"...I heard that you want to work part-time as a gardener."
The voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little tired.
It was already twelve o'clock at noon, and Xia Qin had not rested since her night shift last night.
After this major case, meetings, discussions, arranging a hunt, and providing compensation to the victims were all laborious and troublesome matters.
Brother Lei's brother didn't find Lu Ping'an to add buffs because he was also working overtime... It shouldn't be necessary to say who passed this news on.
Now, Xia Qin was in the middle of a meeting and took time out to make a phone call.
"Yes, I feel like being a gardener suits me very well. You see, I'm not good at fighting and I don't have time for training. Is this way of growing up and making money by just sitting and waiting suitable for me?"
"...Indeed, the logistics major is also the easiest to take the exam at Guda."
Although she said this, Xia Qin was a little disappointed, but the next moment, she seemed to have added another sentence unintentionally.
"It can't be because the gardener is also of the life system, just like the mother goddess..."
"Mother Goddess? What is that? I don't see it in the information book."
"Little slippery man, don't you know? Forget it, it's up to you. Are you going to the secret realm of the forest to complete your career? I'll give you permission to go out and permission to enter, go and come back soon... Hey,
Maybe you'll be safer there, you can figure it out yourself. Do you know the location? I don't have time to take you there now."
If there are three people on my own and no one is protecting me at home, it may be safer to go out alone without a safe road.
Thinking of the current situation, Xia Qin sighed helplessly and no longer forced her.
The power that the gardener profession borrows is the divine forest maiden of the life system.
In a sense, she and Lu Ping'an still have some entanglements.
"The one near Lin Ci Hospital? I know..."
The hospital where Lu Ping'an received treatment and where Chris sneaked into was called Lin Ci Hospital for short, and its full name was the Third Hospital of the Ancient City where the girl in the forest was kind to the world.
Just as the Chaser Church has invested in a large number of sports and health care projects, the name of the Girl in the Woods appears in a large number of medical and pharmaceutical industries.
As a relatively friendly high-ranking being, she can provide the Keeper with the gardener and the healer as the starting point for two relatively mild life-system paths, which is quite popular on some levels.
The inauguration ceremony of level 0 is not uniform, but there are traces to follow. It is often a place where he can easily make connections (the principle of connection) and do things he likes to hear or have done before (the principle of similarity).
The prerequisite for becoming a gardener watched by the girl in the forest is to complete a specific ritual in her holy place - planting trees.
"...God's secret realm? It should be two different things from the wild secret realm."
After having many contacts with the secret keepers, Lu Ping'an naturally knew a saying they often said.
"Pollution will only be covered by a higher level of pollution. Or, it will be diluted by a larger amount of pollution."
This seems to be the truth of the world. It tells a helpless reality that "pollution" will not disappear.
It only goes from one place to another, from one individual to another individual.
This is the core of his enjoyment of surveillance treatment. When Kris-chan's secret realm and her body were "disappeared", even if there was no evidence, as the winner, he became the key subject of supervision.
Since Kris-chan is regarded as a ZZ (ninth-level quasi-god) level pollution, he follows the rules and offers the legendary "Z (near god)" to "ZZZ (god)" level pollution observation treatment.
But this also raises another question.
"How are other pollution incidents above Level 4, such as those involving secret realms, handled?"
Since it is difficult or even impossible to eliminate secret realms, how are the secret realms that appear in urban areas finally dealt with?
Considering that Xia Qin mentioned that this would happen every few months, I'm afraid that even if all the human resources are used, they won't be able to plug the infinitely expanding hole.
"Actually, the processing method is the same as that of professionals, borrowing the power of the 'gods' to transform the secret realm."
"Use magic to defeat magic, and use pollution to defeat pollution?"
"...Although it's a strange metaphor, it's pretty much what it means. Use the rules of pollution to erode and transform another pollution, turning it from chaos and disorder into order, stability and security."
In many secret realms, after the secret keepers clean up those deep contaminations, they will ask worshipers of the true god to introduce the power of the true god to transform the secret realm, making it less harmful, or in other words, profitable.
Some of those small worlds have become the property of a certain company or church, some have become the training ground for secret keepers, and have become the origin of certain specific resources.
Pollution can only accumulate but not decrease, and can only be diluted but cannot be completely eliminated. In order to regularly clear/dilute the accumulated pollution, secret keepers often go to these secret realms regularly.
It is said that some secret places are relatively safe and controllable, and in the early years, relevant departments secretly created controllable "polluters".
It's just that the "artificial polluters" born in this way are generally weak in the early stage due to the low pollution level of their innate abilities... But after they become professionals in the later stage, as long as they grow up, this does not seem to be a big problem.
Secret realms need to be dealt with regularly by secret keepers, and more secret realms bring more pollution, and their actions also accumulate more pollution, which naturally brings more secret realms.
"Using pollution to fight pollution is like using ink to clean a graffiti wall. Sooner or later it will turn black. Is the whole world drinking poison to quench its thirst?"
No wonder some people say that all secret keepers are chronic terminally ill patients and that the whole world is slipping into the abyss.
Well, that's too far off topic. For Lu Ping'an now, he just needs to know that going to the secret realm is a must for him.
But now, he still lacks confidence in fighting, so he carries insurance.
"Cat Cat, let's go!"
He hired a veteran to brush dungeons on his behalf! The kind that the other party would pay for!
"Haha, with your ability this time, I'm in such great shape, I'm sure I can make a lot of money!! Meow! In fact, even if you don't invite me, I'm going to go tomorrow."
Maomao's bright smile made Lu Pingping feel a little guilty for no reason, and then he put the sprayer deeper in his pocket.
"By the way, have you tried the secret realm over there in the hospital? What are the rules?"
The gods all have their own preferences, and there are all kinds of secret realms transformed according to their rules.
The rules themselves are orderly, and these secret realms are relatively safe.
The secret realm of Chris (quasi-god) is a one-on-one arena where the dead hang on the wall and only the living can get out.
If you don't choose your opponent, she will maliciously arrange for you the closest opponent who has the best relationship with you.
Some secret realms are a dream, some are a history that happened in the past, some are crazy sports games, some are garden sanctuaries with infinite scenery, and some are simple and straightforward survival games.
In Lu Ping'an's view, Lin Nu's reputation is pretty good, so her secret realm should be relatively safe.
"Oh, a killing game. Kill polluters and polluters. The more you kill, the more rewards you get. It's super direct and the most common type of secret realm."
Lu Ping'an was stunned. Isn't this the god of life?
"You don't know? The life system is recognized as the cruelest. However, the girl in the forest does have a good reputation. She hates death, so no one will die in her secret realm... Those who are killed will be killed directly.
Resurrected at the entrance to the secret realm, but will not be able to enter again for a short period of time."
In his own world, can even the boundaries between life and death be reversed? For the first time, Lu Ping'an experienced the outrageousness of the so-called gods.
At the same time, he also knew why Xia Qin said that he should be safer inside than at home.
But from another perspective, that doesn't mean...
"In there, you can kill people and practice your skills at will?"
"Yeah, but everyone's trial times are precious resources. If you mess around like this, you will offend people, and you will still be in trouble after you go out. Most people are doing their own things inside, and the main target of killing is the pollution produced by the secret realm itself.
Monster...why are you laughing? It's a bit oozing, meow."