36. Heading Home, a Call from Old Wang

After the "Soul-Eating Ghost" was slain, the spiritual energy substances contained within its body drifted down like raindrops.

Su Yu sat cross-legged directly beneath the drizzle of spiritual energy, absorbing the essence.

"Ding! A small amount of spiritual energy substance has been detected in your vicinity. Would you like to convert it into experience points or spiritual coins?"

"Convert to experience points."

Three seconds later.

"Ding! You have gained 900 experience points through spiritual absorption."

The experience points granted for killing monsters in the real world were massive—100 times that of ordinary monsters within the game!

Of course, the risks of killing monsters in reality were also much higher. In the game, the penalty for being killed by a monster was at most being logged off for half an hour. In reality, being killed meant you were truly dead! Moreover, monsters in the real world often fought without honor; they frequently ambushed in groups, set traps for their enemies, or even summoned high-level reinforcements, unlike the monsters in the game that stood aimlessly in leveling zones, waiting for players to come and kill them.

...

Monsters in the real world were hard to find and difficult to deal with, but as a reborn soul, Su Yu always felt a sense of urgency.

"Searching for ghosts on my own is troublesome and inefficient. Should I find a way to cooperate with the authorities? Their intelligence network is definitely faster than me using Baidu search," he thought to himself.

However, Su Yu was also worried about cooperating with the authorities. The main reason was that his strength was still too low; if foreign spies were to learn of his intelligence, a single sniper rifle could take him out! It was better not to expose his information at this stage; he would wait until he was stronger.

...

But now was not the time to consider such things. Su Yu hadn't forgotten that he was still sitting on the campus of Donghai University! If he didn't leave now, he would surely be mistaken for a lunatic and sent to a psychiatric hospital.

Su Yu quickly stood up and retraced his steps. The teacher, Fang Min, and her students were still peering through the window at him, but they couldn't possibly chase after a "madman," so they could only watch helplessly as Su Yu vanished from their sight. The teacher and students looked at each other in silence; Fang Min covered her flushed cheeks, lost in a daze. Although she had been slapped, she suddenly felt that the lethargic state she had been in for the past few days had suddenly vanished!

...

No security cameras captured Su Yu along the way.

Su Yu hung the Ultraman mask back on the supermarket shelf and returned safely to his rented apartment. On the way home, he passed a breakfast shop and bought some soy milk and fried dough sticks. After finishing breakfast, he prepared to log in and continue leveling.

...

But just as he finished tidying up and prepared to log in, his phone suddenly rang. Looking at the caller ID, it was Old Wang, his department manager at the Muyun Group.

Su Yu answered the call: "Hello, Brother Wang, what is it?"

"Su Yu, the HR department didn't approve your resignation process. I went to HR and tried everything, but their attitude remains firm. They require your handwritten signature to pass the resignation process."

"Is it that troublesome?" Su Yu frowned slightly. Three days ago, Su Yu had submitted his electronic resignation, but he had been too busy queuing for a helmet to go to the company to complete the formalities. The department manager, Old Wang, was a kind-hearted man who had promised to help Su Yu with the process. But now, it was stuck at the step requiring Su Yu's signature.

"So, Brother Wang? What do I need to do?"

Old Wang replied: "It's simple. Just find some time to come to the company and sign your name. Once the resignation process is complete, not only will this month's salary be paid in full, but the company will also compensate you with an extra month's wages."

"But then again, Su Yu, do you really want to resign? Won't you reconsider? If you leave, my team will truly be short of a top talent. Only you can handle those wealthy female clients..."

"Enough, Brother Wang, I've made up my mind." Su Yu checked the time: "Can I come to the company to see you at 9 a.m. tomorrow?"

"Alright, I'll wait for you at the company."

...

Su Yu didn't take the matter to heart. After hanging up, he put on his helmet and logged into the game.

He logged in at the warehouse in Nolan Village. Before he could even walk out, he received a greeting from "True Red-Eyed Black Dragon."

True Red-Eyed Black Dragon: "Greetings, Great One! (*╹▽╹*)"

Su Yu: "Something up?"

True Red-Eyed Black Dragon: "Hehe, definitely, otherwise I wouldn't dare disturb you."

Su Yu: "What is it?"

True Red-Eyed Black Dragon: "Great One, we are logging in at 12 a.m. tonight to level up, and after reaching level 5, we plan to attempt our first dungeon raid."

Su Yu: "And then?"

True Red-Eyed Black Dragon: "But we really can't beat these three dungeons! The 'Silver Snake Under Qingcheng Mountain' dungeon, the final boss 'Martial Monk Fahai,' kills us in one hit with his Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon! The 'Thunder Cliff' dungeon, the final boss 'Cairn Bloodhoof,' is impossible to kill—after you kill him, another one respawns! And that 'Green Grasslands' dungeon you first-cleared, the final boss has 3,000 HP and 100 attack power! Is that even beatable by a human?"

True Red-Eyed Black Dragon poured out his grievances to Su Yu.

Su Yu didn't react much, replying calmly: "The Green Grasslands dungeon is very easy to pass! The village chief of Sheep Village asks you 10 questions; if you answer them all correctly, he will be left with only 300 HP, and you won't even need to fight to clear it."

True Red-Eyed Black Dragon was going crazy: "Answer them all? Is that kind of question answerable by a human? Do you know what the favorite ship of Princess Elijie is called, Great One?"

Su Yu: "'The Firmament Noble,' of course! It's an airship."

"The Princess relied on this airship to escape the pursuit of the Northern Cartel rebels. You should go to the village library more often to read books; these are all recorded in the library's books."

True Red-Eyed Black Dragon: "..."

Everyone was busy leveling on the first day of the server launch; who had the mood to go to the library to read?

Su Yu: "Alright, alright. For the 'Green Grasslands' dungeon, you can send more people to collect the village chief's questions."

"By about 10:30 p.m., compile these questions and post them on the forum. I'll provide the answers then; consider it a benefit for all players."

True Red-Eyed Black Dragon: "Understood! I'll go right away! (*≧▽≦)"

The two ended their private chat.

...

Looking at the entire conversation, an outsider would certainly think True Red-Eyed Black Dragon was Su Yu's underling. But True Red-Eyed Black Dragon knew clearly that this involved a lot of shrewd calculation of interests. At first, he had merely been playing the victim, trying to extract methods for clearing dungeons from Su Yu. The final agreement reached between the two seemed as if the Emperor Blood Guild would have to expend a great deal of manpower and resources, while all players would ultimately benefit.

However, True Red-Eyed Black Dragon knew that as long as he mentioned the hard work of the Emperor Blood Guild in the post, all players would develop a favorable impression of them, or at least feel that they owed the guild a favor. Therefore, he agreed to Su Yu's arrangement without hesitation.