My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 199: The Long-Awaited Ten-Star Secret Realm

Of course Wang Ba wouldn't be downgraded just because a team member surpassed him, but Li Rui's current situation is quite special, even Wu Mengying felt a bit unsure where to place him.

To show her appreciation for this promising subordinate, she put aside her work and specially went to Guotong Mansion to welcome him.

The members of the fifth group felt complicated when facing this newcomer who was already of a higher level than the leader.

He was still level 17 before, how did he advance just over a summer break?

In the end, Wu Mengying had no choice, after thinking it over, she decided to give him a special position, assistant to the president.

Back then, Dong Sanchuan also served as Song Yao's assistant, this arrangement was just to show the importance, not because he actually needed to do anything.

After all, it was unlikely to set up a new action group and make him the leader.

Anyway, after getting this position, the salary rose from 6000 to 10000, although it was not actually useful, Li Rui still felt quite happy.

"I've already arranged things at school."

Wu Mengying said to Li Rui, "It depends on your situation, as long as you pass the final exam, no one will check your attendance or anything like that."

School had officially started a few days ago, but Li Rui couldn't make it due to meetings in the capital. However, this president had already handled everything in advance, without even notifying him.

Li Rui repeatedly thanked her.

"So, you will also attend the regular meetings on Fridays in the future, as for the rest of the fieldwork and tasks, coordinate with Leader Wang."

The Friday regular meetings are work report meetings for leaders and above, sometimes the deputy presidents would also attend. They are held every two weeks, summarizing the work from the half-month, analyzing potential threats in the surrounding areas to ensure stability and safety within the jurisdiction.

Previously, Li Rui definitely wouldn't attend this kind of meeting, but now, as a core member at the municipal level and a senior agent, he's qualified to participate and understand the municipal-level situation.

After leaving Wu Mengying's office, Li Rui went to the support group and saw Wen Yan and Wu Bing chatting.

"You're back!"

Both stood up from their seats.

"Hahaha, I was wondering why my eyelid kept twitching these past two days."

Wu Bing laughed, "Turns out there's a good thing coming, seems like my inspiration is getting stronger."

Seeing the familiar smile under the sunglasses, Li Rui also felt quite happy: "The real good thing is right here."

He took out the notebook signed by Ling Zixiao, upon seeing the blessings and name on the title page, Wu Bing's glasses slipped off his nose, revealing his wide, round eyes.

"This is, Chief Ling!"

Wu Bing looked at Li Rui incredulously, "For, for me?"

Li Rui nodded: "Of course."

"You're being too good to me!!"

Wu Bing promised repeatedly while hugging the precious notebook, "You really are like a brother! When I have time, I'll predict your love life."

Wen Yan: "Hey, you're mixing up generations! And as a prophet, you need to stick to principles!"

Actually, Wu Bing isn't very old, but he keeps a small mustache and looks older, so the younger members jokingly call him Uncle.

After chatting with the two for a while longer, Li Rui left Guotong Mansion and headed home.

The taxi stopped at the entrance of the neighborhood, and he jogged with his luggage, greeting the security guard grandpa at the booth as he passed by, but soon stepped back a few paces to look at the uncle in his forties or fifties inside, who was fair-skinned and beardless.

"Where's my Uncle Niu?!"

Li Rui stared at the booth, noticing that the former fierce-looking, square-faced, cropped-haired grandpa was nowhere to be seen.

The uncle chuckled and said: "Uncle Niu has gone back home to visit relatives, he'll be back in a couple of days."

Hearing this, Li Rui finally felt relieved, worried he might hear bad news, as older people are quite aged after all.

Recalling the time at the entrance when Huo Yun's guard came looking for him, and Uncle Niu stood up to help, thinking it was something important.

"If I encounter that breaker now, I should be able to give him a beating."

Whistling, Li Rui returned home, finding it empty and the furniture dusty, yet he's used to this loneliness. Rubbing his hands, he rolled up his sleeves to start a thorough cleaning.

In the days that followed, he met the people he needed to meet, including Wang Huai's family and his friends, until everything returned to normal, and the security guard Uncle Niu resumed work downstairs.

At this point, Li Rui began planning for the upcoming Secret Realm.

Now being at level 30, this Secret Realm definitely wouldn't be the Peach Blossom Spring, the next one could be, so the goal here is to reach level 35.

Even though everyone says that leveling speed continues to slow after advancing, like people such as Dong Sanchuan, coming out of a High-Star Secret Realm barely results in a two to three-level increase at most, which is already considered much.

But Li Rui still believes that everything is about taking it seriously, and unless you try, how would you know you won't find the experience pack left by Brother Zuo?

He still aims to improve as much as possible, anyway, level 35 is definitely stronger than level 33, and the stronger he is, the higher the success rate of obtaining Community Thunder after entering the Peach Blossom Spring.

Moreover, now possessing the Divine Power of the Divine Fire General, which is essentially a spark in Community Thunder, once he completes Community Thunder, there might be unexpected effects, so he must prepare thoroughly, striving for success.

While studying, he did his homework on the Secret Realms around Liangting ranging from level 26-30. After all, as a Secret Realm agent, having a deeper understanding of the Secret Realm World is certainly beneficial, who knows which clues from lower-level Secret Realms might be needed in a high-level Secret Realm in the future.

Days passed one by one until 20 days after entering the last Secret Realm, the countdown finally began.

[Demon Dragon Valley☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆.]

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When Li Rui saw it, there were less than eight days left on the countdown.

Counting this way, the frequency of entering Secret Realms continued to decrease after advancing, roughly once a month, potentially even longer as he levels up.

Truth be told, seeing those ten hollow five-pointed stars made him a bit excited, as the higher the star level, the greater the potential rewards.

Strictly speaking, from obtaining the imprint to now, there has been only one Secret Realm that was truly ten-star, which was the Demon Wind Temple.

Before entering the Peach Blossom Spring, it was a five-star, as a competitive Secret Realm... maybe it was ten-star for others, but for Li Rui, it was like a freebie.

Thinking back to the time carrying Daoist Chongxu while charging through the temple, that kind of blood-boiling feeling hadn't been felt for a long time.

When he arrived at Guotong Mansion, he met the long-unseen Liu Shanshan and Zhao Wuji, both standing at the door of the support group, looking serious.

"Leader Liu, Leader Zhao, long time no see." Li Rui went up to say hello.

"Hey, you're back."

Both smiled a bit, but the smile was somewhat strained.

"What's up?" Li Rui asked.

Liu Shanshan said: "We're about to enter a Secret Realm, and it's high-star, so we're making final preparations."

Zhao Wuji coughed twice: "Recently, our few Secret Realms have all been near Liangting, this time it's directly in the Demon Dragon Valley, cough cough, we originally planned to advance to level 30."

The two of them are now at level 29, if they managed to clear it smoothly, they might reach the advancement conditions afterward.

They are still quite young, having a more promising future than those middle-aged like Brother Ba.

Li Rui smiled and said: "If it's the Demon Dragon Valley, we can..."

He originally intended to say, since they took it so seriously, he could lend a hand in helping branch colleagues advance together. However, upon seeing the imprint appearing on Zhao Wuji, he stopped.

Others' countdown was an hour later, not in the same batch as him.