64: Chapter 64 The Fourth Girl

This level 100 powerhouse, clad in a black cloak, was a native of Zhongnan City. Naturally, he had heard that a genius had recently emerged in Zhongnan City who caused a sensation right after his class transfer!

It was said that from the day of his class transfer, that genius had been solo clearing bronze-tier instance dungeons, and before long, he even started solo clearing gold-tier instance Dungeons... His growth rate was jaw-dropping.

It wasn't just within Zhongnan City; even the higher-ups in many surrounding cities had more or less paid attention to this rising star of a genius who had appeared out of nowhere.

However, this Night Watchman was usually busy with his duties, shouldering the heavy responsibility of patrolling the borders, so he hadn't spent much energy deliberately learning the details.

Looking at it now, the strength of this genius probably far exceeded the rumors! And his methods were far too ruthless!!

These twelve Class Transferees were likely crippled directly because they fought with that genius for ownership of this secret realm!

"Now, things have blown up!" the Night Watchman thought to himself.

His initial thought was one of shock. No one expected that the genius, upon whom countless people pinned their high hopes, would have such a violent personality? It was just a Dungeon; if you couldn't compete, you actually resorted to such heavy-handedness, crippling everyone?

If everyone acted like this, behaving recklessly just because they were powerful, where would social order be? In this crisis-ridden era of universal class transfer, if humanity couldn't unite internally, Great Xia would have likely fallen under the Iron Hoof of monsters long ago!

If such a person grew up, would it be a blessing or a curse for Great Xia? His expression under the cloak became incomparably solemn.

He immediately used an encrypted communicator to transmit the situation at the scene through several emergency channels.

On one hand, high-level healing class practitioners needed to be invited immediately to treat these severely injured Class Transferees, after all, human lives were at stake. On the other hand, he also had to report to his superiors about the "dangerous tendencies" shown by this genius, as it concerned the city's future...

However.

Soon, the expression of this level 100 big shot underwent another dramatic change.

After reporting the preliminary news, he used his authority as an official to access the internal Class Transferee database and began to carefully verify the identification information of these twelve "injured persons."

The search results left him stunned.

This group's registered location was actually all in the neighboring Qinghe City?

"I'll be damned... after all that, it's people from Qinghe City running over here to steal our Zhongnan City's Dungeon?" the Night Watchman couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

"They deserve it!"

Once the identity of the "dungeon stealing thief" was confirmed, this big shot's attitude instantly took a 180-degree turn!

Not only did he no longer think there was anything wrong with the genius's actions, but he even secretly cheered in his heart, thinking it was a job well done! This was exactly the kind of boldness a genius from our Zhongnan City should have!

At this moment, he even felt a bit of self-reproach for the moment of doubt he had toward the genius earlier.

Dungeon stealing thieves!

This behavior itself was extremely contemptible and seriously harmed the interests of local Class Transferees!

People like this, even if they were beaten to death, wouldn't have a moral leg to stand on!

Originally, the Dungeon resources of each city were relatively fixed, serving as an important guarantee for local Class Transferees to improve their strength and obtain resources. These guys didn't follow the rules and ran to someone else's territory to snatch food; what was this if not seeking death?

In this big shot's view, the current fine system the country had established for "poachers" was still too light and not nearly enough to form an effective deterrent!

Thus, he immediately re-edited the message and sent it out again through official channels, specifically emphasizing the "poacher" status of this group and notifying relevant personnel from the Zhongnan City Dungeon Resource Management Committee to arrive at the scene immediately.

This matter... had now involved two cities.

Although the fate of these Dungeon stealing thieves brought satisfaction to all the locals who knew about it, properly handling the aftermath and negotiating with Qinghe City would still be quite troublesome!

The news spread through the Class Transferee circles of Zhongnan City like it had wings.

"Have you heard? Over a dozen Dungeon stealing thieves from neighboring Qinghe City just came and tried to snatch our platinum team Dungeon, but they were crippled directly!"

"It seems they were fighting for a secret realm with that mysterious genius who transferred classes in our city not long ago, and that genius wiped them all out single-handedly!"

"Hahaha, my friend was at the scene and got first-hand photos; it's so satisfying to watch!!"

"I can only say, the big shot is mighty!! He's vented our frustrations for Zhongnan City!"

