Chapter 62

After breakfast, Zhang Yuanqing went to the bathroom to wash up, then returned to his room, turned on his computer, and began writing the guide.

If we look at it purely from a financial perspective, selling the guide privately would definitely be the most profitable. The official reward would not be much, ranging from a few hundred thousand to a few million.

However, many things cannot be measured by money, such as merit points.

Merit points can mobilize official resources, grant access to restricted information, increase promotion opportunities, and request official assistance, all of which cannot be bought with money.

Moreover, the official authorities provided him with guides for the two S-level spirit realms he had previously completed. Now, it was time to return the favor.

Zhang Yuanqing's fingers danced over the keyboard:

[Guide for Jinshui Amusement Park, Code 6203, Difficulty Level S, Type: Multi-player Spirit Realm (Death Type)]

[Main Objective of Jinshui Amusement Park: Complete two or more amusement park attractions.]

[The first attraction I played was the roller coaster. The guide remains the same: close your eyes during the ride to pass without damage. However, it is far from as simple as it sounds. I will elaborate on this later.]

[Unlike the old version, the new amusement park has a "series" setting. The roller coaster is part of the "Heart-Pounding" series, which includes: the roller coaster, the underground parking lot haunted house (ghost marriage), and the detective reasoning hall.]

[The main task in the underground parking lot is to remember to avoid the car people. All team members should ride in the same car to minimize time loss. When drawing cards, try to find a lucky member. Those with bad luck should not force it, as there is a risk of team wipe.]

[The haunted house is the most terrifying scene in the amusement park. It includes the wedding invitation and dowry stages. Female spirit realm travelers should remember: when filling out the wedding invitation, do not specify the gender as female, as it will result in certain death. The dowry items are medicinal wine, a wedding quilt, a gold hairpin, and a weighing rod. Each dowry item corresponds to a vengeful spirit. The method to resolve this is]

[Note: The dowry stage is a mandatory reduction in team members. Be wary of team members killing each other.]

[Note: During the ghost bride selection stage, the night wanderer will die for sure! I managed to escape from under the ghost bride's skirt only because of my natural good looks and exceptional demeanor, which charmed the vengeful spirit. This is a gift from heaven, not something that can be achieved by human effort. You cannot imitate this. However, don't worry; I have a way to avoid the dead end. The solution is in the second stage, the underground parking lot.]

[The guide for the detective reasoning hall is]

[Hidden tasks in Jinshui Amusement Park: After watching the process in the detective reasoning hall, you should have some understanding of the hidden tasks.]

[Currently, the mechanism for assigning roles in the realm is unclear, but in this team, there is an evil member whose identity is neutral. I suspect that the assignment of traitors and evil members is not based on profession but on human nature.]

After finishing the guide, Zhang Yuanqing carefully checked it and sent it to Li Dongze's email.

Looking at the successful sending interface, he immediately thought of something:

"Xie Lingxi, this big girl, can get the old version of the guide. She must either be an official or have deep connections with the official. A simple investigation would reveal my identity, or rather, my ID."

The purpose of using an ID for spirit realm travelers is to have a public persona, making it easier to establish themselves in the spirit realm world. Therefore, this identity is usually not kept secret.

Just like when Yuanshi Tianzun completed the Sheling Tunnel, the achievement spread among the Five Elements Alliance and Taiyi Sect. Everyone thought Yuanshi Tianzun had great potential, but what did that have to do with Zhang Yuanqing?

This time, after completing the S-level task, the Five Elements Alliance would likely not hide his achievement but would even promote his reputation to showcase the talent within the organization.

Of course, this would be limited to promoting the ID, while information related to the real world would be kept confidential.

Xie Lingxi would only need to make a few inquiries to discover that her brother Wang Tai was actually a fraud called "Yuanshi Tianzun."

"If she has official background, then it doesn't matter if she knows. I often deal with official spirit realm travelers, but only as Yuanshi Tianzun."

