Chapter 1172: She Wants to Become Strong
"Yes. If it weren't for our old guild leader risking more than half his life to close the Storm Eye, the demon beasts inside might have come out, and Beigong City might not exist now."
"Saying it's that bad, but isn't there an S-grade superpower user who died inside?" When Sally said this, her expression was clearly filled with grief, even somewhat unpleasant.
The driver was a bit surprised, but he merely assumed she was feeling sorrow for those sacrificed superpower users, "Fighting is definitely inevitable, and not just one person; together with invited S-grade superpower users from other countries, a total of four died. It was truly a brutal battle!"
The phone in Sally's plastic bag rang.
Her mind was occupied with her sister's matters, so she didn't notice.
The driver reminded Sally, "Ma'am, your phone is ringing."
Only then did Sally snap out of it, "Sorry."
She answered the call; it was from the Superpower Administration Bureau.
As a Green Level portal appeared at her home, the Bureau had arranged for Da Qin Guild's superpower users to eliminate it.
Before the portal disappeared, the Bureau could arrange temporary accommodation for her.
She didn't know when the portal would vanish, so she agreed.
Soon, she received an address—a standard suite in a five-star hotel.
Looks like, even if this portal doesn't disappear, she could still find a good place to stay for the night.
Sally, having been in bad spirits since leaving the hospital, finally felt a bit better.
...
"The guild leader is out!" The driver exclaimed with delight.
"What?" Sally watched as the Green Level portal vanished.
Her heart was filled with shock; she didn't expect it to be so quick! It's been less than half an hour, right?
Although the time inside alternate dimension space differs from normal time.
Some portal time ratios have even reached one month inside for one day outside.
But this was just too fast!
Is this the power of S-grade? If only her sister hadn't died...
The driver said to Qin Mo, "Thank you for your hard work."
"Thank you, guild leader, for allowing me to have a home to return to," Sally composed herself and said, then looked at his face.
He was more than a head taller than her, so she had to look up at him.
Her eyes couldn't help but light up!
He was incredibly handsome! An exquisite creation, alluring and untamed! Especially those eyes, like a deep starry sky, making one indulged. No wonder those nurses at the hospital blush and have their hearts race at his image on the screen.
"You can go home now." Qin Mo said, heading towards his car.
"Wait." Sally suddenly called out.
Qin Mo glanced at her.
Sally was a bit stunned, wondering why she had shouted at him. Struck by an idea, she held her phone, "Can... can I have your contact information, guild leader? If your guild needs to find someone for resource recovery later, you can reach me."
"Are you an Awakener too?" The driver was surprised, as he was also a superpower user, at B-level, yet he hadn't detected any superpower fluctuations from her.
Superpower users can sense each other's energy fields. Some advanced superpower users can even see through each other's superpower attributes.
Of course, there are also top-notch superpower users like Qin Mo, who completely hide and disguise, making it impossible to detect their superpower fluctuations.
Sally knew what he meant and awkwardly smiled, "Just at a low awakening Level... F-grade, but still genuinely a superpower user."
Saying this, she took out her Radiant Guild work badge from her plastic bag of personal items — Sally, female, 20 years old, mining group in the resource department."
"I heard Radiant Guild doesn't allow employees to take jobs privately?" Qin Mo said.
"Uh, I'm still in the trial period and not yet confirmed. During the trial, employees aren't bound by company regulations, but of course, there are no benefits either. Injuries at work require personal medical expenses." The reason she left the hospital so quickly was not only because it was inconvenient to do the daily tasks of that Game System but also because her savings were running low, so she needed to save where possible.
Qin Mo looked at the hospital inpatient plastic bag she had used as luggage.
With a thoughtful gesture, he reached out to her, "Phone."
"Please." Sally offered her phone to him, sincerely hoping for his contact details!
Qin Mo paused again upon looking at the phone screen.
Sally remembered the phone was locked and needed the unlock code, "I forgot to unlock it, sorry, sorry."
Qin Mo turned his gaze away.
Sally entered four numbers — 2020, she was 20 years old, and her sister was also 20 years old; now every day she lives is as if it's shared by two.
Qin Mo entered his mobile number and returned the phone to her.
"I'll definitely keep it safe, thank you, guild leader." Sally took back her phone.
The driver opened the car door.
Qin Mo got in the car and looked at Sally again.
Sally waved her hand, "Take care on the road."
Qin Mo nodded, "Okay."
..." Sally kept watching the car leave before she withdrew her gaze.
She then looked at her house... the Green Level portal! There should have been many resources to recover inside. Alas, once the boss in the alternate dimension died, those resources disappeared with the portal.
"What a pity!"
...
Half a month flew by.
After Sally was bound to the Player System, aside from the daily task on the first day, which involved entering the white portal and was somewhat challenging, the subsequent daily tasks became increasingly bizarre, varying every day.
The day before yesterday's daily task was to meditate for an hour and drink a bottle of milk.
Yesterday's was to sleep for 9 hours.
Today she received the task to run 1 kilometer.
To boost her physical strength, she set herself the rule to run at least ten kilometers a day, while the System daily task was only 1 kilometer! It was hardly a task, more like playing child's games.
Nonetheless, she was happy to complete the task easily and receive rewards.
Running from home to the neighborhood park was roughly two kilometers. Sally set up the map, changed into her sports attire, and started running.
'Ring ring ring—' The phone rang.
Sally took out her phone from the waist bag, glanced at the caller ID, it was from the Radiant Guild, so she quickly answered.
"Hello."
"Is this Sally? I'm sorry to inform you that you have been terminated by the guild. As compensation, the guild will provide you with two additional months of internship pay, is that okay?"
"Okay." For the past half month, she had always clocked in on time but never went out for work, just doing odd jobs at the guild, so she knew this day would come sooner or later.
More importantly, just doing odd jobs at the guild made it difficult to investigate her sister's real cause of death.
She needed to improve her abilities!
Only by becoming stronger, even to a very strong level, the top level, could she know anything she wanted to know and do anything she wanted to do!
Sally put away her phone, continuing her run along the roadside.
The Player System notified her that she had completed her daily task and distributed the reward.
Suddenly, there was a stir ahead.
She stopped and went over to check the situation.
At the bottom of the collapsed roadbed pit, a new portal appeared, and it was Purple Level!
Seeing this, Sally quickly evacuated the crowd, "Purple Level portals are extremely dangerous, please leave immediately."
Some live-streaming crowd ignored her warning, "Move aside, you're blocking my camera."
"Excuse me, live streaming requires consent from the Superpower Administration Bureau, do you have an approval letter?" Sally continued to prevent them.
The live-streaming crowd became anxious, pushed Sally away, "Don't interfere."
Even getting closer to the portal.
Suddenly, an insect-like demon beast emerged from the portal!
With a huge mouth full of sharp teeth, it bit the live-streaming crowd in half, blood spraying everywhere...