In the spacious and luxurious office, Li Dongze leaned lazily on the sofa with his legs crossed, holding a wine glass in his left hand and a cigar in his right hand, looking leisurely and contented.
Just now, he reported the news of recruiting the Night Walker to his direct supervisor.
Li Dongze knew that the young centurion had just taken office and was eager to make achievements and cultivate his own people. A night wanderer with a clean background was like a blessing from heaven for the centurion with a prominent family background, and he came at the right time.
Sure enough, the young superior expressed high appreciation for him and promised to credit him with a great merit.
In the system of the White Tiger Army, military merit is more important than anything else.
"Bang~"
The glass door of the office was violently pushed open, and Guan Ya rushed in wearing high heels.
Li Dongze frowned, took a sip of wine slowly, and criticized:
"Guan Ya, this is very ungraceful of you."
"Captain, the trial spiritual realm this kid entered is the She Ling Tunnel!" Guan Ya went straight to the point.
"Puff!" Li Dongze suddenly turned into a jet fighter, not even bothering to wipe off the wine, he stood up from the table, and shouted in a sharp voice:
"Sheling Tunnel? Oh, God, you damned idiot, look at what you've done."
He rushed out with his cane in hand, ran to the office area, and saw the new night wanderer, staring at the computer with a dull look on his face.
Noticing Li Dongze's arrival, Zhang Yuanqing said with a bitter face:
"Captain, do you think there is any chance of saving me?"
He was afraid that the other party would blurt out: There's no hope, just wait for death, terminate the contract!
Li Dongze looked at him silently, with an expression like someone who had finally pursued his beloved girl, only to find out that she was his long-lost sister.
Facing the new employee's eager eyes, Li Dongze took a deep breath and said in a low voice:
"The Trial Spirit Realm is the first single-player dungeon for every Spirit Realm walker. This is also the most troublesome part of it. In a single-player dungeon, no one can help you. This is the Spirit Realm's test of you. This is the price you must pay for obtaining supernatural powers."
Zhang Yuanqing nodded with a heavy heart.
Li Dongze continued:
"I will report this for you. I hope that there is information and strategy suggestions about the Sheling Tunnel in the higher-level database. Otherwise, no one can save you. Go back and wait for news. I will notify you immediately when there is a result."
Although he was not a night-wandering god, as a senior spiritual practitioner, he had heard of the Sheling Tunnel's bad reputation.
So far, according to the data collected by the official organization, no one has been able to pass the Sheling Tunnel, and no one has ever achieved the "first kill" of this copy.
"Okay, thank you for the trouble." Zhang Yuanqing nodded stiffly.
Li Dongze added:
"Write down your experience in Sheling Tunnel in detail."
.........
After arranging a special car to send Zhang Yuanqing away, Guan Ya returned to her desk, took out a sticky note with the Aquarius watermark from the drawer, and unscrewed the pen cap with the Virgo pattern on it.
Everything on the table, including the computer, notebook, desktop, water cup...are printed or pasted with various constellations.
It can be seen that this is a senior astrology fan.
Guan Ya wrote on the note paper:
"Yuanshi Tianzun, Scorpio male, constellation: black-bellied, vengeful, and strong-willed."
"Note: The probability of being seduced by women from other organizations is extremely high."
After finishing, the mixed-race beauty sighed softly, tore off the note, and pasted it in the personnel record of the second team.
She noted the attributes of each captain and made an assessment, including those who resigned and those who died in the spiritual realm.
"Hey, Wang Tai, does that kid have any hope of passing?" Guan Ya raised her head and shouted to the person next door.
Wang Tai, with messy hair, raised his head and said:
"The Taiyi Sect may have detailed information about the Sheling Tunnel, but it is probably useless, otherwise the Taiyi Sect would have arranged for Night Wanderer to pass through the spiritual realm long ago. There should be a good reward in an S-level trial mission."
Guan Ya frowned.
Wang Tai continued:
"If we can find him a few props, there might be hope of clearing the level, but as you know, props have various functions, and our understanding of the Sheling Tunnel is limited. We can't provide props that can solve the problem specifically. The final result will most likely be that we will lose both our money and our lives."
"Nonsense!" Guan Ya rolled her eyes.
The item itself is extremely precious and rare. It is great for a spiritual practitioner at the extraordinary stage to have a item with him.
Ownerless items can only be obtained in two ways: one is to enter the spirit realm to search, and the other is to kill the spirit realm walker in reality and kill people to steal the treasure. The props must be out of the inventory to be taken away.
Both of these are obviously unrealistic.
The most important thing is, without knowing the specific situation of Sheling Tunnel, who knows what type of props can help him pass it?
