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He's already level three, so he doesn't need a level two breakthrough rune. Trading it would be a great investment. Most people are still stuck at level one, and leveling up to level two is their most pressing need.

The drop rate of level 2 breakthrough runes is outrageously low... He farmed over two hundred level 2 cat demons before finally getting a level 7 rune, a number that ordinary teams simply cannot achieve.

Su Mu thought for a moment and decided to keep one copy in the channel to lure out those casual players who had the blueprints.

After all, most talented people and ordinary people have joined "guilds" now, so good stuff naturally won't leak out.

Therefore, he planned to trade the remaining six books with Zhou Zhenguo...

He opened his chat window with Zhou Zhenguo and sent a message:

"Are you there? I have a business opportunity."

I waited for a long time, but there was no reply.

Su Mu sighed. Well, neither of them were there.

He then opened the channel, placed a level 2 strength-type breakthrough talisman on it, and attached a message:

"Selling a level 2 breakthrough rune, trading only for the blueprint, no food or materials. DM me if you have the blueprint."

The moment the message was sent, the private chat exploded.

"Hey bro! I have some iron ingots, want to trade for ten?"

"I have food! Fifty servings! Want to trade?"

"Please, I only have one white weapon, is that alright?"

Su Mu read through the list one by one; it was all nonsense. What he needed were blueprints, not food or materials. He had plenty of those things.

He was just about to close the private chat when a message popped up...

Sender: Zhou Ming. The note reads "Gifted Person Guild - External Relations Department".

[Zhou Ming: Brother Su Mu, I have a blueprint for that level two breakthrough talisman you mentioned. See if it works for you.]

The properties of a drawing were sent over.

[Wooden stick blueprint (white)]

[Type: Weapon Blueprint]

[Effect: Can be used to create "wooden sticks (gray)".]

Su Mu's lips twitched.

Wooden stick. Gray. Does this thing even need blueprints? Can't you just pick up a twig from the roadside?

He replied directly, "I already have those drawings. Do you have any others?"

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end, then a message was sent:

"I don't have any other blueprints at the moment. But brother, I'm not mainly here for a transaction. You might have heard of our vice president, Zhao Hongyuan."

He asked you about the professional books before, but you didn't reply, and he was a little unhappy about it.

He's now saying that if he encounters you, send him your coordinates and there's a reward.

Su Mu frowned.

"I'm just giving you a heads-up," Zhou Ming said politely. "If you're willing to trade me this breakthrough talisman, I can put in a good word for you with the vice president and let this matter drop. We're all in the same boat; there's no need to make things awkward, don't you think?"

Su Mu stared at the text for a few seconds, then clicked on Zhou Ming's profile picture and chose to block him.

Clean and neat.

He leaned against the wall, his brow furrowed deeply.

It wasn't because of Zhou Ming's threat... that level of threat was no different from child's play in his eyes. It was because of Zhao Hongyuan himself.

Just because I didn't reply to his message, you're offering a reward for his coordinates?

How can someone so petty be a vice president?

Su Mu shook his head.

In peacetime, such a person would at most be an annoying colleague, someone you could simply ignore. But in a post-apocalyptic world, those who wield a little power and become vindictive are the most dangerous.

Because you never know when or for what inexplicable reason he might attack you.

However, he wasn't afraid.

If Zhao Hongyuan really dares to cause trouble, the gun in his hand is no joke. A level two talent? In front of a level three advanced gun master, he's no different from a piece of paper.

But this incident served as a wake-up call for him... He had offended some people and needed to be more careful in the future. Especially during landings and evacuations, he needed to be extra vigilant and avoid being ambushed.

Su Mu kept this in mind and continued to browse through the private messages.

After posting the breakthrough talisman, most of the people contacting him were casual players, and the blueprints they brought were all ordinary, white-quality items, which he didn't like. Just as he was about to close it, another message popped up...

Sender: Chen Jun.

[Chen Jun: Brother Su, you're here! I've finished making today's arrows, take a look.]

A transaction request popped up, and 200 wooden arrows were neatly stacked in the column.

Su Mu was taken aback. He checked the time... a little past four in the afternoon. Chen Jun made him over two hundred yesterday, and another two hundred today? Had this guy stayed up all night again?

"What time did you get up?" Su Mu asked.

"Six o'clock," Chen Jun replied quickly. "Four hours of sleep is enough. Since I can't sleep anyway, I might as well make more arrows."

Su Mu fell silent. He slept for four hours, then spent the rest of the time sharpening arrows. He was truly impressed by this level of dedication.

He confirmed the order and put the arrows away. The quiver was already full, so these new ones would have to be piled up in a corner for now. Then he added 20 portions of food and clicked "trade".

Chen Jun accepted the food, hesitated for a moment, and then sent another message:

"Brother Su, um... I have something I want to ask you."

"explain."

"Is your level two breakthrough rune still there?"

Su Mu was slightly surprised.

"you want?"

"Um..." Chen Jun's message came quickly, "I just wanted to ask... could you keep it for me? I'll trade food for the blueprints and then give it to you."

Su Mu frowned.

"What do you need a level 2 breakthrough rune for?" he asked. "You don't have time to grind monsters."

Chen Jun replied quickly, his tone tinged with doubt: "Sure. Chopping down a tree gives 01 experience points, and whittling arrows for about an hour gives 1 experience point. I'm already at 20 experience points."

Su Mu's fingers paused.

Chopping down trees gives experience? Slicing arrows also gives experience?

He subconsciously opened the system panel, scrolled through it for a long time, but couldn't find any relevant explanation. The system had never mentioned this kind of thing before.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"I'm sure," Chen Jun said. "It's not much, but it adds up. I've whittled almost five hundred arrows in the last two days, and that alone gave me five experience points. Adding the experience from cutting down trees, that's a total of twenty points."

Su Mu leaned against the wall and stared at the passage for a long time.

Crafting items gives you experience. Chopping down trees gives you experience. These everyday activities actually count as experience.

He had never paid attention to this before.

Because he leveled up entirely by killing monsters, killing a level 1 monster gave him 1 point of experience... that was the case before he changed jobs.

But Chen Jun is different; all his experience comes from chopping down trees and sharpening arrows.

Does this work too?

Su Mu took a deep breath and memorized the information.

The significance of this discovery goes far beyond simply "Chen Jun being able to level up." It means that even ordinary people without combat abilities can gain experience and level up. Chopping trees, mining, gathering, crafting... as long as you do something, you will be rewarded.

This will have an impact on the entire cable ecosystem. But now is not the time to think about that.

"You don't need to exchange it; you can use the wooden arrows to offset the price from now on, right?"

There was a long silence on the other end.

"Okay." There was no refusal; it seemed she had made a very firm decision.

Su Mu didn't pay much attention to it.

Chen Jun is a down-to-earth, hardworking, and grateful man. In this world, people like him are rare. He helps whenever he can, and he doesn't do it for free—the arrows Chen Jun makes are the most important consumables in his quiver. The higher Chen Jun's rank and the stronger his abilities, the more and better quality arrows he can obtain.

Why not do something that benefits both parties?

Moreover, Su Mu naturally hoped that the other party would go further.