"Underworld money?"
Li Youwei stared in disbelief.
She was about to ask why anyone would pick up such a filthy thing, but then she froze. In this paranormal apocalypse, her heart skipped a beat.
"You mean… when an entity dies, it drops new currency?"
Seeing that Li Youwei was quick on the uptake, Wu Bei relaxed slightly.
The reason he had brought her along to watch him kill entities was exactly this: to let her discover underworld money early.
After all, relying on himself to collect one million underworld notes in a short time would be exhausting.
But with Li Youwei—and the Li family behind her—
one million was only a matter of time.
"I think this thing will eventually replace our current currency system. Take a look."
Wu Bei handed her a one-hundred-denomination underworld note.
Li Youwei took it immediately.
She majored in finance and knew well that in the paranormal apocalypse, the existing financial system would inevitably collapse.
Her elders had even begun considering whether gold and silver should serve as new currency.
But the appearance of underworld money made her realize something even bigger:
the world's financial system could be unified because of this.
"One Hundred Underworld Notes: Can be used for normal transactions in the paranormal apocalypse. Not restricted to trial participants."
She gasped.
Not restricted to trial participants.
That meant it could be used to trade even with entities.
This currency was destined to become the mainstream in the post-apocalypse.
Realizing its significance, Li Youwei's gaze on Wu Bei grew extremely serious.
"Do you know all the ways to obtain underworld money?"
As a reincarnator, Wu Bei naturally knew.
But having lived through it once, he understood even more clearly: in this dog-eat-dog apocalypse, the first thing to abandon was mercy.
"I do. But why should I tell you?"
"You—"
Wu Bei's cold words made Li Youwei widen her eyes.
She could hardly believe he could be so blunt.
But soon she remembered: Wu Bei was still that same straightforward steel man.
All the embarrassing thoughts she had imagined before were just wishful thinking.
"I can pay for the information."
Li Youwei forced herself to suppress her anger and looked at Wu Bei with a complex expression.
Wu Bei raised one finger.
"One hundred thousand."
"One hundred thousand for a single piece of information? That's outrageous!"
Li Youwei frowned.
The apocalypse had only begun two hours ago. She didn't have a single underworld note.
Who knew how long it would take her to scrape together a hundred thousand?
Seeing what she was thinking, Wu Bei said calmly,
"One hundred thousand isn't much. And if you also buy the intelligence on the Shancheng Teacher instance, I guarantee you won't regret it."
"The Shancheng Teacher instance?"
Li Youwei's expression changed.
She had already suspected Wu Bei might be Nightmare.
Now seeing him sell instance intelligence, she asked instinctively,
"An SSS-rank clearance guide?"
"No. B-rank clearance guide," Wu Bei replied immediately. "But my method guarantees a 100% clear rate."
"And it also ensures that every participant will earn 100 to 3,000 underworld notes within the instance."
Wu Bei had no intention of revealing he was Nightmare so early.
Besides, Zhang Xiaohua was no longer in the instance.
No one could achieve SSS rating now.
Moreover, the boss Li Yan wasn't something ordinary awakened people could handle.
Rather than letting people die, it was better to let more participants survive longer using his method.
"Only B-rank?"
Seeing that Wu Bei wasn't lying, Li Youwei felt slightly disappointed.
But thinking of Wu Bei's strength, she quickly dismissed that disappointment.
No one knew what kind of power Nightmare really held—
but Wu Bei was undeniably strong.
Still wanting to win him over, Li Youwei asked gravely,
"How much for both pieces of intelligence?"
"One million underworld notes," Wu Bei said, raising one finger again.
"Deal."
This time, Li Youwei didn't bargain.
The guaranteed 100% clear rate alone was worth any price.
With the deal made, Wu Bei explained everything at once: the ways to obtain underworld money and all the details of clearing the Shancheng Teacher instance.
But the moment he finished—
Li Youwei's eyes nearly popped out.
"You're not joking, right?"
"If you can't answer the entity's questions, just kill the one asking? Are entities really that easy to kill?"
Wu Bei knew his method sounded extreme.
But from experience, the student entities were just spoiled brats relying on their parents' influence.
Their combat power was trash.
As long as the participant was bold, handling them was easy.
But the moment they hesitated—
they were done for.
"If you don't believe me, go try it yourself."
"Alright."
Since Wu Bei had said so much, Li Youwei didn't argue.
"I'll go try your method right now. If it works, I'll gather the one million as fast as possible."
She opened the door and left immediately.
She had to report this critical information to her grandfather for a decision.
…
At the same time.
Outside the Hilton Hotel.
Inside a luxury van.
The driver on surveillance saw Li Youwei exit and shouted,
"Brother Bin, Li Youwei is out."
Hearing this, Cao Bin rushed from the second row to the front.
Seeing Li Youwei's slightly messy hair and wrinkled clothes, his face darkened completely.
"That bitch. She pretends to be an ice-cold goddess, all pure and virtuous—but she's just trash."
"All that just to lure Wu Bei. She even slept with him. Unbelievable!"
As he spoke, a young man in the second row smiled playfully.
"Cao Bin, I told you. With your talent, joining Li Youwei's team is wasted."
"See? She doesn't value you at all."
"Why not join our Han family guild instead? I guarantee—women, however you want them."
"Fine."
Cao Bin slowly turned to look at him.
"I'll join your guild."
"But first, I need to teach Li Youwei a lesson."
The young man, Han Fei, knew Li Youwei's background and warned seriously,
"Her backing is deep. Don't do anything reckless, or even our Han family can't protect you."
"Relax. I won't touch Li Youwei."
"But I will kill Wu Bei and let her see how blind she really is."
With that, Cao Bin stormed out, fury on his face—
heading straight for Room 888.