When it comes to clearing an Underground City, especially the low-difficulty ones in the early stages, having a powerful teammate basically means you can lie down and still pass.
Shen He is feeling exactly that right now.
The kobolds in front of him stared with innocent, large eyes, each suspended in mid-air, while Shen He raised his pistol, continuously practicing his shooting under Saiki Kusuo's guidance.
The reason it's so easy is simple: Saiki Kusuo has already removed the psychic limiter from his head.
"The monster refresh rate is too slow. Can't we go to a higher-level Underground City?"
Saiki Kusuo sat on the ground, expressionlessly using his psychic power to control newly spawned kobold monsters, then handed them over to Shen He to take down with single shots.
"Didn't we just try? We can't advance past the boundary. It must be waiting for me to level up."
While silently reciting the three-point-line and shooting stance mantras, Shen He observed the three-dimensional image of himself on the system interface.
He needed one hundred experience points, and killing one monster only gave one point. Now he only had six points left to reach level two.
They had already conducted many experiments; whether a Servant killed the monster or he did it himself, the experience gained was the same. Saiki Kusuo's experience, however, remained unchanged; he could only strengthen himself using the basic 강화 stone dropped by monsters.
Strengthening required consuming magic power. Ten basic 강화 stones consumed one point of magic power. Shen He had a total of ten points of magic power. Saiki Kusuo needed one hundred and fifty basic 강화 stones to go from level one to level two.
This meant that even if enough monster feed was farmed, the magic power wouldn't be sufficient.
Fortunately, the drop rate for 강화 stones was almost 100%, but these small monsters could only drop basic 강화 stones.
"Last bit of experience."
Shen He narrowed his eyes slightly, aiming his pistol at a small monster five meters away, held in place by psychic power.
Bang!
A similar clear current surged into his body.
The difference was that this time, it seemed all the clear currents he had previously gained were mobilized, and Shen He felt his body suddenly become much lighter.
He tried swinging his arms a few times; they were noticeably more powerful than before.
It was a shame the three-dimensional model didn't have physical fitness information; he'd have to find time to test it.
All his magic power was restored, and his upper limit increased to fifteen points.
Additionally, the "Underground City" at the center of the Underground City changed to "Underground City Floors 1-5."
Suddenly, Saiki Kusuo's mind stirred, and all the monsters were directly crushed by his psychic power.
"This, this is..."
A gasp of surprise suddenly came from nearby.
Several people wearing armor and carrying weapons appeared at the passage entrance behind them.
A quick glance revealed that several of them were clearly not human, such as the burly man with cat ears on his head.
"All the earth spirits in this area have been cleared?"
"Shh, it must be a high-level adventurer bringing in a newcomer."
"Let's find another place."
What these people said wasn't Chinese, but for some reason, both Shen He and Saiki Kusuo understood it.
As they turned to leave, Shen He suddenly called out to them.
"Which Familia do you belong to?"
"The Miach Familia, My Lord."
The burly man with cat ears stopped and replied.
"Nothing, I was just asking." Shen He said with a smile.
"Your inner thoughts tell me that this is also a story World?"
Only after these people left did Saiki Kusuo's voice appear in Shen He's mind.
"That's right." Shen He nodded with a hint of emotion.
He had only been probing just now, but now he could basically confirm where this Underground City was.
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"Let's go. Our hunting range has expanded, and we still have half an hour left."
Shen He temporarily put these thoughts aside; the most urgent task was to quickly increase his strength.
"...Mm."
Half an hour later, the two young men returned to Manhattan.
There seemed to be some special protection; although they still appeared on the street, they didn't cause a commotion like Saiki Kusuo did that one time.
Shen He and Saiki Kusuo exchanged glances, a kind of inexpressible excitement in their eyes.
Half an hour, merely half an hour, and he had directly leveled up from level two to level four.
Qi Shen single-handedly swept through a good portion of the hunting map, even collecting the dropped 강화 stones. The wild adventurers stared wide-eyed, completely unable to believe that such a powerful high-level adventurer would run to the newbie area to steal kills.
Sorry, we are just newbies.
Besides that, he finally knew how to obtain the most important Summoning Stone.
The Underground City time refreshed once every day at midnight, and upon completion, a Summoning Stone for advanced summoning was automatically given.
"Qi Mu, aren't you going back first?" Shen He turned to look at Qi Mu, "Servants can return to their original place. After responding to a summon and establishing a contract, I can summon you out anytime."
This information should have also appeared in Saiki Kusuo's mind.
"It's fine. When I return to my home World, my abilities will recover, and I can time-travel back to the moment I disappeared."
"I see. In that case, I..."
Screech—!
A harsh screech of tires interrupted Shen He's words.
A large ambulance driving by on the side of the road suddenly skidded, heading straight for the two of them.
There were pedestrians and children around!
Bang—!
With a soft thud, the ambulance crashed cleanly into a soft psychic barrier.
"An accident?"
Shen He was somewhat surprised.
He had never seen a car accident in his life, and he gets hit by a car right after transmigrating?
"It's not an accident."
Saiki Kusuo left this message in Shen He's mind, then, taking advantage of everyone around being distracted by the crash, his figure instantly disappeared.
On a high-rise hotel building eight hundred meters away, a man dressed in simple casual clothes was tidying up the items in his hands.
A long rifle, a sniper scope, and an air hose.
"Using an air gun to shoot glass shards into the tire to create the illusion of a blowout causing an accident—a very clever method."
The voice that suddenly appeared in his mind made the man jump up abruptly, drawing his gun and firing wildly at the person who had suddenly appeared in the room.
However, all the bullets stopped in mid-air around Qi Shen.
With a flick of a finger, the man floated up uncontrollably.
"It truly is a World with a different art style. Being shot at with a gun, this is a first, but—" Saiki Kusuo's gaze sharpened, "—you dared to attack my friend. Have you thought about how you want to die?"
"Heh, heh."
The man let out a difficult sneer, biting down on the poison hidden in his tooth capsule.
"Cut off one head, two more shall take its place! Hail HYDRA!"
The deadly poison coursed through his entire body in a short time, and the man's vision began to blur.
However—
Time Reversal!
Saiki Kusuo's palm glowed, and in an instant, the man's body was reverted to ten minutes prior.
It really was dangerous; this ability couldn't save dead people.
Using psychic power to pull out the poison the man was holding in his mouth, Saiki Kusuo then found himself in a bit of a predicament.
This wasn't his World; he couldn't just "thump" someone on the neck to knock them out. He couldn't gauge the force needed to stun, and if he teleported back with this person, it would attract attention from those around. If he tied him up and left him, the other party might have accomplices.
At the same time, Shen He also encountered trouble.