Chapter 17 Lingjing Walker

Li Dongze carefully chose his words and said, "The Spirit Realm is a supernatural power, and currently cannot be explained by science. Although we have been trying to dissect it and understand it, we still don't fully comprehend it. The Spirit Realm exists in reality, but it is also detached from reality, and only the chosen ones can enter it."

"And the way to be chosen..." He took a sip of wine, smiling, "You should have experienced it."

"That card?" Zhang Yuanqing responded in a timely manner.

Li Dongze nodded slightly. "It's called a Character Card. Those who obtain a Character Card will unlock a trial mission. Passing the trial will grant them a corresponding profession, along with the skills and characteristics of that profession.

"The mechanism by which the Spirit Realm selects Walkers has not yet been figured out, and the way Character Cards are distributed is also not fixed. Sometimes it appears directly inside your body; sometimes you'll pick it up on the side of the road; sometimes you accidentally click on a link online..."

"Completing the trial mission is just the beginning. Spirit Realm Walkers who want to level up and become stronger must constantly accept missions and enter the Spirit Realm. But you don't have to worry, missions don't appear too frequently, and not every Spirit Realm scene is life-threatening. On the contrary, some Spirit Realms can be very interesting."

"For example, I myself, a Level 3 Scout, have entered a Spirit Realm once every month for the past two years, but I only entered a solo Spirit Realm once every three months, and almost died in it. The other times, I entered multi-person Spirit Realms, which are relatively safer and more interesting. Heh, if you want to gain superpowers, you always have to pay a price."

Li Dongze paused, giving Zhang Yuanqing time to ask questions.

"Is it similar to game dungeons?" Zhang Yuanqing offered his understanding.

Li Dongze smiled. "I like talking to you young people because you have a strong understanding and actively embrace new things."

After praising him, he nodded. "That's right, it's like playing a game, and the Spirit Realm is a dungeon. Some dungeons are solo types, and some are multiplayer team-ups or multiplayer confrontations. And solo-type dungeons are the most dangerous, with the highest mortality rate."

"Multiplayer types are relatively better, with death-type and penalty-type. The latter only deducts a certain amount of experience points."

Zhang Yuanqing asked strangely, "Why is the mortality rate highest in solo types?"

Li Dongze pondered for a moment. "In multiplayer Spirit Realms, you'll encounter Spirit Realm Walkers of other professions, but in solo types, it's a Spirit Realm for your own profession. Take Scouts as an example. The extraordinary abilities of this profession are insight, tracking, and analysis."

"So, the three solo Spirit Realms I encountered were respectively: playing a detective to solve a case; chasing evil-doers in the jungle, hunting each other; and wilderness survival. Also, for each profession, the Spirit Realm dungeons in the Transcendent stage and the Saint stage are different."

*My profession is Night Wanderer, so I'll be entering paranormal dungeons. Whew, thankfully there are also multiplayer dungeons, otherwise I'd be scared shitless in the Spirit Realm sooner or later. The Saint stage Spirit Realm dungeons will change?* Zhang Yuanqing listened and nodded.

"Lei Yibing's disappearance, did he enter the Spirit Realm?" Zhang Yuanqing said in a deep voice.

He urgently needed confirmation from an official figure to verify his guess. If Brother Bing entered the Spirit Realm, then things wouldn't be so bad.

Li Dongze thought for a moment and said, "After Lei Yibing's bizarre disappearance, the official personnel from the Hangzhou Police Department took over the case. Their judgment is that Lei Yibing has already died in the Spirit Realm."

Zhang Yuanqing heard his heart stop for a moment, and an uncontrollable surge of anxiety and panic arose. "Why?"

Li Dongze explained, "Because it's been too long. Normal Spirit Realm dungeons, at least in the Transcendent stage, last for several hours at the shortest, and a day or two at the longest. And Lei Yibing has been missing for four days. The Transcendent stage represents Levels 1-3."

"What about above the Transcendent stage?"

"Not too sure, but there should be dungeons that last longer."

