Chapter 909
Chapter 909 - 895 Circus
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"I didn’t want to go, but they offered too much—Lu Ping’an.2000.5."
Today marks the fifth day since returning to this planet.
The vacation of the Rebirth Club had ended, but before the next valuable target, they were still in a state of free action.
This was expected, as the assembly report was just for entering "work mode"; whether for gathering consumables or completing their own cultivation progress, a short week was definitely not enough.
Generally, explorers would stay in their homeland for at least a month to digest the gains from their Otherworldly journeys... In some ways, they are similar to periodically patrolling sailors. When returning to their homeland, they are either home-loving hermits or extravagant spenders.
Most people have reported back to their teams, after all, most are residents of the Ancient city, and so-called check-ins were merely an end to their vacations, a matter of making a call to confirm their presence.
Like the free time of far-sailing sailors, you can live in drunken debauchery, or seize the time to improve yourself. When "on the seas," if you’re killed by an opponent due to insufficient strength, or can’t keep up with the team’s progress (being of no help) and are "asked to disembark," it’s a choice you have made.
Lu Ping’an’s Team had made a name for themselves through several battles, especially after the Abyss, Green Planet, and Energy-devouring Evil Sunflower campaigns had brought gains and even prestige to the Ancient city, they naturally received better treatment from higher levels.
Accordingly, various exceptional treatments followed.
The most straightforward was the variety of intelligence support from the Bureau of Anomaly Management that was made available, as well as dazzling "benefits."
"The passage rights to the Secret Realms of Four City, along with priority in the acquisition of various special products..."
Just like the Knight’s Secret Realm, such "treasuries" are by no means singular, but as resources for a professional’s development, every aspect attempts to keep them in their own hands.
The Ancient city has high-quality Secret Realms specifically prepared for its people, similar to the military’s Secret Realm in the suburbs, which are also opened preferentially to its own people.
At the same time, there are channels and information from various Churches, companies, powers, and combat teams... Lu Ping’an could conduct direct trades with many forces with an introduction letter from official sources.
These things, in the most direct sense, are access paths to "specialized professions" and "rare resources."
Compared with Changping, the Ancient city is indeed not advantageous in various aspects, but the story of choosing the head of a chicken over the tail of a phoenix seems timeless. Now, the sincerity shown by the Ancient city is quite pleasant.
"So many choices for a third-tier Heavy Equipment profession? There are even so many for fourth-tier..."
The most obvious was when Lu Ping’an tried to "catch up" by bringing his other professions up to Decree-level, the choices suddenly increased by far too many.
His main Path had already been established, and he had even embarked on his own "unique" road. Naturally, he planned to upgrade his other professions to fourth-tier as well.
But this time, as part-times, the requirements were not so high. There was no need for unique Paths, just some already established Decree-level professions.
"...This is considered low requirements? Most Decree-level professionals stick with their part-times below third-tier for a lifetime..."
It has long been said that part-time professions are more common at low levels, not due to any absolute Taboo (though some Taboo aspects exist), but because human time and resources are limited.
You can double major in "high school" level knowledge, and manage to get by in university, but at the post-doctorate level... that single-minded Path and research field can consume all of your resources and time.
But again, it boils down to the same issue, Lu Ping’an can leech experience, and time and effort are not the most important things to him—"choice" is.
The New Era always has its advantages. For instance, the powerful profession Paths that the Proper God Church originally held tightly in their hands (giving only upon joining the Church), are now open to official personnel. Even if not, the officials could propose a "trade" to gain access.
The quota of the deity was a tactic that was effective not only for those "Evil Gods" desiring to become Proper Gods but also served as a warning to those Proper Gods already in position, as many eyes were watching Them.
At this level, Lu Ping’an’s main Path (Life system) required accumulation and finding his own way, whereas other professional Paths could entirely aim for "useful profession’s buffs" and "powerful Professional Abilities" as functional part-times.
With official support, Lu Ping’an was spared a lot of trouble at this time, especially in terms of intelligence support.
"First, add the reflexes....."
But at this moment, Big Cat put forward a surprisingly different option.
"The balance of the body is quite important, especially for you now that you have a combat platform...."
Indeed, that was the case. Lu Ping’an’s strength could be converted from his own abilities, and his regeneration ability was absurdly strong. Even if he played with fire, he could still make use of firepower and fire sources.
Only reflexes, this basic passive ability to control his tactical platform, seemed to have no way to be forcibly enhanced.
"...Spend money to acquire it, magic potions and taboo items."
For Lu Ping’an, anything that could be solved with credit-coins was now not much of an issue.
"...What you need is not just the data, but in the long run, your reflex nerves, and body balance, must be improved."
Since Big Cat had identified the issue, it naturally also had a solution.
"There’s a path that is very suitable for this, and at the same time, it can make up for your lack of beast taming abilities..."
Big Cat mentioned a profession’s path, which was actually a rather delicate composite profession called "circus".
"Forty years ago, The Laughing Sisters Circus was a rather troublesome evil god organization. But with our activity and efforts, it was completely annihilated....However, their abilities indeed had merits."
The one who knows you best is always your enemy.
"Among them, ’Acrobatic Performer’, ’Playful Clown’, ’Aerial Acrobat’, these professions are very suitable for your combat style, and they are all reflex-oriented."
Chris briefly talked about some past combat experiences, where she and her partner were severely troubled by those bastards in their time.
"It also includes a profession known as ’Beast Tamer’, which actually uses whips and props to control beasts along the Tamer Path and is also very well suited for you."
The more she spoke, the more Lu Ping’an was tempted.
"...If it’s so good, how can I acquire it? Since you’ve spoken about it, you must possess the necessary data and information, right?"
"Not at all. There was no mercy forty years ago, fearing that they might not be eradicated thoroughly, but...."
As they spoke, Lu Ping’an understood.
Big Cat back then was a "partner of justice", and after the partners of justice defeated the Magic King, the primary beneficiary was naturally the "King"...All the assets, heritage, and intelligence of the circus were officially acquired.
"After that, I also met a few people with similar special abilities, all of whom were official special agents, so, you understand...."
"Understood, I’ll write the application immediately."
Not to mention, under the current circumstances, if Lu Ping’an really wrote an application report, the chances of it being approved were not low.
"Not only that, but some things are very hard to completely eradicate. I know there are several churches and organizations now that have some ties to those people from back then, and you can try to get in touch with them...."
— End of Chapter 909 —