Storm Clouds Gathering

"Ding Han, let's add each other as friends!"

Looking at us with Worldly Uncontested, he said, "From now on, we're friends. If your team needs any help, just let us know. We, the Old Day Royal Court, will never hesitate, even if it means facing mountains of knives and seas of fire, or a hail of bullets!"

"OK!"

I nodded and added several important players from the Old Day Royal Court, such as Worldly Uncontested, Zhixiao, There Are Monsters Qi, and Yu Bai, as friends. Fatty and the others also exchanged friends, and the atmosphere immediately became extremely harmonious.

Player Black Market.

While Ruolin, Cai Cai, and Old Ma were haggling, I gave Fatty and Kou Mei each Resurrection Sacred Canon. As for the extra one, I kept it for myself.

The Resurrection Sacred Canon is a top-tier consumable item, and the more the better, because if you choose "Resurrect on the spot" as the resurrection method, you will be reborn with full health.

This "full state" is a true full state, with full health and full Essence Points, and all skill cooldowns and Burst Skill cooldowns are reset, essentially giving the player a perfect peak state.

Therefore, if a player is tough enough, they can wear down a boss much stronger than themselves by consuming the Resurrection Sacred Canon!

Of course, the Resurrection Sacred Canon is too rare and expensive, so it's impossible for anyone to do that right now; otherwise, it would be incredibly extravagant.

Soon after, it was my turn to trade, so I pulled out a large pile of Blue Equipment, including some top-tier items. In Blue Equipment, items with attributes like "sturdy" or "powerful" will generally double in price, so this batch of goods was definitely not cheap.

In the end, Old Ma appraised the price and gave me 1.08 million. I didn't haggle and we made the deal directly.

The next second, my Dimensional Storage Space was neatly piled with 1.22 million Star Coins, making me a millionaire!

"Old Ma!"

I asked, "In the black market, once a player's reputation reaches Respected, they get a 5% discount when buying items. Shouldn't there be an additional 5% premium when selling items? If that's the case, you still owe me 54,000 Star Coins."

"???"

Old Ma looked at me in surprise. "You want to eat shit...?"

Ruolin and Cai Cai couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Damn it..."

I was a little disappointed, but my gloomy mood was quickly overshadowed by the pleasant surprise of the harvest. 1.08 million was more than enough, and this time I picked up a lot of ammunition. In addition, with the gift of Worldly Uncontested, I could actually go out for a long battle next time!

After the transaction, I went to the Tea Room next to the black market compound and found Gun Like a Dragon drinking tea and meditating.

"Want some drinks?"

He smiled slightly, poured me a cup of tea, and said, "Freshly brewed Pu'er, please try it."

I took a sip, couldn't taste anything, and said, "I admire you pretentious people... I don't know what's so good about this. I think AD Calcium Milk is much better."

"Your sister..."

Gun Like a Dragon rolled his eyes and said, "You must have something to say to come looking for me, right? I heard you guys had some trouble in the Frigid Tundra."

"Um."

I nodded. "Nothing was wrong at first, but the members of the Old Day Royal Court Guild were ambushed by a group of Caucasian Player. You know I have a chivalrous heart, so I couldn't help but step in to help and almost wiped out those Caucasian Player."

"Was it Marco Polo's team?"

"That's right."

I nodded. "You know this person too?"

"How could I not recognize you?"

"Gun Like a Dragon" laughed, "Marco Polo is hailed as one of the top melee players on the European Server. It's said that after being sucked into the Star Abyss World, his development has been quite good. He's the kind of person who adapts very well. On the European Server's Dark Web, he calls himself a 'Born Warrior.' After a few PvP battles, he got addicted and only wanted to develop by looting other players' equipment. Damn it, he's a real scumbag."

I took a deep breath. "After entering the Star Abyss, some people are filled with fear and anxiety day and night, while others reveal their animalistic nature, thinking that they can do whatever they want in the Star Abyss World. Marco Polo should belong to the latter."

"Um."

The Gun Like a Dragon he asked, "Ding Han, did you kill Marco Polo with your own hands?"

"Yes."

"Good..."

He smiled and said, "The teleportation point for the Frigid Tundra is only available on our National Server. Marco Polo and his group must have crossed another large map to get to the Frigid Tundra. In the battle a few days ago, over 30 In the Jianghu our Huaining City guild were ambushed and attacked by them. Only seven of us returned alive. The guild leader pulled me aside for drinks and cried for a long time."

His eyes reddened. "Damn it... a man in his thirties, drinking and crying at the same time, made me feel so sad... Since you killed Marco Polo with your own hands, it's like avenging those National Server players who were killed in the In the Jianghu. This result is good... It's better than letting those beasts like Marco Polo return to the Star Maple Federation alive."

"It was quite a coincidence."

I frowned. "If they hadn't ambushed the people from the Old Day Royal Court, I probably wouldn't have run into Marco Polo."

"Oh, right."

"Have you fought Marco Polo one-on-one? He's considered one of the top melee players in the European Server. What do you think of his skill level?" said the Gun Like a Dragon.

"His strength is naturally very high."

I said calmly, "But I didn't fight him one-on-one. The battlefield was too chaotic at the time. In order to reduce our own losses, I charged in melee form first, which depleted my Essence Points to single digits. At this time, Marco Polo led two melee fighters to break through our team's rear. That's when I rushed back to help. After taking down the two melee fighters, it became a three-on-one situation. I finished off Marco Polo when his health bar was depleted."

