CHAPTER 244: CHAPTER 227 MONARCH

[The Divine Staff Sheath is a place of no return, for it houses the one-way valve crafted by the Creator God himself...]

[Yet, Yu Shujun, guided by the golden control patterns, managed to reach Wen Nan and used the Root Breaking Slash, shattering Wen Nan’s illusions with a single strike, because even if the player’s system is blocked, skill points still exist here...]

[The inner wall of the Divine Staff Sheath is at the pinnacle of game rules, rendering nearly all game skills, equipment, and items ineffective against it, but the Root Breaking Slash can succeed because ’root’ is indeed its essence...]

[In this instance, Wen Nan possesses "one wish", and to realize this "one wish", the settlement system made an exception to open Yu Shouling’s Universal Eve permission for him, using this tool to pull the settlement system inside the Divine Staff Sheath...]

Piece after piece of information surged into Wen Nan’s mind, ultimately forming a path—the only one leading them out of here.

Wen Nan took a deep breath, stepped down from the sickbed, and approached the window.

Sensing Wen Nan approaching, Yu Shujun did not cease chopping, and in the next moment, Wen Nan raised his hand and grasped Yu Shujun’s wrist.

Yu Shujun finally halted, his arm suspended mid-air, turning his head to look at Wen Nan.

"Stop chopping. With this gentle scraping, you won’t breach the wall before the account is deleted."

Wen Nan glanced at the narrow dent on the white wall outside the window and looked back at Yu Shujun.

Yu Shujun was momentarily stunned, silent for a moment, "You..."

Just as he uttered a syllable, Wen Nan pulled Yu Shujun’s hand toward himself.

Yu Shujun allowed himself to be led, glanced down to see Wen Nan holding a small transparent vial between his fingertips.

From the vial, a thin red smoke, like incense, extended and wrapped around Yu Shujun’s wrist like a red thread. Soon, the red smoke vanished beneath his fair skin.

Yu Shujun had never seen this item before, but from the floating screen’s prompt overhead, he could guess its name: [Universal Eve].

The item’s function was unknown to Yu Shujun, and he couldn’t deduce it.

Looking up into Wen Nan’s eyes, Yu Shujun asked, "...What are you doing?"

Gazing earnestly back, Wen Nan replied, "I have a way to leave here before your mission ends. Do you believe me?"

Yu Shujun didn’t reply verbally, but his eyes clearly spelled "trust."

He knew how Wen Nan completed each task on the map; in this game world, the only one with such thorough knowledge besides Wen Nan was Yu Shujun himself.

Even though the other often shared bizarre ideas and acted whimsically, when Wen Nan mentioned "leaving here," Yu Shujun believed he must have a solution.

However, just as hope sparked in Yu Shujun’s heart, a chuckle escaped from across the room.

The man before him maintained a handsome and serious look for merely a few seconds before reverting back to his usual roguish smile.

The higher Wen Nan’s smile arched, the heavier Yu Shujun’s heart felt.

Yu Shujun nearly forgot that while Wen Nan had numerous ideas, not one was straightforward; all were unconventional.

Just then, Wen Nan spoke, "This method will surely get us out, but... it requires you to make a sacrifice."

Though Wen Nan also needed to sacrifice something, considering the greater sacrifice on the other side, he decided his own could be temporarily overlooked and didn’t mention it.

Upon hearing the word "sacrifice," alarm bells rang in Yu Shujun’s mind, "...What?"

The next second, Wen Nan leaned closer, his arm pressed against the wall next to Yu Shujun’s face, trapping Yu Shujun into the corner, then inclined over and murmured into his ear:

"I have two skills, one magic-based called [No Naughtiness], and an enhancement-based called [Endurance is Key]."

Upon hearing this, Yu Shujun frowned slightly, inwardly wondering why a player’s skill names could be so irreverent?

But this query was quickly replaced by a more pressing issue—why was this person getting so close? Their chests almost touched; the warmth of his breath pelted Yu Shujun’s ear, leaving him breathless and wanting to push him away.

Ultimately, he held back, breath held, asking, "What exactly do you mean?"

How were these two skills, together with that red thread, related to their escape from here?

Patiently, Wen Nan explained:

"No Naughtiness: When the target experiences ’pain intertwined with joy,’ a skill can be stolen from the target. The attribute value of the pilfered skill is influenced by the target’s emotional value; the higher the emotional value, the greater the attribute value, with no upper limit for attribute value enhancement.

"Endurance is Key: During contact with the target, a specific attribute increases continuously with contact duration."

Wen Nan matter-of-factly laid out his skills’ descriptions; upon knowing them, Yu Shujun turned rigid.

Judging by that expression as if struck by lightning, Wen Nan was sure Yu Shujun understood his intent—

Utilizing the ’pain intertwined with joy’ emotion, Wen Nan would activate the skill [No Naughtiness] to steal [Root Breaking Slash] from Yu Shujun, and then both would use the skill [Endurance is Key] to continuously amplify the attribute value of [Root Breaking Slash].