The third chapter concluded, and they moved directly into the mission evaluation phase.

"Completion of basic mission objectives — 60 points;"

"Thorn-Striding Black King — 10 points;"

"Treasure Hunter — 10 points;"

"Total score: 80 points, rated as extraordinary."

"Current mission score: 80 points (extraordinary), highest mission score: 80 points (extraordinary)."

"As the player earned an extraordinary rating, meeting the hidden criteria, you will receive the hidden side mission information for this game."

"Side Mission ①: Technique-Oriented Player. The game character must receive at most Minor Injuries in any battle (must undergo at least one battle)."

"Side Mission ②: Strongest King. In battle, you must not miss any 'Flash Step' opportunities. You must trigger all 'Flash Steps' (must undergo at least one battle and kill at least one enemy with a Flash Step)."

"Side Mission ③: The Golden King blessed by Destiny. In all Destiny determinations, only draw 'Hope' or 'Great Hope'."

"Mission evaluation upload completed. You have earned 30 Merit Points. Please use them wisely."

Ren Suo looked at the two new side missions on the screen. Trying the 'Technique-Oriented Player' achievement seems feasible. After all, as a veteran player, I'm fully confident in my skills. I'm certain that in tomorrow's BOSS battle, I can instantly summon the game character to help. This way, I won't have to fight myself and can casually earn the 'Technique-Oriented Player' achievement.

Had the 'Strongest King' not had a minimum trigger requirement, I would have definitely found the right moment to control Unnamed to trigger 'Flash Step' once and then promptly retire from the front lines. That would also count as 'not missing any Flash Step opportunities.' Unfortunately, the mission requires me to kill at least one enemy using a Flash Step.

But that's also not impossible. Dying enemies often have more pronounced movement flaws, making Flash Steps more likely.

A cold light flashed in Ren Suo's eyes. It's time to demonstrate my real skills.

「...」

At noon, Ren Suo rubbed Little Jiu's head while waiting for lunch.

Tomorrow is likely the BOSS battle, and the only place to perform a Destiny Cards determination is during Resurrection. Even with the 'Eye of Despair,' Unnamed certainly isn't afraid of drawing 'Despair.' But besides 'Despair,' there's 'Great Despair,' a foe she can't counter. Anyway, 'Great Despair Resurrection' must mean more than just her losing a few appendixes or shedding some pounds of fat. Disability would be the starting point, paralysis at worst.

I should quickly rub Little Jiu's head to gain some celestial luck. Please, let all the draws in tomorrow's boss battle be normal 'Despair'!

Of course, Little Jiu's hair is so smooth, completely free of dandruff, and doesn't seem like it will fall out like mine. Plus, she uses the same shampoo as Dong Chengling, so it smells and feels quite comforting.

He lowered his head and saw Little Jiu holding her phone, playing a WeChat mini-game. The game had a cartoonish art style, seemingly designed for children, involving simple poetry and couplet matching.

Little Jiu seemed stuck and looked up to ask Ren Suo, "What's the full verse for 'His Majesty and the General unbutton their armor'?"

Ren Suo hesitated, then glanced at the game options. "'His Majesty and the General unbutton their armor... under the warm curtain, the spring night is deep?'"

"Not the next line, the previous one!"

Huh? Isn't this line supposed to be an even number of characters?

"It's 'Envoys will be safely dispatched on the day of their return!'" Gu Yueyan and two other girls walked into Dong Chengling's home, Gu Yueyan casually replying.

Then, her expression darkened as she approached Ren Suo. "What club research? The paper you assigned us was clearly work you had to submit to the Tactical Bureau, right?!"

Lin Xianyu was also upset. Being dragged into writing papers by her class monitor was a major disruption to her laid-back Salted Fish lifestyle. "Exactly! This is clearly Big Brother Ren's work!"

Ren Xingmei didn't show much anger on her face. She glanced around the room, and after confirming Teacher Bai wasn't present, she confidently walked towards the kitchen, opened the door, and said loudly enough for everyone in the house to hear, "Wow, I can't believe my brother would deceive girls like this! Any girl who fancies him must be blind! Oh~, Sister, I feel so ashamed for you!"

Especially that "Oh~," its lingering note, rising and falling, seemed to convey all of Ren Xingmei's complex disdain, as if Ren Suo had impregnated every female creature in the house.

Before Ren Suo could say anything, Gu Yueyan hurriedly interjected, "He just tricked us into doing work! I wasn't deceived, nor do I fancy—"

Instantly realizing their class monitor had misspoken, Lin Xianyu quickly pointed to Little Jiu's phone screen and exclaimed, "Little Jiu won a prize!"

"Hmm?" Ren Suo lowered his head. Little Jiu had completed the mini-game and entered the prize draw screen.

It wasn't surprising for a WeChat mini-game to include a lottery segment. However, these lotteries mostly offered 'thanks for your participation' prizes, Maserati 50-yuan discount coupons, XX Insurance 5,000-yuan discount coupons, or XX Loan 50,000-yuan interest-free loans...

However, Little Jiu's luck was indeed impressive. Even though the prize wheel included 'thanks for your participation,' insurance discount coupons, and interest-free loans, she relied on her heaven-defying luck to draw one of the most valuable prizes in the mini-game:

'Elementary Math Olympiad Special Training Problems and Solutions (Master Edition).pdf'

Little Jiu immediately pressed the lock screen button, but Ren Suo effortlessly took her phone. Amidst her cries, he held it high above her reach, accepted the PDF, and said, "I'll ask Sister Ling to print this out for you later. From now on, after playing Honor of Kings for about fifteen minutes and feeling tired, you can do a few hours of Math Olympiad problems to refresh your brain!"

