Chapter 544 — Idling Made Me Stronger
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"Duck-duck!! Duck!!" Duck-Duck nodded from the side, indicating that big sister boss Susu had a point!!
Eleven froze. Curse it—it was only a panda. Was it wrong to want to eat? Was it wrong?
And besides, why had Duck-Duck stopped respecting it lately?!!
"Mm..." While the pets conversed, nearby Shi Jin had already surveyed every corner of the secret-realm villa with his psychokinesis, getting to know this new home of his.
With that, he looked beyond the villa.
A figure was slowly making its way over.
Who else could it be but President Xingnan?
"Shi Jin, are you in?" Outside, President Xingnan called out as she walked over, smiling brightly.
"I'm here." Shi Jin hurried out to greet her, looking at the beautiful woman in a white qipao embroidered with pink peach patterns, and couldn't help feeling that this president auntie bore some resemblance to the legendary Aunt Hua of Huaxiajin.
"President, what is it?"
"Nothing much. Just came by to see how you're settling in. So, are you satisfied with this place?"
"Very satisfied... By the way, President Xingnan, do you really want me to be the vice president of the Canglan Branch?" Shi Jin said, a little embarrassed.
"I'm afraid I don't have much experience. After all, I only just joined the Environmental Protection Association—wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate..."
What Shi Jin really wanted to ask was whether he could be vice president in name only and do no work.
President Xingnan laughed. "It's just a vice presidency—the requirements aren't that strict. With your current abilities, no one can say anything. At most, you'll just need to carry out purification missions for pollution sources on a regular basis. That shouldn't be any trouble for you, should it?"
Shi Jin: "That's no problem at all."
"Besides, I've already contacted headquarters. Actually, the moment Susu evolved into a Purification Star Spirit, headquarters sensed the birth of a new Purification Star Spirit. Barring any surprises, a branch vice presidency is only your starting point—a bigger stage awaits you in the future."
"So all you need to do is treat this place as a stepping stone for honing yourself."
Purification Star Spirit...
Shi Jin glanced at Susu. So although he had named Susu's new race the Star Sea Spirit, in the eyes of the people of King's World Star, its current race should be Purification Star Spirit.
Such a race didn't seem to be unique in the universe, but it was still very powerful nonetheless.
Ranked 77th among the Myriad Races of the Starry Sky... that was already an impressive number across the entire universe.
The racial ranking that Eleven had always wanted to climb—who would have thought that with a single evolution, Susu would leap straight to it.
"Other than that... is there nothing else I need to do?" Shi Jin asked.
President Xingnan said, "Nothing at all. Whatever you originally planned to do, just keep doing it. Headquarters seems to intend to invite you to take a post there once you step into the god level."
"For now, just make good use of your two identities—three-star purifier and vice president of the Canglan Environmental Protection Association—and grow as quickly as you can."
"Make good use of your advantages, and you shouldn't lack resources for growth." President Xingnan followed Shi Jin inside, sat down on the sofa with a smile, and explained to him:
"Do you know why the Environmental Protection Association cares so much about Purification Star Spirits? Why every Purification Star Spirit can at least grow to the top god realm, and might even reach super-god level?"
"Because of... the unlimited purification ability?" Shi Jin said.
"Exactly!" President Xingnan said. "Our King's World Star is constantly at war with the Dark King Legion under the Dark King's command."
"The soldiers of the Dark King Legion are the Fallen Race, the Blade Race, the Abyss Race, and others you're familiar with. These races are themselves mobile sources of pollution. Their power pollutes not only life, but also resources, planets, and the starry sky—their polluting nature is extremely potent."
"So on King's World Star, purifiers are an indispensable profession."
"In every campaign against the Dark King Legion, we capture a great deal of polluted resources. These resources are basically handed to purifiers for purification before being put on the market."
"Some powerful purifiers are also invited to purify planets after battles."
"And purifiers don't purify items for free—they can charge a fee based on the difficulty of purification, and reap the benefits."
"Ordinary purifiers, though they charge fees, also incur their own consumption and need to replenish it. But for a Purification Star Spirit with unlimited purification power, no matter what it purifies, there's no real consumption at all. So a Purification Star Spirit can earn enormous rewards through constant purification work."
"Exchange those rewards for growth resources, and even a Purification Star Spirit that's not good at fighting can, simply by piling on resources, gain formidable combat power and rise to a very high level."
"Now you have the ability to purify super-god-level pollution sources. And do you know? In the entire Canglan Realm, I'm the only one capable of purifying super-god-level pollution sources—and each purification takes a very long time and enormous consumption. Of course, the reward each time is also tremendous. But for you, none of that needs to be considered at all. So with just a little time, you can obtain vast quantities of god-level resources. There's no better bargain than that. So now you know how smooth your road ahead will be." President Xingnan said enviously.
Shi Jin understood. Wasn't this just legally freeloading off the power of the starry sky to rake in excess resources?
He'd often done similar things back on Blue Star!
He was an old hand at it.
"Those basic tasks of the Environmental Protection Association are nothing to you. You can absolutely purify pollutants in excess, continuously—which is equivalent to having an endless supply of resources."
"Now that you've become a three-star purifier and the vice president of the Canglan Association, your greatest advantage is actually being able to legally access many god-level and super-god-level pollutants."
At this point, having heard President Xingnan out, Shi Jin's eyes lit up as he looked at Susu.
Although he couldn't exploit a bug to use the Star Sea Contract for stat points, being able to use the Star Sea Contract to purify pollution sources and earn massive rewards seemed pretty good too.
This was also part of maintaining the star sea environment!
"I'll work hard." Shi Jin was full of drive. He hadn't expected to find a job on King's World Star so quickly.
What a pity Teacher Cat hadn't come along. This place was full of opportunities—what fun was there in staying on Blue Star?
"Ning!! Ning!!" Susu was also eager to try, raring to go. Purifying pollution sources day in and day out would be an utterly tedious job for other pet beasts, but hearing about it, Susu was thrilled.
Wasn't this way more interesting than watching Chitong little sister binge dramas all day long?
He could earn money to support the household, protect the Star Sea environment, and take the opportunity to grind up skill proficiency—three birds with one stone, one arrow for three ducks.
"As long as you two make up your minds, leave the matter of locating large quantities of pollutants to the Canglan Association," President Xingnan said, her smile deepening.
Why was she so eager to bind Shi Jin to the Canglan Association through the vice-president's seat?
Wasn't it precisely because, this way, the pollutants Shi Jin purified beyond the quota could also be counted toward the Canglan Branch's performance...
And so the performance of their Canglan Environmental Protection Association would no longer rank dead last among all the environmental branches every year.