34: Chapter 34 Gap

Zhao Changdong left.

Even within a behemoth like Blue Cave Technology, this special grade supervisor was absolute top brass, and he was usually quite busy.

"Supervisor, do you think he can do it?"

On the return flight, Zhao Changdong's assistant spoke up.

"I hope he can. Anyway, I'm not the one paying for the contract upgrade, but the performance credit will be mine. But honestly... the chances aren't high."

Zhao Changdong shook his head, his thoughts drifting back to his youth inadvertently.

The Virtual Universe had existed for a long time; even he, who had lived for over thirteen thousand years, had fought in the Myriad Domain Arena.

Come to think of it, he was somewhat similar to Chen Mo, because he was also a Genius signed by Blue Cave through the Virtual Universe, though he had only started with a B-rank contract and was later promoted to an a-rank contract.

"I only barely reached the Star Scar rank at the end of my sophomore year."

"Huh?" The assistant looked astonished.

Zhao Changdong had a huge reputation at headquarters; a Main God who was over thirteen thousand years old was already considered very young.

Yet such a fully matured Genius had only reached the Star Scar rank in his sophomore year.

"There's nothing strange about it. There are too many demigods in the Main World, and too many old geezers who have lived for thousands of years. These people might not be good at other things, but they are more ruthless than anyone when beating up young juniors like us."

Zhao Changdong gave a bitter smile, clearly having been beaten badly when he was young.

"Then doesn't he have no hope at all?"

"You can't say that. This kid still has a good chance in the Unrestricted Arena. His talent for Law is indeed monster-level; not only I but the Department Head has evaluated him this way."

"The Department Head knows too?" The assistant was even more surprised.

"Otherwise? A pseudo s-class contract isn't something I can decide on my own." Zhao Changdong sneered, then glanced at the flight control room, which was emptier than when they had arrived.

"Those guys didn't follow?"

"No, they said they also found a good seedling. It was reported by the local academy, seems to be named Ye Kaige."

"What level of contract did they give?"

"C-rank, I suppose. If it were D-rank, they wouldn't have bothered making this trip." The assistant answered slowly.

"Master, five million credits have been deposited into your bank account, and your Virtual Universe account has an additional five million points."

On Chen Mo's way home, Yu Mo's phantom suddenly appeared from his wristwatch, her little Face beaming like a flower.

"Big conglomerates really are efficient; the money arrived right after the contract was signed."

According to the terms of the contract, the base funding quota for an a-rank contract at the first-turn demigod level was five million.

But because of number 56's strenuous efforts, both the resource quota and the funding quota that Chen Mo received were doubled.

"Master, why didn't Blue Cave just transfer ten million credits to you directly? Isn't the exchange rate between credits and Virtual Universe points the same?" Yu Mo's elf-like ears twitched as she asked, puzzled.

"This is actually quite simple."

Chen Mo smiled: "Large conglomerates like Blue Cave already have a cooperative relationship with the Virtual Universe. When I top up points myself, it is indeed a 1:1 ratio, but if it's Blue Cave, they might be able to get it for four million."

"I see."

Yu Mo nodded, but Chen Mo felt a bit helpless.

"Profiteers!"

Although he hadn't lost out on the benefits, he always felt like he had been shortchanged.

As for what Virtual Universe points were, they were currency specifically for circulation in the Virtual Universe.

The Virtual Universe wasn't just the Myriad Domain Arena; from a certain perspective, it was a real world.

It was just that he had been too poor before, and other than free venues like the Myriad Domain Arena, he couldn't go anywhere else.

"law simulation room, virtual sparring room, virtual city, points mall, adult..."

Chen Mo chuckled; in his previous life as a player, many things in the Virtual Universe had been censored, but now...

"I guess I'm playing the cracked version now."

With a light laugh, Chen Mo stopped in mid-air, then dived back into the Family territory.

This Family territory, covering over ten thousand acres, was specially allocated to the Chen Family by Lanshi City. It was the standard treatment for a deity family, but the Chen Family had few people, and currently, the utilization rate was less than one-third.

"Huh, where is Du Ruo?"

