Chapter 123: Close it, it’s boring [6k]
Soon, Lu Wenwu officially took up his post.
Before officially reporting to the Guimenguan Security Bureau, he had already gone to three part-time jobs to punch in, complete the employment procedures, and confirm what he would get after getting the job.
The elephant keeper of the Demon Subduing Division.
The working mode of this position is somewhat similar to that of the executioner in ancient times who was responsible for beheading.
You don’t need to work in the office or punch in during normal times.
When there is a task, you will be notified in advance and you can just make time to come.
In addition to the fixed salary, the remaining commission is calculated based on the number of businesses, and you can get an extra commission for every ghost you feed.
The only available ways to pay wages are paper money for the dead, incense, and merit.
Lu Wenwu simply chose ghost money to use for his expenses in the underworld for the next year.
Incense and merits are of no use to him, and exchanging spiritual coins for ghost money is too much of a loss, so it is better to choose ghost money directly.
Choosing this one will give you more, which is 50% more than the total value of incense and merits by default, and is more affordable than exchanging it yourself at the offering pavilion.
At the Wangchuan Ghost Food Bureau's food department, Lu Wenwu successfully obtained the dual positions of ghost food R&D engineer and spiritual food consultant in the R&D department.
Spirit chefs are an absolute rarity in the underworld, and there are only a few ghosts in the entire Food Bureau who have this skill.
It’s not that there are no ghosts to teach, it’s just that the learning is too difficult and it’s impossible to teach.
There are even fewer people like Lu Wenwu who have a complete inheritance and are proficient in all directions and levels.
Lu Wenwu's work at the Food Administration was also easier than he had imagined.
All you need to do is set aside one day a week to give a cooking class to a group of ghost chefs, and then participate in the research of new types of ghost food.
If Lu Wenwu has any better ideas, he can also apply to set up a research team and take the initiative to work overtime on research.
There will be corresponding rewards after the results are achieved.
Although the salary level at the Food Administration is not high, the salary payment options are very diverse and have some advantages that other positions do not have.
For example.
Some special monster materials, some rare ingredients, medicinal herbs, etc.
Many of them are not available on the market, and this is the only way to obtain them.
For example, the main ingredients of the ancient Mengpo soup are big dream azalea, red spider lily, and pure soul soil;
For example, the resentful soul liquid, the life and death wheel mushroom, and the soul pepper, which were taken from the thousand-year-old evil land;
Sheep head devil meat, flaming soul-burning chicken, skeleton demon thigh bones, etc. imported from the Western Hell.
As a spiritual chef, Lu Wenwu was naturally delighted to see these great treasures, so he applied to exchange all his salary for rare materials, which he could choose every month.
With so many delicious foods, if we cook them in the way of the living world, how many different flavors of egg-filled pancakes can we make?
I’m looking forward to it just thinking about it!
The last part-time position is Deputy Director of the Materials Management Department of Tiandi Bank.
Yes, Lu Wenwu, as a newcomer who had just passed the civil service exam in the underworld and had zero qualifications, was directly admitted to the ministry!
Given an important task by superiors!
When Lu Wenwu went there, the entire Tiandi Bank's Materials Management Department lined the streets to welcome him.
Even the old ghost, the current head of the Gongyang Pavilion and president of the Tiandi Bank's underworld branch, came out in person to meet him and shake hands with him.
Although we still don’t know what Lu Wenwu’s specific work ability is.
But this does not affect giving him a small official position without real power.
There was no objection from any ghost below.
Just because... he is a human being!
Lu Wenwu can overcome all the dangers in the Supply Pavilion!
Even the bank president doesn't dare to touch things, but he can handle them himself when he comes!
If we don’t give enough compensation to such a precious and versatile tool, what if he becomes unhappy with his job and quits?
So, Lu Wenwu got a lucrative job with full freedom with a confused look on his face.
The bank president has specially approved that I can come to work for one day every two weeks or so, and it doesn’t matter when I come.
