Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 652 - 354: Prohibition of Wage Discussions Among Employees_3

But after trying countless times, there was still no lock that matched. So this matter was eventually left unresolved and set aside by Zhang Ze.

As a result, Zhang Ze accumulated more and more keys.

Now, he took out a key simply out of intuition.

Brass key for a brass lock, Zhang Ze casually picked one from the pile and inserted it into the lock.

The key and lock fit perfectly, and once Zhang Ze inserted the key, the tense and oppressive atmosphere due to the countdown around the box disappeared instantly.

An inexplicable force swept through his Divine Soul, seemingly verifying his very existence.

Before Zhang Ze could turn the key, both it and the lock disappeared together.

The box was opened.

Right on cue, Zhang Ze's system, like a virus pop-up, presented a daily task.

[Your Uncle's Dog]

[Uncle Li's dog from Thousand Mechanism Town has gone missing, go find it.]

[Quest reward: One point.]

Seeing the typo in the task name, Zhang Ze suspected the system was insulting him, and he had quite substantial evidence.

However, he was helpless.

Closing the pop-up, Zhang Ze ignored the stunned Miemie and refocused on the box's contents.

The items inside were neither the Taisui nor any rare treasures, nor were they ancient secrets.

They were just miscellaneous little trinkets.

A perfectly shaped, patinated, seemingly peerless Divine Weapon-like tree root, with an ugly little character carved on it.

[Gift from Xiao Qingyun]

An antique jade tablet, similar in design to the waist plaques of current Celestial Sect disciples, with a character '沉' carved on it.

Presumably a gift from his Junior Sister in a past life.

A scroll painting, which Zhang Ze unfolded, depicted the scenery of White Jade County back in the day. Though the skill was limited, one could barely make out the mountain depicted.

In the lower right, a small seal was imprinted.

The small seal had four words packed together.

Xiangxiang drew this.

The rest of the items were more or less similar, all being cheap little gifts from past friends.

Zhang Ze sighed, unsure of what to say, carefully closing the box and putting everything away.

"Who are you really, though?" Miemie's somewhat frustrated voice came into Zhang Ze's ears again.

"Didn't I tell you? I'm your colleague, or maybe your senior." Zhang Ze scratched his head innocently, "Of course, maybe not. I came to Everywhere Pass to find you to actually check this matter."

Zhang Ze pointed to the big book on the table, "You call it the 'old thing', right? Where did it come from, and what exactly is this Everywhere Pass?"

Miemie, "You know about this? Could it be you..."

"Yeah, I have one too, it's probably here." Zhang Ze pointed to his head, "You remember the Jade Book Illusion Realm, right? Back in White Jade County..."

Seeing Miemie still bewildered, Zhang Ze was a bit puzzled, "You don't remember the Jade Book Illusion Realm?"

Miemie's head shook furiously.

Though he didn't know what had happened to Miemie, for the sake of smooth communication, Zhang Ze explained some necessary things.

Yet, the more Miemie listened, the harder it was to accept.

Many times ignorance is bliss.

"Huh? No penalty for task failure or decline?"

"Huh? A lot of your tasks can be outsourced, as long as you check it off at the end? No thunder strikes you?"

"Huh? You don't have to be memory-wiped after completing tasks?"

"Huh? Noobs old thing doesn't forcibly log into your account?"

"Huh? No, how many points and scores do you have now?"

Miemie knelt on the table, in a defeated, dust-eating posture.

Listening to Miemie's questions, Zhang Ze opened the system and glanced, then reported a number.

"Let me count, tens, hundreds, thousands... oh, now it's...."

Before Zhang Ze finished speaking, the doll-like Miemie jumped onto Zhang Ze's face, clinging like a facehugger and refusing to let go.

"Hehe, I'm done, I won't work at Everywhere Pass. I want to follow you, to be your dog."

"Hehe, since you have enough, could you spare me a bit, Uncle? I need to pay off the old 'thing's' high interest loan first."

For workers, breakdowns come so suddenly, often in an instant.

Zhang Ze had to put in a great effort to take Miemie off himself, holding Miemie up and asking.

"We'll discuss the conditions later. Can you bring out the 'old thing'? I have some questions for it."

Although Zhang Ze's own seemed to know something, it never spoke to him, only occasionally using petty means to express dissatisfaction.

It seemed there was some kind of limitation.

In this regard, it's really not as accommodating as Miemie's household's 'old thing'.

Although a bit doggish, it seemed capable of communication.

Yet, the somewhat Little Earth Immortal-like Miemie stared at Zhang Ze for quite a while, suddenly feeling a bit lost.

"The old thing... it seems to have disappeared, I can't reach it now."