Hu Dahai pondered for a while, then said, "It's possible, but the Underground World passage on campus is currently sealed off. Even if you want to go, you can't!"
Lu Yuan asked in confusion, "It's sealed off? Why?"
Hu Dahai shrugged and said casually, "Who knows? This has never happened before. My guess is they might be turning the Underground World on campus into an arena for the Freshman Tournament, so they've started preparing early."
Lu Yuan asked again, "What were the previous Freshman Tournaments like?"
Hu Dahai replied, "Just one-on-one matches on an arena stage, with the winner advancing."
After hearing Hu Dahai's answer, a hint of barely perceptible delight crossed Lu Yuan's face.
If the school really was turning its Underground World into the arena for the Freshman Tournament, as Hu Dahai had guessed, then Lu Yuan would have an advantage.
"Oh, right. The Mission Center is just ahead. Want to take a look?"
Hu Dahai slowed his pace and asked.
"The Mission Center? Of course!"
Lu Yuan nodded.
A few hours earlier, from Jiang Qing's words, Lu Yuan had learned that the school had a Mission Center.
Now that Hu Dahai had brought it up again, Lu Yuan couldn't help feeling curious.
Five minutes later, the two arrived at the entrance to the Mission Center.
Inside, they saw dozens of Mission Display Screens and around ten Mission Submission Windows neatly arranged in the spacious room.
"These are the Mission Display Screens. You can choose missions here. Over there are the Mission Submission Windows. Just submit the proof required for completing a mission there, and they'll verify it."
Hu Dahai pointed to the Mission Display Screens and the Mission Submission Windows as he explained.
Then the two walked up to one of the Mission Display Screens.
The screen was dark.
There weren't any buttons on it, and Lu Yuan furrowed his brow slightly, unsure how to turn it on.
Seeing this, Hu Dahai chuckled.
He took out his Student ID and held it against the Mission Display Screen.
A beep sounded.
The Mission Display Screen lit up!
Lu Yuan suddenly understood. So you had to swipe your card to use it.
There were all kinds of mission categories on the Mission Display Screen!
The missions were ranked by difficulty, from lowest to highest: D, C, B, A, S, and SS!
Their corresponding colors were white, green, blue, purple, orange, and red!
"D-rank mission: Sign up as a school orientation volunteer. Current sign-ups: 129/200. Reward for completing the mission: 0.02 Credit Points." "D-rank mission: Set up the venue. Current progress: 49/50. Reward for completing the mission: 0.01 Credit Points." "C-rank mission: Collect 10 Shadow Cat claws. Reward for completing the mission: 0.5 Credit Points." "A-rank mission: Collect 5 Ghost Fire Lizard tails. Reward for completing the mission: 200 Credit Points." "..."
There were so many different missions that Lu Yuan could hardly take them all in!
"Signing up as an orientation volunteer gets you 0.02 Credit Points, and setting up the venue gets you 0.01 Credit Points..."
Lu Yuan silently did the math. Once he reached the answer, he couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath!
Just helping with the school orientation earned 200 Blue Star coins, and even simply setting up a venue got you 100 Blue Star coins!
Truly, a top-tier school for ability users knew how to throw its weight around!
Lu Yuan marveled.
"The reward depends on the final evaluation. Those are the rewards for missions rated as excellently completed!
"If your completion is rated good or passing, the final reward gets cut by two-tenths or in half, respectively."
Hu Dahai added this as an aside.
"Oh, I see..."
Hearing this, Lu Yuan suddenly wondered whether the senior Jiang who had come to pick him up earlier had originally completed his mission excellently, but ended up with a good—or even passing—rating...
Hu Dahai said, "School hasn't started yet, but you already have your own Student ID. You can come here and take missions whenever you want. A little extra money is always good."
Lu Yuan nodded, then asked, "Can I take on several missions at the same time?"
He was going to enter the Underground World passage later to hunt ferocious beasts and gather the materials required by the missions. It wasn't as if he could keep coming back to submit them.
Hu Dahai thought it over briefly, then said, "Not yet. You'll need to raise your mission level before you can take on multiple missions at once."
Then he pointed at the level 3 displayed on the Mission Display Screen and held up three fingers. "I'm mission level 3 right now, so I can take on three missions at the same time."
"Oh, okay..."
Suddenly, a commotion rose in the Mission Center!
"Look, look! The captain of the Silver Wolf Team is here to submit a mission!"
"Haven't seen Senior Sister Jiang in ages. She's gotten even prettier!"
"Even though I'm a girl, Senior Sister Jiang is making me question my sexuality..."
Hearing the crowd's chatter, Lu Yuan couldn't help turning to look.
There stood the captain of the Silver Wolf Team, her silver hair flowing, her features cool and exquisite, and a beauty mark beneath the corner of her eye.
The long spear on her back was still the same one as before.
But the dried bloodstains that had been on it earlier had vanished. The spear was as pristine as ever, gleaming with an edge sharp enough to cut.
Jiang Xuanran seemed long accustomed to the murmurs around her. Her expression didn't change in the slightest; she remained utterly composed.
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