You don't have to be responsible for anything else, just collect those dangerous goods that you can tell are extremely auspicious at a glance and put them into the warehouse, or throw them into the mountain of paper money over there as waste.
If all else fails, Lu Wenwu can take the items away himself, as long as he can get rid of these dangerous things that are extremely dangerous to ghosts.
The monthly salary is settled in spirit coins, exactly 20,000!
Counting starts from this month, even if it’s less than a full month!
For Lu Wenwu, who made his fortune by selling egg-filled pancakes, this is indeed not a lot.
At most, I could only earn 240,000 spirit coins in a whole year, which was not even enough for the sales of a single stall.
But he only works two days a month!
Moreover, the Offering Pavilion is one of the few units in the underworld that can pay wages in spiritual currency. Most of the other units simply give out paper money, incense, merits and the like.
If compared with ordinary players, the generosity of these benefits is even more outrageous.
If you just pass the game with the minimum conditions, just complete the main task and get a [Pass] evaluation, you will only get 1,000 spirit coins at a time.
After completing a side quest, you will get a [Good] rating, and the total amount is only 14,000.
To round it off, Lu Wenwu completed twenty-four side quests in one dungeon without doing anything.
Ordinary players will cry with envy!
After completing the recruitment process for three part-time units, Lu Wenwu followed the crowd to the Ghost Gate Security Bureau on a regular day.
It is not the first stop into the underworld where you take the Huangquan Expressway and are taken to by the bus, but the real gate of hell.
The real Ghost Gate is located at the intersection of the world of the living and the underworld. It is the edge of death and a place that cannot be seen by the world of the living.
The Ghost Gate that the dead souls enter through the Yellow Springs Road was actually built later for the convenience of management after the reorganization and reform of the underworld.
The Ghost Gate on the Yellow Springs Road does not have much practical function. It is simply to make the dead souls feel a sense of participation and to make it clear: once you walk in, you are officially dead!
The headquarters of the Ghost Gate Security Bureau is also located in the void, hidden in the "inner world" that ordinary ghosts cannot see.
This is the only entrance to the underworld connecting the world of the living and the underworld, and it is also a major transportation route to the rest of the underworld.
Lu Wenwu concealed the breath of a living person on his body and, together with more than 20 other civil servants admitted to the Ghost Gate Security Bureau, boarded a special paper boat to travel through the void and head to the headquarters.
Except for him, all the other ghosts exuded a fierce and evil aura.
At the same time, the orders are strictly enforced, the movements are similar, and there is even a sense of uniform clones.
It is obvious that these ghosts are all military soldiers.
Now we have finally reached shore.
After passing the civil service exam, not to mention becoming a special agent who can fly high and low in the ghost castle, at least you can become a ghost general or something like that, and you don’t have to be a miserable soldier anymore.
Lu Wenwu was sitting quietly at the bow of the ship when he suddenly saw a huge city reaching the sky.
There is a huge plaque hanging on the city gate with seven big golden characters "Ghost Gate of the Netherworld" written on it.
That's not gold paint that's been brushed on.
Instead, it is entirely condensed from merits and virtues, brilliant and eye-catching.
Two statues of ox-headed and horse-faced gods, as tall as the door, stand on the left and right, looking very majestic.
Lu Wenwu opened his eyes of insight and looked over from afar.
[Niu Tou/Sun Hongmo (S+)]: 2000 0000/2000 0000
[Current Status]: Yincha ghost body, bull-headed Dharma image, underworld luck, ghost energy condensation.
Turtle!
A full 20 million health points!
What a monster!
Lu Wenwu was slightly surprised.
In other words, the opponent's physical attribute in this state is at least 20,000?
Ha people, S+ level strongmen are so terrifying.
In order to avoid being noticed, Lu Wenwu closed his Eye of Insight after just a quick glance and looked at this mythical gate of hell.
It is said that the space here at Ghost Gate is very special.