If a person dies in the spirit realm, the props will be automatically taken back by the spirit realm, resulting in huge losses.
Wang Tai clattered on the keyboard, opened a series of data, stared at it for a long time, and muttered to himself:
"It's just after Qingming Festival, which happens to be the time period when the Sheling Tunnel opens every year. Isn't this guy too unlucky?"
In the office, Li Dongze opened the chat software and typed a message:
"Captain Fu, I have something to report, which is related to the newly recruited Night Wanderer mentioned earlier. His trial spiritual realm is the Sheling Tunnel, which is known as the bug spiritual realm for Night Wanderer novices.
"The Sheling Tunnel first appeared during the construction of the tunnel in the last century. A construction team mistakenly entered it and died in the spiritual realm. Afterwards, the authorities found a survivor. And that survivor was teleported into the spiritual realm again thirty-six hours later.
"Yes, the trial mission of the Sheling Tunnel is divided into two stages, which is different from the one-time trial missions of other professions and other spiritual realms."
“I’m sorry, I was overwhelmed by the surprise and misled by my habitual thinking. When I saw him return to reality from the trial realm, I subconsciously thought that he had passed the trial.
"I know that Taiyi Sect's database contains the richest and most comprehensive information about the Night Wandering Spirit Realm, and that Sect Master is the most powerful Night Wandering Spirit in the world. Perhaps Taiyi Sect will have information related to the Sheling Tunnel.
"If it is Captain Fu who comes forward, I think Taiyi Sect will give some leniency.
"It is the principle of the White Tiger soldiers not to abandon or give up their comrades. Now that he has joined the army, I cannot give up easily. I hope Captain Fu can help."
After editing the message, Li Dongze read it over several times, and after confirming that it was correct, he clicked send.
He held the wine glass, stared at the screen, and sighed.
.........
Zhang Yuanqing returned home with a heavy heart, entered the password and opened the security door.
In the living room, grandma was mopping the bright and smooth floor. A middle-aged man in a black jacket was sitting at the dining table. He had handsome features and black hair. The deep wrinkles between his eyebrows and the fine crow's feet at the corners of his eyes showed the vicissitudes of life.
Judging from his appearance, there is no doubt that he is a very charming old handsome man. He is probably very popular with mature women, and also obsessed with some young girls who are attracted to older men.
But this middle-aged man is not Zhang Yuanqing's uncle, but his cousin.
My cousin swallowed the porridge he had just heated up and looked at Zhang Yuanqing. "I heard from grandma that you came to see me last night?"
He looked serious and stern, like a younger version of my grandfather.
.....Zhang Yuanqing opened his mouth, shook his head and said:
"It's all right."
Yesterday’s problem has been solved, and my cousin can’t help with the new difficulty, so it’s better not to talk about it.
In addition, he signed a confidentiality agreement.
The cousin looked at him, drank his porridge slowly, and said:
"It's about Lei Yibing's case, right? I heard that Li Dongze came to visit him in person yesterday, which means his case is unusual. Not to mention you, even I can't help."
It turns out that my cousin had already inquired about this in advance! Zhang Yuanqing said, "Hmm."
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Chen Yuanjun stopped talking and just thought that his cousin was worried about Lei Yibing.
At this time, Jiang Yuer, wearing cute bear pajamas, walked out of the boudoir with a stack of facial masks in her hands. "Here, wrinkle-removing and anti-aging masks, once in the morning and night, the effect should be good. Your grandma really wants me to help buy them."
My cousin's face darkened and wrinkled:
"Auntie, I don't need these."
My aunt shrugged nonchalantly, "It's up to you."
The grandmother who was mopping the floor leaned on the mop and glared at her grandson unhappily, saying:
"You don't need a facial mask, so you need grandma to iron out the wrinkles on your face?"
Because her son was unreliable, the grandmother had long since given up on this big account and instead started training two small accounts for the next generation.
As of now, my grandson has been admitted to Songhai University and my grandson works at the Public Security Bureau, and both have bright futures.
But the grandmother has always had a concern, that is, her grandson is too steady and mature, with an appearance of a 40-year-old at the age of 30.
Two years ago, an old brother of my grandfather who had not seen him for many years came to visit Songhai. When he saw Chen Yuanjun, he was surprised and said to my grandfather:
"I didn't hear that you have a son."
Grandpa was silent for a long time before finally saying: This is my grandson.
The old brother is a straightforward person, he blurted out in surprise: Your grandson is quite willful...
Decades of friendship were almost ruined.
Chen Yuanjun reluctantly took the mask, put it in his pocket, and said:
"Okay, grandma, stop nagging me. I still have to go to work. I'm busy with a missing persons case."
