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Chapter 842 - 520: The End and the Foreign Gray Realm
After finishing the conversation with Wang Zhifan, the zombie guardian instantly returned to its temple in some way, ready to welcome the challenges from NPCs and players.
Wang Zhifan realized his plan to use someone else to kill the ghost had already failed after talking to it, which turned out to be exactly the case.
He sensed that beneath the temple, the old zombie climbed out of the coffin and engaged in a ridiculous "battle" with the humans coming to kill him.
The reason why it’s called ridiculous is that Wang Zhifan was certain that the guardian never used even half of its strength, not even a tenth at the beginning.
It merely "played" with the challengers until the time was right, then got a bit more serious, scattering them everywhere, tearing a few apart alive, while letting other survivors go during the process.
This wasn’t out of the guardian’s kindness, but because it had no choice. A higher power restrained it from going on a killing spree, requiring it to leave some survivors, even if the battle took place in its own lair.
The surviving NPCs and players encountered another accident after escaping the temple, where a Xia Country female player stationed there launched a surprise attack.
However, she had a sense of measure, killed one person amid the chaos, grabbed some stuff, and fled, not giving others a chance to surround her.
Wang Zhifan watched this farce he initiated from start to finish, ultimately did nothing, and chose to find a quiet place to continue his cultivation, spending the remaining day or two this way.
Thus, this rather tedious instance came to a dull ending for Wang Zhifan. When he automatically returned to Earth after the instance ended, he was still immersed in cultivation and almost didn’t realize the time had come.
"Damn, I’ve been cultivating for so long with no progress, these legendary cultivation techniques are truly extraordinary."
After lamenting the wasted efforts in the Land of the Dead Soul, Wang Zhifan shook his head and habitually counted his gains from the instance.
"The most important gain is definitely the identity of the Underworld Envoy. This identity is very useful and will make many things convenient for me.
Secondly, I leveled up from level 20 upon entering the instance to level 26 now, which is quite a remarkable leap.
I harvested quite a bit in terms of equipment and titles, but overall there were no big surprises, mostly just collectibles for my storage with little chance of use.
But it was just one instance after all, can’t expect too much, having these gains means my luck wasn’t bad."
After finishing the count, Wang Zhifan stretched and stepped onto the second-floor balcony of the villa to take a breath while looking at Dongjiang City’s bright scenery outside.
On the lawn and flowerbeds in front of the balcony, he saw that under the morning sun, the succubus maids Yi Lin and Yali were busy watering and weeding, hardly able to relax.
"Yi Lin, Yali, didn’t I tell you to have a good rest? Why do I see you busy all the time?"
Seeing this, Wang Zhifan spoke up.
Yi Lin and Yali paused their work upon hearing him and turned to look up at the balcony to respond:
"Master, we are resting."
"Tending to the flowerbeds is our shared hobby, very relaxing and fun!"
Seeing the two maids enjoy themselves, Wang Zhifan had nothing more to say, so he quietly watched for a while before turning back into the bedroom to pick up his phone.
He wanted to call the Chen Ming brothers to ask about the matter they approached him about before entering the instance. He recalled Yi Lin and Yali mentioned something about the Gray Realm.
However, as soon as he opened his phone, a bank notification greeted him, showing a significant amount of money credited.
"1,500,000 Xia Country currency... It arrived so quickly? And it’s after tax... the Bureau’s efficiency is quite fast."
Without looking at the payer, just by the amount, Wang Zhifan knew it was the bonus for helping the Bureau deal with foreign players.
He almost forgot about this matter, yet the Bureau processed everything within a day, which was surprisingly fast.
If it were a month ago, receiving this amount would have made Wang Zhifan jump for joy, but nowadays his wealth has vastly changed, and a mere 1.5 million no longer excites him.
"Before this bonus, my bank card already had nearly 11 million, accumulated from selling equipment previously. In the Deceitful Realm Space, there’s still 300 million worth of gold bars, exchanged from selling high-level magical beasts to the Bureau.
Money is something I’ve had enough of a long time ago. I’m a simple person without much daily expenditure."
With a little review, Wang Zhifan realized he was already a wealthy man, not comparable to a true tycoon, but for someone who has been a civilian in both lifetimes, he was content and didn’t dwell too much on it.
After all, since the advent of the supernatural game, his primary goal was no longer making money. Enhancing his strength became his major focus for the long term.
With this small interlude over, Wang Zhifan dialed Chen Can’s number, thinking he’s likely the one behind the event.
The call quickly connected, and Chen Can’s voice came through. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Wang Zhifan got to the main topic, asking what they had wanted to discuss with him before.
"Fan, it’s like this, I recently got some reliable information through some channels. Currently, in foreign countries, many places in the Gray Realm are unattended, including some potentially valuable ones. So, I want to ask you, Fan, to take us to clear out these Gray Realms. You get first pick, and whatever is left, my brother and I will split..."