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

"Ghost Bro contributed so much this time, yet he only got second place? Who's the champion then?"

"I don't know. Only the host's cue cards and the old thief's brain know."

"Oh? Then I'll read it..."

"Don't read this!! Brother Huo! What's wrong with your training course! How come the newbie doesn't know this taboo?!"

"We've been fighting these past few days, there's no time to hold training classes."

"Wabibabuwabibabuwabibabu..."

"One male guest in the cannon fodder group—"

As the clones discussed who would win the championship, the host glanced at the cue card that Song Gua had given him.

"Next up is the champion of this awards ceremony, who is—ugh! Shameless!"

The host's announcer voice suddenly became irritable; he threw down his cue cards and stormed off the stage.

One of the clones picked up the card and read it.

"Taked upon in a time of crisis, my divine might shines between heaven and earth! I fight fiercely against the two rivers, battling the divine transformation, strategizing and winning prestige! The divine transformation is in pain, but I am not! My cheat codes will surely be sealed, but I, Song Gua, will not go mad!"

The body's memories cannot be read casually.

The memories of the other clones can still be easily accessed.

Everyone saw the contents of the card and spoke in unison.

"Holy crap! That's shameless!"

Song Gua had somehow ended up standing on the champion's podium.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you everyone! Actually, all the credit goes to everyone this time. I don't need this empty title, I don't need it!"

The clones collectively made a "tsk" gesture.

"I have never seen such a shameless person!"

"The old man with number 21 tells you, 'You'll get used to it.'"

"That old thief isn't just a name; beating Zhang Erhe wasn't his achievement, it was the cannon fodder group that was good!"

"Speaking of this wave in Glory City, plus the fight between Old Thief and Zhang Erhe, more than a hundred people in the cannon fodder group died. Are you short on manpower?"

"The old thief will definitely find a reason to add more people to the cannon fodder group, such as making people with voices exceeding 40 decibels enter the headquarters with their left foot first, or something like that."

After the awards ceremony, a wild party ensued.

More than three thousand clones ate, drank, and played in the three-story air-raid shelter until they were too tired to continue, and then collapsed on the ground and fell asleep.

"Clatter..."

Song Gua turned off the loud dance music coming from the stereo.

The entire bandit headquarters fell silent, save for the sounds of the clones' breathing, snoring, teeth grinding, smacking, farting, and sleep talking as they slept...

"Everyone should get some rest; you've all been exhausted these past few days."

Once absorbed back into the body, the state becomes stable, which means that once the state of fatigue is absorbed, the fatigue will persist.

Therefore, the Song hexagram needs to allow its clones to rest well outside.

Back at his desk, Song Gua took out the Dark Artifact and Soul-Devouring Pearl that he currently possessed.

"The Dark Balance Scales and the Dark Pocket Watch work normally, the Dark Bronze Mirror is a vessel but lacks spirit, the Dark Dagger has spirit but no weapon, hmm..."

Song Gua was planning what to do next.

You must seek out the spirit of the Dark Bronze Mirror, or find a way to lure the snake out of its hole.

Yanzu needs to rise to a higher position, and ideally, he should be able to make contact with Ye Chen, who is currently imprisoned.

They are all things that have a direction, but the process is not easy to manage.

Da Congming sat at the table next to him, organizing intelligence.

"Boss, something's happened outside."

Song Gua glanced at his phone.

"I've already seen the news."

"They went too far, actually firing at the protesters!"

"No revolution is without bloodshed."

"Should we go out and help them?"

"Isn't that exactly what Zhang Erhe wanted? If we were all arrested, all the efforts of the citizens would be in vain. The Federation has already disappointed them utterly. We are their hope. Only by preserving our strength can we live up to their sacrifices."

"We're wanted worldwide now, what's the next step? Should we fast-forward to rebellion?"

Song Gua picked up his phone and looked at the footage of the Jiangnan 3.25 massacre on a short video platform.

"They've put us on the second most wanted list in the world; we probably have no choice but to fight back."

Da Congming felt his blood heating up.

"Where shall we begin our uprising?"

"No rush, we need to lie low for a while longer."

Da Congming felt his blood cool down again.

Song Gua analyzed it for him.

"Miss Butterfly just told me that the allied forces on the lunar battlefield have all returned to Earth."

In addition, a group of clergy who had been in hibernation have awakened, and there are now far more active clergy on Earth than before.

Our strength is not yet at the level where we are not afraid of clergy.

So we have to wait, wait for me to reach the third stage, wait for the rest of the group to reach the third stage!

At that time, through the power of balance and unity, we will be able to meet the clergy.

The Song hexagram is not a mere conjecture.

He had already fought with Zhang Erhe.

He was confident that he could fight Zhang Erhe, a clergyman of at least the level of a third-level cleric, after the third cleric.

"Then it will take at least another six months."

"Yes, but we can reach level 60 early and go for the third job advancement as soon as it opens."

"So, in that case, we'll have to rely on experience books to level up later."

"Eating experience books is only one aspect. The reason why the Huaxia region is chasing us so closely is because Zhang Erhe is in charge. But other administrative regions are not paying as much attention to us. Let's change the map to farm resources."

"That makes sense. We can exchange experience books in other administrative districts' Glory City. Zhang Erhe must have made some arrangements in China's Glory City. They will make their move as soon as we show our faces."

Zhang Erhe's domineering push for the arrest of bandits meant that there was nowhere for bandits to hide in the Huaxia region.

Fortunately, Song Gua had already opened up maps of other administrative regions early on, so before the third turn, bandits could develop in other administrative regions.

"Zhang Erhe, just wait! When my bandits return to China, it will be the day you and your allied forces are annihilated!"

At this point, Song Gua's lips curled up, as if he had thought of something.

"We can't eliminate Zhang Erhe, the clergyman, right now, but we can still wipe out his lackeys, the Shi family."

"Oh? Boss, are you going to use those Shi family members who were captured and brought back?"

"We'll have to wait a bit, but not until the third job advancement. We can wait until I reach level 60. After all, we need to wait until those high-ranking officials of the Shi family are replaced. Then, the grand spectacle of the Shi family's downfall will begin!"

The third job advancement challenge is open periodically, twice a year.

This one, which started at the beginning of the year, has already begun. Although it's not over yet, registration is no longer possible.

So we can only wait for the second time, six months later.

However, it doesn't take half a year to reach level 60.

The reputation gain this time is too great, so he's not worried about wasting money by buying too much every day; he can quickly level up.

Just as Song Gua and Da Congming were discussing how to plan for the future, one of the gatekeeper's clones ran over.

"You scoundrel! You scoundrel! Someone's at the door!"

"Who is it? Didn't they put up a sign saying it's a private place and doesn't accept guests?"

"It's Wan Jianyi."

"puff--"

Song Gua spat out the mouthful of water he had just taken a sip of.

"What's he doing here? Does he know this is the bandits' headquarters?"

"Yes, he said he knew."

"WTF? Why doesn't he just storm in? Isn't the Special Affairs Bureau also going to arrest us now?"

He said he wanted to ask us for a favor, and that only we could help him with this.

"What's up?"

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