Chapter 22 – Traitors of Humanity, the Advent Cult!
by spirapira【As it turned out, every member of the Advent Cult was a traitor to humanity.】
【They believed that humanity was unworthy of ruling this planet and were preparing to welcome the various “great alien races” to fully descend upon this world.】
【You were puzzled—once these aliens descended, wouldn’t all of humanity die? Including the Advent Cult themselves?】
【But your status was too low to gain access to the Advent Cult’s inner circle.】
【You spent a month undercover in the Advent Cult and gradually came to understand that advancing within the organization required demonstrating sufficient strength and completing assigned missions.】
【So you accepted your first mission: investigating a certain Silver-stage dungeon.】
【You completed it excellently and earned 5 contribution points within the cult.】
【You learned that contribution points could be exchanged for many precious items. The Half of the Eternal Spring Art from before had cost Wang Qingxuan 5,000 contribution points to redeem.】
【So you tried to take on more missions, hoping to earn more contribution points.】
【After a month of hard work, you had earned 100 contribution points—an efficiency that left you dissatisfied.】
【You understood it was because your strength was too low, preventing you from accepting higher-level missions and making it difficult to earn contribution points.】
【You learned of another way to earn contribution points: offering precious items to the cult’s elders could yield a large number of points.】
【Steeling your resolve, you offered 100 jin of Spirit rice to an elder.】
【The elder submitted the Spirit rice up the chain. He was very impressed with you and awarded you 1,000 contribution points.】
【A few days later, another elder from the cult came looking for you, demanding to know the source of the Spirit rice.】
【You said it was merely a chance find and that you had no more.】
【The elder didn’t believe you. He had you bound and locked in a basement, subjecting you to brutal interrogation!】
【You were beaten until your flesh was torn and raw, enduring numerous tortures…】
【In the end, you were tortured to death at the age of 29!】
【Your talent Die With Eyes Open activated…】
【You saw an old man enter the basement. The elder appeared to treat this old man with great respect.】
【They seemed to exchange a few words, but you couldn’t hear anything at all. You resolved to learn lip reading.】
【After one day, the Die With Eyes Open talent expired…】
【Ding! This simulation has ended!】
【You may select one of the following rewards: Mr. Mighty (talent), Foundation Establishment Great Perfection (cultivation), Bone Forging Great Perfection (cultivation), Five Second-Generation Spirit Chickens (pet), 3,000 jin of Spirit rice (item)】
【Mr. Mighty】: Green talent. Price: 10,000 energy points.
【Foundation Establishment Great Perfection】: Cultivation. Price: 1,000 energy points.
【Bone Forging Great Perfection】: Cultivation. Price: 10,000 energy points.
【Five Second-Generation Spirit Chickens】: Pet. Price: 10,000 energy points.
【3,000 jin of Spirit rice】: Item. Price: 3,000,000 energy points.
Su Xing stared at the simulation rewards with greedy eyes. Whether it was the green talent Mr. Mighty or the Bone Forging Great Perfection cultivation level, he wanted them all!
“What a shame—I can only bring back one reward…”
In the end, Su Xing decided to choose the Mr. Mighty talent.
After all, drawing talents was a matter of luck, but as long as he had this talent, he would surely be able to cultivate to Bone Forging Great Perfection in his next simulation.
The one thing that surprised Su Xing was that he could actually bring Spirit Chickens back from the simulator! The Spirit Chickens seemed to be classified as pets by the simulator, and each Second-Generation Spirit Chicken was worth 2,000 energy points—even more expensive than a jin of Spirit rice.
This at least proved that Second-Generation Spirit Chickens were more valuable than Spirit rice.
“What a pity. I currently have less than 2,000 energy points left—nowhere near enough to redeem the talent…”
Su Xing planned to hurry up and run dungeons for equipment drops so he could accumulate enough energy before his second dungeon run.
Knock knock knock!
Just then, a knocking came from outside the door.
Su Xing’s heart stirred. He knew it must be Jin Congxue, so he opened the door.
Jin Congxue was holding several Buddhist scriptures and said with a smile:
“Ah Xing, I just acquired a few rare Buddhist scripture editions. Why don’t we study them together?”
Su Xing nodded, and the two began their discussion.
But Su Xing seemed distracted throughout the entire process, which left Jin Congxue somewhat exasperated. She asked:
“Ah Xing, is something on your mind?”
Su Xing gave a bitter smile and nodded.
“I’m planning to head back to the Capital City. I’ve been a bit tight on cash lately, so I want to go back and earn some more money…”
A flash of surprise crossed Jin Congxue’s face.
“You’re short on money? You should have said so earlier! How much do you need? I’ll lend it to you!”
Su Xing was taken aback by Jin Congxue’s generous offer. They had only known each other for seven or eight days, and she was already willing to lend him money? He asked curiously:
“Are you really that wealthy?”
Jin Congxue looked surprised.
“You don’t know the Jin Commerce Group? My grandfather founded it…”
Su Xing was stunned. The Jin Commerce Group?
It was one of the top-ranked trading companies in all of Great Xia, established hundreds of years ago, with assets beyond counting.
Su Xing had been a rather famous wealthy merchant in one of his simulations, with a net worth of tens of billions.
But compared to the Jin Commerce Group, that was nothing.
The Jin Commerce Group’s scale couldn’t even be measured in mere billions, because the vast majority of their clients were Class Users—even high-level Class Users.
Grandmaster-stage and Heavenly King-stage clients were just regulars.
Meanwhile, in the simulator, Su Xing had mostly sold equipment to Silver-stage and Gold-stage low-level Class Users. They weren’t even in the same league.
Su Xing suddenly recalled that in one of his simulations, it seemed like Jin Congxue had referred clients to him, after which his net worth had skyrocketed to tens of billions within just a few years.
If it was the Jin Commerce Group’s resources behind that, then it all made perfect sense.
Jin Congxue’s voice reached Su Xing’s ears:
“So, how much do you want to borrow?”
Su Xing gritted his teeth and said:
“A hundred million. Can you lend me that? I might not be able to pay it back anytime soon… It could take half a year to a year…”
Jin Congxue was also momentarily stunned by the figure. A hundred million was no small amount.
She said half-jokingly:
“You’re not setting me up for some kind of honey trap, are you? What could you possibly need a hundred million for?”
With that, Jin Congxue let out a laugh, pulled out a bank card, and handed it to Su Xing.
“There’s a hundred million in this card. The PIN is six eights.”
Su Xing didn’t take the bank card directly. Instead, he retrieved fifty jin of Spirit rice from his storage ring and handed it to Jin Congxue.
“Consider this Spirit rice as interest. That way, you’re not lending it to me for nothing!”
Jin Congxue paused, blinking.
“Are you sure you want to give me this Spirit rice? Do you know how much it’s worth?”
“These fifty jin of Spirit rice are worth at least fifty million yuan!”