My profession is too unique.

Chapter 167 Promotion to Calamity Inspector: The Abnormal [Torturer]

After sending Teng Liang back to the courtroom, Su Chen did not return. Instead, he took a hovercar to Zijin Huadu. After parking, Su Chen looked up and saw that the place was still magnificent.

On that day, Chu Xuan hosted a banquet for everyone here, full of high spirits. Now, the grass on his grave is almost overgrown.

In the VIP room, Su Chen pushed open the door and found quite a few people already waiting. Some of them were unfamiliar faces, looking nervous, while others were very familiar.

"Brother Su, you've finally arrived." It was Du Yu who spoke. He had been promoted to patrol squad leader in the Supervision Department and came forward to greet him.

"Brother Su..." Jiang Xi called out from the side. She had become a junior supervisor in the logistics department and had matured a lot. Her eyes were filled with gratitude.

A few months ago, he finally understood why Su Chen had asked him to bring back a bottle of unfinished wine when he first visited to deliver the combat boots.

“Brother Su…” Zhang Hengyu was also there. He had long since given up the idea of ​​competing with Su Chen and was currently preparing to advance to the third rank.

Su Chen kept to himself and mostly chatted with the others online, but he was very approachable and responded to everyone.

Those who looked green and inexperienced were outstanding talents who came from Nanfeng City this year, and they looked at Su Chen with awe.

"There are quite a few people coming from the south this year." Su Chen looked around and was pulled by Du Yu to sit in the reserved seat of honor.

"Lord Yuan has taken bold and decisive measures, including incorporating refugees into the talent development system, and has indeed discovered quite a few promising individuals," Du Yu said.

"I see." Su Chen understood, and everyone took their seats.

After a few rounds of drinks, the atmosphere became much more relaxed.

"You in Nanfeng also know that I defeated the people of Yuandu?" Su Chen looked at the little girl in front of him with surprise.

"Um..." The girl was a little shy. When she saw Su Chen paying attention to her, her cheeks turned redder and redder, and she stammered and couldn't say anything.

"There's always the Bureau of Commerce, so news from Yingfeng can still get back," Du Yu explained, then looked at the young man beside him, "Where are the things you brought?"

"Oh, oh..." The other person hurriedly took out a metal box from the side. "This is... a letter that Miss White Dove asked me to bring, and also a letter from Lord Yuan..."

Su Chen paused, reached out and took it. He had only come because he had learned about this from Du Yu.

Of course, even if he doesn't come, we'll still send it to him.

"Are you the person Nanfeng recommended to the court this year?" Su Chen looked over.

“Yes… his name is Qian Heng, a promising talent chosen by City Lord Yuan, with the Silver Talent,” Du Yu said.

Silver... Su Chen wasn't surprised; it's normal for lower-level cities to promote Silver talents.

"I understand." Su Chen nodded, while Qian Heng's face flushed red. He had been somewhat confused about Su Chen's status back in Nanfeng.

It was only after arriving in Yingfeng that I gained a profound understanding. When the supervisory department conducted their audits upon entering the city, they were all very amiable when they heard that the people there were from Nanfeng.

After chatting for a while, Su Chen noticed that everyone seemed a bit awkward. He knew why, so he told Du Yu and prepared to leave.

But before leaving, he took out a small box from his pocket and handed it to Du Yu, saying, "Please have someone take this back to Nanfeng and give it to Hu Xiang."

This contains the [Mist Nightmare Pearl], which he has had for a year.

After receiving it last year, I didn't have anyone take it back immediately, for fear that someone would embezzle it. Later, when I entered the courtroom, I forgot about it.

Until today, after seeing Nanfeng's people, I suddenly remembered.

"No problem, I've got it covered." Du Yu looked a little dizzy, but after hearing Su Chen's instructions, he straightened up and made his promise.

Su Chen said a few words of greeting before turning and leaving.

"It's been a year." Stepping into the hovercar, Su Chen couldn't help but feel a little sentimental, recalling his early days in Yingfeng. While he wasn't exactly hampered at every turn, he was certainly cautious and timid.

He took out an iron box from his pocket, opened it, and found two letters stacked inside.

“Xin…” Looking down at Su Chen, she suddenly felt a mix of amusement and exasperation.

Because of the fog, he sometimes felt that the world was abstract.

This wasn't a special form of communication that sought to create a sense of ritual; between cities, letters were indeed a mainstream mode of transportation.

The first letter was a little dove, in a light pink envelope, the letter paper carrying the scent of wood.

“Brother Su Chen…”

The letter was quite long, three or four pages long, mostly rambling and containing miscellaneous matters, including complaints about Yuan Chenyang being too strict.

