This guy thinks he can brag just because I'm not there?

The so-called calm and courageous is nonsense. He was so scared by his own magical creature that he ran all over the high tower, forcing Chu Xiu to command the Fierce Ghost to control the Corpse King's progeny, and feed it right to his mouth. Only then did his friend eat it.

However, Chu Xiu didn't expose him but gave him some emotional support: "Awesome! Not running away in such a situation is impressive, and you actually dared to take the initiative to attack? Amazing!"

This round of praise made Zhang Qingshan embarrassed, standing there with a silly smile.

But suddenly, as if thinking of something, he said, "It's funny, I even feel like this opportunity was specially sent to me by the Dark Night Monarch."

Chu Xiu laughed dryly: "How could that be?"

"That's true," Zhang Qingshan mumbled a sentence, then didn't think about it anymore. He turned his head excitedly and said, "By the way, I achieved such a high ranking this time, enough to help our team stand firm in the early stages of future exploration. Moreover, one of my team members was lucky enough to find a well-preserved map in a basement, detailing several nearby cities!"

"So, how about joining my team, and the two of us can explore together! There must still be a lot of Corpse Demons and hidden opportunities in other cities!"

Faced with Zhang Qingshan's invitation, Chu Xiu replied with a faint smile: "Let's talk about it later. Anyway, we still have a two-week cooldown period before we can re-enter. I might as well consider future developments carefully."

"Okay!"

Zhang Qingshan didn't say much more but instead started discussing future plans with him. This guy had clearly thought about it for a long time and was well-prepared, with detailed plans on where to set up the initial base, how to start development, how to reach other cities, and so on.

Chu Xiu listened quietly. The planning was thorough and comprehensive and could definitely not be done by Zhang Qingshan alone. While he was upright enough, he didn't have such a good head for these things.

"It seems there are quite a few impressive people in Qingshan's team," Chu Xiu thought to himself, feeling happy for his friend.

Afterward, the two reached the sports field exit, where they were separated by staff, each being taken away to report their findings.

Chu Xiu knew that the fact that the Dark Night Monarch was an Awakened was probably not hard for the state to guess. Thus, before returning, he spent six thousand Cause and Effect Points to level up the Qi Concealing Technique twice, cultivating it to Perfection.

Sure enough, just as he approached the designated room, he saw a burly man at the door, scanning the passing students back and forth.

This was at least a Fierce Tier Awakened. Without showing any change of expression, Chu Xiu quietly operated the Qi Concealing Technique and walked past him with a blank face.

The man lowered his head and glanced at Chu Xiu, then continued to focus on others without any suspicion.

Subsequent processes went smoothly, with Chu Xiu being just another ordinary Awakened among survivors of hundreds. Once the routine statements were done, they promptly let him go.

Back home, his parents had already prepared a sumptuous meal to celebrate his safe return from the Corpse Demon World.

Both of his parents were very happy because this meant Chu Xiu's future would be secure. As a Support Profession, just working safely at a base could easily bring in hundreds of thousands or even millions annually!

Of course, what his parents didn't know was that Chu Xiu had little regard for such small change.

Currently, Chu Xiu's Spirit and Flesh Storage Pouch was packed full with pieces of Equipment, numbering in the hundreds!

Particularly from those of the Extreme Dao and Lin Wanyue, he obtained a vast amount of high-quality equipment and artifacts.

Lin Wanyue alone had three pieces of "Perfect" equipment!

The only downside was the lack of Cause and Effect Points. After all, any sensible person would spend their Cause and Effect Points before the Corpse King battle.

But even so, selling all these items would earn at minimum five hundred million!

Importantly, Chu Xiu also discovered Lin Family's trump card prepared for Lin Wanyue, an artifact called the "Charged Hand Cannon," of "Ultimate" quality. It seemed to be custom-made by a powerful Mechanician specifically for Lin Wanyue, exchanging extreme power for a limit of just three uses.

Chu Xiu estimated that in terms of single-shot power, it might even surpass Ye Junlin's Floating Heavy Cannon!

Such a good thing was now a bargain for Chu Xiu, somewhat covering his shortcomings in remote attacks.

"Lin family's investment all went down the drain, they must be heartbroken," Chu Xiu thought.

The preparatory investment alone was in the billions. Those trump cards and Cause and Effect Points for Lin Wanyue were likely worth close to ten billion. Even for the Lin Financial Group, this wasn't a negligible loss!

"I wonder if they'll send someone to investigate."

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu checked the dedicated website of the Corpse Demon World and found that the Lin Family merely posted a lukewarm bounty notice regarding leads on "Extreme Dao," with a pitiful reward of three million.

Whether they were secretly investigating or simply didn't want to invest more into this matter was unknown.

Perhaps to those businessmen in Lin Family, Lin Wanyue was just an investment, and investment failures are a common occurrence.

Chu Xiu clicked his tongue lightly, not thinking much further.

Just as he was about to close the website, a post suddenly surfaced, and at the moment of its appearance, it was directly pinned to the top!

[Shock! The Dark Night Monarch might be an Awakened?! The State Investigation Bureau offers a five billion bounty for clues on the Dark Night Monarch!!!]

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