My health recovery is incredibly fast.

After completing the process, Xia Zuo's alchemy pocket contained several more manuals, alchemy cards, five sets of secret communication rings, and a stack of banknotes.

The message from the cheat system came to my mind:

"A change in the host's identity has been detected. The character template has been updated, and a new [identity] has been added: Citizen of the Silvermoon Federation."

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[Identity] Citizen of the Silvermoon Federation

【Status Level】A15

When you collect your monthly rewards, you will receive an equivalent amount of experience points.

【Promotion Requirements】Achieve more civic honors.

【Identity Bonus】

[Law-abiding citizen]

Experience rewards are calculated daily at midnight based on the day's performance. If no laws, regulations, or rules are violated, the full experience reward will be given. If there are illegal, irregular, or unethical behaviors and penalties are imposed by law enforcement, no reward will be given for that day.

After receiving experience rewards for 365 consecutive days, subsequent rewards will be increased by 100%.

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The experience bonus from the "Law-abiding Citizen" status shouldn't be much, since it's calculated daily, but it can add up to a significant amount over time.

Xia Zuo temporarily put aside the information in his mind and registered his engagement with An Ru'er at the marriage registry.

From a legal perspective, the relationship between the two is now protected by marriage law, and consequently, their behavior will be subject to more restrictions.

Next, it's time to choose a place to stay.

At Sylvia's suggestion, the two chose a low-rise building closer to the Energy Research Institute. Xia Zuo took a public carriage, which was about a 10-minute drive from the Poison Research Institute.

Sylvia left after helping the two find a house.

As an envoy sent by Lady Starry Night to the Western Continent, she was going to report to Lady Starry Night and left Anruer a secret message ring before leaving.

For the rest of the day, Xia Zuo and An Ru'er tidied up their low house.

Check for any damaged hot and cold water pipes and gas pipes; check if the heating metal grilles, gas stove, and gas meter are working properly; adjust the layout of the house; put away any unused furniture in the storage room; and then throw the dirty clothes that you carried all the way in your alchemy bag into the washing machine to wash them…

After finishing these trivial tasks, it was already evening.

Two community police officers visited the home.

They promoted the community self-governance law, as well as the obligations and rights of being a community resident, in accordance with the Magina State Community Management Ordinance.

The police officer, wearing a badged bowler hat and a double-breasted black trench coat, gave the following instructions before leaving:

"Mr. Xia Zuo, you are an A-level citizen with a strong sense of civic responsibility, and you are also a student of Lady Starry Night. However, given that your innate magic is Tivanas Windwalk, I still have to remind you of the following in accordance with the law:

"Please be sure to abide by the relevant laws such as the Civilian Protection Law, the Law on Reasonable Restraint of Mages, and the Law on Restraint of Windwalking Spell, and do not abuse the magical properties of Windwalking Spell."

“If you trespass on someone else’s property or commit other more serious illegal or criminal acts, I will inform the police and exercise the right of eviction granted to me by the community self-government committee.”

Xia Zuo raised his right palm to his side, his tone sincere, "Officer Matt, I promise to abide by the law and will only use Tivanas Windwalk or other spells with special permission."

“Thank you for your cooperation.” Matt extended his right hand, which was wearing a white glove. “What I said just now was routine, I hope you don’t mind.”

"It's an honor for this community to have such responsible police officers as you and your colleagues." Xia Zuo shook hands with the other person and exchanged pleasantries with the other police officer.

“This is my communication ring. Please contact me immediately if anything unusual happens.” Matt handed over a ring. “Goodbye, Mr. Shazo.”

The two police officers nodded to Anru, who was standing to the side, then walked to the car parked on the street and drove to their next destination.

The residents of this community pay a considerable amount of taxes each year, and the community police officers who patrol here drive cars instead of riding horses to avoid soiling the ground with horse manure.

Xia Zuo put his arm around his lover's waist and returned to the house. Looking at the brand-new living room and furniture, the bright yellow light from the alchemical lamps felt even warmer.

"Let me cook, so you can try my cooking." Xia Zuo rubbed his hands together and stepped into the kitchen. When he was looking for a place to stay in the afternoon, he bought some fresh vegetables and smoked meat, so making a fragrant minced meat and vegetable soup wouldn't be a problem.

"Then I'll go tidy up the wardrobe and hang the clothes up to dry." An Ru'er smiled sweetly and went up the stairs to the second floor.

In no time, the room was filled with the aroma of food, and the two sat around the round table to enjoy a simple yet sweet dinner.

They were both intelligent and quick-witted, and it wouldn't take them more than a few days to adapt to their new life.

Chapter 45, Action Team 17

The community where Xia and his companion lived was called St. York Community, located in the southwest of Poseidon.

The people living here are all Class A citizens—reputable, high-income, and well-mannered. They belong to the group of people who will never be treated coldly anywhere they go.

Coach drivers love customers like this: punctual, generous, and who won't make a mess of the carriage.

So early in the morning, a long line of public horse-drawn carriages would be waiting on the street in front of the community.

Xia Zuo and Anru'er boarded one of the carriages, first dropping Anru'er off at the Energy Research Institute, and then turning around to head to the building where the Poison Research Institute was located—the Boxin Building.

According to the provisions of the Law on Reasonable Restraint of Legal Techniques.

