Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Zhang Ruiqi Claims Credit
"It’s just a coincidence, not worth mentioning."
Regarding Zhang Ruiqi’s praise, Lin Ye casually brushed it off.
This method of unlocking the hidden BOSS is clearly a piece of extremely valuable information, and Lin Ye naturally wouldn’t just tell others about it.
Moreover, as for the way to activate the hidden mode of the Black Stone Mine in this Secret Realm, knowing it wouldn’t matter to others.
Besides him, no one else could activate this hidden mode, so even if Lin Ye revealed it, it would be useless.
As for using this unverifiable information for transactions, that would just be depleting his own credibility.
It’s not worth doing that.
Seeing Lin Ye’s reluctance to discuss more about this matter, Zhang Ruiqi changed the topic again.
After all, these are his tactics, asking too much would be annoying.
"By the way, it’s not really peaceful outside lately! You should try to level up as much as possible!" Zhang Ruiqi advised again.
Lin Ye raised an eyebrow, showing a surprised expression, and asked, "Brother Zhang, what happened outside?"
Zhang Ruiqi shrugged, saying, "It’s just that outside the safe zone, there seems to be signs of an impending uprising, and the City Lord has already dispatched people to check it out."
Lin Ye nodded seriously, knowing more than anyone about this matter.
It’s just that, in the previous life at this time, he was still stuck in the novice Secret Realm, so when the Alternate Space disturbances occurred later, he hadn’t reached Level 5 yet, thus avoiding conscription and luckily escaping the disaster.
Back then, the novice Professionals who went to the gap suffered heavy casualties, and even the City Lord was implicated and was replaced shortly thereafter.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye couldn’t help but recall some unpleasant events.
In the previous life, the new City Lord who rose to power after the Alternate Space disturbance was the current patriarch of the Gao Family in Shan City, with whom Lin Ye had quite a conflict.
Due to the Gao Family’s pressure, Li Fei ventured into the Alternate Space to prevent her father from being forcibly discharged from the hospital and eventually died in the Alternate Space.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye couldn’t help but clench his fist.
At that time, Lin Ye’s talent didn’t match with being a Healer, and with Su Yaoyao’s constant suppression, no one was willing to team up with him.
If Li Fei hadn’t extended a helping hand and helped him level up, his path might have been ten times harder.
But because of Li Fei, Lin Ye was also resented by Gao Wei.
If it weren’t for Liu Qingshan stepping up to back Lin Ye, he would probably have struggled to escape harm.
"Lin Ye, the items you consigned have all been handled, and the one million has been transferred to your account!"
At this moment, Zhang Ruiqi said.
"Oh, okay! Thank you, Brother Zhang!" Lin Ye finally snapped out of his memories.
This money came from the sale of items dropped in the Black Stone Mine.
Unfortunately, the equipment dropped by the hidden BOSS was unusable for Lin Ye and had to be sold directly.
Now in Lin Ye’s hands, he has over three million in total!
This sum of money, in the hands of an average Professional, would also be considered a large amount.
After all, going into a Secret Realm once, accounting for losses, might only earn them tens of thousands, possibly even less if it’s a paid Secret Realm later.
Becoming a Professional doesn’t mean making big money.
Some Professionals who don’t do well aren’t much better off financially than ordinary people.
"By the way, Qiu Dafu has been taken away for investigation, did you know?" Zhang Ruiqi suddenly mentioned.
Lin Ye was slightly stunned, looking at Zhang Ruiqi in confusion.
He didn’t quite understand why Zhang Ruiqi suddenly brought this up.
"Oh! Look at me, I forgot you didn’t know about this!" Zhang Ruiqi smacked his leg, saying, "It was yesterday, your withdrawal paperwork was actually rejected, but I handled it for you and reported it to the City Lord."
Hearing this, Lin Ye immediately understood.
Zhang Ruiqi was subtly hinting for credit from him!
But this was very normal, after all, if you take care of something but don’t say anything, others wouldn’t know, which means you did nothing.
Having achievements but not disclosing them isn’t being humble, it’s being foolish!
"So that’s what happened, thanks a lot, Brother Zhang!" Lin Ye immediately put on a smile.
He was originally puzzled as to why Qiu Dafu didn’t block him about the withdrawal issue.
Turns out Zhang Ruiqi handled it for him!
Of course, even if Zhang Ruiqi hadn’t helped, Lin Ye had his own ways to settle it, though it would have been more troublesome.
It’s safe to say, Zhang Ruiqi handled this matter very much to his liking!
After selling his items, Lin Ye didn’t plan to waste any more time at the Professional Center and, after chatting briefly with Zhang Ruiqi, left the Professional Center.
...
Because Lin Ye had already spent over five hours inside the Black Stone Mine, and after wasting some time at the Professional Center, by the time he came out, it was already near dusk.
This late, finding someone to form a team for the Secret Realm was nearly impossible.
"I’m already Level 7..."
Lin Ye checked his ranking in the Shan City District, and he had already reached the first position.
This kind of achievement was something Lin Ye couldn’t even dream of in his previous life.
As for the second rank, it’s Ke Jue, also Level 7, but her total experience is a bit less than Lin Ye’s, so she ranks second.
"Rest for the night, and keep pushing tomorrow!"
Lin Ye stretched, the five-hour Secret Realm was indeed exhausting.
Lin Ye went to the familiar inn, where this time he directly rented a room long-term.
A night passed.
The next morning, Lin Ye showed up at the Professional Plaza on time.
His first task was to go to the Mechanical Puppet Shop to retrieve his Sheep Puppet.
"Don’t come looking for me today, I’m closing the shop for a rest," the owner said, yawning, clearly having stayed up all night to repair Lin Ye’s Sheep Puppet.
"You’ve worked hard!"
Lin Ye chuckled, expressed his gratitude to the owner, and took his leave.
"Weird, what’s up with Li Fei today? Not feeling well?" Lin Ye remarked after seeing Li Fei’s message upon leaving the shop.
"Alright then..."
"I’ll go to the Secret Realm by myself this time."
Lin Ye had never thought that he had to level up with Li Fei.
In his view, leveling himself up was the priority!
As for Li Fei, for now, even if she didn’t team up with Lin Ye, she could absolutely find a high-quality team.
Her leveling would still be guaranteed.
And Lin Ye naturally would not hold himself back to accommodate Li Fei.
He had been reborn, so he naturally wouldn’t do something that foolish!
After all, if one’s own strength isn’t enough, how can one talk about protecting others?
Lin Ye simply opened a recruitment post for team members, with conditions still being S-Class Talent or higher free, A-level Talent for ten thousand, and a million for everyone else!
As for Han Dong and An Xinmeng...
Since he had already obtained their talents, Lin Ye wouldn’t form teams with them unless necessary.
Whether there would be opportunities in the future depended on fate.
After yesterday’s events, as soon as Lin Ye started recruiting team members, he directly caused a stir in the plaza.
Lin Ye immediately received numerous team applications...
Seeing these messages, Lin Ye couldn’t help but feel a bit of a headache.
But among these applications, Lin Ye spotted someone unexpected.
"Li Minghui? Isn’t he Li Fei’s cousin?"
Lin Ye remarked with some surprise.