We offered you a summer job, but you went and became a mercenary?

Lin Ye paused, then added.

"Oh, by the way, just a heads up, if you dare to try anything funny, that helicopter over there has a pretty wide exhaust pipe."

The Ghost Captain shuddered as he looked at the still-burning pile of steel wreckage in the distance.

He dared not hesitate any longer. He reached out his still-trembling, intact hand, took the phone, and began to recite the accounts and enter the passwords one by one in an almost tearful tone.

"This is my...three million in Panama..."

"This is from the Cayman Islands... two and a half million..."

"And this, it's two million I deposited in a Swiss bank using a fake identity..."

With each operation he made, Lin Ye's phone kept ringing out notification sounds, like the most beautiful symphony in the world.

Final transfer confirmed.

Lin Ye took back his phone and looked at the long string of zeros after his account balance, which made his heart race. The ice on his usually expressionless face melted instantly.

A bright, pure, and heartfelt smile bloomed on his face.

"The boss is so generous!"

He patted the Ghost Captain on the shoulder enthusiastically, with such force that he almost made the captain vomit blood.

"Wishing you good health and all the best, boss! If you need any more work like this in the future, remember to call me again! I'll give you a 20% discount as a loyal customer!"

This complete 360-degree change in attitude left Captain Ghost utterly dumbfounded.

He even had the illusion that the young man in front of him was not some kind of killing god, but a top salesman who was grateful to his sugar daddy after meeting his sales targets.

Just then, my phone rang; it was an unknown number.

As soon as the call connected, Su Qingqing's urgent, almost distorted voice came from the other end.

"Lin Ye! I'm Sparrow, an observer dispatched by the Military Intelligence Bureau. You're the one who just saved my life."

"Don't kill the ghost!"

Su Qingqing's voice carried a hint of barely suppressed excitement.

"He's one of the captains of the Shadow Network's three elite squads! He's a high-ranking member! Capture him alive and hand him over to us, and the country will give you a major commendation!"

Lin Ye's smile froze.

He picked at his ear and rolled his eyes dramatically at his phone.

"A major commendation?"

His voice returned to its lazy, indifferent tone.

"Big sister, can't you be honest? Will there be a bonus for outstanding work? Will there be a year-end bonus? I won't work for free if you don't pay me."

There was a full five seconds of silence on the other end of the phone.

Even Su Qingqing, who was a hundred kilometers away, seemed to be speechless at his simple and unpretentious remarks.

She must have had an emergency discussion with her superiors, because when she spoke again, her voice sounded like she was gritting her teeth.

"Ten million!"

Su Qingqing practically spat out those words through gritted teeth.

"The government is offering ten million US dollars! To buy him, and all the intelligence in his head!"

"I'll send someone to pick up the ghost right away!"

Lin Ye's eyes lit up instantly.

Its brightness was even more dazzling than the flames of a distant explosion.

"You should have said so earlier!"

He slapped his thigh, his smile even brighter than when he received the 8.5 million.

"Serving the country is the duty of every citizen of the Dragon Kingdom! Let alone ten million, even if we don't get paid... uh, forget about it if we don't get paid."

He looked at the Ghost Captain on the ground, who was still confused about the situation, and his eyes instantly became incredibly kind and friendly, as if he were looking at a walking ten million dollar check.

Lin Ye stopped talking and turned to search through the ruins.

Soon, he pulled out a relatively intact, large cardboard box used for canned food from a pile of bombed debris.

He quickly and easily bound the Ghost Captain's hands and feet tightly, then roughly stuffed him into a cardboard box like a package to be mailed.

The space was a bit small, so Lin Ye stepped inside a bit more until he closed the lid.

After doing all that, he still wasn't satisfied, so he took out a marker from his pocket and wrote three large characters on each of the six sides of the cardboard box in a flamboyant style.

[Fragile item]!

Then, an arrow indicating "this side is up" was drawn next to it.

The Ghost Captain, huddled in a cardboard box, felt extremely humiliated, but also breathed a long sigh of relief.

Finally... finally, I survived.

Being treated like cargo is better than being stuffed into an exhaust pipe.

【Ding! 】

A system notification sound, louder and more resounding than ever before, exploded without warning deep within his mind!

[The SSS-level hidden mission, "Operation Cleanup of Illegal Firearms and Unlicensed Vehicles," has been completed!]

[Task settlement in progress...]

[Final mission reward will be distributed soon!]

[Congratulations, host, on completing the SSS-level hidden multi-task mission: "Special Operation to Clean Up Illegal Firearms and Unlicensed Vehicles!"]

[Task Evaluation: Perfect! The host completed three waves of garbage cleanup work in a single day with extremely high efficiency, and forcibly dismantled large, unlicensed, and illegally operating vehicles, demonstrating the top-notch professionalism and dedication of a modern-day outstanding worker!]

Lin Ye's breath hitched.

coming!

The year-end... no, it's tonight's final performance review, here it comes!

[Congratulations, host, you have received a cash reward of 15 million US dollars! It has been automatically deposited into your offshore account!]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained a god-level skill reward: Advanced Crisis Prediction!]

[Host's performance in this mission has been exceptionally outstanding, exceeding KPIs. Extra random rewards are being distributed...]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the divine-level passive skill: Indestructible Body (Beginner)!]

A series of system notifications, like the sweetest heavenly music, made Lin Ye so happy he almost fainted on the spot.

Before he could even recover from the joy of winning the huge prize,

An indescribable warm current, more powerful than ever before, surged from his limbs and bones, washing over every cell in his body!

[Advanced Crisis Prediction]:

He felt as if his brain had become a supercomputer, and the rustling of the wind around him, the trajectory of every speck of dust in the air, and even the slightest temperature change of a distant flame were all magnified infinitely in his perception and became incredibly clear.

[Indestructible Body (Beginner)]:

He could clearly feel his muscle fibers being reorganized and compressed in an incredible way, with their density increasing dramatically!

The internal structure of the skeleton also seemed to be infused with some kind of ultra-high strength alloy, making it indestructible!