Chapter 22

The next day, early in the morning.

Lin Fei was eating an egg and drinking milk, but his eyes were fixed on the news report on TV.

"According to the latest news received by our station, the Joint Special Operations Force arrived in Kant Country at 3 a.m. today and quickly supported the local military. At 7:10 a.m., they repelled the group of monsters.

This special operation force and the local military achieved significant results, eliminating a total of 335 monsters: 10 of the 3rd tier, 90 of the 2nd tier, and 235 of the 1st tier. This is the first large-scale battle between humans and monsters, and the final victors are us humans," the beautiful female host explained vividly.

Next, the TV showed a video of the local area: a devastated small town, the ruins of buildings hit by artillery fire, and piles of monster corpses gathered by soldiers.

"This time, the human side also suffered significant losses! The destructive and lethal power of a group of monsters is completely different from that of a single monster," Lin Fei thought. "But why would the monsters suddenly attack this small town in a group? There must be some other reason behind it."

Turning off the TV, Lin Fei went back to his room, changed out of his pajamas, and headed to the Psionic Administration.

Today is the last day of September, and tomorrow is the Golden Week for tourism. The number of people traveling during this period will reach the peak of the year, as many people choose to travel at this time. This is the life bound by daily routines!

Lin Fei is now a free man, able to travel whenever he wants.

Lin Fei hailed a car at the entrance of the residential area and headed to the Psionic Administration. Fortunately, it was Saturday, and there weren't many cars on the road. Lin Fei arrived at the Psionic Administration in half an hour.

The Psionic Administration is located in the eastern part of the city, in the same district as Lin Fei. This 60,000 square meter area is filled with high-rise buildings and various functional departments.

Following the guard's instructions, Lin Fei went to the Psionic Material Appraisal and Acquisition Office. There was a sign at the entrance: Appraisal Fee: 100 yuan per item.

"Is this a joke? Why are there so many people?" Looking at the queue, Lin Fei was speechless.

What else could he do?

Lin Fei obediently held the black plastic bag containing the black ore and stood behind an old man with white hair.

The old man glanced at the plastic bag in Lin Fei's hand and asked, "Young man, are you here for appraisal or acquisition?"

Lin Fei replied, "I'm here for appraisal. If the price is right, I'll sell it. What about you, sir?"

The old man smiled and said, "I'm the same as you. A month ago, I was weeding in my field and dug up a stone. I felt this stone was not ordinary."

"How is it not ordinary?" An aunt in front of the old man turned around, full of curiosity.

"Before, I weeded my field every half month. Later, I don't know why, but the weeds grew faster and faster, and I had to weed every five days. Since I dug up that stone, the weeds in that field no longer grew so wildly," the old man explained.

"Indeed, it's quite strange," Lin Fei agreed.

The queue slowly moved forward. The appraiser, who seemed to have the ability to sense, found that most of the items were useless. One person did discover a mutated chrysanthemum that could increase the concentration of spiritual energy within a 1-meter radius. Even though the increase was not significant, the Psionic Administration offered 100,000 yuan to acquire it.

After a while, it was the old man's turn. He handed a fist-sized green stone to the appraiser, who used his ability and looked puzzled. He used his ability again and then looked convinced.

"Sir, this stone is a psionic material called a Spirit Absorption Stone. It can slowly absorb spiritual energy from the air over six months. When the stone's internal spiritual energy reaches saturation, it will slowly release the energy for three days," the appraiser explained. "This Spirit Absorption Stone can hold about half the spiritual energy of a spirit stone. Due to its long absorption cycle, our acquisition price is 300,000 yuan. Do you want to sell it?"

Hearing that the stone was worth 300,000 yuan, the old man was immediately overjoyed. After all, he had found it in his field by chance, and such unexpected wealth made anyone happy.

"I'll sell it, I'll sell it!" the old man quickly replied.

"Next," the appraiser called out.

"Finally, it's my turn. It's not easy," Lin Fei thought. He then took the black ore out of the bag and handed it to the appraiser.

"It's Spirit Iron Ore! Sir, you have quite good luck! Weapons forged from Spirit Iron Ore can better resonate with spiritual energy, which is what cultivators desire the most.

Your ore weighs 10 kilograms. Our acquisition price is 100,000 yuan per kilogram, so your ore is worth 1,000,000 yuan. Do you want to sell it?" the appraiser asked.

"I didn't expect it to be worth 100,000 yuan per kilogram. So the 500 kilograms I dug up are worth 50 million yuan," Lin Fei happily replied, "I'll sell it."

After a series of procedures, Lin Fei received a notification on his phone that the money had been credited to his bank account. He confirmed the transaction and left the Psionic Administration with great joy.

As Lin Fei was hailing a taxi at the entrance of the Psionic Administration, a black car drove out of the administration's gate and quickly passed by him.

"Hey, it's her," the driver was Xie Yurong, the director of the Rongcheng Psionic Administration.

"Should I...?" A thought flashed through Lin Fei's mind, but he quickly dismissed it.

It was already eleven o'clock when he returned home. Lin Fei fried three steaks for lunch. After eating, he changed into the miner's outfit he had bought online the night before.

"Online shopping is really convenient! I placed the order last night, and it was delivered this morning," Lin Fei remarked.

A white light flashed, and Lin Fei's figure appeared at the entrance of the mine.

"Wow!" A surprised cry echoed in his ear.

The white wolf was overjoyed to see Lin Fei suddenly appear. It had been following Lin Fei's instructions, guarding the mine and preventing other creatures from approaching, except for a brief time this morning when it went out to hunt a small mountain goat for food.

"Good afternoon! It seems you've been very obedient! You've been guarding the mine as I instructed," Lin Fei said with a smile.

"Whine, whine!" The white wolf looked at Lin Fei, who was wearing a deep blue outfit, a round hat, and long boots. "The boss looks less handsome today than yesterday," the white wolf thought.

"Alright! I'll continue mining. You help me guard the entrance and don't let anyone else in," Lin Fei said while taking out a spade from the dimensional space.