Stuck in a Chinese novel

[Main quest IV complete]

[All stats +10]

[An S rank skill has been granted]

[Please check the skill window to check the details of the skill]

[System update complete]

[Inventory update complete]

[You can now store bigger and more complex structures in the inventory]

[Shop update complete]

[You now have access to the vast treasures of the overseer]

Wei Jun read the notifications as he navigated himself through the dense forest near the city. The forest was somehow bigger and greener than he remembered.

His focus was on the quests this time. Despite struggling a lot, the rewards he received this time were quite lacking. He was given better rewards for killing Shao Chen than for killing these two.

[I wouldn't say that]

[The sword was an excellent treasure]

Wei Jun didn't refute the system on that but he didn't engage in the conversation about that as well. Instead, he asked, "What is the deal with the inventory?"

[A fifteenth circle spatial spell]

[It breaks down things and stores them]

[If the structure of said things is complex]

[Then reconstruction when you retrieve them is difficult]

[That's why it doesn't store your bike because of the complex structure]

'So with enough updates, it can do that?' Wei Jun hopefully asked. If he could store his bike or cars, his missions would become a lot more easier than before.

[Don't know]

[Never tried it]

[There weren't bikes or cars or planes in my time]

Wei Jun nodded and since it was a reasonable answer, Wei Jun didn't curse the system. Instead, he focused on the other reward he got for killing Rin, an S rank skill.

[Indomitable]

[Tier: S]

[Mastery: F]

[Description: Your strong will to remain standing amidst battle is admirable

To facilitate such bravery, a blessing has been granted to you

Now you can enjoy the feats of battle without ever feeling full and falling down]

[Effect: While the skill is active, your health cannot decrease]

[Cost: 100 QP]

[Duration: 5 minutes]

[Cooldown: 10 hours]

[As skill mastery increases, the effect can evolve along with a reduction in cool down]

While the effect of the skill was great, the cooldown time was a bummer. Wei Jun didn't have such great cooldowns in any of his skills. Still, the skill held good potential and Wei Jun could always level it up. Besides, having an extra set of insurance was something Wei Jun vastly welcomed. HP was one of his bigger problems.

This skill was a remedy to that so Wei Jun wasn't so bummed out about it being his reward. On many occasions, his HP had run out before his Qi would so he was in more trouble due to that. Now he didn't have to be so worried about that aspect.

However…

'The skill won't make me invincible all the time. You must have a way of increasing my defense, right?' Wei Jun asked the system. Having a skill like that was amazing. But what if that skill was on cool down? Then what? Was Wei Jun just supposed to die?

He needed to increase his defense stat. As it stood now, he was still in a lot of danger and as he learned from Rin, his defense wasn't very top-notch.

[Well, one method is to do what body cultivators do]

'Let's move past doping. What else you got?' Wei Jun decided to ignore the option of body cultivating for now because it wasn't financially available at the moment.

[Then the other option is the old school one where a hella lot of pain exists and the mind can go… uh… mush]

'Nice audio-visual.' Wei Jun remarked before he asked, "What do I need to do?"

[Simple]

[Get beaten by Yan Rong]

[A lot]

Wei Jun wasn't sure if this was the right method but he nodded nonetheless. What other option did he have?

While he had that peaceful conversation, checked the rest of the notifications but he was confused when he didn't see a certain set of notifications.

"Oi." He called out loud.

[Yes, host?]

"Where are the stats gained from Rin?" Wei Jun asked. Whenever he killed a cultivator, he would always gain stat from them but he didn't this time and since the enemy was so strong, Wei Jun was sure he'd receive a great amount this time.

However, he didn't.

[Death cannot be gained from life]

"What?" Wei Jun asked as he didn't understand the deeper meaning nor did he want to. He just wanted a simple explanation of what was going on.

[Angels are made of light]

[A branch of life]

[You, on the other hand, have death]

[See the connection?]

Wei Jun wasn't fully satisfied with the answer but he couldn't do anything about what wasn't in his control so he might as well just ignore it. Getting angry wouldn't help anyone.

[That's very nice of you]

"FU*K YOU!!!"

