Can there be some professional ethics?

At this moment, there were still two days before the opening of the Spirit Fiend Abyss's entrance.

In two days, once the Spirit Fiend Abyss's entrance opened, a large number of Phantasmal Demons would surge out of it and enter the real world, the world's surface.

Right now, the Spirit Fiend Abyss's entrance hadn't opened yet, and the army of Phantasmal Demons hadn't appeared either. The tasks posted on the bulletin board were mostly about defense construction, patrolling, inspection, processing, and even assisting with transportation on the front lines.

The only tasks with a hint of danger were escorting important items and clearing out stray Phantasmal Demons wandering within Huaming District.

The former could attract greedy underground criminal organizations, while the latter involved direct confrontation with stray Phantasmal Demons, both involving combat.

Su Ming and the others took a look and found that these types of tasks were generally more difficult, and the Contribution Points offered as rewards were also higher, making them very popular among the students.

Those students confident in their abilities were naturally not afraid of combat. Plus, this time, the tasks were carried out in teams, increasing safety by more than one level. For the sake of Contribution Points, many students were definitely eyeing these types of tasks.

Because Su Ming and the others had taken some time, they weren't able to claim tasks immediately, resulting in most of these tasks being already taken. The remaining ones were either too time-consuming or required subduing relatively troublesome Phantasmal Demons.

Although the stray Phantasmal Demons wandering in Huaming District at this time were definitely lower-level Phantasmal Demons that originally resided in this area, and lower-level Phantasmal Demons were just cannon fodder in the Spirit Fiend Abyss, not too difficult to deal with, some Phantasmal Demons, even if their power wasn't outstanding, were still more troublesome and dangerous than ordinary Phantasmal Demons.

For example, the Screaming Devil that Su Ming, Lei Hao, and Ye Bai had dealt with before. Because it had wings and could fly, its high mobility made it difficult to catch such a Phantasmal Demon that could easily escape even if it couldn't win.

The Rotwater Demon that Su Ming and Xu Qianqian had mentioned was also like that. Its combat power wasn't high, but it was an aquatic Phantasmal Demon. It would definitely take some effort to find this Phantasmal Demon in the water and lure it ashore to kill it.

In addition, there were Blackheart Demons with the characteristic of cursing those who touched them, Phantasmal Demons whose entire bodies were highly poisonous, Phantasmal Demons that could cast mental attacks, and Phantasmal Demons with extremely high stealth abilities. Dealing with these types of Phantasmal Demons was ultimately more troublesome than dealing with ordinary types of Phantasmal Demons.

Even if there were people who would not hesitate to accept tasks to subjugate these types of Phantasmal Demons, there wouldn't be many.

Therefore, the tasks that were still on the bulletin board at this time were either time-consuming or too strenuous. The good, easy tasks that could earn Contribution Points had already been taken by those who came early to wait.

"Did we come too late?"

Yao Beibei said in a low voice.

"It's all Brother Su Ming's fault."

Jiang Wanyu seized the opportunity to complain to Su Ming.

"No, it's all my fault, not Brother Su Ming's."

An Zijin, a ten-year fan of Su Ming, immediately rushed to take the blame on herself.

"No, it's indeed Su Ming's fault, it has nothing to do with Junior An."

The seasoned simp, Ye Bai, was already prepared to escalate the situation.

"We should come earlier next time."

Lei Hao scratched his head and took the lead in offering a moderate opinion.

"There's no need for everyone to be present. Just have one person come to pick the task first. Other teams must be doing the same, otherwise, it will definitely take a lot of time to wait for everyone to gather before coming over."

Su Ming directly ignored Jiang Wanyu and Ye Bai's words and said this.

In response, everyone didn't have any objections. After agreeing to decide who would come early to claim the task next time by playing rock-paper-scissors, they officially began to select the task they were preparing to claim.

Regarding the type of task, An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu, the three first-year junior sisters, said that there was no need to worry about them. Even tasks with some risk were acceptable to them.

Although Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu didn't seem to want to choose those more risky tasks to avoid unnecessary crises, they wouldn't avoid even the slightest risk and make everyone accompany them to do patrol-like tasks.

Such tasks were safe, but the Contribution Points offered as rewards were too few.

Even if Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu cared about An Zijin's safety, considering that they would be expelled if they didn't have enough Contribution Points, they could still accept taking some risks.

"In that case, let's choose our old profession, subjugation tasks."

Lei Hao immediately stated this.

Among everyone, Lei Hao was the most warlike, and he had always favored those tasks of subjugating Phantasmal Demons when taking tasks in the academy. In his words, it was more exciting.

"I have no objection."

Su Ming agreed immediately after.

Subjugating Phantasmal Demons was good!

Because, if he subjugated Phantasmal Demons, he could find opportunities to embezzle the materials that dropped from them!

As a man who needed extraordinary items to exchange for Crystals that had returned to their pre-liberation state, Su Ming said that he liked subjugating those stupid and cute Phantasmal Demons the most!