No matter where you come from, the direction you will eventually head towards will be the only main gate of Ghost Gate.
But no matter where you go, you must complete the actions of entering and exiting.
Otherwise, even if you go around the gates of hell in many directions, you will eventually return here.
The old ghost leading the team swung his long staff and pointed in a direction. "Hey, did you get all the multiple-choice questions right on this year's exam? That person over there is Zhang, the main culprit in the Underworld's [700 Major Case]. Please take this as a warning and do not exploit loopholes to gain merit. If you find any, please report it as soon as possible."
The ghosts on the boat, along with Lu Wenwu, all looked at the old ghost called Zhang.
The other party seemed to be in a state similar to being trapped in amber.
Unable to move, unable to feel, unable to communicate.
But what was even more terrifying was that there was actually a trace of soul fluctuation emanating from him.
The unique environment of the void has kept him from losing his soul until now, and he is just stuck there like a specimen.
Lu Wenwu suddenly remembered a famous saying from his previous life.
You can use cheats as you like, but don’t touch the bugs.
Even if you really want to touch it, just be happy if you make a small profit, and don't try to make a fortune.
The self-checking mechanism of Tiandao Anti-Cheat is indeed not something that can be easily ignored like those ordinary garbage anti-cheat devices.
The old ghost standing at the bow cast a dark green spell, forming a unique symbol in the air.
The document stamped with the seal of King Yama emitted a thousand auspicious rays of light, conveying the message to the two giants guarding the city.
"Boom boom"
The Bull-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons, who were hundreds of meters tall, shook the ground with their weapons at the same time, and the gate of the Ghost Gate slowly opened in front of the ghosts.
The scene inside the city was slightly different from what Lu Wenwu had imagined.
This place doesn't look like a traditional pass, but more like a city.
Apart from the ghostly soldiers and generals standing guard at the entrance, the rest of the area looks very similar to the waiting hall of an airport or high-speed rail station, except that it is open-air.
This design is probably intended to facilitate entry and exit. It is not simply used as a pass, but a transportation hub connecting various underworlds.
The paper boat did not stop here and continued to fly towards the inner city.
The scene inside was quite similar to what Lu Wenwu had imagined.
It generally presents the pattern of a military base.
Office building, training ground, martial arts training ground, dormitory.
There is a sense of déjà vu of the interweaving of modern and ancient times, which makes Lu Wenwu marvel.
The paper boat descended vertically to a location with a huge "G" logo painted on it, right next to the martial arts field.
G?
Could it be
ghost?
According to the naming method of the underworld, this is very possible.
Above the martial arts arena, there was already a ghost general waiting there who was as tall and strong as Lu Wenwu.
Lu Wenwu glanced at him secretly.
An A+ level expert with extraordinary aura.
"Facing me, line up in order from big to small, from left to right!" the ghost general suddenly shouted.
The civil servants who were former ghost soldiers moved very quickly. Before Lu Wenwu could see clearly, they had already lined up.
Lu Wenwu looked at the neatly arranged row of people of different heights behind him, thought for a moment, and walked straight to the first one.
He was a little confused about what size this scale from big to small was about.
strength?
Not really.
The strength of these guys varies.
At least it's certain that it's not about height or shortness.
The ghost general glanced at Lu Wenwu and said sternly, "Do you think you should be first? Do you think you are the biggest?"
"That depends on what you mean." Lu Wenwu raised his eyebrows. "If it's my length, then I deserve it."
“Nonsense!”
The ghost general's face, which was not white to begin with, suddenly became even darker.
"May I have your name?"
"I will never change my name or surname. I am the Invincible Tyrannosaurus God of War!" Lu Wenwu said with his chest puffed out and his head raised.
As soon as these words were spoken, the row of ghosts next to Lu Wenwu immediately began to gasp in cold air, making an indelible contribution to the warming of the atmosphere in the underworld.
Although they were shocked, none of them made a sound. It was obvious that they were well-trained.
