The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

Among the data-driven features for professionals, there is a leaderboard.

This includes a speedrun leaderboard for basic dungeons.

Those who make the list will leave their names and a declaration of their recognition.

Clearly, this place is a major disaster area for GG.

There's no way around it, the traffic is huge.

Moreover, it is very beneficial for guilds to recruit members and for families to attract talent.

After giving his instructions, Zhao Can said to Ma Feng.

"Once you reach level 10, you can replace the physical damage dealer in this team, equip him with his gear, and continue to climb the leaderboard."

The reason I asked you to come here today is to let you familiarize yourself with their playing style beforehand.

You are an S-class professional, and the Zhao family has high hopes for you.

If we could find a few more newcomers like you, we might be able to break the record for Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain!

Ma Feng bowed and scraped to Zhao Can.

"Young Master Can, you flatter me. I will definitely watch carefully and learn diligently!"

Hua Xiangrong, who was looking around, saw Song Gua walking slowly towards her. Her expression changed slightly, showing three parts disdain and seven parts arrogance.

As if she had thought of something, she used the information viewing function to check Song Gua's current level.

Upon seeing this, she was stunned once again.

"Level 10?! You're level 10?!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Can and Ma Feng turned to look at Song Gua.

Their eyes widened in unison.

"Young Master Can, you're only level 6, how come he's level 10?"

Ma Feng was even more puzzled when he realized he was only at level 4.

Ma Feng didn't hire a training coach, and Zhao Can didn't arrange one for him either. He just teamed up with a few classmates and farmed some monsters in the level 1 training area.

He enjoyed the feeling of being idolized by his teammates throughout the entire game.

Having an S-class profession certainly makes one stand out wherever they go.

Especially characters like the Swift Swordsman, whose class skills are extremely fluid and elegant.

Zhao Can's eyes flickered.

His suspicions about Song Gua having experience-boosting items became even stronger.

The commotion attracted the attention of other professionals in the vicinity.

"What's so strange about level ten?"

"It seems like she's a recent graduate who just switched jobs the day before yesterday."

"Holy crap! That's amazing! How did they do that?"

"Heh, money can buy anything. Just hire a few more training teams to take turns 'paying tribute,' or even equip them with experience-boosting gear or use experience-boosting scrolls, wouldn't that solve the problem?"

"But this rich man's equipment looks like it's all blank."

"This young man looks familiar. Isn't he that Song Gua, the one who grew up to version 2.0?"

"Yes! It's him. I think he was in jail not long ago. I heard his awakened class is 'Kizuna'?"

"Isn't that a useless profession? Especially for someone like him with no connections, how can he develop his career?"

The Song Gua does not display personal information.

Others cannot see his equipment; they can only judge it from its appearance.

Song Gua ignored the surrounding noises and walked straight to the entrance of the Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain instance.

"Are you coming in or not? If not, at least move your butt a little. I'm coming in."

Zhao Can looked behind Song Gua.

"You want to come in? Alone?"

Song Gua thought about it seriously.

Strictly speaking, it's one person.

Ma Feng, who was standing to the side, burst out laughing.

"Soloing dungeons? You think you can solo level 5 dungeons just because you're level 10? Yeah, you spent three months in jail, you've forgotten all the basic professional knowledge you learned in class, haven't you?"

Song Gua looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"What's it to you?"

"You... do you still think you're that genius who's always surrounded by admirers? What's with the attitude!"

"What's it to you?"

Ma Feng's face turned green from the rebuke. He gripped his level 1 katana tightly and was about to step forward to fight Song Gua.

Zhao Can stopped him.

"With such a large level difference, are you looking for a beating?"

Ma Feng gritted his teeth and shut up.

Zhao Can, with a slight smile on his face, took a few steps toward Song Gua.

"Vice President Wang Xing went back to look for you last night. He was worried about your safety being alone in the wilderness, so he planned to bring you to our team so we could keep each other company. Did you see him?"

"Wang Xing? Who is Wang Xing?"

"Wang Ba Guild's guild leader Wang Ye's younger brother is not very old, but because of his brother's connections, he got a nominal vice guild leader position. Wang Ba Guild is one of the developing guilds invested in by our Zhao family. This time, I came out to level up and asked them to help me level up."

King's Domination Guild?

That does match the letter of authorization.

Song Gua remained expressionless and said, "Wangba Guild? Never heard of it. After you left last night, I left too, and I didn't run into anyone."

Song Gua was not fooled, and Zhao Can was somewhat disappointed.

He kept mentioning Wang Xing and the Wangba Guild, without directly naming the people who went back to him or what their characteristics were.

They were waiting for Song Gua to say, "I didn't see that bald guy," or any other characteristic of Wang Xing.

As long as Song Gua said so, Zhao Can could be certain that Wang Xing's death was related to Song Gua.

But for now, it can only remain at the level of doubt.

"Are you sure you want to solo a level 5 dungeon?"

"What, do we need the Zhao family's permission to enter a dungeon now?"

"Hehe, of course not. It's just that soloing dungeons is quite dangerous. I can sponsor you a set of level 5 high-quality equipment. If you get any materials in the dungeon, just share some with me."

Seeing that Zhao Can seemed to want to win over Song Gua, Ma Feng was displeased and frowned.

For the past three years, he has lived in the shadow of Song Gua.

Now that they've allied themselves with the Zhao family, they don't expect to run into Song Gua again.

"Young Master Can, this is a useless profession; it's not worth investing in!"

Zhao Can said calmly, "We're all friends. What's with all this talk about useless professions? The growth potential of version 2.0 is there for all to see. I don't think Song Gua's future combat strength will be weak."

"But……"

At this moment, Song Gua pushed aside the level 10 squad blocking the entrance to the dungeon, "No need, Young Master Cai, I don't like to acknowledge favors."

After saying this, Song Gua stepped into the vortex and entered the instance.

Zhao Can's face turned ashen. "My name is Zhao Can, not Zhao Cai..."

Hua Xiangrong chuckled beside her, and Zhao Can glared at her, causing her to immediately shut up.

Zhao Can vented his anger on the ranking team.

"What are you all standing there for! Those solo players have already gone in, and you guys are still here trying to mentally prepare yourselves?!"

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away, I'll go right away..."

Just then, everyone saw the word "Hell" flashing above the Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain instance.

There are five difficulty levels to choose from in the dungeon.

Easy, Enhanced, Hard, Nightmare, Hell.

The higher the difficulty, the stronger the monsters, the more drops and experience you get, and the greater the probability of obtaining high-quality items.

The flashing text above the instance indicates which difficulty level the person who just entered chose.

Ma Feng exclaimed in surprise, "He's soloing, and he chose Hell difficulty? Is he crazy? Is he going in to commit suicide?"

Hua Xiangrong scoffed, "I think he's not paying attention in class. He thinks he can just teleport out of a dungeon after dying. He thinks this is a game!"

Zhao Can frowned. He could tell that Song Gua, though seemingly casual, was actually quite shrewd and shouldn't have been so overconfident.

What exactly is he relying on?

Is it related to his rapid leveling up?

Unfortunately, Song Gua didn't livestream the dungeon, so those standing outside had no idea what was going on inside and could only guess.