In this era of universal class transfer, due to the drastic changes in the Blue Planet's geographical environment, transportation was far less developed and convenient than before the cataclysm.

The global map was expanding slowly almost every moment, making traditional high-speed rail lines extremely difficult to install and maintain. At the same time, the chaotic magnetic field environment made traditional aviation extremely dangerous and difficult.

For ordinary Class Transferees who hadn't mastered flying skills or special means of movement, it was basically difficult to leave the city where they were born and raised for their entire lives...

This relatively closed environment invisibly and greatly enhanced each city resident's sense of collective honor and regional belonging.

Furthermore, as neighboring cities, Zhongnan City and Qinghe City historically had many frictions and competitions, and conflicts over the ownership of Dungeons and secret realm resources in the border areas were countless.

At this time, seeing the Dungeon stealing thieves from Qinghe City suffer such a great loss in Zhongnan City, countless Class Transferees in Zhongnan City were delighted and cheered!

All of a sudden, that mysterious "solo clearing genius" who had yet to show his face had invisibly become a hero in the hearts of many in Zhongnan City, defending the city's resources and dignity!

And when this news reached neighboring Qinghe City through various channels, it was undoubtedly like dropping a heavy bomb, causing a huge uproar.

What was the situation?

Twelve Class Transferees from their own city, all above level 30, had teamed up to go to neighboring Zhongnan City to snatch secret realm resources, only to be wiped out in one go, and all were severely injured and crippled?

This was way too embarrassing!

The key issue was... the futures of those twelve people were probably completely ruined!

With such severe injuries, even if high-level priests were invited later and spent a large amount of resources on treatment, there would inevitably be permanent sequelae, their strength would be greatly reduced, and their future path of class transfer was basically cut off.

Even today, as medical means progressed with the class transfer system, healing abilities were not omnipotent. A priest's healing spells had limits when it came to such fundamental and heavy trauma.

All of a sudden, public opinion in Qinghe City also instantly exploded.

"Who was so vicious? This is too cruel! It's just snatching a Dungeon; is it necessary to use such deadly force?"

"Exactly! Someone so brutal and inhumane should be caught and handled strictly!"

"I heard it was that so-called 'genius' from Zhongnan City who did it? With such a ruthless temperament, won't such a genius become a danger to society when he grows up?"

"Wuwuwu... my son just wanted to go to a Dungeon to improve himself, and he was beaten into this state. Is there no justice? Who will stand up for us?!"

On the internet, supporters from the two cities quickly engaged in fierce arguments and mud-slinging over this matter, with various comments emerging one after another.

However, for Lin Muyang, who was at the center of the storm, these external disturbances were far away from him.

In the 15-person scale platinum-tier team secret realm "Abandoned Mine," he led the three young ladies, pushing through everything like a hot knife through butter!

Supported by the Infinite Firepower Aura, Elabess's Black Hole Vortex and Ao Qingyan's Peerless Sword Formation could be linked almost seamlessly, with extremely short cooldown times.

The terrifying dark vortex and the sharp Peerless Sword Qi wove into a net of death, clearing out the monsters in the secret realm in swathes.

In just fifteen minutes, the monsters in the entire secret realm were swept clean!

And these two powerful Origin Skills, after killing a massive number of monsters and gaining a huge amount of Origin Skill experience, soared from level 9 directly to level 13!

According to this terrifying leveling speed...

Not to mention reaching level 20 to unlock powerful special effects, even breaking through to level 44 in the future to surpass the current global record for the highest level of an Origin Skill didn't seem out of reach!

Of course, Lin Muyang also knew that after an Origin Skill reached level 20, the Origin Experience required for each level would increase exponentially.

Even with a leveling efficiency a hundred times that of an ordinary person, wanting to raise a skill to above level 40—a level of power comparable to forbidden spells—was definitely not something that could be done overnight; it required continuous accumulation.

Just then, Lin Muyang noticed that the Elf Maiden Lilia was standing to the side, her small mouth pouting slightly, looking a bit unhappy.

"What's wrong?" Lin Muyang was curious and reached out to gently poke her soft shoulder.

"Why isn't there an origin skill book specifically for priests?" Lilia raised her small face, her amethyst-like eyes filled with obvious grievance. "Sister Elabess and Sister Qingyan both have such powerful Origin Skills..."

