As dusk falls, the setting sun lingers on the horizon, its golden rays illuminating the entire city.
As dusk deepened, the sky, once dyed red by the setting sun, gradually turned into a deep, bruised purple. A line, like an oil painting, formed between the orange-red and deep purple on the horizon, and finally, deep black completely took over the sky.
Linna and Ye Wan'er walked together on the street, which was bustling with traffic.
Passersby hurried by, most with blank expressions.
This is what most people at the bottom of this extraordinary world look like.
Lin Nai stopped on the street, and Ye Wan'er also stopped, turning her head to look at the handsome young man's face.
Looking at those indifferent people, Lin Nai suddenly remembered what Chen Wei and the tall bandit leader had said that day.
He has never forgotten what he used to be like, or what kind of environment he came from.
In this dog-eat-dog world, the law of the jungle is fully embodied.
It's a contest of who is fiercer, more cunning, and more decisive.
That evening, Lin Nai and Ye Wan'er met Tang Hongshan together.
I thought it was just Tang Hongshan, but I didn't expect everyone else to be there too.
In a private room of a tavern, a dozen or so people were drinking and eating, mostly members of Tang Hongshan's night watch team.
However, apart from Tang Hongshan and Lin Yuxi, everyone else had basically drunk themselves into oblivion. Lao Zhang, Dingzi, and others lay down directly under the table, while Yang Xiaochuan hugged a table leg, looking completely drunk and ready to fight it.
Lin Nai and Ye Wan'er were both completely bewildered.
When Lin Yuxi saw them, she smiled and invited them to sit down.
"What's wrong with them?" Lin Nai looked around at the people lying haphazardly on the ground.
"What else could have happened? They got drunk and passed out." Lin Yuxi rolled her eyes. "Their alcohol tolerance is terrible."
Lin Nai asked in confusion, "Then how come you look perfectly fine?"
Lin Yuxi: "I'm still a child, I can't drink alcohol." As she spoke, she took out a can of AD calcium milk from the side.
Linnaeus: "..."
Tang Hongshan seemed to have drunk quite a bit, and his whole body reeked of alcohol, but he didn't seem drunk at all. He remained calm, holding his glass steadily, as if he were still sitting on the sidelines.
Lin Nai asked, "Captain Tang, what's the matter that you called me here today?"
Tang Hongshan didn't speak, but placed a black card on the table and slowly pushed it in front of Lin Nai.
Linnaeus: "What is this?"
While tilting his head back to drink, Tang Hongshan said leisurely, "You've leveled up. You completed several C-level missions before, and your Night Watchman points have reached 800, so you have now been promoted from a regular Night Watchman to an elite Night Watchman."
Linnaeus picked up the black card.
Tang Hongshan continued, "Elite Night Watchers can apply to become the captain of a Night Watch squad. After discussions among the high-level leaders, they all believe that you are qualified for the position of squad captain."
“Hmm… Squad leader…” Lin Nai looked at the black card.
After becoming a squad leader, Lin Nai is now considered a "leader" to some extent, and will have more power, better treatment, and be able to receive higher-level missions.
"Linnai, you're really amazing."
Lin Yuxi sighed and said enviously from the side, "You've only been here for a month, and you're already at the same level as the team leader."
"What a pity. I was thinking that after I was a junior, once I accumulated 800 points from missions, I would apply to become a squad leader and start my own business, and then I would poach you from Captain Tang's team, hehe..."
"I didn't expect you to level up faster than me. In just one month, your points are higher than mine, even though you're my senior."
Tang Hongshan, standing to the side, rubbed his nose and said, "Uh, I think even if you accumulate 800 points, your application to become a squad leader probably won't be approved..."
Linnaeus: "..."
Lin Yuxi looked displeased and said angrily, "Captain Tang, what do you mean! Are you saying I'm stupid? Or that I'm incapable of mentoring newcomers?"
"Hehe, I didn't mean that, I didn't mean that," Tang Hongshan said with an awkward laugh.
He quickly changed the subject and looked at Linna: "Linna, the reason I called you here today is to ask what you think. Do you want to become the squad leader?"
Linna pondered for a moment, just about to speak.
Before he could say it, Tang Hongshan added, "My opinion is that you don't need to rush."
Lin Nai was stunned.
Lin Yuxi also looked puzzled: "Huh? Why, Captain Tang? Didn't you keep supporting Lin Nai in the meeting, thinking he was perfectly capable of being the squad leader?"
Tang Hongshan said calmly, "That's exactly what I said. Lin Nai, you are fully capable of being a squad leader, but... I don't think you should be a squad leader in such a small place as Yecheng."
“You have great potential. As an apostle, it would be a waste of your talent to stay in a fifth-tier city.”
"You should go to a place where you can better showcase your talents, meet better classmates, and recruit more elite team members."
Lin Yuxi opened her mouth: "Captain Tang, you mean...?"
Linna looked at him: "Do you think I should leave Yecheng?"
Tang Hongshan shrugged: "Anyway, I have never seen an apostle develop in a fifth-tier city."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuxi pursed her lips, glanced at Lin Nai, and seemed somewhat reluctant to part.
Tang Hongshan then placed another card in front of Lin Nai.
"You can take a look at this."
Lin Nai picked up the card and used his system to read it. A panel quickly appeared in front of him. He was slightly puzzled: "National College Freshman Competition?"
He checked the date again; it was next month.
And the venue is actually in Yecheng?!
Tang Hongshan said, "This is an annual competition for college freshmen. All colleges and universities across the country send their elite freshmen to participate in the competition. The purpose of this competition is to find good talents. If you can get a good ranking, you will receive special training. If you can get the top few places, the rewards are extremely generous."
"Due to special circumstances this year, the competition venue was temporarily chosen to be Yecheng—you can probably guess what the special circumstances are: the No. 2 spatial gate. Although it has now been officially closed."
"There are still more than two weeks until the competition, but in the past few days, many students from universities across the country should have already come to check in for training camp."
Upon hearing this, Lin Nai thought to herself, "So those students from Shanhai University that I saw at the hot pot restaurant earlier must have come to participate in the National College Freshman Competition?"
Tang Hongshan looked at Lin Nai with a kind smile and said, "Lin Nai, I think you should give it a try."
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