A month later.
Mount Everest, summit.
It was a time of year when Everest's weather was not exactly terrible, but was absolutely not suitable for reaching the summit either.
Unless someone had a death wish, no one would choose to climb to the summit at this time.
Howling wind and snow engulfed the area, reducing visibility to nearly nothing.
Just then, after a dull thud, a figure directly "flew" up and landed steadily atop the summit!
In the distance, the rising sun sent a streak of golden light piercing through the endless dark clouds. It happened to enter his eyes just as he landed.
At this moment, in this place, with this person.
He was the only one in the world who got to admire this magnificent sight.
"I'll take it as a good omen." Zhou Yi grinned, then sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes.
Auto Mechanic · Advanced (1190/10000) Title Bonuses: 1. Physique · 1110 2. Intelligence · 1110 3. Advanced Car Mastery 4. Extradimensional Wrench 5. Advanced Driving Skill 6. Storage Space · 10m -- Zhou Yi: Number of profession titles held: 1 World Creation opportunities available: 1 Worlds visited so far: "Fast & Furious" series world Physique: 1191 Intelligence: 1193 Mana: 100
After Zhou Yi received his share of the payment, the two million dollars was counted as income earned through his work as an Auto Mechanic, increasing his experience by two hundred points. His Auto Mechanic profession then rose from intermediate to advanced, granting bonuses ten times greater than before!
The requirements for leveling up were ten times higher, so naturally the rewards were ten times greater as well.
Over the past month, Zhou Yi first settled some matters concerning his assets, selecting people he had previously taken a liking to manage them. Once everything had been handled, he said goodbye to Toretto, Gisele, and the others, then came alone to Mount Everest.
Of course, when he said goodbye to Toretto and the others, he only explained that he wanted to leave and find some remote place to challenge himself with survival or experience a reclusive life. He did not tell them his true purpose.
Although Zhou Yi was not unable to return, he had learned from the system that every trip between worlds, if it was not a World Creation but a return to a world he had visited before, would cost ten experience points!
Therefore, unless it was necessary, Zhou Yi would not return anytime soon.
Come to think of it, after his Physique reached over a thousand points, Zhou Yi could clearly feel that he was no longer quite human.
...Why did that feel like he was insulting himself?
Still, no matter what, Zhou Yi felt that he was increasingly moving toward Superman's level.
He had climbed and leapt his way up here.
With solid rocks to use as footholds, Zhou Yi could leap more than ten meters at a time. His Physique had already completely reached that level.
It was precisely because Zhou Yi intended to use this method to reach the summit that he chose this period—when the weather was relatively harsh and no one would be climbing to the top.
That way, even if he caused an avalanche, no innocent people would be harmed, and no one else would film him or anything. Zhou Yi did not care all that much about such things, but avoiding trouble whenever possible was naturally better.
"It's time." Watching as the sun fully rose, Zhou Yi muttered to himself.
With a thought, Zhou Yi chose to use his one available World Creation opportunity.
In an instant, Zhou Yi vanished from where he stood and appeared amid a starry sky!
"No matter how many times I see this, it's still breathtaking..." Zhou Yi looked around and sighed.
He was standing above a river of stars. Everywhere he looked, the sky was filled with countless stars!
Zhou Yi had no idea whether some force was protecting him or what, but in any case, he could breathe normally and survive without any pressure.
Randomly selecting world...
The system prompt appeared in Zhou Yi's mind, while the stars filling the sky seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand.
Starlight danced.
At last, one star slipped free from that invisible hand, transforming into a tiny point of light as it came before Zhou Yi.
World selected—Spy Thriller Movie World ("Mission: Impossible," "The Bourne Identity," "Taken," "Kingsman," and other worlds) Please select—Transmigration Location Please select—new profession
Zhou Yi's eyes widened.
This was incredible!
There was actually an option like this?
A spy thriller movie world? Wouldn't that mean Nuclear Crises were practically an everyday occurrence?
"Select..." Zhou Yi had operated the system once before, so he was not at a loss. After thinking for a moment, he reached out and tapped the new starlight. "Transmigration Location: Langley City, Virginia, United States."
"As for the profession..." Zhou Yi looked at the options provided by the system. "CIA agent, FBI investigator, NSA agent? Hmm... Heh, of course I choose—an IRS Employee!"
That was right. Skipping over the first three seemingly respectable options, Zhou Yi chose the fourth profession, one that seemed completely unrelated to espionage—an IRS Employee.
Naturally, there was a reason for his choice.
There was no option to select a time period. Zhou Yi was not entirely sure why, but based on his previous experience, the system would arrange for him to arrive nearly a year before the official plot began. He did not know whether this time would be the same.
Location confirmed, new profession selected, transmigration beginning
The point of starlight before Zhou Yi gradually grew brighter until it completely engulfed him!
In the blink of an eye, when Zhou Yi came back to his senses, he was already standing on a commercial street, with an entirely unmarked ordinary messenger bag in his hand.
His clothing did not draw any attention from the people around him, because he had worn an ordinary down jacket while climbing Mount Everest. Langley City also seemed to be in winter at the moment, and most people around him were wearing down jackets, so there was nothing wrong with his outfit.
As Zhou Yi headed toward a cellphone store he had just spotted nearby, he checked the bonuses granted by the new profession he had just acquired.
IRS Employee · Basic (0/10) (What does the IRS do? Let me tell you: the people the FBI can't catch, we catch. The intelligence the NSA can't obtain, we obtain. The people the CIA can't deal with, we deal with! No matter what, in America, only death and taxes are eternal!) Title Bonuses: 1. Tax Law Expertise (To do a good job, one must first sharpen one's tools!) 2. Basic Agent Skills (Sometimes, when facing certain unusual tax evaders, you need this to find enough evidence!) 3. Basic Weapon Proficiency (As an IRS Employee, this is a skill you must master!)
In an instant, all the knowledge he had acquired was completely mastered within Zhou Yi's mind. With Zhou Yi's current Intelligence, receiving such a massive amount of information in one moment caused no discomfort whatsoever.
Taxes... Thinking about the taxes paid in Taxi Driver in the Marvel Universe makes my heart ache... Paying a month's living expenses in taxes every time, sob sob sob~ But then I see the big shots paying tens or even hundreds of thousands a month, and I instantly feel better.
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