After logging off, Lin Mo took a shower and lay comfortably on the bed.
Before going to sleep, Lin Mo sorted out his thoughts.
He had a very clear plan for what came next.
"Once the Divine Might Tower is repaired tomorrow, the first priority is to use it to help Ning Xi obtain 3.2 million Reputation as quickly as possible. Upgrading the Divine Might Tower can wait."
"I have to achieve this goal before noon the day after tomorrow. The main objective is to multiply the rewards from the Yama Hall and obtain the SSS-rank hidden class advancement certificate."
"Also, once I reach Gold rank in three days, I can enter the Dark Dungeon, find Mo Chen to repair Siya's Heart of Eternity, and at the same time complete Ah'Li's second-stage growth quest."
"After the Heart of Eternity is repaired, I'll enter the Divine Tomb dungeon again and claim the remaining ninety percent of the treasure chests inside."
"After that, once I reach Platinum rank, I'll make a trip to the heartland of the God Clan, the Divine Capital, resolve Siya's lingering burden, and complete the S-rank hidden quest."
The final rewards from every one of these tasks were worth looking forward to.
Once all of those tasks were completed, it would also be the day Lin Mo soared to new heights.
Lin Mo decided that by then, whether the "Boss" showed himself or not, he would stop hiding.
After all, Lin Mo couldn't keep enduring forever while waiting for the other side to come looking for him.
If by then the "Boss" still hadn't appeared, Lin Mo would take the initiative.
At any cost, he would drag out the mastermind behind everything.
Without holding anything back, he would eliminate him.
Having made up his mind, Lin Mo set an alarm and went peacefully to sleep.
He set it for 12:30 a.m.
Because Zhao Lingyun's flight was scheduled for 11:00 p.m., with arrival at Ning'an Airport at 1:00 a.m.
Lin Mo's residence was a twenty-minute drive from the airport.
So leaving at 12:30 to pick up Zhao Lingyun was just right.
The only pity was that his plan to take Ning Xi on a trip to Zhuzhou had fallen through.
So Lin Mo could only take the little umbrellas he had packed in the travel bag back out and quietly put them back in the drawer.
———
[World of Divine Oracle]
[South of Inferno City, Wilderness]
[Lv.61 Ghost Demon Capital (Bronze Rank I)]
Wang Junjie and the players from the Chaotic World Guild were wandering around aimlessly, killing the level 61 monsters, Demon Spirits, scattered throughout the demon-filled capital.
But after killing Demon Spirits all night, they hadn't found anything special.
At this moment, even Wang Junjie couldn't help becoming confused.
"Rulebound gave me this location and told me to explore it carefully. But my brothers and I have been searching for so long. We've practically turned the entire Ghost Demon Capital upside down, and there's nothing here."
"Could Rulebound have gotten the place wrong?"
Wang Junjie would rather believe Lin Mo had mistaken the location than believe Lin Mo had deceived him.
Just as Wang Junjie was feeling puzzled, a thief underling hurried over with a report. "Brother Jie! We found a secret well passage over there! Some brothers went down to investigate, and it's confirmed to be a hidden map."
Buzz!
Hearing this, Wang Junjie's thought stopped.
He quickly followed the underling to the location, and sure enough, in one corner of the Ghost Demon Capital, there was a bottomless well radiating a faint blue light.
"Holy shit! It really is a hidden map!"
Wang Junjie was over the moon, "Rulebound didn't lie to me!"
"There's really good stuff here!"
Just as Wang Junjie was celebrating, he suddenly received messages from the teams at the other two locations...
[Chaotic World Handsome Guy: "Brother Jie! We found a treasure box on an NPC corpse in a corner of the Cursed Academy map! Inside was a D-rank hidden quest scroll."]
[Chaotic World Big D!ck: "Brother Jie! The brothers found a hidden passage in Death Valley! After checking it out, it should be the entrance to an elite hidden dungeon! As long as we find the dungeon key, we can activate it."]
The string of good news made Wang Junjie ecstatic.
Only then did he realize that all three places Lin Mo had told him about actually contained hidden opportunities.
At the same time, the Chaotic World players around him, who had just been suspicious of Lin Mo, immediately changed their attitudes completely.
