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

The light was so pure that it was blinding!

"Um?"

Gu Xu was stunned for a moment.

Jiang Shu's eyes widened, and she even forgot about feeling nauseous.

That is……

Did you get a loot drop?

Gu Xu strode forward, enduring the lingering stench around him, and picked up a crystal-clear golden stone from the pool of blood. The stone emitted a faint ripple of time.

The system notification sounded the moment the item was acquired.

[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained a legendary material: Sands of Time Core (Fragment)!]

[Note: This is an extremely rare drop from low-level dungeons, typically only occurring with a very low probability when defeating monsters. It is used to craft legendary equipment or unlock special quests.]

"hiss--"

Gu Xu gasped.

Legendary material?

Dropped by a group of level 10 elite monsters?

This luck... isn't it a bit too unfair?

"This is... the core of the Sands of Time?!"

Jiang Shu leaned closer to take a look, her eyes nearly popping out of their sockets, and her voice cracked: "Your Highness, your hands are way too red!"

"This thing is a priceless treasure outside! Many high-level professionals might not even see a glimpse of it after grinding here for a month, and you..."

She looked at Gu Xu, then at the large rat licking its paws beside him.

An absurd idea suddenly popped into my head.

Could this be... a hidden perk of the Calamity class?

The more disgusting the disaster you create, the more amazing the items that drop?

"I've struck it rich."

Gu Xu held the warm crystal, his smile stretching almost to the back of his ears.

Indeed, the Lord of Calamity is terrifying!

This is hardly the source of the plague...

This is clearly a slightly ugly lucky cat!

After all, this is a legendary material.

Many high-level professionals have fought tooth and nail for this stone, only to find out they've just come here to "buy" some.

I picked up the goods without hesitation.

"Your Highness, your luck is incredible..."

Standing to the side, Jiang Shu swallowed hard and gave a thumbs up: "If I said I wasn't jealous, I'd be lying to a ghost."

Gu Xu played with the crystal in his hand, in a great mood, and casually tossed it into Jiang Shu's backpack: "Keep it. If you need it for crafting equipment in the future, you'll have to trouble Sister Jiang."

"That's a must!"

Jiang Shu chuckled and patted his chest.

However, after laughing, Jiang Shu seemed to remember something, and her expression gradually became serious.

She pushed up her black-rimmed glasses.

Looking at Gu Xu's level 10, she hesitated, wanting to say something but holding back.

"What's wrong, Sister Jiang? Just say what's on your mind."

Gu Xu noticed her unusual behavior.

"Um... Your Highness, there's something I need to remind you of."

Jiang Shu took a deep breath and said seriously, "You are now level 10. According to the professional rules of the Divine Xia Empire, you will soon face your first job change quest, also known as the 'first job change'."

"Yes, I know, it's in the textbook."

Gu Xu nodded: "What's wrong? Is this mission difficult?"

"For ordinary professionals, it's just following the established procedures. But for geniuses, especially for a monstrous genius like yourself, it's a death trap." Jiang Shu gave a wry smile.

She glanced at Gu Xu and explained, "The rules of Heaven are fair. The greater your career potential, the higher the difficulty of the job change quest. The system will automatically generate the quest based on your performance, attributes, and skill strength before level 10."

At this point, Jiang Shu pointed to the pile of corpses around them that hadn't yet been refreshed.

And not far away, the source of the plague is idly biting his nails.

"Your performance, from instant kills to soloing bosses, is truly astonishing."

"Don't even think about it... the difficulty of your job change quest is definitely hellish, or even... abyss-level."

Gu Xu raised an eyebrow: "Abyss level? How exaggerated is that?"

Jiang Shu seemed to be lost in some unpleasant memories, her little face scrunched up: "Take me for example, I'm an SS-rank class [Apocalypse]."

"When I first changed classes, the system threw me into a closed space full of level 30 elite monsters. The mission required me to survive inside for 24 hours and kill the final gatekeeper."

"I was only level 10 back then! Facing a group of level 30 elite monsters, I would die with a single hit."

"If the military hadn't prepared a whole set of life-saving gadgets for me beforehand, and if Sister Su Qiong hadn't snatched a high-level scroll for me, I probably would have died in there that time."

Jiang Shu patted her chest with lingering fear: "And your professional rating... is at the conceptual level, which is a whole dimension higher than mine."

"I really can't imagine what kind of insane task the system will assign you."

After listening, Gu Xu thoughtfully stroked his chin.

A level 10 player fighting a level 30 player?

That does sound pretty ridiculous.

but……

He turned his head and glanced at the two great figures behind him.

One is a red-clad vengeful ghost who can wipe out the entire field with a single strike, and the other is a plague god who can poison the entire map with just a few steps.

"Sister Jiang, I understand your concerns."

Gu Xu grinned, a smile that exuded a carefree confidence: "But as the saying goes, when soldiers come, generals will block them; when water comes, earth will dam it."

"If the system actually spawns a bunch of level 30 monsters for me... then I should thank it for giving me experience points."

"Your mindset... is truly unbeatable."

Jiang Shu sighed helplessly and didn't try to persuade her any further.

Anyway, the entire Godslayer Legion is there to back us up.

"Alright, stop thinking about things that haven't even happened yet."

Gu Xu waved his hand and said, "Let's hurry up and farm while that 10x experience scroll is still active! I feel like there's something wrong with this experience bar."

Something's definitely not right.

Since reaching level 10, the experience points required for Gu Xu to level up have become astronomical.

Killing a monster used to increase your experience bar by one unit.

Killing a whole group now would only cause a tiny ripple.

"That's for sure."

Jiang Shu explained, "Before completing the job change quest, professionals will be suppressed by a bottleneck. During this period, although they can still gain experience, the efficiency of gaining experience will be forcibly reduced by 80%, and the experience points required to level up will be doubled."

"In other words, it will be more difficult for you to level up to level 11 now than it was to level up from level 1 to level 10 in the previous days."

"So dark?"

Gu Xu pursed his lips.

"But there are advantages too."

Jiang Shu added, "Although we have accumulated a lot of experience during this period, it will greatly solidify our basic attributes. Many scions of noble families who pursue the ultimate will deliberately stay at level 10, maxing out their attributes before changing jobs."

"Alright, let's do it then."

With the addition of Twitch, the Plaguebringer, the leveling process became even more tedious... yet more efficient.