[There it is]

"She almost killed me!!!"

Wei Jun was mad beyond because he had almost died many times at the hands of Rin. It drove him mad with anger that he didn't benefit anything from her death.

[You did get the quest rewards]

The system timidly said but that only made Wei Jun angrier.

"What did you say?!!!"

[Nothing, host]

"You---!!!"

"HELP!"

Wei Jun was about to yell another stream of curses when he heard someone calling for help. His first instinct was to ignore it but he was going in the same direction anyway so he sighed and arrived at the source of the call for help.

As he did, he saw a clearing where a man and a woman were trying to fend off something that looked like a little beige man.

"What the…?" Wei Jun couldn't help but say because the little critter seemed very funny going after two adults like that. But the little critter had more power than the two adults combined.

The little thing heard Wei Jun and turned to him. Before Wei Jun could even look at the information that appeared in his view, the bizarre little thing lunged at him, waving what appeared to be a spear.

Wei Jun ignored the notifications in his view and grabbed the little thing by its hand after he stepped aside to dodge it. Once he had a firm hold on it, Wei Jun grabbed the thing by its head and closed his fist, crushing the head of the creature, and killing it on the spot.

[You have killed a goblin]

[Miasma concentration found to be too low]

[The host is advised to kill ten more same rank goblins for Death Qi increment]

Wei Jun didn't like the sound of that but he was more curious about what this monster was doing outside of a dungeon. He rolled back the notifications from earlier while the pair he just saved were looking at him warily.

[Pagny Goblin]

[Strength: 21]

[Agility: 33]

[Stamina: 29]

[Miasma: 16]

The stats of the monster were too low. No wonder the system was asking him to kill more of them. Wei Jun looked at the pair of man and woman. They stiffened as Wei Jun turned his gaze towards them. Wei Jun slowly opened his mouth and asked, "What the hell's going on here?"

~~

"Sir! We have picked up a signal in the woods just outside the city. An E rank instance dungeon just opened up!" An operative reported to a man on the scene who was busy trying to deal with the current situation at hand.

"An E rank?! Is it an emergency?!" The man asked. Depending on the scale of the emergency, the team deployed would be according to the level of danger.

"It is a goblin dungeon!" The operative replied before he added, "And they're rapidly spreading out!"

"Those damned critters!" The man yelled before he said, "Send squad three in that direction. Have them at least contain them in an area!" The man yelled, relaying a set of instructions. The operative nodded and said something on the radio.

"Sir! Another instance dungeon has just opened up in the middle of the city. Rank D!" Another operative from across the room yelled.

"Damn it!" The man yelled before he asked, "What type is it?"

"Undetermined. We don't know what might come out of that dungeon." The operative replied.

"Then send a scouting party for now. Also, ask those people from the sect to back them up!" The man yelled another set of orders which were swiftly carried out by his team.

"Sir!" The operative from earlier yelled.

"What now?!" The man asked.

"Another dungeon has opened up in the woods. Very close to the goblin dungeon. And it's a worm type." The operative replied with the bad news even when he didn't want to because that would turn the already foul mood of the man even worse.

"Fu*k!" The man yelled before he said, "Abandon the woods. We can't do anything about them."

Goblins were already worse but with worms in the fold who could go underground, the matter was out of hands. Saving the woods was now impossible. The only thing they could do was to set up Qi barriers so the worms wouldn't enter the city from the underground.

"Sir!" The same operative yelled.

"NOW WHAT!!?" The man yelled, startling the entire room. Realizing his mistake, he took a deep breath and asked, "What?"

"The… The distance dungeons in the woods have been closed. And the monsters…" The operative didn't finish what he had to say because even he was finding it hard to believe.

On a screen, the satellite image of woods could be seen, and there were red dots indicating the presence of monsters. And at the moment, those red dots were decreasing at an alarming pace.

"I'm loving this!!!!!!" The scene changed to the woods where goblins were running away in fear while a man covered in yellow hue was chasing them with a maniacal expression on his face.

"Come to me! Let me slit your throats!!! HAHAHAHA!!!"