Chapter 9

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Li Dongze chose his words carefully.

“The Spirit Realm is a supernatural force. It can’t be explained by science at the moment. Although we’ve been trying to dissect it and understand it, we still haven’t fully understood it. The Spirit Realm exists in reality, but it’s out of touch with reality. Only the chosen can enter the Spirit Realm.”

“As for the way you were chosen…” He took a sip of wine and smiled. “You should have experienced it.”

“The card?” Zhang Yuanqing responded promptly.

Li Dongze nodded slightly.

“It’s called a character card. The person who obtains the character card will activate a trial mission. After passing the trial, they will obtain a corresponding class and have the skills and characteristics of that class.”

“The mechanism of Spirit Realm Walkers has yet to be figured out, and the way to distribute character cards is not fixed. Sometimes, it will appear directly in your body; sometimes, you will pick it up by the roadside; sometimes, you will accidentally click on a link online…”

“Completing the trial mission is only the beginning. If Spirit Realm Walkers want to level up and become stronger, they have to continuously accept missions to enter the Spirit Realm. However, you don’t have to worry. The frequency of missions appearing is not high, and not every Spirit Realm scene will endanger your life. On the contrary, some Spirit Realm missions are very interesting.”

“For example, I’m a Level 3 Scout. In the past two years, I’ve entered the Spirit Realm once a month, but I only entered the Individual Spirit Realm once every three months and almost died inside. The rest of the time, I entered the Group Spirit Realm. It’s relatively safer and more interesting. Hehe, if I want to obtain superpowers, I have to pay the price.”

Li Dongze paused to give Zhang Yuanqing time to ask his question.

“Like a game dungeon?”

Li Dongze smiled, “I like talking to you young people because you understand and are actively exposed to new things.”

After a word of approval, he nodded.

“That’s right. It’s like playing a game, and Spirit Realm is a dungeon. Some dungeons are individual, and some dungeons involve team cooperation or conflict. Individual dungeons are the most dangerous, with the highest mortality rate.”

“Group ones are relatively better. There are also death and punishment types. The latter only requires a certain amount of experience points to be deducted.”

Zhang Yuanqing asked curiously, “Why do individual dungeons have the highest mortality rate?”

Li Dongze pondered for a moment. “In the Spirit Realm where there are many people, you will encounter Spirit Realm Walkers of other classes. However, the individual type is the Spirit Realm of your original class. Take the Scout as an example. The Transcendent Stage abilities of this class are observation, tracking, and analysis.”

“So far, the three individual Spirit Realms I’ve encountered are detective case-solving types; chasing villains through the jungle while hunting; and wilderness survival. In addition, each class has a different Spirit Realm dungeon at the Transcendent Stage and the Sage Stage.”

My class is the Night Wanderer so I entered a supernatural dungeon. Phew, fortunately, there are still group dungeons. Otherwise, I’ll pee my pants in the Spirit Realm sooner or later. There will be changes in the Sage Stage Spirit Realm dungeon? Zhang Yuanqing listened and nodded.

“Has Lei Yibing entered the Spirit Realm?” Zhang Yuanqing asked solemnly.

He urgently needed official confirmation to confirm his suspicions. If Brother Bing had entered the Spirit Realm, then things were not so bad.

Li Dongze thought for a moment and said: “After Lei Yibing disappeared mysteriously, officials from the Hang City Security Bureau took over the case. Their judgment was that Lei Yibing had died in the Spirit Realm.”

Zhang Yuanqing heard his heart stop for a moment. Anxiety and panic surged uncontrollably. “Why?”

Li Dongze explained, “Because it’s been too long. Normal Transcendent Stage Spirit Realm dungeons are as short as a few hours or as long as a day or two. Lei Yibing has been missing for four days. By the way, the Transcendent Stage means Level 1-3.”

“What about above the Transcendent Stage?”

“Not sure, but there should be longer dungeons.”