*Maybe Brother Bing is a powerful Spirit Realm Walker...* Zhang Yuanqing could only comfort himself like this.

Regarding Brother Bing's disappearance, he was destined to be of no help at this stage, whether in terms of ability or knowledge.

Compared to that, joining the official organization and then saving himself was currently the most important thing.

"...By the way, before introducing you to the official organization, there's one more very important thing." Li Dongze took a sip of wine to moisten his throat. "What's your morality score?"

"60 points, the initial value," Zhang Yuanqing answered honestly.

Li Dongze nodded. "For a newbie like you, the morality score is the biggest pitfall. You must remember this."

"Why do you say that?" Zhang Yuanqing didn't hide his confusion.

"Remember the note under the morality score?"

*I remember, it tells me to be a good person...* Zhang Yuanqing almost put on a Andy Lau face.

Li Dongze said sternly, "The initial value of the morality score is 60. If it's lower than this value, it will trigger the Spirit Realm's punishment mechanism. It will report your location to all the Spirit Realm Walkers in the same city and issue a mission to eliminate you."

"...Then doesn't that mean I can't do bad things for the rest of my life?" Zhang Yuanqing blurted out in astonishment.

*Well, it's not that I want to do bad things, but being a saint is too tiring.*

*Also, what's the standard for measuring morality? If making handicrafts or posting NSFW pics counts as moral degradation, then I'm screwed for life.*

Li Dongze laughed, seemingly enjoying seeing this expression on a newbie's face, and said slowly, "Don't be so nervous. According to our observations, Spirit Realm Walkers stealing, robbing, or injuring people... will deduct 1-5 morality points depending on the severity of the crime. Killing someone deducts 10 morality points. Causing serious consequences, multiple deaths and injuries, will deduct corresponding morality points depending on the severity of the crime."

"As for some losses in private morality, they won't affect the morality score. Also, morality points can be deducted, and of course, they can also be accumulated. That's why it tells you to be a good person."

*This mechanism sounds like it's deliberately designed to restrain Spirit Realm Walkers, but why would the Spirit Realm want to restrain Walkers?*

*Morality and law are both things that humans created to maintain order. In the natural world, other creatures besides humans don't need these things.*

*In other words, unless the Spirit Realm's position is that of humans, then the existence of morality points is a bit unreasonable.*

*But the Spirit Realm is a supernatural phenomenon.*

Zhang Yuanqing instinctively felt that this restriction was unreasonable, but since Li Dongze didn't explain it, it meant that he didn't know the reason either.

It was not difficult to see from the conversation just now that the official understanding of the Spirit Realm was limited.

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly understood. "I see, no wonder it's a big pitfall for newbies. So, how do you accumulate morality points?"

After newbies obtain superpowers, they often use their abilities to do things they wanted to do before, but couldn't, such as making money.

And the methods for making quick money are all written in the criminal law.

*And eating a hegemonic abalone... Hmm, I wonder if supporting impoverished young ladies will lower my morality score? In the Spirit Realm's definition, would that be considered a loss of private morality or a violation of the law?*

Zhang Yuanqing didn't dare to ask this question, after all, they weren't familiar yet, and he didn't want to leave a bad impression on his future leader.

"Accumulating morality points is as simple as lowering them, just do good deeds. In fact, many Spirit Realm Walkers from evil organizations are keen on doing charity and donating money, because that's the fastest way to accumulate morality points. As long as you have enough money, you can kill people without restraint." Li Dongze snorted.

"It's very ironic, isn't it? You never know what kind of faces those who do charity have behind their backs. And what's even more ironic is that human life can be measured by money. That's how it is in reality, and that's how it is in the Spirit Realm."

"Also, infighting between Spirit Realm Walkers doesn't deduct morality points."

After Zhang Yuanqing initially digested this information, Li Dongze continued, "Next, let's talk about the official organization."