You should know something about his skills, right?

"Almost."

"So..."

Gun Like a Dragon smiled slightly, "If you were really to have a one-on-one duel with Marco Polo, what do you think your chances of winning would be?"

I thought about it for a long time.

"Around 65%-70%, that's about it."

"..."

Gun Like a Dragon, his expression hardening, seemingly surprised that the odds of victory I mentioned would be so high.

In fact, if I Essence Points, once Move with the Wind" and have super high agility points, I can basically have a complete advantage in speed. In this way, I can definitely crush Marco Polo in close combat. If he doesn't have Invincible Burst Skill, he is very likely to die in those few seconds of "Move with the Wind ".

Besides, my margin for error is too high. Even without Move with the Wind, as long as my Explosive Charge stuns him, a combo of Tian Gong Kai Wu and Overpowering Momentum will be too much for Marco Polo to handle.

Moreover, "Overpowering Momentum" is my top-secret skill. "Gun Like a Dragon" probably doesn't know about this skill yet. If he did, he probably wouldn't have asked.

We chatted for a while longer, but the tea Gun Like a Dragon Churulong was so awful that I took an alarm clock and left.

However, after chatting with Gun Like a Dragon Churulong, I still felt somewhat more confident.

There are definitely a lot of players from the Star Maple Federation, and they can enter areas where National Server players are active by traversing the world map, so this battle may just be the beginning.

It's so tough for National Server players! After entering Star Abyss, they not only have to face threats from alien species, swarms of insects, the Dark Tide organization, and wanderers in the wilderness, but now they also have to face threats from players of the opposing faction!

The Crimson Dragon Country and the Star Maple Federation are two behemoths on the "mother planet." Although they appear to be in a friendly cooperative relationship, they have long been secretly fighting each other. Therefore, the fact that players from the Star Maple Federation faction have red IDs in our eyes means that the system defaults to players from the two factions being hostile!

With Marco Polo's death, it's impossible for players in the Star Maple Federation faction to have no reaction at all.

A storm is brewing!

"Ding Han!"

In the black market, the fat man appeared out of nowhere and said, "It's not too late to go to work now. So, are you going to work or going back to sleep?"

"Go to work; gaining Skill Experience is the important thing."

"Okay, let's go then. I won't ask Old Lu for leave again."

"Um."

The group left the black market, ate tofu pudding and fried dough sticks at a breakfast stall outside, and then took a taxi straight to Luo Mei Square.

Repair department, office.

When Fatty and I walked in, looking travel-worn, we saw Xu Hao sitting there eating breakfast, seemingly in low spirits.

"Haozi, what's wrong?"

The fat man laughed and said, "It looks like a wilted eggplant. Why is it all droopy?"

"Haven't you heard the news yet?"

Xu Hao said, "Yesterday the company issued a document transferring my brother-in-law. He's no longer the after-sales manager; he's been moved to the operations department as a supervisor."

"Holy crap... what's going on?"

The fat man frowned and said, "Being promoted from department manager to supervisor isn't just a demotion in disguise; it's blatantly a demotion for Old Lu. What's going on?"

"I don't know either..."

Xu Hao: "My brother-in-law's face is ashen right now, who dares to ask?"

"Then who will be the after-sales manager?" I asked.

"Have no idea."

Xu Hao shook his head, completely at a loss.

His work ability is far inferior to mine and Fatty's. The reason he can still get by at Luo Mei is because his brother-in-law, Lu Zifeng, is protecting him. Now that Lu Zifeng is no longer the manager of the after-sales department, the new manager can fire Xu Hao with just one word on the grounds of poor performance.

"Knock knock~~"

Just then, someone knocked softly on the door and then came in.

It was Chen Dongqing! He held a document in his hand, handed it directly to me, and said, "Ding Han, the company has decided to promote you to after-sales department manager, with a salary of 15,000 yuan. The appointment is effective immediately."

He smiled slightly, "Your superiors appreciate you, so you'd better work hard!"

"What's going on?"

I'm still completely baffled. What kind of promotion did I get? Last time I almost couldn't resist spilling a beer in General Manager Huang's face. Isn't this promotion a bit too sudden, and two levels at once? It's just too outrageous.

"Oh, right."

Chen Dongqing smiled and said, "There will be a senior management meeting at 10:00 AM in Conference Room 1. You have to attend."

"Oh."

I feel completely lost and even want to quit my job immediately. The workplace is too complicated; as a newbie, I could easily get overwhelmed. This feeling is really unpleasant.

"It's alright, we'll deal with whatever comes our way. It's not a big deal. At least you've been promoted, which will be a plus when you're looking for a job later. Isn't that awesome?" the fat man comforted him.

He's so open-minded; I have nothing to say.

At 10:00 AM, in the rooftop conference room of Luo Mei.

After I sat down nervously, Huang Minyu walked in excitedly and then showed me her PowerPoint presentation. The huge title was quite unsettling:

"Regarding the future B2B marketing strategy model of Luomei".

In that instant, I was struck dumb. In an era before e-commerce even took off, how could Huang Minyu know about the concept of B2B? Isn't this too similar to the B2C Strategy proposed by Lin Qingying for the Yue Ning Group?!