Seeing her pitiful look, Lin Muyang found it a bit funny and deliberately teased her: "You should feel lucky that you're the only priest among the partners I've summoned so far. Otherwise, even if we did find a priest's origin skill book, it might not necessarily be your turn to use it."

"???"

Lilia was stunned at first, and then her beautiful eyes widened instantly, revealing a look of nervousness.

She almost forgot this key setting—every time Lin Muyang leveled up by 10, he could summon one more contracted partner!

If the next summon was another sister with a priest class... wouldn't her status as the "Chief Healing Officer" be in jeopardy?

Thinking of this, the Elf Princess immediately put on an extremely sweet and obedient expression, her voice becoming soft and waxy as she leaned forward to hug Lin Muyang's arm: "Brother Muyang~ please believe that even if you summon other priests in the future, they will definitely not be as loyal or as good to you as This Princess~!"

"Stop, stop!" Lin Muyang's scalp tingled as he heard this, and he quickly stopped her. "Where did you learn these strange tones from?"

He suddenly felt that buying a cell phone for this girl and letting her access the internet might have been a wrong decision? What kind of messy things had she learned?

Lilia was a bit embarrassed by what he said, and a blush rose on her cheeks, but her hand hugging Lin Muyang's arm didn't let go; instead, she held it even tighter.

On the side, Ao Qingyan and Elabess looked at this scene and shared a helpless smile.

After this Elf Princess got her phone, did she just focus on surfing the web and not spend any time checking a basic piece of common sense about Summoners in this era of universal class transfer on the Blue Planet?

Whether it was the knowledgeable Dragon Girl Ao Qingyan or the equally curious Succubus Elabess, the first thing they did after being summoned to the Blue Planet was to use the phones Lin Muyang provided to look up a large amount of data and information related to themselves.

They naturally learned a point of knowledge: the classes of the contracted partners summoned by a Summoner basically do not repeat.

You should know that Lin Muyang had provided each of them with a latest-model cell phone.

Unfortunately, after Lilia got her phone, she seemed to be completely addicted to scrolling through short videos and reading gossip news, never thinking to look up this important background information.

At this moment, seeing Lilia becoming exceptionally obedient and trying hard to "vye for favor" due to a potential "competitive crisis," Ao Qingyan and Elabess both found it quite funny. They tacitly exchanged a look and decided not to expose this fact for the time being.

It seemed quite good to let this little girl have a bit of a sense of crisis!

At this time, Lin Muyang raised his hand and switched to the Looting Aura.

With the support of the three "looting" God-Tier Auras, the light exploding from the corpse of the secret realm's final boss—that Diamond Pangolin King—was exceptionally brilliant.

Lin Muyang went forward to pick it up, and one of the skill books made his eyes light up.

[Spiritual Sublimation (Diamond-Tier): Summoner skill. After activation, increases damage of all summons by 55% for 60 seconds, with a cooldown of 300 seconds.]

[Learning Requirement: Level 32]

"Not bad!" Lin Muyang nodded with satisfaction.

He had previously obtained a platinum rank "Spiritual Blessing" book, which increased summon damage by 40% when activated. These two belonged to the same category of buffs, meaning their effects could not stack and only one could be active at a time. Naturally, he only needed to learn this Diamond-tier skill, which had superior effects.

"Once I reach level 32 and learn this skill, their overall output will increase significantly again." Lin Muyang was in a pleasant mood.

He waved his hand, maintaining the Divine Concealment Aura's effect, and quietly led the three girls out of the secret realm and back to the outside world.

At this moment, the night was still deep.

Chen Yang noticed that the twelve Class Transferees from Qinghe City had already been neatly lined up and placed on the open ground. In just this short time, several powerful experts with formidable Auras had arrived upon hearing the news.

Among them was a Priest over level 90, squatting on the ground with soft, holy light emanating from his hands, checking the injuries of those Class Transferees one by one and performing preliminary stabilization treatment.

Just then...

The vortex of the secret realm entrance in the air behind them emitted a faint fluctuation and then quietly dissipated!

This meant that this platinum-tier team secret realm had been completely cleared!

However, everyone present looked around only to see emptiness; no figure could be seen emerging from the dissipating entrance of the secret realm.

Combined with the "1/15" player count previously displayed by the secret realm information, the answer was self-evident—this was indeed the work of that legendary solo clearing genius who could turn invisible!

