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

The adjutant dared not delay any longer and sprinted toward the communications room.

After running a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, turned back and shouted at Xu Yunshan, who was still sitting in the pit.

"Sir! Come back quickly! Don't just sit in the ditch! I brought your thermos!"

Xu Yunshan was so angry he almost vomited blood a second time.

"I'm playing the injured hero here, and you're talking to me about a thermos?!"

"Go and issue a notice immediately!"

The adjutant disappeared in a flash.

Xu Yunshan sat alone in the pit, looking up at the sky stained with blood, at the huge monster slowly writhing in the red light, and at the countless ghost heads floating and laughing in the ripples.

He sighed.

"Damn it, I should have known better than to take this lousy job."

Then he thought about it again and changed his mind, saying, "No, I should have brought more boxes of goji berries."

……

The timeline has been moved slightly forward.

Longjing, change job to the Temple.

The interior of the Temple of Job Change remains unchanged.

It was empty, dimly lit, and chilly, like a funeral home without power.

The only difference was that the huge crystal ball in the very center was now emitting a strange buzzing sound that made one's teeth ache.

Gu Xu walked to the crystal ball and skillfully placed his palm on it.

To be honest, this is the fourth time he has done this.

From initial trepidation to indifference the second time, and then to a "whatever" attitude the third time, his mindset is now as stable as an old man taking photos—lying down and taking pictures as he pleases.

"Buzz—"

The moment they made contact, the crystal ball performed its signature move once again.

The dim white light was instantly swallowed up and replaced by a purplish-black light thicker than ink.

The temperature in the entire temple plummeted, and even exhaled breath could freeze into frost.

That ancient, grand, and chaotic whisper returned.

They surged in from all directions, like ten thousand old monks chanting sutras in your ear at the same time, but they were chanting sutras that you couldn't understand.

If an ordinary person were standing here, they would at best be mentally disoriented, and at worst faint on the spot.

But Gu Xu just yawned.

There's nothing you can do about it; you get used to it after hearing it so many times.

This thing is like an alarm clock. The first time you hear it, you think it's incredibly noisy, but after listening to it hundreds of times, you automatically become immune to it.

[Detected professional: Gu Xu]

[Class: Calamity, Lord of the Old Ones, Dominator of the Old Ones (Unique/Conceptual Level)]

[Level: 45 (Bottleneck Status)]

[Generating fourth job advancement quests based on job characteristics, potential assessment, and past performance...]

Gu Xu looked at the virtual panel in front of him and silently prepared himself.

Based on his experience from the previous three attempts, the difficulty of his job change quest for this terrible profession basically follows a very simple rule—it gets more and more outrageous each time.

First job advancement: Soloing a Lord-level BOSS.

Second job advancement: Conquer the Calamity-level dungeons.

Third advancement: Hunt down the geniuses of various nations who possess divinity, and also kill false gods.

Judging from this increasing difficulty trend, the fourth job advancement quest will either make him cause a huge upheaval or turn the world upside down.

They might just send him to heaven to challenge the Jade Emperor.

really.

This time the loading time is longer than usual.

The system seems to be stuck.

Or perhaps the system is frantically rummaging through its enormous task database, searching for a bizarre task that matches its abnormal profession.

A full minute passed.

Gu Xu even began to suspect that the system had crashed, and was wondering whether he should tap the crystal ball a couple of times to restart it.

Just then.

The blood-red characters finally appeared.

But this time the red is deeper than the previous three times.

It was so dark it was almost black, so black it was almost purple.

It looks like it was written on with congealed blood plasma.

[Fourth job advancement quest generated!]

【Mission Name: The Erosion of Calamity (World-Destroying Level - Extreme)】

[Mission Description: The former rulers no longer need to prove their power. All you need to do is imprint your fear and calamity upon every corner of this world. At the easternmost edge, a desolate realm abandoned by false gods is spiraling out of control. Its rules have rotted, its order has collapsed, and everything there awaits a new master. Go, former ruler, and reclaim your land.]

【Mission Objective 1: Conquest of the Mysterious Realm - Enter the Mysterious Realm of Izumo (SSS-rank/Cataclysmic), and completely cover and assimilate the core rule area of ​​this realm with the "Domain of Catastrophe". Transform it from an "Out-of-Control Realm" into your "Old Territory". (0/1)】

[Mission Objective 2: Abyss Predation - Within the Izumo·Mysterious Realm, find and devour the incubating [Mysterious Embryo Mother] (Demigod-level). Use the "Mouth of the Abyss" to seize its core essence and transform it into nourishment for your advancement to the fourth tier. (0/1)]

[Mission Objective 3: Ancient Imprint - After completing the assimilation of the Secret Realm, inscribe the [Ancient Imprint] at the core of the Secret Realm. From then on, this Secret Realm will permanently become your extended territory in the real world, subject to your will. All creatures that enter the territory will automatically enter the "Judgment of Calamity" state. (0/1)]

[Special Restriction: Aside from summoned creatures and equipment, no external force can be used. The laws within the secret realm are in disarray, reducing the effectiveness of all recovery items by 80%.]

[Task time limit: 72 hours.]

[Punishment for failure: The old bloodline flows backward, the physical body will be devoured by the power of calamity, and the person will be completely reduced to a mindless puppet of calamity, never to be freed.]

Gu Xu finished reading it.

I read it carefully from beginning to end.

His first reaction was neither fear nor shock.

Instead, he frowned slightly.

"Izumo: The Mysterious Realm?"

Gu Xu repeated the name twice.

Of course he knew this place.

It's that hot potato we recently snatched from those bastards in Japan, and now it's being guarded by Xu Yunshan, that goji berry health guru.

To put it bluntly, it's a new territory that Sherlock has established overseas, except that there's an SSS-level secret realm on that territory that could explode at any moment.

When the military took over the case, Gu Xu had a vague feeling that things weren't so simple.

Sure enough, the system directly presented the answer in his face.

That place was originally reserved for him.

However, to be fair, although the content of this fourth job advancement quest looks daunting, upon closer analysis, it's actually more to his liking than the Silver Moon Realm of the third job advancement.

The third stage involves venturing into other countries' territories to cause trouble and hunt down talented individuals from various nations, subject to various restrictions.

The fourth job advancement is like the system giving him a piece of land to occupy and become king of the mountain.

Conquer the secret realm, devour the mother body, and imprint your territory.

In layman's terms: Go over there, wreck the place, take down the boss, and then put your name on the property deed.

He's good at this kind of thing.

Gu Xu's lips curled up slightly.

The only thing that bothered him was the "strange fetus mother".

A demigod-level being, and still in the incubation stage.

In other words, this thing is still growing.

If it were allowed to hatch, it might not necessarily be a demigod; it could very well be upgraded into a complete monstrous god.

So there's a hidden time pressure in this task—he has to get there and crack the egg before the thing fully hatches.