Miscellaneous Affairs Department

Xu Qianyan bypassed the other wounded and walked to the door of the room.

The officer reprimanding Lu Wuxin at this moment was Officer Zhang He, who had entrusted them with the task of coming here.

Lu Wuxin was leaning against the window, smoking guiltily.

"Who knew it would suddenly be upgraded to a C-level domain?"

Zhang He: "If you came in person, would you still be worried about the domain upgrading?"

"If you don't want to do this properly, go work in a factory! Don't try to fool me here!"

"I heard your firm is three months behind on rent, right? At this rate, you won't even have a place to live!"

"Can't you treat it properly?"

Lu Wuxin remained silent, after all, he was indeed in the wrong.

"What a waste... He's so old, and he's accomplished nothing." Officer Zhang kept shaking his head.

At this moment, Xu Qianyan suddenly walked out of the room and went straight to Lu Wuxin. She glared at Officer Zhang.

"It's all my fault! I took this commission without permission! Officer Zhang, please don't scold my brother-in-law..." The girl was initially a bit tough, but she became more and more defiant.

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble... for wasting your medicine..."

Xu Qianyan lowered her head and clenched her fists.

She actually hates herself for being useless.

If I had been more proactive, Lu Wuxin wouldn't have been scolded here.

"Xiao Qianyan..." Officer Zhang said somewhat guiltily.

After all, Xiao Qianyan overheard his insults against E-level ability users, which made him somewhat embarrassed.

Although he couldn't see Qianyan's face because of the brim of her baseball cap, he could still clearly understand the girl's feelings.

He didn't know how to respond.

But the next moment, he noticed that Xu Qianyan's ability level had changed.

"Oh, wait, have you been promoted to Rank D?" Officer Zhang exclaimed in surprise.

"You're only 18, a freshman in college, right? Reaching D-rank so quickly is fast even among all your peers with superpowers in Nancheng!"

"What a gift!"

But then he suddenly remembered something and scolded Lu Wuxin, "I remember Xiao Qianyan was suspended from school because she didn't pay her tuition, right? Look at you, your own sister-in-law has such great talent, but you won't let her study properly. You're really burying talent!"

Lu Wuxin finally finished his cigarette and spoke with a shifty look in his eyes.

"Isn't this making money...?"

Officer Zhang was speechless.

"Then get serious! I've only been given three days to resolve this! Within three days, you must work with the other ability users to overcome this C-level obstacle!"

"By the way, you should also help investigate the reason for this upgrade!"

"Remember this: rewards for those with superpowers are distributed based on contribution! You can't just come here and coast along to get money, understand?!"

"What's the lowest possible price?" Lu Wuxin asked.

"The lowest I can say is I have no money!"

"..."

"And what's the highest?" Xu Qianyan asked.

"The highest amount... well, the total allocated is ten spirit stones and one million yuan, but this is distributed among everyone. So how much can you get? Anyway, as long as you don't slack off, it's more than enough to pay your rent and cover Qianyan's tuition!"

After saying that, Officer Zhang left.

Although the reward was quite generous, it was to be distributed according to the proportion of contribution, which made Xu Qianyan somewhat unsure of herself.

After all, Lu Wuxin was unreliable, and she herself lacked the necessary strength...

"This is a bit difficult..."

However, at least I should be able to get some living expenses!

The girl was still somewhat excited.

But Lu Wuxin's focus was not on that.

He murmured softly, "Three days... How am I supposed to confess to Yiyan? Should I call her and ask her to come over...?"

Hearing his words, Xu Qianyan's mood soared again.

"Brother-in-law... my sister won't be happy if you do this..."

Her eyes shifted to the right, recalling the bizarre scene of Lu Wuxin instantly killing a C-level opponent.

To be honest, it was the first time in so many years that the girl had seen Lu Wuxin be so reliable.

Looking at Lu Wuxin, whose face was covered in stubble and who seemed dazed...

The two are vastly different...

"Brother-in-law, are you hiding something from me?"

"And how did you find me so quickly?"

"You still haven't answered me. Why did you cancel your date with my sister?"

The girl's mind was filled with more and more confusion.

"You're so annoying! If your sister hadn't asked me to come help you, I wouldn't have come here to get scolded by Old Zhang!" Lu Wuxin said impatiently.

"I've installed a GPS tracker on your phone, so I definitely know your location!"

Xu Qianyan immediately looked at her phone.

She never expected that Lu Wuxin, who usually seemed so carefree and irresponsible, would actually do something so thoughtful.

But she knew.

...his own brother-in-law...should not have done this.

"Brother-in-law... how do you know that method of enhancing supernatural abilities by utilizing the supernatural itself?"

Lu Wuxin picked at his ear and said impatiently, "This kind of low-class, unorthodox method is not worth showing off."

"But I need it! I finally managed to get promoted to D-rank! This is way better than what they taught in school! Brother-in-law, teach me! I want to know more!"

