[Please select a meeting type: strategic meeting/tactical meeting!]
"Since we're tackling a new dungeon soon, we should boost our stats. Tactical meeting!"
Yi Tian sat in the executive chair at the head of the table and made his choice.
The next instant, Bai Qiu Li, Wan Jiang, and Jiang Che appeared along one side of the long table, in the order they had been recruited.
"What a beautiful place. It's like sitting above the stars."
"Boss, did you need me?"
"Holy crap! Wan Jiang, the guy who won yesterday's border defense martial tournament, is one of the Boss's employees too?"
The three of them spoke in surprise after suddenly appearing there.
Wan Jiang, in particular, had never expected Yi Tian to teleport him over from Dingcheng, dozens of kilometers away. That was an ability even legendary classes would struggle to pull off.
Yi Tian was thinking about the same thing. It seemed the [Hold a Meeting] skill would have even more potential uses in the future.
For now, though, he only wanted to test its effects.
"Nothing much. I'm just testing a new skill. Once the meeting ends, you'll get a pretty nice buff."
With that, Yi Tian decided to take a look at [Employee Benefits], which cost funds to use.
Using Employee Benefits could actually increase the buff's stat bonus to 80%!
If the stat boost could reach 80%, that would be downright absurd-comparable to nearly doubling their levels out of thin air.
[Employee Benefits-] [1. Insurance: spend funds equal to 3 × employee count to generate a lifesaving shield for every employee. Blocks one instance of fatal damage. Lasts three days.]
(Only one employee benefit was available at tier 1.)
A chance to cheat death!
Although Yi Tian only had one option at tier 1, it was clear that these employee benefits were genuinely impressive!
Unfortunately, it cost 3 funds per person, which meant 9 funds for three employees.
Yi Tian looked at his balance of 1.4 funds and silently closed Employee Benefits...
"All right, all right. That concludes the meeting."
Yi Tian was quite satisfied with his test of the Hold a Meeting skill.
It could summon employees regardless of distance, give everyone a buff, and offer employee benefits that cost money... all excellent effects!
That made Yi Tian look forward even more to his class-exclusive skills at tiers 2 and 3.
The meeting ended.
The special meeting space vanished, and everyone returned to their original locations.
Wan Jiang looked at the "all four core stats +30%" buff on him and sucked in a sharp breath.
"What a powerful buff!"
When he returned to his training squad, even his squad leader and the squad leaders from the other companies were stunned.
"Why does this kid seem so much stronger after a trip to the bathroom?"
"Jiang Che! Your class really changed!!!"
Seeing Jiang Che's current condition, Jiang Xing and Jiang Han were genuinely delighted and shocked. Even now, they still found it hard to believe.
Only then did the two siblings understand why Wei Yuan had made them sign confidentiality agreements before coming.
Tears welled in Jiang Che's eyes. "Brother, we don't have to hold our levels down to take power-leveling jobs anymore. We can form a dungeon pioneering team now. We can make loads and loads of money..."
Meanwhile, Principal Ji Changlin had called Yi Tian and Bai Qiu Li in for a talk.
"Yi Tian, Qiu Li, the college entrance exam is coming up. Are you still going to take it?"
With their classes, Yi Tian and Bai Qiu Li could easily secure special admission spots.
But entering a university through special admission was different from earning admission through the exam. Great Xia now prioritized practical combat, and the college entrance exam determined things such as subsidies and choices of mentors.
Bai Qiu Li answered decisively, "I will."
"I want to apply to Huaxing University. I heard Senior Yuan Shuang, the strongest sword practitioner in Great Xia, teaches there. I want to become her student."
After speaking, Bai Qiu Li turned to Yi Tian, waiting to hear his opinion.
Even Yi Tian himself had no idea how much weight his opinion carried in Bai Qiu Li's heart-enough to change her original plans.
But Yi Tian wasn't one to dictate other people's choices. "Sounds good."
"I probably won't take it, though..."
Bai Qiu Li had a very good chance of placing in the college entrance exam, which would bring him another Profit Sharing payout.
If Yi Tian participated, the Boss doing the work himself wouldn't earn any Profit Sharing. He had always lived by the principle of coasting whenever possible.
No need to lift a finger unless I have to!
Besides, Yi Tian now possessed the abilities of three legendary classes. Taking the college entrance exam would be rather like picking on little kids...
After leaving the principal's office, Yi Tian and Bai Qiu Li joined Jiang Che and his two siblings and headed to the Classist Hall.
Bai Qiu Li needed to complete her advancement quest, Yi Tian needed to clear a new dungeon to earn Profit Sharing, and the level-zero Jiang Che needed to grind levels even more urgently.
