Then let them offer their loyalty!

Pushing open the door, I found Shen Lingshuang fast asleep on the sofa, with two dishes on the table, already cold.

Upon seeing this, Qiu Tu's gaze flickered slightly before he stepped forward, picked up Shen Lingshuang, and carried her back to the bedroom.

Shen Lingshuang's body stiffened for a moment, then her nose twitched, probably because she smelled Qiu Tu's scent. Finally, she nestled peacefully in Qiu Tu's arms and fell asleep again.

Qiu Tu put the girl on the bed, covered her with a blanket, took off his clothes, washed up, turned off the light, and got into bed.

Lying in bed, Qiu Tu reached out and hugged Shen Lingshuang. Shen Lingshuang snuggled closer to Qiu Tu, found a comfortable position, and then fell asleep again.

Qiu Tu, however, did not sleep. He held the girl in his arms, lying on the bed, reminiscing about the long day.

He experienced so much today that he was a little overwhelmed.

He first woke up in the morning and discovered that the "Yin Caimei case" was a trap, which led him to rush to rescue Secretary Bai.

Next came the interrogation of Cao Dabiao and Chen Feng, which garnered their loyalty and made them members of his team.

Then he discovered that Yin Caimei's death was likely related to Yan Chen, the Political Department, and Jia Shu. He was probably being made a scapegoat.

Finally, he unexpectedly learned from Atai about Vice Chairman Tian's cooperation with the Investigation Bureau, completing the last piece of the puzzle in the whole incident.

This series of twists and turns has truly left Qiu Tu feeling mentally and physically exhausted.

However, even so, he still couldn't rest. Because he had one last task to complete: to start the [Loyalty Game].

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. A little more loyalty and a few more clues each day can accumulate into a qualitative change in a week or a month.

Therefore, no matter how tired he was, Qiu Tu never forgot his powerful cheat code.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu also summoned the [Loyalty Game] panel.

Upon summoning the control panel, Qiu Tu discovered that tonight's "Loyalty Game" had undergone significant changes compared to yesterday.

Besides Ah Xiong and Ah Kun, whose loyalty scores successfully exceeded 90, becoming the third and fourth subordinates after Ah Tai and Lao Ying to surpass 90 loyalty scores, Ah Xiong and Ah Kun are also among the top 10.

Today, half of the members of Cao Dabiao's team whom Qiu Tu recruited have a loyalty level exceeding 60, thus qualifying for the "Loyalty Game".

Looking at the twenty-odd names on the panel, Qiu Tu felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Despite their small number, this was his first group of people in this world.

He also believed that as his status and power grew, the number of people on these two lists would increase.

By then, he will have more and more followers in the New Territories, in the planned development areas, in the shelters, and throughout the entire cataclysmic world! His every word and action will have a profound impact on this world!

After quietly contemplating the future for a while, Qiu Tu came back to his senses and started watching the "Loyalty Game".

Last night, Qiu Tu learned that the loyalty game had two tiers.

The first tier has a loyalty level of 60, and the second tier has a loyalty level of 90.

Last night, Qiu Tu activated the first level of the game. The effect was that subordinates with over 60 loyalty could engage in "fighting games" with other subordinates and receive various rewards.

Today, he's testing the second-tier game, of course.

He also wanted to know how the loyalty game would change once the loyalty level reached 90%.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu clicked on the eagle's name and then selected the second tier of the loyalty game...

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This chapter was censored twice before, with a few paragraphs at the beginning being cut. It doesn't affect the plot.

Chapter 84 Cataclysmic Potion: Rosemary (7k views, please continue reading)

With the click, an introduction to the second tier of the game immediately popped up in front of Qiu Tu.

As a supervisor, you can designate one subordinate with a loyalty rating of 90 or higher to "work overtime" each night.

The subordinates who were "working overtime" will be sent to the "Boundless Sea of ​​Hearts" for a search.

The area to be salvaged will correspond to its location in the "Boundless Sea of ​​the Mind" in the real world.

Therefore, each time you salvage, you have a chance to obtain "Cataclysmic Potions," "Cataclysmic Artifacts," or "Cataclysmic Creatures" that exist in your area as a reward.

[Each time they attempt to salvage something, their subordinates also have a certain probability of being infiltrated by the forces of cataclysm, increasing the likelihood of them awakening.]

[Note 1: The loyalty of salvaged catastrophic creatures cannot be guaranteed. Please ensure you are capable of dealing with them before releasing them.]

[Note 2: Subordinates of non-catastrophic beings can only conduct one salvage operation per week. Conducting multiple salvage operations carries the risk of corruption, catastrophe, etc.]

After reading the introduction to the second game, Qiu Tu blinked and his brain quickly made a simple analogy: an alternate world version of Gold Miner?

Your subordinates work during the day and then, like gold miners, toil away at night to retrieve catastrophe potions, catastrophe items, and even catastrophe creatures for you.

This is too much... too utterly immoral!

Am I really not going to get hung up on a streetlight?

Thinking this, Qiu Tu silently made an excuse for himself: Hmm, working overtime in a dream shouldn't count as working overtime, right?

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu didn't delay and directly selected the Eagle, starting the second level of the game.

As Qiu Tu confirmed, a small image popped up in front of him the next second.

The image shows a chibi-style aerial view of the New Territories, with a pixelated figure with a hooked nose standing atop a building at the highest point of the city, casting a fishing net downwards.

The net in his hand was enormous; one sweep could cover the entire New Territories.

But perhaps the net was just too big, because after a few minutes of hard work, when he finally managed to drag it up, it was completely empty.

So, he stomped his foot in frustration and continued casting his net...

