I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

Ten minutes later.

Xu Lindong successfully withdrew two bottles of Level 5 Extraordinary Potions and a bonus of 16,000 yuan from the supplies department ahead of schedule.

The Level 5 extraordinary potion was packaged in a transparent glass tube. The liquid was similar in color to cola and had bubbles on it.

Simply by holding it in your hand, you can feel a warm, bubbly energy colliding with the bottle's walls.

"This Level 5 extraordinary potion is only the lowest-level supplement for an extraordinary person like you who is at Sequence 10. It is more useful for those who have not yet advanced to the next Sequence."

"If you have the money, you should buy a level four extraordinary potion. That stuff is potent and will be useful to you!"

The head of the supplies department pushed up his thick glasses, leaned back in his chair with an old and slender demeanor, and said in a somewhat lazy voice, "After your promotion, your identity and permissions have been updated."

You can now log into the Department of Paranormal Affairs' internal network to access most of the archived paranormal event data, artifact catalogs, and some non-top-secret operation records.

Take a closer look; you'll soon have a post-promotion cleaning assignment, so prepare early.

"Thank you for the reminder, Director Hu."

Xu Lindong nodded his thanks.

The Bureau of Mysteries is a place where hidden talents abound.

These senior figures from various departments may very well be strong individuals in the middle ranks, and they must be given sufficient respect.

He carefully put away the medicine and cash, then glanced around the interior of the supplies area.

Rows of metal shelves, resembling bank vaults, were neatly arranged there, each compartment labeled with a number.

It was like a small treasure trove, displaying all sorts of strange and wondrous items.

Most of them are "mythical objects" or "supernatural objects" with different functions and relatively safe and controllable.

Unlike those chaotic and dangerous "evil objects," they can be used by paying a certain price or meeting specific conditions.

Standing just ten meters away, Xu Lindong could feel a slight tremor coming from the Tower of Babel pendant beneath his clothes around his neck.

It seemed to have taken an interest in certain items on the shelf and wanted to lock them all up.

He suppressed his restlessness and said, "Director Hu, I would like to see the extraordinary materials required for advancing to the ninth level of the Heavenly Dao sequence."

Although he is still a long way from being promoted to the ninth rank of "Gatekeeper".

But it's never a bad thing to know in advance and make preparations early.

"Materials for advancing to the ninth level of the Heavenly Dao sequence?... "

The old man chewed on some foul-smelling durian candy, skillfully pulled out a file from a thick stack of documents beside him, flipped to a certain page, and pushed it out.

Xu Lindong's gaze was immediately drawn to it.

The page had a photograph pasted on it; it showed a yellowed, old scroll.

The label next to it clearly reads: [Heavenly Dao Sequence Nine - Door God (Martial General Door God) Advancement to Extraordinary Item - Door God Post (Qin Qiong Portrait) 'Rubbing']

The description below briefly mentions that this post has an ancient heritage, depicting the spirit of Qin Qiong, the door god. It was obtained from the ancestral hall, ancient house, and sinkhole in Jiangcheng Ancient Town. To exchange it, one needs Level 1 Executive Officer authority and 800,000 Xia Kingdom coins, or 8,000 merit points.

Door god stickers are also divided into three types: civil official door gods, military general door gods, and mythological door gods. They have different abilities and values. Mythological door god stickers have basically disappeared.

Xu Lindong looked at the door god poster and felt helpless, thinking about his status as a level three executive officer and the more than three hundred merit points that were far from enough to exchange for it.

"These extraordinary substances are really expensive! But it seems we can obtain them while completing the cleanup mission inside the Extraordinary Sinkhole?"

"Let's look into the information about these sinkholes later."

He made a mental note of it and then looked away with a slight sense of regret.

After expressing my gratitude to the director of the supplies department.

He then turned and left the supplies area, returning directly to the single rest room assigned to him by the Department of the Supernatural.

...

The rest area is over 100 square meters and is fully equipped with all kinds of facilities.

Xu Lindong sat on the bed, looking at the two bottles of extraordinary potions in his hand, a smile appearing on his face.

"This level-five extraordinary potion isn't as effective for my current level of improvement as it is for cultivating inside the Tower of Babel. Although it's also effective, it's not as good as giving it back to Sister Xun!"

He picked up his phone, opened the chat app, entered a family group called "Happy Family," and quickly typed a message.

"My mission was successfully completed, and the department has approved my promotion. From today onwards, I am a formal Level 3 Executive Officer."

The message had only been sent for a few seconds when the group chat immediately became lively.

Yi Qianxun: "Great, bro! We have to celebrate tonight. I'll treat you to a meal at a restaurant. Order whatever you want!"

Zhou Hui: "Smile/"

Yi Guoqiang: "Eating out costs too much money. You two young people can go out and eat something nice. Your mother and I will just eat something simple at home."

Yi Qianxun: "Don't spoil the fun, Dad, let's go together."

Yi Guoqiang: "No, I'm not going. Let's just give your parents some time alone."

Xu Lindong: "Okay, I'll do as Uncle Yi says. I'll pick up Sister Xun later."

After replying to the message, Xu Lindong casually placed an order for a new handheld console at the nearest online store.

Without further delay, he sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes slightly, and his consciousness suddenly sank.

...

In the blink of an eye, he found himself in the hall on the tenth floor of the Tower of Babel.

The ancient bronze mirror in the center of the hall gleamed with a faint golden light.