"This genius... really lives up to the reputation!" An S-rank Exorcist Hunter who had just arrived couldn't help but praise in a low voice. He had just quietly activated his level 12 "Exorcist Eye" anti-stealth skill, yet he hadn't caught even a shadow of the opponent.

"This level of stealth ability is truly terrifying!"

Meanwhile, the level 100 Night Watchman who was the first to arrive pondered for a moment before speaking deeply into the empty night: "Friend, although these people are 'poachers' and acted improperly, you have injured them to such an extent. According to relevant regulations, I'm afraid you also need to bear corresponding responsibility..."

In Lin Muyang's view, this level of punishment was hardly a serious price for these incorrigible Dungeon stealing thieves. Especially for a group of twelve acting together, the fine would be split among them, making it even more insignificant.

Originally, Lin Muyang was too lazy to deal with these follow-up trifles and was prepared to leave directly.

But since the other party had spoken...

He signaled Elabess through their mental link.

The next moment, Elabess's unique, slightly lazy and magnetic 'big sister' voice echoed around the area like it was coming from the deep sea, making it impossible to distinguish the specific location of the sound source:

"Does self-defense also require taking responsibility?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a clear recording was played!

It used the same elusive surround-sound effect:

"Old Eight, turn on the anti-stealth Aura! Drag her out! Take her phone and restrain her!"

"...Already on!"

"Cast the barrier, trap her!"

"Use area-of-effect skills to blast her out!"

The recording stopped abruptly.

This sudden playback of the recording left the several big shots who had come to handle the matter looking at each other, their faces showing expressions of being caught between laughter and tears.

What the hell... isn't this too unsportsmanlike?

You actually secretly started a recording before making a move?

"What a pity."

Elabess's lazy voice sounded again, carrying a hint of faint mockery: "I only released one skill, and they all became like this... According to your logic, should I have stood there and let them attack me without fighting back when faced with their siege?"

For a moment, the big shots present were choked by these words, unable to refute.

Furthermore, they had quickly used their devices to save that crucial recording. After all, they would have to conduct formal negotiations with Qinghe City later. With this ironclad evidence proving the other side had used force first with ill intent, they would hold the absolute initiative in the negotiations.

Seeing this, Lin Muyang knew his goal had been achieved. He didn't stay any longer, shook his head, and prepared to leave.

To him, the disturbance caused by this group of poachers was merely a trivial interlude.

Now, something more important was waiting for him—returning to the villa in Ziyun Mountain Villa immediately to perform the fourth summoning!

Having just cleared this platinum secret realm, he and the three young ladies had gained a massive amount of experience, reaching over halfway through level 30.

This not only meant he had unlocked the seventh God-Tier Aura slot, allowing him to equip more powerful Auras, but more importantly, he finally met all the conditions to summon the fourth contracted maiden!

This filled his heart with anticipation!

After Elabess finished speaking, Lin Muyang wasted no more time. Maintaining their stealth state, he led the three girls and sped toward Ziyun Mountain Villa.

To Lin Muyang, the poacher incident was over.

But for the official levels of Zhongnan City and Qinghe City, the significance of this matter was entirely different.

Because there had always been many historical disputes and frictions between these two neighboring cities.

Especially regarding the ownership of some new Dungeon/Secret Realm areas that appeared between the two cities as the Blue Planet expanded, both sides argued incessantly and had yet to reach a conclusion.

After all, the Blue Planet had been in a slow process of "expansion." No one could predict when or where a brand-new space would appear out of thin air, perfectly integrating into the existing planetary geography to form a new region.

And these new regions were often accompanied by the refreshing of new Dungeons and Secret Realms!

Disputes over the ownership of such high-value new regions were always the most intense between cities. Although they were all fellow citizens of the Xia Kingdom, neither side would easily back down on matters concerning the core interests of their city's Class Transferees.

Quickly!

On Zhongnan City's internal forums and Class Transferee exchange platforms, someone anonymously posted a message along with a text transcript of that recording, proving that the twelve poachers from Qinghe City hadn't just come to steal the Dungeon, but had also attempted to use force to harm someone first!

"Holy crap, so our genius was acting in self-defense! Then it's fine!"

"Am I the only one who noticed that the super genius... sounds like a young lady?"

