If she can't win openly, can't she resort to underhanded tactics? Well, look what happened – she's hoisted herself by her own petard!

Lin Yiran smiled and said, "How about it? Captain Zhou, do you still want to continue? I think your teammates are almost done for."

Behind Zhou Ling, all the brothers he brought were hit by the bomb. With his encouragement, they were all covered in blood and gore, some even missing arms or legs.

They all lay on the ground wailing, their cries growing louder with each wails.

"Oh no, my arm! Where's my arm?"

"Ouch, my legs, my legs hurt so much!!"

Overall, the scene was absolutely horrific!

Even Zhou Ling himself was not feeling well! He didn't know that the thing was a bomb; he had only managed to create a barrier with his mental energy to barely withstand the attack when the crisis struck. Now, after being hit by the bomb, his mental energy became somewhat unstable. Upon realizing this, Zhou Ling immediately understood.

"Go!" he said through gritted teeth, and then the group quickly retreated.

However, Lin still had no intention of letting them go: "Did I say you could leave?"

"Do you think I'm someone you can mess with?"

"You can leave, but you have to leave something behind!" Lin Yiran then used her superpower again, and a blade that had fallen next to Zhou Ling suddenly sprang up from the ground and quickly pierced Zhou Ling's knee. He staggered and knelt on the ground, whimpering in pain, his eyes glaring fiercely at Lin Yiran.

"I'm teaching you a lesson. Don't mess with me again! Next time we meet, it won't just be a leg!" She then put away all the razor blades and returned them to their places.

She turned around gracefully and continued tending to the sixth-tier mutated pine tree, only letting out a sigh of relief after the commotion behind her had subsided.

She didn't know why she kept running into people from the Imperial Domination group lately, which made her a little uneasy. Actually, she didn't intend to provoke these powerful figures unless absolutely necessary, let alone the Imperial Domination mercenary group, which was ranked second in the interstellar space. But unfortunately, they always came to provoke her unreasonably, making it difficult for her not to offend anyone.

Fine, who told them to be unreasonable first? Lin Yiran lives an upright life and isn't afraid of these petty people's troubles! It's just a matter of dealing with whatever comes her way. It's better not to let these things get to her.

After collecting the core of another mutated camphor tree, Lin Yiran embarked on her return journey.

The journey was smooth, and after arriving at the mercenary service center, Lin Yiran found the place to submit her mission results.

It was the same square, with a large screen displaying new tasks that were constantly updated. She didn't look at it, but went straight to the real-person verification station, placed the bag on it, and said, "Turn in the task."

Seeing that she was alone, the staff member prepared to serve Lin Yiran without looking up, and pointed to something that looked like a tablet on the table next to her.

Lin Yiran followed his instructions and uploaded her personal information. After a 'beep' sound, the staff casually glanced at the pop-up personal information and the level of the task she had accepted.

When he saw the boxes for S-level and B-level missions pop up, he was so startled that he quickly put down the pen and paper he was fiddling with, put on his standard smile, and began to look at them seriously.

"Wow, Miss Lin has completed both the S-rank and B-rank missions?" He then pulled open the small cloth bag that Lin Yiran had placed on the table to take a look.

"What? An S-rank mission? There's only been one S-rank mission recently, right? And the person who accepted it seems to be a young girl."

Is this the girl?

"Yes, it's her, it's her, it's this girl! She's beautiful, I can't be wrong, but how come she's back so soon? Didn't she just leave yesterday? Could she have finished her mission so quickly? That's impossible, isn't it?"

Then a group of people gathered around, ready to watch the spectacle.

S-rank missions usually remain unclaimed for ten days to half a month. Whenever someone accepts an S-rank mission, they easily attract attention from others. Since Lin Yiran dared to accept an S-rank mission, she had already become the subject of discussion among these mercenaries.

This was not surprising at all; in fact, someone had noticed Lin Yiran the moment she stepped into the service center again. Whether it was out of kindness or ill intent, Lin Yiran ignored them.

Now that the staff member was looking at the situation seriously, everyone rushed to the side to watch.

"I don't believe this girl can really complete the mission. I'm afraid she'd have a hard time even completing that B-level mission."

"B-level missions are usually done in teams, or at least in pairs. How can one person complete a mission? It's questionable whether one person can even get to the destination!"

"Hey, don't say anything yet, let's see if she brought everything back."

The staff member opened the bag with some skepticism after hearing what the people around him said. After emptying everything out, Lin Yiran clearly heard the gasp of the person next to her!

"Hiss, those are fruits from the Thunderwood Tree, aren't they? Move aside, let me count how many there are! One, two, three... Hiss! Thirty-three in total!"

"Get out of the way! What's a Thunderwood Fruit compared to those two green cores over there? That's what that S-rank mission requires—the cores of a sixth-tier mutated plant, the Pine Camphor Tree! And there are two of them!!"

"What? That's really the core of a sixth-tier mutated camphor tree? Impossible!"

The staff member then took out a device and scanned it: "Beep beep, sixth-order mutated camphor tree core, confirmed!"

"Holy crap! Quick, pinch me! This can't be real, right? This can't be real, can it? How can a young girl take on an S-rank mission all by herself?"

"This result is undeniable. How could it be fake? We have to believe it even if we don't dare. This young girl single-handedly completed an S-rank mission. My God, there really are people this amazing!"

"Oh my god, am I dreaming?"

Lin Yiran found it a bit noisy, but the staff member was still in shock and hadn't come to his senses, so Lin Yiran raised her hand and tapped the table, "Hurry up, I'm in a hurry."

The staff member then came to his senses, quickly verified the task with Lin Yiran, and then put away the necessary items before transferring 3.65 million star coins into Lin Yiran's star brain.

There were still many Thunderwood Fruits left on the table; Lin Yiran had originally planned to find a shop to sell them.

However, the staff member reminded her, "Actually, Miss Lin can sell these Thunderwood Fruits directly to our Mercenary Guild. One fruit costs 150,000 Star Coins, which is a good price. Miss Lin won't lose out!"

Lin Yiran chose to trade directly with the union.

The staff member immediately waved respectfully: "Ms. Lin, this way please."