Life Dungeon Game

After He Ao said the number, Li Cheng's expression changed noticeably.

Clearly, he hadn't expected Hao Yi to be so supportive of him.

He then fell silent for a short time, most likely because they were arguing on the phone.

After all, the number He Ao gave was rather 'extreme'.

After a long pause, Li Cheng's expression finally relaxed.

"They agreed?"

He Ao asked with a smile.

"Yeah, almost."

Li Cheng smiled. This was a completely unexpected surprise. It was as if 'Hao Yi' was also endorsing the research institute, forcing the other two organizations to back down. He originally thought that getting more than 45% of the spots would be very good.

However, 55% is indeed an extreme figure. Right now, in his earpiece, Liu Zhengyun is still arguing with Moonlight and World Tree's B-level members about the specific number of spots.

"Thank you."

he laughed.

"Need not."

He Ao shook his head and put away the documents. "You've given us plenty of things."

"Would you like something to eat?"

Li Cheng glanced in the direction of the kitchen and said, "This restaurant is supposedly pretty good."

"Need not."

He Ao stacked the documents together, opened his mouth slightly, but made no sound.

His lips moved as he said, 'Remember our deal.'

Li Cheng nodded slightly, watching He Ao turn and return to the Verola.

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"Dean, how is it?"

He Ao, who was standing outside, looked up at Li Cheng who had come out.

“Not bad,” Li Cheng smiled, glancing at the time. “I have to go back to the Central Plains soon. Oh, by the way…”

He looked up at He Ao and said, "He Ao, there's something I need to ask you for a favor."

"Ok?"

He looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Old Liu managed to negotiate with those two old guys over there and secured two C-level slots for entering the ruins,"

Li Cheng said slowly, "I want to give you one of the spots directly."

Chapter 612 The Ruins Open, the Starry Sky (A super-large chapter combining two parts, please grant me the moon)

"So, Xiao Ao, are you going to the ruins? Hahaha, you really are my Xiao Ao, even the Dean thinks highly of you. Come closer and let your sister see you."

On the small computer screen, Wu Lan was pressing her face close to the camera, carefully examining He Ao.

"alright,"

Yang De, who was closer to the camera, pulled her away. He looked at He Ao outside the screen and said, "The transport plane to Ellen has already departed. I've applied for an item for you to bring over. The ruins are not safe, so take care of yourself."

"Ah."

He Ao nodded slightly.

"Hahaha, Xiao Ao, you have to thank Director Yang this time. The item you brought is an extraordinary item that Director Yang risked his life for. The Dean promised Director Yang that although this item belongs to the Research Institute, only Director Yang can use it."

Wu Lan leaned her head over again and said with a grin.

"what?"

He Ao was stunned.

"Alright, stop causing trouble."

Yang De impatiently pulled Wu Lan back. He looked at He Ao and smiled, "It's just a C-grade extraordinary item, not particularly valuable. You might find it useful. Just use it without worry and don't put too much pressure on yourself."

He paused for a moment, then said, "I heard from the World Tree that the information about this passage opening suggests that Class C can only bring a maximum of three extraordinary items. Have you decided what to bring? Are the extraordinary items you have still working well? If not, I can try to get you two more extraordinary items with fewer side effects."

"Enough."

He Ao nodded. The relic passage has always had restrictions on the extraordinary items that explorers can carry. Previously, D-level and below had a limit of five items, but this time, for C-level, there are only three.

However, usually, the superhumans who go in only bring one or two items, or none at all.

Because almost all supernatural items have side effects, and there are too many unknowns in the ruins, if you are carrying a supernatural item that you have never encountered before and is temporarily issued, the danger of these supernatural items often outweighs their safety.

Previously, the research institute had conducted a special study showing that the mortality rate of explorers who brought unfamiliar supernatural items was far higher than that of those who brought familiar supernatural items or did not bring any supernatural items at all.

Based on the accounts of those who entered the ruins with strange, extraordinary items and then returned safely, the research institute has now concluded regarding this phenomenon as follows:

When extraordinary items enter ruins, they undergo a kind of 'activation' due to the dense extraordinary power within the ruins, which enhances their contamination and increases the likelihood of attracting abnormal monsters, thus greatly increasing the overall mortality rate.

Those who possess this item have a good understanding of its properties, know how to deal with its side effects, and can control the extraordinary item well. In addition, these people are generally quite strong, so their survival rate is relatively high.

According to this conclusion, for someone who is holding this extraordinary item for the first time, or who has only recently begun to hold it for a short period of time, the extraordinary item in their possession is not a help, but a danger.

Therefore, the research institute later tended to focus more on the exploration of ancient ruins.

Those who possess technological weapons without side effects are not issued supernatural items.

In fact, even if someone is very familiar with a supernatural item, the research institute does not recommend bringing too many supernatural items in, because it is impossible for a person to be familiar with every single supernatural item.

However, this restriction has little impact on He Ao.

The extraordinary items he planned to bring in were the Miracle Wand, the corrupted mechanical core, and the pirate treasure chest.