Zhang Yuanqing closed the email interface and opened the official forum on his phone.

He was suddenly startled by a shocking post:

#Shocking, Jinshui Amusement Park has been conquered, and the conqueror is this person#

Zhang Yuanqing was surprised, thinking, "I just returned a few hours ago, and I'm already exposed?"

When he opened the post, it turned out to be about Hebo. Before entering the spirit realm, Hebo, as required, notified his superiors. After a night of anxiety, his superiors and colleagues were pleasantly surprised to find that Hebo had returned.

The local authorities were immediately in an uproar, and the news quickly spread among the spirit realm travelers in the same city, generating as much excitement as a village where a student had been admitted to a prestigious university.

[Going Days: Where's the guide? Is the guide finished? I've already submitted an application with my points, but the steward told me there's no new guide in the database.]

[Long Days Ahead: There is indeed no new guide. I just checked the database @Hebo]

Initially, the official spirit realm travelers were delighted and praised Hebo from the Salt Province, showering him with compliments.

However, when they found that the guide had not been updated and Hebo had not commented, they became confused, and some began to question the authenticity of the post.

[My King Has a Disease: Spreading rumors, do you want a beating? Do you think I won't bring my brothers to Salt City to beat you up? @Hebo]

After a series of arguments and persistent tagging, Hebo finally appeared to explain.

[Hebo: I did indeed conquer Jinshui Amusement Park and received a 18% experience reward, which is quite generous.]

[Going Days: Where's the guide?]

Hebo seemed reluctant to speak, and after several minutes of silence, he finally replied:

[There isn't one.]

What?

Just as the official spirit realm travelers on the forum felt they were being toyed with, Hebo added another message:

[I just took a hit for someone else, then I died, and then I passed. So, I don't have a guide for you. You might find it hard to believe, but this is one of the ways to play Jinshui Amusement Park. I can't discuss the details on the forum. The expert who helped me pass should have a complete guide, but he doesn't seem to be an official. I can tell you his name.]

Hebo passed while lying down? Who, who could be so benevolent and powerful? What kind of person could this be?

[Going Days: Who is it? Tell us quickly!!]

Going Days and some other official spirit realm travelers who were about to enter the spirit realm were the most eager.

[Hebo: I only know his name is Wang Tai. We didn't interact much, so I don't know much about him.]

[Li Dongze: ???]

[Guanya: ???]

[Qingteng: ???]

[Bailong: ???]

Others began to discuss who Wang Tai was, surprised that they had never heard of him. Some tried to tag Wang Tai and found that the ID existed.

[Call Me Queen: Hmm, it seems he's one of our officials. That's great.]

After persistent tagging, Wang Tai finally appeared.

[Wang Tai: I don't have it. It's not me. But I know who it is. His name is Yuanshi Tianzun.]

[Going Days: Yuanshi Tianzun? What a domineering name. No wonder he's so excellent. Who is he?]

[My King Has a Disease: I find it familiar.]

[Bailong: I know. He's the night wanderer who conquered the Sheling Tunnel and was forcibly taken as a subordinate by the dog thief called 'Li Dongze.' I've already decided to save him from his suffering.]

With this, the forum members recalled the new night wanderer who had conquered the Sheling Tunnel and was quite famous for a while.

[Going Days: It's him? That's great. It's better if he's one of our officials. The worst case would be if a wild spirit realm traveler completed the guide, followed by someone from the Taiyi Sect.]

Because only when one of their own completes the guide can they obtain it at the lowest cost. There is a difference between their own guide and someone else's.

[Call Me Queen: It's him. Speaking of which, he's also a night wanderer. Fortunately, he was recruited by our Five Elements Alliance. By the way, I suddenly remember a popular phrase on the Taiyi Sect forum: Elder Sun is confused!]

[Hebo: So, his name is Yuanshi Tianzun.]

[My King Has a Disease: So, this guy, no, this big brother, has conquered two S-level spirit realms?]