"Invincible Tyrannosaurus God of War?" The Ghost General was also stunned and asked with a strange expression, "Are you the living person who caused such a stir before? You actually came to Gui'an."
"Probably, if there is no other living person in the underworld except me." Lu Wenwu shrugged. "As for the safety of the ghosts? Why not? The ghosts here are so talkative and nice. I really like this kind of place."
"It's really rare for a living person to work at the Ghost Gate Security Bureau."
The strange expression on the ghost general's face disappeared without a trace, and his tone remained cold.
"However, considering you're new here and don't know the rules, I'll let it go. Next time this happens, remember that size refers to the amount of evil energy you possess."
"In Gui'an, we often have to face various tasks, facing different monsters, demons, devils, evil spirits, and even demons from other universes who come to our place to cause trouble."
"When it comes to these foreign creatures, we usually have only one word: kill! The more creatures we kill, and the stronger they are, the more evil energy will accumulate in them, and the more condensed it will be."
"This evil energy is an important substance that increases the strength of us ghosts. Therefore, the amount of evil energy a ghost carries can be regarded as a way to measure their 'qualifications'."
"Now let me ask you, do you think you still have what it takes to be number one?"
"have."
Lu Wenwu gave a concise answer.
Without waiting for the ghost general to speak, Lu Wenwu's blood and energy circulated, and he blasted his military killing fist into the sky.
In just a moment, boundless evil spirit and overwhelming murderous intent that was almost tangible spread out, covering the entire training ground.
The ghosts who came with Lu Wenwu and were not very strong had their eyes instantly turned into red chaos and were drowned by the monstrous evil spirit in the sea of blood.
Ever since he stepped on the karma scale, Lu Wenwu seemed to have gained enlightenment and suddenly mastered the technique of mobilizing the merits and evil spirits in his body.
Although it's not very useful under normal circumstances.
But if used as a special effect, it's so damn cool!
The moment the military killing punch was thrown out, the ghost general was completely numb.
These evil spirits that have no substantial attack power cannot affect him.
But this amount!
It's really fucking amazing!
The ghost general looked at Lu Wenwu with something strange in his eyes.
This level of evil spirit is so strong that even the most powerful director might not be so scary, let alone him!
Who the hell is this human called Invincible Tyrannosaurus God of War!
Killing one is a sin, killing ten thousand is a hero.
If you kill nine million people, you will be the best among the best.
What kind of monster is this person who has slaughtered at least hundreds of millions of people!
After a few seconds, Lu Wenwu withdrew his aura and returned to his ordinary demeanor.
He looked at the ghost general who was secretly swallowing and asked, "So? Do I have the qualifications to be the first? I'm the biggest one."
Before the ghost general could speak, several ghosts who had finally returned to normal fell down at once, their eyes filled with dejection.
The rest of the ghosts who were barely standing looked at Lu Wenwu with intense fear in their eyes, and their bodies were trembling slightly. They didn't dare to look him in the eye at all.
Standing next to you is a peerless demon with billions of lives on his hands. Anyone would be afraid.
The ghost general pondered for a moment and said, "Without a doubt, you are definitely the most powerful one here. Could you please tell me how you did it? According to the information, according to the new regulations, your strength is only B-level."
"How do you do it?" Lu Wenwu thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "Every time you arrive in a new world, you don't have to worry about the mess. You just kill everything you see, and then you can come back."
Ghost General: “.”
Ghost soldiers and civil servants: "."
Society, too social.
Please put away your magical powers, brother!
Listen to yourself, is this what you are saying?
Kill all the creatures you see every time you arrive in a world?
You're only B-level!
What is the concept of B-level in the underworld?
This is just the most basic strength of a ghost general!
What gives you the right to kill people in every world?
At this moment, these ghost soldiers and ghost generals suddenly felt a strong empathy with some people and creatures who were who knows how many miles away.
Everyone was wondering how this guy Lu Wenwu did it?