Returning to the courtyard where the memorial hall was located, Chen Mo looked curiously at the elders of the Du Family, but did not see Du Ruo.

"Brother Mo, you're back."

Chen Xiaoshan, who was kneeling in front of the memorial hall, turned to look at Chen Mo walking over, his eyes red, clearly having cried.

"Yeah."

Chen Mo went to Chen Xiaoshan's side and touched his crew cut to comfort him.

"Where is that guy Du Ruo?"

"Cousin Du Ruo left in a hurry just now; it seems like something came up at school."

"School?" Chen Mo was surprised at first, then remembered something.

Before he left the Lanshan Branch, Xie Wei had specifically come to thank him and mentioned the leaders of the North Region Branch.

One of these people was an old friend of their dean, Li Chengsheng.

At Li Chengsheng's enthusiastic invitation, these leaders, especially the leader of the North Region Armed Department, went to their academy.

Chen Mo hadn't taken this matter to heart, but now that Du Ruo had been suddenly called back to the academy, things had undoubtedly become interesting.

"Old Li, it's not that I don't give you Face, but apart from that Ye Kaige, everyone else in your school is really very average."

"I might as well be blunt: if it weren't for you, I wouldn't even want to give that C-rank contract."

At the Lanshan First God Academy, Li Chengsheng looked helplessly at his old friend in front of him.

Huo Yuan, secondary supervisor of the Blue Cave Technology North Region Branch.

"Is even a D-rank contract impossible? Du Ruo's talent is quite good." Li Chengsheng still wanted to argue a bit more.

"It really isn't possible. I'm only a secondary supervisor, the highest I can give is a C-rank contract. And even for D-rank contracts, my quota is very limited."

Huo Yuan was also in a difficult position.

He and Li Chengsheng had life-and-death friendship on the outer domain battlefield, otherwise, he wouldn't have given up the chance to curry favor with Zhao Changdong to come here to 'drink tea'.

But as he said, it wasn't that he didn't want to help, it was that his authority was truly limited.

"Then forget it."

Li Chengsheng wasn't the type of person who was unreasonable. Although Blue Cave Technology was a huge tree, the competition among management was equally fierce, and he didn't want to make things difficult for his old friend again.

"This Ye Kaige is still good, giving him a C-rank is fine. As for the Du Ruo and that Liu Yiyi you just called over..."

Huo Yuan glanced at Li Chengsheng and gave his real advice: "There is no hope of impacting the top High Academy; you shouldn't be stubborn, just focus on training this Ye Kaige."

"I know, but..." Li Chengsheng sighed and chose not to continue.

"By the way, Old Li, let me ask you something." Huo Yuan suddenly lowered his voice.

"What is it that makes it so mysterious?" Li Chengsheng looked at his old friend in surprise.

"Does your academy have a Student named Chen Mo?"

"Chen Mo?" Li Chengsheng frowned and thought for a moment, and the scene of Duan Fei handing him the Weekly Exam list suddenly appeared in his mind.

"There is such a Student, but he has just condensed his divine domain. What's the matter, do you know him?"

"Oh my, he just condensed his divine domain and did it! I didn't expect him to really be from your academy. I thought he just lived in Lanshan but didn't go to school in Lanshan."

Huo Yuan looked at his old friend with surprise.

It wasn't that he looked down on the Lanshan First God Academy, but that Geniuses who could get a pseudo s-class contract were generally Students from those big cities.

For example, in the first city of the North Region, Beiyue, many Geniuses were signed away by various forces this year, and Blue Cave also signed several B-rank contracts.

"What are you talking about? Why don't I understand?" Li Chengsheng was still confused.

"You, you, if I say you don't care about the Students, you are willing to lower your old Face to fight for opportunities for them; if I say you care, you don't even know who the 'good seedling' is."

Huo Yuan complained a couple of times, then told him about the special grade supervisor from headquarters, Zhao Changdong, coming personally to sign a contract with Chen Mo.

Silence!

A long silence.

Li Chengsheng inhaled, exhaled, and hesitated to speak several times.

"I'm making a call."

Li Chengsheng didn't look at his old friend's slightly teasing expression again; he opened his wristwatch and called Duan Fei.

Duan Fei {Danger}!