Cleanup Complete, Next Location

Inside the Gray Domain, on the grass near the edge of the forest, Wang Zhifan, clad in Wolf Pelt Armor and wielding the Wolf Slayer Blade, ran in circles. Several dozen ordinary monsters of various kinds were desperately pursuing him from behind. Unfortunately for them, none could match his speed, and their intelligence was too low for them to know to spread out and surround him, resulting in a scene that looked more like a game of chase than a battle.

With Wang Zhifan drawing the monsters' attention up ahead and guiding them into a regular circular path, the sunglasses-wearing teenage Gunner, A Liao, had it easy.

He simply stood where he was, continuously aiming and firing at the monsters chasing Wang Zhifan several dozen meters away. Calmly and methodically, he picked them off one by one, steadily and swiftly reducing the number of monsters pursuing Wang Zhifan across the grass.

Chu Wei, meanwhile, looked even more relaxed. She remained where she was, paying no attention at all to the monsters that had rushed out of the forest onto the grass. Her entire focus was on controlling her female ghost summon, which was efficiently slaughtering monsters several hundred meters ahead within the forest.

Overall, the three of them worked together nearly flawlessly. In just half a minute, Wang Zhifan stopped his circling run, turned around, and killed the last monster behind him with a single slash. Every monster that had escaped the forest was then completely cleared out.

Naturally, this sort of cleanup was not limited to a single round. However, fewer and fewer monsters escaped from the forest afterward, and Wang Zhifan faced less and less pressure. By the end, even A Liao had grown bored enough to run over beside him, standing at the forest's edge and firing into the woods in search of targets.

"Wei Wei Jie, are you almost done? I can't even see a trace of a monster in there anymore!"

At that moment, A Liao, who was standing idle on the grass at the edge of the forest like Wang Zhifan, called out rather boredly to Chu Wei some distance behind him.

Chu Wei, who still appeared to be controlling her summon, paused for a second before replying:

"Almost! There are only three bugs hiding underground left to deal with!"

Hearing Chu Wei's reply to A Liao, Wang Zhifan could not help inwardly marveling at how sharp-eyed He Qianqian, the Bureau of Management investigator, had been. Recruiting Chu Wei, a Summoner Class Spiritualist player, had truly been a massive gain.

Judging by her current performance, Chu Wei's summons were incredibly efficient at clearing low-level Gray Domain Monsters. Whether they ran on the ground, flew through the sky, or hid underground, she could send her summons after them and slaughter them with ease. It was also exceptionally safe, ensuring that the monsters could not get close to her herself. Not only did Wang Zhifan's rigid close-combat Blade Warrior profession pale in comparison, even A Liao's highly popular Gunner Class was far inferior to her in this regard.

"Alright, that should be everything."

About ten seconds later, Wang Zhifan heard Chu Wei say a couple more words from behind him. At the same time, her long-haired female ghost summon appeared in the air beside her, its hair floating about. It seemed that she had finished clearing the forest.

"That's it? No BOSS to fight?"

Seeing this, Wang Zhifan immediately walked toward Chu Wei, a hint of confusion on his face.

The main reason he had come to work as a Gray Domain Cleaner was to mooch off a few Boss Monsters and earn some rewards. Yet Chu Wei was already saying they were finished, and he had not seen any sign of a BOSS at all.

"Yeah, Wei Wei Jie. Didn't they say most Gray Domains have Boss Monsters? Are we really that unlucky? I wanted to get some rewards outside a Dungeon too."

A Liao, beside Wang Zhifan, chimed in as well.

"There actually was a BOSS in this Gray Domain."

Hearing her two teammates' questions, Chu Wei immediately answered. "But the Rank Assessor who entered first to scout the place had already killed it. Its corpse is still in the forest. From the looks of it, it should have been an insect-type monster."

"What? That Rank Assessor is way too sneaky! He even stole our rewards!"

A Liao's expression immediately darkened in dissatisfaction upon hearing that.

"Hehe, this is actually the normal situation."

Chu Wei smiled at A Liao's reaction.

"If a Rank Assessor can instantly kill a BOSS in a low-level Gray Domain like this, of course they won't leave the rewards for someone else. It's basically an unspoken rule. If you want to kill Gray Domain BOSSES that badly, either be among the first to enter or look for Advanced Gray Domains."

As Wang Zhifan listened to Chu Wei's explanation, he noticed that the Gray Domain was beginning to change. The air within it suddenly became somewhat murky, the sky gradually blurred, and the ground began to tremble faintly. Just as he was about to warn his two teammates about these abnormalities, Chu Wei gave the order to retreat.

"Let's get out of here! This Gray Domain has already begun to collapse! If anyone moves too slowly, they could end up stuck inside a wall somewhere on Huotan Road outside!"

At those words, Wang Zhifan finally understood that these phenomena meant their cleanup mission was complete. The Gray Domain was disintegrating, its entrance would completely disappear from the real world, and its possibility of solidifying into reality would naturally cease to exist.

The group promptly hurried back along the route they had taken in. When they passed through the gray fog barrier and returned to the street on Huotan Road, they turned around and saw the grayness shrouding the building behind them rapidly receding. In less than a minute, it vanished completely, revealing a street-front shop in utter disarray. Bloodstains were scattered throughout the shop, making it look as though an extremely violent incident had just taken place inside.

"Reporting in. We have completed the Gray Domain cleanup mission, and the Gray Domain has been successfully eliminated. However, the six civilians trapped within it had all already been killed. We ask your department to handle the follow-up."

As soon as Chu Wei's group emerged, they saw that the Dark Green Uniform-clad man in his fifties whom they had seen at the cordon when they arrived was already waiting there. Chu Wei therefore reported the situation to him.

"Mhm. You completed your mission very promptly. Leave the follow-up matters to us."

The man in the Dark Green Uniform nodded to the three of them in reply. After the two sides completed a simple signing and handover, Chu Wei's group boarded the Bureau of Management Official Car that had been waiting outside the cordon and departed.

As soon as they returned to the Official Car, before Wang Zhifan and A Liao had even had time to warm their seats, Chu Wei took out the special device in her hand again, looked at it and tapped it a few times, then said to them, "Brother Fan, A Liao, you should both still have plenty of stamina, right? If there's no problem, we'll go clear the next low-level Gray Domain."

"No problem for me."

Wang Zhifan immediately agreed. He was indeed still in good condition, since he had barely exerted himself in the Gray Domain just now and had spent most of the time simply tagging along.

"Sure, but Wei Wei Jie, can you pick a more exciting Gray Domain this time? That last one was so boring."

A Liao also said that he was in fine condition, and even wanted something more thrilling.