493: The deceased person I want to see

About a day later, Gu Qinghan finally found a genuine team of Professionals.

In this team, only one beginner Cleric was leading, and he happened to be Chinese.

Gu Qinghan still did not reveal his identity; he joined the team as a Summoner.

Before this, he had just cleared out the giant village that Number Twenty-Two wanted to take him to, and his level finally reached 59.

Besides this, he also obtained a rather interesting item:

[Enlargement (Diamond): Special Item]

[Effect: Magnifies the power and size of the next skill released by up to five times. The consumption will also be magnified by the corresponding multiple. This item disappears after use.]

This was a single-use item, and it didn't look particularly outstanding.

However, Gu Qinghan felt that if this item were used in a specific way, it would definitely achieve unexpected results.

For example, on his Whale Swallowing Sea Burial.

Or, if it were used directly on the Bone Tomb, would the skeletons rushing out of it also become larger?

If this item could be used multiple times, Gu Qinghan wouldn't mind experimenting a few times, but despite killing so many giants, only this single item dropped.

"What are you thinking about? Time to eat, brother."

Gu Qinghan, deep in thought, was suddenly awakened by a voice. He looked up and saw a middle-aged uncle smiling gently at him.

This uncle was the only other Cleric in the team besides him, and he was only a beginner Cleric.

Of course, only Gu Qinghan would think the other party was weak; to ordinary people, a Cleric was definitely among the strongest of the strong.

The uncle was named Li Zaikan, and he had a very good personality. Upon seeing that Gu Qinghan was Chinese, he subtly took care of him.

"Hide this a bit. We're both Chinese. Looking at how messy you are, you haven't eaten much these past few days, have you?"

Li Zaikan stuffed a sausage into Gu Qinghan's hand, then bit into another one and started eating.

Gu Qinghan looked at himself belatedly and realized that he did indeed look quite disheveled.

He was covered in dust and grime, and he hadn't even had time to change the clothes that Number Two had ripped previously, which still bore some dark brown bloodstains.

He had been preoccupied with thoughts of Number One and hadn't noticed how sloppy he looked.

"Ah, thank you..."

Gu Qinghan didn't explain much. His current appearance actually allowed him to blend in perfectly, hiding among the team as an ordinary person.

It wasn't that he enjoyed pretending to be weak to deceive the strong, but if he didn't do this, he would hardly have any chance of encountering Number Two and the remaining members of the Cleric Alliance.

According to the information obtained from this team, those guys seemed to have expanded their Professional-plundering team to a hundred people.

Furthermore, all the Clerics among them were moving out collectively to hunt down isolated Clerics, causing everyone in this secret realm to be uneasy.

Consequently, Professionals from different places were forced to unite, forming groups that were not entirely reliable but could still help each other.

Biting into the sausage, Gu Qinghan took a bite, and his brow instantly furrowed.

The taste of this thing was slightly off, and the texture was strange.

He checked the information on the sausage in his hand and finally realized it had expired over half a month ago.

Seeing Gu Qinghan's expression, Li Zaikan laughed heartily and said:

"At a time like this, don't worry about the small details."

"It's not hard to find meat now, and it's not hard to find vegetables, but only those foods that previously required industrial manufacturing are extremely scarce."

"Don't even mention it. I really want a bowl of instant noodles right now. I haven't tasted that in almost a month."

Hearing the other party's words, Gu Qinghan couldn't help but laugh wryly.

People are just like that: when they can only eat instant noodles, they dream of feasting on meat, but when they can only eat meat every day, they crave junk food.

He thought for a moment, took a pack of instant noodles from his necromantic space, and handed it over.

"Consider it my return gift, something I had left over before."

Li Zaikan was stunned, then quickly waved his hand:

"How can I accept this? These things are scarce goods now. A pack of instant noodles is worth far more than a large piece of mutated beast meat."

Before entering the secret realm, these people had actually prepared a large amount of food and placed it in their storage rings.

However, the things they could bring were mostly mutated beast meat and some fruits and vegetables grown by Professionals with special abilities.

Gu Qinghan smiled: "Didn't you just give me a sausage to eat? Consider it reciprocating the favor."

Seeing that the other party was still hesitant, Gu Qinghan added:

"Don't worry, this is also expired, and it's been expired for two months."

Li Zaikan froze, grabbed the instant noodles, and looked at them. It was exactly as Gu Qinghan had said.

However, this fact actually made him relax. After repeatedly thanking Gu Qinghan, he quickly got some hot water for the noodles.

With this small episode, the relationship between the two clearly grew closer. Li Zaikan proactively spoke:

"Sigh, it's so hard to find someone as generous as you, little brother."

"Everyone is on guard against others. Sometimes I want to find someone to chat with, but I don't get the chance."

Gu Qinghan felt a certain fondness for this uncle, and since he wanted to extract some information, he replied:

"That's normal. If I didn't feel that Uncle, you pose no threat to me, I might have to be wary of you too."

If the other party came over to deliver food, the most he could do was put some poison in it, but Gu Qinghan was completely immune to the effects of toxins.

As for making a move, the moment the other party struck, he would likely be killed by the counterattack first.

However, Li Zaikan clearly misunderstood Gu Qinghan's meaning, scratching his head and laughing:

"That's true. Everyone says I look easy to talk to and not very threatening."

Gu Qinghan was speechless for a moment, but quickly pretended to ask casually:

"I heard them say just now that in the direction we're heading, there seems to be a particularly powerful monster."

"Won't it be a bit dangerous if we go directly with just our strength?"

Li Zaikan glanced at the instant noodles, swallowed, and then said:

"It's fine. We're just going to check it out first."

"According to the people who came back from there, the monster is extremely strong, and quite a few people have already died."

"Also, there are several Chinese powerhouses over there who have spread the word that any Chinese person heading that way can seek their protection."

"Of course, the most important thing is that this secret realm is especially unsafe right now. If we don't stick together, we might all be killed by that organization called the Cleric Alliance."

Speaking of this, he sighed, clearly feeling that he, a Low-level Cleric, was somewhat outmatched.

Gu Qinghan nodded, but he held a different view in his heart.

If the news of the powerful monster spread, then certainly many people would gather there.

But another problem arose: who was spreading this information?

Gu Qinghan believed it was highly possible that the powerhouses there wanted to gather manpower to act together and increase the chances of killing the monster.

But there was also another possibility: the ones releasing the news were actually members of the Cleric Alliance.

They wanted to use this news to ambush and kill the Professionals, or even the Clerics, who were trying to get a piece of the action along the way!