Chapter 036: Prize Deduction

Deducting the prize?

Wang Bo was completely stunned. "Wait, why are you deducting the prize? Explain it to me."

[Why? Good work earns bonuses; screw-ups get bonuses deducted. That's normal in any company, isn't it? There's no need for so many whys.]

Wang Bo couldn't help asking, "You didn't seem to tell me about this."

[You didn't ask, either. And seeing how hard you worked, I thought you already knew.]

"I didn't know."

[Well, it's not too late to know now, is it?]

"I..." Wang Bo had a ton of curses on the tip of his tongue, but he held them back. He opened his four-dimensional pocket and searched for a while, only to find that the Moonlight Box had indeed disappeared. To make matters worse, he had enhanced the Moonlight Box back then but had forgotten to duplicate it.

In other words, Wang Bo only had one Moonlight Box on hand. Once it was deducted, he would have no second one.

"How about we negotiate and swap for another prize? Without the Moonlight Box, how can I go back to the past and save that time traveler?"

[Prizes are deducted at random. How was I supposed to know you'd be so unlucky as to lose the Moonlight Box right away? Sigh, I guess that's just the time traveler's fate.]

"Can't we really talk this over?" Wang Bo made one last attempt.

[Hold on, let me think. Since this is your first mistake, I can give you a chance.]

"What chance?" Wang Bo was overjoyed.

[I can return the Moonlight Box to you, but I'll randomly deduct ten of your prizes. Though I wouldn't advise you to use this one—what if the Duplication Mirror gets deducted by accident? Then what would you do?]

Wang Bo: ...

He was truly speechless now. Thinking back to how he had never actively searched for time travelers and had even planned to outlast them so he could move on to the next world, Wang Bo felt a chill run down his spine.

Thankfully, those time travelers always stumbled into his path by accident, preventing him from succeeding. If he had succeeded, wouldn't all his rewards have been deducted by now?

From now on, he would have to actively seek out time travelers.

This time, though unlucky to lose the Moonlight Box, it wasn't enough to cripple him. But if the Duplication Mirror got deducted next time, he would be done for.

The vast majority of his current prizes came from copies made with the Duplication Mirror.

Without the Duplication Mirror, Wang Bo wouldn't have so many Enhancement Stones, nor so much Vibranium, armor, weapons, and all kinds of special metals.

To be honest, if Wang Bo's Duplication Mirror were really deducted, then whether treasures or prizes, every single one he owned would be used up one by one.

Therefore, he absolutely could not be so careless about finding time travelers from now on.

But then again, that time traveler was fine—how did he suddenly die?

Just then, Wang Bo suddenly remembered the incident a few days ago when the emperor was cursed.

Thinking carefully, this event didn't seem to have happened in Journey to the West. Back then, he hadn't had a good impression of the emperor, so he had simply ignored it.

Now that he thought about it, could this have been the time traveler's doing?

Someone had time-traveled to become the emperor's son, coveted his father's throne, and teamed up with the former crown prince, who had turned into a vengeful spirit, to cast a bloodline curse to kill the old man and take over.

But because of Wang Bo's interference, the time traveler's scheme was exposed, leading to the deduction of Wang Bo's prize.

Hmm... that couldn't be, right? How could there be such a coincidence in the world? Especially since the deducted item happened to be the Moonlight Box, preventing him from going back to save the time traveler.

Heh, impossible. It was too much of a coincidence. Wang Bo absolutely refused to believe it.

"Wait." Wang Bo suddenly realized something. "That's not right. My prize shouldn't have been deducted."

[What nonsense are you talking about?]

"I'm not talking nonsense. Don't forget, this is a world with immortals and gods. After death, there are souls. As long as I find the time traveler's soul and send it back, won't the mission be complete?"

Wang Bo really wanted to give himself a thumbs-up for his cleverness.

[If his soul were still around, what you're doing would indeed be justified.]

"What do you mean?" Wang Bo suddenly had a bad feeling.

[Do you think I didn't notice? In fact, that time traveler's soul has long since scattered. There's no saving him. Just give up on that idea.]

Wang Bo: ...

[What you should be doing now isn't arguing with me here, but sending the other time traveler, Lord Wutian, off as soon as possible. What if he gets killed too? Then you'll have another prize deducted. If the Duplication Mirror gets picked at random, I doubt you'll even be able to cry.]

Wang Bo: ...

Hearing this from his cheat, Wang Bo felt a bit uneasy. He thought that with Lord Wutian's strength, he shouldn't be killed so easily.

But the problem was, it's better to be safe than sorry. What if Lord Wutian really did vanish into thin air, and what if his Duplication Mirror really got deducted? Wang Bo might not even be able to cry.

So this time, he had to hurry.

But the problem was, Mount Meru was sealed off, and he couldn't get in at all.

After hesitating for a long time, Wang Bo decided to go to Mount Meru again to take a look. After telling Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing, Wang Bo turned into a streak of light and sped toward Mount Meru.

On the way to Mount Meru, Wang Bo had already decided that this time he would try to break the barrier around Mount Meru. Once the barrier was broken, he could meet Lord Wutian. As for sending him home, they could discuss that after meeting.

If that really didn't work, he would go to the Saint Seiya world and bring back all the Gold Saints.

Although all those Saints were only at the Seventh Sense, their combined strength was absolutely formidable.

Wang Bo remembered that in Saint Seiya, there was a Wall of Sighs.

This wall was the boundary between Elysium and the Underworld, a wall that only gods could enter. No matter how powerful the energy impact, it remained unscathed—a wall of despair.

For all beings other than gods, it brought only despair, truly a wall of sighs. Only the light that could fill the depths of darkness with hope—the energy of the sun, the source of all life on Earth—could break the Wall of Sighs.

So in the end, all twelve Gold Saints appeared, including those who had died, controlling their Cloths with their souls. They concentrated their Cosmo, burned their lives, and opened the path to Elysium, ultimately sacrificing themselves gloriously.

So if he really had no other way, he would have to let the twelve Gold Saints act and break the barrier.

But with Wang Bo around, they would never have to sacrifice themselves.