn't care. She casually fiddled with the rhinestone lamp on the table, downed the glass of ice wine in one gulp, and then turned to the tomahawk steak wrapped in gold leaf on the plate.

He never imagined that Jiang Chan would kindly sell the information to him alone. Two bags of broken diamonds couldn't buy out the information. If he could buy 80% of the so-called exclusive information, it would already be everywhere... He was just kidding.

Fang Jin valued two things. The first was the readily available information, since they had no other channels to inquire about it, and the information obtained in this way could barely be considered secondhand.

Secondly, there's the matter of maintaining the relationship with Luoqianfang. The connections his parents had made are now worthless, and Fang Jin needs to re-establish them. Moreover, the energy radiation from Luoqianfang is far greater than he imagined.

"On the bright side, at least the crackdown on the scavengers has diverted most of the jackals' attention. Until it's over, the shops and the Red Sentinel Gang are safe. At worst, things will just go back to the way they were before."

"This won't do..." Guo Shi groaned helplessly, but his little hands were more active than anyone else's, stuffing meat into his mouth as he spoke.

"We are already on the verge of elimination, and we must seize every possible opportunity. If we can get the news in advance, we can take the initiative."

"We're just acting passively right now, and we've even been summoned by the Shochu Association as rogue cultivators. Can't you see what they're up to? Not only will we not get any spoils, but we might also be completely taken advantage of."

They concealed their identities and sneaked into the liquor party. It was easy for Guo Shi to hide her identity; no one knew she was the leader of the Red Whistle Gang. As long as she wiped the smoky makeup off her face, almost no one would recognize her.

Fang Jin's situation was even simpler. Apart from Guo Shi and Jiang Chan, whom she had already met, most of the others, who were not influenced by the positive or negative values, still had the same perception of the shop owners as the fat man Jin Fugui.

His disguise was merely to appease Guo Shi.

"But speaking of which... the scale is much larger than we imagined."

Guo Shi said helplessly, "The reputation of the liquor club in the West District is already very high. This banquet has attracted nearly 40% of the players in the entire West District, and some of them are very familiar to her."

"The Weaver, a level 19 player, has the talent 'Fiber Manipulation' on the technology side, which allows her to manipulate any clothing fibers she touches. The clothes on herself and her enemies can become her weapons."

The weaver was a tall woman in a red dress, swirling a glass of red wine in front of the wine mountain, chatting with the men who surrounded her, her every move exuding beauty and allure.

"Iron Shield, a level 17 player, also has the 'Modification' talent on the technology side. His hands and one eye have been modified, making him exceptionally skilled in reconnaissance and firepower."

This was a man wearing a steel mask, with large amounts of steam billowing from his face with each breath. He sat quietly in the corner of the head table, one of his eyeballs seemingly etched with a bright red radar mesh.

"The boxer, a level 17 player, has the talent 'Arhat Fist Manual' from the high-level martial arts side. In terms of pure skill, he surpasses the two above. Below the third tier of players... I don't know anyone stronger than him."

This man had a rugged appearance, wore a white training uniform on his lower body, and was completely naked on his upper body. He was also a heavy drinker, chugging large glasses of mixed liquor into his mouth without restraint.

"There are about forty people who entered the venue. These three, as well as the chairman of the soju club, are potential enemies that we must take seriously. If they are exposed, they all have the ability to threaten our lives."

"Leveling up brings an overall improvement, and they have all developed their own specializations. This is the homework that must be done before becoming a Tier 4 player. Such achievements allow them to dominate the West Market."

After saying this, Guo Shi suddenly looked at Fang Jin strangely, as if he had just remembered something and said:

"Speaking of which... I haven't asked about your level and talent yet. I think you subconsciously brushed me off back then at the Ark Shop."

"The combination of physical enhancements, the ability to create a rocky outer shell, and the ability to control a range of temperatures is completely unprecedented."

"But if you break it down, it gets a little creepy... You can't possibly gain a lot of evolution points (experience) and more than two skills in the first dungeon, can you?"

Fang Jin remained silent, not because he was thinking of an excuse to make up on the spot, but because two or three days had passed since he left the instance... and he seemed to have not drawn any talents or used any evolution points.

What types of talents are there?

He decided to obtain the materials for compilation on-site.

"Talents don't have types, they only have 'factions.' They represent different uses and development directions of energy (source matter) in all dungeon worlds. At this stage, four factions have been discovered."

"They are the Technology Side, the High-Martial Arts Side, the Mythical Side, and the Hidden Side. Among them, the Technology Side and the High-Martial Arts Side are the most numerous, with more than 80% of players choosing these two factions when drawing talents."

"But common does not mean weak. On the contrary, some systems of high martial arts, with their straightforward approach of overcoming all techniques with brute force, are very enviable to those of us who have to use our brains. It can only be said that each has its own advantages and disadvantages."

"Only the ultimate limit of talent can represent the potential and significance of the system that can be drawn."