Lin Baici felt like he was in a group chat where someone suddenly shared pictures of barbecue, beer, and hot pot in the middle of the night, claiming they were having a late-night snack. It was extremely frustrating.

“Buy all these divine taboo items!” The Gourmet God was very excited, like a woman who had just received her salary and couldn’t decide what to buy on Taobao.

“You’re talking as if I have money,” Lin Baici said, rolling his eyes.

“Go earn some. Your face and body are valuable, there are plenty of rich women who want you,” the Gourmet God said, still highly praising Lin Baici’s body as long as he was shameless enough to take advantage of it.

Lin Baici didn’t want to deal with the Gourmet God anymore, so he casually clicked on a post.

“Help needed. This should be a divine taboo item, but it hasn’t been sealed by the Black Coffin for five years, and it hasn’t caused any rule pollution. Does anyone know what’s going on?”

The original poster attached three pictures of an antique that looked like a urinal from different angles.

Finally, there was a reward of 50,000 yuan for anyone who could solve the mystery within a month, and ten days had already passed.

Seven people had replied to the post, all of them using the “only visible to the original poster” mode, and it was unclear whether any of them had the correct answer.

“Xia, can we really get 50,000 for answering this question?” Lin Baici asked, still skeptical of the quick money-making scheme.

“Definitely,” Xia Hongyao replied, glancing at Lin Baici’s phone screen. “In any era, ‘information’ is always valuable.”

“You might think 50,000 is a lot, but for the original poster, without the information on this divine taboo item, it’s just a worthless piece of junk. But if they know, they can sell it for a lot of money!”

“Okay,” Lin Baici nodded. “But how do I get the money once I answer the question?”

“The original poster has already transferred the money to the forum’s account. Once they confirm your answer is correct, they’ll notify the moderator to transfer the money to you,” Xia Hongyao explained. “Don’t worry, the original poster won’t deny it once they receive the correct answer, because the moderator will confirm it. And to be honest, a few hundred thousand yuan is nothing to Divine Hunters.”

“No one would risk getting banned for such a small amount of money!” Lin Baici was too poor to understand the ways of billionaires, let alone the life of the average rich second generation. He only bought the cheapest ice cream during the hot weather, while the rich had bottles of wine worth tens or even hundreds of thousands of yuan. One sip of their wine could cover Lin Baici and his mother’s living expenses for a year.Xia Hongyao glanced at the post that Lin Baici was reading and asked curiously, “Do you know why this divine taboo item has no radiation pollution rules?”

“I don’t know!” Lin Baici shook his head.

“I think you don’t know either!” Xia Hongyao wasn’t a top student, but she had studied hard and read all the documents in the library when she was studying at the headquarters of the Safety Bureau. Among them were many introductions to the God’s Ruins and divine taboo items. Xia Hongyao was able to earn those rewards purely because she read a lot, not because of her reasoning skills.

Lin Baici was a high school student who had never been exposed to any related content before, so he definitely didn’t know.

Xia Hongyao decided to teach him slowly and send him some basic information.

“But I have a Devouring God!” Lin Baici browsed through the posts and skipped the ones with high rewards because they were definitely difficult. After all, no one was a fool and would give away money for easy questions. Each post had a specific reward amount, and Lin Baici clicked on a few to browse through them casually. Although he didn’t know the answers, it was eye-opening to see the variety of divine taboo items.

“Can anyone tell me what the patterns on these three pictures mean?” The reward was 10,000 yuan for each picture. The deadline was two months, and it had been 56 days since the post was made.

Lin Baici looked at the pictures, which were similar to ghost talismans, but he didn’t recognize them. He was about to close the post when his Devouring God spoke up.

【Dragon】, 【Sword】, 【River】.

Lin Baici’s fingers, which were about to close the post, froze.

“Are you saying that the contents of these three pictures are three words?” Lin Baici was curious.

The Devouring God didn’t answer, apparently thinking that the question was too stupid.

Lin Baici looked at the three pictures again, but couldn’t find any corresponding words. However, based on the Devouring God’s past performance, its food critiques had never been wrong.

“Should I try to answer?” Lin Baici was excited.

If he answered correctly, he could earn 10,000 yuan for each word, which was equivalent to his mother’s three months’ salary.

Lin Baici had just become a Divine Hunter and knew nothing about the Hunter’s circle. He thought he should keep a low profile, but 10,000 yuan for one word was too tempting to resist. If he didn’t take it, Lady Luck would roll her eyes and spit on him.

“I should keep a low profile!” Lin Baici muttered, but his hands didn’t listen and he clicked on the post to reply.

“The patterns on the three pictures are all one word, from top to bottom they are Dragon, Sword, and River!”After Lin Baici finished editing, he clicked publish.

Done.

Waiting to receive payment.

“Oh, Xia Team, do I need to send you my bank account number?”

