Mirror World Administrator

Chapter 112 A Stressful Mission

"In addition, the Sword Master has not attended meetings for three consecutive months and has not made any reports. This is very abnormal." The ruling said.

The hermit was like this in the beginning. He would miss meetings without any explanation and for no reason. The frequency of his absences increased until there was no news at all.

Now the Sword Master also has this tendency, so he is a little worried that the Sword Master may follow in the footsteps of the Hermit.

"The Sword Master is not dead."

The faceless man suddenly spoke, "Last month, one of my informants received a report of a sighting of the Sword Saint. The Sword Saint and his disciple Fang Shaojie briefly appeared in the wilderness of Order City."

"Have you contacted him?" asked the judge.

The faceless man shook his head. "The spy I sent to deliver the message was killed by him with a single blow of his sword."

"Pfft..." Suddenly there was a snickering sound.

Judgment looked in the direction of the Grim Reaper: "Shuimu, you have always been the Sword Saint's partner. Do you know the Sword Saint's situation?"

"Who knows? I haven't seen him in a long time."

Death spread his hands and said, "Work is work, life is life. That guy always leaves work on time and never works overtime. If you insist on talking to him about work during off-hours, it would be strange if he doesn't kill you."

"..."

Yang Xu vaguely understood from listening to the conversation that the Grayscale Organization seemed to work in pairs, and that the Stopper's former partner was his grandmother.

"Forget it. Time is limited. Let's talk about the Sword Master later. Now let's settle the status of last month's tasks." The ruling brought the meeting back to the main topic.

The next few people began to report in turn, and most of what they said were things that Yang Xu could not understand or were very far away from him.

Things like the suppression of the southern alien rebellion, the commission for Sky Island, the exploration of the Fifth Era, the mediation of the border conflict between Evil Valley and Green King, and the progress of negotiations with Hundred Flowers Valley.

Yang Xu was confused by a lot of what he heard, but he still tried hard to accept various information. He knew that this was all intelligence about the real upper world of the mirror world, and ordinary people had no chance to get in touch with it.

Yang Xu soon discovered that every time a member reported a task, Judgment would take out something and distribute it to the corresponding member as a reward.

The rewards are mostly rare materials, unique props, etc. It seems that each member specifically wants those rewards, so the things given are basically different.

However, there is only one thing that is included in everyone's reward.

It was a kind of crystal stone, only the size of a child's fingertip, with a completely irregular shape. It looked almost transparent on the surface, but if you looked closely, you would find that it was filled with extremely fine, flowing impurities.

The moment he saw this crystal, Yang Xu suddenly felt something boiling in his body, and his breathing and heartbeat naturally accelerated.

It's the Stopper Card!

The Stopper Card was conveying a fierce desire to him, like a person who had been hungry for a long time suddenly seeing a tempting meal. The Stopper Card was urging him to do whatever he could to devour the crystal.

Fortunately, it was just some instinctive impulse and was quickly suppressed by Yang Xu.

He already knew what this crystal was.

Yang Xu had previously seen a passage about the Origin Card in the guide to the Bone-Dissolving Palm, but it was only mentioned briefly, without any mention of how to upgrade the Origin Card. Later, Yang Xu asked the Stopper in the Stopping Realm, and only then did he learn about this thing from the Stopper.

Root Crystal, a special crystal produced in the First Age, is said to be directly related to the birth of the original divine power. Those who possess the Root Card can use the energy contained therein to upgrade their own roots!

Theoretically, this thing can be dug out directly from the land, but the probability is extremely low. The drop rate of things like the Book of Experience seems insignificant compared to this thing.

In addition to this, there seem to be some other ways to produce root crystals, but the overall survival rate is still shockingly low.

According to the Stopper, the number of root crystals that can be unearthed in the Mirror World every year seems to be a fixed value. If more are found in one place, there will be fewer in other places. No one knows the exact number, but it is estimated that it will not exceed two hundred.

The number of proven root causes in the world is more than double this number.

Origin Crystals are worthless to ordinary people, but they are the most urgent need for Originators, more important than legendary equipment. So many Originators compete for less than 200 crystals every year, so you can imagine how scarce they are.

As a result, now, one root crystal after another is continuously issued from the hands of Judgment.

In just a short while, Yang Xu had already seen him give out four coins, and this was even though the room was not full today. If everyone was there, it would not be uncommon to give out five or six coins in a meeting.

Grayscale meetings are held once a month. If we calculate that an average of 5 crystals are distributed per meeting, that would be 60 crystals per year. And how much crystals are produced each year? It can be said that one-third of the annual Root Crystal production goes into the pockets of the Grayscale organization.

Yang Xu finally understood why Grayscale was able to win over so many emperor-level masters. There was really profit to be made in Grayscale!
Of course, the prerequisite is to complete the tasks assigned by the organization every month.

At this time, Yang Xu was actually hoping that Zhizhe had some tasks that had not been completed yet so that he could also receive one.

