Skills with no cooldown? I become the Undead Scourge! - Chapter 40

Hearing Nanami’s question, everyone’s expressions grew even more troubled.

Nanami wasn’t in a hurry. Her cold gaze swept over the group.

Finally, someone couldn’t hold back and spoke up: “Huaxia has locked down all cross-national teleportation across the entire country. They’ve even stopped trading. It’s extremely difficult for our people to conduct in-depth investigations. However, we suspect it might be related to the upcoming Nation Wars. Perhaps Huaxia has developed some secret strategy to use against us.”

“Suspect? I’ve had you investigating for so long, and your result is a mere suspicion?” Nanami raised an eyebrow.

The speaker’s face immediately fell, and he didn’t dare utter another word.

Nanami looked at them with a cold laugh. “A bunch of incompetents! For Huaxia to take such drastic measures, they must be concealing something crucial. That much is obvious—I didn’t need you to guess that for me.”

But as for what that something was, no one knew.
Now, if professionals from other countries wanted to enter Huaxia, they could only apply for entry visas.
Even if they obtained temporary teleportation permissions, they would enter as special envoys.
They would be monitored the entire time, with no opportunity to investigate properly.

“Chairman, should we take some targeted action? To prevent Huaxia from turning the tables later,” someone suggested.

“Action? We don’t even know what they’re doing, and we can’t teleport across borders. What action do you propose? What can you do?” Nanami shot back.

She was extremely dissatisfied with these people’s efficiency.
Utter incompetents!

“Keep trying to find a way. If teleporting is truly impossible, then send people to cross the Forbidden Sea and land in Huaxia. I must find out what exactly Huaxia is up to,” Nanami said after a moment’s thought.

Hearing this, everyone’s expressions changed.
Crossing the Forbidden Sea could bypass the teleportation issue.
After all, Huaxia’s coastal defenses were minimal in many areas—the Forbidden Sea itself was their best defense!
For a human professional to cross the Forbidden Sea was immensely difficult and carried an extremely high mortality rate.
Sending a team to cross it wouldn’t be surprising if it resulted in total annihilation.

But everyone nodded in agreement.
After all, they wouldn’t be going themselves; they would be sending others. As long as the pay was high enough, there would be plenty willing to take the risk!

“Until we have a clear investigation, ignore Huaxia. Focus on Eagle Union. They are our greatest rival!” Nanami declared.

This was likely because Eagle Union had recently cleared the current highest-level team dungeon, Black Dragon Mountain Range.
The equipment obtained from there would allow Eagle Union to quickly assemble a group of high-level combat professionals in a short time—that was the real threat to Sakura!

As for Huaxia, whatever trick they were pulling, for now, they couldn’t cause much trouble.
So, Nanami chose to disregard them.
Moreover, Yu Cangqiong, who had once dominated the top spot in the Endless Tower rankings, was now completely crushed by her.
In the short term, it was impossible for Yu Cangqiong to clear the 60th floor!

At the same time, other nations like Eagle Union, Northern Bear, and John Bull were also working intensively to investigate Huaxia.
The difference was, Eagle Union’s investigation focused not only on Huaxia’s border lockdown and the sealing of all teleportation points but also on identifying that Necromancer!
This individual had not only obtained Hades’ Crystal Skull but also reached the global Endless Tower rankings as a Necromancer.
Such a person required serious attention!
Find out their identity. Then, either exchange for Hades’ Crystal Skull, persuade them to change nationality and join Eagle Union, or simply eliminate them to remove any future threat!

But for now, no one could enter Huaxia through conventional means.
Yu Cangqiong’s emergency decision had been very far-sighted after all.
Otherwise, Huaxia’s major cities would probably be swarming with foreign spies investigating the Necromancer.

Elsewhere…

After lunch, the group planned to continue dungeon running.
Qin Wuyao returned to the team Qin Lie had arranged for her to tackle level 10 dungeons.
Lu Ran instinctively headed towards the level 20 dungeon teleportation array.

But Liu Xinxin stopped him.
Lei Tai and Ye Hongyi also looked curiously at Liu Xinxin.
She was studying the Endless Tower rankings, her eyes fixed on the top-ranked Nanami.

After a moment’s thought, she said, “Do you know why Nanami has stopped climbing further?”

“Does it even need saying? She’s scared of dying. Managing to surpass Old Yu by two floors and secure first place is already her limit. Continuing further would be too risky. It would be quite amusing if she died trying,” Lei Tai said matter-of-factly.

“That’s the idea. So, I have a way to force her to continue climbing, to take that risk. If she unfortunately dies in the Endless Tower, it would be a massive blow to Sakura!” Liu Xinxin said thoughtfully.

Hearing this, Lei Tai and Ye Hongyi were baffled.
Lu Ran also didn’t understand. “She’s sitting firmly in first place, two floors ahead of Chairman Yu. She probably won’t climb anymore. How can we force her?”

Liu Xinxin smiled meaningfully.
She looked at Lu Ran and said, “We’ll use you to pressure her. Starting now, every morning before dungeon running, you enter the Endless Tower. For efficiency, just use Blood Spear to clear one floor, then exit. Then do the same again in the evening.”

This…
Lei Tai didn’t quite get it. “What’s the use of that? What does it have to do with Nanami? Lu Ran’s only on floor 50; the gap is pretty big. Wouldn’t it be more effective if Lu Ran just charged ahead in one go?”

But then, Ye Hongyi suddenly understood. “A sudden burst of pressure might not make Nanami take the risk. But a gradually approaching sense of crisis will torment her. Her psychological pressure will keep mounting until she can’t stand it anymore and is forced to climb further!”

Hearing this, Lei Tai immediately understood too.
Even Lu Ran, the straightforward one, was taken aback.
They all looked at Liu Xinxin.
Wow. Among the three guild leaders, Liu Xinxin seemed shy and was always smiling, but her mind was actually this sharp!

Lu Ran was the only regular class—not even a rare class—in the global Endless Tower top 30!
Moreover, Lu Ran was the only one on the list who had hidden all his personal information!
One floor in the morning, one floor in the evening. A gradually increasing floor count, unwavering, hitting a new floor right on schedule every day. This kind of terrifying psychological pressure would absolutely drive Nanami crazy!
It would also spark global discussion, putting even more pressure on her.
By the time Lu Ran approached or even surpassed her, her psychological pressure would have peaked!

“What if Nanami takes the risk and climbs further, but succeeds?” Lei Tai asked.

“If she succeeds, Lu Ran just keeps surpassing her. If she dies, it’s a welcome bonus. Either way, she won’t keep her number one spot against Lu Ran,” Liu Xinxin replied immediately.

Lei Tai couldn’t help but give Liu Xinxin a thumbs-up.
He said thoughtfully, “Sister Xinxin, we haven’t interacted much before. I underestimated you. If I ever offend you in the future, you have to tell me. I’ll change if I can.”

His teasing tone made Ye Hongyi and the others laugh.
But it was enough to show how Lei Tai’s impression of Liu Xinxin had changed.
Even Ye Hongyi couldn’t help but take another look at Liu Xinxin, who was still smiling shyly as always.
But now, thinking about it, how could a shy, introverted girl reach the top of Huaxia’s level rankings?
How could she lead one of the four major guilds, Illusory Moon?

“Alright, let’s not waste time. Lu Ran, go clear floor 51. Come out once you’re done, and we’ll go run the level 20 dungeon,” Liu Xinxin said to Lu Ran with a smile.