Lin Xu almost burst out laughing.
"Honor? You come to me seeking refuge, and I'm expected to feel honored?"
Lin Xu felt that the two people in front of him were like those decadent, fallen nobles.
He clearly lacked the destiny of an aristocrat, yet he acquired the ailments of one.
Do they think that just because they've become company dogs, they're really superior?
Lin Xu waved his hand dismissively:
"I have no interest in taking on a bunch of burdens!"
The two island owners were slightly taken aback, then their expressions turned extremely ugly:
"Foolish! Without trap detectors, how are you going to explore the ruins!"
"Don't think that just because you have some fighting ability, you can ignore everything!"
Lin Xu frowned, genuinely finding these two a bit annoying. He turned to Li Ming and said:
"Did you find any traps when you were exploring this ruin?"
Li Ming's expression became even more awkward:
"We couldn't even kill the first monster, so we had no way of knowing if there was a trap."
Lin Xu's lips curled up as he glanced at the two company island owners.
"So you didn't even know if there were traps, and you were just thinking about getting free rewards and sharing your loot with me?"
The two company owners were speechless at this point.
Indeed, some wilderness ruins have no traps or mechanisms at all; as long as you defeat all the monsters, you can easily obtain the rewards.
The owners of these two companies also had similar thoughts, which is why they decided to follow Lin Xu.
In this way, they can avoid facing the monsters themselves, claim credit under the guise of detecting traps, and actually obtain a relic reward without giving anything in return.
When they first came up with this idea, they were secretly excited, thinking that Lin Xu, who had no company background, couldn't possibly see through this scheme.
But now, I didn't expect Lin Xu to be so shrewd, actually noticing the problem at a glance?
One of the island owners, unable to maintain his haughty demeanor any longer, could only force a smile and say:
"You already know that no one is venturing deep into those ruins, so what makes you think there aren't any traps there? If there are traps and you don't notice them beforehand, it'll be too late to regret it later!"
Lin Xu squinted at the two island owners; he now understood what these two corporate hustlers were thinking.
These two people really think others are fools, trying to get others to rise to a high position based on their shallow knowledge.
However, these two people were too inexperienced, which only made them look more foolish.
Lin Xu squinted at the two company island owners:
"Speaking of which, detection instruments don't need to be operated by a specific person, right? You tell me, if I kill you all, I can still get the instruments without paying any price and enjoy all the rewards from the ruins all to myself."
Upon hearing this, the two company owners' expressions changed drastically.
One of them suddenly took a step back and pulled a cylindrical gun from his pocket:
"What are you trying to do! I'm warning you, we're not defenseless either!"
Lin Xu's eyes flashed.
Looking at the weapon in that man's hand.
"A stun gun? So you're still high-class corporate dogs. No wonder you were able to calmly watch the show when that island lord came to attack me. You think you're strong enough, that's why you're so calm?"
The so-called electric gun is somewhat similar to the Thunder Gun Tower that Lin Xu obtained before, and it can shoot electric current to attack enemies.
However, compared to the Thunder Gun, the Electro Gun is a degraded version of the Thunder Gun, only effective against ordinary people without superhuman strength.
With Lin Xu's current physique, even a fine iron spear might not be able to break through his defenses, and the electric gun poses even less of a threat to him, at most it would only paralyze him for a moment.
Lin Xu looked at the electro-optical gun:
"This thing is quite a good weapon. Are you offering it up now in exchange for your lives?"
Lin Xu was not particularly interested in the looting of civilians.
After all, commoners are poor, and they don't have the privileges to monopolize resources and restrict the development of other island owners like nobles do.
Therefore, unless someone actively provokes him, he will not directly target the commoner island lord.
But the owners of these two companies seem to have taken the initiative to become his adversaries. Should he offer them benefits now?
Upon hearing Lin Xu's words, both company island owners' expressions changed slightly.
One person, with his neck stiff, said:
"What do you want? I'm warning you, the rate of fire of the electro-optical gun is much higher than that of ordinary firearms. You won't have a chance to unleash that strange ability!"
Lin Xu raised an eyebrow.
These two company dogs are supposed to be top students, but they're not even as good as Li Ming. They still haven't figured out his life ability.
But before he could speak, the other island lord suddenly took out something.
That's a detonator.
The island owner said nervously:
"Lin Xu, don't even think about getting any benefits by taking risks! When we entered the island world, all our equipment was bound to the company. We don't need to press this detonator; it will trigger automatically as soon as we die! Even if you manage to kill us, our equipment will be destroyed, the island will be blown up, and you'll get nothing!"
Lin Xu was initially tempted to take action.
At the very least, the arm of the one wielding the gun should be disabled.
But upon hearing the island owner's words, he paused, frowning.
Given the company's nature, it is indeed possible that it would make such an arrangement for its subordinate island owners.
Since companies are inferior to nobles, noble lackeys occasionally rob company island owners.
To avoid this situation, many large companies have prepared arrangements for mutual destruction to deter those aristocratic lackeys from their plundering intentions.
This means that even if you can't beat me, you can still annoy me.
The equipment these two people are carrying is very likely equipped with self-destruct mechanisms, ensuring that anyone attempting to rob them will get nothing.
Although Lin Xu disliked the two island lords, he wouldn't kill them indiscriminately if it wouldn't bring him any benefit.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xu said to one of the island owners:
"It seems you still have some backup plans. In that case, give me one of your trap detectors, and our problem will be solved."
"Why should I!"
"Why!"
The two company owners shouted at the same time.
Then one of the island owners angrily said:
"What's wrong with us? The problem lies entirely with you! You refused to cooperate with us, and now you want our equipment? You're dreaming!"
"That's right! We won't give you anything!"
Lin Xu looked at the two island owners, somewhat speechless.
Although the world is so harsh these days, island owners who aren't very bright are a rare breed.
But there are always some island owners with special personalities who get good grades in school, but are actually not very bright.
These two are clearly typical examples.
Lin Xu remained silent, while Li Ming, standing beside him, was already somewhat indignant. He pointed at the two company owners:
"Have you two no shame?! You were clearly plotting against Boss Lin Xu, trying to get him to be your bodyguard for free and share the rewards from the ruins! I don't need to say more about your shameless idiots. Now that your scheme has been exposed, don't you need to pay the price?"
The two island owners were taken aback, then their expressions turned grim.
They then realized that their scheme had been seen through long ago. Not only Lin Xu saw through it, but even this ordinary civilian with no background and who seemed very weak had seen through it.
At this moment, the two company owners felt that their previously proud intelligence had been severely challenged.
But the two looked at each other, their faces remaining cold.
"So what? We have weapons now. Even if we tried to deceive you before, you can't do anything to us!"
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