Unfortunately, he didn't get any. Not to mention the Root Crystal, he didn't even get any ordinary rewards.

Half an hour later, the statistics of last month's tasks were completed, and then the new tasks for this month were assigned.

Judgment handed out the prepared tasks to everyone one by one, and finally looked at Yang Xu. After hesitating for a few seconds, Judgment said, "Zhizhe, you have just returned. Considering your condition, let's start with some simple tasks."

After saying that, he sent a page of paper to Yang Xu.

Yang Xu picked it up and took a look. On the paper was information about a guild called "Zi Ling Villa", detailing the guild's location, personnel structure, strength information, assets, and other data.

"This Zi Ling Guild was previously an affiliated force of Grayscale and was always loyal. However, it seems that their president has been replaced recently and moved to another place. They want to cut ties with Grayscale and announced that they have joined the White Night Alliance and no longer accept Grayscale's protection. They have not paid tribute for several consecutive months. You are to step forward to deal with it and recover the resources they owe you." The judgment explained the content of the task.

"..."

Yang Xu was speechless after hearing this mission. To put it bluntly, it simply meant that one of his subordinates had rebelled, so he was told to pick up a few troublemakers, beat them up, and then collect the protection money...

The problem was, according to the data on paper, Ziling Villa had three 10-star administrators and 3 7-9 star administrators. If this were in Qingyang City, it would be the most powerful force in the city! He was asking a two-star administrator to challenge such a guild? What a joke!
Seeing Yang Xu was still silent, Jue thought he was dissatisfied with the difficulty of the task and advised, "I know this task is a bit boring for you, but it's also for the sake of your condition. Recently, try not to take on tasks that will cause you too much mental stress. This task seems to me to be more suitable."

The reasons given in the ruling were very sufficient. Yang Xu had nothing to say and could only accept it.

"Also, remember to be more restrained when doing quests. Just make an example of someone and don't go too far. You were too harsh on those guilds before, and it had a very negative impact..."

The judge continued to urge him to do so, and then he himself felt that it was inappropriate. Expecting a severely mentally ill person to control his emotions on his own was obviously unrealistic.

"It's really not appropriate for you to act alone in your current state. Now that the Hermit is confirmed dead, it's time to choose a new partner for you." Judgment pondered for a few seconds, then looked at the crowd and asked, "Everyone, is there anyone willing to serve as Stopper's partner for the time being?"

Everyone looked at each other and no one spoke for a while.

Seeing that no one else was interested, Lunhui Qing was about to speak: "Then let me do it..."

"Let me do it!" A voice interrupted him.

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound.

The one who spoke was the Grim Reaper: "It just so happens that the Sword Saint hasn't come yet, and I'm also in need of a partner."

"Shui Mu... well, you were recommended by Zhizhe, so you two are quite familiar with each other. Your soul essence can also suppress Zhizhe's illness to a certain extent." Judgment pondered for a moment and nodded: "From now on, you will temporarily partner with Zhizhe. When he is doing the mission, you should watch over him and make sure he does not go too far."

"Don't worry, I understand!" The Grim Reaper made an OK gesture and looked at Yang Xu vaguely.

Yang Xu suddenly felt his scalp tingling: Was the Death God introduced by the Stopper? Was he familiar with the Stopper?
So, she must have figured out she's an imposter...

The only thing that made Yang Xu feel at ease was that the Grim Reaper did not expose him directly, but instead took over the position of his partner.

This made Yang Xu wonder if this Death God knew about the Stopper's situation and was speaking up to cover for him. Because if the position of 'partner' was taken by someone else present, it would be even more troublesome.

"Do you have any other topics to discuss?" the judge asked.

The whole place was silent, no one answered.

"In that case, Grayscale's 541st meeting is now concluded."

"See you next month, colleagues."

"Meeting dismissed."

As the ruling announced the adjournment of the meeting, a red light lit up under his feet and disappeared first.

"See you next month."

"See you next month."

……

Others also left quietly or said goodbye loudly, disappearing one by one in the red light.

Soon, only Yang Xu and the Grim Reaper were left at the scene.

A ball of red light had quietly lit up under Yang Xu's feet.

At this moment, he noticed that the Grim Reaper beside him suddenly stood up and picked up the scythe beside him.

Just when Yang Xu was wondering what the other party wanted to do, the Grim Reaper actually held the hilt of the knife with one hand and swung two quick knives in his direction.

Two white blades of energy flew out from the sickle blade, and with two puff sounds, they cut a visible hole in each of the two air walls between her and Yang Xu.

Yang Xu's pupils shrank sharply. The air wall was supposed to be the embodiment of the mirror world's rules. He had assumed that the white wolf's passage through the air wall was a bug, but he hadn't expected the air wall to be forcibly broken through in such a violent manner.

Is this the power of an emperor?

(End of this chapter)