"Reasons for choosing Xicheng Institute of Technology?"

At the Xicheng base of the Divine Strategy Army, faced with the doubts from Li Ling and Su Xiaoxiao, Bai Pu said confusedly, "Isn't it obvious?"

"Xicheng Institute of Technology is right here in Xicheng, that's reason enough."

"Moreover, Xicheng Institute of Technology agreed that I don't have to attend school, I only compete in contests, can apply for early graduation anytime, and they also provide a generous Spiritual Points scholarship."

Su Xiaoxiao was exasperated: "I'm talking about the Eight Great Universities! Western Capital University, Qianyuan University... the top institutions countless people dream of, and you just give them up like that..."

Bai Pu smiled: "I don't need the aura of these prestigious schools. Let those who need it have it."

Li Ling said with some helplessness, "I understand your mindset, you want to stay in Xicheng, to grow under the organization's protection.

"But if you want to compete for rewards, you should still choose a university with stronger comprehensive strength. I remember East Sea University agreed to your terms, didn't they? Although it's not one of the Eight Great Universities, it's still a key university in the region with quite a bit of strength."

Bai Pu shook his head and said, "No, I have another reason to stay in Xicheng."

"What reason?" Li Ling asked.

"Do you remember the metaphor of the stone and the scalpel?" Bai Pu asked in return.

Li Ling suddenly realized.

She immediately understood why Bai Pu stayed in Xicheng—or more accurately, stayed in the Jiangnan Region—to deal with the Superstar Alliance!

Because the main power of the Superstar Alliance is concentrated in the Jiangnan Region.

As an external member of the Special Service Group, any mission to eliminate low-level Awakened criminals in the Jiangnan Region would most likely fall on Bai Pu's shoulders.

Where do the low-level Awakened criminals in the Jiangnan Region hide their Boundary Lands?

Most likely, it has something to do with the Superstar Alliance!

"You're really... not afraid at all." Li Ling sighed.

"Why should I be afraid? They are the ones who should be afraid." Bai Pu said confidently.

He now had the backing of the Huaxia government, how strong is the reality-based power? So there was nothing to fear.

Su Xiaoxiao was puzzled: "What riddle are you two playing?"

Bai Pu glanced at Su Xiaoxiao and smiled, changing the subject: "Sister Ling, enough on that, have you found the Anchor I asked you to look for?"

Li Ling said, "The Plane World tickets you want, except for the world of [Silicon Spark: Control], are available for the other two. The world ticket for [Heart Demon: Oath] is D-level, and [Adventure King: Departure] is C-level."

The planes of the Spirit Realm that intersect with the real world generally have more stable ticket production.

Because some Spirit Realm Creatures will break into the real world through Boundary Lands, and there is a chance to get the tickets after killing them.

"[Heart Demon: Oath] world and [Adventure King: Departure] world..."

Bai Pu didn't think much and said directly, "Sister Ling, buy both of these tickets."

Although Bai Pu had consumed more than half of his accumulated Spiritual Points due to the transition of his hidden sub-profession: Daoist Alchemist, after signing a long-term contract with the Divine Strategy Army, he was entitled to a salary of thirty thousand Spiritual Points every year.

Moreover, Bai Pu also worked part-time, being an external member of the official Special Service Group, capturing Awakened criminals and earning Spiritual Points or other Spiritual Items as bounty.

"Spirit Realm Tickets are not cheap, especially since one of these two tickets is a C-level one, providing a +1-level prefix! Even if I negotiate in the name of the organization, buying these two tickets would cost you twenty thousand Spiritual Points, equivalent to your current salary for over half a year," Li Ling said.

"No worries, I'll borrow internally from the Divine Strategy Army and slowly repay the debt with my salary," Bai Pu said without a hint of panic.

Su Xiaoxiao hadn't realized Bai Pu's intention behind purchasing the tickets for the Heart Demon World and the Adventure King World, and said curiously, "Little Bai Pu, there's no rush, you can buy them one by one. You can only use one at a time anyway, right?"

Bai Pu chuckled and shook his head.

Li Ling, however, understood Bai Pu's intent and pulled Su Xiaoxiao aside: "Alright, you don't understand."

The matter of Bai Pu purchasing tickets surely wouldn't escape the probing of the Superstar Alliance.

The Superstar Alliance always considered the Heart Demon World and the Adventure King World as their forbidden delicacies. Now that Bai Pu intended to explore these worlds, it undoubtedly meant a fierce confrontation.

