130: Chapter 130 I want this piece of rubbish.

[excellent grade item upgrade scroll]!

This item was one of Li Taiping's primary goals for entering this dungeon.

As long as he could get eight more, he could use the [treasure basin] in the real world to achieve infinite mass production of this thing!

When that time came, the overall strength of the Many Children, Many Blessings would undergo a qualitative leap!

He stared fixedly at the scroll in the Goatee Man's hand, his eyes instantly becoming burning hot.

Meanwhile, that Goatee Man clearly had no idea what kind of treasure he was holding.

He was cursing and swearing, making a move to tear the scroll up to vent his anger.

"Wait a minute!"

Li Taiping blurted out almost subconsciously.

His voice echoed throughout the small room.

Everyone's gaze instantly focused on him.

The Goatee Man also stopped his movements and looked back at him with a look of displeasure: "What? Something wrong?"

Li Taiping suppressed the excitement in his heart, his face returning to a state of calm.

He took out the bottle of water and the pack of biscuits they had collected earlier from Su Jie's backpack.

"I'll use these to trade for that roll of paper in your hand."

Li Taiping's tone was very flat, devoid of any emotion.

As soon as he said this, everyone in the shop was stunned.

Everyone looked at him as if they were looking at a fool.

"Huh? Did I hear that right?" The Goatee Man picked his ear and laughed exaggeratedly, "You want to use food and water to trade for this scrap of paper?"

"That's right." Li Taiping nodded.

"Hahahaha!" The Goatee Man laughed even louder, and the others around him followed suit with sneers.

"Kid, you're new here, aren't you? Is there something wrong with your head?"

"Exactly, trading life-saving food for a roll of toilet paper?"

"He must have gone crazy from hunger."

Ridicule and discussions rose one after another.

Su Jie also got anxious; she tugged hard on the corner of Li Taiping's clothes, her face full of incomprehension and urgency.

"Hubby, what are you doing? That's just useless paper! Food and water are our hope for survival!" She lowered her voice, so anxious she was on the verge of tears.

She didn't understand why her man would suddenly make such a foolish decision.

Li Taiping ignored her and simply looked at the Goatee Man quietly, repeating: "Trade or not?"

"Trade! Of course I'll trade!"

The Goatee Man was practically blooming with joy, as if afraid Li Taiping would regret it. He rushed over in a few quick steps, 'snatching' the water and biscuits from Li Taiping's hands before stuffing that roll of 'scrap paper' into his.

"Here, take it! What a fool, haha!"

Holding the food and water as if he had won the lottery, he ran to a corner and impatiently began to eat and drink, all while continuously mocking Li Taiping.

When Li Taiping got the scroll, the familiar energy fluctuation coming from his fingertips confirmed that he hadn't seen wrong.

This was definitely a genuine upgrade scroll!

He calmly put the scroll away, his heart already blooming with joy.

A bunch of idiots; they had no idea what they had missed out on.

Just then, the three vending machines simultaneously emitted 'beep beep beep' alarm sounds, then the lights went out, and they went completely silent.

"Damn it! How is it already gone!"

"I haven't even gotten anything yet!"

"Fuck! How are we supposed to live now!"

The few people waiting at the back who failed to get supplies instantly exploded, their eyes turning bloodshot, their faces full of despair.

In any case, if they didn't get food, they wouldn't survive the next day. Without food, they were dead either way.

They became frenzied.

Their gazes, like those of hungry wolves, swept back and forth across the shop.

Ultimately, everyone's gaze landed on Li Taiping and Su Jie.

Or rather, it landed on the only woman in the room who looked weak and easily bullied—Su Jie.

Su Jie felt her skin crawl under those aggressive gazes and subconsciously hid behind Li Taiping, her body trembling slightly.

"Kid, hand over your woman and everything she has on her!"

A burly man with a face full of scars licked his dry lips and walked over with ill intent.

"Otherwise, neither of you should think about walking out of this door alive today!"

"Watch out, or we'll block you in at the entrance!"

"That's right! Hand over the food!"

"And the woman! I haven't touched a woman in so long!"

Several others followed and surrounded them, completely blocking off any path of retreat for Li Taiping and Su Jie.

The atmosphere in the shop instantly became tense and hostile.

The other survivors who had obtained supplies all held the mindset of watching a good show and silently backed away, afraid of being dragged in.

Su Jie's face turned pale with fear. She gripped Li Taiping's arm tightly, her voice trembling: "Hubby... this... this..."

Li Taiping patted her hand to reassure her.

He looked at the men with hideous expressions before him, his eyes showing no ripple of emotion.

He knew these people didn't dare to kill anyone here.

However, fighting and threats were clearly not within the 'Boss's' jurisdiction.

"Beat it."

Li Taiping squeezed out the words from between his teeth.

"What did you say?!" The burly man with the scarred face was stunned for a moment, then became furious, "You're fucking looking for death!"

He let out a roar, and his fist, the size of a casserole, smashed directly toward Li Taiping's face.

However, before his fist could arrive, the steel pipe in Li Taiping's hand had already struck first.

*Thud!*

A muffled sound.

The steel pipe accurately smashed onto the burly man's wrist.

"Argh!!!"

The burly man let out a scream like a slaughtered pig, clutching his instantly deformed wrist as he rolled on the ground in pain.

Li Taiping's move was fast and ruthless, instantly cowing the room.

The others who had originally intended to join in subconsciously stopped in their tracks, looking at him with shock and suspicion.

They hadn't expected this frail-looking kid to be so ruthless when he made a move.

But soon, the desire for survival and human greed overwhelmed their fear.

"Damn it! He's just one person! Let's go together! Kill him!"

"Right! Knock him out! Snatch his woman and food!"

The remaining four people looked at each other and roared, pouncing at Li Taiping from four directions simultaneously.

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