"What do you mean I'm in danger in the ruin?" Luciana demanded, her voice rising. "Even with the controller in my possession?"
"Yes, exactly," Wang Lei replied calmly. "And if you buy information from me, then I think you can live in the ruin."
Luciana raised an eyebrow, her interest piqued. "I'll give you 2 million dollars if you share the information."
Wang Lei shook his head. "I'm offering you life-saving information. Do you really think a life's value is just 2 million dollars? You should give me at least 5 million."
Without hesitation, Luciana agreed, surprising Wang Lei. Interesting, he thought. She must be quite wealthy if she didn't think twice about it.
"Very well," Wang Lei began, "there is no real danger in the ruin except for one place: the City of Death."
"The City of Death?" Luciana echoed, intrigued.
"Yes, it's a city in the desert. There's little danger from the monsters there, as they are too weak for you. But in the middle of the city, there is a palace."
"A palace?" Luciana asked, her expression shifting to curiosity.
"Never try to enter this palace," Wang Lei warned gravely. "While the ruin is classified as white, the weakest among all ruins, once you include the palace, its true rank becomes black."
Luciana's voice rose in anger. "What? Are you saying that the ruin is the strongest ruin once you include the palace? Then why is the portal of the ruin white? Are you kidding me?"
"It's true that the portal is white," Wang Lei explained. "It's because the palace hides the power of the monsters inside it."
With a flicker of suspicion, Luciana activated her Super Vision ability to scrutinize Wang Lei. Her ability allowed her to see an object's past and detect lies, provided the person she was examining wasn't significantly stronger than her.
After a moment, she relaxed. "So, the boss monster is alive inside the palace, and there are treasures?"
"Now you understand that the ruin isn't useful for you. So, do you change your mind?" Wang Lei asked.
Luciana crossed her arms defiantly. "Who told you that the ruin wouldn't work for me? Even if I can't take the treasures, I can establish the Cloud Guild's secret base there and create a training ground."
As she prepared to leave, Luciana added, "Since you've shared this information, I will tell you a secret few know: I'm the vice leader of the Cloud Guild, and my father is the guild leader. Mr. Wang Lei, are you interested in joining our guild? If you do, I promise you a good position."
Wang Lei shook his head firmly. "No, thank you."
"That's fine," she replied. "If you change your mind, you can contact us."
As Luciana exited the hotel and got into her car, she pondered, Wang Lei isn't an ordinary person. He survived the ruin while strong individuals like Zhang Tao are dead and Kim Yun is severely injured. But that's not all; he also gathered precious information about the ruin. I think I should try to recruit him into our guild.
Meanwhile, in his hotel room, Wang Lei thought with a grin, Money, hehe... I became a rich person in a day!
Opening his system, he checked his new skills. He had successfully copied two abilities: the Jaguar skill from Tao Lin and Super Vision from Luciana. It's a great day for me; I've achieved so much!
Wang Lei decided to merge his Jaguar and Nightwalker skills through his Combining Ability, resulting in a new skill: Momentless Step.
A system screen popped up to inform him about it:
[Momentless Step]
[Description: A skill that enhances your speed so dramatically that you can cover a short distance in the blink of an eye.]