Perhaps Brother Bing is a powerful Spirit Realm Walker… Zhang Yuanqing could only comfort himself.

At this stage, he was destined to be unable to help much, be it in terms of ability or knowledge.

In comparison, joining the official organization and then saving himself was the most important thing at the moment.

“… By the way, before I introduce you to the official organization, there’s something very important.” Li Dongze took a sip of wine to moisten his throat. “What’s your moral value?”

“Sixty points, the initial value,” Zhang Yuanqing answered honestly.

Li Dongze nodded, “For a novice like you, moral value is the biggest danger. You must remember that.”

“Why do you say that?” Zhang Yuanqing did not hide his confusion.

“Remember the note under the moral value?”

It told me to be a good person…

Li Dongze said seriously: “The initial moral value is 60. Anything below that will trigger the penalty mechanism of the Spirit Realm. It will notify all the Spirit Realm Walkers in the same city of your location and issue a mission to eliminate you.”

Zhang Yuanqing was dumbfounded and blurted out: “Then I won’t be able to do bad things for the rest of my life?”

Well, I don’t want to do anything bad, but it’s too tiring to fake kindness.

On the other hand, what was the measure of morality? If pleasuring himself, sending lewd images, or anything like that was considered moral degradation, his life would be over.

Li Dongze smiled as if he enjoyed seeing this expression on the newcomer’s face. He said slowly: “There’s no need to be so nervous. According to our observations, when Spirit Realm Walkers steal, rob, and injure people… depending on the severity of the issue, 1 to 5 moral points will be deducted. 10 moral points will be deducted for murder. If there are serious consequences and many people die, the corresponding moral points will be deducted accordingly.”

“As for some personal issues, it won’t affect the moral value. Besides, while moral value points can be deducted, they can also accumulate. That’s why I asked you to be a good person.”

This mechanism sounded like it was deliberately designed to restrain Spirit Realm Walkers, but why would the Spirit Realm restrain the Walkers?

Morality and law were things that humans had created to maintain order. Other creatures in nature, other than humans, didn’t need them.

In other words, unless the Spirit Realm was human-like, the existence of moral value was somewhat unreasonable.

The Spirit Realm was a supernatural phenomenon.

Zhang Yuanqing instinctively felt that this restriction was unreasonable, but since Li Dongze did not explain, it meant that he did not know the reason.

From the conversation just now, it was not difficult to tell that the officials had a limited understanding of the Spirit Realm.

Zhang Yuanqing said in realization, “I understand. No wonder it’s a huge problem for newbies. Then how can we accumulate moral value points?”

After newbies obtained superpowers, they often used their abilities to do things that they wanted to do but could not do in the past, such as getting money.

The ways to make quick money were all written in the laws.

Also, was prosti… cough, would it lower the moral value if he employed a poor girl’s service? In the definition of the Spirit Realm, was this considered a loss of personal virtue or something illegal?

Zhang Yuanqing did not dare to ask this question. After all, they were not familiar with each other yet and did not want to leave a bad impression on his future captain.

“Accumulating the moral value is as simple as lowering them. You just have to do good things. In fact, many of the Spirit Realm Walkers of evil organizations are passionate about doing charity and donating money because it’s the fastest way to accumulate moral value. As long as you have enough money, you can kill without fear.” Li Dongze chuckled.

“It’s ironic, isn’t it? You never know what’s behind the faces of those who do charity work. And what’s even more ironic is that human lives can be measured in money. That’s the reality, and so is the Spirit Realm.”

“In addition, when Spirit Realm Walkers fight each other, moral value points will not be deducted.”

After Zhang Yuanqing had digested the information, Li Dongze continued.

“Next, let’s talk about official organizations.”

“The official organization we belong to is called the Five Elements Alliance. It’s made up of five major factions: the Hundred Flowers Association, the White Tiger Soldiers, the Crimson Fire Gang, the Water God Palace, and the Central Court. The five major factions represent five classes: Wood Demon, Scout, Fire Master, Water Ghost, and Earth Monster.”