Besides the class change platforms, the Classist Hall also had a dungeon area.
The several low-level dungeons owned by Qingshan No. 2 Middle School could be selected and entered through the dungeon entrance behind the hall.
With the college entrance exam approaching, the dungeon entrance was packed with people.
Rather than squeeze into the crowd, Yi Tian went to the [Dungeon Bounty Office] first.
Some extremely difficult dungeons that had never been cleared were listed on the bounty board.
The government offered bounties for these dungeons because, after their first clear, their difficulty would decrease and be divided into five difficulty levels. New classists could then use them to grind levels and equipment.
That effectively improved leveling efficiency for newcomers.
If the team that achieved the first clear submitted a walkthrough of their run, they would receive an additional government reward.
These walkthroughs would be included in textbooks and taught to students to improve the standard of Great Xia's new classists.
But after looking through the list, Yi Tian and the others found that all the uncleared dungeons had very high level requirements.
Yi Tian, Bai Qiu Li, and Jiang Che were too low-level to meet the entry requirements.
"Should we check some other high schools?"
"Pretty much all the low-level dungeons have already been cleared..."
"Wait, there's one here!"
Bai Qiu Li pointed excitedly at the very top of the bounty list.
The higher a dungeon appeared on the list, the longer its bounty had been posted without anyone clearing it.
Even the dungeon's name had turned somewhat blood-red.
[Beast King] [-Unsealed Dungeon. Difficulty: ?. Restricted to classists level 10 and below. Maximum party size: three.]
"An Unsealed Dungeon!"
Jiang Che and his siblings exclaimed in unison. To them, this was something they could only dream of attempting.
Yi Tian was surprised as well. He hadn't expected an Unsealed Dungeon to remain uncleared.
Once an Unsealed Dungeon was cleared, a secret realm would spawn at a random location in the region!
The importance of secret realms was beyond question. They produced vast quantities of resources, materials, equipment, and more, making them the "oil fields" and "money printers" of the modern age!
Even a small secret realm brought enormous returns for the nation.
That was why, whenever an Unsealed Dungeon appeared, the government immediately dispatched people to clear it.
The fact that this dungeon remained uncleared spoke volumes about its difficulty.
"Should we give this Unsealed Dungeon a try?"
Jiang Che was eager to try.
The harder the dungeon, the higher the honor-based Profit Sharing payout after clearing it. Naturally, Yi Tian wouldn't refuse. "Then it'll be me, Qiu Li, and Jiang Che."
Hearing that, a young female receptionist at the bounty office hurried over.
She had intended to dissuade Yi Tian and the others from attempting it, but when she saw Bai Qiu Li in their party, she immediately changed her tune.
"You're Bai Qiu Li, the one who achieved the first clear of [Savage Beast Ridge] on hell difficulty yesterday, right?"
"With your record, you certainly qualify to give it a try..."
Yi Tian had never imagined this dungeon was so difficult that ordinary people weren't even qualified to attempt it.
The receptionist explained.
"The Beast King dungeon is already extremely difficult, and some sort of abnormal change seems to have occurred inside!"
"An abnormal change?"
"Yes. The dungeon boss may have mutated or become demonized, or other unknown creatures may have appeared inside. No one has figured out the cause..."
After hearing her warning, Yi Tian only became more eager to try.
He possessed the abilities and stats of three legendary classes, had two legendary-class employees with him, and could add the stat boost from [Hold a Meeting]. Their lineup was downright extravagant.
As the saying went, all fear stemmed from insufficient stats.
In the end, the receptionist gave each of the three a [Dungeon Escape Talisman] and urged them to leave immediately if danger arose.
Meanwhile, the classists beside the dungeon entrance were astonished to see Yi Tian and the others attempting the Unsealed Dungeon.
"They've got guts! Hasn't that Unsealed Dungeon gone uncleared for over a decade?"
"I remember a legendary classist and two epic classists being transferred over from Central China two years ago. They challenged this dungeon and came back utterly defeated."
"That pretty girl is Bai Qiu Li. I know her. She got the first clear of a hell-difficulty dungeon yesterday. She's really strong..."
"I don't recognize the two guys beside her. If they're teaming up with Bai Qiu Li, they probably aren't weak either, right?"
"Good luck, big sis with the longsword!"
"..."
Amid the crowd's chatter, Yi Tian and his two companions stepped into the Unsealed Dungeon entrance.
Jiang Che looked thoroughly aggrieved. "Why? I'm part of Spark Martial Academy's top power-leveling team, yet nobody recognizes me!"
"Sooner or later, I'll make my name known throughout Great Xia!"
Yi Tian said, "Quit yapping and get into the dungeon!"
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