"This Month's Free Game" Has Been Updated!

It was already 7:26 PM when they returned to the Lianjiang City National Security Bureau.

You Jilong, the Black Vest from the National Security Bureau in charge of leading them, directly announced their immediate dismissal. He informed them that their future job assignments would be sent to their mobile phones via text message within one to three working days.

Someone asked if they needed to keep their identity as cultivators a secret. You Jilong spread his hands and said, "It's up to you, but it's best not to. The Internet Surveillance Department is still clearing information about cultivators from the internet. Although your files have been encrypted by the National Security Bureau, if you actively reveal your real-world information and attract persecution from some criminals... don't say I didn't warn you."

Although they had the youthful urge to show off, they more or less knew that they had stepped into the vortex of a new era. At least the trainees outwardly agreed loudly and then went home.

Thanks to Jie Qiansi's efforts, all the members of the Eighth Team had added each other on WeChat and were pulled into a WeChat group – yes, it was still the group [We Are the Future Successors of Xuan Country]. In the past few days, he had met almost all the other Lianjiang City trainees and established a friendly acquaintance. Others were also willing to keep in touch to communicate, so this group included all the cultivator civil servants in Lianjiang.

When exchanging WeChat with Qiao Muyi, Ren Suo thought for a moment and said seriously, "I actually don't want to hit on you."

Qiao Muyi looked at Ren Suo and blinked, making Ren Suo swallow – damn, this is really because of the key's charm – and then Li Qingxuan walked over, glanced at Ren Suo, and pulled Qiao Muyi away.

Ren Suo felt incredibly frustrated. How could he get Qiao Muyi to obediently get into bed in front of him and then sleep?

After saying goodbye to everyone, Ren Suo took the subway home. On the way, he stopped by Jian Ji downstairs. The auntie there was quite surprised to see Ren Suo coming for noodles at night and asked, "Haven't seen you for a few days, did you find another takeaway place?"

"Traveled," Ren Suo shrugged. "One order of Braised Beef Brisket Noodles with Fried Sauce."

"Okay, two orders... one order?"

"Yes, one order. Here's 18 yuan."

"Young man, eat more," the auntie said earnestly. "Don't lose weight, young man. You should know that attracting a girlfriend nowadays doesn't depend on your figure..."

Unexpectedly, this auntie was so considerate. Ren Suo nodded and said, "Yes, I know."

"It depends on your face and figure," the auntie said. "Someone like you, even with a good figure, won't do."

Ren Suo: "...Can I have my money back?"

***

Back home, Ren Suo pushed open the door and found no abnormalities or signs of anyone having entered. He immediately opened the bedroom door and dragged out a large storage box from under the bed.

The storage box was filled with clothes. Ren Suo pulled out all the clothes, revealing the Little World Game Console inside, which looked like a piece of science fiction art.

Ren Suo let out a sigh of relief. The Little World Game Console was so mysterious that he naturally had to hide it well before leaving home. He wasn't worried about some special national department discovering the Little World Game Console and coming to snatch it – if it were really discovered, would Ren Suo dare to resist a state organ? He could only obediently hand it over, and maybe even be rewarded with a few houses for his contribution.

What he was worried about was if the game console was stolen by a thief, that would be a huge loss. If the thief discovered its magical properties and then found someone to silence Ren Suo, Ren So would truly have no pants to wipe his tears with.

Although this thing didn't seem to be worth much money, it would be troublesome if he encountered a very tasteful thief.

Confirming that everything was fine, Ren Suo felt relieved. He put the game console back in the living room and activated it with the game controller. The game console immediately connected to the TV. After five days away, Ren Suo finally saw the familiar cosmic science fiction startup interface.

The menu still only had "World Store," "What Should You Do Now?" and "If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters."

Ren Suo noticed a small, rotating disc icon in the lower right corner of the "If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters" section, as if it was reading a disc, but Ren Suo hadn't put a game disc in – he wouldn't even know where to put it.