Only Ye Bai was somewhat worried.

"Is it a bit too fast to take on a subjugation task right away?"

Ye Bai couldn't help but glance at An Zijin and the other two.

These three overly beautiful junior sisters were, after all, only first-year students who had just entered the school. They had never subjugated Phantasmal Demons or participated in serious battles. If their strength was insufficient and they lacked experience, their guilt would be great if something really went wrong.

Of course, Ye Bai's worries were met with dissatisfaction from the junior sisters.

"Don't underestimate us, senior brothers." Jiang Wanyu put her hands on her hips and said, "Even though we've only just entered the school, as members of Hunter families, we have also received training from our elders. We're not as weak as you think."

"Me too." Yao Beibei said softly, "I also have elders who taught me how to fight."

Hunters had this advantage. Apart from those ordinary people who needed to find ways to obtain Phantasmal Demon bloodlines, children from Hunter families who were born with Phantasmal Demon bloodlines could often receive education from their elders from a young age due to their family conditions.

Therefore, even though they had not been in school for long, Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei, who came from Hunter families, also possessed considerable combat power, but they lacked experience.

On the other hand, An Zijin, as a pure newcomer who had only recently awakened her Spiritual Constitution, had indeed not received much training.

However, "I'll be good and stay behind Brother Su Ming, listen to everyone, and definitely won't mess around."

An Zijin made her promise.

"Why behind Senior Su Ming though?"

Jiang Wanyu, ever the keen observer, immediately focused on the key point.

"Because Brother Su Ming will protect me!"

An Zijin's answer was straightforward, and also made people feel a little embarrassed.

"We-we can protect Little Zijin too!"

Yao Beibei quickly tried to assert her presence, prompting Ye Bai and Jiang Wanyu to nod in agreement.

Unfortunately, An Zijin was still An Zijin.

"Having Brother Su Ming protect me is enough!"

Her blunt statement easily dealt a critical hit to the one man and two women.

The three of them glared at Su Ming with resentful eyes, causing Su Ming to turn his head away.

Didn't see anything. Didn't see anything. (/ω＼)

"Then let's accept a subjugation mission!"

Lei Hao, as the only one who could stay out of this complicated relationship and just be a bystander with a mix of envy, jealousy, and hatred, seemed to have his attention completely drawn by the new challenges and missions.

"Let's do that." Su Ming also made a final decision, saying, "Our team composition is quite reasonable, accepting a subjugation mission shouldn't be too risky."

This team had three Hunters and three Sorcerers, a very even distribution of classes.

Among the three Hunters, Lei Hao was the vanguard tank, Jiang Wanyu was the guerrilla assassin, and Yao Beibei was the frontline main attacker, a very balanced setup.

As for the three Sorcerers, An Zijin could use the few offensive Spiritual Arts she had learned to provide rear guard output, Ye Bai continued to be the crowd controller, and Su Ming was the main damage dealer, a very reasonable division of labor.

Such a team, apart from lacking a scout and a healing support, could already be considered a very formal team.

With such a team going into action, even if Su Ming didn't use his true strength, it would be enough to deal with any lower-level Phantasmal Demon other than mutants.

Provided that there were no accidents or mistakes.

There were three newcomers on the team, so the chances of such things happening were quite high.

But, who hadn't come from being a newbie?

Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu aside, as for An Zijin, Su Ming hoped to take this opportunity to broaden her horizons, increase her knowledge, and gain some experience in dealing with Phantasmal Demons and going on missions, so that she could perform as well as possible when the great battle two days later arrived.

The most important thing was to protect her life.

Whether in this battle or in her future career, Su Ming hoped that his overly cute girl next door could continue to survive.

To that end, Su Ming didn't mind guiding An Zijin.

"What are you thinking about, Brother Su Ming?"

An Zijin noticed Su Ming's contemplation and couldn't help but ask.

"Thinking about you."

Su Ming, lost in thought, blurted out what was on his mind without thinking.

"Eh?"

An Zijin's eyes widened instantly, and her pretty face turned red.

"Ah."

Su Ming then realized what he had said, and with a start, he gave an awkward smile.

Lei Hao: "..."

Ye Bai, Jiang Wanyu, Yao Beibei: "(へ╬)"

"Brother Su Ming..."

An Zijin looked at Su Ming with a pair of watery eyes, the burning emotion in her eyes about to overflow.

Seeing this, Su Ming didn't even think about it and turned to run.

"Don't run! ヾ(｀Д)彡"

Ye Bai, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei immediately chased after him.

"Hehe. (#^.^#)"

An Zijin was still blushing shyly.

In the end, only the honest Lei Hao remained, standing in place, murmuring quietly.

"We're here to do a mission, not to fall in love, can you have some professional ethics?"

"Sigh ε=(ο｀*) "

Life is not easy, Hao Hao sighs.

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