"Hehe..." After reading it, Su Chen chuckled and then opened Yuan Chenyang's letter, which looked much more formal.

"My disciple Su Chen, seeing this letter is like seeing you in person..."

Old Yuan's letters were mostly full of praise and amazement, while also advising him to keep a low profile, as he was still young and should not fight over trivial matters.

After reading them, Su Chen put them back into the envelope and placed them in the storage space.

He turned his head to look out the window; the sky was already dark, and Yingfeng's neon lights reflected on his face.

“The Holy Feast…” he murmured.

…………

"Finally, the Azure Thunder Master is also full."

Ten days later, Su Chen looked at the panel, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. As usual, he put away the Spirit Realm Device. Everything was ready, and he didn't hesitate.
Calamity Inspector - Promoted!

In an instant, violent lightning burst forth from his body.

Su Chen's body underwent a violent transformation at the center of the thunderstorm, with azure lightning patterns proliferating wildly from under his skin, spreading all over his body like living things.

The bones crystallized under the light of the lightning, and the bones made a continuous cracking sound. The eyes turned into two rotating thunderstorms, and two bolts of lightning met at the center of the eyebrows, faintly intertwining to form blazing white lightning marks.

The physical transformation became more intense and painful. Su Chen opened his mouth and spat out two bloody teeth. He could clearly feel new teeth growing in his mouth, which were even stronger.

[Azure Thunder Collapses into Clouds - Azure Thunder Calamity: Attacks are imbued with the power of calamity.]

[The Undying Armor of Thunder evolves into the Thunder Calamity Armor: It can counter enemy attacks and is imbued with the power of calamity.]

[Raikage has been strengthened!]

[Azure Thunder Master transforms into—Calamity Lord: Calamity Lord descends. Within range, the more calamity power a target possesses, the worse their luck.]

[Gain Class Ability - Calamity Strike: Detonates the accumulated calamity power within the target, causing severe damage.]

The transformation gradually came to an end, and the almost tearing sensation in the body faded away, replaced by a vibrant and expansive life force.

"Hoo..." Su Chen took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, the breath long and drawn out, mixed with black lightning fragments.

He glanced at the various abilities.

"The power of calamity should be the core of the Calamity Messenger."

"Bad luck? What does that mean? Even drinking cold water causes problems? You trip and fall down while fighting?"

"Extremely powerful destructive force... just how powerful is it?"

Su Chen muttered to himself, quite curious, as a flash of black lightning appeared and disappeared from his fingertip.

Unfortunately, these abilities can only be attempted with a specific goal in mind, and the body needs to adapt to them.

Su Chen reached into the storage space and took out a large box.

Once opened, it contained various metal blocks of different colors, neatly stacked dark gold scales, and various other metals.

These are all used by him to upgrade the secret tools he controls.

Gu Bing was delivered a few days ago, but the Azure Thunder Master was just one step away from death, so Su Chen didn't delay and waited until today.

First, take out the purple-gold scale armor. The dark gold scales placed to the side float up, along with several pieces of black metal called "Ink Steel," which is also quite expensive.

The purple-gold scales trembled incessantly, their surface rippling with water-like patterns, and the dark gold scales embedded themselves precisely into the gaps of the original armor as if they were alive.

The two materials began to merge in a wonderful way. The luster of the purple-gold scales was quickly swallowed by the black color, and dazzling light burst out from the seams. Each scale was being reconstructed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The smooth surface of the scales develops the distinctive three-dimensional ridges of dragon scales, with the edges naturally forming sharp, broken curves.

The Dark Dragon Scales have a deep starry sky background with flowing, molten gold-like patterns.

The scales suddenly contracted and closed on their own, with a faint black mist seeping from between the scales. This mist condensed into miniature dragon shadows on the surface of the armor, wandering erratically along the patterns on the armor.

[Dark Dragon Scale Armor - Tier 4: Forged from the dark scales of an earth dragon and reinforced with dark steel, it possesses extremely strong resistance to elemental forces and boasts astonishing defense.]

Not bad… Su Chen looked at the dark scales in front of him, flicked his fingers, and made a crisp clinking sound.

He had expended a lot of mental energy, but now that he had Gluttony, he quickly converted it into physical energy to continue upgrading the rest.

【Formless True Edge - Tier 4: Forged with dragon bone cold gold and supplemented with a nano core, it can change its weapon form in an extremely short time.】

[Heavenly Boots - Tier 4: Encased in phantom mirage skin, capable of creating ten layers of illusions at a time.]

