Chapter 19: Womanish Benevolence!
“This move—impressive!” Lin Xia watched the sudden turn of events with fascination. “Who would have thought that even in this extraordinary world, the power of public opinion remains so formidable.”
“Of course, it’s mainly about leveraging force with force.”
“After all, this matter concerns the interests of the two major mentors in Yun City No. 2, and more importantly, the teaching environment of Yun City No. 2 that parents care about deeply.”
“Plus, with the rival for the Director of Education lending a hand, who else could fall but him?”
Pausing thoughtfully, Lin Xia continued, “That Director of Education must be out of his mind, insisting on putting up a bounty for no good reason.”
“Can’t everyone just get along?”
“But then again, from the director’s perspective, being sabotaged so badly by an unknown nobody, how could he not retaliate?”
“Hmm... so the other side brought this upon themselves.”
[After the Director of Education was sabotaged by you, he launched a barrage of attacks, accusing you of being untrustworthy and lacking morality.]
[But you had the intelligence network block all information about him and set it so that no local numbers from Li City could contact you.]
[Besides, your various loans were already overdue, so you just blocked all those collection numbers as well.]
[Moreover, the bounty from the Guangyun Guild was forcibly canceled due to the school’s investigation.]
[To be honest, you weren’t very satisfied with the announcement from Yun City No. 2’s investigation team.]
[Because many key details were withheld. However, after contacting you, the investigation team offered compensation that greatly pleased you.]
[You used that money to purchase a large quantity of basic soul crystals.]
[You completed the prerequisite for your job transfer.]
[At last, your life settled back into calm.]
[In the fourth month of the 129th year of the Extraordinary Era, the Crimson Heart Squad was ambushed by three allied teams while hunting elite abyss monsters.]
[Under the fierce protection of your tank, Wang Meng, you managed to flee severely wounded.]
[But your dearest comrade, Wang Meng, remained forever in the wilderness.]
[This battle was a harsh reminder to the entire Crimson Heart Squad of the brutality of the wilds.]
[Upon returning to Li City, you discovered that the Guangyun Guild’s bounty board once again listed a reward on the Crimson Heart Squad.]
[The bounty was priced at a rare 25-level staff.]
[Such a price was enough to tempt most teams in Li City.]
[Thus, the Crimson Heart Squad was plunged into dire straits once more.]
[So much so that no tank dared to join the squad because of this.]
[In the fifth month of the 129th year of the Extraordinary Era, the Crimson Heart Squad faced ambushes every time they ventured out.]
[Once, you even spotted the uniforms of the Federation Inspection Team among the attackers.]
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[With no other choice, you used a rare stealth device to conceal all information about the Crimson Heart Squad and sneaked back to Jiang City.]
[Sometimes, the most dangerous place is the safest place.]
[During the siege, you decided to take a gamble.]
[This time, the Crimson Heart Squad finally entered a rare period of calm.]
[Seizing the moment, you led the team deep into the Misty Wetlands, adopting a wait-and-ambush strategy to wipe out the Red Crow Squad, who were preying on lone professionals.]
[Not to mention, the stockpile of the outlaw Red Crow Squad was quite substantial.]
[Thanks to this loot, one member of the Crimson Heart Squad completed the prerequisite for their job transfer.]
[One thousand basic soul crystals—that’s no small sum.]
[Normally, in this world where resources equal strength, ordinary squads couldn’t save up that much.]
[What the Red Crow Squad was thinking, you neither know nor care.]
[All you know is that this money fell into your hands, becoming a vital boost for the Crimson Heart Squad’s growth.]
[That’s enough!]
[In hindsight, the Red Crow Squad’s ambush on you wasn’t in vain.]
[If not for that, you would never have obtained this outlaw squad’s generous gift.]
[But good times never last long.]
[In the seventh month of the 129th year, due to your widespread overdue loans, various lending institutions jointly requested the intelligence network to record the Crimson Heart Squad’s team credit status.]
[In the eighth month, after investigation, the intelligence network confirmed the Crimson Heart Squad’s credit delinquency.]
[From this month onward, the squad was barred from entering dungeons and forbidden from using teleportation arrays to leave the city...]
[But you didn’t care.]
[From the moment you used loans to develop the squad, you had prepared for such a total ban.]
[After all, you could still earn money by fighting monsters in the wilderness and sell materials on the black market.]
[In fact, many things there were even cheaper than in traditional guilds and markets.]
[In the ninth month of the 129th year, while clearing elite abyss monsters in the Tianlan Great Forest, you keenly sensed prying eyes behind you.]
[Without needing your command, your assassin comrade stealthily approached.]
[After nearly wiping out the spies, he dragged the sole survivor back.]
[The enemy was so frightened they had lost control.]
[And thus, they began to confess everything.]
[It turned out this group belonged to the debt collection squad of Soul Loan. Seeing you hadn’t repaid for a long time, they started sending collectors to your door.]
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[You showed no mercy to the debt collectors.]
[Since they acted as Soul Loan’s collectors, they had to be prepared for being counterattacked, even having their souls forcibly extracted.]
[With Lin Xue’s aid, you used mental techniques to extract and seal their souls in special devices.]
[Watching Lin Xue handle the matter with an impassive expression, even negotiating the value of professional souls afterward, you felt deeply moved.]
[You vaguely remembered when you first met Lin Xue—she was a timid girl who wouldn’t even dare kill a chicken.]
[Lin Xue’s talent was a pure healer’s gift that enhanced healing effects.]
[The awakening of a professional’s talents is partly shaped by their personality.]
[Now, after witnessing the death of comrades and the harshness of the wilds, Lin Xue had changed into the very character she once despised.]
[Society is a vast dye vat!]
[It turns innocence into a rogue, which may one day turn into purity again.]
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[In the first month of the 130th year, after many days, you finally completed your job transfer task.]
[You became a true warrior.]
[The real power gained after the first transfer was a 50% increase in your strength attribute.]
[At the same time, you obtained a passive skill: Bronze Fighting Qi.]
[Bronze Fighting Qi increased your internal energy circulation efficiency by 30%, reducing skill consumption by 20%.]
[To put it bluntly, now you could slaughter your pre-transfer self like a pig.]
Lin Xia: “...”
Big brother, does that mean the old self wasn’t really you?
Is that how one describes a person?
When your power increases, you can boast about being strong enough to kill several bulls.
But calling your former self a pig or dog—that’s just insulting!
Did the old self have no pride?
[From the depths of time, a will crossed the void and descended.]
[You sneer at the thought—if it means getting stronger, what does it matter if you call your old self a pig or dog?]
[Weak mercy!]
Lin Xia: “?”
Was that... your future self scolding you?