"Yes! That voice is way too beautiful, both cold and mature. My ears are going to get pregnant!!"

"I really want to see what that lady looks like with my own eyes... If I could meet her once, I'd be willing to live ten years less!"

Countless people began to discuss it fervently.

By now, labels like "solo clearing genius," "stealth expert," and "the lady with the super beautiful voice" saw their popularity skyrocket within Zhongnan City, sparking the curiosity and admiration of countless people!

Everyone was desperate to know who this genius was, who had repeatedly created miracles and defended the city's interests.

Many excited citizens even swamped the official forum of First High School at one point, trying to find clues!

Unfortunately...

Even the students, teachers, and school leadership of First High School had no idea who that mysterious genius was!

Judging by the timing, the date the person changed classes did indeed coincide with the class transition day for First High School students.

However... the school leadership later conducted a secret investigation, visiting the families of all students who had changed to classes with stealth abilities like Thief or Assassin that day, but they found no information that could match this "solo clearing genius"!

In other words, up to now, besides Lin Muyang himself and the young ladies by his side, no outsider knew that the "solo clearing genius" who had repeatedly created miracles was actually Lin Muyang!

Meanwhile, on the Qinghe City side.

Many officials and experts responsible for handling this matter also obtained the recording through various channels.

After listening to the recording, they were so angry they almost vomited blood.

Were these twelve useless guys out of their minds? Acting like thieves on someone else's turf and they actually dared to strike first so arrogantly?

But... they thought about it again. Under normal circumstances, twelve experienced level 30+ Class Transferees besieging a level 35 opponent at most should have been a guaranteed victory!

Who could have expected they would run into that freak "solo clearing genius" who recently rose to fame in Zhongnan City? They had kicked a steel plate and been counter-killed by a single skill!

Embarrassing, truly too embarrassing.

Couldn't even block one skill... and they had the nerve to go be poachers?

However, they only dared to vent such thoughts and curse during internal meetings.

When it came to formal negotiations with Zhongnan City officials, their attitude remained very firm.

Regarding this incident, several high-ranking figures in Qinghe City publicly expressed "outrage" and raised serious "accountability" issues with Zhongnan City. Their core argument was: even if it was self-defense, Lin Muyang's actions clearly constituted "excessive defense," causing overly severe consequences. Therefore, Zhongnan City had to provide "compensation," either by bearing all the exorbitant medical costs or... by handing over the "solo clearing genius" who took action for them to hold "accountable"!

In the coming days, the diplomats and legal experts of both sides would likely engage in fierce and intense verbal battles; certainly, no result would be reached in a single night.

As for these disturbances, Lin Muyang, who was already far from the center of the storm, was naturally too lazy to pay any attention.

What did Qinghe City's outrage have to do with him, Lin Muyang?

It was past eleven at night.

Inside the villa at Ziyun Mountain Villa!

Lilia, Elabess, and Ao Qingyan stood quietly to one side of the living room, watching Lin Muyang in the center with a bit of nervousness and even more curiosity.

At this moment, Lin Muyang was fully concentrated on performing the fourth summoning ritual!

He stood in the center of the villa hall, and as his will channeled the surging summoning power within him, he issued the summoning command.

Buzz—

A streak of pure and dazzling silver light emerged out of thin air beneath his feet, spinning and circling rapidly on the floor as if it possessed a life of its own.

This light condensed into shimmering silver-white feathers that floated lightly, swirling and dancing in mid-air, finally constructing a complex and elegantly lined silver-white feather-shaped summoning array.

Streamlined silver bands of light, like the finest brushes, slowly outlined the graceful curves and perfect proportions of a female figure in the void.

Waterfall-like silver-white long hair seemed to flow out of the void, draped down smoothly. A pair of flawless, thick-feathered giant wings spread out smoothly and powerfully in the villa's spacious living room, emitting a faint, holy glow.

When the array's light reached its peak, those wings gently folded.

The figure in the center of the array completely solidified.

She slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of eyes like the purest crystals, which seemed to contain stars and radiance, filled with a sacred and inviolable temperament, yet also carrying a hint of sharp insight into everything.

"This... is actually an Angel?"

Lin Muyang's eyes lit up, and a wave of pleasant surprise surged in his heart.

The fourth young lady he had summoned was actually of the legendary sacred race—an Angel!