The remaining two control tools were also upgraded to fourth-tier items, and their respective strengths increased significantly. "Hmm, I guess I've finally achieved a complete advancement..." Su Chen thought with satisfaction. After tidying up a bit, he went out.

"Two days ago, the Translation Department sent word that the spiritual essence of Yuandu had arrived and was waiting for me to pick it up." Su Chen walked along, grinning. "It feels so good to have something delivered right to my doorstep."

He headed straight to the translation office, where Sang Hanhai had already received his message and was waiting for him.

"You're quite patient. The things arrived two days ago, and you're only coming today," Sang Hanhai said as he saw him arrive leisurely.

"I had some urgent business to attend to the other day, so I had to trouble you, sir." Having just advanced to the fourth rank, Su Chen was in a good mood and chuckled.

“You…” Sang Hanhai shook his head and led Su Chen deeper into the translation department.

The items were kept by Pu Zhenghong. Su Chen watched as he opened a long, narrow black box lined with dark velvet, with two pale gold tassels lying quietly inside.

Every single strand is clearly visible, each one shimmering with a subtle light, and each end is adorned with a tiny crystal pendant, undulating gently as if it were alive.

Seemingly sensing that the box lid was open, they seemed to want to escape, but the box was not simple either, with interwoven black chains locking them inside.

Su Chen faintly heard two fierce cries.

"This is the essence of spirituality." Su Chen stared at it, feeling quite amazed.

"I wonder what method Yuan Du has mastered to find so many," Pu Zhenghong couldn't help but say. "Two portions of spiritual essence, if we're lucky, might give us half of the professional abilities."

The requirement for becoming a Spirit Master is three portions of spiritual essence. Obtaining two portions does not grant you two-thirds of your abilities.

Job requirements are difficult to measure with data; there are many influencing factors, and a difference of one job can make a huge difference.

"Alright, stop looking, get ready to take your job," Sang Hanhai urged.

"Now?" Su Chen looked up, somewhat taken aback.

“Of course…” Sang Hanhai said matter-of-factly, “My senior brother and I have helped you with many different jobs. With us keeping an eye on things, we can also remind you if anything unexpected happens during the process.”

“Uh…” Su Chen hesitated. He only needed one spiritual essence to take up his post. If these two people saw it, he would have to explain himself more, and who knows what kind of trouble it might cause.

"You're unwilling?" Sang Hanhai noticed Su Chen's hesitation and said with dissatisfaction, "Don't you trust us?"

"It's not that I don't believe it," Su Chen said helplessly. "This is my first time taking office under the watchful eyes of others. I'm nervous, and that might cause problems."

“This…” Sang Hanhai frowned, not because he didn’t believe Su Chen’s words, but because he had encountered such cases before, where people who had been assisted by multiple translators failed to complete their job search, but succeeded by trying it secretly on their own.

But this matter is of great importance.

“Then let him prepare it himself,” Pu Zhenghong said, shaking his head. “Some things can’t be forced.”

Seeing that Pu Zhenghong had said so, Sang Hanhai stopped trying to persuade him.

Old Pu still needed to study the divine language. Sang Hanhai led Su Chen away from here, mentioning something on the way:

“When we were trading for the Saint a few days ago, I saw that Tang Chen and Wu Chenpei looked worried, but they didn’t seem desperate.”

“Perhaps Hongxuan really can accomplish it. Maybe he hasn’t really killed anyone before. If that’s the case, then it would truly be a stroke of luck for Yuandu.” Sang Hanhai sighed.

Su Chen's heart stirred slightly. Professional employment was not immune to cheating. He had seen Zhang Hengyu use it before, and there were many unorthodox methods in the courtroom.

The sage said it wasn't difficult; the key was not to kill. It's possible that Yuan Du really had some evil methods.

Upon hearing Sang Hanhai mention this matter, Su Chen thought of something else: "By the way, has Yuandu's compensation been properly paid?"

Sang Hanhai was worried about Hongxuan's possible appointment as a Saint. When he heard Su Chen ask about it, he glared at him and said, "Still thinking about this?"

Su Chen felt completely bewildered. Wasn't this what they had promised back then?
Sang Hanhai felt that Su Chen was not in a hurry at all, but then he thought that it was irresponsible of them to suddenly put the pressure of "saving the world" on Su Chen.

"Don't take it to heart." He sighed again.

Su Chen was even more speechless. What was wrong with Lao Sang today?
"It's alright." Su Chen naturally indicated that it was no problem. Sang Hanhai composed himself and said, "Yuan Du has taken out two professions in total, including the Spirit Master, as compensation for deceiving the Wise Man."

“One of them is a higher-level class of a certain sixth-tier class that we have designated,” Sang Hanhai sneered. “The other is a special class.”

