The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

"It's nice, quiet."

Gu Xu nodded, indicating his satisfaction.

"This is more than just peace and quiet."

"If you can achieve a good ranking in that martial arts competition, in addition to the legion's resources, the benefits you can obtain are beyond your imagination, Your Highness."

"for example?"

Gu Xu's eyes lit up; he was wide awake when money was involved.

"Legendary skill books are standard; custom-made legendary sets are also basic; and there are experience scrolls with higher multipliers, rare materials..."

As Jiang Shu recited the menu, Gu Xu's heart beat faster with each dish she mentioned.

Any one of these items would be highly sought after by professionals outside the industry.

It could even trigger a small-scale bloodbath.

"and……"

"Anyone who ranks in the top three in the military exercise will be directly awarded the rank of captain! The special allowance alone will amount to that amount each month!"

Jiang Shu held up five fingers and shook them.

"fifty thousand?"

Gu Xu asked tentatively.

"Five hundred thousand! And that's after tax! That doesn't even include various task bonuses and resource discounts!"

Jiang Shu had a smug and arrogant expression on her face: "This is a real military rank. With this status, you can basically do whatever you want within the empire, except for those real regional officials."

"Based on the ranking, if you're fourth to tenth, you're a lieutenant, and so on."

Gu Xu took a deep breath.

At eighteen, with the rank of captain, a starting monthly income of 500,000.

If this were in my previous life, it would have been an unimaginable start.

Even in this world, it's a meteoric rise.

"Let's do it!"

Gu Xu made the decision in his mind without hesitation.

We must win this martial arts competition!

Anyone who dares to stop him from making money and getting promoted will have their ghost bride sing a little tune by their bedside all night!

"By the way, since we're talking about military ranks..."

Gu Xu suddenly became curious, his gaze lingering on Jiang Shu. "Sister Qiong, and you, what are your military ranks now?"

He had always been somewhat curious.

As the chief of staff (but with the aura of a corps commander), Su Qiong's rank must be quite high.

But Jiang Shu looks like a junior high school student, and doesn't seem like someone with a proper government job at all.

Jiang Shu continued walking, saying calmly, "Sister Qiong is a major general!"

"Major...Major General?!"

Gu Xu almost bit his tongue.

In this world, general-level officers are the real big shots, like regional warlords!

Su Qiong looks to be only twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, yet she is already a major general?

"Then...you?"

Gu Xu stiffly turned his head to look at the little girl who was taking a bag of potato chips out of her backpack.

Jiang Shu stuffed a potato chip into her mouth and mumbled, "Um... I'm a little shorter than Sister Qiong, I'm a senior colonel."

"A...Senior Colonel?!"

Gu Xu was completely bewildered.

Looking at Jiang Shu's still-childish face, and then at the little bear keychain hanging from her backpack, he simply couldn't associate her with the rank of "Senior Colonel," which was only one step away from being a general.

If she walked down the street, people would believe she was a high school student who skipped class!

"This world... is too crazy."

Gu Xu muttered to himself.

"What's so surprising about that?"

Jiang Shu shrugged helplessly: "Hehe, it's mainly because support professions are relatively scarce, so I just kept leveling up."

Looking at Jiang Shu, Gu Xu felt an even stronger urge to "cling to her coattails."

This isn't a thigh, it's clearly a towering white jade pillar!

Following these two big shots...

As long as you don't do anything reckless, it's really hard for you not to succeed.

As they spoke, the two had already passed the final security check and officially entered the inner area of ​​the secret realm.

The environment here suddenly changed.

It was no longer the desolate wilderness outside, but a Gobi desert that looked somewhat barren yet was full of life.

Two suns, one red and one white, hung in the sky, illuminating the earth.

"To be honest, I've always had a question."

As Gu Xu surveyed his surroundings, he asked, "Logically speaking, since I've awakened this profession, shouldn't the normal procedure be to be specially recruited by academies like Divine Revelation University or Imperial University?"

"How did it get intercepted by the Supreme Command?"

In Gu Xu's mind, school is the ivory tower, the safest place for newcomers to grow.

"School?"

Jiang Shu said blankly, "That kind of place is fine for teaching ordinary geniuses. But teaching you, Your Highness? You're not qualified!"

"Because when a person's talent surpasses the rules, then the conventional training system becomes a constraint for him."

"Those old pedants in school only teach you how to control your power and how to follow the rules. But our military is different."

Jiang Shu stopped on a high ground and pointed to the vast, strange area in front of her.

"The military only taught us how to kill the enemy, how to survive, and how to crush the enemy under our feet in the fastest way possible."

"and……"

At this point, Jiang Shu turned to look at Gu Xu: "The higher-ups will absolutely not allow truly strategically significant geniuses to remain out in the wild."

"In places like schools, power structures are deeply entrenched, with aristocratic families, conglomerates, and local forces all infiltrating. Only the military is the purest machine of violence, and also the place that can best protect you."

To put it simply...

"Your profession is too perverted. The higher-ups are afraid that you'll scare your classmates to death if you go to school, or that you'll be assassinated by other forces, so they've put you in the hardest turtle shell to keep you safe."

Gu Xu: "..."

Although Jiang Shu's metaphor is vivid, isn't the word "turtle shell" a bit unlucky?

"Alright, Your Highness, it's time to get down to business!"

Jiang Shu waved her small hand and pointed to a depression not far ahead.

"Huffing and puffing—"

In the depression ahead, several large, mutated porcupines were rooting around the ground.

The fangs were still covered with bits of flesh from an unknown creature, making them look quite disgusting.

As Gu Xu's gaze moved over...

The monster's information panel popped up in front of him naturally.

【Demonized Porcupine】

[Level: LV2]

[Description: A low-level monster with thick skin and a bad temper. The spikes on its back can be fired like crossbow bolts; getting pricked will hurt a lot. It is recommended not to provoke it unless you want to turn into a hedgehog.]

"Only level 2?"

Gu Xu pursed his lips, feeling slightly disappointed.

Although it was just practice...

But this monster doesn't seem to be very intelligent.

But then we'll have to make an exception and use these pigs as scapegoats.

Just then, the mutated porcupines seemed to smell the scent of living people.

They suddenly raised their heads.

Those bright red eyes instantly locked onto Gu Xu.

"Awooo—!!!"

With a piercing howl, the beasts, each the size of a small car, kicked up clouds of dust as they stomped their hooves on the ground.

They charged towards Gu Xu like a runaway tank.