It clearly reflects the current merit balance and the status information of [Energy and Spirit: 36].

Xu Lindong glanced at it, then walked towards the stone gate engraved with the words "Heavenly Way" and pushed it open to enter.

Behind the door was a hazy yet energetic space.

He sat down inside the room, guiding the pure energy flowing within the tower to resonate with the extraordinary substance of the Stove God in his stomach, which resembled a ball of charcoal fire, and immersed himself in cultivation.

A warm current rose from his stomach and spread to his limbs and bones.

Although his spirit and energy levels did not fluctuate significantly, his control over his power became more solid.

Cultivating inside the Tower of Babel, thanks to the blessing of merit, provides abundant energy, making it more effective and faster than cultivating outside.

The more merit you accumulate, the stronger the cultivation effect within the Tower of Babel will be.

Furthermore, the Tower of Babel has a suppressive effect on the backlash and conflict of sequence extraordinary matter.

Therefore, when cultivating inside the tower, there is absolutely no need to worry about "going into qi deviation" or encountering the backlash from extraordinary substances.

Xu Lindong continued his cultivation until 5 p.m.

His energy level increased by 0.2, reaching 36.2.

After half a day of cultivation, he felt refreshed and energetic, with bright and piercing eyes.

This is the advantage of cultivating within the Tower of Babel.

Ordinary sequence extraordinary individuals can cultivate for a maximum of six hours a day.

Over time, there is a risk of backlash and loss of control, similar to the so-called "going into a demonic state."

He possesses the Tower of Babel, is not afraid of sequence conflicts, and can cultivate almost anytime every day.

Furthermore, the Tower of Babel is rich in energy; the higher one's merit, the more concentrated the extraordinary energy becomes.

Therefore, his cultivation speed is no less than that of the wealthy young masters who drink top-tier extraordinary potions every day.

"At my current cultivation speed, I should be ready to break through to the ninth level of the Gatekeeper realm in less than a year..."

Xu Lindong sat on the bed thinking, "If I could buy some level four extraordinary potions, the speed could be increased, but I'm currently very short on funds."

He cleared his mind of distractions, calmed his spirit, and began to focus on studying the abilities of the "Kitchen Official" sequence.

Now, he has mastered various abilities of the Kitchen God, including "smoke," "ash," "fire," "offerings," "Kitchen God's protection," and "Kitchen God's sedan chair."

As a newcomer who has only been in the promotion sequence for half a year, I am able to learn so many skills, all thanks to the help of the Tower of Babel.

Inside the tower, he could ignore the backlash and conflict of his superhuman power, repeatedly trying and practicing like crazy, which is how he surpassed his peers.

However, there is one core ability that can be considered the "ultimate skill" of the Kitchen God, which he has yet to master.

That is the "descendance of the Kitchen God".

Once successfully unleashed, this ability can ignite the entire body, filling it with flames, causing all evil to retreat and making it difficult for ordinary weapons to harm, possessing extremely terrifying direct destructive power.

However, this move is also the most dangerous.

The slightest mistake could backfire, leading to self-immolation in the process of studying and mastering the technique.

However, with the suppression and protection of the Tower of Babel, he had countless more valuable opportunities to try and fail than other extraordinary individuals.

"laugh!"

Xu Lindong took a deep breath, and it felt as if a piece of charcoal had been ignited deep within his stomach, with a surge of intense heat rising up and flowing through his limbs and bones.

He tried to mobilize this fiery, extraordinary power, attempting to activate the Kitchen God's advanced ability, "The Descent of the Kitchen God."

A golden-red glow gradually emanated from its body.

Sparks flickered faintly in the air, and the temperature began to rise.

However, just as the power was about to solidify, the embers in his stomach suddenly burst into flames.

The intense heat surged like a wild horse, rushing violently through my limbs and bones.

Xu Lindong let out a muffled groan, and the golden-red glow on the surface of his skin suddenly surged.

Sparks crackled and popped in the air, the temperature soared, and the heatwave distorted the surrounding air.

"boom!"

Uncontrolled thermal energy exploded from the inside out!

Golden-red flames suddenly burst forth from his seven orifices, thick smoke carrying sparks, gushing forth from his open mouth.

He seemed to transform into a blazing torch.

A sharp burning pain swept through his entire body, as if every inch of his skin and every bone had been thrown into a furnace and burned, the pain almost causing him to lose consciousness.

Just then.

A vast and icy suppressive force silently descended from the Tower of Babel.

Like an invisible giant hand, it grabbed the raging embers within his body.

The raging flames came to an abrupt halt, and the tongues of fire that had been spewing from his seven orifices were forcibly forced back into his body.

The churning heat quickly subsided, returning to the stable warmth of the embers in my stomach.

"Huff huff..."

Xu Lindong was panting, the burning sensation still lingering within him.

Even though he was just a consciousness, he had just experienced intense pain.

But the destructive power that could burn people to ashes from the inside out has been completely suppressed by the Tower of Babel.

"It failed!"

He shook his head helplessly, but he wasn't surprised.

"Such advanced abilities cannot be acquired overnight. Even with the protection of the Tower of Babel, I still need a lot of practice and comprehension. I can only slowly work on it in the future..."

He stopped pressuring, slowly composed himself, and was about to leave the Tower of Babel.

Suddenly noticing something unusual inside the tower, a thought struck him.

"It's the room behind the tunnel entrance, and that cursed aura?"...

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