"Yuan Du is a real scoundrel!"

Sang Hanhai cursed again.

"What's wrong?" Su Chen asked. "Is your job too lame?"

“The job is too simple, we won’t take it.” Sang Hanhai shook his head and said coldly, “That job is actually not bad, but the problem is that the job requirements are too complicated.”

"Yuandu is confident that once we obtain it, we will most likely just leave it unused."

The requirements are too difficult?

Su Chen's eyes lit up. "I like things that are difficult. It would be even better if the bones were even harder. The Great Venerable likes tough bones."

"Let me see it," Su Chen said, leaning closer.

"I knew it." Sang Hanhai said with an expression of no surprise, "Why are you so interested in unknown professions? You haven't taken up your job as an Armored Bone Warrior yet, have you? And you've probably forgotten about the Reverse Yuan Warrior too."

"These professions all require time to hone."

Su Chen replied, "Just because I don't have time now doesn't mean I won't have time in the future."

“You’re always right.” Sang Hanhai shook his head. Despite his words, he had promised Su Chen this, so he simply took him to the laboratory.

He knew the professional information, but he certainly couldn't say it on the street.

……

[A special profession has been discovered – the Destroyer. You can take the job after completing the requirements.]

[Job requirement one: For six months, endure at least one type of life-threatening, high-intensity pain (such as high-temperature burns, low-temperature frostbite, strong acid corrosion, electric shock, etc.) every day without interruption, and the type of pain cannot be repeated within five days before or after.]

[Second job requirement: The ability to find pleasure even in pain.]

[Third requirement for employment: to be crowned with excruciating pain by having one's heart pierced by a bleeding iron rod for three days.]

In the laboratory, Su Chen listened to the instructions, looked at the pop-up panel, and was speechless. None of the three requirements were normal.

"Feeling pleasure amidst pain," no wonder Old Sang looked constipated.

"Now you know."

Seeing Su Chen's face darken, Sang Hanhai chuckled, picked up his teacup, and leisurely took a sip.

"What are the abilities required for this job?" Su Chen asked. This job seemed troublesome, but it wasn't actually the kind that couldn't be done; it was just very selective in who you were.

"According to Tang Chen, after successfully taking up the job, the professional can transform the damage and pain they suffer into violent kinetic energy. The more severe the injury, the more powerful the enhancement to themselves, and it is a comprehensive enhancement."

At this point, Sang Hanhai paused, then shook his head and said, "It is indeed very powerful, but the powerful strength that he unleashed despite his serious injuries may not be a good thing. His body may be the first to be unable to withstand it."

It's like a paradox: the more crippled the body, the stronger the burst of power, but by then the body is as fragile as paper, and before the enemy is even defeated, the body collapses first.

No profession can be judged solely by its applicant's abilities; its practicality in a real-world setting must also be determined.

As he spoke, he looked at Su Chen, only to find that the boy's eyes were unfocused, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Hearing this request, Sang Hanhai probably lost interest, which didn't surprise him.

"This guy is really unusual." Su Chen thought to himself, speechless, looking at the text on the panel, which this time had several lines.

Pain is not the price, but the fuel; trauma is not the end, but the beginning. The ravager always adheres to the doctrine of suffering. When he faces the majestic body of the Holy One, he trembles, weeps, and begs the Great One to grant him the most painful torment as a sign of his highest respect.

When Su Chen saw this, he was momentarily stunned. It was the first time he had ever seen someone actively asking to be hit.

But then he began to look forward to it, thinking it would be even better if the Great One gave him a concussion.

The Great One ignored him, leaving the ravager disappointed.

Sigh... Su Chen couldn't help but sigh as he didn't see the result he wanted.

The ravager was different from the law enforcer; he did not disrespect the Great One, but rather showed him great respect, only his manner of expression differed from that of other professions.

And below that, there is another line of text—
Then, the ravager looked at the other professions in the corner, shook his head in disgust, and wondered why these trash could be in the same place as the Crimson Flame Thunder Venerable.

The group, initially dulled by their work, suddenly flew into a rage and swarmed forward.

The abuser groaned in pleasure as he was being beaten.

"Pretty clever, provokes ordinary professions, but doesn't dare to provoke a Great Venerable." Su Chen couldn't help but chuckle. This guy just wanted to suffer pain and torment, not to be directly beaten into a concussion.

What surprised him most was the last line of text.

[The requirements for joining the Raider class have been integrated; current completion rate: 1%]

The three job requirements have been integrated into a progress bar?
Su Chen raised an eyebrow. "So, you mean as long as I beat him to a good beating, I can take the job immediately?"

(End of this chapter)