Their commission was suspicious.

"Oh, guest, don't go!"

"What? Did you see something?" Yun Lian'er, who was already standing on a building resembling an altar and waiting at the edge of the Void Gate, asked.

“不说10罐9空，但至少有1/5的罐子是空的，剩下的3/5开不出什么好东西来，最后的1/5也就一些应急用的物品。虽然把剩下的1/5买了，还能小赚一笔，但是没必要。”陈洛摇了摇头。

The canned goods that unscrupulous merchant mentioned are called "Mist Canned Goods." What's inside is unknown and completely random; it's a little bit of wicked fun from the Abyss Passage.

While it's impossible to find a legendary item in a can, some people have indeed found high-level items inside cans.

Even Liu Huaixi's talent allowed her to see through the canned food, so Chen Luo's task was naturally even easier.

That's why Chen Luo wouldn't open the can.

After Chen Luo and his group touched the void rift and returned to the Blank Hall, they saw a familiar face in the Blank Hall.

"Wenxuan? You can explore the abyss passage now?"

"Oh, it's Brother Luo. Not yet. We can only act together tomorrow. I came down because I received a report that someone said there were continuous rumbling sounds coming from the newbie village represented by the No. 1 Void Gate, which may be causing some unknown special phenomenon, so I need to go and deal with it." Liu Wenxuan explained after greeting him.

"..." by Chen Luo

"I think you don't need to go. We just came out of the newbie zone," Yun Lian'er said.

"What? You solved the problem?" Liu Wenxuan asked with a look of surprise.

As expected of Luo Ge leading the team!

"No, it's because after we came out, no one caused any problems in the newbie zone."

"???"

All I can say is... no wonder Luo is leading the team.

……

"Hahaha, you guys really do... always manage to do something that makes me dizzy." Liu Wenxuan laughed so hard he could barely stand up straight.

"Stop laughing, or I'll beat you up." Chen Luo gripped the Staff of Limits, his face darkening.

"Uh...this is a civilized society now, fighting is not allowed." Liu Wenxuan's smile froze on his face.

"Liu Wenxuan, Liu Wenxuan, aren't you usually very brave when you fight?" Yun Xia mocked from the side.

"How can this be the same?" Liu Wenxuan muttered under his breath.

With the high level of immortality and growth potential brought by his talent of courage, Liu Wenxuan doesn't mind fighting with others at all.

After all, the more they fight, the stronger Liu Wenxuan becomes.

But the problem is that fighting with Chen Luo is torture.

Although all of Chen Luo's talents above S-rank are support talents, whether it's Domination, River God, or the three starter families, Chen Luo has a lot of random items.

Even without considering random items, Liu Wenxuan couldn't beat Chen Luo with his massive array of Herrscher talents.

Although he really wanted to continue chatting, Liu Wenxuan, who had finished the task assigned by the relevant department in just two minutes, still had to return to the ground to perform his duties.

However, before leaving, Liu Wenxuan gave Chen Luo some information that was somewhat useful.

As someone who had also obtained a professional certificate, Liu Wenxuan was quite familiar with the process of acquiring the Abyss Passage Professional Certificate.

“Treasure hunting spots on maps that require collecting several clues to obtain all require entering a secret realm. The challenges inside the secret realm are different and will be randomly selected.”

"A screen will appear in front of you, with a long list that scrolls. You'll be given a choice of which type of level to scroll to, and the content of the secret realm will change depending on the level you choose. There might even be a chance to play online with others." Liu Wenxuan had done his homework thoroughly for this blacksmith's professional certificate.

Chen Luo was different. He didn't do any research at all; all he knew was that there were professional certificates.

Anyway, Chen Luo didn't think he would seek out failure.

"Online?"

"Yes, online. There are so many abyssal passages in the world. Apart from this Starsea City abyssal passage which is basically deserted, the other abyssal passages are very lively. Different people are running dungeons every moment, so the possibility of online dungeons is also very high."

"I hope there won't be any online dungeons; I'm socially awkward," Chen Luo sighed.

"???"

Liu Wenxuan was unsure whether Chen Luo was telling the truth or simply being modest.

If Liu Wenxuan hadn't met Liu Huaixi in the main world, he would have believed Chen Luo's lies.

However, Liu Wenxuan watched as Chen Luo went from being a complete stranger to Liu Huaixi to becoming her savior.