Xu Qianyan's gaze was fixed intently on Lu Wuxin, her pupils dilated and vibrating as if they were glowing.

The girl suddenly moved very close, the brim of her baseball cap almost touching Lu Wuxin's mouth.

To be honest, Lu Wuxin hadn't looked at his sister-in-law's face so closely in a long time.

...She looks more and more like her sister.

Like her sister, she was a beautiful woman with striking features, and her breasts were even larger...

Lu Wuxin subconsciously looked away.

"Okay... stay away from me, I don't want to see your face."

He only said this one sentence.

Xu Qianyan paused for a moment, then habitually raised her hand to lower the brim of her hat.

"It's a deal, you have to teach me cultivation..."

"I can't be as unreliable as you... I want to become a truly great superhuman. Once I become stronger, I'll be your housekeeper, and you can just laze around..."

Lu Wuxin didn't reply, but glanced at the inspiring young woman.

Perhaps it was because he was thinking about things from his youth, but his expression became inexplicably sad.

But only for a moment, and then he immediately started grinning like an idiot.

"How about we call your sister over?"

Xu Qianyan's expression immediately turned angry.

She kept pushing against Lu Wuxin's waist.

"You stinky brother-in-law! Get out there and make some money! If you're any later, someone else will take over this C-level territory!"

Lu Wuxin was pushed out by her just like that.

……

After coming outside.

Xu Qianyan then began to investigate intelligence everywhere.

After yesterday's chaos, a relative order has now been established within this eerie realm.

With the coordination of the police, the residents here were all arranged to go to various shelters.

Those wandering the streets were almost all superhumans from outside who came to hunt down the strange creatures.

As a realm of medium difficulty, the C-level domain attracts ability users of all levels.

Almost half of these superhumans are self-employed, while the other half come from various organizations.

Some organizations aren't there for the prize money; instead, they inexplicably hunt down strange creatures, carrying various utensils with them.

Before this, Xu Qianyan definitely wouldn't have known what they did.

What happened last night... made her realize that those organizations carrying containers were probably there to make medicine.

click!

On his way to investigate, Xu Qianyan easily hunted down a D-level monster that was blocking his path.

Last night, she could only launch sneak attacks against D-level monsters, but now... she can confront them head-on.

The feeling of becoming stronger was irresistible to the girl.

She turned around to see if Lu Wuxin would praise her, but Lu Wuxin's expression still showed some disdain.

"You're already a D-rank, so why are you still using an E-rank ability? Your D-rank [Weakness Vision] should be able to see the mystical side."

"I'm only at D-rank, don't I need to get used to it?!"

Xu Qianyan quickened her pace in anger.

However, the investigation into this area has yielded no results.

Most of the superhumans came in mindlessly hunting down the supernatural, completely clueless about how this field had suddenly upgraded from D-level to C-level, and they didn't even know where the core of this field was.

By dusk, the girl had hunted down eight D-level anomalies along the way, but had not found any useful information.

Xu Qianyan cut open the bizarre corpse and dug out a fleshy tumor.

Just as the girl was about to put it in her mouth, Lu Wuxin, who had been following behind her, casually asked, "How much did you eat today?"

"Eating too much is bad for your health... This stuff is no different from injecting drugs directly."

Xu Qianyan immediately put down the tumor and grinned like a child who had made a mistake.

"Not many... I've discovered that not every monster has this inside... I actually only ate three today..."

"Brother-in-law, this thing levels up so fast! The speed at which my spiritual points are accumulating is faster than in the entire previous year!"

Lu Wuxin didn't say anything, he just kept smoking.

Looking at the sunset in the distance, his mind was filled with thoughts of confessing his feelings.

Seeing Lu Wuxin's silence, Xu Qianyan puffed out her cheeks.

The girl approached Lu Wuxin, habitually lowering her head to cover her face with the brim of her hat.

She rubbed her small hands hidden in her sleeves.

"But brother-in-law, I've done the math. Simply hunting monsters doesn't yield much money. The real money is in figuring out why this area is being upgraded..."

"But we've asked so many people today, and none of them know anything about this... How are we supposed to investigate?"

Lu Wuxin made no other move, keeping his eyes fixed on the side.

"Ask that."

Xu Qianyan followed his gaze and saw a short-haired woman in a trench coat communicating with the police.

"If I'm not mistaken... those should be people from the police station's miscellaneous affairs section."

"The Miscellaneous Affairs Section... is actually an official department that specifically handles strange incidents, and it belongs to the local police department."

Xu Qianyan was stunned for a moment; this was the first time she had heard of such a thing.

She thought the authorities would set up a high-level organization to handle this kind of thing...

Surprisingly, it's directly under the jurisdiction of the police station...

This down-to-earth feeling... contrasts so sharply with this eerie world that has descended upon us...