Lin Baici asked Xia Hongyao for advice.

“Ah? You answered the questions?”

Xia Hongyao, who was playing with her phone, frowned slightly and looked up at Lin Baici’s screen. “Xiaobai, although you won’t be punished for answering these posts incorrectly, it will affect your personal reputation!”

The Divine Hunter’s Guild members cherish their reputation, and they almost never write uncertain answers. Those who can answer difficult questions in this section are called “gods” and are highly sought after.

“Okay!”

Lin Baici nodded and explained casually, “I’ll try my luck with the first post.”

“You…”

Xia Hongyao shook her head and patiently told Lin Baici where to input his bank account number.

No way!

Little Linzi is too poor. For money, he actually answered questions randomly, and in the future, he might even be poached by someone with a high salary. I have to prevent that.

Xia Hongyao decided to go to Haijing and immediately find her older sister to get the one million reward and the exemption from the entrance exam. She would also try to persuade her sister to give Lin Baici a salary. If worse comes to worst, she would pay him herself.

In order to keep Lin Baici, Xia Hongyao was willing to do anything.

With a beautiful woman accompanying him, even if they didn’t talk, it wouldn’t be boring. Moreover, they had many topics to talk about.

Xia Hongyao was optimistic and generous, treating Lin Baici as both a teammate and a friend. Her sincere way of treating people also made Lin Baici let go of his last bit of guard and began to see Xia Hongyao as a friend.

After more than four hours of travel on the G1708 train, they arrived at Haijing South Station at 11:40 noon.

Haijing was already a big city, and now it was early September, the time for new students to report and return to school. Therefore, there was a huge crowd of people at the train station.

Although Lin Baici had a strong physical fitness, he was still sweating profusely from getting off the train and walking out of the ticket gate.

Xia Hongyao bought two bottles of mineral water from a vending machine and handed one to Lin Baici. “It’s noon, let’s eat first and then go to school. Otherwise, if you go to school now, you’ll have to deal with various procedures and won’t have time to eat.”

“The restaurants nearby must be very expensive!”

Lin Baici was calculating his expenses.

Xia Hongyao smirked and lowered her voice. “It can be reimbursed!”

“If you put it that way, I won’t be polite!”

Although Lin Baici seemed to want to rip off Xia Hongyao’s wallet, in the end, they chose a noodle shop and ordered a cold dish, a smoked meat platter, and two bowls of beef noodles.”You don’t need to save money for me!”

Xia Hongyao was speechless.

“One should be thrifty!”

Cold dishes for 20, smoked meat platter for 38, two bowls of beef noodles for 80, with only a few slices of meat on top. This little bit of food cost 138, making Lin Baici feel the pain.

“I hope you maintain this thrifty style after you get the one million bonus!”

Xia Hongyao joked.

After lunch, Lin Baici took the initiative to pay the bill.

Mainly because of his chivalrous mindset, no matter whether Xia Hongyao could reimburse the meal or not, Lin Baici felt that it was not right for his friend, especially a girl, to pay for the meal.

Of course, those playboy women who wanted to treat men as automatic ATMs would not get Lin Baici to spend even a penny.

“I told you I could reimburse it!”

Xia Hongyao suddenly felt that she couldn’t see through Lin Baici. You could say he liked money, but he wasn’t stingy when treating friends to meals, and he didn’t take advantage of small reimbursements.

“Next time it’s your treat, a big meal!”

Lin Baici laughed.

“Alright, let’s take a taxi to Haijing University of Science and Technology now!”

Xia Hongyao planned to take Lin Baici to the school first, help him with all the procedures, and then return to the Security Bureau.

“No need to trouble you. I’ll take the school bus. Goodbye, Team Xia.”

Lin Baici carried his backpack, pulled his suitcase, and bid farewell to Xia Hongyao.

After the meal, he had gone to the public restroom and taken his luggage out of the black altar bowl. Next, he would go to Haijing University of Science and Technology.

He didn’t want to use the Divine taboo in the campus, in case someone took a photo with their mobile phone, he would be in trouble.

“I’ll take you there!”

Xia Hongyao insisted.

“Taking a taxi is too expensive. The school bus is quite good, and I might even get to know some alumni!”

On the west side of the train station square, there were more than a dozen buses parked. The buses had the names of their respective schools and red slogans welcoming new students on their bodies.

Very eye-catching.

“Goodbye, Team Xia. Call me if you need anything!”

Lin Baici ran away with his suitcase.

“This kid is too polite!”

Xia Hongyao shook her head and chuckled, then walked to the side of the road, took a taxi to the Security Bureau, and asked her elder sister for Lin Baici’s bonus.

On the bus side, there were already quite a few students.

When Lin Baici came over, the senior sisters from various schools who were in charge of receiving new students immediately looked at him.

This male student was really good-looking.

Which school did he belong to?

Probably an art school student?