My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 96: The Eight-Star Secret Realm Has Arrived
"Leader, what’s going on? Speak up."
"Yeah, it’s been three minutes already. Tell us, what happened over in Dalin City?"
Listening to his team members’ questions, Pu Tong finally raised his head.
"I’m still digesting the information. Leader Yu said that Li Rui and the other two handled the current realm overlap at the Shallow Water Gobi and then encountered the Blood Tiger, Li Xiaolin, which led to a battle."
"And then? Come on, tell us."
"Let me catch my breath!"
Pu Tong glared and said, "Then they took down Li Xiaolin."
?
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
Hearing his simple explanation, the others didn’t believe it at all.
"I also find it unbelievable, which is why I haven’t said anything. You tell me... how could a Rain Summoner defeat a level 25 Shapeshifter with rare skills?"
Pu Tong, unable to figure it out, could only seek help from his teammates.
However, even a bunch of amateurs couldn’t match the wisdom of a strategist, so everyone could only question the authenticity of this matter again.
"Oh, come on, would Yu Xin lie?"
The group recalled the dark-skinned, muscular woman. She rarely joked, with a straightforward personality, it was indeed hard to imagine her lying or joking.
"Hmm... could it be true?"
"Damn, turns out that kid is so strong."
"Let me think, who was it that insisted he was a useless rich kid back then?"
"You were the one who kept saying it!"
.....
Li Rui was unaware of their conversation, because after Kong Ji drove back to Qing Garden City, he immediately took them to their lodging.
After two battles, all three were somewhat tired and needed a good bath to rest.
After dinner, he began to handle important matters.
First of all, he made various applications, including the certification for handling the realm overlap, capturing the escaped criminals, and most importantly, the promotion to intermediate.
Then, he pre-submitted the list of materials turned in for the current realm on the intranet, registering it first, so that when he visits the branch tomorrow, he can directly hand everything over to the support department.
After submitting, Li Rui called Wang Ba to report his situation.
Over there, it seemed like he was attending a class at the university for the elderly, as singing could be heard over the phone.
"Oh? You caught a fugitive and handled a realm, not bad, well done."
Brother Ba obviously didn’t take the simple description seriously, just instructing, "You submit the promotion application, and I’ll approve it for you."
Although Li Rui was seconded to the Cangyun Association, arranged by Wu Mengying and personally supervised by Song Yao (via WeChat group), his direct superior was still Wang Ba, so the process had to go through him.
"It’s already submitted, take a look when you have time. Thanks, Brother Ba."
"You’re being really polite."
Wang Ba said, "I’m in class now, won’t chat for long. Call you when I’m free, oh, and be careful outside, try not to get into conflicts, stay out of trouble."
"The people at Cangyun might be a bit arrogant, thinking they have plenty of practical experience, so they might not be too polite. Just bear with it if you can, remember, you’re under their roof, okay?"
"Got it."
"Alright, goodbye then."
Once the call ended, Li Rui thought for a moment and decided there was no need to specifically tell Wu Mengying again. Just because she’s down-to-earth doesn’t mean a newbie agent can just call her up for idle chit-chat.
Before he could lock his screen, a notification suddenly popped up on WeChat. Opening it, he saw Song Yao had forwarded an article in the supervision group.
[Be a disciplined person, and your life will be completely different.]
Li Rui’s expression froze; these promotional articles were truly pervasive.
He was still wondering whether to click and read or respond to the content when suddenly, a slew of "Received" comments lined up below it.
"....." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
He added one himself.
Standing up, he walked out of his room and called out in the living room, "What are you two doing?"
The two underlings quickly ran out of their rooms.
"Captain, awaiting your orders!"
"..... Let’s not do this when we’re off-duty."
Li Rui was amused, "I meant to say, I’ve got all those current realm materials. Do you need any compensation?"
He Chengli fiercely glared, "Brother Rui! You’re insulting me."
Huo Yun was still role-playing, "Loyalty!"
Li Rui sighed, finding that these two were truly stubborn. Just as he was thinking about not owing too much, He Chengli sneakily approached.
"Brother Rui, it’s like this; before I came, my grandpa gave me a task to get closer to you and find a way to get you to agree to be a guest at the Hee family."
Li Rui was both amused and exasperated, "You’re just selling out your grandpa? Giving everything away to me, huh?"
"Honesty is the ultimate weapon," He Chengli said.
Before Li Rui could respond, Huo Yun also came over, "Li Rui, the Huo family is also hiring consultants at a high rate."
"Wow, I didn’t expect this. I treated you guys as brothers, but you both came with tasks."
Li Rui joked, "Let’s talk about this when we go back. Consider your missions completed."
"Yay!"
The two of them felt a wave of relief.
For Li Rui, fieldwork represents performance, while for them, completing family-assigned tasks is also performance.
"Alright, get some good rest today. Tomorrow, we’ll see if there are any tasks we can take on."
"Yes, Captain!"
Both returned to their rooms and just as they shut the doors, they came back out in quick succession.
"A Secret Realm is here!"
Li Rui glanced at the back of his hand, noticing that the name of the Secret Realm hadn’t appeared yet, but it was different for them.
[Sunset City ☆☆☆☆☆☆]
[239:57]
This was He Chengli’s next Secret Realm.
"Six stars again, you need to be careful."
Li Rui said, "I’ll help you look up information later. A six-star Secret Realm isn’t easy, but if you can clear it, the rewards will be substantial."
He turned to Huo Yun, "What about you? It shouldn’t be higher than his, right?"
[Liangting Border - Golden Scale Marsh West ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆]
[215:59]
"..... Yours is even harder."
Li Rui shook his head in amazement.
Huo Yun was on high alert. Generally, Secret Realms above six stars have low clearance rates; eight stars are often considered normal to fail, and clearing them is rare.
After job advancement, the interval between entering Secret Realms lengthens, typically occurring once every half month and no more than twice a month. Failing once can severely slow down level progression, and losing equipment reduces character strength, creating a vicious cycle.
This is why children from powerful families tend to be stronger, as they have family support to back them up, enhancing their resilience against failure.
Now, among the three, only Li Rui’s imprint hadn’t changed.
He couldn’t help but look forward to it.
At level 17, an opponent like Li Xiaolin was already a close call to defeat. In the Northwest region, there are still many tasks he can’t take. If he levels up a few times in the Secret Realm, there will be more options.
He brought his computer to the living room to help the two look up strategies. An hour later, He Chengli suddenly shouted.
"Brother Rui, yours is here."
Looking down, he saw the imprint on the back of his hand had also appeared.
[Liangting Border - Golden Scale Marsh West ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆]
[214:46]
