I Save The World In A Doomsday Text Game

Chapter 272-1: Bountiful Harvest from the Easter Egg Chapter, the Greedy Wolf Star Lord Shell (1)

Lin Xun was completely bewildered by his female superior’s maneuver.

Setting up the large-scale barrier did indeed consume a good amount of materials, with a spirit essence value of several hundred thousand. But compared to the value of a legendary-grade defensive item, it still fell far short.

He saw Li Xingyue shoot him a look, the meaning clear. Just nod and go along with the act.

What else could Lin Xun do? He could only put on a pained expression.

He conveyed that it was indeed as Li Xingyue had said, defending against the Easter Egg Chapter had burned through quite a bit. Consumables like the ones used to unleash that earth-shattering sword strike, the summoning item for the samurai legion, and finally that legendary-grade defensive item…

After the difficulty of the Easter Egg Chapter had increased, it had likely risen from ordinary difficulty to Nightmare difficulty, and not even a solo Nightmare instance, but a seven-player large-scale Nightmare Chapter.

Being able to clear such a multiplayer Nightmare Chapter smoothly while still raising the overall interpretation rating to SSS-grade, most of the credit did belong to Lin Xun.

Shangguan Yu was well aware of this. Without Lin Xun, even if they had managed to clear the stage without the increased difficulty, there was no way they could have earned an SSS-grade rating, let alone obtained the legendary-grade item Star Lord’s Crowned Diadem.

The Crowned Diadem alone was worth five Exquisite Vast Heaven Divine Swords, not to mention the subsequent individual rating rewards.

In every sense, they ought to compensate Lin Xun for his losses. They couldn’t expect the big gun to carry them through and then also have him pay out of pocket for all the consumables, could they?Shangguan Yu asked himself if he had that thick of a skin, and decided he didn’t, so he stood up on the spot and declared that he would head to the library shortly to sell off some unused equipment and items to scrape together five hundred thousand spirit essence to transfer to Lin Xun.

The others all nodded in agreement, saying this was only fair, and promised to help compensate Lin Xun’s expenditures.

After the loot distribution was over, Shangguan Yu once again brought up the matter of the celebration banquet.

This time Lin Xun couldn’t decline. Everyone headed to a hotel, and from afternoon until late at night, they drank together.

Lin Xun also received five hundred thousand spirit essence each from Shangguan Yu, Yin Linlin, and Du Cheng.

As for Li Xingyue, Lu Caiyi, and Wang Zong, Lin Xun of course couldn’t bring himself to fleece his own close companions.

In reality, aside from the loss of over four hundred troops in the Red Armor army and the materials consumed in setting up the large-scale barrier, he hadn’t suffered any other real losses.

The Judgment Lightning skill he’d bought for the Valkyrie wasn’t a consumable, and she happened to lack an area attack skill anyway, it could be considered an incidental expenditure.

Lu Caiyi and Wang Zong insisted on giving spirit essence. After some back-and-forth, Lin Xun only accepted ten thousand each as a symbolic ‘admission ticket.’

Just from those five people, he had gained one million seven hundred thousand spirit essence. As for his female superior’s five hundred thousand, of course he returned it in full.

There was an unspoken rule: when taking money from common folk, you split it seventy-thirty; when taking money from big shots, you return it in full.

Lin Xun quietly returned the five hundred thousand spirit essence to Li Xingyue, but his female superior only accepted four hundred thousand, making it clear that the ‘admission ticket’ fee still had to be paid.

It was just that in the end, all the spirit essence he had gained wound up in the pocket of the black stocking lady anyway.

The enormous debt of two million spirit essence now had only two hundred thousand left. Lin Xun simply paid it off in one lump sum.

“You forgot, didn’t you? When you beat Lu Yiming last time, you told him to give me the two hundred thousand in wager winnings,” she reminded him.

It was only thanks to Li Xingyue’s prompt that he remembered this. Together with the two hundred thousand contributed by the little prodigy, it perfectly canceled out his remaining debt.

Lin Xun couldn’t help sighing, this Easter Egg Chapter really was a treasure trove. Just the spirit essence harvest had been enough for him to clear his two million debt, and that didn’t even count the four valuable reward items.

The others were all curious why he still hadn’t announced his individual rating. After repeated urging, Lin Xun finally gave an honest answer.

Even Du Cheng and Lu Caiyi had received S-grade ratings, if he tried to claim a lower rating, it was obvious he’d be caught in a lie.

In official chapters, whether the Apostle was from the authorities or a civilian, after clearing the stage they had to report their interpretation rating.

Because once you obtained an S-grade or above, there was a chance of acquiring the incredibly destructive Source of the Apocalypse.

Official Apostles were managed a bit more leniently, while civilian Apostles were subjected to much stricter oversight.

The authorities would analyze every civilian Apostle’s credit rating. Those with low ratings would regularly be monitored by the Surveillance Division.

Within the Surveillance Division were special Apostles whose unique talents allowed them to see the game text on other people’s phones for regulatory purposes.

If they found a civilian Apostle had concealed their personal rating or failed to report obtaining a Source of the Apocalypse, the punishment was extremely severe.

If a registered Apostle obtained a Source of the Apocalypse, whether a civilian player or an official Apostle, they were required to solidify it into a relic under the Surveillance Division’s watch.

However, most civilian Apostles couldn’t achieve S-grade ratings, and the majority didn’t even know about the Source of the Apocalypse.

This system was in place to prevent the New World from acquiring the Source of the Apocalypse through civilian Apostles and using it to wreak havoc in reality.

Lin Xun didn’t want the Surveillance Division folks poking around his game texts. For both of his clears, he’d just casually reported a rating to his female superior.

Li Xingyue understood this perfectly and never pressed the issue. She was deeply indulgent toward this capable subordinate.

After all, with Lin Xun’s talent and growth speed, it was only a matter of time before he entered the true core of the organization, to be brought into the Apostle Security Council as a Councilor or Senior Councilor. If he dared to aim higher, even a seat as Director or Honorary Chairman wasn’t out of the question…

Since this Easter Egg Chapter about the Outer Demon invasion didn’t involve any Source of the Apocalypse, Lin Xun had no reason to hide anything from his own people.

When he finally announced his SSS-grade personal rating, everyone else just wore an expression of as expected.

Next, as the highest-rated participant, Lin Xun was plied with drink nonstop. The Apostles were all elite among elites, with terrifying alcohol tolerance. Lin Xun went up against them all, and nearly passed out from the drinking.

The celebration banquet also had something of a farewell air about it. Yin Linlin, Du Cheng, and Shangguan Yu were all swamped with work and would be returning to their respective cities early the next morning.

After this, Lin Xun would also have to keep working hard at his cultivation to clear the Fifth Chapter as soon as possible and compete for the position of the Twelfth Disciple of the New World.