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

a few days later.

Jiangnan City, the site of the Dingkua Bar.

The area has been cleaned up, and the damaged surface and underground facilities have long been repaired.

"Master Xu, you see, although this underground shop of ours is a converted civil defense project, the ventilation is excellent, and there is no odor or musty smell at all."

The entire underground space is enormous, exceeding 10,000 square meters, and is divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower!

If you rent the entire property, the leasing department is willing to offer a 30% discount!

I believe there's no better location in terms of value for money.

The speaker was the deputy director of the Investment Promotion Department of the Jiangnan Municipal Government.

He was leading Xu Ming, the head of the Xu family, one of the three major families in Yunshan, on an on-site inspection of this large area of ​​empty underground shops.

"Vice Minister, ever since the mutant beasts appeared here last time, I've heard that the underground shops in this area are practically impossible to rent out. 30% off? That's too expensive."

Although Yunshan City is not large.

However, Xu Ming's business acumen is still quite remarkable, as he has become one of the major financial groups in Yunshan City.

After a flurry of haggling, the price was finally reduced to 40% off.

The deputy minister reluctantly signed the contract.

But compared to leaving it empty, it can at least generate some income.

"Is Patriarch Xu planning to open a nightclub? Such a huge nightclub, I must congratulate you in advance on your fortune."

Xu Ming nodded.

"Not bad, thankfully this is a standard civil defense facility, the sound insulation is pretty good, otherwise it might be very noisy."

"It's alright, it's alright. This area is all commercial, with lots of night markets. It's noisy to begin with, so even if the soundproofing isn't great, no one will mind."

The next day, Xu Ming returned to Jiangnan City, went to a hospital, met Ouyang Dongsheng, and gave him the contract.

"It's already rented."

Ouyang Dongsheng took a look.

"Thank you for your trouble, Master Xu. You have your own group, so it's much more convenient for you to travel to other cities. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered you to make this trip."

"It's no trouble at all. It's my honor to be able to provide some assistance to the bandits."

"I've already transferred the money to you."

"No, no, it's just a small amount of money. My Xu family can afford it. I'll return the money to its original owner right away."

"No need. What they mean is that the original agreement must be upheld, so they won't take advantage of you."

Xu Ming sighed.

"The bandits changed our three businesses' operating strategy in Yunshan City. Although we are earning less for the time being, the entire city has visibly come back to life in just a few months."

Once the citizens become wealthy, the industries we've already established will likely experience a surge in profits, perhaps even surpassing the glory days when the Zhao family was still around!

"Why didn't we think about benefiting the people before?"

Ouyang Dongsheng laughed.

"It's not that I haven't thought of it, it's just that I don't want to think about it."

Xu Ming gave a wry smile.

"Now that Mr. Ouyang is a member of the bandits, his vision and perspective seem to have changed."

"I'm just atoning for my sins."

And so, the bandits acquired a new headquarters.

An underground air-raid shelter covering tens of thousands of square meters and spanning three floors.

The first floor houses offices and a sewing machine.

The awards ceremony was held on the second floor.

Three layers of cliques and factions.

Absolutely perfect.

Time passed day by day.

In the blink of an eye, Song Gua's first semester at university came to an end.

Honestly, I didn't feel anything.

Because I didn't attend school for more than a few days.

During these three months, Song Gua was mainly busy upgrading.

With more clones, you can gain more reputation every day.

Therefore, Song Gua added 10 more main clones, and had them buy an experience book every day.

The experience bar growth rate for all bandits has been further increased!

Before long, Song Gua reached level 35.

However, he did not attempt to break the record for the level 35 dungeon because breaking the record would make him appear on the leaderboard.

But Tong Zhan is not yet level 35.

Breaking the record will only get you two job change medals, and whether they're useful or not is still uncertain, so there's no need to rush.

The addition of experience books, the increasingly powerful Bloodbringer, and the fact that you no longer need to allocate experience points for pet hatching like you would during summer vacation.

This made the upgrade speed, which should have been getting slower and slower, faster instead!

After the New Year, in January of the year 1001 in the Gregorian calendar, all the bandits successfully reached level 40, with the officers and main force leveling up faster than the main force by two or three levels.

The Song Gua entity, having received more experiential feedback, has reached Lv45!

At this time, Song Gua was only 20 years old!

The Class of '45, aged 20 and above, is not only unprecedented, but once revealed, it will shock the world!

Fortunately, Song Gua is confused, so he can keep his outward appearance at a barely reasonable level, which makes people think he is very awesome.

The current confusion is no longer a secret treasure, but rather a passive position in the Song hexagram!

After clearing the Ninja Illusion Realm, Song Gua's clone ability also gained a new power.

At that moment, all the treasures he carried began to glow.

Before his eyes appeared a ball of light, echoing all the treasures.

It seems to be a reminder to Song Gua to put some kind of secret treasure inside.

Song Gua incorporated the most practical bewilderment that Yue Sheng had given him back then.

The Bewilderment Treasure disappeared, and in its place, the Bewilderment effect became the Song Hexagram and a passive effect on all clones!

Yes, all clones!

Now, all clones can have their appearance level modified, their panels completely hidden to prevent any detection, and their damage color changed, among other information display functions.

Previously, confusion was a secret treasure; once it was taken away, it lost its power.

Now, it has become a passive ability that is not displayed on the panel, and it has been simultaneously given to all clones, as well as all new clones from now on.

Make big!

Once you reach level 40, the experience bar change from an experience book is only 1%.

The improvement provided by a book of experience can never be 3% forever.

The higher the level, the more experience is required.

The experience books increase proportionally, but in reality, the amount of experience gained per instance increases more as you progress, even though the percentage decreases.

All things considered, it's still much more efficient than leveling up.

During these three months, Yanzu returned from Glory City with Wang Miao.

Not long after, Wang Miao went to Glory City again, this time without Yan Zu. After all, Yan Zu was an intern and couldn't completely abandon his studies.

According to Yanzu, Wang Miao seems to have discovered traces of the Dark Compass appearing in Huaxia Glory City.

Song Gua suspects that the compass plan mentioned by the dagger spirit may be related to Glory City.

Edison Chen, who went undercover in the Xichuan City law enforcement team, has now been officially promoted and directly became a squad leader in the law enforcement team.

But he was just a freshman.

The local professional association intervened and transferred Edison Chen's student status from Zhenhua University to a top university in Xichuan City.

Edison Chen, at a young age, became a squad leader, and his story in Xichuan City was quite exciting, but it was unrelated to the main plot, so we'll leave it aside for now.

……

In a place whose location is unknown.

A cloud of black mist slowly emerged, with a compass suspended at its bottom.

The Dark Compass appeared from the black mist in the form of Luo Tong.

He shouted in this place called "Inspiration Space".

"Where are they?! Where did everyone go?!"

After waiting for a long time, three wisps of black mist arrived.

At the bottom of these three clouds of mist, one can see the phantom images of a golden seal, a bronze mirror, and a cross, respectively.

"Is your plan about to begin?"

The compass spirit did not speak, but remained silent for a long time.

Finally, he lost his patience.

"Are you kidding me?! We only have four people left?! Since our collective recovery, we haven't even had a single time together, and three of us have already been wiped out?!"