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

Still in Beijing.

field.

Dense fog area, restricted area.

"Bang!!"

A forbidden creature made of rocks over ten meters tall was smashed into pieces by a bald teenager with an over-the-shoulder throw.

"Splash!"

A pile of loot appeared before him, and a large amount of experience points surged into his body.

"Thump!"

A beam of holy light descended.

His level reached Lv31.

"Wei, I leveled up! Did my ranking on the leaderboard improve?"

A servant named Awei, dressed in a neat tailcoat, respectfully stood by his side and said humbly, "Young Master, no, your ranking has dropped one place."

"What? My family even upgraded my equipment to prepare me for the college entrance exam, so how come my ranking dropped?"

Ah Wei said, "Someone named Song Gua has made it to 49th place, and you've been pushed down."

The bald boy quickly opened the leaderboard to check it out, and after seeing it, he couldn't help but scratch his bald head.

"Is it the Song Gua from Yunshan City?"

"It's him."

"I know him. He broke all the records for the first job advancement dungeons, all solo. He's been on the news a lot. He was in the same year as me. This kid wasn't even on the leaderboard when he first job advancement, so how come he jumped straight up after the second job advancement?"

"Young master, he has cleared the eighteen levels of hell and leveled up his profession."

This person broke dungeon records multiple times and obtained many job change gold medals.

It is widely believed online that he has transformed from an A-rank Bonder to an S-rank class through the Gold Job Change program.

An S-rank profession that gets upgraded again is only S-rank on the surface, but actually S+. If it was already S+ in strength, it would now be S++, which would greatly affect its ranking.

The bald boy nodded.

"I see, that's interesting. He'll definitely pass the exam and come to the capital. I'll go find him and have a go at it!"

"Young master, please go easy on him. Song Gua has never participated in any competitive events. His profession is probably strong in PvE and weak in PvP."

"Haha! Don't worry, it's just a friendly spar, we'll stop when we've made our point!"

The bald boy's name is Tong Zhan, and he comes from the Tong clan, one of the three major clans in the Huaxia administrative region.

Furthermore, he is the supernova of this year in his race.

……

Not far from where Tong Zhan spawns creatures in the restricted area.

A guild is currently besieging a world boss.

They are the Yanhuang Guild, the most powerful guild in the Huaxia administrative region.

At the same time, it is also the leading guild among the five major guild alliances in the administrative region, and the chief guild of the Yanhuang Alliance.

The guild leader of the Yanhuang Guild is an elderly man with a white beard named Hua Chuangjing, Lv85.

He looked energetic, riding a flying mount that resembled an owl, watching from high above as his guildmates killed the boss.

This boss is a very high level, level 90.

To avoid any unforeseen circumstances, Hua Chuangjing personally oversaw the operation.

"Oh? He made the list at level 30. I knew this kid would make the list, but I didn't expect it to be so fast, and with such a high ranking."

A middle-aged man used his flight skills to arrive next to Huachuang Jing.

"Guild Master, should we make contact with him? This kid's potential is no longer a question of whether he has high or low. With his combat strength that allowed him to conquer the eighteen levels of hell, he could easily get an elite position in our main guild. If he succeeds in his third job advancement, he'll truly be a powerful force!"

Hua Chuangjing smiled and shook his head.

"I remember there's a Lingbi Guild in the alliance, located in Jiangnan City. They sent someone to sincerely invite him a long time ago."

It's not just us; although the leading guild of the five major alliances didn't participate, many of its top-tier guilds have contacted Song Gua.

This child is special; he doesn't accept any offers of help or benefits.

I heard from people in the Lingbi Guild that unless they offer him benefits without requiring him to join their faction, he'll be willing to accept those benefits.

The middle-aged man gave a wry smile. "How can there be such a shrewd and eccentric young man?"

"So, let's not go looking for trouble. I reckon he'll take the exam and come to Beijing. If we really want to win him over, we'll have to take it slow. We'll probably have to get along with him as partners. He's definitely the kind of person who doesn't like being someone's subordinate."

"A partner? He's only nineteen!"

"You're the one who's interested in winning him over, not me. You feel wronged? Then just ignore him."

"All right……"

……

North American administrative regions.

The magnificent headquarters of the Night Owl Thieves.

What?

You ask me how a group of thieves, and a large criminal organization ranked third on the international wanted list, can openly own a building like this?

Oh God!

This is the free North American administrative region; money can solve these problems.

These thieves are certainly not short of money, just like my grandmother's neighbor, Uncle Connorson, who has been very wealthy since he was young. I swear, he was a very charming man.

The leadership of the Night Owl Thieves is currently holding an organizational development planning meeting in the rooftop conference room.

They were just like bandits.

Always wearing a mask.

They were unaware of each other's social status.

Only when even our own people don't know who our people are can we guarantee that outsiders can't find out either.

Their masks are also very distinctive.

They were all wearing metal masks.

People of high status wear golden masks made of gold.

The next best option is the silver mask.

Finally, there's the bronze mask.

There are only ten people with golden masks, and each of their masks has a character on it: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui.

The silver masked figures number twelve, and each mask bears only one character: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai.

That's right, it's the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

As for the bronze mask, the characters on the mask are formed by matching odd numbers with odd numbers and even numbers with even numbers, resulting in the sixty Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, such as Jiazi, Yichou, Bingyin, etc.

Only ten people from the Heavenly Stems are attending the meeting today.

"Hey! A, we now have such a big building, but only a few dozen brothers. Isn't that a bit too shabby? Many floors are empty; it's practically haunted!"

B lay on the conference table, raised a can of cola and poured it into his mouth, making a "glug" sound.

A sat in the main seat, his hands clasped together, supporting his chin, and made a woman's voice.

"Who says we only have a few dozen people? Aren't there tens of thousands of contract workers worldwide?"

"Oh God! They're just a bunch of laborers, their beliefs don't align with ours, they don't even have their own masks, they can't be considered members of our Night Owl Thieves at all!"

I think we should change our organizational structure and make our headquarters larger!

Masks and such using only the Chinese Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches are too limited. Letters, numbers, graphics, and other elements should be added to make them more diverse!

Wouldn't that allow us to have more core members?

A leaned back in his chair, raised an eyebrow, and smiled, "B, you always have so many ingenious ideas, but we don't need that many people. The more people there are, the harder it is to manage. Those contract workers who don't get the core intelligence are enough to keep us in check."

"It's such a shame. I had my eye on a kid who just made it onto the Earth Ranking yesterday, and I really wanted him to be one of us. If you don't expand recruitment, he won't get the mask and won't be one of us!"

Bing, standing nearby, asked, "Is it the Song hexagram from the Huaxia administrative region?"