The Superstar Alliance would also dispatch an Awakened team to try to eliminate Bai Pu in the Spirit Realm.

This time, the manpower the Superstar Alliance could deploy wouldn't be just a mere Poison Thorn Squad.

Although entering a low-level plane, Bai Pu feared no low-level Awakened, but weakening the enemy from the source was certainly in Bai Pu's interest.

By purchasing two tickets, the Superstar Alliance couldn't accurately guess which world Bai Pu intended to visit.

Normally, the Superstar Alliance would have to arrange personnel in both worlds simultaneously! This large power's ambush ability would have to be diluted.

Furthermore, Bai Pu had an even deeper plan.

He intended to use this to probe where the Superstar Alliance stored the "Living Tissue of the Primordial Heart"!

The Evolutionary Source Blood is a mysterious substance with evolutionary instincts, making it an extremely rare Wonder of the Spirit Realm. The Living Tissue of the Primordial Heart, from its name, must have stronger vitality and cannot be easily stored and managed.

The Superstar Alliance's choice to store it in the Boundary Land rather than reality might be because the real world doesn't provide an adequate environment for storing the Primordial Heart Tissue!

This suggests that relocating the tissue would likely be a complicated process.

The Divine Strategy Army's ticket acquisitions couldn't be concealed from the Superstar Alliance's intelligence network.

The Superstar Alliance would naturally deduce that Bai Pu's insistence on visiting worlds considered as their forbidden fruits hinted at an intention to seize the Primordial Heart Tissue!

With Bai Pu purchasing all Spirit Realm Tickets for the two intersecting Boundary Lands, the Superstar Alliance would have to bolster security measures and increase their defensive forces.

But let's not forget, the Divine Strategy Army has a military background, and Bai Pu, being a member of the Special Service Group, had an intelligence network far superior to the Superstar Alliance!

Bai Pu could deduce which Boundary Land contained the [Primordial Heart Tissue] by analyzing the deployment of the Superstar Alliance's guard forces.

Bai Pu's purchase of two Spirit Realm Tickets was inconsequential; he could treat it as an early investment and use the other ticket later.

A hundred years ago in the Spiritual Era, Spirit Realm Tickets had a very brief usage period—only seven to thirty days before they became completely invalid.

However, after the dramatic upheaval of the Spiritual Element century, the validity period of Spirit Realm Tickets was significantly extended. Now, a newly acquired Spirit Realm Ticket had a tenfold longer shelf life.

Low-level tickets had a shelf life of roughly two months, while higher-level tickets boasted even longer durations, close to a year!

This created favorable conditions for the circulation of Spirit Realm Tickets.

Of course, increased circulation of Spirit Realm Tickets meant a substantial increase in the number of Awakened entering the same Spirit Realm Plane at the same time!

The Spirit Realm Will seemed to follow the rule of "the more chaos, the better," encouraging Awakened to mutually battle!

Specifically:

First, during Spirit Realm transmission, the Spirit Realm Will would send groups and place the Awakened of the same batch into the same region, issuing mainline missions that were interrelated and directly opposed!

For instance, when Bai Pu was on a Trial Task, both he and the Poison Thorn Squad were placed in the European Baltic Sea Region, Northern Brandon Territory by the Spirit Realm Will.

Even more ridiculously, although the Poison Thorn Squad entered later, their landing point was just outside "Stettin Town"—less than ten kilometers from Bai Pu!

Thus, conflicts between Awakened are very frequent and common.

"By the way, use your benefit, the forced exit item, when necessary. No need to save it."

Li Ling reminded, "The C+ Level item [Stowaway's Token] only works on low-level Awakened. You're Level 3 now, and it might not be long before you step into Level 4, reaching the intermediate Awakened level; saving it for later might be pointless."

Bai Pu nodded to show he understood.

Actually, Bai Pu wasn't very fond of forced exit items.

He had one, others had one, making it inconvenient for Bai Pu to exploit the mainline task penalties of the Spirit Realm Will: banishment, to trick people.

With Bai Pu's Spirit Realm exploration capabilities, if nobody had forced exit items, Bai Pu's advantage would be greater.

The next period, Bai Pu continued the rigorous training of his Combat Specialization and Skills on the fourth level of the virtual dungeon "White Bone Cave."

Finally, Bai Pu trained his Fighting Specialization and the Combat Skill [Jump Slash] to Level 3.

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