When Li Rui's rank as a Secret Realm Agent on the imprint completely changed to number six, everyone had to accept this reality, because if the mainline mission failed, not only would all side rewards disappear, but experience would also be deducted.
This means that if Li Rui had really failed, he should still be at level one.
However, the imprint doesn't lie, it's like an identity verification for every Secret Realm Agent.
The three team leaders who had originally left quickly returned, saying nothing like the others, just circling around Li Rui, wanting to know what was going on with him.
These scrutinizing eyes were too direct, even Li Rui couldn't stand it, and he retreated half a step beside Wen Yan.
Zhao Wuji twisted his wrist, looking as if he wanted to dissect the young man on the spot, but he obviously couldn't do that, he just said, "Xiaoli, just how many hidden events did you trigger in there?"
Li Rui said, "Indeed, quite a lot, I couldn't count them, the scene was too intense at the time."
Liu Shanshan shook her head, "Your deeds will surely be reported to the provincial association, perhaps even sent to the Superpower Division."
"It can't be, can it?" Li Rui was somewhat surprised, thinking that no matter how impressive he was, he was only level six; within the scope of the city's association, the president is generally around level forty. By comparison, he was still just a rookie.
"You don't understand."
Liu Shanshan kept her gaze on him, as if looking at a fine artwork, "The vast majority, no, all Secret Realm Agents, have never completed the first dungeon and reached level six. Even if they passed a five-star dungeon with success, at most they reach level three or four."
Actually, Li Rui anticipated this because he triggered almost all the events at the Demon Wind Temple. Other teams, unless particularly elite, find it hard to achieve this.
"Bro! You're amazing."
Hu Dali clapped Li Rui on the back, but something felt off, "Ah, something's not right, what's your physique point?"
For ordinary people, encountering a Secret Realm Agent with extremely high physique would simply mean tighter muscles, but Hu Dali, someone who could become a team leader responsible for a dozen Secret Realm Agents, was different. With his experience, he could sense the difference with just one touch.
Li Rui glanced at the panel, "25 points."
Hu Dali pressed on his shoulder, "Did you assign all attribute points to physique?!"
"No, I also have 25 points in Spirit, it's evenly distributed." Li Rui said.
Wusun counted with his fingers, "You had six points in each when you went in, now it's all 25. That means you gained... 38 points?! No, leveling up five levels gives 15 points, where did the other 23 attribute points come from?"
Zhao Wuji said, "Xiaowu, are you daft? He triggered many events, there must be rewards, cough, cough. But I'm curious, how did you survive?"
At this time, Wen Yan stepped in to clear the room, "Alright, alright, bring up questions later, if you have nothing else, all of you leave, I need to give Xiaorui a full medical check-up, out, out."
The Baili Association in Huangliang City has many operation teams, but only one support team responsible for everyone's auxiliary logistics. Those team leaders couldn't afford to offend her, as otherwise, next time's field mission might lack support.
"Hahaha, you guys go ahead."
Wang Ba was almost laughing to pieces, "After all, he's my team member, I can handle this alone."
At this moment, he's quite the proud underdog, but the other three team leaders could only leave, secretly envious, since they had previously chosen not to recruit Li Rui at the meeting.
As everyone noisily departed, a notification suddenly flashed at the bottom of the field of vision.
[Attention all Secret Realm Agents, an error occurred at the Demon Wind Temple dungeon, it has been removed from the selection sequence. The recovery date is pending notification, we apologize for the inconvenience.]
"..."
The large office fell into complete silence.
Wusun, dumbfounded, asked, "No way, Li Rui, what did you do in there? How did you even break the dungeon?"
Li Rui, of course, knew that he had slightly overstepped his boundaries, but he did not expect the Secret Realm game would notify others.
He was accustomed to causing trouble, so he wasn't too embarrassed, simply replying, "I met a world NPC and teamed up with him to kill the boss from the next version."
"Oh, that's how it is." Wusun nodded in understanding.
"What have you understood exactly! Teaming up with a world NPC to take down the boss from the next version? How does that not sound outrageous!"
Wang Ba squeezed him aside and sat down with a stool, "Xiaoli, specifically, what happened inside the dungeon?"
Li Rui waved his hand, "Hold on, I received a system email, mentioning some dungeon compensation, Talent Grade Promotion Coupon."
As soon as he said this, all the curious stares instantly turned into jealousy.
"Talent Grade Promotion Coupon"
The experience for reaching level six, dozens of attribute points, the Talent Grade Promotion Coupon; just these things made them green with envy.
Especially the final system compensation, which can enhance the quality of talents. Transforming from common to excellent, excellent to rare, and so forth.
Amid another round of exclamations, Wen Yan once again drove everyone out, then used all sorts of devices from the support team to check Li Rui's physical condition, mainly a brain scan, given he just came out from a ten-star dungeon—concerned whether anything might have left subtle injuries on the body.
During the examinations, Wang Ba continuously lingered nearby with questions, and then ran to the corner to place a call to Wu Mengying.
Whatever he said over the phone, after hanging up, he returned to tell Li Rui, who'd just exited the examination room, "Come with me, the chairman said you're being promoted today without having to wait for a six-month observation period. The base salary is increased by thirty percent, internal network access is unlocked, and there are several other matters I'll discuss with you separately."
Wang Ba eagerly said, "Additionally, there's one thing. The Superpower Division oversees four organizations, apart from us at the Baili Association, there's the Profound Spirit Association, Chi Jia Association, and Cangyun Association. If you encounter people from these organizations, or their committees' families, if they, you know, hehehe, want to make contact, you must notify me first. Everything's negotiable."
Being a student, Li Rui stood still for a few seconds before realizing it meant, if others try to poach him, he should promptly report it.
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Profound Spirit Association headquarters.
The four-person team that had once entered the Demon Wind Temple finally completed their field report and were preparing to disband and return to their lives.
"Leader, ask your cousin, I'm still very curious about that newcomer."
"Yeah, if he survived, perhaps in the future, beating up the admin to get perfect initial attributes might be an option."
The leader shook his head and picked up his phone, "You just want to gossip, right? Let me send a message and ask."
He unlocked the screen, but before he could type, he saw the system notification at the bottom of his vision regarding the closure of the Demon Wind Temple dungeon.
All at once, everyone shouted: "Crap!"
"What's going on?"
"Did that kid destroy the dungeon?!"