"The official organization we belong to is called the Five Elements Alliance, which is composed of five major forces: the Hundred Flowers Association, the White Tiger Army, the Crimson Fire Gang, the Water God Palace, and the Central Court. The five major forces represent five professions: Wood Demon, Scout, Fire Master, Water Ghost, and Earth Monster."

Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but complain in his heart, *Why are the official organizations all a bunch of demons and ghosts?*

"In addition to the Five Elements Alliance, there are also several organizations with official backgrounds, which I will send to you in the information later." Li Dongze fiddled with his wine glass and said, "The five major organizations within the Five Elements Alliance formed an alliance in the last twenty years. Before that, they each governed themselves, and their relationships were not harmonious. This involves the Five Elements' generating and overcoming relationships, as well as the differences in habits between the professions."

Li Dongze took a sip of wine and shrugged. "Take the Wood Demons of the Hundred Flowers Association as an example. They are a group of extreme environmentalists and animal protection association members. Heavens, they actually tried to promote a regulation in the Five Elements Alliance headquarters to prohibit members of the organization from eating dog meat. Even God wouldn't be as outrageous as them. Every time I see their morbid faces of loving animals, I can't help but want to kick their asses with my leather shoes."

Next, Li Dongze severely criticized the four major professions other than the White Tiger Army.

This gave Zhang Yuanqing a more intuitive understanding of the other organizations of the Five Elements Alliance, such as the Crimson Fire Gang, who would never hesitate to act; and the Water God Palace, who had gloomy personalities and liked to cultivate viruses and bacteria.

Such as the Central Court, the earth tycoons who were engaged in real estate and mining development.

"Only our Scouts of the White Tiger Army are wise, calm, and decisive, making them the perfect profession," Li Dongze concluded.

Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself, *Do the other four major organizations agree with your statement?*

"Heh, it sounds more and more like a game, right? Some people within the Five Elements Alliance also call the Spirit Realm a "game server". Spirit Realm Walkers have character panels, items, and have to do missions, and each different Spirit Realm is like a dungeon. In addition, it also has different professions. The people of the Crimson Fire Gang are reckless and impulsive, and like to promote violence, just like berserkers. The people of the Water God Palace have the ability to control water, and are water mages. The Hundred Flowers Association can raise pets and heal injuries, they are priests and summoners. The people of the Central Court are thick-skinned and fleshy, typical MTs."

Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but joke, "Then are you Scouts the eyes that cost 75 gold coins in the game?"

Li Dongze was stunned, and couldn't help but clench the handle of his cane, saying without any expression, "If I were a Fire Master from the Crimson Fire Gang, I would have smashed your dog head with a stick by now."

"I'm sorry!" Zhang Yuanqing apologized decisively.

After the joke, the atmosphere between the two became more harmonious. Li Dongze smiled and said, "Once you pass the Transcendent stage, Scouts will have extremely strong solo combat capabilities. I'm not bragging when I say this is a perfect profession."

"Of course, among the orthodox professions, the Night Wanderer is recognized as the strongest profession. Well, I'm talking about orthodox professions, not including evil professions. Even we Scouts have to admit that Night Wanderers are a little more perfect than us."

*Ah? Are Night Wanderers very strong? Can they take on ten?* Zhang Yuanqing was overjoyed. "Can you tell me about the Night Wanderer profession?"

Li Dongze smiled dumbfounded, but also understood the young man's mentality of admiring the strong, and said, "Night Wanderers can exert extremely strong assassination abilities in the early Transcendent stage, and their explosive power is also very considerable. In addition, they also have the ability to communicate with souls, refine corpses, and control spirits. Their skills are diverse and their combat power is strong."

"However, Night Wanderers are extremely rare. Currently, the Songhai City Branch does not have any Night Wanderers. This is because there are too few Night Wanderer trial Spirit Realms in Songhai, and also because the Taiyi Sect in Beijing is constantly absorbing Night Wanderers from all over the country."

Speaking of this, he naturally asked the new employee's profession, saying, "What's your profession? I hope you're not a Fire Master, I hate rude and irritable young people the most."

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