The Listening Headphones reminded him, "Negative emotions from Ren Xiaojiu, +999."

Little Jiu angrily turned her head away, ignoring Ren Suo. Doing Olympiad math could indeed help boost her IQ a little—it's brain-consuming. I'll just let her be; I'm not influenced by her Charm anyway and have no intention of backing down.

He said to Gu Yueyan, "This is my fault. However, I was planning to co-author and submit this report with all of you anyway. I'll give you all the Spirit Stones earned from it. How about that?"

Gu Yueyan seemed somewhat tempted. Ren Suo continued, "If you also plan to be like me, a tax-evading thief... no, I mean, if you want to research Transcendent phenomena for our country, I can recommend you to become Researchers. But first, you'll need to be my research assistants and help me write a few papers so you can accumulate enough Research Points."

Ren Suo wasn't lying about this. He was a frontline member of the Tactical Bureau who had transitioned to being an intranet Researcher midway. Indeed, independent Researchers like him with frontline experience were rare, as most were members of various major research institutes.

The intranet also had a referral system. If a Researcher's assistant had co-authored several important papers with the Researcher multiple times (their points were recorded by the system even if they couldn't log into the intranet), the Researcher could directly apply to the local Tactical Bureau to make the assistant a new Researcher.

Once the Tactical Bureau had thoroughly investigated the assistant's ancestry for eighteen generations and approved the vetting, a new Researcher could basically be announced.

"Well... okay then."

Gu Yueyan dropped the matter, but she still huffed and pointed at Ren Suo, "Don't you dare deceive me... us again! If you try any tricks, we'll definitely find out!"

I don't have any ulterior motives, and I wasn't planning on taking credit for their work... but it is curious that they have other information channels. How did they know the research report was work for the Tactical Bureau?

Just then, the doorbell rang. Lin Xianyu's eyes lit up as she went to open it. Sure enough, it was Bai Ji, holding a tub of ice cream. She eagerly took the ice cream tub, exclaiming, "It's great to eat melon-flavored ice cream every day!" and began to enjoy her pre-dinner dessert.

Bai Ji sat down, looked at Ren Suo, and asked, "Ren Suo, did you get the notice?"

"A notice? About what? Cicadas?" Ren Suo feigned confusion.

"You didn't?..." Bai Ji pondered for a moment. "Could it be that only Third-turn Cultivators receive the notice?"

"So, what exactly are you talking about?"

"An invitation from the Tactical Bureau," Dong Chengling, who was bringing dishes to the table from the kitchen, said. "I can't say too much specifically. Teacher Bai, did you receive it too?"

"Yes."

"Is it a gathering of the big shots?" Ren Suo looked envious. Actually, I'm not envious at all. I have games to play these days and really don't have time for social events.

However, while they were talking, Ren Suo's phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and frowned. This doesn't look good. He decided to ignore the call.

Unexpectedly, the phone kept ringing for thirty seconds straight. Everyone looked at Ren Suo with curious eyes, forcing him to answer.

"Sorry, the user you dialed..."

"The automated voice for the phone company is female, female! You could at least change your voice to a woman's first, right?" Yu Kuangtu yelled from the other end of the line.

"Sorry, I've been really busy writing papers these past few days. How about you call again, and I'll have a girl answer the phone... If you're not satisfied, I can even get you another one..."

"Negative emotions from Yu Kuangtu, +233."

Yu Kuangtu's mouth twitched. "You have two choices. One, be on call for the Tactical Bureau all day tomorrow. Two, stay home all day tomorrow, keep your phone on, and be ready to fly over the moment you're notified."

"Why me?" Ren Suo sighed. "It's been a long time since I was an on-call pretty boy..."

"Because you're one of the best Healing Cultivators in Lianjiang. Depending on the situation tomorrow, we might need a Healing Cultivator on site," Yu Kuangtu explained. "This isn't me messing with you; it's an order from above. Your choice."

"So that ten-thousand-word paper was you messing with me then?!"

"What do you mean, messing with you? Isn't it perfectly normal to do tasks for your superiors? Believe it or not, I can transfer your assignments to Qiao Muyi."

Ren Suo's voice faltered; he had to admit Yu Kuangtu's threat was very effective. With Yu Kuangtu, at least Li Dan was there to help put in a good word. Moreover, Ren Suo and Yu Kuangtu had their 'I'll look after your girlfriend's photo' pact, so Yu Kuangtu wouldn't go too far with his schemes.

If Ren Suo ended up under Qiao Muyi... he was afraid he would be completely molded into Qiao Muyi's plaything.

"I choose to stay at home."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Not changing your mind?"

"Not changing."

"Actually... well, never mind. Let's leave it at that."

Ren Suo stared at his phone, his face dark. I hate it when people speak cryptically! It's as infuriating as being interrupted mid-crap.

Meanwhile, Yu Kuangtu, having hung up the phone, was still pondering Ren Suo's words: "I'll have a girl answer the phone... If you're not satisfied, I can even get you another one..."

That sentence sounded extremely provocative and despicable, practically exposing that Ren Suo has devolved into an outrageous scumbag, an offense to gods and men alike.

Although Ren Suo probably hasn't reached that 'winner in life' status, damn, it's still irksome to hear.

Yu Kuangtu looked at the list on his computer and, with a mix of helplessness and schadenfreude, moved Ren Suo's name to another page.

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