In gaming terms, it took half a day to go from zero synergy to nine synergy...

You're telling me you have social anxiety?

"To be honest, I have very little experience with same-sex friendships. I've only ever had a handful of male friends: you, Merlin, Wendy, Zhongli... I can count the number of male friends I'm in regular contact with on my fingers." Chen Luo said quite seriously.

"Merlin counts too?"

"Of course it counts. Although we've only known each other for less than a month, we're best friends who've been completely open with each other more than 30 times," Chen Luo said matter-of-factly.

"……hiss."

You might have some misunderstanding about the phrase "open your heart and lungs"?

“Unfortunately, I don’t have a private portal in the Abyss Passage of Xinghai City, otherwise you wouldn’t have had to travel for more than an hour to reach the Professional Certificate Dungeon,” Liu Wenxuan said after pausing for a while.

“After all, this is the Xinghai City Abyss Passage. I have five private Void Gates in the Abyss Passage in the Forbidden City. But here there’s only one. What respectable person would come to the Xinghai City Abyss Passage for no reason?” Yun Xia said in agreement.

"I guess only people like me, who have never been to the Abyss Passage before, and who can take advantage of the fact that the Abyss Passage is not yet fully explored, would come here," Chen Luo said, pointing to himself.

The empty hall wasn't a good place to chat. Although it was because all the talented people had rushed into the abyss passage and there was no one around, so we could talk freely, a couple of groups of people came over after a short while.

After chatting for a while, they said goodbye and Chen Luo and the others went through Yun Xia's private virtual portal to the teleportation point closest to their professional credentials.

After seeing that someone had a private portal, the group that came also wanted to pay to use a teleportation point, but Yun Xia refused.

Upon arriving at this teleportation point, Chen Luo finally understood why Yun Xia had refused so decisively…

"You've built your Void Gate into this mess? A garbage dump?" Yun Lian'er said bluntly.

"If you don't like it, don't use it." Yun Xia retorted to Yun Lian'er without any politeness.

"Alright, you two stop arguing. Xia is probably just being perfunctory because she doesn't come here often. But... could you expand your bunker a bit next time? It's almost too cramped." Chen Luo stepped in as a peacemaker.

Inside a tightly sealed circular building, Chen Luo and his group were crammed together, with virtually no space between them.

This round bunker is shaped like a large pot, simply placed upside down on the ground, and its size...

About one-quarter of a student dormitory.

"I never would have imagined that someone would use my private portal. This wretched place used to be a swamp outside, and I don't know what has happened to it now." Yun Xia muttered to herself as she punched the bunker above her head, shattering it.

This can hardly be considered a bunker; it's more like a private refuge created by Yunxia using the most rudimentary earth manipulation magic, solely for the purpose of protecting the Void Gate from being discovered.

After everyone went outside, they saw the surroundings outside the illusory gate...

"Poisonous Swamp, is that the name?" Chen Luo glanced at the name displayed on the map in the upper left corner of his talent panel.

Chen Luo's talent panel used to have a map function, but he never used it.

“That’s right. Here, gas masks.” Yunxia distributed the gas masks she had prepared to everyone.

"This is a high-risk area. Be careful of the monsters that might appear inside. Not only are the monsters here very high-level, but each attack also inflicts poison. Also, be careful of any strange things that might emerge from the swamp beneath your feet," Yun Xia whispered in her advice.

After receiving the gas mask, Chen Luo did not put it on immediately. Instead, he glanced at his mission satisfaction progress bar and, after confirming that it was above 80%, used his reconnaissance ability to survey the entire poisonous swamp.

"What a terrible place! Why are there so few treasure chests? Is this really a high-altitude area? It's basically full of red-named monsters," Chen Luo complained after glancing around.

"In high-risk areas, there are usually fewer treasure chests, but the quality is higher. However, the main source of income is actually from killing monsters."

"If you leave those slain monsters alone, they will drop some loot after a while, mostly materials. But if you have the ability to dissect them, you can get even more loot from them. These materials can be sold for a lot of money. Unlike high-level items, these materials can also be used in the Abyss Passage."

"What if we just blast the monster to smithereens, leaving not even ashes?" Chen Luo suddenly asked.

"Well, loot will drop, but the quality and quantity of materials in the loot will be lower," Yunxia said.

