The Xu Clan's Renewed Overture, Lin Qing Takes a Godfather

Once my strength is sufficient, I'll bring gold into the game and buy a lot of monsters.

Dusk fell.

The two left the beach and parted ways at the village entrance.

Back in the Fourth Elder's courtyard, Gao Linzhi went to his room and immediately started allocating points to increase his strength.

This was the most satisfying part of playing the game!

His skills were currently:

[Disguise Art (0/100), Basic Fists and Feet Level 10, Basic Spear Technique Level 0, Heavenly Sight, Earthly Hearing, Person-Judging Art (Incomplete), Basic Defense Level 0, Basic Medical Skills Level 0, Basic Lightness Skill Level 30, Basic Perception Level 0, Basic Parrying Level 20, Basic Stealth Level 0, Basic Movement Technique Level 0, Basic Dodge Level 0]

He thought for a moment and decided to increase his Lightness Skill and Dodge.

He wasn't afraid of dying; increasing these two would reduce the chance of his character being trapped.

He then spent 3000 experience points to raise his Basic Lightness Skill to level 60.

Next, he spent another 3000 experience points to raise his Basic Dodge to level 30.

After that, he stretched and found that his jumping and leaping distance had greatly increased compared to before.

Basic Dodge was a passive skill that could only be demonstrated when being attacked.

He might have allocated them incorrectly, but it didn't matter; he planned to max them all out eventually.

His Constitution also transformed: [Constitution (5+12)], directly giving him 17 points.

Keep in mind that even if others maxed out their basic skills, they could only reach a limit of 10 points and would need to level up to break through it.

And once they leveled up, to gain experience, they would have to fight higher-level monsters, which incurred significant losses.

In short, paying players and ordinary players were not playing the same game; the latter were merely a part of the former's game content...

Right now, it was as if others were playing a broken version, unable to even pay to progress, but only he could.

After allocating his points, Gao Linzhi felt his body greatly strengthened.

His senses became extremely sharp.

His eyesight improved significantly, and he could hear the faintest sounds.

He felt full of strength, and his steps were much lighter.

He could properly test it out tomorrow.

Just then, he suddenly heard a faint sound, the voices of Lin Qing and the Fourth Elder.

"Elder, I'm learning too slowly. I heard that Can Xue has already learned several basic skills at the Martial Arts School. Is there a shortcut?"

"Don't rush, be patient. Your talents are different. Yours will only manifest in the late game, while his is high comprehension, making him strong early on, but he might not survive to the late game. As long as you're careful, you'll definitely make it to the late game."

"But I need to be strong early on. People from the Xu Corporation are watching me. If one plan fails, they'll come up with another. You can't stop the wind from blowing, and a thief can steal for a thousand days, but a guard can only guard for a thousand days."

"Alright, there are actually ways to learn quickly."

"Elder, please tell me quickly."

"When you fight BOSSes, they drop something called a 'Skill Book.' Our village happens to have some in storage, but they are too precious and require the agreement of all five elders."

"Then please implore the other four elders. As long as I learn various skills, I will definitely serve the village well and make it the strongest and wealthiest village in the vicinity."

This promise is big and round, Gao Linzhi thought.

"Alas, that's difficult. You only have talent, no contribution to the village. Even I cannot persuade the other four elders to give it to you."

"But I don't have the strength now, so I have no contribution. Without contribution, I can't get the Skill Book, and without the Skill Book, I have no strength... To break this vicious cycle, I can only beg you, Fourth Elder, to invest first. I guarantee you a hundredfold return," Lin Qing said solemnly.

Good heavens, the way to break the cycle is for you to learn it. Gao Linzhi wanted to see if the Fourth Elder would agree.

There was a long silence.

Finally, the Fourth Elder's voice reappeared, "Fine, I'll risk my reputation and beg for a set of Skill Books for you. But you must then focus on leveling up and improving yourself. In the subsequent anomaly attacks, use your talent to contribute and make them understand."

"Okay, thank you, Elder. I can't return to the real world right now and have no one to rely on here. If you don't mind, I'd like to recognize you as my adoptive father," Lin Qing's voice was filled with sincerity.

"Hahaha, that would be wonderful. I accept you as my adopted daughter," the Fourth Elder said with surprise.

Good heavens, she's even offering to be an adoptive daughter. Gao Linzhi shook his head.

For modern people, let alone an adoptive father, even their biological fathers can betray them at any moment. You can't rely on the moral bottom line of modern people.

He didn't hear any more voices, so he went to the bookshelf in his room and continued reading.

Night deepened gradually.

The night was very peaceful; there were no more anomaly attacks on the village.

Gao Linzhi hoped for continued peace, as peaceful development was most beneficial for him.

However, Lin Qing was right: you can't stop the wind from blowing.

At ten o'clock at night, people from the Xu Corporation arrived.

The visitor was Xu Qi, whom they had met before.

In the dead of night, the only people who dared to move about the village were corporate players—not that they could be reckless just because they had a way to "log off and hide," it was more a matter of being "unable to control themselves."

Rogue players were all practicing their skills in their yards and houses at this time.

Xu Qi knocked on the courtyard gate, and Steward Zheng cautiously opened it.

Immediately, Xu Qi stated his purpose and, under Steward Zheng's guidance, met Gao Linzhi.

Upon seeing Gao Linzhi, he got straight to the point:

"Brother Can Xue, our Young Master Xu invites you to join our Xu Corporation. You'll start as a Department Manager, overseeing six teams."

"Department Manager? That's not a bad offer, but do you really think I'll believe you again?" Gao Linzhi chuckled. The offer they were making was indeed quite significant.

He had worked for the Xu Corporation before.

The hierarchy was Manager, Department Manager, Center Manager, Deputy General Manager, General Manager, Vice President, President, Board of Directors, Chairman.

One could say that a Department Manager was firmly in the middle management, holding considerable real power, able to manage at least several thousand employees.

This world was vastly different from the one he had transmigrated from.

Keep in mind that the Xu Corporation managed an entire major region, with over a million people.

His position as a Department Manager, by conversion, was equivalent to at least a Section Chief.

It could be said that if Gao Linzhi accepted, he would soar to the heavens, directly breaking through the rigid class distinctions.

Lin Qing and Li Ziming had previously been the lowest-level managers, overseeing seven or eight people.

At this, Xu Qi guaranteed, "This time it's definitely real. We can have the village elders sign a contract, you should believe that, right?"

Gao Linzhi said indifferently, "Do you really think I'm an idiot? You've already infiltrated the village to a great extent; why would I believe them?"

"Then how about having the Fourth Elder act as a guarantor?" Xu Qi seemed determined to achieve his goal.