Missing case? Zhang Yuanqing suddenly became sensitive and asked:
"What's going on?"
Chen Yuanjun took a bite of pickled vegetables and said, "Two people disappeared in the Sheling Tunnel. We haven't found them yet. We checked the surveillance footage and didn't find them entering the tunnel at all..."
My cousin suddenly stopped and warned, "Don't tell anyone."
He signed a confidentiality agreement.
When grandma heard this, she immediately became gossipy and said mysteriously:
"Is it haunted again? Hey, why isn't this place congested? Every year those few people disappear in the tunnels."
My aunt also pricked up her ears and had the same gossipy expression as her mother.
"Grandma, don't ask."
Could they have accidentally entered the mountain temple like me? Damn, these two unlucky guys, I wonder if they can survive for three hours... Zhang Yuanqing felt sympathy and pity, but also a sense of comfort that "I'm not the only one who is unlucky."
He had a deeper understanding of the spiritual realm. Li Dongze said that the spiritual realm has always existed. Perhaps a portion of the missing people every year disappeared in the spiritual realm.
.........
Beijing, courtyard house.
The big locust tree in the yard has lush branches and leaves, like an open green umbrella.
Lying on the rocking chair under the umbrella was a white-haired old man, wearing a white sweatshirt and big shorts, holding a palm-leaf fan in his hand, taking a leisurely nap.
The old man had a gaunt face, a fleshy mole between his eyebrows, and an indescribable nobleness.
A breeze blew, the leaves shook, and the spots of light were shattered all over the ground.
The sound of children's innocent laughter could be heard faintly from the locust tree.
"Elder Sun, the kid from the Fu family sent you an email." A middle-aged man in black clothes stepped over the threshold and came into the yard.
Whether it is the Five Elements Alliance or the Taiyi Sect, those who can become elders are all well-known spiritual realm practitioners.
"Fu Qingyang?" The old man laughed, without opening his eyes, and patted his palm-leaf fan a few times, "What's the matter?"
"His subordinates in Songhai City have recruited a night-wandering god. The trial spiritual realm is the Sheling Tunnel. He would like to ask you for some information related to the tunnel. In addition, I hope you can give some advice." The middle-aged man relayed the content of the email.
The old man paused as he fanned himself with the palm-leaf fan. After a few seconds, he suddenly said:
"It's just after Qingming Festival. Calculating the time, it's the time period when Sheling Tunnel is opened. Many people will be lucky enough to get the Night Wanderer character card in the near future. Unfortunately, it's impossible for anyone to pass through Sheling Tunnel."
"You can give him the information. Anyway, the sect has given up on the Sheling Tunnel, and the confidentiality level of the relevant information has been lowered. By the way, tell Fu that the place itself is an S-level trial spiritual realm, and some problems occurred along the way, making it even more difficult. It has long been out of the scope of the trial spiritual realm.
"My advice is to give up on that night-wandering god. There is no need to invest in a mortal."
The middle-aged man nodded slightly. As a deacon of the Taiyi Sect, he was well aware of the weirdness and ominousness of the Songhai Sheling Tunnel.
The S-level trial spiritual realm is the most difficult spiritual realm for novices, and the Sheling Tunnel is even more bizarre than the ordinary S-level spiritual realm.
Every S-level trial realm must contain some unusual things, either rare items or some important information, which is extremely valuable.
In order to crack the spiritual realm of Sheling Tunnel, Taiyi Sect specially dispatched two level 1 Night Wanderers to be stationed in Songhai for a long time. Because the spiritual realm is for S-level novices to try, it is occasionally open to level 1 spiritual realm travelers of this profession.
After waiting for several months, two level 1 Night Walkers successfully received the mission for the Sheling Tunnel.
But the result was that one night wandering god was never heard from again after entering the spiritual realm, while the other night wandering god successfully completed the first mission and died immediately during the second mission.
These two night-wandering gods are accompanied by props.
Since then, the Taiyi Sect's Elder Council has re-evaluated the Sheling Tunnel and completely abandoned the plan to attack this spiritual realm.
"If someone can really pass through the Sheling Tunnel and obtain the information inside, it will also help us in Taiyi Sect."
The middle-aged man said with a smile.
The old man did not comment and said slowly:
"In a few days, the Sect Master will summon all the Night Wanderers to the capital for a meeting. There is an important announcement to be made. You should prepare and call back all the guys under your command."
After saying that, he waved his palm-leaf fan to chase them away.
The middle-aged man bowed and stepped back.
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ps: The public version has 7,000 to 8,000 new chapters per day, and there are still people who say that it is too little? Don't you feel guilty?