Chapter 697: Chapter 317: The Last Breakfast_2

"I’m not negotiating with you, I’m giving you a chance. Didn’t you tell Lin Jiang that you were afraid of pain and if you had to choose a way to die, it should definitely not be like him, slowly consumed by the divine fusion?"

"Dying in the Blind Abyss is much more agonizing than Lin Jiang’s death. Hand over the highest authority, and I’ll give you a quick end. Think about it carefully."

Li Zi revealed an expression of ’just as I thought’. These words were spoken to Lin Jiang’s corpse after he was eliminated.

Knowing these words meant that the guy in front of him must have been present at the time.

He witnessed everything, had power and patience, and held the advantage of intelligence. Against such an opponent, he couldn’t resist at all.

Being crouched by Old Yin B and losing was not an injustice.

He recalled the feeling in the Blind Abyss, shuddered, took out the highest authority of the Four Major Organizations from his personal space without bargaining, and handed it directly to Wu Chang.

The highest authority of the Four Major Organizations possessed a unique aura; Wu Chang didn’t need to identify it, as he could tell it was genuine through inspiration.

He put the item away and asked, "Is there a preferred way to die?" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Li Zi tentatively said, "Death by sexual exhaustion?"

Wu Chang’s mouth twitched. Considering the other party’s cooperation, he gave Li Zi another chance, "Choose a conventional one."

Li Zi said, "Is there a painless way to die?"

Wu Chang grabbed Li Zi by the neck and infused the Deep Water Devouring Poison into his body.

Feeling his body gradually losing control and his consciousness slowly disintegrating, Li Zi’s eyelids became heavy. Just before closing his eyes, he said to Wu Chang:

"Thank you."

He should be thanking me.

After eliminating the last hidden danger and completing Hou Jingchuan’s mission, Wu Chang used long-distance teleportation to return to 26 Garden Street and started preparing breakfast for the day.

Since he eliminated Lin Jiang, he felt a rejection from the plane, signaling the completion of the dungeon.

He had to speed up.

He had already looked at the recipe for today while Li Zi was soaking in the Blind Abyss, so he could cook as soon as he entered the kitchen.

Fifteen minutes later, Wu Chang and his family of three, along with Mavira and Grace, who hadn’t left yet, began to savor what could be their last breakfast together.

With Amber’s greatest inner hidden danger removed, they all knew that the time for farewell was coming.

As usual, Wu Chang finished eating first, sat on the sofa, and watched the morning news of Sigef City.

Amber finished her breakfast and silently sat next to Wu Chang, watching for a while the praise for the Peace Mayor’s bravery, then spoke:

"Thank you."

Wu Chang turned to look at Amber and asked, "Thank me for what?"

Amber, caught off guard by Wu Chang’s question, didn’t know what to say for a moment, then after a pause, said, "Thank you for everything you’ve done for me."

Wu Chang smiled and said, "It’s what family does."

Amber nodded, responding heavily, "Mm!"

Amber continued, "Will we meet again?"

Wu Chang thought for a moment and replied, "We probably will. I won’t take long before I go looking for trouble with the Bright Society. If your growth is a bit slower, maybe we’ll meet again soon."

After the Cursed Dungeon, Amber’s divinity would fully awaken and start shaping her authority based on the Dungeon World.

According to the Abyss’s power hierarchy, once Amber awakens, she’ll reach the peak of the Abyss Second Layer, and with a little effort, she could enter the Abyss Third Layer.

Once she consolidates stable authority, even in the Abyss Third Layer, she’d be among the top tier.

With the help of the Miracle Walkers and Amber’s foundation and talent, this progress would be incredibly fast.

Amber said, "I’ll wait for you all."

Wu Chang saw Amber finish speaking and responded to her:

"Before you leave, there are some things I want to tell you."

Amber looked intent on listening.

Wu Chang said, "Regardless of whether your thoughts change after you regain your memory, during the time here at 26 Garden Street, Erin and I considered you our daughter."

"Maybe in Grace and the others’ eyes, it was my presence that helped you overcome the monsters and fill the voids in your heart, but from my perspective, I could clearly sense your spontaneous changes."

"Especially in the end, when you said you wanted to face your greatest enemy head-on, the change from when you just came out of the orphanage was monumental."

At this moment, Erin also came to the sofa, sat on Amber’s other side, holding her hand.

Grace, at the dining table, swallowed her food and exclaimed excitedly, "I want to go over too."

Mavira, being a teacher and even when assimilated by the world, was more composed than Grace, holding the eager Grace in place and covering her mouth with a hand.

Wu Chang gave Mavira a ’well done’ look and then continued to say to Amber:

"While I’m very gratified by your growth, as your foster father, I still want you to become a Fire Seed."

"I’ve encountered many people, all sorts of them, prodigies, geniuses of the century, ambitious people, those who wanted to become gods. They didn’t lack fighting spirit, nor were they afraid of hardships, but in the end, they all died."

"As someone with experience, I want to tell you that in the Abyss, the means don’t matter, nor does the process; the last one standing is the one who wins."

Wu Chang was speaking when he suddenly saw Amber’s eyes welling up with tears, as if she was about to cry, becoming flustered and at a loss for words.

"I wasn’t trying to criticize you, nor did I mean to say anything harsh, I..."

Amber, crying and smiling at the same time, comforted Wu Chang, saying, "I’m crying because I remembered things from the past."