Just when the ghosts were doubting their existence, a ghost with a shiny head walked towards the martial arts field.
When Lu Wenwu opened his eyes of insight, he saw that the bald ghost was actually an S+ level Buddhist monk, absolutely a top master.
For some reason, he did not go to the Western Paradise after his death, but ended up in this hell.
"Amitabha." The old monk Yuantong chanted a Buddhist verse. "My dear friend, I am Huitong, and I am honored to meet you."
"Master, what advice do you have?"
Lu Wenwu clasped his fists and returned the greeting, but resisted the urge to ask him if he had two other fellow apprentices named "Zhongtong" and "Shentong".
Yuantong waved his hand. "Nothing. I just passed by the martial arts arena and saw the overwhelming murderous aura. On a whim, I decided to come over and take a look. From what I've seen, while you have a murderous aura, you're not a bloodthirsty person. Well done, well done."
Ghost soldiers and civil servants: “???”
master!
Would you like to hear what you are saying?
We have read little Buddhist teachings, so please don’t lie to us!
This guy has slaughtered every world he has seen, how can he not be bloodthirsty?
The ghost general seemed to have great respect for Yuantong. After bowing, he asked, "Master, do you know why this Tyrannosaurus Rex is so ferocious? If this could be spread to all the ghost soldiers in the future, wouldn't our underworld be invincible?"
Yuantong glanced at Lu Wenwu, lowered his eyes, and silently took out a small clay stove from his gray monk robe and put a small ball of fire into it.
After lighting the gas fire, he placed a teapot filled with water on it.
The group of ghosts had no idea what he was doing and just stared at him and waited quietly.
The fire in the underworld was very strong, and the water soon began to gurgle with large bubbles one after another, with a clear sound.
The old monk Yuantong looked at Lu Wenwu again, pointed at the teapot and said nothing.
Lu Wenwu reacted instantly and looked at the other party in surprise.
The ghost soldiers and civil servants were all confused.
I wanted to ask, but I didn't dare to speak.
Finally, the ghost general couldn't stand it any longer and asked, "Master, what do you mean by this?"
"Amitabha, Mr. He, you don't have wisdom." Yuantong shook his head helplessly, "It's open."
"Open?"
The ghost soldiers and ghost generals stared at each other in confusion, wondering what the hell the old monk Yuantong was talking about.
Only Lu Wenwu got this point and burst out laughing.
This master looks dignified on the surface, but he is quite trendy behind the scenes.
Poor He Guijiang was scratching his head and couldn't figure it out.
He really couldn't understand it. He understood that the other party understood why Lu Wenwu was so powerful, but he was just playing dumb according to the traditional Buddhist way.
So he changed his tone and asked, "Master, can you tell us why we can't be as powerful as Tyrannosaurus?"
Yuantong still didn't say anything, and as usual pointed his finger at the still boiling water.
Lu Wenwu couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud again.
This old monk is so damn reserved!
Why are you being so sarcastic from a distance?
Seeing that He Guijiang was still confused, the old monk sighed, used a trick of hiding the world in his sleeve, put away the teapot and clay stove, turned around and left.
He sighed as he walked.
He was mumbling vaguely something like "no wisdom", "lack of understanding", "poor roots", "no affinity with Buddhism", and so on, which made people half understand and half not understand.
Lu Wenwu was even happier.
Seeing the old monk walk away, He Guijiang immediately turned to Lu Wenwu and asked, "What exactly did Master Yuantong just say? You know what it means, right?"
I know, of course I know.
The old monk’s last finger meant - boiling things.
But the old monk can handle this matter, but Lu Wenwu cannot say anything.
So, he could only suppress his laughter and pretend to be profound, saying: "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed. Buddha said: it cannot be spoken. Mr. He, it is best not to pry any further. If we offend Master Yuantong, we will both be in trouble."
Ghost General: “.”
Damn bald donkey!
(End of this chapter)
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