With this badge, he could freely enter and leave the wealthy area.

As long as you don't deliberately show disrespect to the BOSS.

Or engage in some sensitive behaviors.

For example, actively attacking and killing other pollen guards, or attempting to enter certain special areas.

They can all get away with it.

Replace the Raven Badge.

Once he put on the Pollen Guardian Badge, it seemed to take root in his body, with countless fine roots sprouting from its base, clinging tightly to the surface of his leather armor, and then spreading outwards in crimson patterns.

He disguised himself to look more like a pollen guard.

We passed through the gate successfully.

The next moment, Su Bai suddenly turned his foot, avoiding the gaze of the other guards, and entered through a side door.

Push the door open and enter.

Before me was a long and narrow reception hall.

There were office counters and sofas; the mahogany furniture, weathered by time, appeared increasingly substantial. Exquisite wood carvings stood lifelike in a corner of the room. Silver candlesticks, fine ceramics, and a magnificent crystal chandelier... Dim light filtered through the stained-glass windows, illuminating the dust motes drifting in the room. A slight scraping sound abruptly broke the tranquility.

It was a monster covered in roots, wriggling and crawling in the shadows of the corridor.

It sensed Su Bai's arrival.

Slowly approaching.

From the flesh and blood entwined with vines, a twisting motion revealed the head of a woman with a beautiful face.

She kept asking in a strange, high-pitched voice:

"What can I do for you?...Are you looking for someone?...Please register your identity here first...Sir, please do not rummage through items without permission..."

Whoosh!

Ignoring its prompts, Su Bai went to the counter and pulled open the top drawer.

[Received: Clean Paper +15!]

[Gained: Ink +2!]

[Received: 1 exquisite quill pen!]

...

He opened all six drawers on the counter one by one.

They acquired a lot of unused paper, pens, and ink, which are also materials that can be used later when they build schools or similar buildings in the territory.

Of course, collecting them now is not as priority as collecting planks and stone bricks.

First, put it into the backpack.

You can empty it later when your backpack is full.

"Not even a single key?"

Su Bai murmured softly.

This reception room is similar to the gatehouse of a typical residential community, and it is usually a place to store spare keys.

However, only special items such as the key to room 16 will spawn here.

There is no regular key.

—Apart from special resource points that require keys to open, ordinary doors can be smashed open directly, and players don't need to bother recording the model of each key.

"Please do not rummage through the belongings without permission, sir..."

The monster stayed close to him, repeating the same dialogue over and over.

However, because of Su Bai's status as a guard.

It will not attack on its own initiative.

This identity also prevents Su Bai from killing pollen monsters at will.

Fortunately, he understood the characteristics of this monster, and the two maintained a delicate safe distance in a very strange situation.

He casually put the two silver candlesticks on the counter into his backpack.

Su Bai turned around and examined a bookshelf next to the counter. The surface of the bookshelf was covered with a layer of fine, blood-red roots, and many books had been damaged by the wildly growing branches. He managed to pick out a few intact ones from among them.

[Obtained: "Midnight Bells"!]

[Received: Fireside Tales!]

[Obtained: Burial Mound!]

...

"Hey, this time my luck is pretty good."

Su Bai nodded slightly.

Most of the books in the game are readable, and players often receive some decent rewards after reading them completely.

Some are experience points, some are attribute points, and some are precious skills and permanent talents.

It can be seen as a gift of knowledge.

In the past, many players who disliked fighting used this alternative method to increase their strength.

It seems that a few hidden professions have also appeared.

There are many books in the Lost City, but only about a hundred of them have relatively generous reading rewards and strategy guides.

The book he has, "Buried Bones Manor," is quite good.

After reading, you can randomly obtain one of several fixed necromancy skills.

It can also sell for a lot of money.

Whoosh!

The monster's neck suddenly stretched out a long section, and the woman's head was almost touching Su Bai's face. She repeated in a cold, mournful voice:

"Please do not rummage through the belongings without permission, sir..."

"go..."

Su Bai reached out and gently moved her aside.

Although he is safe now, he cannot take too much from it, as exceeding a certain limit will also provoke it.

At that point, the only option left is to trigger a battle.

Su Bai's gaze swept across the hall, ignoring several ordinary resource points that might spawn good items.

They strode toward the last rare resource point in the reception room.

It was a row of iron storage cabinets painted white.

There are sixteen squares in total.

On the surface of each grid, there are some scratches that seem to have been left unintentionally, forming simple patterns.

If you look closely, you can see that the patterns are diamonds, squares, triangles, and circles.

Ancient memories suddenly flooded my mind.

Su Bai's eyes flickered slightly.

"The pattern of the lockers refreshes randomly each time. If you open the right one, you get a reward; if you open the wrong one, you're in big trouble."

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