The Miracle Wand was brought out from the ruins, where Heo was already very familiar with the situation.

Strictly speaking, the contaminated mechanical core is not a supernatural item. Its biggest problem is the contamination it carries, but He Ao is somewhat resistant to it.

As for the pirate treasure chest, it is a storage item. Its side effect is that if you open the chest and take out something, you must put in a supernatural item. If you don't have a supernatural item to put in, you must put in a soul.

However, He Ao never opens it when he uses it; he always uses his 'telekinesis' ability to bypass its rules and take or put things away.

Moreover, if the pirate treasure chest can be brought in, it must be brought in, because He Ao needs to control 'Hao Yi's clone' through the puppet crystal ball.

The interior of the pirate treasure chest seems to have some kind of isolation effect, which can protect the puppet crystal ball from the environmental influences of the ruins to a certain extent.

Of course, trying to bring the storage of extraordinary items through the ruins passage is a loophole-breaking tactic, and He Ao doesn't know if he can succeed. If he can't bring the pirate treasure chest in, He Ao plans to just bring the puppet crystal ball in directly.

These items were chosen by He Ao after weighing the potential risks. Their side effects are controllable, and their enhancement of his strength will outweigh the trouble they bring.

"OK,"

Yang De nodded, then thought of something else, "By the way, that thing has arrived. Check if you can accept the side effects. If you can't, don't push yourself no matter how good the product is."

"Ah."

He Ao nodded.

"Xiao Ao, take good care of yourself. You'll be coming back to stay up all night online with your sister. Let me tell you, didn't you agree to let me use your photos for publicity? You're quite famous within the research institute now..."

Wu Lan looked at He Ao, blinking her eyes with a smile, "And don't lose Yang Bu's things, that's his life... um..."

Yang De reached out and pulled the camera out of the frame, looked at He Ao, and laughed, "Take care of yourself, don't be reckless. If you lose something, you lose it. Your life is the most important thing. The dean gave you this spot directly because he sees that you have a chance to be promoted to B-level. The funding problem for our field department will fall on your shoulders from now on."

"it is good!"

He Ao smiled and nodded.

Although he wanted to ask Wu Lan what 'fame' meant, he thought it probably didn't mean anything.

After the Mysterious Shadow incident ended, He Ao's identity was no longer a secret because he had been exposed to the World Tree and Moonlight. At that time, Wu Lan did ask if his photo could be used for publicity, and He Ao agreed without asking any questions.

After all, his photos are just a few ID photos posted on the research institute's official website. Without confidentiality requirements, anyone within the institute can see them.

It's not surprising that they arrived.

"Um..." Ji Po scratched his head. He had been watching the group chat without saying a word. After a brief pause, he looked at He Ao and said, "Good luck! When you return to the Central Plains, I'll treat you to a meal!"

"Ji Po, you stingy bastard, you actually plucked a feather..." Wu Lan rushed back into the frame, baring her teeth and brandishing her claws, "We've been colleagues for so many years, and I've always paid for meals. Is our relationship fading? Don't you love me enough? Xiao Ao can eat, but I can't?"

He Ao watched the two bickering with a smile, then turned his gaze to Yang De, "Minister Yang, who got the other spot out of the two available?

"Oh, right, that's what I was just about to tell you,"

Yang De slapped his forehead, "Those are also young talents who have emerged from the research institute in recent years, but they didn't come from our field operations, they came from the internal operations... Old Zhang, Zhang Anxia and the others are from the internal operations."

"The young man who was selected this time is also quite good, but you haven't been in the research institute for long and have been on assignment abroad, so you probably haven't met him. His name is Ye Yun, and he is the person in charge in Nandu."

"Don't listen to Yang Bu's boasting,"

Wu Lan leaned closer again, "Director Yang really hates that kid. The internal affairs team kept bragging about him, saying he was a 'young talent,' the fourth B-level in the research institute. Does your field department have no one else? Director Yang always comes back from meetings with the internal affairs team with a fuming expression."

When Wu Lan spoke, she deliberately pinched her pinky finger and spoke in an affected tone, as if imitating the tone of the office staff.

“In the past, when Director Yang went to meetings with the internal affairs department, he walked with his head down and his ears drooping, and he spoke with a sigh.”

"Ever since you came, especially after the incident on the Verola, when you rushed in to save people and even killed so many C-rank World Tree and Moonlight, Director Yang has been strutting out of meetings with great pride and high spirits, without even eating. After the meetings, he would come back and vividly describe to us the humiliated faces of the internal staff during the meetings."

"You seem to have a lot of idioms, don't you?"

This time, Yang De finally picked up Wu Lan and threw her out of the camera frame.

"Um..." Yang De turned around and looked at He Ao somewhat awkwardly. Finally, he said softly, "Be careful."

"Ok!"

He Ao nodded.

End of the meeting.

He Ao looked up at the sunset outside the window, which was sinking into the edge of the city.

Night has come.

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