"No wonder Rulebound told us to search carefully. He definitely already knew these places had hidden opportunities."
"So from the very beginning, Rulebound intended to give us these opportunities?"
"Holy shit! These hidden quests, hidden maps, and hidden dungeons are all priceless resources that money can't buy right now. Brother Jie, our Chaotic World Guild is about to take off."
"Rulebound really isn't an ordinary person! He actually knows about these hidden opportunities! I bet he's a transmigrator!"
"Awesome! I take back everything I said about Rulebound being cold-blooded! He's really loyal to our Brother Jie!"
Wang Junjie puffed out his chest proudly, "From today onward, whoever dares question my Brother Mo again, I'll deal with him!"
As he spoke, Wang Junjie ordered all the Chaotic World Guild players around him, "Starting now, whenever you see Rulebound, all of you call him Brother."
After thinking for a moment, Wang Junjie added, "No, wait! You call me Brother, and Rulebound is my brother. If you call him Brother too, wouldn't that mess up the generations?"
"Call him... Dad!"
"Yes, Brother Jie!"
At this moment, the strategist Chaotic World Zhuge analyzed, "It seems Rulebound is someone who clearly distinguishes gratitude from grudges."
"If someone cuts him once, he'll pay them back tenfold."
"But if someone offers him a peach, he'll repay it with a plum."
"Yoshi!", Wang Junjie nodded, rubbing his chin, "Makes sense!"
"Brother Mo gave me three huge gifts at once. Shouldn't I do something for him too?"
Wang Junjie thought long and hard before suddenly having an idea!
"I've got it!"
"That Smiling at Life who fought Brother Mo over Zhao Ling'er tonight! Brothers, keep a close eye on him and everyone from his studio. As long as they leave the city, kill them."
"If there are still any people above level 10 in their studio by tomorrow, all your foot-washing coupons will be confiscated."
Hearing this, all the Chaotic World players panicked.
"No, Brother Jie!"
"Not letting me get a foot wash is worse than killing me!"
"Let's go, brothers! Find the Qingfeng Studio people and camp the resurrection spring to kill them!"
———
[Inferno City, Resurrection Spring]
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Dozens of beams of white light descended.
Zhang Dong and dozens of members of Qingfeng Studio all revived in the spring.
Every one of them wore a look of misery.
"What the hell did I even do? I got hacked to death by the Chaotic World people the moment I left the city! This is a disaster!"
"We never should've messed with Wang Junjie! I told you long ago he's someone who always gets revenge! Now that we've offended him, our game careers are finished!"
"Sigh! I can't stay in Qingfeng Studio anymore! Boss, I quit!"
"I'm quitting too! I'll change my name and join another studio. Maybe I'll still have a chance."
As a result, over half of the studio's thirty-plus members quit all at once.
In reality, the one suffering the most was Zhang Dong.
Because when Lin Mo killed him, he had used the SSS-rank magic scroll Certain Kill · Eternal Damnation.
Not only had Zhang Dong's level dropped from over level 50 all the way to level 0, all of his equipment and resources had also been dropped.
On top of that, he received a debuff: for 72 hours, experience gain and monster drop rates would be reduced by 90%.
Just a short while ago in the wilderness, with the help of the studio members, he had spent dozens of minutes struggling to reach level 1, only to be killed by the Chaotic World players who came after him, dropping back to level 0 again.
For a moment, Zhang Dong wanted to die.
He had been fired by Golden Age.
His girlfriend Zhao Lingyun had been taken away.
He himself had been ruined.
His studio was being targeted as well.
Zhang Dong turned all the despair in his heart into endless rage.
"It's all because of you, Zhao Lingyun! It's all because of you, you bitch! You've ruined me!"
"If I can't have you, then I'll destroy you!"
Grinding his teeth, Zhang Dong gave rise to an extremely evil thought.
He immediately logged off.
———
[In the Real World]
Lin Mo had just fallen asleep when he was suddenly awakened by the urgent ringing of a voice call.
Lin Mo answered the call, and Zhao Lingyun's frightened sobbing came from the other end.
["Lin Mo, help!"]
["Please save me!"]
["I... I'm scared!"]
Before Lin Mo even had time to ask what had happened, the call was abruptly cut off.