Such a person might become a rising star in the Five Elements Alliance in the near future.

"Let go of Elder Sun, no, let go of Captain Yuan. Elder Sun will beat him to death." Zhang Yuanqing, satisfied, exited the forum, put away his phone, and locked the door.

He then opened the drawer and took out the Cat King speaker.

This troublesome item could not be stored in the inventory and had to be carried. After returning, he had put the speaker in the drawer.

"Brother Bing said he left everything in the Cat King speaker, and this item indeed has a recording function, which I verified in the haunted house. To know what Brother Bing left, I need to make it speak."

Zhang Yuanqing held the black metal speaker, deep in thought.

The Cat King speaker had only two buttons, one for drum sounds and one for a trumpet. The sounds were quite peculiar and could not be tested in a residential building, as it might affect innocent people.

Moreover, even if he pressed the buttons, it was unlikely to get any information.

"It revealed information automatically in the haunted house, without me pressing any buttons. So, to get information from the Cat King speaker, it must be random?"

Zhang Yuanqing frowned, thinking for a moment, and then remembered that the speaker had shown a survival instinct when facing the ghost bride.

"Yes, the speaker is sealed with the soul of Cat King. It, like the red dancing shoes, has its own will and can communicate."

After realizing this, Zhang Yuanqing cleared his throat:

"Cat King, from now on, you'll be with me. You'll have a good life ahead. I need your help now. Do you have any records about the Demon Lord?"

He originally wanted to say "Brother Bing," but the Cat King wouldn't know who that was, and he didn't know Brother Bing's spirit realm ID.

The black metal speaker showed no reaction.

"Refusing to cooperate?"

The speaker showed no reaction.

After several failed attempts, Zhang Yuanqing became furious, threw the speaker into the trash, and undid his belt:

"Fine, if you don't cooperate, I won't either. Let you taste the essence of a virgin."

Just as he was about to take out his "staff" and "drain the sea," the trapped Cat King speaker emitted a "buzzing" sound.

Interesting!

Zhang Yuanqing was delighted. The next moment, a strange audio clip echoed in the room:

"Ah~ Ah ah hmm~ hmm~ Ah, be gentle."

The woman's soft whispers and the man's heavy breathing filled the room in surround sound.

What's happening? Zhang Yuanqing's face was blank, his mind filled with question marks.

Suddenly, the bedroom door was pounded violently, and his grandmother's angry roar echoed:

"Zhang Yuanqing, what are you doing in there! The noise is heard downstairs, how embarrassing! Open the door, I'm going to beat you to death today!!"

Grandma, let me explain!! Zhang Yuanqing, feeling hopeless, reached out toward the door, as if trying to regain lost family ties.

Right, the night wanderer skill can eliminate all sounds. He quickly crouched down, picked up the Cat King speaker from the trash, and entered the night wanderer state.

The illusory power of the moon exploded, enveloping him, and Zhang Yuanqing's figure was erased.

Instantly, the soft sounds disappeared from the room, echoing only in Zhang Yuanqing's ears.

His grandmother pounded on the door stubbornly for a while. Seeing the noise stop and her grandson pretending to be dead, she left with a threat:

"I'll deal with you when you come out."

Phew, Zhang Yuanqing felt relieved. At this moment, with the man's low growl, all the sounds disappeared.

A few seconds later, a young but hoarse voice sounded:

"I've slept with so many women, but the women of the Beauty Association are the most comfortable. They truly live up to their profession of controlling love and desire."

Then, a soft, sweet, and slightly hoarse voice responded:

"Lord Demon, it's an honor to serve you. When will you leave this country and accompany Betty to meet the president? Our president has always wanted to meet you."

The woman's pronunciation was a bit awkward, suggesting she was a foreigner.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanqing was stunned. The soft sounds were not a prank by the Cat King speaker but a recorded conversation.

The main characters were the Demon Lord and a foreign woman.

Zhang Yuanqing's spirits lifted, and he listened intently to the conversation that followed.

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