Ren Suo didn't pay attention and opened the "World Store" to see if "This Month's Free Game" had been updated. As for the treasure chest and key, they were already practically in his pocket, so he wasn't in a hurry to open them.

He bought If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters on March 28th, cleared it for the first time on April 1st, and uploaded his rating in the early morning of April 2nd.

And Assassin was the free game for March. Now it was April, so the free game should have been updated, right?

Ren Suo only remembered this during the intensive training. After all, he was called to the civil servant intensive training immediately after clearing that hardcore jumping game and didn't have time to check if this month's free game had been updated.

It was already April 8th. The "April Fool's Day Discounted Items!" section had disappeared from the store, replaced by the "One Punch Blasts Through the Path of Life and Death, Two Feet Trample the Gate of Right and Wrong" section. However, Ren Suo glanced at it and ignored it – he likely couldn't afford games that cost money.

As expected, "This Month's Free Game" had been updated!

Li Dan pushed open the door to the conference room on the third floor of the Lianjiang City National Security Bureau. Seeing that everyone was present, he yawned and found a seat.

He had slept all night yesterday, and while it felt great, he felt a subtle fatigue after waking up. Li Dan thought this might be a lingering effect of not sleeping for a long time and didn't pay it much mind.

However, the fact that the guy named Ren Suo could actually make him fall asleep had Li Dan planning to ask his boss in the next couple of days to transfer Ren Suo to their unit. He spent the entire afternoon coming up with reasons.

He couldn't exactly say that Li Dan wanted Ren Suo to sleep with him, could he?

After a moment, a few more Black Vests entered the conference room. Li Dan glanced over and saw that all the cultivators in Lianjiang City who belonged to the Eighteen Bureau were present.

Although members of the Eighteen Bureau were all cultivators, not all cultivators in the country belonged to the Eighteen Bureau. Not to mention the public security system and the administrative system, even other departments within the National Security Bureau had a small number of cultivators, paving the way for a large influx of cultivator civil servants in the future.

Compared to other functional departments, the biggest characteristic of the Eighteen Bureau was that they were specifically responsible for handling cultivator affairs. However, this function would soon be split up. At least in the future, cultivator Awakened who committed petty theft would be handled by cultivators in the public security system. Their Eighteen Bureau would only need to handle 'extraordinary cultivator affairs'.

Li Dan had originally planned to take off his vest and go home to rest, but he was called back halfway through his car ride.

Had a murderous Awakened appeared?

Or had an important figure been killed by an Awakened?

Or was the Pacific Federation preparing to hold the World's First Extraordinary Martial Arts Tournament?

As Li Dan pondered, Yu Kuangtu, who was sitting in the main seat, saw that everyone was present and said, "I called you back in a hurry because the Red Chamber just confirmed a piece of news."

Hearing the words "Red Chamber," everyone couldn't help but sit up straight. As the earliest cultivators, they had almost all gradually cultivated under the guidance of the Red Chamber. Even if they hadn't met anyone from the Red Chamber, they knew the Red Chamber's important position in Xuan Country's Aura research.

Yu Kuangtu turned on the projector, and everyone saw a webpage appear on the projection screen.

"GIliGili?" Someone recognized it at a glance. "A bullet screen interactive website?"

"We chose this because it has the most views on this website," Yu Kuangtu manipulated the webpage, opening the bullet screen website's ranking. Then everyone immediately saw the top-ranked popular video.

"Ren Nesser posted a video? That Ren Nesser who is famous worldwide, whom no country can block, and is considered the strongest hacker?" A Black Vest said, "It's said that this Ren Nesser is also a member of Xuan Country's hidden organization, the Immortal Palace."

"The name of this video... it looks like a game."

"I think it's a real-life challenge."

Li Dan narrowed his small eyes, staring at the video at the top of the ranking, and softly murmured its title:

"If You're Strong, Climb 10,000 Meters...?"