Bang~

Lv Bai placed the clean bowl on the table and asked, "So, can you extract your Golden Core?"

"Yes."

Bear Chief Warden replied without hesitation.

Lv Bai thought of himself as a kind person and asked again, "Will it affect you in any way?"

To his surprise, this casual question moved Bear so much that his eyes welled up with tears.

Suddenly, his energy surged all around, ready to transfer his Golden Core out of his body.

While channeling his inner strength, he explained in a somewhat coy manner, "Brother Bai, you don’t need to worry. After all, this Golden Core is of the same origin as me; I can refine it quickly."

Lv Bai stiffly nodded.

When a burly man acts like a coy daughter in front of you, it’s hard not to feel nauseated.

Frankly speaking, if Bear weren’t so outrageously powerful and difficult to deal with at the moment, Lv Bai would have loved to cancel the effect of the "Electronic Enchantress" ability.

A large and turbulent burst of inner strength naturally stirred up a gust inside the restaurant, causing the wall calendar to flap wildly.

Fortunately, the commotion didn’t last long.

Soon, everything calmed down, but the temperature inside felt like it suddenly rose several degrees.

The source of this heat was a dazzling light spot cradled in Bear’s hands.

The light spot was only the size of a fingernail but emitted seemingly endless heat.

This was the so-called Golden Core.

This Golden Core contained over ninety percent of Bear’s inner strength. After he extracted it, he visibly weakened, even his rosy complexion looked paler.

Bear managed a smile and flatteringly said, "Brother Bai, if you need it, feel free to take it."

Inner strength is fundamentally the same; they are part of a biological source and won’t produce any rejection.

Lv Bai didn’t hesitate and immediately grabbed it, refining it instantly.

A mechanical prompt sound rang timely in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Node in the current Death Arena acquired.]

[Double bonus rewards remaining time—]

[23:59:59]

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[23:59:55]

[23:59:54]

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Not hard at all; it’s what I’m supposed to do." Bear weakly lay on the table, sounding particularly gentle.

Lv Bai felt the powerful force rushing within his body and nodded with satisfaction, feeling he hadn’t endured the nausea in vain.

He snapped his fingers casually, canceling the "Electronic Enchantress" effect on Bear Chief Warden.

Looks like he was still lazily sitting in his seat, just waiting for Bear to erupt so he could counterattack and kill him immediately.

But he couldn’t have imagined that after canceling the "Electronic Enchantress" effect, Bear didn’t even show a change in expression, let alone erupt angrily.

Lv Bai: "..." You gotta be kidding?

After a moment of silence, he tentatively pointed in the direction of the semi-open kitchen: "You, go fry me a couple of dishes."

"Alright."

Bear pursed his lips, got up, and forced himself to walk to the kitchen despite his weakness.

Seeing this, Lv Bai instinctively gasped.

He didn’t understand, but he was greatly shocked.

...

In the end, Bear was escorted out of the kitchen by Xia Mei.

Although Xia Mei didn’t know who Bear was or the identity of the Prison Director, she sincerely believed she shouldn’t let a friend of her savior help.

"Brother Bai, when we head home later, I’ll show you my culinary skills."

Bear cautiously sat back on the stool.

"... We’ll see." Lv Bai said, his expression complicated.

Bang~

Three people suddenly walked in through the door, swaggering, looking rather arrogant.

Moreover, their hair was dyed in red and green, a typical Triad appearance.

One of them walked straight to the serving counter, leaning with an arm on it, and whistled at Xia Mei: "Little girl, look at your dirty shop. I need to collect some cleaning fees here."

Xia Mei was stunned for two seconds.

After all, trying to make a living in Chikan Bay, she quickly realized they were collecting protection fees.

She then pointed to a board nearby, with a purple T-shirt hanging on it, printed with the large words "All Villains."

This indicated that this shop was under the protection of the "All Villains" group.

The three Triads didn’t know Xia Mei was mute and naturally assumed this little girl couldn’t even be bothered to talk, obviously looking down on them.

One of the Red Hair immediately erupted, overturning a table beside him.

"Bloody hell! Can’t even understand when spoken to nicely?"

Lv Bai, being present, naturally wouldn’t ignore it.

He tapped on his table: "Do you not know ’All Villains’ is the current Speaker’s force?"

"So what? What’s it to you? Trying to play the hero?"

Red Hair spat and walked toward Lv Bai: "I don’t care what fancy thing you’re with. This street is our turf now."

It’s worth noting that previously, the police had swept through the area once in a carpet raid.

A significant part of the forces in Chikan Bay were thrown into the trash heap, leaving many territories vacant.

Even though new black forces would sprout on their own to form new patterns, in the short term, it’s mostly these naïve troublemakers.

Both White Shark and Thirteen Orphans had mentioned this to Lv Bai.

Lv Bai simply stopped trying to communicate with them, taking out his phone to notify White Shark: "Shrimp Clay Pot Rice, there are three guys here that need sinking to the seafloor."

His fearless attitude and the implication in his words finally made the three Triads present realize something was off.

Yellow Hair hesitated for a moment: "Who are you?"

Lv Bai: "I’m Lv Bai."

Lv Bai?

Yellow Hair and Red Hair exchanged glances, feeling the name sounded familiar but couldn’t recall it at the moment.

If they backed off after this scare, it would seem too disgraceful.

So Red Hair, trying to suppress his anger, asked, "Lv Bai, huh? Which path are you on? Do you know Fuji?"

Lv Bai: "Never heard of him."

"Mixing here without knowing Fuji?"

Red Hair felt relieved and overturned another table: "Then why act all high and mighty with your daddy!?"

As he spoke, he picked up a stool and directly approached Lv Bai.

Suddenly, a burst of loud commotion outside interrupted Red Hair’s actions.

White Shark rushed into the shop, all sweaty, quickly blocking the three Triads.

Soon after, a large number of small thugs wearing purple "All Villains" T-shirts streamed in, almost filling the remaining space in the shop.

Lv Bai smiled kindly: "White Shark, pretty quick, eh."

Upon hearing this, White Shark immediately broke into a cold sweat.

"Brother... Brother Bai, it’s my management oversight."

He stared at the three Triads in front of him, unable to hide his murderous intent: "Please rest assured, I’ll personally..."