Zhang Yuanqing couldn’t help but retort in his mind, Why are the official organizations made of demons and ghosts?

“In addition to the Five Elements Alliance, there are a few organizations with official backgrounds. I’ll send the information to you later.” Li Dongze fumbled with his wine glass and said,

“The five major organizations within the Five Elements Alliance formed an alliance in the past twenty years. Before that, they acted independently and did not have a harmonious relationship with each other. This involved the nature of the five elements and the differences in habits between the various classes.”

Li Dongze took a sip of wine and shrugged. “Take the Wood Demons at the Hundred Flowers Association. They’re a bunch of extreme environmentalists and members of the Animal Protection Association. My goodness, they actually tried to push the Five Elements Alliance’s headquarters to promulgate a rule prohibiting members of the organization from eating dog meat. Even God isn’t as outrageous as they are. Every time I see their sick, animal-loving faces, I can’t help but want to kick their asses with my leather shoes.”

Next, Li Dongze ruthlessly criticized the four major organizations other than the White Tiger Soldiers.

This gave Zhang Yuanqing a more intuitive understanding of the other organizations in the Five Elements Alliance. For example, the Crimson Fire Gang, which focused on action rather than talk; and the Water God Palace, which had a gloomy nature and liked to nurture viruses and bacteria.

There was also the affluent Central Court that engaged in real estate and mine development.

“Only the Scouts of our White Tiger Soldiers are wise, calm, and decisive. We are a perfect class,” Li Dongze concluded.

Zhang Yuanqing said, “Do the other four organizations agree with your statement?”

“Heh, the more you talk about it, the more it sounds like a game, right? There are also people in the Five Elements Alliance who call the Spirit Realm a ‘game server’. Spirit Realm Walkers have character panels, tools, and missions to do, and different Spirit Realms are like dungeons. In addition, it has different classes. The people of the Crimson Fire Gang are reckless and impulsive. They like to promote violence, like Berserkers. The people of the Water God Palace have water control abilities and are Water Mages. The Hundred Flowers Association can raise pets and treat injuries. They are Priests and Summoners. The people of the Central Court have thick health and high defense. They are typical tanks.”

Zhang Yuanqing could not help but tease him.

“Then you Scouts are eyeball monsters?”

Li Dongze was stunned. He could not help but grip the handle of his cane tightly. He said expressionlessly: “If I were a Fire Master of the Crimson Fire Gang, I would have blown your head off with a stick by now.”

“I’m sorry!” Zhang Yuanqing apologized decisively.

After the banter, the atmosphere between them became more congenial. Li Dongze smiled.

“After the Transcendent Stage, Scouts will have extremely strong individual combat abilities. I’m not bragging when I say that this is a perfect class.”

“Of course. Of the lawful classes, the Night Wanderer is recognized as the strongest. Well, I’m talking about lawful classes, not evil ones. Even we Scouts have to admit that the Night Wanderer is a little more perfect than we are.”

Ah? Is the Night Wanderer very strong? Can I fight ten people? Zhang Yuanqing was delighted. “Can you tell me more about the Night Wanderer?”

Li Dongze could not help but laugh, but he understood the mentality of young people.

“At the early stage of the Transcendent Stage, the Night Wanderer can unleash extremely powerful assassination abilities and explosive power. In addition, they also have the ability to communicate with souls, refine corpses, and control spirits. They have many skills and powerful combat strength.”

“However, the number of Night Wanderers is extremely small. At the moment, there are no Night Wanderers in the Songhai branch. This is because there are too few Night Wanderer Spirit Realm dungeons in Songhai. Moreover, the Supreme Solitary Sect in the Capital City keeps absorbing Night Wanderers from all over the country.”

At this point, he naturally asked about the new member’s class.

“What’s your class? I hope you’re not a Fire Master. I hate rash and irritable young men.”

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