Cast the net, haul it in, cast the net, haul it in—the animation goes on and on like this.

Qiu Tu watched quietly for a while, knowing that there probably wouldn't be any results in the short term, so he temporarily turned off the game screen and prepared to start the first tier of the loyalty game, the "fighting game".

Qiu Tu opened the "fighting game" and, just like last night, selected Atai and Wang Xi.

The fragments of memory Qiu Tu obtained this morning allowed him to glimpse a previously unknown side of Wang Xi.

So Qiu Tu also wanted to get to know this amazing subordinate who was a "pharmacist at work and a motorcycle thug after get off work" more deeply.

Let's find out what organization he belongs to, and what that organization usually does...

Having arranged the two loyalty games, Qiu Tu's task for the day was finally complete.

He yawned, then nestled his arms around Shen Lingshuang's small, soft, and fragrant body and slowly drifted off to sleep...

.........

The blue moon hung high in the night sky, casting down its light like a veil, quietly illuminating the newly born city of the New Territories.

But for some reason, there seems to be some mysterious fluctuation happening in the New Territories tonight.

The fluctuations were highly regular, occurring every few minutes, and completely imperceptible to ordinary beings. Even the Cataclysmic Ones or Cataclysmic Creatures perceived them merely as normal ripples in the boundless sea of ​​their minds...

However, if someone could see the gameplay footage of the "Loyalty" game, they would find that the fluctuation pattern is exactly the same as an eagle casting and reeling in its net.

It's as if someone is actually salvaging something from a higher dimension, looking down at the entire New Territories...

And so, the night passed without further incident.

The next day, Qiu Tu was woken up by someone touching him.

He opened his sleepy eyes, looked up, and saw Shen Lingshuang poking at her genitals...

Qiu Tu looked at her blankly and asked, "What are you doing?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Lingshuang's ears turned slightly red, and she whispered, "You're hard."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu rolled over in annoyance, "That means I've been dead for 12-16 hours."

"Leave me alone, let me die a little longer."

Shen Lingshuang exclaimed "Huh?" with her mouth wide open, staring at Qiu Tu in disbelief.

After a long pause, she realized that Qiu Tu was referring to "rigor mortis".

She angrily picked up a pillow and hit Qiu Tu a few times, "You're so annoying! You're so annoying!"

Qiu Tu ignored her.

She puffed out her cheeks, pouted, and muttered under her breath, "So unromantic." Then, she jumped out of bed and went to the bathroom.

However, after she left, Qiu Tu couldn't fall asleep. He turned over, opened his eyes, and stared at the ceiling for a while.

Then I brought up the [Loyalty Game] panel to check my haul from last night.

Upon opening the "Loyalty Game," the first thing he saw was the results screen of the "Fighting Game."

As expected, Atai once again utterly crushed Wang Xi.

Perhaps because he drank alcohol last night, Atai's pixelated character in the picture also got hit in the left eye, turning it bluish-purple.

In the settlement screen, Atai, drunk and hiccuping, is holding an iron hammer and stepping on Wang Xi.

Wang Xi lay on the ground, hugging a brick, and crying loudly.

'The settlement screen can even change?'

'And...it seems to change depending on the actual state of the subordinates?'

Qiu Tu was surprised as he checked his gains from the game.

Last night's haul was rather ordinary, just 2 points of loyalty, nothing else.

Qiu Tu felt he had lost out...

Drinking really does lead to trouble, so he decided not to bring Atai to the next gathering.

Filled with resentment, Qiu Tu closed the "fighting game" and checked the "salvage game".

The results screen for the salvage game is quite simple; it just shows a pixelated eagle lying on the ground, panting heavily, and nothing else particularly special.

Qiu Tu initially thought this was a failed salvage attempt.

As he was about to close the settlement animation in disappointment, he discovered that there was a small bottle of pink potion standing next to the little eagle.

The pattern was extremely small; if Qiu Tu hadn't been so observant, he probably would have missed it.

Qiu Tu tentatively clicked on it, and sure enough, a notification popped up in front of him.

[Obtain Cataclysmic Potion: Rosemary Aphrodisiac]

Qiu Tu:? ?

what?

Qiu Tu tried to check the description of the medicine bottle.

"Cataclysmic Potion: Rosemary Aphrodisiac"

"Potion Description: A catastrophe potion made by catastrophe agents through the 'mysterious' pathway using catastrophe materials such as rosemary and succubus water."

"Potion effect: Apply a small amount to your neck and you will have a 30-minute aphrodisiac effect. Anyone who gets close to you will unconsciously lower their guard and develop a certain degree of attraction towards you."

Seeing the effects of the pink potion, Qiu Tu's mouth gaped open, somewhat stunned...

This... thing is a bit scary.

It feels like some kind of illegal drug.

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but recall the introduction to the "salvage game" last night.

The description states that the salvaged items did not appear out of thin air, but rather existed in reality...

So, did some cataclysmic beings in the New Territories secretly concoct this medicine?

Thinking about the identities of these catastrophe victims, Qiu Tu frowned.

Most of the cataclysmic beings in the New Territories are mid- to high-ranking officials. Why would they make this kind of potion?

Qiu Tu had a feeling that something was off about the New Territories lately, as if something was about to happen...

After pondering quietly for a while, Qiu Tu came back to his senses and silently put away the bottle of catastrophe potion without using it immediately.

This bottle of medicine looks like it can only be used twenty or thirty times. Each use reduces the remaining supply, so it shouldn't be wasted.

Qiu Tu plans to find an opportunity today to try again with a suitable candidate...

[9 days (the time it takes for the Yin Caimei case to close)]

......

I had breakfast with Shen Lingshuang.