With the "Windwalking License," one can use Windwalking instead of conventional vehicles to drift in public areas of the Silvermoon Federation.

However, the price of this license is a bit high...it requires 300 Federal Points. Furthermore, once the maximum number of offenses is reached, the license will be revoked, and you'll need to spend double the points to redeem it again.

Xia Zuo doesn't have enough points yet, so he can only commute to and from get off work by public carriage.

In the lobby on the first floor of the Bosing Building.

A figure walked towards Xia Zuo, who was wearing a dark blue trench coat.

"You are Xia Zuo, right?"

This person had slightly long, light gray hair and unusual purple pupils, and looked to be the same age as Xia Zuo.

“I am Lanlot, a member of the 17th Operations Team. I need to take up some of your time to introduce you to the others.”

Good morning, Lanlot.

Xia Zuo reached out and lightly shook hands with the other person, his nostrils twitching slightly as he smelled the aroma of oil and tobacco mixed together.

The other person has calluses on the web of their right hand and the knuckles of their fingers.

Beneath the open black trench coat was a tactical belt tied around the waist, with a black fanny pack attached to it.

"To be honest, you are much younger than I expected. Before meeting you, I thought all expert-level poison alchemists were middle-aged people in their thirties or forties."

Xia Zuo couldn't help but smile upon hearing this.

He was quite an oddball in the alchemy zone on the third underground floor.

His three colleagues all looked to be at least 40 years old, but when the supervisor from Vickers introduced them, he said that they had only joined the research institute a few years earlier than Xia Zuo... at most, they were only in their 30s.

Lanlot withdrew his gaze from Xia Zuo's smooth skin and stretched out his hand towards a corner of the hall. "This way, the action team's base isn't underground."

As Lanlot walked forward, he said:

“I heard from Master Rexor that you helped him control Blood Demon Number 13. He praised you for your patience, obedience to orders, skill in curses, and genuine expertise in poisons and alchemy. We need support personnel like you.”

Xia Zuo maintained a humble smile.

The two entered a separate elevator lobby, the gate closed, and the elevator smoothly ascended.

"There aren't many official members in the action team, only five including myself. Freya is an office worker, an ordinary person who helps us with miscellaneous tasks and doesn't need to go out on fieldwork. The other four are all official mages. I am proficient in Evocation, Detection, and Spiritual Arts, and a skilled Artifact Master. I serve as both a scout and an assault soldier."

Lanlot lifted his trench coat, revealing a uniquely designed pistol under his left armpit, with a glowing glass ball attached to the grip.

“Pike, come out and greet my new companion,” Lanlot whistled.

A small pig emitting a mysterious blue light floated out of the glass ball, growing to the size of a palm. It squinted its eyes and lazily circled around Xia Zuo once before crawling back into the glass ball to continue its deep sleep.

"Sorry, it was tired last night." Lanlot stroked the glass ball and closed his trench coat.

"Does Pike have any special skills?" Xia Zuo asked curiously.

Under normal circumstances, a mage can only possess one spirit.

Each spirit is given a wondrous and unique characteristic at the time of its birth.

Like the resident mage of Piek Fortress whom I met ten years ago, his spirit must have had an exceptional sense of smell.

“Pike is highly sensitive to elemental light. It can detect even the slightest changes in the light of spells or poisons.”

Lanlot laughed, "Before you joined, we relied on it to detect toxins in the air."

“Oh dear, it’s a pity,” Lanlot sighed dramatically, “the Spirit School is missing too much. Especially the Spirit Language. Many times, I can only sense its emotional changes, but I can’t understand what it’s saying.”

I've seen this shortcoming mentioned in a book before.

That's why Xia Zuo rejected the spirit body school.

"Bang." The elevator stopped, and the iron gate opened.

"Follow me." Lanlot used an alchemy card to unlock the action team's door and pushed it open to go inside.

This is a reception room. A classic-style sofa is placed against the corner of the wall, with several soft-backed chairs next to it, and a wooden coffee table in the center.

There is a desk with a fence on the side opposite the entrance.

Freya, with her long flaxen hair, stopped typing amidst a pile of documents, raised her head, revealing her forehead and deep brown eyes, first giving Lanlot a somewhat reproachful look, then a polite smile appeared on her face as she looked at the figure behind him.

"Freya, this is Shazo."

Lanlot turned to the side and introduced, "The new support personnel in the action team, I mentioned them to you yesterday."

"Hello, Shazo." Freya stood up and greeted him humbly, her hands folded in front of her.

Xia Zuo responded with a smile.

“I’ll take him to see the captain.” Lanlot pushed open the glass door at the end of the reception room.

A long corridor appeared before us, with many doors on both sides, some closed and some half-open.

As Xia Zuo walked by, he glanced behind the door and saw a tall, muscular man lifting weights on the gym equipment.

Lanlot turned the doorknob of an office, stepped aside to make way, and looked into the room. "Captain, Xia Zuo is here."

A man wearing a checkered vest and white shirt stood beside the coffee machine, an alchemy stone slung under his right arm, a coffee cup in his hand, and turned around to say:

"Come in, Xia Zuo. I'm Dunke."

Deng Ke had short, dark gray hair, deep-set eyes, and looked to be in his forties with a calm demeanor.