"Let me double-check, is the treasure chest immune to being forcibly broken open?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"What about the Void Gate? Will it be destroyed?"

"It's basically impossible. There are no known cases of private illusory gates being destroyed in the spiritual energy planes. Wait, what are you planning to do?" Hearing Chen Luo's increasingly dangerous questions, Yun Xia became wary.

"Ah, here's the thing. I just used my scouting tool to check this high-risk area and found that the satisfaction rate only dropped by 5%. That means the game tester's workload isn't calculated based on the time spent entering the Abyss Passage, but rather on the danger level of the area within the Abyss Passage," Chen Luo said.

Great! I originally thought we wouldn't be able to use reconnaissance as a regular method for at least three days, but it seems that as long as we stay in the high-risk area, there shouldn't be any problems.

"so what?"

"So I thought that when I got to a high-risk area, the job of a game tester might become more tolerable for me, so I decided to try out a special way of clearing out the area."

How do you plan to conduct the experiment?

"It takes 30 seconds to re-enter the Void Gate. You should be ready to cool down by now, right?" Chen Luo asked, pointing to the Void Gate.

"??? It's possible, but..."

"You'll find out soon enough. For now, go back to the Empty Hall through the Void Gate. I'll follow you right away," Chen Luo said.

"?"

Although everyone was puzzled by Chen Luo's actions, out of trust in him, they still returned to the drum that resembled a grave.

Among them, Liu Huaixi ran the fastest, as if she were being chased by something terrifying.

When everyone returned to the empty hall, looking completely bewildered, Chen Luo ran out less than five seconds later.

"So what are you planning to do?" Yun Xia asked, puzzled, looking at the Void Gate which still had 25 seconds of cooldown left.

"I've unlocked a fast-paced level-up technique..."

"Crunch!"

Before Chen Luo could finish speaking, he heard a short circuit sound, and then Yun Xia watched helplessly as her private virtual portal flickered twice before she went offline.

"What have you done?!" Yun Xia looked at Chen Luo in disbelief.

"What happened?" Yun Lian'er asked.

"My Void Gate token indicates that my Void Gate has suffered a large amount of continuous and massive real damage in a short period of time, so it needs to be repaired. The repair time will be about 30 days," Yun Xia said blankly.

Then his gaze toward Chen Luo was filled with a strange expression.

"Don't, don't look at me like that. I'll just give you a virtual gate instead."

Chen Luo glanced away, embarrassed.

"And didn't you say that the Void Gate wouldn't be destroyed?"

"...I don't care about that illusory gate. Anyway, there aren't any good resource points around. That damned poisonous swamp is annoying and not suitable for me at all. But I'm very curious about what you did."

"Anyway, you'll be the one running around looking for your professional credentials."

"If you want to know what happened, why don't you just go and see for yourself?"

“But the Void Gates are all broken. It will take 30 days to repair them.” Yun Xia waved the Void Gate token in her hand.

"Here you go." As soon as Yun Xia finished speaking, Chen Luo tossed a token to her.

"Huh?" Yun Xia took the token and discovered that it was actually a string of virtual gate tokens.

"Where did you get this Void Gate Token?" Yun Xia asked, puzzled.

Isn't this Chen Luo's first day in the Abyss Passage?

"Oh, this... It's a teleportation anchor point. But it cost me 100 for the modification. They really rip me off." Chen Luo couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken.

Chen Luo felt uneasy looking at the illusory portal, and with the added reminder from his talent, he decided to place a teleportation anchor point.

As soon as Chen Luo plugged in the teleportation anchor, he received a notification that he could spend 100 Primogems to turn the teleportation anchor into a virtual portal in the Abyss Passage. However, once the teleportation anchor was turned into a virtual portal, it could not be taken back.

"Doesn't this mean you can casually insert yourself into a void? That's outrageous!"

"The most outrageous part is yet to come," Chen Luo said, crossing his arms.

"Wow!"

Just as Yunxia was about to ask further questions, a steady stream of people filed out from the other virtual gates.

Yunxia vaguely heard talk of things like the Big Bang and the black hole realm.

Yun Xia and Yun Lian'er exchanged a glance, then activated the virtual gate Chen Luo had given Yun Xia, and led everyone to investigate.

However, as soon as Yunxia stepped out of the void, she felt her feet slip and fell straight down.